Evalina and Toby ran all the way back to Vinco's house. They burst through the door and Vinco and Regiman looked up at them with surprise. They had obviously been discussing war plans. Maps and paper were spread across the table.
"Find anything?" Vinco asked. He then saw their horrified expressions, and guessed he was right. "What did you find?" he changed his question. Evalina held up the note.
"This," she said, breathing heavily. Logan walked in the room.
"Hey guys, what-" he stopped when he realized that he was probably walking in on something. "Um, what happened?" Evalina looked at him.
"We found this," she said motioning to the paper.
"What is it?" Logan asked.
"I'll read it," Evalina said and lifted the paper. "Evalina; I know that you are watching me. I know that you will stop at nothing to get whatever you want. I see nothing has changed. I have no doubts that you will find this, as you will return to search the place out. Well, I will help you. Nothing of any importance is there. The thing you want the most resides with me. My master and I have the key to all the things you live off of. You will soon be surprised by news that you never expected. The things that you thought you knew are not even relatively close. Prepare yourself. If the thing you want the most to survive, face me, in two weeks time. If you do not come, my plans will play out and you will be regretful. Face me or join me. There you will be happy and all the people you love will live. If you don't, well, I think you know what will happen. With kindest regards, Jillian Elaine Skywalker." Evalina looked up with tears in her eyes. Everybody was staring at her.
"Elaine?" Logan asked. "Her middle name is Elaine?" Evalina glared at him and her tears spilled out. He shrugged. "I think it's pretty." Evalina threw her arms in the air and started to cry.
"What am I going to do?" she demanded between sobs. Regiman and Vinco exchanged looks.
"Well," Regiman started, "First, you should tell us what you want the most." He looked at Evalina expectantly.
"I don't know!" she cried.
"Maybe she's talking about Roy," Toby suggested. "Evalina, what, in your eyes, is your biggest flaw?" Evalina thought for a second.
"I always wanted to have a family. My family. My mom and dad, sister and brother. I want to be complete and not have to worry about any of this." That pretty much confirmed Toby's guess.
"There you go," he said. Evalina sighed.
"But what is that supposed to mean? Meet her in two weeks? What is that supposed to accomplish?" Regiman sat forward.
"It means, you need to finish your basic training."
Evalina sat up in her bed. She had been thinking about what Regiman had told her; finishing her basic training. At first, she didn't think he was being serious, but his expression told her so. So, she and Regiman had been working two times as hard. Evalina was constantly learning a new lesson, or a new way to twist her lightsaber, and she was exhausted. Evalina was just now getting a rest, and it was past ten thirty at night. She sighed. As much as she hated all the constant training, it was proving success. She and Toby had been practicing, and she easily took him on. Evalina smiled as she laid in her bed, but she sobered as she remembered that this was to continue for several more days, until two weeks were passed. Then, she would have to defeat her sister, her own sister, and take her brother back. She was beginning to warm up to the fact, but she got the feeling she would never be fully adjusted to being responsible for her sister's death. If she failed, well, it wouldn't matter. She would be dead. Evalina laid back, and fell asleep.
"Evalina!" Regiman called. Evalina pulled the blindfold off her eyes.
"Yes, Master?" she replied. She had been using her sensing skills to anticipate attacks. Regiman was wise to stay far back.
"Come here," he replied. Evalina complied and walked to him.
"Yes, Master," she said again.
"You are doing well," he told her with a warm smile, "And I believe we are to move on." Evalina blinked.
"What is next, Master Utvox?" Regiman smiled.
"A break." Evalina blinked again.
"A break, Master?" Regiman nodded.
"Yes," he said.
"Okay," Evalina said uncertainly.
"You have been wearing yourself out," Regiman explained. "You need a break. If I remember right, you promised Logan to spend time with him." Evalina sighed.
"Oh yeah," she said. "I can't believe I forgot." She sighed again. "I always am busy. I'll have to talk to him."
