Much confusion will occur, but please don't stop reading.
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Chapter 16-Discovery
"Are we there yet?" Brekk asked Ralya.
She shrugged. "I dunno. Let's stop anyway." Ralya was tired, and she hadn't eaten anything all day. She had thought that it would only take them two or three hours to reach the meeting place. Now it was almost midday, and hot and humid as well. She began to wonder if she had followed the map correctly.
They both sat down in the shade of a large tree. "Are you sure you know where we're going?" Brekk asked doubtfully.
"No," she answered.
Suddenly Ralya felt something; or, to be more precise, she felt nothing. It was as if the Force was no longer there.
She turned to Brekk, and he nodded. "I feel it, too."
"There's ysalamiri nearby," she said, putting into words what they both knew.
"Yes," came a very familiar-sounding voice. "And I suggest you two don't move. I have a blaster pointed at you and I don't think you want to find out how well I aim."
Ralya and Brekk froze.
"Now, turn around.
Ever so slowly, they turned, and looked into the face of Koori.
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"Ralya is dead."
Jaina shook her head as tears welled up in her eyes. "No! It's not true! It can't be true!"
"I'm afraid it is," Luke told her. "Her body was found this morning, along with the bodies of Koori and Brekk."
"She can't be dead! I would have felt her die!"
"Jaina, I saw her body."
"No!" Jaina screamed, and ran. She threw herself upon her bed, sobbing.
In a moment she felt the light touch of Kyp's hand on her shoulder. Jaina?
"Kyp…Ralya's dead…" She could barely get the horrible words out.
He knew. Luke had told him. He wanted to cry, too, but he didn't think it would help Jaina much.
"Kyp…She can't be dead!" she sobbed. "I would have felt it!"
"There was an ysalamir. We wouldn't have felt her die." He bit his lip to hold in the tears and tried unsuccessfully to control the shakiness of his voice. "Jaina, they found her body."
"Whoever it was, it can't be her."
"Jaina, please! Don't do this to yourself!"
But Kyp couldn't help thinking: What if she was right?
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DON'T STOP READING! THIS IS NOT THE END! It is merely Major Plot Twist Numero Uno. Get ready for Major Plot Twist #2!
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Chapter 16-Discovery
"Are we there yet?" Brekk asked Ralya.
She shrugged. "I dunno. Let's stop anyway." Ralya was tired, and she hadn't eaten anything all day. She had thought that it would only take them two or three hours to reach the meeting place. Now it was almost midday, and hot and humid as well. She began to wonder if she had followed the map correctly.
They both sat down in the shade of a large tree. "Are you sure you know where we're going?" Brekk asked doubtfully.
"No," she answered.
Suddenly Ralya felt something; or, to be more precise, she felt nothing. It was as if the Force was no longer there.
She turned to Brekk, and he nodded. "I feel it, too."
"There's ysalamiri nearby," she said, putting into words what they both knew.
"Yes," came a very familiar-sounding voice. "And I suggest you two don't move. I have a blaster pointed at you and I don't think you want to find out how well I aim."
Ralya and Brekk froze.
"Now, turn around.
Ever so slowly, they turned, and looked into the face of Koori.
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"Ralya is dead."
Jaina shook her head as tears welled up in her eyes. "No! It's not true! It can't be true!"
"I'm afraid it is," Luke told her. "Her body was found this morning, along with the bodies of Koori and Brekk."
"She can't be dead! I would have felt her die!"
"Jaina, I saw her body."
"No!" Jaina screamed, and ran. She threw herself upon her bed, sobbing.
In a moment she felt the light touch of Kyp's hand on her shoulder. Jaina?
"Kyp…Ralya's dead…" She could barely get the horrible words out.
He knew. Luke had told him. He wanted to cry, too, but he didn't think it would help Jaina much.
"Kyp…She can't be dead!" she sobbed. "I would have felt it!"
"There was an ysalamir. We wouldn't have felt her die." He bit his lip to hold in the tears and tried unsuccessfully to control the shakiness of his voice. "Jaina, they found her body."
"Whoever it was, it can't be her."
"Jaina, please! Don't do this to yourself!"
But Kyp couldn't help thinking: What if she was right?
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DON'T STOP READING! THIS IS NOT THE END! It is merely Major Plot Twist Numero Uno. Get ready for Major Plot Twist #2!