All right, this is first of my attempts to give Mara a family of her own
( I don`t mean her family with Luke because it is stable part of my
stories ) - parents, siblings etc. Let me know what you think.
Also apologies for my English. It`s not as good as it should be.
Disc.: I own nothing. Everything belongs to George Lucas and authors
of novels, this time I think Tim Zahn and K.J. Anderson. Don`t try to
sue me. I have nothing = you`ll gain nothing . Got it?
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The sunset on Kethran is one of the most beautiful things in the whole
universe. You would have to see it for yourself to believe. It starts when
the golden globe of Kethran`s sun goes down and changes its colour
to red. There is one moment, lasting only few seconds, when these two
colours join into a mass of living fire, golden-red sparks all over the sky.
One evening I was heading to the balcony to watch it. I stopped when
I saw Miranda already sitting in her chair watching it. I didn`t want to
disturb her but she sensed me, as always. After all she was a Jedi Knight,
just like my parents. But that was all I knew about them. Miranda had
never told me more, just that they had been killed by the Emperor in an
effort to save me from him. Since then Miranda looked after me and even
started my training. Still, I wasn`t trained and knew nothing more about
mum and dad.
As I moved closer I could feel something was wrong but I knew better
than ask. I knew she would tell me when it was time. So I sat into my chair
to watch the sunset.
"Beautiful, isn`t it?"Miranda suddenly asked. I nodded. "It has the same
colour as your hair. As your mother`s hair."
I was quiet. Miranda spoke so rarely about my mum and dad. I knew I had
the same hair as my mum, golden-red mane, which I cut at a shoulder`s
length. And that I had my father`s eyes, light-brown, almost yellow. That
was where my middle name Amber came from. I`d seen their holos. They
looked happy. They were happy until the Emperor came and they were
killed by him.
"Tara,"I looked at her. "There is something I need you to know,"she took
a deep breath and I started to worry. "I`m dying,"she whispered.
I sat there unable to move or say anything. Dying? It was impossible. She
couldn`t have been. Couldn`t leave me. I had noone else. I shook my head.
"You can`t be serious. You can`t die. There`s still so much left to teach
me, to tell me. I don`t want you to die,"I felt tears in my eyes and wiped
them away. "You`re the only mother I have had. I don`t want to be alone."
"You will never be alone,"she looked at me. "You have Force with you.
You are strong in it and for as long as you remember this, you`ll never be
truly alone."
"You have it too. Why don`t you use your healing abilities?"I asked.
Miranda looked at me with something like pity.
"I`m old and my time is coming. I won`t fight the will of the Force."
"But.."I wanted to argue but Miranda silenced me with a raised hand.
"Before I go I`ll tell you all about your parents so don`t interrupt me if
you want to know,"I nodded and she continued. "Marcus and Tarintha
Seldona were my best friends while I was a Jedi. They both were much
stronger than me. I was just a librarian. They were fighters, especially
Marcus with his temper,"she smiled as she remembered her long-dead
friends. "I was at their wedding and when their first and second child
were born,"I gaped. Two children? I had a sibling? Why had she never
told me?
Miranda looked at me and I could have seen tears welling in her eyes.
"I`m sorry I`ve never told you about your sister. She was two years older
than you and particurarly strong in the Force. Her midichlorian level was
almost 12,000. You are strong, too but your midi-level is only 11,000. You
were born after Palpatine had come to power and all Jedi were being killed.
Two Force-strong children could have been either killed or made Emperor`s
pawns and servants raised as Dark Jedi,"I almost didn`t breath. If my sister
wasn`t here with me, was she killed or...?"When you were four, eight years
after building of the Empire, your hideout was discovered. I came to take
you and your sister to safety. But I was late. However, I managed to get
you and ran away. Your sister wasn`t so lucky. Marcus and Tarintha fought
the Emperor and Vader but they lost and your sister was taken away and
I don`t know what happened to her then. I hid you here because Kethran
is far away on Outer Rim. And since then, I`ve brought you up."