"That is why I am giving you a break," Regiman told her. "You deserve it."
"Thank you, Master," Evalina said gratefully. He shrugged.
"Perhaps you will have time to visit others too." Evalina blushed. She didn't have to guess twice as to who he was talking about.
"Master," she started. He put his hands up.
"It's okay," he said, "Your feelings are clear. You mind is clouded and you are not thinking straight." Evalina sighed.
"I'm sorry, Master..." He put a hand on her shoulder.
"Just manage your thoughts and focus," he advised. "You will be okay."
"Of course, Master," Evalina said. Regiman studied her, as if unsure of something. He sighed and let it go.
Evalina walked down the street. She was approaching Vinco's house where Toby and Logan probably were. She approached the door, and paused before knocking. She tapped the door twice, and the door swung open immediately. Vinco was at the door.
"Hello, Evalina!'' he said cheerfully. "How can I help you?" Evalina removed her hood.
"I came to visit," she replied simply. "Particularly Logan." Vinco motioned inside.
"Come in, then." Evalina entered the small house. Logan and Toby were sitting in the living room. Evalina felt her heart in her throat. Every time she saw one of her friends, this happened. She was afraid of what would happen to them if she failed, but seeing them made her confident. She swallowed.
"Hi, guys." her voice was an octave higher than usual. She swallowed again. Logan and Toby both smiled at her encouragingly. She smiled back. "Logan, I believe I promised you that I would spend time with you this week." Logan nodded. She smiled again. "Well," she said as she spread her arms. "What better time than the present?" Logan again smiled at her.
"Okay," he said. He picked his cloak off the couch and put it over his shoulders. He walked towards the door. Evalina and Toby smiled at each other, and with that, her and Logan were gone.
Logan and Evalina walked along the side of a garden in the middle of the huge city of Coruscant. Evalina was glad to be back with her old friend, taking a walk in the sun rise, just like old times, back in Naboo. Mostly they had walked in silence, until Logan spoke up.
"Hey, Evie?" he sort of asked.
"Yes?" Evalina asked without looking at him.
"How much time do you have to spend with me?" Evalina looked at him.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean," Logan said looking at her, "How long do I have to spend time with you? You're so busy, we hardly have any time to talk, like a few months ago." Evalina stopped walking.
"Logan," she said softly. "Believe me, I still want to spend time with you, it's just..." She trailed off.
"You prefer this path," Logan finished. Evalina continued walking.
"I wouldn't say that," she said, "But I do like it a lot. But in any case, we have all day." She smiled at him, and Logan got a strange memory of when he first met her. She smiled up at him, and for just a moment, it reminded Logan of her old self. He sighed despite himself.
"Can I make a request?" Evalina studied him.
"Sure," she said simply.
"I want to go home," he said, and continued before Evalina could interrupt, because he knew she wanted to. "I want to visit my mom and friends. It had been almost three months. I miss Naboo. Only for the day," he reassured her. Evalina sighed.
"I kinda miss it too," she admitted.
"Then let's go!" Logan encouraged. "It won't take that long."
"Not with our updated ships," Evalina said half to herself, and Logan started to get excited. Finally she looked up and said,
"Sure, why not." Logan smiled.
"Well, what are we waiting for?" he asked. "Let's go!"
It didn't take them long to find themselves a transport. Evalina was happy, because it was the first time she was flying without a diplomatic mission. She was unsure about just hitching a ride with what seemed like a pirate, but she went anyways. It was the fastest way to Naboo. Their flight was simple and uneventful. And, since this was a rare occasion as where she sat down, Evalina soon found herself asleep.
When they arrived, Logan shook Evalina's shoulder. She had adapted to being a light sleeper and woke immediately.
"Are we there?" she asked, already alert. Logan smiled and nodded.
"Welcome home," he said.
They walked off the ship together, and Evalina gasped. The place was as beautiful as the last time she had been there, but she loved it. After living in a large temple and a giant planet made of one city, she loved the fresh and cold air, and the omnipresent smell of roses. That reminded her of her garden and she hoped that Ms. Cassette kept it up for her.
