Chapter 4: The Past and the Truth

I was a bit unsure about posting this, but it had to go up, in my mind: I am not one for leaving stories. Feel free to give your general opinion though.

When I was on FB, I saw a sad video about youngsters getting horrible messages like saying they should die. It is just horrible: how can you guys be so heartless! That kind of thing would not affect some people, but it will always hurt feelings, and some people will believe it and commit suicide. You can say the truth, but be nice about it.

Anyway, here we go.

As the memories of her past rushed by Sapphire, she relived every one. They were going backwards, starting from meeting Luke, heading towards her childhood. Despite the pain of them, she started to get excited when they got to that fateful Halloween: she would get to relive those times she never remembered before that night.

Some of the memories brought her much joy, especially the earlier ones she had not recalled before. She couldn't remember them, and hearing from Sirius and Remus was not quite the same: they couldn't bring images and emotions as seeing them herself.

However, Sapphire got a surprise, a rather shocking one at that. They came to a cold scene in the graveyard at Christmas time the year before that night she became famous. This was the first memory with Lily and James in it:

Lily and James Potter walked through the graveyard at Godric's Hollow, heavily dressed to keep warm. James was carrying a reef with poinsettia and few other Christmassy things in it: a seasonal gift for his parents.

"You didn't have to come you know, but I like you being here all the same," James said.
"It's your first Christmas without your parents, James: I wanted to make sure I am here for this one at the very least," Lily said, holding James' arm.

"We're still two days off," James pointed out.

"Close enough!" Lily huffed annoyedly.

"It's hard to believe that five years ago we were still mortal enemies, isn't it?" James said laxly.

After a few minutes, Lily still hadn't responded. James said, wondering why she hadn't, "Lily?" She'd stopped, too.
"James, I thought I saw something: like a flash of light or a blue hole or something," Lily said, making them both stop by latching onto James' arm, pointing toward the Dumbledore family headstones. She sounded fearful.

"Let's have a look," James said, pulling his wand out. Could it be Death Eaters? Very slowly, he proceeded, with Lily clinging to his arm behind him to keep her as safe as possible, he hoped.

As they reached the gravestone of Ariana Dumbledore, James spotted the white folds of blankets. Right then, there was a small cry. "It's a baby," James stated, surprised and stunned. Lily came up, and after seeing what it was, she quickly picked the baby -a girl- up. The child had decided to cry.

"Hush… shhh," Lily said, calming the crying child.

"You're a natural!" James exclaimed as the child calmed.

"James, you remember that book I had found in the restricted section in the library at Hogwarts? You know, the one about unnatural events? What if, that blue hole/flash of light I saw was a wormhole?" Lily asked, freezing.

"Lily, I think your being over-imaginative. Yes, this child has been left here, but she probably had been abounded: these things happen all the time! People have no care, and when they get a child they just abandon it! Most the time the baby ends up dying. If they are going to be left to that fate, they might as well have killed the baby before it was born!" James exclaimed. He and Lily try so had to get a kid to no avail, so people doing that made his blood boil.

"What should we do?" Lily asked.

"We take her with us and don't look back on this moment: no way in hell is this girl going to die a cold death. Let's drop off this reef and get to the hospital. She needs to be checked out as she was just left here, and above all else, it's bloody freezing!" James said, after thinking for a moment.

"But what if… no, but what when people ask?" Lily asked as they started to walk toward James' parents' graves.

"We make a story up, or change their memories," James said.

"There is also a potion we need to brew and feed her, just to change people's perspective of her, so they think she looks like us," Lily put in.

"Yes, good idea," James nodded.

Then, Sapphire saw memories of the aftermath of that, before the past continued. She saw a blue portal, much like the one she had taken to the Death Star, and then she was with her parents, her actual parents.

However, Sapphire couldn't properly see them, her memory was fuzzy. She realised at maybe five-month-old the memories were not the best, or maybe something was not allowing her to see them: she favoured not being allowed to view them. Even her memory of the graveyard was not that great, just she recognised Lily and James' voices and the smells: beyond that, she could only hear voices and vaguely make out their hair colour and clothing. The memories were not great until she was getting onto a year old.

The voices of her true parents were chatting, chatting about how if anyone found about Isafire (which on earth was Zulu for Sapphire,) they would be in trouble. They would be expelled from something, and probably lose the child. Sapphire was happy that even at the start, her name had been Sapphire and her parents had wanted her and not abounded her to die.

When she had seen the last memory, white light surrounded her, and she fell unconscious or thought she did. Luke re-witnessed his memories, which had a greater effect on him. He was already unstable, and the emotions from the good and the bad times were too much. He cried and cried.

Luke took great delight in his first few memories. Though they were not the best quilty and he couldn't really take in the people in them, but he could hear well. As Leia said, their mother sounded very kind, but sad: as if she had lost all hope.

