Battle

Aleyx stood in front of his father, who had a scowl and an angry face, the reason? He found out that his son had been with two dream walkers, and if that wasn't enough, he didn't kill them but escorted them to their destination so that nothing would happen to them.

"So, you're telling me that you escorted two dream walkers to the edge of our borders, under the pretext that they weren't threatening our lands," Sukai said, holding back all the anger he had at the moment.

"Just as you hear it, Father, they were only observing the beauty of Eywa, I..."

"I don't care what you think!" finished Sukai shouting, as he paced frantically around the room they were in.

"My father died at their hands, and your grandfather died for simply trusting them, they don't belong here, yet they are killing everything they touch, have you seen the place they call home, there is no green anywhere, there is no life in what they transport, they are only bringers of death and destruction" Sukai commented upset, and a little exasperated to know that his son was still trying to trust the sky people, even knowing all that it meant.

"Not all are the same father, some are looking for a second chance at life here, trying to get Eywa to give them that, I can't take that away from them" Aleyx replied, as he took a seat across from his father.

"Their world is dying, on their planet there is almost no life, those two dream walkers are two people from heaven who long to live free, away from all the evil of their home world."

"Son, I want to think as you do, but don't you think that what they did to their world they can also do here, you've seen how they act with things they don't understand, how they destroy the jungle with what they call machines, they are demons that only seek their benefit, without measuring their consequences," Sukai said to Aleyx, as he grabbed him by the shoulders and pulled him into a hug.

"I can't force you not to help them, at least not those you think are different. However, I don't want you to let your guard down, ever, I don't want to lose you like my father, always keep that in mind," Sukai finished saying, then pulled away from the embrace and left the room.

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"Aleyx, focus!" Luak shouted to Aleyx, who had failed again, today they were in a secluded clearing in the tribe, where the warriors constantly train, whether it was in horsemanship, archery while riding their Pa'Li, or hand-to-hand fighting.

However, Aleyx had been missing continuously during all his shots, the reason was because he had his head full of thoughts about a conversation he had with his mother a few days ago.

And that conversation ended with a small argument, the reason? In the engagement, Aleyx, as a future Olo'eyktan, had to stick to some ancient rules and traditions of his tribe, and one of those was that his parents were the ones who had to choose his future wife, that girl who would be the next Tsahik, the spiritual leader of the Subaiya clan, that girl who would guide the tribe together with Aleyx during all his life, without a doubt a very important issue.

Something that was tormenting Aleyx, especially because of his experience and his memories as a person of the XXI century, these events almost did not happen, everyone was free to choose the person with whom he wanted to spend his days, and not by the decision of his parents.

So imagine when he is told that the person with whom he will have children will be chosen by his parents, it is undoubtedly very strong news for him.

"I'm sorry Luak, but I'm not in my right mind right now," said Aleyx, watching as his friend sat down next to him.

"Look, you have to be strong, and confident, we can't let the girls see us weak," commented Luak, as he pointed towards a group of Na'Vi girls practicing their hand-to-hand combat.

"You only think about girls, you pervert," Aleyx said with a chuckle, as he slammed his fist into Luak's shoulder.

"You know I'm telling the truth, he can't have eyes on girls now," said Aleyx dejectedly, Luak seeing this tried to cheer him up in the most horrible way possible; "come on, your parents will pick the most beautiful, strongest and tastiest woman for you, anyone would be happy in your place".

"Oh for Eywa's sake, give me patience with this guy" enunciated Aleyx, "come on, what did I say".

"Shut up Luak" was all Aleyx said to him and then went back to practicing his archery. 

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On a plain, a large tribe stood around a great mountain, which was hollow inside, providing shelter for the Na'Vi who lived around it.

This tribe was known to be tamers of the Pa'Li, formerly known by the name Emuray. However, after Aleyx's father, Sukai, won the leader's claiming ritual, the tribe became known by the name O'Subaiya, the tribe consisted of over fifteen hundred riders, a large tribe, considering that the most populous tribes known to humans consisted of approximately nine hundred Na'vi. 

Today was a normal day for the tribe, or so the inhabitants thought, it wasn't until after noon that the quiet in the tribe was broken. 

Hundreds of riders could be seen on the horizon approaching the tribe, with several hundred more Na'Vis in the sky above their Ikran. 

You didn't have to be smart to know that these were not friendly, so the one leading the tribe under Sukai's command ordered all the tribe's riders to prepare their mounts, then told an Ikran rider to fly in the direction of the Alpha tribe for support, for although he knew they could win the ground battle, the invaders had Ikran, something the tribe did not possess. 

After making sure that all the children and non-combatants took cover