It was a beautiful day in Pandora as every Na'vi clan began to head back to their own lands a few weeks after our rebirth ceremony.
Jake and Neytiri were doing fine. Well, if Jake stop being so overprotective of her. I swear that something triggered him from becoming into "Protective Husband and Brother" to "Overprotective Husband and Brother" in a matter of seconds when Neytiri told him she was pregnant.
Not even 2 months have passed and I could already see a bump on her. Maybe Na'vi pregnancy was a bit quicker than humans.
8 months later...
This morning was like any other morning for us. The sun was shining and every Na'vi was up and about and doing their work.
I, on the other hand, woke myself up with my stomach twisting and ended up vomiting my stomach outside my alcove.
I heard soft footsteps hastily making their way to me and I felt Tsu'tey's muscular arms encircle me in an embrace after I finished.
"Another one?"
He asked and I nodded. This has been happening for almost a week now and I was starting to worry that something bad is happening.
"I am alright"
I managed to answer in a raspy tone. I saw Tsu'tey frown and I patted him on the cheek "Calm down worry wart. I'm not gonna die now" I guess Tsu'tey was a bit confused at the "Worry wart" term but I guessed his language in English as well as its other forms are a bit...strained.
Should have known.
"Everything alright?"
I heard my brother, Jake, call out from below and I answered back "No one's screaming and I'm not yet dying so yeah, everything's alright" Standing up, Tsu'tey and I went down.
Jake frowned "This is starting to worry me sis. You rarely ever vomit" I glared at him "Calm down mother hen, I am not sick just feeling something bad in my stomach" I answered, flaring my nose in annoyance.
"If I can be of assistance..."
All eyes turned to Tom with Ni'nat heading towards them. Since Neytiri and Ni'nat were pregnant women, it was a custom to the Na'vi that all pregnant women would do the gathering with the elders while the males and the non pregnant females hunt.
"How about we head back to Hell's Gate and see if Max can figure out what's wrong with her"
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"No"
How did I forget that I have an overprotective mate with me?
"Tsu'tey..." I groaned and looked at him. Uncertainty was in his eyes. He had already seen what the Hell' Gate looks like and I found out he didn't like the cold floor and it's place was devoid of plant life.
"Brother, I might have to agree with this one. We may not know if an illness is slowly spreading in her"
Jake said to Tsu'tey and for a bated breathe, all was silent before Tsu'tey caved in to let me go to Hell's Gate with the girls but not before warning me to be back before he went home with the kill.
~oOo~
Max was just tinkering with some samples that could help them survive the toxic air of Pandora when he heard the alarms of a breach signal.
Opening a monitor, he sighed with relief before he opened the electric gate he and a few others repaired.
He hastily went outside with his exo pack on "Kaltxí Emersyn" Emmy grinned, baring her sharp fangs.
"You've been learning" Neytiri said with a smile and Max nodded before clasping his hands together "So...what brings you here to Hell's Gate?" Emmy sighed.
"Okay first, you need a new name for this place. Second, I hope Norm and Trudy are doing well in their relationship and lastly, I've been feeling a bit sick in the stomach"
Max righted his glasses before gesturing Emersyn inside. The cold walls and the lack of the Pandorian air made Emmy uneasy for some reason. Her life as a full Na'vi really changed her.
Max let Emmy lay down on a Na'vi sized medical table while Neytiri and Ni'nat watched from the transparent window.
Max slid unto his suit for the Pandora air and began making a series of light test from his theory if ever proven right.
"Say Emmy, when was your last per - I mean, heat?"
Emersyn's eyes went wide and she wracked her brain from the last time she had her heat which was around that time was a few weeks ago and Tsu'tey was hell bent on making sure that she was marked with his scent to ward of any males.
Now that you mention it, we were pretty rough with each other.
"Em? Your hormone levels just spiked. Might I ask what are you thinking?"
Max's nervous voice snapped her out of her pleasured filled head and Emmy coughed nervously before answering.
"I may have it late I guess"
"Emersyn, Na'vi women can't have their heat if they are carrying a child"
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Silence.
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Ni'nat and Neytiri, having heard of the conversation, gave a cacophony of joyous noises while Emmy wondered if it wasn't her pleasured mind playing tricks on her.
"Can you repeat that Max?"
"I said that you have a child carrying inside and though you are Na'vi now you still have some of the human side effects of having a baby and involves vomiting, nausea, dizziness and quick changes of your mood"
~oOo~
I looked down at my flat stomach that looked like it had been steamrolled 10x before placing a hand on it.
I am pregnant.
I am bloody pregnant with Tsu'tey's child!
WHY AM I STILL THINKING ABOUT THIS?
"Emmy? I think you spaced out for a bit"
Max said, waving a flashlight in front of my face. I blinked before gathering him up in my arms and squeezing the life out of him with a hug.
