Chapter 2 The Children of the Force
Goddess Elsa spend hours trying on various clothes on them, after buying all the bare essentials needed for them, giving them each a separate room and each giving them a special teddy bear personally made by her, they decided to call it a day, walking straight into her private study, within the room was a huge rectangular black conference table, with five chairs on each side, along with chairs on top and the bottom, a hologramic device stood in the centre of the table, waving her hand, she withdrew the curtains.
Elsa carried Elsye with her right shoulder, she was asleep after hours of walking around, trying on so many clothes and shoes, Elsa tried to gently put her down on the chair, but she cling on to her shoulder like a koala, "Don't bother trying to do that, she is stuck to you." giggled Rey, watching Elsa struggled to put her down, but kept failing the more she kept trying.
"Is she always like that?" asked Elsa, straightening out her blond hair.
"Always, many times I wake to find her sleeping on my stomach, and she drools very often."
"And?"
"She is a very heavy sleeper, she could sleep an entire day or two, both me and Luke tried waking her up once, she slept until midnight, the only thing that can wake her up is~"
"A good night's sleep." said Elsa, using her left hand to prevent her from falling, Elyse slept like a baby resting her head on Elsa's bare left shoulder, the queen felt her shoulder freezing up, almost forgetting Elsye still had ice powers like she did, however hers was much stronger. Elsa gazed at her seeing that black hair band, reminded her of those years wasted in her room locked away from Anna, for the safety of everyone around her, she willingly accepted without a single complain.
"My daughter, you won't be locked up like I was, you will see the world through my eyes, together I will help you master your power of ice and snow, I will show you how to use this powers."
"Mummy!" She smiled, rubbing her head against her bare shoulder.
"Why are we here? It's getting late, and I am tired." Asked Luke eagerly.
"You will see, they should be coming in.. right about now.." they turned to see two blinding white light, seeing they take the form of a human, their faces begin to formed, with their full body armor and in their hands held a lightsaber, Anna and Anakin appeared right before them.
"Hey Elsa! The meeting went well, everyone gladly accepted me as their queen and we threw a party to celebrate the occasion.. we even.." sensing the two children nearby, she turned her head to see both Luke and Rey.
"Who are these children Elsa?" pulling her red cape aside, standing down to look at Rey, sensing her confidence, she reached out her hand.
"My name is High Queen Anna, it's so nice to meet you, what's your name?" smiling excitedly. Rey took a step closer and shook her hand firmly, seeing her golden armor with a sun like crest in the middle of the breastplate, Rey wondered if she could wear that kind of armor, along with the crimson red cape.
"My name is Rey.. your lightsaber is crimson red and gold, why is that?"
"Let me show you." taking out her lightsaber, she ignited it as the superheated gold plasma roared to life, Rey's eyes dazzled in wonder, wanting to touch the superheated blade, Anna sensed it, "Don't touch the blade, you will burn your hand, hold it like this," and moved her tiny hands downwards to holding the hilt of the blade.
"There you go Rey, hold it gently~" Rey carried away from the excitement, lost her balance while holding on the blade, slicing the black conference chair in half. Anakin seeing what happened dash to help her up.
"Are you alright?" slowly helping her to her feet, Rey looked into his eyes directly, there was something about him, something whom reminded her of the father she lost, Anakin looked at her, waving her hand across her face but she didn't flinch. "Rey, Rey? Are you there?" Anna tried using the force, however all she saw was the sewers and all the months she spend scavenging for food and water, the vision now shifted to Anakin, probing deeper she understood who he was to her.
"Daddy!" Rey now took one step to closer, raising her hands wide signalling for him to carry her, Anakin stunned for a moment carried her, rising her to his nose, Rey now placed her fingers on his cheeks, seeing the fondness in her eyes, he used the force to find out about her. To his great surprise, she had the same genes as him, the same blood he had flow through her veins too.
"Congratulations Anakin, you are now a father, but we still need to know where they come.." said Anna. Anakin didn't say a word, contemplating the concept of fatherhood, how was he going to do this, the only experience he had was with Ahsoka, but this was different, this is a father and child relationship unlike the master and student relationship with Ahsoka.
