Chapter 11

"To truly appreciate this incredible journey, you must bear in mind that our focus determines our reality. In a general sense, focus would mean whatever we pay the most attention to, reality being the world we as individuals live. On a larger scale, the scale I once lived on, focus means perception and reality…well, it means reality." – From the Holocron biography of Arl Aa, created by Asajj Ventress.

"Hello Bant." Arl says to her friend with a smile, she leaves the group to go say hi, all wait for her.

"'Hello Bant.' HELLO BANT?! What the hell is going on Arl?" She yells before taking a deep breath and composing herself, she was not an initiate, she would not behave as one, lest her Master regret knighting her. "Are you not meant to be dead?" She asks after centring herself.

"Yes, and I am." She replies calmly, Bant's eyes widen.

"Are you a walking a corpse?"

"Bant you watched my body burn, how could I possibly be using that corpse?"

"Are you using another one?"

"I really need to work on my choice of words…" Arl says before smiling the graceful smile that seemed permanently etched on her face until she forcibly changed it. "I am no corpse. Simply an embodiment of my being created through the power I gained after my passing." She replies, Bant looks confused, if she had eyebrows, she'd have raised one, Asajj was sure of it. She was also sure that Arl had not thought about what coming back would be like, and that she had spent too much time looking at things from above. Honestly, Asajj was equal parts worried for her and curious about how that will become apparent to the others. Unless it already had, she's a Padawan after all, surely the others will have noticed what she noticed. Yet she suspects only Plo will have noticed, the others too caught up on her being back to look beyond it.

"An embodiment of your being? The power you gained? Arl what is happening?" Bant asks fighting back the tears that fill her eyes, Asajj had not even been aware that Mon Calamari could cry…fascinating.

"There is an energy in the universe, in all of them actually. It binds them together, it is reality. I tapped directly into that when I saved Xan, it claimed me after I died. Giving it a consciousness, my consciousness, well it made a person out of itself, sort of. Basically, I brought it vaguely more into this spectrum of reality, in other words, I am the force." She explains, Bant's eyes widen even further. She had big eyes to begin with, this is getting creepy.

"I have learnt to accept a great many things since I met you Arl but…nope, no but. Why are you here then? Don't you have force-like things to do?"

"There's a good question." Garen says, Arl smiles reassuringly at them both.

"There is very little that requires my direct attention more than you all right now." She replies kindly.

"Then how come you got distracted and arrived three months after you died?" Qui-Gon asks, Arl laughs almost angelically, honestly her grace and serene aura reminded Obi-Wan of the daughter on Mortis.

"I said very little, not nothing. I was looking for the other entity. Besides, you had no need of me until now."

"Yes, that makes sense." Obi concedes.

"Beg to kriffing differ Little Obi." Bant says, Arl laughs again.

"Bant my dear, there is a lot of this reality that you do not know, that none of you do nor will you ever. Make peace with that, often things are kept from you to protect you." Asajj thought Arl's words sounded…off somehow…

"I do not need protecting Arl." Bant growls, Arl smiles warmly.

"Then perhaps you should look at why anyone would believe otherwise." Bant frowns, "We are going to the healer's wing, would you care to join us?"

"We have half the temple coming anyway." Aayla says for Quin.

"We are hardly half the temple Quinlan, Arl just has a habit of picking up people who care for her and refuse to leave her when she has a habit of dying on them." Dooku says, Arl rolls her eyes fondly, the first break of the pure serene-like happiness that Bant had seen.

"I have died on you once Dooku, do not exaggerate."

"Twice if you count the other timeline." Obi-Wan adds, "Which I at least do."

"Three times if you also count the minute you stopped breathing when we were in the company of Maul." Aayla adds for Quin, Arl frowns thoughtfully.

[Arl?] Quin signs directly for her, Aayla still says it aloud to others.

[Maul died yesterday in the other timeline.]

[So?]

[So, there must always be two. Yet Dooku was not his Apprentice until many years later. Surely he would not have waited so long.]

[They broke the rule of two long ago Arl.] Dooku adds.

[Yes, but Wrath always has an Apprentice. He lost you and got Maul within a year. Trust me, I saw it.] Dooku raises an eyebrow, [Am the force Ty.]

[Right, so what does this have to do with now?] Quin asks, Arl's frown deepens.

