Disclaimer: I don't own "OBAN: Star-Racers".
Summary: Set after episode 14. After her second loss on Oban, Eva doubts if she ever sees her mother again, but a visit by a certain someone brings her confidence back.
Fixing Life.
Chapter 1
-…Like you said, today was a bad day, - Jordan, the earth team's gunner, said. – Tomorrow's gonna be better.
Eva sighed, closed her eyes and began to drift away…
She was floating in the sky, surrounded by bright light. An invisible chorus of angles was singing beautiful song… Everything seemed to be so marvelous and peaceful.
Eva looked around. She did not know what this place was.
-Where am I?..
-Somewhere safe, - answered a voice from the behind. Eva turned around, and her eyes went wide as she saw a woman dressed in everything white floating just nearby her. The woman was young and beautiful, with long pink hair, crescent tattooed on one of her cheeks and two strips – on the other. Eva recognized the woman immediately.
-Mom?..
-Yes, my dear, it's me, - the woman answered, smiling. –I saw that you lost your way and I came to help you find it again.
-What do you mean? – Eva barely whispered. She still couldn't recover from the shock.
-You've lost your self confidence, Eva, - Maya said, - You do not believe in yourself anymore. Without the faith in yourself, it would be even harder to win the races.
Eva looked down. She knew perfectly well what Maya was talking about.
-You cannot give up, - Maya continued, - You mustn't. Not now when you've made it this far.
Maya fell silent for a moment. Eva still looked away.
-I know how much pain you suffer. The pain from not being able to live a happy life with both me and Don. The pain from your father having rejected you. The pain from having to be alone in this world. But you are not alone, Eva. I'm always with you. Prince Aikka's with you. And your partner, Jordan. And others. We are all with you. And even your father.
-I doubt that he is with me, - Eva said quietly, pain etched in her every word.
Maya smiled sadly.
-Look, honey. I know that Don failed you as a father at a certain moment, but, believe me, he regrets it.
At this point Eva's mood suddenly changed.
-Failed me?!! – she cried furiously. – You call it a failure?! He just abandoned me, left me for good, and he does not seem to regret it! 'Cause if he did, he would have come to that the damn boarding school and took me away from there! He would have at least called me on my birthday or sent me a card or something!
Eva did not realize that she had already been crying.
Maya approached her daughter and hugged her.
-I know… I know everything you feel. But you have to learn to forgive. Besides, Don's life was not much better than yours after you've last seen him.
Eva looked at her mother.
-Wha.. What do you mean?..
-I'll show you, - Maya said, touching Eva's forehead.
And then Eva saw it. She saw what crap her father's life was after he had left her at the boarding school. She saw how he drank, wandered around the country, just trying to forget the pain from loosing a beloved one… She saw that only after meeting Rick, Don Wei started returning to his normal life, but he never fully recovered. She saw and felt his pain, the pain from loosing his wife… and abandoning his daughter.
Eva gasped as she found herself back in her mother's arms. Tears were pouring out of her eyes even harder than before. Maya simply hugged her again.
-You have to forgive him, - she said. – And what's more, you have to tell him who you really are. Disregarding everything he said to you beforehand. And you have to start believing in yourself. Otherwise you will never win the Ultimate Prize.
Everything, including Maya, began to fade away. But before Maya disappeared completely, Eva had whispered:
-Thank you. Thank you for being with me. I won't let you or Dad down. I promise.
Maya smiled and disappeared completely.
Eva opened her eyes. It was morning already.
-Thank you, Mom, - she whispered again. She knew it was no dream.
A/N: Well? What do you think? Anyway, I'll soon be posting chapter two, so watch out for updates.