Avatar: The Way of Water Alternate Version

Water rushed in over Tsireya's messy hair. Her eyes saw little light as she pushed herself up from her bed of kelp leaves. She found herself inside a small cave on her bed of long seaweed on warm golden sand. But she was alone. "Sylwa!" she cried out. "Lo'ak! Atu!" She was completely alone. She began to cry but splash! Her heart jumped and she saw a head popping out of the water with yellow eyes. The face was long and a mane dangled down his neck. "Tsu'tey," she breathed. Tsu'tey dumped some fruit at her feet and she devoured it. "Thank you," she stroked his face. "You saved me,".

I found you adrift at sea struggling to keep afloat. Tsu'tey snorted.

"It's good to see you again. Was there anyone else? Bob your head if 'yes'. Shake if 'no',".

Tsu'tey sadly shook his head. He became scared and so did she. Tell me. He neighed frantically.

"Lo'ak tried to stick up for you but my people and his father rejected him. Then they said the most awful things about him and Sylwa and we all chose to leave. But a storm separated us. They're out there somewhere and we need to find them before they get hurt,".

I can't. Tsu'tey shrivelled and pondered over a cave wall. He was crying silently clearly blaming himself for what happened that night. Tsireya wouldn't have it. She stood up and walked over to him.

"Tsu'tey, what happened that night was not your fault. Lo'ak doesn't blame you for one moment. He says it's his father's fault. He's the one who attacked you. You were just defending yourself,".

Tsu'tey's ears flickered up and his face met her truthful gaze. He doesn't?

"He doesn't blame you one bit. He misses you. And right now, he needs you. All of them need us,"

Then we must find them. And I will never leave Lo'ak again. Climb on my back. Tsu'tey genuflected and Tsireya gently mounted him,

"Thank you. Now, let's go find our friends," she patted his neck and he neighed and galloped across the water and out of the cave into the open air.

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Sylwa woke up like lightning. "Tsireya," she breathed, rubbing her temple. "Not nice to sleep on solid rock,". She stood up and stretched her arms and legs but as she rubbed her eyes, she noticed that Peter wasn't sleeping in his spot. He was sitting at the edge again holding something out.

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Peter's golden locket twinkled in the early sunbeams. It clicked open showing its owner with a dark man and two small boys with cheesy smiles, one black-haired, one ginger-haired. His nose shrivelled and he couldn't stop his eyes watering.

"Are you okay?" Sylwa's voice forced him out of his misery and he hid the locket and dried his eyes.

"Sylwa, you're awake," Peter said calmly. "Sleep well?".

"Mostly. I heard you crying. You don't have to hide it. But if you don't wanna talk about it...".

"It's fine. Really?" Peter showed her his locket picture.

Inside the picture, she saw a joyful version of the man she was sitting next to with three male loved ones. "Is that your..."

"Family? Yeah," Peter wiped his eyes. "This is my husband: Arthur. And our boys: Reggie and Tommy. They were everything to me,".

"I'm so sorry,". She cried a little.

"My husband Arthur used to work for the RDA back on Earth. He was a brilliant scientist and inventor. Once he realised the RDA's true purpose, he left the organisation and wanted to make a new start with my family and me. He wanted to use his intelligence to fix the damage humanity had done to our world rather than use it to help humanity conquer Pandora. But he paid the price for it. Along with our boys,". He closed his locket and tucked it behind his shirt again.