[I am not sure yet.] She answers before visibly shaking it off and chirping back up, "[Shall we continue on?]"

When they finally make it to the Healer's wing, they had been stopped eleven more times, each time Arl told them the truth. Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan had left the others, Obi dragging him straight to Terza as he had promised. The others were shocked when most people believed her instantly, some did not. When that happened Arl merely smiled and told them it was their choice to believe her or not but it would not change the truth. Then Padawan Chun told her to prove it.

"Padawan, I am 15'592 years old, I created this order, watched it grow and change. I raised Yoda from the time he was first brought into the creche since I was assisting in the creche at the time. I have seen war and death and destruction, the saddest and happiest moments in history. You do not require proof of this, if you cannot listen to the force you feel and if you refuse to have faith in your fellow order members, then you will not last very long in the field. Open your mind Padawan Chun, you will know what I am telling you to be true, however it is not on me to make you believe. That is a choice you must make, I hope you find peace with it. Good day Padawan." She said all this calmly, with a smile on her face. She then bowed to him respectfully and continued on her way. Not once did she grow frustrated, not once did she raise her voice or become condescending at all. When Bruck returned to his quarters that day, he told his Master he had met the force and asked for help in allowing it to guide him. His Master's happiness could have filled the entire temple as he immediately began thinking of different ways to do so.

Finally at the healer's, Arl walks without preamble, to check on Qui-Gon, knowing exactly where he is.

"Good morning Healer Terza, how are you today?" Arl asks with a polite bow as she enters the room with the others.

"I am well, how are you Master Aa?" No one was really all that surprised that she was the calmest of those to have found out.

"Happier than I have been in quite sometime."

"That is always good news, I assume there is a reasonable explanation for your presence here?" She asks as she completes her examination of Qui-Gon.

"Explanation? Yes, reasonable? Depends on your point of view I suppose."

"Everything is about perception with you, Little Obi is there a reason you brought a completely healthy man to me?" She asks looking at the man in question expectantly.

"Told you." Qui replies, Obi rolls his eyes.

"He died but the force brought him back, I just wanted to check." He explains.

"A wise decision, but he is fine I assure you. Now then, dazzle me." Terza says turning her attention to Arl.

"I am the force." She replies simply, Terza regards her calculatingly.

"Prove it." She replies without malice, everyone was awaiting a similar reaction to the one she gave Bruck, except Asajj. She felt the difference in Arl between the two, the difference in the way the request was given and the intent behind it as well.

Arl holds an arm out in front of her, her hand glows white before it seems to spread out and fade away into nothing, it goes up her arm until it ended at her elbow, the glowing and whispering tendrils of energy at her elbow remaining but all other trace of her forearm gone, then she brought it back.

"Good enough." Terza tells her with a smile before moving and hugging her. "I believe my former Padawan is making out with her boyfriend in her office if you would like to give them a heart attack."

"Perhaps a discussion on appropriate work place behaviour as well." Mace comments, Terza waves him off.

"He proposed to her during her lunch break, I figured I'd let them off this once. It's not as though this is a regular occurrence, you know what the two of them are like."

"Why would he propose during her lunch break?" Garen asks incredulously.

"You'd have to ask him that. Given how close you lot were, I'm surprised you, Bant, and Obi didn't know it was coming." The three look guiltily at each other.

"What's going on?" Arl asks concerned.

"The five of us have sort of grown apart. Between the changes of the order, and the council, and missions and such. We just don't have a lot in common lately, nothing to talk about and no time to spend together." Bant replies.

"Not just those two, the three of us have not spent much time together lately either, though Obi and I more than most because of council stuff but that's all work." Garen tells her, she looks sad.

"Children, honestly. Not having anything in common in what you do now is what gives you loads to talk about. Missions, the people you meet, the different lives you lead, that is what you talk about. And as for not having time? There is this thing called comms, if time were the only problem then Reeft would have comm'd to tell you about this. You lot have the choice of friends and company, do not allow yourselves to be isolated. It is not a nice feeling." Arl tells the three of them, all of which look thoroughly chastised. "Now, let's go give Terza two heart attacks to deal with. Then we will come back and fix Xan's spine."

"We'll all wait here and give you four sometime with them." Mic tells them.