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"Ugh," Sapphire groaned as she sat up. She looked around and she noticed she was lying in the long grass. After looking around, Sapphire spotted Luke who was getting up a few metres away. He looked as though he had been crying.

"Where are we?" Sapphire asked, covering her eyes as the world had started to spin.

"I am not really sure: I think I might have been here very briefly when we getting supplies once: when I was with the rebellion of course. Anyway, if it is that place, we are on Naboo: one if the richest places for fruit and other natural foods. I suppose the people of Naboo want to keep the history and nature," Luke said looking around. Then he added, "But, I never got the chance to look around, so I could be completely wrong: there is a high chance this is not Naboo."

"Was Naboo near where we were?" Sapphire asked, looking around and taking in the beauty of the world.

"No: Endor's forest moon was the closest: we were orbiting that planet in fact. Luckily, we are here if it's Naboo or somewhere similar, otherwise getting off the planet could be problematic," Luke shook his head.

"Why?" Sapphire asked, wondering if Endor was a gas, lava, freezing cold or an ice giant planet. Maybe it had no atmosphere? All of those options were problematic.

"Because there is nothing on Endor, in the way of ships that is: just forest and Ewoks. If it had been the actual planet we'd be dead as it's gas. There are other planets similar: most planets to have ports these days, though," Luke said.

Sapphire nodded, then she spoke. "What should we do, now? Get going and find civilisation?" Sapphire asked.

"Probably a good idea," Luke nodded reservedly.

"Let's move then," Sapphire said, standing up and on instinct brushing herself off.

After a quick debate on where they were going or which way, they started off in that direction. After a while of walking, the sun started to get reasonably low in the sky, and they stopped. "We should probably find something to eat or drink: it is starting to get late, and we are still nowhere near anywhere or anything yet," Luke said.

"What do you suggest?" Sapphire asked.

"Let's try and find something," Luke said. Sapphire nodded, and the two split up.

All they found were some editable plants and a bit of fruit, but they were nice none the less: they came across a pond which looked natural: everything looked like it was there of its own accord, so they were happy to know they were not unknowingly purposely stealing. Luke knew a lot about editable plants.

"Before anything else, I think I should start teaching you the basics of using the force," Luke said thoughtfully.

"Why? Won't there be time later?" Sapphire asked, more curious than anything else.

"I am not sure, to be honest. But I need to before we get to the temple. I remember Ben telling me a bit about how the Jedi work, and I think I would be basically a Jedi Knight, maybe brush up on the theory side, which means if I started teaching you, I could hopefully have taught you enough to be allowed in. They could still not let us in, but it would severely decrease the chances," Luke explained. He was nervous about the idea of teaching someone to be a Jedi, but it had to be done at some point: he had to for there to be any chance. Either of them getting not let into the temple would be problematic, as they needed to work together, and that was where his father was: anywhere else and they would struggle to do their mission.

"Alright, let's start," Sapphire nodded, agreeing.

"Alright, so…" Luke said. Then he started to explain what Ben had done first when he was learning. There was nothing really to practice with, which made it hard. After giving Sapphire his Lightsaber and getting her to blindfold herself, Luke used the force to levitate rocks; this was to help teach her form 1. There were no larger than stones which got in your shoes, so they would not cause any damage as long as he was careful.

She had trouble though. "I don't understand! Why can't I do it? Are you sure I can?" Sapphire explained frustratedly, pulling the blindfold off.

"Yes, I am sure. But you won't be able to do it all upset, so we will stop now. Maybe meditate for a bit, and release your emotions into the force: meditate, then try to release your frustration and any other feelings your carrying," Luke said. He could get her to persevere, but he was worried about her blowing up and getting into an argument. This was much safer, Luke hoped.

"Alright: that I can do, at least I should be able to," Sapphire sighed. She handed Luke his weapon back, then got down on the grass and sat in a meditation position. After a couple of moments of thinking, Luke did the same, thinking meditating actually sounded like a good idea.

Early the next day, Sapphire tried it again. After a rest and releasing her frustration, she made some progress. Sapphire still managed to get frustrated as she felt she could get further, but she had made a start at least.

Afterwards, they continued on again. "It is a fairly easy walk," Sapphire commented.

She spoke too soon! The next moment, it changed from thick grass with even footing and slight slopes, to rocky, and hills you basically had to climb up. Luke sent her a glare: she cursed it. Whenever they stopped, they meditated. Sapphire was discovering that Jedi meditated a lot, especially at the start. They stopped quite frequently as neither of them were used to walking long distances, especially not with rough terrain.

