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Part 2 of Between the Lines
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2026-03-20
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2026-05-26
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Seeking Pandora

Summary:

Audrey "Able" Ryder is a woman with no way out. To escape the crippling economy and hazardous atmosphere which define life on Earth, she accepts a lucrative contract from the notorious Resources Development Administration opperating on the distant, Earth-like Moon named Pandora. Able wakes from the five year sleep-induced journey to find herself on a different world, with new rules and challenges.

When she discovers that the RDA is not all it's cracked up to be, and that the native humanoid species on Pandora is set to be decimated, will Able stick to the confines of her contract, or go against all she's ever known in order to do what's right?

 

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Chapter 1: BEFORE

Notes:

NOTICE: The storyline and dialogue, those parts which originate directly from the game, Avatar: The Game (2009), I do not lay claim to. All rights belong to the Avatar franchise, James Cameron, and the associated creative team including writers, artists, voice actors, etc. I simply utilize these details in order to construct a fanmade novelization of the game's storyline, which is expanded upon with my own style and ideas. But at its core, neither the concept nor these characters belong to me, and I do not claim as much.

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

DREAMWALKERS HAD ALWAYS BEEN SOMETHING to be feared. They were unpredictable and coy, convincing the people to trust them by looking like us. But they weren’t the same—not even close. It wasn't just their minds, but their hearts and their souls as well. The chasm between who the Na'vi were and who the humans were could never be crossed; the expanse would always be too wide. 

That is, until a young marine was allowed to dreamwalk. The fluke which brought him to Eywa’eveng eventually led to the Pandoran War. And then the departure of the RDA from this moon, their tails caught between their legs.

These are the stories we hear through the songs. The tales excitedly repeated by Tlalim travellers, or even the last few Sarentu who roam our forests. But Jake Sully was not the only to find his place amongst the Na'vi, giving up his past life—and his human body. In fact, he was not even the first. And he would not be the last, either.

Gather around, and listen well. This, my friends, is the story of another such dreamwalker. Her deeds were carried out before the great Toruk Makto of the Omatikaya, and yet none today dare speak of them. Don't you wish to know why that is?

Tonight, I will tell you all about the human once known as Able Ryder: her courage, her faults, her adventures, and how everything she once was faded into obscurity.

 

Notes:

Working on the first full chapter now!!! I'm almost done with it, just gotta decide where to end it.

This work is a novelization of Avatar: The Game from 2009. The protagonist, Audrey "Able" Ryder is a Black woman who was one of the first Avatar drivers a full two years before Jake's arrival on Pandora. Within this fic, the events of the game will be narrated along with additional scenes and a storyline continuing after the game's ending.

Unfortunately AtG is no longer canon to the Avatar universe, which is a shame because I adore the storyline. Going off of this, the fic will be presented as a legend shared with some Na'vi kids by an elder, neither confirming nor denying the absolute validity of the tale.

As stated in the tags, this fic will eventual include romance and smut, and Able is a lesbian woman joining a culture that does not seem to have any reservations about queer relationships (and like...obviously the smut aspects are not being relayed to the kids listening to the story. Bear with me, the formatting/storytelling style will shift as the fic progresses)