"The rest of us should actually go do our jobs. There is really no need for us to be here." Mace adds looking around questioningly to the others who nod, "Family dinner at our place tonight though? 6th hour? Arl, no running off until afterwards, understand?" All nod their agreement, Arl nodding again when Mace looks to her directly, and so go their separate ways. Asajj seems at a loss of what to do so Arl smiles at the girl.

"Come on." She says to her, Asajj smiles and skips over, taking the hand offered to her and accompanying the four to their friends.

"Knock knock, coming in and there's a ten-year-old with us so you had better be decent." Bant says through the office door.

"Get in here Eerin." Bellan calls, her voice full of laughter. Bant opens the door and sees the two sitting on the ground in front of her desk, cuddled together. "Can I help you with something?" She asks happily.

"Yes, a few things. One, we have a dead friend here to see you. Two, congratulations! Three, I am very sorry that I haven't made enough time for any of you lately. I hate that we have grown apart enough for number four to come into play. Also, four, Reeft how could you not tell us you were going to propose?!" Bellan stands up and hugs her.

"We aren't apart anymore. So, no apology necessary. Besides, none of us are innocent in that. Especially the dead friend I see and now remembering you mentioning." She says eyes wide as she sees Arl behind her, or some adult version of Arl anyway. "I did not even recognise you for a moment but, honestly you mostly seem longer. Your eyes are really odd, in that they're normal."

"Thank you?"

"Arlie?" Reeft asks surprised before going and hugging her. "That is weird timing."

"How in all the Sith hells is the timing the weird part?" Garen asks, Obi raises an eyebrow at him, "It's not offensive if I say it."

"It is to sensitive ears." He replies gesturing to Asajj who smiles.

"Master Obi, I once watched Master Miccy attempt to continue an argument with Master Moo Moo before he had his morning tea. I do not have sensitive ears." Everyone laughs a little at that. "So back to the weird timing…"

"Right, Reeft had a dream about you the other night. Not exactly a pleasant one either." Bellan tells them, Arl looks to him in concern.

"What did you dream?" She asks kindly and patiently.

"It was weird, Aayla was hurt and there were these ships. They attacked wherever we were, I don't remember where, and it killed Bellan. Then I destroyed both ships with the force and apparently drove myself mad in doing so because I then contacted you before shooting myself in the head with a blaster."

"WHAT THE SHIT DID YOU DO?!" Obi suddenly turns and screams in Arl's face, she remains calm but with a thoughtful frown on her face.

"I did not do it Little Obi." She replies offhandedly as she all but ignores him.

"Was Aayla in a coma?" Asajj asks Reeft who nods still looking shocked at the outburst, as was everyone, including Asajj only she had decided to press forwards.

"How did you know?"

"I believe that's how you died in the other timeline." She says looking for confirmation from Obi who nodded distractedly as he tried to calm down, she remembers him mentioning it briefly when she was quizzing him about the other timeline for the holocron.

"I apologise for that, I've had a rough few days." He explains.

"Wrath is dead though." Garen says happily, "Oh, I forgot to mention earlier. The arrest warrant out was for you father not for your grandfather, it allowed for lethal force if needed so you are not going to be arrested for murder."

"Good to know I am getting away with murder like my Grandfather did when he killed my mother."

"You need to meditate my friend."

"Wrath's dead?" Bellan interjects.

"Arl and Obi killed him."

"Brilliant. Now if this is from the other timeline then why was my fiancé dreaming of it?" Bellan asks her smile reappearing at the term, Reeft wraps an arm around her shoulders and kisses her head.

"Yes, congratulations by the way." Garen says hugging them both, then Obi does as Garen nudges Arl to focus on her surroundings. She immediately brightens and moves to congratulate them as well.

"I am so very happy for you both, marriage is a wonderful and happy thing but engagement, that's the excitement filled part." She tells them with a smile.

"Have you been married Arlie?" Garen asks curiously, Arl smiles at him.

"Three times." She responds.

"Only three in all that time?"

"Well it is not as though I just jump from one spouse to the next. There is a process of grieving when they die of old age or other such causes. Besides, after a certain point you get sick of loving those you know you will lose. In my case being everyone."

"Well that is depressing. Explanation?" Bellan asks after everyone is quiet for a while, Garen attempting to swallow down the rejection lumping in his throat. He knew it was not so much a rejection as self-preservation on her part, he cannot imagine going through that but…it still meant he had no hope.