Close to noon, when Luke and Sapphire decided to have a fairly long break, Luke continued to teach Sapphire. While it was not really possible to teach combat properly, but there were other things he could teach her, such as levitating things.

When they started moving again, Sapphire was in a very good mood; this training session she had been happy with the progress she had made. She was also very proud of herself: she was getting quite frustrated, but she managed to bite her tongue instead of lashing out at Luke.

"There's a town!" Sapphire exclaimed and pointed as they came to the top of the hill, but the climb was as if it was the side of a mountain.

"Thank goodness," Luke said, whipping the sweat off his forehead.

"Let's carefully make our way down this hill," Sapphire said, walking towards the side of the hill they had to now go down. It was steeper then the side they have gone up. Sapphire slowly tried to go down, with Luke following.

It was very hard to traverse. Luke was alright as he had the force helping by guiding him, but he was not sure how Sapphire was managing it, then it occurred to him she might have worked out how to get the force to guide her like that. Or maybe she had a very good grip on her shoes.

However, this train of thought proved a bad idea for Luke, as he lost his concentration of carefully climbing down, and ended up losing balance and fell the rest of the way. Sapphire then slipped, distracted by Luke.

That was how they both got to the bottom, though neither remembered it, as blackness greeted them along with a jarring pain.

"Not again! What happened?" Sapphire groaned as she woke up. She groaned again as she was greeted by the unmistakable white of a hospital. Her favourite place! Not.

"You rolled down the hill and got your back jarred, your arm was broken too, and you have a mild concussion: your friend suffered similar injuries. Now, don't fall asleep until a doctor comes to check you," some know-it-all nurse said.

After Sapphire heard the voice, she looked to the right to see said nurse, who looked like some kind of desert drawling creature: Sapphire would have to ask Luke about what the lady was. Defiantly not a droid, which was what Luke said was in charge of medical, but he admitted he had never been to a true hospital, he had only been treated by what the rebellion could get.

"That all," Sapphire sighed. Then she asked in a bored voice, "Luke's fine since he has similar injuries?"
"The boy that was found with you will be fine. Can you give us your names, please?" the nurse-creature asked, waving her hand to the far corner of the room where there were white curtains around a bed: she could see that around the curtain surrounding her bed. Sapphire then noticed she was right next to the door.

"I'm Sapphire, and the one with me is called Luke. Wait, how did you know we had gotten hurt by falling down a hill?" Sapphire frowned.

"A lucky guess," The nurse said in a snarky manner. Then she walked off, thankfully.

They were stuck there for a week before anything happened. Luke woke up later that day, and they waited until nighttime before talking. Luke still gave Sapphire lessons, just things that the nurses and doctors wouldn't notice, and they could physically do in the hospital.

One night, Luke commented, "I am struggling to get used to all medical stuff not just being droids: I kind of like it better though. Where I'm from, the hospital staff are all droids."
"Ah, okay," Sapphire nodded, feeling a little out of it.

During the day, Obi-Wan Kenobi:

Obi-wan was not impressed. He had been sent to Naboo to accompany Senator Amidala on her visit to the queen, and currently, he was walking through the main hospital, grumbling under his breath.

If it were not for that tremor in the force, he would not have gotten hit in the shoulder by that assassin trying to kill the queen or the senator. He would not have been here if that hadn't happened. Why couldn't they have sent Anakin with her?!

The injury had not been that bad, but it had gotten infected. So badly he had to go, otherwise, he'd have to face embarrassment: Senator Amidala was on the point of dragging him there herself, saying something to the effect of 'you Jedi are too stubborn!'

As he walked past one of the rooms, he felt two unknown but powerful force signatures. He was sure the owners of the signatures had something to do with the tremor: he just had that feeling.

"Jedi Kenobi, what can I do for you?" a droid said, coming up to him. He thought it was called Maybellen3.

"Who's in this room?" Obi-Wan asked, gesturing to the room he had stopped outside.

"Two people a farmer had found at the bottom of a steep hill. They are recovering well, and we are thinking of releasing them in a couple of days," Maybellen said laxly.

"What do you know about them?" Obi-Wan asked.

"Nothing, except their names, and they are Luke and Sapphire," Maybellen supplied.

"Right, thanks," Obi-Wan nodded, then as he continued on, he glanced in to see a blonde boy who reminded him of someone, and he got a half a second glance at a girl, who had hair that was some tone of red.

When Obi-Wan returned to the ship after checking in with the Senator, he spoke to the council. "While I was in the hospital, I came across two force-sensitives, called Sapphire and Luke," Obi-Wan said, re-telling that tale.

"Know much about them, you do not," Yoda said, stating a fact.

"No: they are very secretive if the droid at the hospital is to be believed," Obi-Wan explained.

"Bring to Coruscant, you must: see the danger they might cause we must," Yoda said.

