1. Chapter 1 (1/2)

alva stared down at her hands, the thin dark cyan stripes ran down her arms and ended just before the beginning of her fingers. she had already put some rings made out of different kinds of vines, twigs and flowers that she had been able to grab just outside of the fence that imprisoned her to the human base on pandora. her thumb had a thin vine that curled around it and decorated with a pretty purple flower with the most lovely neon pink veins that she had ever seen, her instincts told her this flower wasn't toxic by touch but if someone were to consume it on the other hand. she had two rings on her middle finger, the bottom one made out of a dark

own twig that she had managed to manipulate into the circular shape she wanted, that one had a green flower with a blue center on it that glowed in the dark. the upper one was a a light green vine that snaked around her finger like one of the snakes she used to have back on earth did, this one didn't have a flower on it, but a small stone that she had by accident found after she stepped of the plane. it sparkled a pretty white and fit well with her other rings. the last ring she had on her finger was a more loose fitting one on her pinky, the material was of a thin stripe of red na'vi clothing she had found in one of the bulldozers, this ring had her mother's ring attached to it. on her left hand she had matching rings except for the last one that instead of her mother's ring had her father's hanging from the material.

she wiggled her fingers and giggled when her rings made a soft clicking sound against each other that

ought her right back to her grandmother's house and the clicking sound she always made when moving around.

next her eyes were drawn to the ankle

acelet she had, as she had with the other jewelry, convinced the leadership to let her keep. it had taken her a long time to make, four days to be exact. four days of extreme focus while sitting on the roof of the avatar longhouse, overlooking the nature of pandora that she adored but hadn't had the chance to discover yet. every now and then she would see a flash of blue and the shapes of the great ikran flying in the air above and around her. the

acelet had three different kinds of vines

aided together and then decorated with shiny pearls she had gotten from her auntie on her third birthday. she shook her foot slightly, observing the mesmerizing pattern on her skin, think dark cyan stripes ran down her legs and on her right foot they continued to the end of her toes, but on her left foot they curled down to where her ankle began and twisted around to meet the stripes that ran on the back. she had once tried counting each of the shining luminescent dots that decorated her body but she would always lose count or get distracted.

alva stood up with a grin on her lips that she had painted red with some of the war paint she had found in one of the boxes in quaritch office. she had dressed herself in one of the shorts she had been given from the rda, but that she had ripped to make shorter and better fit her body that was slightly more curvaceous than the other avatar bodies. her shirt was ripped the same way to make the outfit more comfortable to wear in the pandora climat, and better suit what she liked. said shirt had been ripped to cover about the same amount of skin as a crop top and she had ripped off the sleeves five minutes within receiving the piece of clothing. her stomach didn't have any dark blue stripes on them but she could see them twisting and snaking around her waist and down her hips. the bioluminescent dots on her torso ran in straight lines that curved slightly at her waist, and with a few circles along the middle of her stomach.

the avatar stretched much like a cat would after waking up from a nap, she let out a low moan before scratching her back with her previous grin still on her lips. she remembers when she first saw her new self in one of the mirrors and was stunned into silence by her new appearance. she had large eyes, larger than any of the other avatars she had seen. they were ember colored with specks of her old

own in them. alva remember touching her high cheekbones and then trailing her fingers down to her jawline. next her eyes had wandered to her nose, or rather snout that she likened to that of a feline. most of her appearance and mannerism had been cat-like before but was now on a whole new level. she hadn't noticed her pointed ears until she saw them move in her reflection, immediately her hands had flown up to touch them, discovering how sensitive to touch they were. her body was very different from before too, but her curves were mostly the same, she thanked her ancestors for them everyday. her waist was much smaller and her shoulders wider, her body was much more muscular than it used to be. she liked it.

alva shook her head to

ing herself out of the memory and fondly ran her hand down the length of her tail and noted happily that her

acelets made a nice clicking sound in unison with her other jewelry. she had one

acelet on her right wrist, both made of a light

own wood with pink and green details engraved in the wood, and two on her left wrist that were made of the same wood but with blue and purple details instead.

her hair fell into loose curls, something that almost made her miss her human hair with all its tight curls and troubling routines. she was glad to say goodbye to the long routines and steps she had to go through for her hair and she liked her new look, but she would still miss her natural hair. alva was glad that at least she got to keep some of her curls instead of the flat hair that she had seen all the other avatars have. she had

aided some of the hair into thin

aids that she had decorated with some left over golden strings and other small hoops that she suspected used to be earrings, but beggars can't be choosers.

"come on alva, it's time to sleep!" the lead scientist on hell's gate, the legendary grace augustine, called up to her with a slight tone of humor to her voice. "selfridge will have both of our asses if you're not locked in here"

alva sighed and took one last longing glance at pandora and closed her eyes to listen to the gentle singing eywa made through her nature. she opened her mind and ears and listened to what the

eeze had to say, what the trees whispered to each other in gentle groans and all the other plants and animals on pandora. she could feel her longing increase and she could feel eywa urging her to

eak free of the chains placed on her but she pushed down the urge with a small giggle. 'the time will come, but that is not now'. alva felt the sorrow eywa pushed towards her at her words and she had to suppress her own tears. 'the time will come' she tried to reassure both herself and eywa.