"I turn 15'593 in two months, also I am the force." Reeft looks at Garen with questioning eyes, he nods.

"Damn, sorry it's not that I don't believe you just…damn."

"Why is everyone saying damn now?" Arl asks confused.

"Do…people do it often…?" Garen asks, Asajj laughs.

"Yes Schlau, yes they do." She tells him, Arl smiles at the girl.

"You are pretty cool you know that? Observant, intelligent, hard-working, cunning, obedient, strategic thinker. You were in the other timeline too but, you are so warm-hearted now, I am glad you are my sister-padawan. Our Masters are lucky to have you." She tells the girl who smiles and hugs her again.

"Awwwww, you don't even know what you just did but it was fracking adorable." Bant tells her, Arl looks at her confused as Asajj buries her head into Arl's stomach to hide the blush. Most humans can't see it on her species but she got the feeling Arl would be able to tell. She is the force after all.

"Don't ask." Asajj whispers not intending for anyone to hear, merely just pleading to…the force…oops.

"I do not know why you are dreaming of the other timeline, it is not anything I did." Arl says returning them to their conversation.

"If not you and by extension the force the way we think of it, what else could?" Bellan asks, Arl contemplates this.

"Five possibilities, two highly improbably, one entirely theoretical, two equally likely." She answers.

"Right, force, knows everything." Obi says shaking away his momentary confusion at getting an actual answer to such a question.

"I do not…whatever." She says, it the first show of frustration they have seen, Asajj thinks maybe she's been in her pure form for a while and is reintegrating her human emotions with her embodied self but some are taking a while to download.

"The other entity, Maul, someone somehow doing what you did to Master Obi…nope I'm out of ideas." Asajj guesses, Arl gives her an impressed look.

"Other Entity, Maul taking advantage of it's power somehow, someone from another future giving Reeft his memories on a subconscious level through some other means, also there is a theory on Earth that there are other realities that can be exact in almost everyway but different in the others. Anything that can happen will happen. As such, it's impossible for there not to be another version of me or the other entity out there, if some other me or another version of the other entity entered this reality somehow, then they may be able to do it."

"I assume that's the theoretical one?" Bant asks, Arl nods. "Other entity and Maul being equally likely, future person highly improbable, what's the other highly improbable one?"

"Something I've never heard of or know to be possible." Arl answers.

"Fair." Reeft says, "But how do we find out?"

"We are down one and a half options." Arl announces earning confused looks. "If it were simply someone from the future I'd be able to know that someone moved from where they are supposed to be, there's not beside Obi's memories being out of place. If it were some alternate version of me I would sense it in you but I do not. That does not discount an alternate version of the entity. Therefore, one and a half possibilities gone. My usual ways of finding out are exhausted but there are a few avenues I can follow, I will do that tonight if you wish?" Reeft nods, trusting her.

"In the meantime, Master Xanny's legs?" Asajj reminds Arl whose eyes light up in remembrance and she nods.

"Right, I forgot, thank you Asajj."

"You seem to forget a lot of things Arl." Garen says in concern, she smiles placatingly.

"It's been a few millennia since I was last here Garen, in this way anyway. Some things have slipped from my mind. And just now, I moved my focus marginally from the here and now to outside this spectrum of reality, sometimes things don't hold in memory the way it should in this form. That and my brain has always moved too quickly for me to keep up with, only now there is a hell of a lot more being processed. I get lost in my head sometimes when I try to normal human." She explains, He laughs at her description and throws an arm around her shoulders as they all leave the room, Arl grabbing Asajj's hand and leaning her head on her once-best friend's shoulder. "Oh, I just realised…" She says suddenly before her eyes glaze over as she focuses on something else, Garen and Asajj exchange confused looks and both shrug. Then her presence in the force…or their perception of such things anyway, changes. Any force-sensitive would be able to feel and see what she is upon meeting her now.

"How?" Reeft asks looking at what could only be described as beauty and power.

"I just brought more of myself forward, saves me an explanation…possibly." She says with a thoughtful look before it melts away, replaced immediately by that ever graceful smile. The group make their way back to Qui-Gon's room where Xanatos is hooked up to a bunch of monitors and looking like he'd rather be anywhere else. Arl looks at him with a smile of total happiness, Garen feels a flare of an old jealousy before he chastises himself and does as Lord Anarch taught him, makes it apart of himself that he may use and learn from. It melts into the rest of him, allowing him to once again think clearly.