Silence followed the story. I couldn`t see because of tears in my eyes. I
had a sister who had been taken by the Emperor. Where was she now?
Was she dead? I startled when Miranda touched my hand. I looked at her
through my misty eyes.
"The Emperor has been killed almost seven years ago. Recently he tried to
come back as a clone but he was stopped by a young Jedi who is rebuilding
the Order. His name is Luke Skywalker."
"Skywalker?"I asked.
"Son of Anakin Skywalker,"Miranda nodded. "From what I heard he is
different from his father. Much calmer. Probably his mother heritage."
I just nodded. I knew the story about how young Jedi Anakin Skywalker
had fallen in love with beautiful senator Amidala from Naboo and how
this forbidden love drove him to the Dark Side. But I didn`t know about
them having a child. A question popped up in my mind. How much was there
I didn`t know?
"He`ll finish your training,"Miranda`s voice cut into my thoughts. "And
he`ll help you find your sister. If she`s still alive,"she stood up and went
inside. I followed her to her room. There she pulled a hidden lever and a
door opened. Behind them lied a room with books, datadiscs and datapads,
training drones and just about everything that was needed for Jedi training.
I recognized some of the items there as I had used them in my training
before. I looked at my mentor questioningly.
"So much was lost in past,"she said with a sadness in her voice. "This is
all I`ve managed to save from destruction. Books and datas include
information about Jedi. Training methods, history, famous Knights. A bit
from everything. You can take it to Skywalker. I know he lacks information
about the Old Order. This may help him. Here,"she handed me a datadisc.
"This contains everything about your family and sister. The coordinates
for the Academy are locked in navi-computer on the ship. You should
leave as soon as possible."
"What do you mean?"I asked, confused. "Why?"
She smiled at me and pulled me into a hug.
"Forgive me for not telling you everything sooner."
"There`s nothing to forgive. You did what you thought the best for me,"I
said. "But I still don`t understand why I should leave soon."
"My time has come,"I couldn`t believe it. So soon?
"I...I thought we`d have more time."
"I`m sorry. Complete your training and find your sister. You are strong,
Tara. You`ll make it,"she stepped away from me. "May the Force be with
you, my child."
And then she dissolved into thin air! I just stared at the place she had
just stood on and finally it dawned on me she was gone. My teacher, my
friend, my mother. She was gone. Tears started to fall from my eyes and I
didn`t bother to wipe them away.
I didn`t know how long it took but finally I stopped crying. I looked around
me and decided that the sooner I left, the better. I started to carry all of the
things to the ship. It took me few hours and I had to use Force for heavier
objects but when I was done I went to my room and packed my things. I
needed something to keep my mind off the lost I had suffered and I didn`t
want to stay on Kethran longer than necessary. Finally I sat into pilot`s
chair and prepared for departure.
One last time I looked at the place that had been my home for past 21 years.
I imprinted the sight into my memory and then I left to never come back.
When I set the coordinates for Jedi`s Academy - somewhere on Yavin 4 - I
pulled out the datadisc Miranda had given me. I skipped the holos of my
parents and found one of my sister. It must have been taken shortly before
her kidnapping. From the picture two girls were smiling, both with the same
hair. The younger one had brown eyes. That was me. The older one, my
sister, had green eyes. She had her right hand enwrapped protectively around
my shoulder and looked determined to prevent me from any harm. We were
alike but there was something that looked dangerous about her. I noticed
how she resembled our mother with the hair and eyes. I, on the other side,
had our father`s eyes. But besides that she and I were almost like twins.
I scrolled the picture down to look at inscription.
Marina Jade Seldona and Tara Amber Seldona.
"Marina,"I whispered. "My sister. I will find you. I promise. You`re the only
family I am left. I won`t let you alone any longer,"I made the promise and I
knew I`d do anything in my power to keep it. And no one would stop me.
I looked at the stars flowing along the ship, bringing me closer to Yavin and
to my heritage. This was the way the Force had chosen for me and I had made
the first step to accepting it.
So what do you think? Like it? Hate it? Please leave a review so I`ll know.
