Avatar: Through His Eyes

Avatar Christmas

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As soon as Emersyn saw the displeased look on his face did she groaned and knew another lecture was going to happen soon. It didn't bother her that she and Tsu'tey would sometimes argue like this, it was better to let it all out than to hold it in anyways.

"We were out" Emersyn said before Ahoragi could say anything else. Ayla frowned at her mother, the scowl reflecting Tsu'tey's own before she grabbed her brother's arm and dragged him away saying that she needed a 'sibling talk' with him.

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That 'sibling talk' turned out to be a royal children meeting where all of the kids of the Royal Na'vi came together. Haurutu arrived late when his youngest brother, barely a few months old came crying out for him.

"What exactly did you call us here for?" Lo'ak asked. He was the youngest child of Jake Sully and a bright young boy "Tsonta lawk Christmas (To talk about Christmas)" Tuktirey answered. She had overheard her father talk about this special day where tawtute families would come together in celebration to receive presents.

The kids were oddly excited about the word 'presents'

"Fyape kem si nga fpìl te tsat? (What do you think of it?)" Neteyam asked "We should ask Uncle Norm!" Tuktirey said with a wide grin. Lo'ak and Neteyam immediately frowned at her suggestion "Sa'nok ulte sempul lu ke tung awngati ne kä (Mother and father are not allowing us to go)" Neteyam said.

"I can ask sempul to accompany us" Haurutu said which was immediately put down by the children, they didn't want to spoil their parents who kept constant watch over them.

"Kempe lu ayngenga parultsyìp pängkxo? (What are you children discussing?)" Tom asked when he saw the children huddled together. The children looked at him with wide eyes before answering in succession "Nothing/Kekem!" The children shouted with their tanhì glowing bright. Tom took a step back with his hands raised. Okay...

"Haurutu, krr ne kä. Sa'nok lu pey (Time to go. Mother is waiting)"

Haurutu pouted but then said his goodbyes before Ayla patted Ahoragi at the back "It is time for us to head home too" Ahoragi nodded and the two bid goodbye to their cousins before scurrying back to where they left their parents

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"Sempul, can you tell us about this Cristmas?"

Tuktirey asked. Neteyam and Lo'ak looked at her with stunned expressions while Jake had a long of surprise but he smiled as he tried to recall the times he had Christmas back at Earth where his family was once complete and happy.

"It's a tradition passed from my tawtute ancestors in celebration of family and the blessings we have received in the past year. Every year, families would come together and celebrate. The best part is when my brothers and sister used to fight over every single present we had and count who has the most"

His three children looked at him with awe and wonder in their eyes and Neytiri couldn't help but give a light chuckle. Her children always loved to hear their father's stories back in his tawtute home.

"The other part is when your old man, your Aunt and Uncle made our parents' favorite food"

Lo'ak yawned and Jake finally told them it was time for bed. The kids protested but complied under the stern expression of Neytiri. The kids hugged and kissed their parents before they scrambled up to their nivi.

Jake shook his head "The old man was right. At some point I did marry a commanding woman" Neytiri's answer was a kiss and a forceful push to the nivi covered in moss.

Well...not that he's complaining.

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Norm Spellman was a wonderful teacher and a patient man with children. After they reopened Grace's school, many Na'vi children didn't hesitate to return to the school for their love in learning and of Grace's memory to educate the Na'vi of their kind.