"Max this is amazing! The first pregnant female dreamwalker Na'vi!"
"What's with someone being pregnant?"
All eyes went to Norm and Trudy pushing up carts filled with food and utensils Max needed before Emmy came. Ever since they reopened Grace's old school, many Na'vi had been catching on with English with the help of Trudy, Norm and sometimes Max and the other scientists.
"Look who just became the mommy!" I screamed. Waving my arms wildly and my emotions on sky high while Max plopped on a nearby chair and muttered something about pregnant mood swings and whatnot.
Norm dropped the tray full of Max's needed items and gasped "No Way!" A big grin came and as soon as I stepped out of the lab, Norm gave me a sideways hug and nodded in acknowledgement to Neytiri and Ni'nat.
"Norm! Watch what you're holding! We need those!"
Max said in exasperation before turning to Emersyn "Does Tsu'tey know about this?" Emmy's happy mood went downhill as she scowled.
"That skxawng did this to me and he's not even here!"
Ni'nat's eyes went wide at the sudden change of demeanor and she wondered if how female tawtute handle their pregnancies.
"How are we gonna tell the others?" Trudy asked and Emmy huffed, marching out of the room with her hands to the sides, a devious smirk on her face.
"I know just how to tell"
~oOo~
Most pregnant females wouldn't dare try out what I am going to do but since I am not like most pregnant females, I don't give two shakes of a Na'vi tail!
I spotted Tsu'tey and Jake leading the hunting party and grinned from my position above the trees.
I quietly sneaked above Tsu'tey and the said Na'vi stopped his palí from walking any further as did Jake and the hunting party went to a stop.
Flexing myself, I made a dive before Tsu'tey could even utter a word and landed directly on him. The force sent him and I over the pa'li and unto the ground.
I hastily shifted myself so my stomach wouldn't end up on the floor and grinned to a groaning Tsu'tey.
I bit onto his shoulder blade making Tsu'tey lose his breathing for a moment before I greeted "I'm back" I heard Jake snort.
"What a way to greet someone back"
I gave Jake a cheeky grin before standing up and giving him a hug "Ni'nat and Neytiri have gone back to Hometree and I decided to give my mate a surprise greeting" I said gesturing to a still dazed Tsu'tey on the ground.
"You alright brother?"
Jake asked and Tsu'tey immediately shot up to compose himself and glared at the snickering Na'vi hunters. I chuckled before pulling the two of them away from the crowd.
"If you will excuse us two for a moment"
The rest of the Na'vi watched as I dragged the two away to a secluded clearing not far from where the rest were waiting.
"What is it that you wanted to tell us that got you so hyped up about?"
Jake asked and I grinned "I have interesting news for the two of you" Tsu'tey raised a brow and Jake sighed.
"They better be good"
I opened my mouth to answer when we heard yelling and we dashed back to where we left the Na'vi to see a young Na'vi whom I recognized was Ateyo, a hunter in training.
"Ole'ytkan, Neytiri is in labor! Tsahik is requesting your presence"
He wasn't even halfway through the sentence when Jake was already up on his direhorse and speeding away, leaving a trail of dust.
I blinked before turning to the rest of the stunned Na'vi.
"Well what are we waiting for? Let'a get out asses moving!"
~oOo~
We had arrived just in time to see Jake run past by me again with a crazed look in his eyes. Tom and Ni'nat met us on our way to Neytiri.
"lu po tam?"
I asked with slight worry that there might be complications in the birthing process.
Ni'nat smiled before shaking her head "Neytiri will be just find though I am a bit worried of how Jake is going to handle it when he comes back with the atokirina" Now I am confused.
"What's with Jake bringing in atokirina?"
I asked and Tom added on "Well, Jake is the Ole'ytkan here so the standard routine of what males are going to do when their mates give birth" I nodded.
A few minutes later, I heard Neytiri scream and I tensed up in reaction. Jake came bounding by, totally ignoring the congratulatory remarks of the mated Na'vi people.
Thank Eywa they were an understanding bunch that Jake was just acting like any other father would be.
I walked up to him to help him out but he just brushed past me with no words spoken and hastily clambered up the alcove. I gaped "That hurt ya know..." I mumbled and Tsu'tey laughed.
We waited patiently with the occasional screaming from Neytiri and obvious cussing from Jake before I heard a baby wail.
"I'm an uncle!"
"I'm an aunt!"
Tom and I shouted at the same time with joy before they saw Mo'at appear with a smile on her face "Eywa has blessed my daughter with a son" She gestured to them to enter and I wasted no time scrambling up but being mindful of stomach.
There was a tired Neytiri on the blessed water inside her mother's alcove and Jake holding a small bundle.
My breath hitched and I instinctively grasp my stomach. Tom was the first to approach Jake "He's just like you..." Was the first thing Tom said and Jake chuckled, a ghost of a smile on his face.