Thanks.
( I don`t mean her family with Luke because it is stable part of my
stories ) - parents, siblings etc. Let me know what you think.
Also apologies for my English. It`s not as good as it should be.
Disc.: I own nothing. Everything belongs to George Lucas and authors
of novels, this time I think Tim Zahn and K.J. Anderson. Don`t try to
sue me. I have nothing = you`ll gain nothing . Got it?
-----------------------------------------
The sunset on Kethran is one of the most beautiful things in the whole
universe. You would have to see it for yourself to believe. It starts when
the golden globe of Kethran`s sun goes down and changes its colour
to red. There is one moment, lasting only few seconds, when these two
colours join into a mass of living fire, golden-red sparks all over the sky.
One evening I was heading to the balcony to watch it. I stopped when
I saw Miranda already sitting in her chair watching it. I didn`t want to
disturb her but she sensed me, as always. After all she was a Jedi Knight,
just like my parents. But that was all I knew about them. Miranda had
never told me more, just that they had been killed by the Emperor in an
effort to save me from him. Since then Miranda looked after me and even
started my training. Still, I wasn`t trained and knew nothing more about
mum and dad.
As I moved closer I could feel something was wrong but I knew better
than ask. I knew she would tell me when it was time. So I sat into my chair
to watch the sunset.
"Beautiful, isn`t it?"Miranda suddenly asked. I nodded. "It has the same
colour as your hair. As your mother`s hair."
I was quiet. Miranda spoke so rarely about my mum and dad. I knew I had
the same hair as my mum, golden-red mane, which I cut at a shoulder`s
length. And that I had my father`s eyes, light-brown, almost yellow. That
was where my middle name Amber came from. I`d seen their holos. They
looked happy. They were happy until the Emperor came and they were
killed by him.
"Tara,"I looked at her. "There is something I need you to know,"she took
a deep breath and I started to worry. "I`m dying,"she whispered.
I sat there unable to move or say anything. Dying? It was impossible. She
couldn`t have been. Couldn`t leave me. I had noone else. I shook my head.
"You can`t be serious. You can`t die. There`s still so much left to teach
me, to tell me. I don`t want you to die,"I felt tears in my eyes and wiped
them away. "You`re the only mother I have had. I don`t want to be alone."
"You will never be alone,"she looked at me. "You have Force with you.
You are strong in it and for as long as you remember this, you`ll never be
truly alone."
"You have it too. Why don`t you use your healing abilities?"I asked.
Miranda looked at me with something like pity.
"I`m old and my time is coming. I won`t fight the will of the Force."
"But.."I wanted to argue but Miranda silenced me with a raised hand.
"Before I go I`ll tell you all about your parents so don`t interrupt me if
you want to know,"I nodded and she continued. "Marcus and Tarintha
Seldona were my best friends while I was a Jedi. They both were much
stronger than me. I was just a librarian. They were fighters, especially
Marcus with his temper,"she smiled as she remembered her long-dead
friends. "I was at their wedding and when their first and second child
were born,"I gaped. Two children? I had a sibling? Why had she never
told me?
Miranda looked at me and I could have seen tears welling in her eyes.
"I`m sorry I`ve never told you about your sister. She was two years older
than you and particurarly strong in the Force. Her midichlorian level was
almost 12,000. You are strong, too but your midi-level is only 11,000. You
were born after Palpatine had come to power and all Jedi were being killed.
Two Force-strong children could have been either killed or made Emperor`s
pawns and servants raised as Dark Jedi,"I almost didn`t breath. If my sister
wasn`t here with me, was she killed or...?"When you were four, eight years
after building of the Empire, your hideout was discovered. I came to take
you and your sister to safety. But I was late. However, I managed to get
you and ran away. Your sister wasn`t so lucky. Marcus and Tarintha fought
the Emperor and Vader but they lost and your sister was taken away and
I don`t know what happened to her then. I hid you here because Kethran
is far away on Outer Rim. And since then, I`ve brought you up."
