A/N: A really small piece of a flashback that is going to be part of a much bigger chapter eventually. :D
Hera's Miracle:
D25/1 BBY
The Ghost was in hyperspace once again, on the way to pick up a few more recruits to help with Ezra's quest. Hera was happy to be reunited with her ship, but it just didn't feel the same knowing that Kanan would never step foot in it again. Mon Mothma hadn't been very happy with her when she'd appeared on Yavin 4 to steal some of her rebels, but Hera didn't care. She was never going to let the war come before her family again. She'd learned her lesson the hard way.
Knowing she needed to eat something to keep her strength up, but not feeling very hungry, and even slightly nauseous, Hera prepared her favourite tea instead, hoping it would soothe her stomach. Taking a sip, Hera paused and her eyes opened wide in surprise as she ran to the sink and spit it out. Wiping her mouth, she eyed her tea suspiciously. It tasted terrible. Glancing at the package of dried tea leaves, she sniffed it, confused, sure that she'd had some of this very same tea the last time she was on the Ghost. The tea smelt fine. The tea in her mug smelled fine as well. So why? A really ridiculous stray thought crossed her mind as she dumped out the tea in her mug and started some caf instead. There was no way, was there? Hera thought back to when she last had a contraceptive shot and realized it was well over a year ago. And they were only guaranteed for a year. With the chaos of the last few months, it had completely slipped her mind.
Hera ran to the med bay, passing a confused looking Rex and Kallus in the common room on the way by. She grabbed the med scanner off the shelf and ran it over herself, almost afraid to look at the results, not sure yet what she wanted it to say. Hera read the screen, and fell back against the wall, sliding to the floor, scanner falling to the floor with a thud as her numb fingers dropped it. It took a minute for her to process, but when it did, happy tears fell from her eyes. Hera put both her hands on her stomach in wonder. "Hello, my little miracle," she whispered to her stomach.
For it was a miracle. Aside from the fact that there was a one in a thousand chance of a human and a twi'lek actually conceiving, she'd been shot out of the sky, beaten multiple times, and electrocuted repeatedly. There was no way the pregnancy should have held. "You must be just like your daddy. You never give up." Hera smiled joyfully as the tears continued to fall unheeded down her cheeks. She'd always have a piece of Kanan now to keep with her.