"If they are a threat, we need to know as soon as possible to plan our next course of action," Mace Windu said, adding to the conversation. The next course of action would depend on the side of the war they were on.

"I would have to check with Senator Amidala to ask if it would be okay, but they are leaving the hospital tomorrow, and we leaving Naboo, so I could bring them with us," Obi-Wan suggested.

"Yes, do that," the other masters said. They were worried: these young adults appearing right in the middle of the Clone Wars? There was a chance they were not connected to the war, but the risk was too great to ignore them and not at least evaluate them and the danger they were.

Next day:

Sapphire and Luke filled out some forms. They needed to fill them out to leave this dreaded place. A man who looked like he was in his thirties or forties approached them. "Can I speak to you, Luke, Sapphire?" he asked. Luke thought there was something familiar about the man.

"Sure," Luke said after a quick glance at Sapphire, who nodded to agree. She wondered how he knew their names.

The man nodded, and let them to some seats not that far away. "How did you know our names?" Sapphire asked.

"I asked one of the droids," he stated.

"Oh," was all Sapphire replied with.

Once seated, the mysterious man said, "To start with, my name's Obi-Wan Kenobi."

"Nice to see you again, Ben!" Luke exclaimed; Sapphire elbowed him. Straight away he mentally smacked himself for saying that. Too happy to see a familiar face, he forgot this was the past.

"I'm sorry, I don't think I know you," Obi-Wan responded, throwing a confused look at Luke.

"Sorry, I mistook you for someone else," Luke said, as Sapphire shot him a glare, which was on top of elbowing him.

"That's alright. Now, I am a Jedi from Coruscant and the council wants me to bring you to them: so, I was wondering if you would accompany me to Coruscant," he asked the two young adults.

"That was where we were heading! How convenient!" Luke nodded, after glancing at Sapphire who nodded.

"Great! Well then, just follow me," Obi-Wan said, standing up. He couldn't believe how well everything was working out!
As he led them out of the building, and they took a bus to somewhere close to their destination: Sapphire couldn't believe the buses flew or were so fast. Apparently, it was a speeder for transporting large groups of people. They walked the rest of the way.

Luke and Sapphire dropped behind a bit as they walked. "I can't believe our luck!" Luke exclaimed.

"Yes, we do seem to have gotten quite lucky. Don't forget we need to be very careful when talking to people though," Sapphire said.

"I know. There is only one other I need to watch," Luke said back. He had a feeling she would rub that slip-up in when she had the chance.

A while later, they came to the palace, where Obi-Wan led them around behind the main building. Here, there was an airfield for ships to land in and an aircraft hangar. He then led them through the doors into the palace: backdoor most likely. "We just have to meet the senator here," he said.

The room they entered was grand. It was done in the more browns and creams, but it was still grand with the white floor. There were grand pillars, and all the future was well made. As they entered, Luke spotted a short, dark brown-haired woman sitting on one of the chairs. She stood up as they came in: there was no mistake, this was the same woman who was his mother, the same woman Leia had admired even before she found out her relation to her: Padmé Amidala.

"Are these the two you had to pick up, then?" the senator asked.

"Yes, Senator. This is Luke and Sapphire, you two, this is Senator Amidala," Jedi Kenobi said.

"Nice to meet you, mam," Sapphire said, bowing.

"A pleasure to meet you, Senator," Luke said, also doing a small bow. He was not sure what to do, so he copied Sapphire.

"Nice to meet you both. Is there a reason why we can't leave now?" she asked.

"Yes, let's go," Mr Kenobi nodded. After waiting for Padmé to get in front, they turned around and walked out, to the hangar.

As they made their way to one of the ships, Padmé started to talk about the fact the chancellor insisted she had an escort, and she was mad. Obi-Wan gave some goodie-goodie answer, Luke was not sure what to say, and Sapphire was in full-support of Padmé. It was her life, why should she if she didn't want to?

When they reached the ship that would take them to Coruscant, the four went to the front for the take-off. Then the senator wondered off to somewhere further back in the ship. Luke eventually did the same, as did Mr Kenobi, but Sapphire stayed at the front the whole time, looking in rapt attention at space. She was like a child in a lolly shop!

Let's face it, being in space for the first time would be amazing. I probably could have come up with a more eventive way of meeting, but this will do. Next we have them arriving at Coruscant, where Luke faints, and the council decides to give them a chance. Sapphire also has a small chat with "the voice."

It feels like ages since I last updated, but it actually hasn't been that long. Also, at probably 1500 or 2000 words, I will probably stop this story and continue it in another part that will be pure SW basically. You'll see why eventually/soon.

BTW, any requests for characters to be represented in a different light? Also, Luna won't physically appear in the story, she might communicate with Sapphire a couple of times, that is it.

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