"Hello Angel, I have to say I was a tad worried you'd not come back and I'd wake up to find I was dreaming." Xan tells her, she smiles.

"I suppose a dead friend appearing to you would indeed have that affect. Now, shall we give you full use of your body back?" She suggests with a blinding smile, he returns it. "Terza, Garen, would you two help him sit forward and remain still?" She requests, they agree and move to do so. "Now, this would be easier if I were not in this form, there would be no physical being to deal with so I don't know if this could go wrong. If it does I simply return to my other form temporarily and fix it. Should that happen I need everyone here to wait until Xan can move his legs and then think of every painful, emotional and physical, thing that has ever happened to you." She instructs, everyone looks confused but they all agree. "Brilliant, now hold still Xan." She says as her hands start glowing, she senses for the part of his back that is not how it once was and places her hands over it, then the light fades away.

"What happened?" Garen asks, she smiles sheepishly.

"I forgot about pain, my own words reminded me. He should probably be sedated or under the influence of heavy pain medication before I do this." She tells them, Xan chuckles. "What?"

"You forgot about pain." He says, "That's just not a normal sentence."

"Obi forgot about pain all the time during the war." She says with a glare his way, he rolls his eyes.

"I was focused on other things, excuse me for forgetting about a bit of pain."

"Obi-Wan you'd been stabbed in the side and your ankle was broken!"

"I. Was. Busy."

"So, sedation or heavily drugged?" Terza asks Xan who shrugs. "Well if we go heavy drugs, we can tell immediately if it works. Sedation we have to wait for you to wake up."

"Arl can't you just put him to sleep and wake him up again afterwards?"

"Sleeping people still feel pain Bant." Bellan answers for Arl who nods to her.

"Right." Bant says shaking her head as she realised the stupidity of the statement.

"Drug me up." Xan tells Terza who rolls her eyes but does so.

"We have to wait for it to take effect."

"So why do we need to think of all painful things if you go 'full-force mode'?" Reeft asks curiously.

"It was Obi-Wan's pain and suffering that led me back here after Qui died." Arl tells them, "Large changes in things make it easier for me to pinpoint where I am going. Emotions are one of the easiest things to change and it is a lot easier to make yourself sad than it is to make yourself happy." She replies, the others just kind of look at her. "What?"

"Nothing. But at some point, I think we need a crash course on social interactions and human emotions." Garen tells her, she looks confused, he chuckles at it before hugging her again, she smiles and hugs him back.

"I am getting so much love today."

"Of course you are, not every day your older/younger/waaay older sister visits from beyond the grave." Obi-Wan tells her with a smile, she smiles back.

"I wonder where they were taking me." Arleia says a full minute of silence later earning confused looks from all those present. "I was just thinking that if Xan and Qui had not gotten me off that ship we would not be here. But where would I be? All of you would presumably still be here, or dead or fallen in the case of Qui and Xan…possibly, who knows what Wrath would have done differently without my presence. But I do not know where the trade federation was taking me, so I've no idea what would have happened to me." She explains.

"Why did they even kidnap you?"

"I do not know, I was nothing but a mildly force-sensitive slave at that point."

"If Wrath wanted you as part of his revenge on Plagueis that may have been his initial plan. Kidnap you and kill you in front of him, or torture or something. Or raise you and train you and turn you against him. Given your feelings towards him at the time I imagine it would not have been difficult." Qui-Gon replies, she nods.

"Fair call. The Trade Federation did have strong ties to him in the other timeline."

"You'd have made a terrible Dark Sith." Obi tells her, she smiles.

"Brother, you have not seen my Dark Side." Xan giggles, they all look at him.

"Dark Side, and she's the force." He says before giggling again.

"I did not even mean to make that pun but let's go with it, meanwhile I think the drugs have taken affect." Arl replies, then she looks thoughtful, "Of course, there may be a far simpler explanation for all of it…" The others look confused as she appears to be deep in thought, snapping out of it when Xan speaks.

"My face feels funny, is that supposta happ'n?" He slurs to Terza, swaying slightly as he sits.

"You said heavy." She says to Arl's raised eyebrow, Arl nods.

