Coral was the place in which Anna was born. It was where she had spent the first fifteen years of her life. Although those years had been filled with pain, it was still her home, and now, she wanted nothing more than to go back to it. The blue-green planet was located in the core worlds, close to Coruscant, and even though the Empire had once had a tight hold on it, the ties to the Empire were severed as it crumbled around them.
Her and Luke walked hand in hand, down the ramp of the Falcon. The two had purchased a small cottage in the bamboo forests, secluded from everything, though the city of Curamelle was not far from it. They would be able to live peacefully for the first time in their lives, not having to worry about a new government trying to take over the galaxy, or worry about the allure of the Dark side. They would both live with the scars inflicted from their brushes with it, mentally, and physically, but to know that they finally had a time to themselves was more than they could ever ask for.
However, Anna could not help but feel a tinge of sadness as she turned her head over her shoulder to see Han and Leia standing at the top, Leia's hand resting on her belly, smiling as the two Jedi stopped to say good-bye to the Falcon. One day, they would return, but for now, they would spend the time that they never got to have together, making up for it all.
Anna wished that Fable would've been able to see this, but she had committed to her own relationship. As much as she was happy for her sister, there would always be an unspoken mistrust of the Brandl family. She could not bring herself to like any of them, even if Jaalib had tried to get into her good books. Whether or not she would ever see her sister again was up in the air, as the family was strict, and did not move about the galaxy, and rarely entered the core worlds. She was incredibly thankful that Luke had been there for her when she had made the heartfelt good-bye to Fable. Jaalib would always be someone she never would have a good relationship with, but it didn't matter now. It was only Luke and her now for the foreseeable future, and she couldn't imagine anything better.
The two waved to Han and Leia, and the ramp of the Falcon began to close. Luke looked down at her with a smile, his hands grasping her arms.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" he asked.
"I have several years of life to make up for" she said. "I think I want to stay here for a while."
"It won't be easy," he said.
"I'm sure we can get through it," she said, and placed a light kiss on his lips. "I promise."
He smiled at her, pulling her up against his chest, and she relaxed instantly. It had been so long since the two of them had shared any time at all together that wasn't plagued with sour feelings caused by the ongoing conflict that they had lived with, but now, everything seemed quiet.
They watched as the Falcon lifted off, heading to a planet that neither Luke nor Anna knew the name of, and they didn't really care. Han and Leia could take care of themselves, and with their son on they way, they would have their hands full. The two Jedi looked at each other as the ship disappeared from Corulag's atmosphere. Anna looked away first, and began to walk toward the bamboo forest
"The house isn't going to set up itself," Anna said with a sly smile, and Luke raced after her, laughing and enjoying themselves for the first time in a long time, if not ever. She laughed as he caught her from behind, and they began to walk properly over to the secluded cottage.
So there we go, the finale of the Crash series! I'm so grateful for all of your support over the past two years, and during this month. It seems that it's very hard to write fan fiction than I initially thought, as this month was a real struggle and I had to battle it out for a while to get my outline to a place where I felt as though I could work with it.
I do have another Star Wars fan fiction in the works, and I have poll up on my profile (it's actually there this time) if you guys want to see it. It's still a couple of months out from starting, as I actually want to get a proper outline done and all that (something I didn't do for this story and I paid dearly for it with horrible writer's block). It'll feature some of the characters from The Force Awakens, though probably won't take place during the time of the movie, just because I want to see what else happens before I start writing with the cannon timeline.
I'll start rewriting both Crash Landing and this one after I take break from them for a while (so it won't be for a while, sorry). They're both on my To-Do list, but I do have another project that needs attention before these two do (as I am looking to self-publish that one and enter it in a contest on Wattpad, so it needs to be finished this August). I'll update them all at once, and post an author's note on each one once it's complete, but it won't be for a while yet. The first draft is always there if you care to re-read it (with all of its glorious errors, thank you Scrivener autocorrect you're the best…)
Until then, take care, and I hope to see many of you back when I post my next story!
