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Eywa ngahu

[may Eywa be with you]

Leyra is getting ready for tonight in her Marui. She braided a few strands of her with beads that are similar to Lo'ak's and Neteyam's. She liked those on them, so she wanted to try it too and she wore a top out of shells over her chest and a skirt out of big leaves. She wore a self-made bracelet that she did with Tuk and her signature necklace. 

"Ley!" Tsireya yelled and bursted into Leyra's Marui in hectic.

"Oh, Eywa. You scared me, Reya!" Leyra exclaimed and turned to Tsireya who was sitting down beside Leyra.

"Could you quickly braid my hair? With beads?" She asked with pleading eyes. 

"Of course. You really look good." Leyra responded as she took a quick look at Tsireya and started to work on Tsireya's hair.

"Of course I want to look good tonight. I want to talk with Kiri about my feelings." Tsireya said nervously. 

"Really?" Leyra is happy for her. 

"Yeah, I just hope nothing goes wrong and that she likes me too." She pouted and was afraid that she would get hurt.

"I think she really likes you. You would make a cute couple."

"I'm just so nervous." Tsireya said anxiously. Leyra was finishing her hair and looked at her.

"You are the most beautiful woman, Reya. If someone wouldn't like you, they would be blind. You are my best friend, my sister. If anyone hurts you, I will kill them with my bare hands. You deserve love." Leyra said while taking her hands. Tsireya began to smile brightly and was more ready than ever to tell Kiri she likes her.

"You are my sister and I love you. Get the courage and speak to Lo'ak and Neteyam, Ley." They both hugged and made their way to the center of the village where everyone gathered for the evening. 

Leyra spotted the Sully family in the back and walked towards them. The two brothers noticed her approaching them and made her room to sit between them. 

"Hello." She greeted everyone and sat down. "Kiri, someone would like to talk to you." Leyra smiled while glancing towards Tsireya, who stood by her family but was looking at Kiri. Her cheeks turned red when she noticed that they were all staring at her. Kiri couldn't hide her smile and left the family to go to Tsireya. 

"Kiri is so into her." Lo'ak said laughing and earned a slap on the back of his neck from his mother. 

"Young love is so beautiful." Neytiri said raved and looked to Kiri and Tsireya. 

"Hey! What about 'old' love!" Jake exclaimed and put the word 'old' in quotation marks with his hands. 

"Mom! Tell us the story how you met dad!" Tuk demanded and looked at her parents beamingly. 

"We heard the story a million times already, Tuk." Lo'ak groaned annoyed. 

"I would like to hear it." Leyra smiled at Neytiri and Jake. "I bet it was romantic." 

"No, I tried to kill him." Neytiri said with no emotion in her face.

"No! It was love at first sight!" Jake argued but a smile tucked on Neytiri's lips. 

"Actually I saved him after I tried to kill him." Neytiri said. "He was attacked by Palulukans and he  couldn't defend himself. It was Eywa's sign that saved him from me." She smiled at Jake. 

"It was fate that we met each other." Jake added.

"I had to teach him our ways so he could survive and live amongst us."

"That is kind of romantic that she saved you and that he stayed in Pandora for you." Leyra smiled. She wished she would find true love one day too. She glanced at Lo'ak. She hadn't seen him all day and she missed him a little. Then she remembered her encounter wit Neteyam today where they almost kissed and her face started to heat up. She looked at Lo'ak's lips and her thoughts wandered in a direction she didn't wanted right now. And it got worse when he looked at her directly now. She can see the desire in his eyes and she's sure he can see it in her eyes too. Her heart almost stopped when she felt a large hand on her thigh. Neteyam's hand. She bit her lower lip because of the heat that was spreading inside her. Lo'ak's gaze immediately dropped to her lips. He wanted to kiss her so badly but his parents and Tuk sat in front of them.

The voice of Neytiri brought her back into the real world and Leyra let her thoughts in the back of her head. "The song would soon start." She had said and Leyra let out a breath. 

She turned her body to the front where the lead singers were standing and her back faced Lo'ak now. He lazily put his arms around her waist and pulled her towards his chest. Leyra's back was no pressed against his chest and her heartbeat quickened. He strokes over her bare skin and she relaxed completely, leaning against him as all of the clan members started to sing the Spiral song together.

"Pamtseol ngop ayrenut"

[music creates patterns]

"Mì ronsemä tìfnu"

[in the silence of the mind]

"Mì hifkey"

[as weavers do]

"Awnga rol fte kivame"

[we sing to See]

"Kame fte rivol"

[we see to sing]

"Rerol tengkr kerä"

[we sing our ]

"Ìlä fya'o avol"

[down the eight]

"Ne kxamtseng."

[to the center]

"Aywayl yìm kifkeyä"

[the songs bind the thirteen spirals]

"'Ìheyut avomrr"

[of the solid world]

"Sìn tireafya'o avol"

[to the eight spirit paths]

"Na waytelemä hìng."

[like the threads of a songcord] 

When they finished singing together there was a good mood amongst everyone. Leyra had an angelic singing voice and Lo'ak could only stare at her the whole time. He was falling for her fast and he couldn't stop it. Neteyam couldn't take off his eyes of her too. He was glancing behind him the entire time, hoping that she would look at him.

Neytiri had watched her sons carefully and she realized that her sons both like the same girl. She was a little concerned how this will work out. She looked at Leyra. She is a good girl for either of her sons. It doesn't matter who she chooses, Neytiri would welcome her in the family in a heartbeat without thinking.

"Neytiri, would you sing your songcord? I would die to hear your voice alone." Leyra asked hopeful as she looked at Neytiri. Kiri and Tsireya joined them and sat down together while holding hands.

"Of course." Neytiri smiled and started to sing, bead after bead. She really sounded like an angel.  All of her family was captured by her voice and other people of the clan started to listen to her too. Then she came to a bead where Leyra had to look at Neteyam. She held his hand while she looked into his eyes.

"Lie si oe Neteyamur 

[I experience Neteyam]

Nawma Sa'nokur mìfa oeyä 

[To the great mother my inside]

Atanti ngal molunge 

[You brought the light]

Mìpa tìreyti, mìpa tìkanti 

[new life, new goal]

Lawnol a mì te'lan 

[Great joy that is in the heart]

Lawnol a mì te'lan 

[Great joy that is in the heart]

Ngaru irayo seiyi ayoe

[We thank you]

Tonìri tìreyä 

[For the nights of life]

Ngaru irayo seiyi ayoe 

[We thank you]

Srrìri tìreyä 

[For the days of life]

Ma Eywa, ma Eywa"

Now Tsireya was looking at Kiri with a warm smile while they hold each other tightly. They have talked about their feelings and they both liked each other so they started a romantic relationship. 

"Zola'u nìprrte' ma Kiri 

[Welcome, Kiri]

Ngati oel munge soaiane

[I bring you to the family]

Lie si oe atanur 

[I experience the light]

*Pähem parul, tì'ongokx a oeta 

[A miracle arrives, a birth that comes from me]

Lawnol a mì te'lan

[Great joy that is in the heart]

Lawnol a mì te'lan

[Great joy that is in the heart]

Ngaru irayo seiyi ayoe

[We thank you]

Tonìri tìreyä

[For the nights of life]

Ngaru irayo seiyi ayoe

[We thank you]

Srrìri tìreyä

[For the days of life]

Ma Eywa, ma Eywa"

"Eywa ngahu" Neytiri finished singing and all of the surrounding people gave her a small applause. 

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