Chapter 10-Aruna Ni
Jacen and Tenel Ka stared at their daughter, lying there, barely breathing, looking barely alive. "What happened to her?" Jacen asked Luke.
"It was a disturbance in the Force," Luke replied. "Caused by someone or something. She's lucky she's alive. Dashana died of the same thing."
"How did it happen?" asked Tenel Ka.
"I don't know," said Luke. "Ralya and Brekk are determined to find out, but I don't want them to get hurt."
"You can't stop them," said Kyp from the doorway. "Ralya won't stop until she finds out what's going on."
He could tell how worried everyone was by the fact that Jacen didn't snap at him to stay out of it. Instead, there was a silence, followed by Tenel Ka's whisper: "I'm sure you don't want your daughter to die, too."
"Aruna Ni isn't dead!" insisted Jacen.
"But she's fading," said Tenel Ka. "She's fading fast. Soon, she'll be all gone."
As they all stood there in silence, they didn't even notice Brekk sneak away.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Dashana died because of a disturbance in the Force," Brekk told Ralya.
"That's impossible," she said. "What about the ysalamir? If she died within the ysalamir's bubble, it couldn't have been related to the Force...could it have?"
"I--I don't know."
"This is getting scarier and scarier. What if Dashana was having the dream, and that's why she died? What if I'm gonna die next?"
"Ralya, you're not gonna die," whispered Brekk in a worried voice.
"How do you know that?" she shot back.
"Because..." He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her to him in a big hug. "Because you're my friend, and you're too young to die."
"So you'll help me?"
Brekk nodded. "Yes."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Was Dashana having any bad dreams?" Ralya asked Lyss, the dead girl's best friend.
Lyss thought about it. "I don't know," she said finally. "She hadn't told me about anything."
"But if she were having a bad dream, wouldn't she have told you?"
"I-I guess so."
"Why do you think she died?"
Lyss was silent for so long a time that Ralya was about to repeat the question when she whispered, "I think Dashana knew something."
"What?" Ralya asked, trying to contain her excitement at finally having some clue.
"Have you ever heard of a creature called an anigari?"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jacen and Tenel Ka stared at their daughter, lying there, barely breathing, looking barely alive. "What happened to her?" Jacen asked Luke.
"It was a disturbance in the Force," Luke replied. "Caused by someone or something. She's lucky she's alive. Dashana died of the same thing."
"How did it happen?" asked Tenel Ka.
"I don't know," said Luke. "Ralya and Brekk are determined to find out, but I don't want them to get hurt."
"You can't stop them," said Kyp from the doorway. "Ralya won't stop until she finds out what's going on."
He could tell how worried everyone was by the fact that Jacen didn't snap at him to stay out of it. Instead, there was a silence, followed by Tenel Ka's whisper: "I'm sure you don't want your daughter to die, too."
"Aruna Ni isn't dead!" insisted Jacen.
"But she's fading," said Tenel Ka. "She's fading fast. Soon, she'll be all gone."
As they all stood there in silence, they didn't even notice Brekk sneak away.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Dashana died because of a disturbance in the Force," Brekk told Ralya.
"That's impossible," she said. "What about the ysalamir? If she died within the ysalamir's bubble, it couldn't have been related to the Force...could it have?"
"I--I don't know."
"This is getting scarier and scarier. What if Dashana was having the dream, and that's why she died? What if I'm gonna die next?"
"Ralya, you're not gonna die," whispered Brekk in a worried voice.
"How do you know that?" she shot back.
"Because..." He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her to him in a big hug. "Because you're my friend, and you're too young to die."
"So you'll help me?"
Brekk nodded. "Yes."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Was Dashana having any bad dreams?" Ralya asked Lyss, the dead girl's best friend.
Lyss thought about it. "I don't know," she said finally. "She hadn't told me about anything."
"But if she were having a bad dream, wouldn't she have told you?"
"I-I guess so."
"Why do you think she died?"
Lyss was silent for so long a time that Ralya was about to repeat the question when she whispered, "I think Dashana knew something."
"What?" Ralya asked, trying to contain her excitement at finally having some clue.
"Have you ever heard of a creature called an anigari?"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~