"Where first," Evalina asked Logan.
"Mom, of course." So, after paying the pilot, they made their way to the capital of Naboo, Theed. Soon, they approached the small cafe that Evalina remembered so well. They opened the doors, and almost immediately saw Ms. Cassette. There was two teenage girls helping her in the kitchen, and a boy outside the doors. Evalina guessed that Ms. Cassette had hired them to help her. The cafe was much busier than Evalina had remembered it. They walked right into the kitchen.
"Kale," Ms. Cassette called to the boy outside the kitchen, "I need you to take this-" she stopped when she saw Evalina and Logan. "Oh!" she squealed. "My son! And Evalina! Look at you!" She hugged them both.
"I missed you, mom," Evalina said over Ms. Cassette's shoulder. She smiled at Evalina.
"I missed you too." She pulled back and looked her up and down. "Look at you," she said again, with tears in her eyes. Evalina guessed she was talking about her cloak, clothes and lightsaber. Ms. Cassette knew she had succeeded. "I always knew there was something special about you." She turned to Logan. "I missed you my son." She smoothed his clothes. Ms. Cassette wiped her eyes and sighed heavily. "Now, I hired new workers, but they just aren't as good as you!" Evalina and Logan both smiled. "So, how long are you going to visit?"
"Not long," Evalina said sadly. "We'd love to stay, but we have work to do." Ms. Cassette looked understanding, and said,
"I know. Please, tell me all you can."
So, Evalina, Logan and Ms. Cassette sat down at a table with hot tea and discussed all that had happened over the past few months.
"Oh, that's horrible!" she exclaimed when Evalina told her about Jillian taking Roy away. Logan was looking at her with a saddened expression. Evalina was confused, but then it occurred to her that he hadn't been there. Evalina blinked away her tears.
"Yeah," she said. "I know." Ms. Cassette leaned back in her chair.
"That's so sad, just finding you had a brother and then losing him so soon." Evalina looked up at her. As much as she loved the older woman, she wished she wouldn't remind her of her problems like that. She sighed and continued on with the story. Occasionally, Logan would chime in to say what had happened to him while Evalina was gone, or with Toby. Evalina blushed when Logan made it kind of clear of her and Toby. Ms. Cassette smiled at her, but thankfully, said nothing. Evalina let out a breath she hadn't known she was holding.
"Well," Ms. Cassette said when they finished their story, "I think you guys need a rest." Evalina unintentionally yawned.
"Yeah," she agreed. Logan nodded, but said nothing. If things were exactly the way Evalina described them, his problems were so miniscule, they almost didn't matter. Ms. Cassette smiled at them.
"You know, your bedrooms are still set up." She put a hand on each of their shoulders. "Go rest. I know that you need it. You have the rest of the day to explore." Evalina found herself wanting to protest, but didn't. She was tired, and Ms. Cassette was right; they had all day.
Evalina opened the door to her bedroom. It was exactly the way she remembered. Her bed on the center wall, her dresser on the northwest corner, and a large window across her bed. Simple, but it suited her just fine. She traced her hands with the designs on the walls, walking the entire perimeter of the room. Her eyes fell on the old pictures of her and the Cassette family on her dresser. She laughed at some of them. Without noticing it, warm tears trailed down her face. Evalina loved the way her life was now, but she couldn't help but acknowledge herself wishing to go back to normal. Waking up to the sun in her eyes, walking down the stairs to work in the cafe, and serving until sunset. Then walking in her garden with Logan and occasionally Ms. Cassette, and then going to sleep to do the same thing the next day. It was quite simple, some would even call it boring, but Evalina liked it. On the complete other hand, she had a brother and sister, a boyfriend, mentor and job. She loved all of them, and realized she was quite blessed. She was lucky that Vinco and Toby found her, and she was glad that they did too. Evalina sighed and laid on her bed. Soon, she fell asleep.
