hey everybody. this is my new story and hope you all like it. let me know what you think and if you want some more. this is just the introduction paragraph and not much is really going to happen. when there is random bold places in the text, that is Charlotte's thoughts.

Did you know that driving with only one hand is a pain in the rear. I am only driving with one hand because I lost the other one in battle. I am a retired Navy Personnel because I was 'unfit' for duty because I only had one hand. My name is Charlotte Sully but most people call me Charlie or Char. Just depends on how you know me. I have two brothers, a marine named Jake and a scientist named Tom but I like to call him Tommy. I was normally never thought of as their sister because they both had natural brown hair and my hair was a bright red; not the natural red but like a red, red. It wasn't as bright as my mom's is but still pretty bright.

My brother Tom went to a school place and studied stuff about another world called Pandora. Jake thought it was a waste of time, but I thought it was pretty cool. I actually ended up going with him when my hand was blown. Even though he had about a year more schooling than I did, I still was just as good as him. I am a really fast learner and I love learning new things. So when he came home one day all excited about what he had learned that day, I had him tell me what he learned. I soon started going to school with him and caught up with their class within the 5 months that I was there. Because I had learned and memorized things so quickly, I was able to go to Pandora with them when they left in the next year or so. They got my DNA and started making or creating my own Na'vi. Tom and I were super excited to be going to the planet that we had learned so much about.

My brother Jake on the other hand wouldn't have been as excited about it. If you noticed I did say wouldn't have, he doesn't know. But I was on my way to pick him up at that exact moment in time. He had been kicked out of the bar that he had been in. After he came home from the place he was stationed at, he started drinking a lot and getting into a lot of fights. I understood that he had to get his testosterone levels out some how but I didn't like how he was doing it. but i sadly had no say in what he did, only had a say in how to protect him. Even though he was a couple years older than me and a couple years younger than Tom, I was very protective of him. He may not have had legs, but I did and he had two arms. We were pretty close and actually were somewhat closer than Tom and I were. Even though I had spent more time with Tom than I had with Jake.

I drove up to the bar and saw Jake sitting outside drinking a beer waiting for me. I climbed out of the car and walked over to him. I put my hand on my hip and looked at him.

"Looks like I'm here to save your butt, again." i said with a sigh.

"I didn't need saving." he replied taking another drink of his beer.

"Mmhmmm, then how are you going to get home?" I asked with a smirked. He paused in his movement to take a drink and looked at me.

"I would have found a way."

"Whatever. just get over here so that we can go over to Tommy's." he wheeled over to the car and I helped in then put his wheelchair in the back. I climbed into the car and turned it on and started driving. Jakes phone started to ring and he pulled it out and answered it. After a little bit he said my name then put the phone on speaker and set in between our seats.

"Hello Jake Sully and Charlotte Sully," This didn't sound good. "I'm afraid to inform you that your brother was found dead." WHAT. I pulled the car over to the side of the road and put it in park to be able to focus on what this person was saying. Tommy's dead?! "Someone reported hearing gunshots coming from the house and called the police. When the police arrived, they found your brother Tom on the ground with a couple gunshot wounds. Tom apparently walked in on a robbery and was shot, he was pronounced dead on sight. the police are doing everything they can to find the person that had broken into your house. If you would like to see your brother, he is at the morgue waiting. we thought we would let you see him before anything was done. Oh and Charlotte, Dr. Augustine sent a message letting you know that she was very excited to see her top students. your flight is going to be leaving in a weeks time." without another word he hung up. i sat there just staring at the steering wheel, not knowing what to say.

"Tommy, is…..dead." i finally said after about 10 minutes of silence. "why now, we were supposed to be going to Pandora together." i whispered to myself.

"Who's Dr. Augustine?" Jake asked. Of all the things he catches, why that?

i ended up explaining to him about the journey that Tom and I were planning on taking in a week.

-End Flashback-

Hope you all like it, let me know what you think and if you want more. Sorry about the weirdness that happened when i first posted this, but hopefully it will work this time.