To Protect the Balance. Chapter 1 "To Protect the Balance"
Ok skippy said I could actually get out the completed chapters as long as the voices didn't drag me away. So all you lucky people here is the actual honest to goodness start of the actual (imagine THAT) Story line.
Title: To Protect the Balance
Author: takhen
Genre: Avatar (2009)
Pairings: OCxOC, JakexNeytiri
Rating: NC-17
Disclaimer: I created this story from the inspiration received seeing James Cameron’s ‘Avatar’. It is solely intended for my enjoyment and shared with others to satisfy their curiosity. It is not to be marketed or posted without express permission. No profit will be gained from these pages.
Warnings: Slash M/M, OC, Char Death (Not Mains), Xeno, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, and what nots. Just covering the bases here.Oh and in the future (blush) Sex.
Summary: Neytiri:: “Our Great Mother does not take sides. She protects only the balance of life”. In the days following the war the losses to the Na'vi had yet to be felt. The balance was destroyed and the lives of everyone would never be the same. Drawn into this uncertain future two young men, one Na’vi, the other Human are brought together to discover that they are not so different after all. Pain, suffering and loss are the great equalizer. Can they heal the wounds that each carry, and in learning can they heals the wounds of a world? Will they find the strength and courage to stand and be counted despite deep seeded fears and mistrust? Even with the help of Ewya can they learn then teach others how to protect the balance of life?
Author’s Note: The Section/Chapter named 'Chapter Reference Guide' will contain a complete set of all Na'vi to English translations Reference material notes and explanations of all terms used. The specific points for individual chapters are always found at the end. This 'Reference Guide' is to aid the reader if they come across a word or term that is unfamiliar. Instead of having to look at the end of each chapter there are placed here for easy reference.
I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I have come to enjoy my first writing attempt. Feedback and ConCrit is always welcome.
Chapter 1
To Protect the Balance
…. Ewya dreamed and in dreaming remembered.
It was the time before the first songs as her favorite children would call it. Ewya(1) was not conscious as an individual would be. She was technically not what you would consider a thinking breathing person. Rather, her consciousness was a meld of all living things on Pandora. The Na'vi believe her to be divine. That she could see not only the past, but the present and future as well. They looked to her for signs, indications of what they should do in situations beyond their understanding. Each clan has a person that shared a very special bond with what could be called the world mind. Ewya, was the sum total of all life on Pandora. For generations beyond counting the Na'vi had joined their minds to that of the planet and over the preceding millennia she became something more. The vast neural network not only joined her to every living thing on the planet, but also allowed her to feel any disturbance in the space around her.
In those days there were oceans of light, and trees whose tops touch the sky. Herds of purple Yerik(2) thundered across the vast plains while flying beasts of gold and bronze mastered the currents and made the sky their own. There were shrill, viridian things that haunted deep rivers, and brightly lit creatures that were deadly to the slightest touch. It was a time of the universe manifesting its will upon this world in all its aspects; creating life in diverse and amazing shapes. It was a time of growth, of new things coming into existence. Nature run rampant, impossible events, magnificent paradoxes, dreams come true, dream gone awry. It was a time of dreams assuming reality.
It was a miraculous time, a time when the dreams of the universe became reality. It was the time of the birth of Ewya, she who became the guiding force and protector for all life on Pandora. It was the time before the Na'vi took the first steps upon this incredible world that the mind of Ewya came into existence, expanded and started to become aware.
And from that time forward, until now, it was a time of beauty, harmony and peace when all of her creatures were in balance. Each creature, taking only what was needed, never more; content to live their lives, respecting the world and all its creatures, knowing to the very core of their being that the balance must be maintained that anything else was unthinkable. All of her children treating each other with respect and love, grateful that there needs were met.
Far from Pandora, across the vastness of space the universe had created another world. The world of Man. The eons passed and then came the time of Man, the slave of fear, was emerging unaware that much of the terror that was to come was the result of nothing else but the fact that Man, the self styled master of the universe, had come in to existence. Mankind lived brief lives and bred prodigiously. Within a few centuries they rose to dominance, and in their greed, all but destroyed the world of their birth. With their world becoming all but uninhabitable the fear of the unknown vastness of space began to lose its hold.
With cold intelligence, Man began searching the stars and came upon the world of Pandora. The first to cross that vast distance and land on Pandora discovered a world of incredible beauty with creatures that seemed to be born out of nightmares. Surrounded by walls of metal, Man gained courage as little to no resistance was offered, and considered themselves supreme. When Man first met the Na'vi they were greeted with open arms, and a childlike curiosity. Understanding nothing, Man believed the natives of the planet had no idea of the wealth that was beneath their feet. It was inconceivable to them that the powerful metal held no value to those born upon this rich world. This beautiful world remained untouched, still alive and vibrant and Man could not understand why the Na'vi didn't want to take advantage of it. There was so much wealth to be had. Yet the Na’vi, in Man’s view were either to ignorant or to lazy to exploit it.