When Evalina fell asleep, she dreamed she was a queen. A very powerful queen. But she was slowly losing power. She was sad that her people were hurting, and she could do nothing about it. She felt that she was responsible for their pain and despair. She wanted to help them, but didn't know how. She dreamed that she was trapped, in a situation she knew she had no business in. Then, the dream switched to a whole collage of her dream self. She looked different, but there was something about her that was the same. She saw herself walking in Tatooine, sitting in a large coliseum with a huge crowd, in a strange costume that reminded Evalina of the Naboo Queen outfit, then at a senate council meeting, speaking out, then in a different outfit, on a balcony in what seemed like Naboo, falling out of a ship, then to herself getting married, to someone that looked vaguely familiar, and then choking, someone was choking her. She couldn't breathe!
Evalina woke up, with her lightsaber in hand, and activated. She scanned around her room quickly, but saw nothing. She was breathing heavily and sweating. It seemed as if someone had really been choking her; she felt it. Knowing that nobody was actually there, she switched off her lightsaber and sighed. She got out of bed, and opened her balcony door. The cold air was nice, and Evalina's breathing was soon back to normal. She looked up into the midday sky. Evalina again found herself wishing things to normal. Where she didn't have such intense dreams. That made her thoughts wonder to her dream. Who had that been? She knew it wasn't her; she had dark hair. Her eyes had been the same, but that didn't seem to matter. Besides, the other girl, and later woman, held greater power, and Evalina realized she had been a queen. Which one, she didn't know, or to why she was dreaming about her. For some reason, she got the feeling it was someone she knew, or... Family. Evalina gasped. It was Queen Amidala! Her great great great grandmother. That's what her grandmother's life had been like? Wait, it that had been Padme Amidala, then the person she was marrying had to be, Anakin! But I thought Vinco said he was a sith lord? Evalina thought. He didn't look that bad... But still, Evalina wondered why she had been dreaming about her. She was starting to get worried. Evalina decided that if it was important, then she would find out eventually, so she went back inside.
"Good morning, Evalina," Ms. Cassette said cheerfully. Evalina smiled absently. Ms. Cassette frowned. "You okay sweetie?"
"Yeah," Evalina answered. She was still lingering on her dream. "Is Logan up yet?" Ms. Cassette shook her head.
"Not yet, Evie." She smiled. "Want to see your garden?" Evalina's face lightened.
"You kept it for me?" Ms. Cassette nodded.
"Come on," she said.
Ms. Cassette led Evalina to her old garden. Evalina walked around in silence. Her roses were bigger than they had been when she left, they smelled better, and they were brighter.
"Ms. Cassette," Evalina started. She looked at her. "Thank you! They're beautiful!" Ms. Cassette beamed with pride.
"When I'm not busy, I always come out here and tend them."
"Thank you," Evalina said again. She walked around, feeling all the red, white, and pink flowers. "There is a garden like this is Coruscant," she said softly. "It made me think of home."
"Coruscant is your home now, dear." Evalina looked up at her.
"No," she said. "Naboo will always be my home." Ms. Cassette watched her as Evalina made her way back. Just then, Logan appeared under the backyard arch.
"Hey, Evalina," he said.
"Hi, Logan," Evalina called to him. "Ready to go?" Logan nodded solemnly. Evalina understood. She didn't really want to go either. Like she had just told Ms. Cassette, Naboo was her home. She didn't want to leave any sooner than she had to. Thankfully, she still had the rest of the day to explore and visit. Just not all day to spend with Ms. Cassette.
Evalina walked back up the stair and grabbed her backpack. She looked around the room. Her dream the few minutes before still puzzled her, and perhaps she would find out the reason today. Or, at least she hoped so. She shouldered her backpack. She sighed and closed the door behind her.
When she walked back down stairs, they said goodbye to Ms. Cassette, and promised to come back before they left to go back to Coruscant. They left the cafe. They walked down the streets and near the palace courtyard.
