Chapter 57

3 months later

It had been 3 months since Laetitia had been on Tatooine, staying in Kitster's house. He was kind enough to let her stay and she really needed to stay somewhere she felt comfortable. And for whatever reason, Kitster's house was.

"Still no luck?" Kitster said as Leah came in.

"Nope." She said sadly as she sat down.

Kitster looked at her wit sympathy. He knew what she was looking for was practically impossible but he didn't want to be the one taking the hope away from the kid. And he knew that Leah wouldn't give up, not so easily.

"If I tell you something, do you promise not to get mad?"

Leah looked at him, frowning in suspicion "If you're about to tell me to stop looking for …"

"I wasn't going to say that ... in those words." Kitster interrupted her.

"Look, you wanna find the person you were last seen with, I get that. And I hope you find him too, but … take a minute to think. Do you really want to?"

Leah looked at him.

"Based on what you've told me about what you know about your previous life, you went through unspeakable things, God knows what. Maybe that person thought this could be your fresh start."

"It wasn't his decision to make." Leah said with angry tears in her eyes.

"Yes, it wasn't. And no one deserves that but that's the situation you're in right now. I'm not asking you to stop looking for him. I'm not in your situation. I can only guess what you're feeling. But you've stopped living your life to find something you might never find. It's not healthy."

"You could live your life and enjoy it. You're only 5 or 6 years-old. You could start over again. Sometimes losing your memory isn't a bad thing. You forget all the bad things that happened to you. Yes, the good ones will be gone as well but … you could always make new ones." He said softly.

"Who knows? Maybe you'll find him when you won't expect to." He added smiling.

Leah wiped the tears off her face and looked away. She didn't wanna say he was right, even though she knew he was.

"You might not remember your name but that doesn't mean you can't have another. Think about it. How cool is it to name yourself?" He was trying to cheer her up but it wasn't really working.

"What do you think of 'Ami'?"

Leah looked up.

"'Ami'? Why 'Ami'?"

"You remember the best friend I told you about? The one who was like my brother but is gone since when I was about your age? His name was Anakin but we called him 'Ani'. 'Ami' is the only female name similar to 'Ani'. You know, you remind me of him a lot. He was stubborn, brave, tough and yet, kind. He was living a life he didn't deserve to, either." He said, going deep into his thoughts.

Leah frowned.

Why does that name sound so familiar? Did I know him?

"What happened to him?"

Kitster sighed sadly. He had heard the Emperor's message. That Anakin and his family had died fighting for people. That did sound like him and anyone who had a drop of his blood would happily die if it meant saving lives.

"That's a story for another day. So what do you think, 'Ami Banai', maybe?"

There was silence. Kitster had no idea what was going on inside her head.

"I like that." Laetitia ..., no. Ami smiled.

(pronounced as 'Amy', /ˈeɪ.mi/)


6 years later

6 years had passed. The Galactic Empire had been exactly what it sounded like. An Empire.

At the beginning, Emperor Palpatine had been a bit cautious about people's reaction but that didn't last for long. Now, anyone who would ever dare to say a word about the Empire, they would be either executed immediately or locked up in a prison, getting tortured.

The new-born Rebellion was getting stronger every day.

Palpatine didn't realize that his terror over people would only drive them away further. Fear worked on everyone but the extent was different. Even the people who were afraid would help in any way they could to help the situation.

They did their best to hide but they could never run away from Darth Vader. That's what he was for. To do his master's bidding while he was busy coming up with dictatorial ways to put fear in people's lives.

Darth Vader's job was to deal with the people in the Rebellion, known as the Rebels. He had been hunting the Force-sensitives for the past 6 years, so much so that there were no one left to hunt. They were all either dead or an Inquisitor, a slave to the dark side and the Emperor.

All these events were happening in the Galaxy, while Tatooine was like what it's been always like. Jabba the Hutt was in charge. No one even cared about the Emperor because his terror had no effect on them. It would take a while for Stormtroopers to get here, while Jabba could kill you in a second.


An 11-year-old Ami worked in an auto repair shop. She found out that she had a natural gift to fix things. She wasn't a slave. Her boss, Pax Bonkik, was actually nice and took care of her. He was a friend of Kitster.

6 years and still no sign of the mystery man who had left her in the ship. 6 years and that burning man still took place in every dream she ever had.

Not once, not even once, did she go to sleep and saw something other than some man she had no idea burning limbless in lava.

Maybe that was her punishment of whatever it is she did in her past life. She even had a name for him. 'Fire Man'.

She would wake up screaming at night, unable to breath from being tortured by what she saw. At least she had Kitster by her side. He found out about the nightmares the night Ami decided to stay and because of it, he would stay with her to help her because she needed it.

It was 2 months later that Ami noticed something strange about her hair. It was growing naturally but the color wasn't. It was white.

At first, Ami was freaked out that she had white hair. She never saw that one coming. Kitster solved that problem by helping her dye her hair every month, so no one would realize there was something different about it.

Kitster had been really wonderful. Ami had no idea what she was gonna do without him or even where she would be.

The thought of not finding that man had always bothered her but Kitster was right. She couldn't stop living because of something that might never happen.


She was done with her day in the shop. She said goodbye to her boss and left for home but a strange voice stopped her.

"Laetitia?"

Done :)