"What about me?" I managed to choke out as I saw a few woodland sprites appear from the outside and danced around the alcove.
"Looks like Eywa gives her very own blessing to your child"
A goofy grin appeared and Jake puffed out his chest and made me roll my eyes. Tsu'tey and Ni'nat soon came to look at the newborn.
"kempe sweylu ayoeng tstxo fìpo?"
Tsu'tey asked and everyone began wracking their brains for an answer.
"How about Leonardo?"
"The kid's not tawtute Tommy"
"How about Marek?"
"Doesn't fit the name Ni'nat"
"Can you please stop criticizing the name?!" I watched with amusement as a vein popped on Tom before Jake's voice cut off from us that was about to argue "I think Neteyam" I beamed at the name as did Neytiri.
"The name suits him" I said and everyone nodded in agreement. Neytiri drew out a yawn and Jake made a gesture for us to leave the alcove. Before I could head out, I called out to them "Get ready to be an uncle to a child of mine" Tom halted before Ni'nat pushed him out and Tsu'tey stopped with his eyes trained on me.
"You're with child?"
He made it sound like it was shocking news when really he knew it was bound to happen at some point.
"Don't be so shocked about it. You do realize that I can get pregnant ya know"
Tsu'tey was still silent and I began to get a little bit worried that I may have said it a bit too early - Oh Hell!
Tsu'tey suddenly swept me off the ground and began to twirl me around with a very feral grin plastered on his face.
"fìkem lu nawm!"
I gave a sharp scream while Ni'nat gave me her congratulations. Tom was silent and it wasn't before Jake appeared did he managed to speak.
"Our sis is pregnant..."
"WHAT?!"
~oOo~
The first few months of finding out that I was pregnant was stressing...well, stressing on Tsu'tey's part.
He was always on my trail, making sure that nothing bad happened to me when he knew full well that I can take care of myself.
Neytiri and Ni'nat now found it amusing while my brothers were no more like Tsu'tey's attitude.
Seriously, what am I? A Na'vi in distress? I am not some ignorant woman who doesn't know how to deal with this type of situation since almost all married and mated women experience this.
Tsu'tey wouldn't even leave me out of my sight for FIVE bloody minutes even if there were other Na'vi people with me.
A few mated females find it funny and sweet while I find it annoying. My mood swings were also getting worse and it would cause the two of us to have an argument over nothing.
Jake and Tom had began to notice my sour mood and decided to confront Tsu'tey about tawtute pregnancy while they both decided that I spend the day with Neytiri and Ni'nat.
I sighed in relief when the water touched my feet as we three ladies relaxed on a nearby lake.
"So...Tsu'tey giving you a hard time?"
Neytiri asked and I rolled my eyes before huffing "Its bad enough that he doesn't even understand female tawtute and their shift in their moods when they're with child" I managed to say without gritting my teeth.
Neteyam gave a small coo in Neytiri's arms and all anger disappeared within me as I saw the cute face of my nephew.
"Why do I have a feeling this guy will be a heartbreaker"
Neytiri and Ni'nat gave me a confused look on their faces and I coughed "someone who usually plays a woman's feelings - a lot like Jake actually" Neytiri's eyes darkened.
"I will not let that happen..."
I hope you won't.
The image of a hormonal Jake and Tom when puberty hit them became fresh in my mind.
Ni'nat was getting bigger and I knew her time would be near while my baby bump was still small.
"What are you gonna name your child if it is a boy or a girl?"
Ni'nat beamed at me "If Eywa grants me a son, Ma Tom and I shall name him Azo'itan if it is a girl then her name shall be Atxwe'ite" I smiled, rubbing my belly.
"Those names sound great" I gave a loud gasp at the end of my sentence and felt my baby bump. Neytiri and Ni'nat looked at me in alarm.
"pelì'u lu keyawr?"
Ni'nat askdd and I smiled "I felt my child move" I have heard that pregnant Na'vi women can bond with their child even if they are still inside their wombs and I haven't felt mine yet but now I do and it was a wonderful experience.
Neytiri laughed and bounced Neteyam on her lap "I am happy for you Emersyn" I chuckled when I felt someone else from the bond. It was a different kind from the first one. A bit more shy.
My eyes went wide.
I'm going to have twins?!
I wanted to talk to Ni'nat and Neytiri to see if Na'vi can have twins in one day but I was interrupted by our mates calling us off somewhere.
We sighed "I wonder why they are so worried" Neytiri said, placing Neteyam into a makeshift baby carriage for him. I shrugged in reply as we slowly walked back to Hometree.
"You tell me, boys are just confusing as girls"
"Is that what a quote is Emersyn?"
"I'll tell you later Ni'nat. For now, pet's make sure we head back before my brothers and Tsu'tey go mother hen mode on us."