"I have a bad feeling about this," Evalina said. Logan looked at her.
"Why?" he asked. She shook her head.
"I don't know." She frowned. "I just... Don't know." Logan looked at her curiously, but continued on.
As they made their way through the courtyard, they heard many people talking about a new election. Evalina knew well that the king of Naboo was ailing and that he would die soon. Logan and Evalina made their way to the library, where someone awaited them.
"Hello, Miss. Evalina and Mr. Logan!" an elderly old woman said. "Welcome to the Royal Library. How can I help you?"
"Hi," Evalina said, "I was just wanting to look at the blood line of Queen Amidala." The woman studied her.
"Okay, but it won't be very long..." The woman led Evalina and Logan to the back of the library, and handed them a large, thick book. She opened it to a page. "Here," she said.
"What are you doing?" Logan asked.
"I need to check something." Evalina scanned down the page. She didn't understand why the lady had said it wasn't very long; it was almost two pages. She saw where Amidala's parents had been, and she saw that she had a sister. That color of ink stopped there, but another color started next to Amidala's name. It said Anakin Skywalker. They had twins, Luke and Leia Skywalker. Leia married some man named Han Solo, Luke married a woman named Mara Jade, and so on until she stopped at Cade Skywalker. Underneath his name was Evalina May and Jillian Elaine Skywalker. Much to Evalina's disappointment, there was a question mark as to who her mother was. In a line down from under Cade, was another question mark, and then Luke Roy Skywalker. Evalina sighed. So, she was related to all of them, but, it was still unclear who her, or her brother's mothers were. "Ma'm?" Evalina called to the old lady. She came over.
"Yes?"
"Would you happen to know who this boy's mother is?" She pointed to Roy's name. The lady's eyebrows knit.
"I'm sorry, I didn't know that they added on! It was said that Lady Amidala died with the twins still in her womb!" Evalina frowned. "Well, I'm not sure, or whoever this Evalina and Jillian-" she stopped. "Miss Evalina?" she asked quietly. Evalina nodded grimly.
"I want to know who my mother is. That's why I'm here."
The woman backed up.
"Miss- Miss Evalina?" She stared at Evalina with a somewhat look of awe. "I never knew..."
"Please," Evalina interrupted. "If you know anyone who would know, please tell me." It took a moment for the librarian to calm down, but then she shook her head.
"I'm sorry, my lady, but I wouldn't know who to call." Evalina flinched when she said 'my lady'. She looked at Logan. He had a trace of a smile on his face. Evalina gave him the 'wipe that smirk off your face before I make you' look. His smile was gone quickly, but it returned when he moved.
"I need to find out who my mother is," Evalina said again to the elderly woman.
"I don't know who to call," the woman repeated. "Only people from the royal house of Naboo, or someone of high importance could have changed or added onto this book. Apparently, whoever it was didn't want everybody to know about it." Evalina frowned.
"Well, they must have wanted someone to know, or else they wouldn't have put it here." The elder woman nodded her agreement.
"Yes, yes. But who would have known this information?"
"Only a member of the Skywalker family," Evalina said darkly.
"Look, Evalina," Logan said. "Why don't you just ask your dad about it." Evalina looked on him as if he were mad.
"Logan, while I'm here, I want to get as much information as possible without going straight to my dad. I would be utterly disappointed if I went home with nothing to ask my dad and he not tell me anything, or worse, lie to me." She looked down at the book again with tears in her eyes. "This is very important to me, and I must do what I can." She stared at the line of her and Jillian, reading it over and over again. A thought then occurred to her. "Miss librarian lady?"
"Please, my name is La'Rau."
"Okay, La'Rau, please fetch me the list of Naboo leaders." La'Rau eyed Evalina, but quickly went to retrieve the book.
"Evalina," Logan asked. "What are you going for?"
"I have a lead," Evalina replied. "I think Jillian might also know something that I don't."