Silence followed the story. I couldn`t see because of tears in my eyes. I
had a sister who had been taken by the Emperor. Where was she now?
Was she dead? I startled when Miranda touched my hand. I looked at her
through my misty eyes.
"The Emperor has been killed almost seven years ago. Recently he tried to
come back as a clone but he was stopped by a young Jedi who is rebuilding
the Order. His name is Luke Skywalker."
"Skywalker?"I asked.
"Son of Anakin Skywalker,"Miranda nodded. "From what I heard he is
different from his father. Much calmer. Probably his mother heritage."
I just nodded. I knew the story about how young Jedi Anakin Skywalker
had fallen in love with beautiful senator Amidala from Naboo and how
this forbidden love drove him to the Dark Side. But I didn`t know about
them having a child. A question popped up in my mind. How much was there
I didn`t know?
"He`ll finish your training,"Miranda`s voice cut into my thoughts. "And
he`ll help you find your sister. If she`s still alive,"she stood up and went
inside. I followed her to her room. There she pulled a hidden lever and a
door opened. Behind them lied a room with books, datadiscs and datapads,
training drones and just about everything that was needed for Jedi training.
I recognized some of the items there as I had used them in my training
before. I looked at my mentor questioningly.
"So much was lost in past,"she said with a sadness in her voice. "This is
all I`ve managed to save from destruction. Books and datas include
information about Jedi. Training methods, history, famous Knights. A bit
from everything. You can take it to Skywalker. I know he lacks information
about the Old Order. This may help him. Here,"she handed me a datadisc.
"This contains everything about your family and sister. The coordinates
for the Academy are locked in navi-computer on the ship. You should
leave as soon as possible."
"What do you mean?"I asked, confused. "Why?"
She smiled at me and pulled me into a hug.
"Forgive me for not telling you everything sooner."
"There`s nothing to forgive. You did what you thought the best for me,"I
said. "But I still don`t understand why I should leave soon."
"My time has come,"I couldn`t believe it. So soon?
"I...I thought we`d have more time."
"I`m sorry. Complete your training and find your sister. You are strong,
Tara. You`ll make it,"she stepped away from me. "May the Force be with
you, my child."
And then she dissolved into thin air! I just stared at the place she had
just stood on and finally it dawned on me she was gone. My teacher, my
friend, my mother. She was gone. Tears started to fall from my eyes and I
didn`t bother to wipe them away.
I didn`t know how long it took but finally I stopped crying. I looked around
me and decided that the sooner I left, the better. I started to carry all of the
things to the ship. It took me few hours and I had to use Force for heavier
objects but when I was done I went to my room and packed my things. I
needed something to keep my mind off the lost I had suffered and I didn`t
want to stay on Kethran longer than necessary. Finally I sat into pilot`s
chair and prepared for departure.
One last time I looked at the place that had been my home for past 21 years.
I imprinted the sight into my memory and then I left to never come back.
When I set the coordinates for Jedi`s Academy - somewhere on Yavin 4 - I
pulled out the datadisc Miranda had given me. I skipped the holos of my
parents and found one of my sister. It must have been taken shortly before
her kidnapping. From the picture two girls were smiling, both with the same
hair. The younger one had brown eyes. That was me. The older one, my
sister, had green eyes. She had her right hand enwrapped protectively around
my shoulder and looked determined to prevent me from any harm. We were
alike but there was something that looked dangerous about her. I noticed
how she resembled our mother with the hair and eyes. I, on the other side,
had our father`s eyes. But besides that she and I were almost like twins.
I scrolled the picture down to look at inscription.
Marina Jade Seldona and Tara Amber Seldona.
"Marina,"I whispered. "My sister. I will find you. I promise. You`re the only
family I am left. I won`t let you alone any longer,"I made the promise and I
knew I`d do anything in my power to keep it. And no one would stop me.
I looked at the stars flowing along the ship, bringing me closer to Yavin and
to my heritage. This was the way the Force had chosen for me and I had made
the first step to accepting it.
So what do you think? Like it? Hate it? Please leave a review so I`ll know.
Thanks.