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The following article/section is from the Race to the Sun continuity under Rick Riordan Presents and not the Riordanverse canon. |
Maya is a girl of Pueblo descent attending Intertribal Community Charter School. She is part of the ancestors club.
Race to the Sun[]
During a meeting of the ancestors club, she is making a corn necklace when Nizhoni Begay barges into the school library and announces that her father has been kidnapped. She is startled by this and drops a piece she was using to make her necklace and stares at Nizhoni. When the Begay siblings failed to show up to her office, Mrs. Peterson interviewed Maya and other members of the ancestors club on their whereabouts.
The Cursed Carnival and Other Calamities: New Stories About Mythic Heroes[]
The Demon Drum[]
As the Ancestor's club is waiting on Nizhoni to head to the All-Nations Assembly Powwow, she and the other club members glare at Nizhoni when she arrives. As Davery's dad arrives to drive them, she expresses her desire to he her favorite hip hop artist.
When they arrive, Davery's dad tells them to stay in groups of two before he leaves to save them seats. Darcy and Kody head to the hip hop stand featuring Darcy's favorite artists, which she, Nizhoni, and Davery get fry bread. Toni, the new girl, does not order anything and leaves when they ask her to napkins. While she and Davery enjoy their fry bread, Nizoni claims hers is rancid, but it tastes fine to them. After that she goes shopping and finds a pair of earrings she like and buys them, but the vendor doubles the price on her and refuses to take it back. They start to fight as Nizhoni arrives and she offers to pool some money together for her later. They go to the hip hop venue where the rest of the club is and they say the group gotin an argument and stormed off before they could finish their first. They head into the arena where the dancing is being held and Nizhoni tells them she fights monsters. She, Darcy, Kody, and Toni think she is crazy until Davery confirms it. Nizhoni says one of six drums is behind everything that has gone wrong that day and she, Kody, and Darcy agree to help. But Toni thinks Nizhoni is insane and does not help. They wait until the intertribal dance to start and sneak up to the drums, testing all of them with Toni, deciding to help, finding the bad one and running away when it transfers. She and the others watch as Toni return with a blanket and a bottle of water and squirts the monster, causing it to shrink.
After everything is over they go to Nizhoni's house to tell her brother, who sat it out due to a broken arm, about it.
Apperance[]
Maya is a girl of Native American descent who dark hair and eyes.
Trivia[]
- She is named after the daughter of Rebecca Roanhorse.
Race to the Sun | |
Books: | Race to the Sun |
Main Characters: | Nizhoni Begay | Mac Begay | Davery Descheny | Mr. Charles | Mr. Yazzie |
Secondary Characters: | Bethany Begay | Mr. Rock | Ms. Bird | Rock Crystal Boy | Black Jet Girl |
Minor Characters: | Coach | Adrien Cuttlebush | Mr. Begay | Darcy | Maya | Bethany Begay's mother | Bethany Begay's father | Eugene |
Navajo Holy People: | Spider Woman | Jóhonaa'éí | Turquoise Boy | Yellow Corn Girl |
Magical Creatures: | Bináá' yee aghání | Łizhin | Dólii | Tsídii | Łigai |
Related Content: | Rebecca Roanhorse | Rick Riordan Presents | The Demon Drum |