Soon, La'Rau returned with a book about the same size as the first one. Evalina quickly turned it to the year she was born. A queen was ruling at that time, and Evalina's heart fluttered. She stared at the name; it said Liyanna Blaire. Evalina frowned. It sounded vaguely familiar.
"Okay," she said. "Thanks, La'Rau." The woman bowed slightly.
"You're welcome." She gave Evalina a look. "I should see you soon." Evalina shivered. That lady was a little creepy.
"Come on, Logan. Let's go home."
After they left the royal library, they went back to the cafe, where Ms. Cassette awaited them.
"Hello," she said and greeted them both with a hug.
"We should probably go soon, Ms. Cassette. Nobody knows we left Coruscant." Ms. Cassette smiled sadly at them.
"I know," she said. "I'll miss you." Evalina and Logan both nodded.
"We'll miss you too, mom," Logan said. They both hugged Ms. Cassette and then departed.
Evalina walked along side Logan. She was still puzzled about her mother, and wished she knew more. But at least now she had something to ask her dad. Logan had apparently found them a way back to Coruscant, and they were on their way to the hanger area. She sighed.
"What?" Logan asked.
"Nothing," Evalina said automatically. Logan looked at her, and for a moment, he looked a lot older, and sadder. "What's the matter with you?" Logan again looked on her with a saddened expression.
"I kinda wish things would just go back to normal. You know? I miss you always being happy and positive. You didn't always have something to do." He stopped walking to look at her. "I miss that." Evalina stopped walking as well.
"Logan," she said. "I'm sorry." She found it odd how much they thought the same. Sometimes, it was hard for her to keep up with herself. She hugged her old friend. As Logan held her, Evalina got an old memory. It was when Mr. Cassette had died, and they were both devastated. Their minds were thinking the same thing. They missed him so much, but they were both comforted by each other's company. Evalina was glad she had him now, helping her find out who her family really was. Although he didn't seem so happy about, Evalina was, nonetheless.
They found their transport minutes later, and boarded. Evalina collapsed on a cushion in the main room. Logan joined her after they were in the air. They sat in silence for awhile.
"Evalina?" Logan asked finally. Evalina looked at him.
"Yes?"
"What did you mean, that Jillian knew more than you?" Evalina looked away.
"I'm afraid I don't know for sure yet, but I think Jillian knew something about our mother. She calls herself 'Queen of the Galaxy'. I think there is some meaning to that." It took a minute for Logan to catch on.
"You think your mother was a queen?" Evalina nodded.
"I think so. I have to ask my father, but yeah. Maybe Jillian knew that, and took her place." She shrugged. "Metaphorically, at least." Logan thought for awhile.
"Okay, so you think Jillian already knew?" Evalina nodded, and Logan crossed his arms. "Then why didn't you just ask her about it when she was with you guys in Tatooine?" Evalina frowned.
"Logan, I didn't have any idea about who my mother might be at that time. I wouldn't have had anything to ask her."
"Ohhhhh! Oh." Evalina smiled a little.
"That's what I love about you Logan," she said as she put a hand on his shoulder. "You don't think things through."
The trip back to Coruscant was very uneventful. If Evalina's mind had been just a little less focused on her question to her dad, she would have fallen asleep as she had previously done on the way to Naboo. But, her mind dwelt on her father and mother. She also thought about what La'Rau had said. She should she her soon? What did that have to do with anything? Was La'Rau messing with her mind? Why didn't she have any answers for these questions? She had also heard that a new election for a ruler of Naboo was to be soon. Perhaps that what La'Rau had been talking about, but why would Evalina be there? Then it hit her. If she was right, Evalina was direct descendants of two queens, and she would have a good chance of becoming queen. But, Evalina knew nothing of being a queen. She never dreamed of politics. She had a life now, and she was not about to give it all up. She had the feeling she could never escape the feeling of guilt if she did. She would be utterly lost in people, laws, and complaints. She would need any incredibly good advisor, and loads of help.