"Let's do this." Garen and Terza hold him as they did before, more securely to keep him still now that he isn't really trying. Arl's hands glow again, she finds the correct spot and alters everything back to how it was before the injury. The glow dies and she steps away. "You can let him go now." They lay him back on the bed, he has tears streaming down his face. For a moment they are worried the medication had not worked properly and he felt it all, but he smiles even as his glazed eyes sway around the place.

"I c'n feeel may legs Arlsss." He says patting his thigh with his hand, she smiles down at him.

"Can you move it?" She asks, Terza takes off his shoes and socks, "Wiggle your toes for me?" Arl asks seeing what the healer is doing, Terza smiles at her, she nods. Then his toes move.

"Force." Bellan exclaims breathlessly as tears fill her eyes too, Arl sends her an amused smirk.

"Can you heal the muscle atrophy? It'll seriously lessen the physical therapy required." Terza tells her, she nods and does so. "Thank you, Arlie, truly." She says placing a hand on the woman's arm and looking her in the eyes with complete serious sincerity. Arl lays a hand over the hand on her arm.

"He's my friend, of course. All of you, any time you need help, I am there." She tells them all.

"Havyou said thatoo others befo?" Xan asks her, strangely focused on her, she smiles.

"Yes, on Earth, in the other timeline, possibly here and throughout my life."

"Have you been?"

"When they needed it." He smiles.

"Thank you."

"You are welcome, I'm only sorry I failed to heal you properly the first time." He waves her off uncoordinatedly and ends up hitting her in the face.

"Oopsie."

"Don't worry about it." She tells him, Obi's comm chimes.

"Kenobi."

"Master, it's Ani. Our parents are here, are you still with Arlie?"

"Yeah, take them to our quarters, we'll meet you there."

"Ani, do they know…" Arl starts asking when her youngest brother interrupts.

"They know everything Owen and I know."

"Brilliant, see you soon." Arl says, Obi shuts off the comm. "We have to go Xan, will you be okay with Anarch?"

"What are they even doing here?" Obi asks, Arl shrugs.

"I suppose I am telling them after all though."

"Do you remember years ago when we had family dinners and we all fit at one table?" Obi asks as they walk, she smiles.

"Yeah."

"It's better this time." He says, she knows he does not just mean the family dinners or this life.

"Yes, it is."

"Just think, eight years and you can take Quilo as your Padawan again." He says with a smile as they get into an elevator, her smile falters. "You are going to be here aren't you? You aren't going to force out on us?"

"Force out on you?"

"Yeah you know, go be the force again. Not in this form."

"I already said I cannot stay here Obi. Drop in when you need help sure but…but I can't just be a Jedi."

"Yes, but why?"

"I'm dead Obi-Wan."

"So? We can change the file from deceased to active, no big deal."

"I can't just go on missions and stuff, I'm the force Obi, that complicates things. And it's cheating and unfair on whoever I am up against or negotiating with."

"First of all, that's ridiculous, you are what you are just as anyone else, it's not cheating. Secondly, if that bothers you so much just don't go in the field. I'm a Jedi so I cannot make the decision, you'd have to speak to the Custos, but they never did get that sub-sect for force-magic users. You could make it, train others. Arlie, this is your order. You made it, you nurtured it, you allowed it to grow on its own, and then helped it find its way again. You belong here more than any of us."

"As the creator and as the force, yes. But I am more than that, I am a person as well and that person has changed so much since I was last here as 'Master Aa'."

"People change Arl, you can't be the person you were. I think that's why you didn't call yourself Arleia Skywalker this time around when Xan found you, you weren't her anymore. You'd become Arl Aa a long time ago. Now you are something else, something more. There's nothing wrong with that, you'll find your way here again while we get to know the new parts of you. But you are always still Arleia Skywalker, Arl Aa, hell even Phoebe Holp. We still know you, there's just more to get to know as well. Three months changes things too, you have stuff to know as well. We'll all get there." He tells her, she gives him a watery smile.

"I can't so long as the other entity is around, you know that."

"And after?" He asks looking hopefully at her, Arl bites her lip, she sighs.

"I'll think about it."

"Thanks Sis." He says wrapping an arm around her shoulders, it was the perfect height to do so now that she was full grown. Arl's never been a tall person but he's only half a foot taller, if that. "Now, let's go make our parents the happiest they've been in years." She nods and so they enter the room.

"Hey Mum, Dad."