"Elsa, what are we going to do with them?"
"We will take care of them, and Luke has been staring at you for quite some time." Anna turned to see Luke holding her lightsaber, pressing the button to deactivate it, holding it in his hand, examining it he held it firmly in his hand, wanting to keep him for himself.
"Can I keep this?" looking at Anna."When you are older like me, I will show you how to use it." said Anna reaching out her hand to take it from him, but he held tightly refusing to part from it.
"But.. I know how to use it.." his finger almost at tip of the button, "Luke, please give aunt Anna her lightsaber now." demanded Elsa, Luke turned to see Elsa who gave him a firm look, but stubbornly refuse to give it back instead he chose another alternative. Without warning he ran out the conference room through the hallway.
"Both of you stay here, I am going to fetch my son." said Elsa still holding on to Elyse, now at the entrance of the conference room, used her powers to locate when he had gone, pinpointing his location she started walking to his last known location. Anakin placed his hand on her bare shoulder stopping her.
"Elsa darling, he just wants to prove himself, he is just a child.. he needs time to grow up, I am sure you understand this better than any of us." Elsa took his hand from her shoulder.
"Anakin, whether he is a force sensitive or not, he is now our son and like it or not, he is now our responsibility, the fact he can even wield a lightsaber should tell you he is capable of so much more, there is hidden pool of force potential I sense in him, greater than Rey, if we don't train him, someone else will."
"Darling, what if he doesn't want this power?"
"He will need to accept it, he may not understand it now, but like you say he will in the future, and it starts here and now, I need to find him before he causes more harm to himself." said Elsa standing on the circular platform ascending upwards.
Passing through the nineth floor, she finally reached the top floor of her private observatory, taking a deep breathe she hoped he had done anything irrational, the elevator's doors split wide opened, seeing her son had now activated the lightsaber, mesmerised by the superheated gold color, waving it destroying her ice sculptures she had taken days to make.
"Luke, give me the lightsaber or I will take it from you.." walking closer towards him, Luke defiantly pointed the lightsaber to her face, but Elsa stood firm maintaining her eyes on him.
"I just want this lightsaber, why can't you just give it to me?" shouted Luke, Elsa now stood face to face with him, "Stay back…stay back.. I dont want to hurt you.." She sensed his emotions like a cornered child, proceeded to convince him to surrender the lightsaber before he caused further harm to himself.
"Son, listen to me, you will have your own lightsaber in time, but you are still too young to hold a dangerous weapon, I will show you how but this is not the way, look around you, how many of my ice sculptures have you destroyed to prove yourself?" Luke gazed his eyes to both left and right, nearly all the ice sculptures were either ruined or some completely destroyed.
"I just..wanted.. to prove myself to..you.." his hands begin to shake loosening the grip on the lightsaber, it dropped to the ground with a loud thud, the lightsaber instantly deactivated, Elsa bend down to pick it up.
"Your aunt's lightsaber, a very powerful weapon, if you had held on to it any longer, you would been a slave to its will, the crystal emits wrath and fury only she can control, the weapon of a judicator."
"That could explain why I had a hard time letting it go… I am sorry for destroying your ice sculptures.. I only wanted to prove myself to you mummy." Turning away from her gaze, looking towards the wall.
"You already have proven yourself today, don't worry about my ice sculptures, I have been meaning to replace them anyway, Luke, there is no need to earn my love, because I Love You!" Luke for a moment stood there motionless, then he slowly walked towards her, placing his hand on her cheeks, feeling the radiance of her love coursing through him, this was the first time he felt her love, as wave after wave washed over him.
"Ugh, mummy... where are we? I am hungry." said Elsye waking up rubbing her eyes to see Luke, then turning to look around her to see glass windows all around her, turning her gaze upwards she found there was no rooftop, instead she saw the starry night sky, Elsye stared into the moonlight for a long time she had been in the sewers, seeing only the dirty stained walls along with the stench of garbage and waste, not once setting foot outside for the fear of being caught.