Once they landed on Coruscant, their transport wanted to get out in a hurry, so Logan and Evalina got off immediately. Which, of course, they didn't mind since it was late in the night, and they wouldn't be surprised if it were midnight. They quietly made their way into the main part of the mega city. Evalina escorted Logan back to Vinco's house. Logan didn't care either way, but Evalina insisted that she go with him. Who knows what would be going on in the city this late at night? Not that she didn't trust Logan, but he wasn't armed, and Evalina didn't want to know what he would do if he was caught by himself in the dark. They did get to Vinco's house without any trouble though. Evalina and Logan approached the door, and attempted to open it. But, it was locked.
"Oh, great," Logan said quietly. "I didn't think of this." Evalina looked at him wildly.
"How could you not?" she hissed. "Why would they leave their front door open?" Logan shrugged. Evalina put her hands to her forehead and walked in a small circle around the porch. Logan watched her calmly. Then, they both heard something rattle in the door, and moments later, it swung open. Toby stood in front of them. He grinned.
"We were beginning to wonder what had happened! Nobody has seen you all day."
"Yeah, we'll tell you later," Evalina said and she pushed Logan inside. "Bye guys." She hugged both of them and left.
Rattle! Evalina froze. Buzzzzzz! Evalina flicked her lightsaber from her belt and activated it in one single movement. She turned to her right. There it was again. Zippp! As she walked back to the Jedi temple, Evalina kept hearing strange creaking noises, and they were getting louder. Then, luckily, she sensed it before it happened. She swung around and blocked what was coming before she heard it. Four skeleton like creatures were behind and shooting. If her senses had been the slightest bit off, they would have hit her. Her mind was racing. How did they get here? Why didn't I hear them? How did they find me? What am I going to do? She took enough of them out before, but she was still a little worried. After she reflected a shot, it hit back where it came from. Three left. She took two of them down in one move, and then the other soon after. She sighed in relief. It hadn't been that bad, but she still wondered what they were doing in Coruscant in the middle of the night. Then, she heard similar noises, and before she knew it, two destroyer droids were on her.
"What is the matter with you people?" Evalina screamed at the droids as she turned to run. She ran swiftly and quietly and it probably saved her life. As soon as she made her way to the temple, she didn't hesitate to walk in. It was quiet of course, and there was no one in the main hall. Evalina snuck around the halls and found her bedroom. She wanted to tell Regiman right away, but she didn't want to wake the older man from sleep. She would tell him in the morning, she decided.
Evalina woke the next morning remembering that she had to find Regiman. She quickly got dressed in her usual tan colored clothes and cloak, and made her way out the door. She almost ran all the way to her master's chamber. She paused at the door, and then knocked. She heard his voice call,
"Come in," so she did so. Evalina found Regiman sitting on the floor with a young man Evalina guessed to be twenty. Regiman nodded at Evalina, but then he looked back down at the man. "Continue, Ravon." The man named Ravon nodded his head quickly.
"There was two of them," he said, "I was on my way here, and there they were, walking right past me following a girl. They ignored me completely. I wasn't sure what to do, so I made my way here and found you quickly. I had no doubts that you would know what to do." Regiman smiled kindly down at Ravon.
"Thank you," he said. His face then turned to a more serious. "I do believe that I should bring a few Jedi with me to track these down, and destroy them. After all, we can't have to droidakas wondering the streets of Coruscant can we?" Ravon shook his head quickly. He stood.
"May I come with you, Master?" he asked. Regiman again smiled at him.
"Why not?" He looked at Evalina. "Would you like to come Evalina?" Evalina walked close to him and bowed slightly.
"Yes, Master. I came to tell you that same thing," she said looking down at Ravon. She frowned. "They attacked me." Ravon frowned too.
"Master, it was her. That's the girl." Regiman stroked his chin thoughtfully.
"So, Evalina, it was you they were after. I'm afraid my thoughts have been confirmed. Jillian is working with them, and they want you dead." Evalina blinked.
"Wow," she said.
