1. Naniki ‘to be active’ or ‘spirit’ Taino language: http://www.taino-tribe.org/tedict.htmlhttp://www.taino-tribe.org/tedict.html The Caribbean Sea 2050

2. A pelican dives into the sea and transforms into a flying fish. In the flurry we also see an air being transforming into a water being. The flying fish is his naniki. http://ultravioletfineart.comhttp://ultravioletfineart.com Bev Simons

3. Amana (girl Niara) meets Skelele (transformed boy Niara) and they escape their elders and initiation training to explore an island they both dreamt of... http://www.pixelsumo.com/post/underwater-sculpture-park Artist Jason Taylor, Grenada.http://www.pixelsumo.com/post/underwater-sculpture-park

4. They travel forward in time to Boriken (Puerto Rico) ‘Land of the Valiant and Noble Lord’ and then the Dominican Republic and Haiti. http://ptwc.weather.gov/?region=4 The Caribbean Sea 2050 2075 2100 The Blue Hole - Niara ‘nest’

5. When Amana and Skelele step onto these mechanized islands they transform into futuristic earth beings but their water and air skills allow them to see island pasts and traditions.

6. As they explore and discover their human emotions, an oil spill explodes and the ‘global leaders’ together with ‘tourism’ and ‘economic development’ (characterized) threatens the Caribbean Sea, the islands, their species and all organic life forms.

8. On their journey South they surface in St Lucia, 2050 Grenada, 19 th century Tobago, 18 th century going further back in time... through particular island features and situations. Georgie Tuscon, Carriacou

9. They enter the Bocas, the Dragons Mouth (between Trinidad and Venezuela) and the sea becomes a dragon. It spits them out into the Gulf of Paria - Trinidad 15 th Century. They feel their way into the Orinoco delta - 7 th Century And are washed back out to the Guyana coast – Early AD

10. As Amana and Skelele continue on their mission with their naniki animal familiar, a Manatee, a huge Arapaima fish... they must face historical, natural and, more often, mystical challenges up the Essequibo river, deep into the interior of Guyana, BC. Oriyu: George Simon, Guyana

11. As they fall deeper and deeper in love, they also face knowing that they could never be together. Each is a future leader and responsible for their different worlds (Sky and Sea). Atop Mt Roraima, the ‘moment of truth’ reveals that what they seek is within them, not in a wizened ancient. Love, and the ability to synergistically connect with every living cell around them, fuses them into fully empowered, extraordinary adults. www.guyanagraphic.com/wordpresswww.guyanagraphic.com/wordpress © Frank Rowe

12. They fly straight back to the Caribbean Basin, into battle with the oil monstrosity. Shaman’s Journey along the Milky Way: George Simon

13. It is a long and hard fight. Amana and Skelele are blasted to bits in their final attempt. But the monster is also destroyed. ….along the Milky Way, Hummingbird appears: George Simon

14. The glittering pieces of Amana and Skelele fall, healing and recreating clean seas, healthy life forms and natural islands. Marine boy Enal with his pet shark: James Morgan http://jamesmorganphotography.co.uk/

15. Joyous sea, air currents and creatures celebrate, pushing Amana and Skelele’pieces together and they re-create each other, in embrace. They kiss and part ways, disappearing away in the sky and the sea. Until, like in the beginning of the story, all we can see is their active spirit or naniki - a pelican and fish. Eli Mordechai: http://www.myshutterspace.com/photo/pelican-sunset

16. So now... the ‘products’: partnership website linked to educational and environmental projects novel and enhanced e-book graphic novel animated film internet/mobile phone game interactive website where youth can: – write their own versions of sections of the story (what happens on what island in what time, underwater, in the sky etc). – identify as an air, sea or earth being and navigate challenges for the survival of their e-pet naniki - link to info and projects involved in conservation.

17. AIMS To connect academic cultural, anthropological, environmental, sociological studies/students to a creative writing project with commercial entertainment products. Link profit-based entertainment and contributors (including fine artists, musicians, writers) to: education – student input for academic credit + environmental projects with an interest in the Caribbean region.

18. In development with students: THANK YOU an enhanced e-treatment of the story partnership building website: www.nanikistory.wordpress.com www.nanikistory.wordpress.com research and contributor network And of course seeking interest, support, endorsement!