"Mummmmmmmmyyyyyyyyy, the moon is so…so…so beautiful.." Elsa turning her head upwards to see the moonlight, remembering the same feeling she had when she was her age, she would frequently wake up in the middle of the night to just see the moonlight, it gave her a sense of peace, serenity and comfort no one to disturb her being locked up in her room, it felt invigorating to feel it once again.
"Indeed it is my dear, would you like to touch it?" Elsye turned to look at her, "How mummy?" Elsa smiled tenderly, taking Elyse's right hand towards the moon, "Like this my dear, let me show you." taking her right hand, Elsye begin to feel the radiance of the moon in her palms. "I feel it mummy, I feel…the moon!" Elsa had an idea.
"Close your eyes, and put your hands together dear." She did it immediately, Elsa placed her right on top of Elyse's palms, slowly white particles begin to appear in the middle of her palms, Luke started to notice it too, he watched to see what would happen, slowly a white ball begin to formed, light begin to glow from within the ball itself, the process was now completed.
"Open your eyes dear." Elsye opened her eyes, she didn't believe her eyes, grabbing the ball she felt the warmth, unable to take her eyes off it for a moment, she held it like a precious treasure.
"This my dear is your miniature moon, it will be a light when all other lights go out, it's all yours." Elyse hugged her, "Thank you so much mummy, you are the best!" to top that up, Elsye kissed her right cheek. Elsa savored the moment, for so long being a queen she forgot what it was like being loved in returned. She believed this was the will of the force, now on the platform, they now reached the first floor.
"That was amazing mummy, do you think you can~" Elsa turned to see him, giving him a small smile, "You will have to do it yourself dear, just like everybody else, even I had to do it myself, the force will guide you."
"Alright, do I get a room mummy?" asked Luke, eagerly awaiting her answer.
"You will get your own room, I will assign a personal butler to see to your personal needs, however do know he is accountable to me, and don't try to mind trick him, if you do I will know, come I will show you to your room, it's getting late." said Elsa, walking through the hallway, Luke eyes opened wide, he never had seen a palace or even stepped foot into one before. The wall were made white with golden pillars on both sides of each door, the ceiling was decorated gold laced silver with chandeliers brightening the hallways, he looked down to see the red crimson carpet.
"Anakin Darling, Anna, meet me at Luke's room, we need to arrange the new rooms for Rey and Elsye." She mentally told them, they finally reached in front of a well designed room designed for dignitaries. Elsa pulled down the handle, pulling it inwards, the lights turned on by itself, brightening the entire room, both Luke and Elsye eyes flew wide opened.
"Wooooooowwwww! I want this room!" they both said together, before Elsa could react, they both dash into the room, taking their shoes off and started jumping on the bed, up and down they bounced, Elsa watched them for a minute, unable to keep her eyes on them.
"Alright you two, quit jumping on the bed, this isn't a trampoline.." trying to catch them both, but each time she tried, she missed them instead falling on the bed.
"But mummy, this is fun.. again.. again! Look mummy, I am a angel.." Elsa had another idea, smirking to herself she turned to those her son and daughter.
"Would you two like to fly like a angel?" asked Elsa, rubbing her hands together, "YES!" they replied instantly, in midair she used her hands with the power of the force, freeze them in midair, "Stretch your hands wide my dear." they did it, before they knew it they were flying around the room, Elsye and Luke maneuver effortless, now light as a feather they flew, Elsa smiled seeing them flying all around the room in circles. Steadily going faster and faster.
"This is amazing! Faster mummy… faster…weeeeeeeeeeeeee, I am flying! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" Elsye felt her body somersault upside down for two seconds, seeing the room upside down, made her even more excited, "Again!" She shouted.
"Here it comes!" Elsa turned her right hand upside down, Elsye now looked the king size bed which was now upside down, starting to feel a dizzy before returning to her normal position, "Go faster mummy.. this is fun!" they now started feeling tired, exactly as Elsa wanted.