"Oh, yes!" Regiman said, as he remembered his manners. "Ravon, this is Evalina Skywalker, she is my new apprentice. Evalina, dear, this is the new Jedi knight, formerly my apprentice, Ravon Carlad." Evalina and Ravon nodded at each other as a greeting. "It appears you two both saw these strange creatures of the Trade Federation, and you're both coming with me to defeat them! How ironic." Evalina smiled at her master. She loved his enthusiasm. He always made her happy about something. "So," Regiman continued, "Shall we recruit more help?"
It seemed fitting that Regiman chose Toby and Vinco to help them. They were both outraged by the random outbreak of the Trade Federation and immediately wanted to help. Evalina was quite happy about Regiman's choice; she enjoyed working with people she knew well.
It didn't take them long to find the droids. They were still near the area that Evalina had been in.
"Right here?" Toby pointed to the spot Evalina had seen them. She nodded. Vinco and Regiman returned from an alley.
"We didn't see them," Vinco said. Evalina nodded. She didn't expect they had gone far. Roosh! There was that noise again! And there they came. Two droids came from around the corner.
"And here they are," Ravon said. They all took out their lightsabers and activated them. They blocked the first few shots, but the drokikas had their shields up, and it did nothing to them. They did this repeatedly until Regiman said;
"We can't keep this up forever. There has to be some way-" he stopped himself because their shields went down.
"Hmm," Toby said thoughtfully. "Their fuel must have been drained. Let's take them while we can." Regiman and Vinco took on the first one, with some sort of ease, while the three youths took the other. Ravon and Toby took it from the front and Evalina in the back. Ravon blocked and Toby stroked downwards, hitting it straight down the front. The droid fell down and Toby and Ravon started toward the older Jedi. But, from the back, Evalina saw the head twitch and it silently got back up. Ravon and Toby were too busy talking to Vinco and Regiman to notice, so Evalina matched its silence. Just as the droid was about to shoot, Ravon caught a glimpse of it and called,
"Watch out!" But Evalina intercepted it, and destroyed it from the back.
"Thanks," Toby said. Evalina nodded.
"Let's go shall we?" she asked, and everybody agreed.
When Evalina returned from her little hunting trip, she walked back down the halls of the Jedi temple. She was going to find her father, Cade. She wanted to find out more about her mother, and he would be the only one that knew. She finally found the door she was searching for, and knocked without hesitation. It was awhile before anyone answered, but finally, she heard her father's voice calling her in. She entered. Her father was sitting by a window, looking out it.
"Hello, father," she said quietly. He looked at her. It still surprised Evalina how sad his face was. She couldn't help but feel sorry for him.
"Hello, Evalina." He tried for a smile. "What can I do for you?" Evalina took a deep breath.
"Well..." she started hesitantly. "My mother," she said slowly. "I want to know more about her." Cade sighed and looked down. Evalina saw this coming and pressed on. "Dad, I deserve to know! I lived all my life without even knowing this!" She gestured to the temple room. Evalina stepped forward and knelt by her father. "Please, father, I want to know who she is and what happened to her." Cade sighed again. Evalina waited patiently for him to answer. "Was her name Liyanna?" she asked softly. Cade looked up when she said her name. He looked back out the window.
"Yes," he said quietly. Yes! Thought Evalina, but she let him continue. "She was a wonderful person. She was powerful and unafraid." Cade took Evalina's hands and looked at her in the eyes. "She was amazing and kind and don't let anyone tell you different. Okay? Promise me, Evalina May." Evalina guessed that since he was using her full name, he wanted her to be fully honest.
"Yes, father. I promise." She leaned closer to him. "What happened to her? What made her have such a reputation?" Cade studied his daughter with some interest, but continued on.
"Perhaps on a different occasion." And with that, he turned back to the window.
"Father," Evalina started to complain, but Cade put up a hand to stop her.
"Soon, daughter, but not now."
"Yes, father," Evalina said and left her father in peace.