Man began to feel jealous of the Na'vi, and then as they had always done, Man began to feel the malice.
The Na'vi could not envision the growing darkness in the heart of Man. They had dwelt for countless eons upon their planet, living in balance with all life. They knew of Mans strange ways, but consider them blind or insane. Some even considered Man not greatly different from beasts in their inability to See.
The Na'vi continued to live in their traditional ways, spending their days as they always have, caring for one another and the world around them. Rational, thoughtful, at one with themselves and the world of their birth, they were unable to comprehend the change that had come to their world. As it almost always is, with the taint spread by the touch of Man, they too late began to understand.
They had learned the sky people's language and had taught them to speak Na’vi. They had tried to teach Man to see, to understand the flow of life, its unending energy, and the importance of balance, the need to respect Ewya. But Man was blind. Man could not see. It also seemed that Man could not learn. So they turned from Man returning to the way of life they had always lived.
Then this upstart Man began to spread like a pestilence across the world. A pestilence struck at the Na'vi and every thing that was sacred to life. For it was not only death Man brought, but terror to. Willfully Man started to make of the Na'vi world nothing but ruins and bones.
And for the first time Ewya, began know Fear.
And Man, the slave of fear, arrogant in his ignorance, cruel in his self-importance continued his horrifying progress. He was blind to the huge disruptions brought on by his apparent petty ambitions. As well, Man was deficient in sensitivity, had no awareness of the multitude of life that filled the world both seen and unseen. Every life intersecting with all others, each connected, dependent one upon the other in ways Man, in his conceit, thought were superstitions and the ignorance of barbarians.
It seemed a dreadful injustice that so much was to parish at the hands of creatures who behaved as though they were little more than animals themselves. It was as if a huge predator feasted on and squabbled over the paralyzed body of the youthful singer, who could only stare at them with puzzled eyes as they slowly robbed him of an exquisite existence. One that Man would never appreciate; never know what they were shredding with claws of ignorance and pride.
It was unjust.
By creating Man, the universe had betrayed the Na'vi. But it was a perpetual and familiar injustice. The sentient may perceive and love the universe, but the universe cannot perceive and love the sentient. The universe sees no distinction between the multitude of creatures and elements that comprise it. All are equal. None are favored. The universe, equipped with nothing but the materials of the power of creation, continues to create: something of this, something of that. It cannot control what it creates and it cannot, it seems, be controlled by its creations. Those who curse the workings of the universe curse that which is death. Those who strike out at those workings fight that which is inviolate. Those who shake their fists, shake their fists at blind stars.
But this does not mean that there are some who will not try to do battle with and destroy the invulnerable. There will always be such beings, possessed of a spirit greater than themselves.
Sometimes these are beings of great wisdom, however more often it is a being, more ordinary than not, but seemingly touched by fate. A being, as yet unaware, that is constantly tempered on the forge of destiny. Methodically hammered into shape tested, and found wanting, so is shattered and reformed. Remade from its flawed pieces to once again be tested, and once again, found unsound.
Torn apart and melted down time and again until, melded by experience, and tempered in pain and sadness one last time this being is held to the fire, impurities burned away, finally ready to be quenched in the icy waters of destiny. Reborn shinning like a spark in darkness, at last the perfect blade is forged.
Then again, it could just be a being of no special merit that the universe likes to screw with.
However, it doesn't matter if this being is champion or dupe, saint, sinner, wise man or fool. It will always be someone who can not bear to believe in an insouciant universe. A being, who, in a defining moment stands to be counted and thus becomes a tool for change. For good or ill, even the universe would not dare to presume to say.
This is the story of just such beings, imperfect and stumbling. Bearing burdens they believe beyond their strength to endure, until fate brings them together, and together find strength and purpose that no one could have for seen.
Together they must learn to protect the balance.
Reference:
1. Ewya: Sometimes called “The Mother” by the Na’vi is the guiding force of Pandora and the Na'vi. Connected to everything on Pandora through a system of neuro-conductive fibers. Literally the Mind of Pandora. The sentient Spirit of the planet. Compared to a biological computer by human scientists. Information can actually be up and downloaded through tendrils all living things on Pandora are born with.
2. Yerik: A hexapede (Human). One of the most beautiful and fragile creatures of Pandora.
TBC