"You two are going to see the stars tonight." said Elsa opening a small portal, both Elsye and Luke soared upwards, with Elsa behind them, they now dived downwards passing through the white clouds, going through the mountains as the wind blew through their faces, like a blaster bolt, they soared upwards passed earth's atmosphere, fixing their eyes on the stars.
Both Elsye and Luke saw the stars for the first time, "they are… beautiful.." their eyes gently closed, with the power of the force, she slowly pull them back into her arms, descending back down into the atmosphere, teleporting into the bedroom. Elsa kissed her son on his forehead, before placing his head on the pillow while tucking him lovingly into bed.
"Sleep well my son, tomorrow we begin an exciting new adventure." meeting up with her husband and Anna with Rey outside. "Is he.." asked Rey curiously.
"Yes dear, he is sound asleep, your room is right behind me, while Elyse's is to end of this hallway." placing her hand on Rey's shoulder, she lead her to room, the door opened, Rey walked in surprised with her new room, it had a queen size bed, with a fireplace opposite of the bed, was a wardrobe, a square mirror, two small table lamps on each side of the bed, it even included a bronze curtain covering the window, along with the white laced gold wall, with a big chandelier in the middle of the ceiling.
"Whoa! This is awesome..I…I… thank you, mother." She stood there speechless, climbed onto the bed, touching the white laced covering and the pillow, to her surprise it was very soft and comfortable. "Allow me." touching her clothes, white particles begin appearing changing Rey's clothes into a plain white gown.
"Its beautiful…" said Rey touching the fabric, it was so smooth, she tucked herself in, turning to see her mother smiling at her, "Mother… may I have this room?" Elsa giggled, she had planned to give her this room already.
"Off course you may, it's all yours, I am assigning a female servant to attend to your needs, I will see you in the morning dear, if you need me… just call my name, I will be there for you." Elsa's response amazed her, for so long she had to do everything on her own, but here it was different, however she still felt she could still remain semi independent, such luxury she felt would not last forever.
"Goodnight Mother, see you in the morning." closing her eyes, falling into a deep sleep. Anakin walked right beside Elsa, "She is strong with the force, somehow she still feels the need to be independent." opening his eyes.
"A good trait rarely found in children these days, it could useful in the long run, come let's get Elsye to bed, we have a long day ahead of us tomorrow." closing the door, deciding to call it a night, just as her husband slept, Elsa discreetly made her way towards Elyse's room at the end of the hallway, watching her sleep peacefully, seeing the large triangular window beside the bed, she remembered this was the same room when Anna asked her if she wanted to build a snowman.
"Let's see if this still works." pressing her hand against the wall, the white snowflake glittered, the wall split opened revealing a small square room, skulls of every species of the galaxy lied on top of the shelves, with books at the bottom of it, and other ancient books that were sealed tight. in the middle of it stood a pulpit with a red leathered book, the book emitted a crimson glow just as Elsa was getting closer, opening the book browsing through the pages until she finally found the page she was looking for, "Ancient sith legends.. fascinating… did these creatures actually exist or are they fabricated… the galaxy is not ready for…them…"
In the shadows of a world unknown, Lies a hidden darkness, Creatures the galaxy long ago feared,
In time they will rise,
Drowning the galaxy in blood and eternal darkness,
On that day the galaxy will once again know fear,
For their hunger will be insatiable.
Noticing one of the skulls glowing, she unleashed a radiant beam at it, effectively destroying it, the skulls shattered with the pieces falling to the floor. "Where is it…" flipping through the pages, she found nothing only the shape of the creatures, "It can't be.."
Goddess Elsa slammed the book shut, surveying her surroundings, her heart beating rapidly she struggled to maintain control, her hands shivering in fear, could the prophecy be true, "Elsye!" She rushed out of the room, the wall begin to reformed itself to its original position sealing the hidden room shut, Elsa saw her sleeping, not wanting to her alone, she gently tuck herself in with her, putting her right shoulder over her. "I will not let anything happen to you." taking a deep deep breath, before finally succumbing to sleep.
