Nara entered the white washed room squinting her eyes just enough to
see her mom on the bed covered up by a blue blanket. Her mother had lost
her color and looked like she had milk for skin, her eyes lost their
sparkle and her lower lip trembled as she endured the pain.
"Mom!" Nara cried falling to her knees next to the bed and taking her mother's bony frail hand.
"Nara there is no need to shout." Padme wheezed trying to smile but her lips only formed a cracked smile that showed no warmth.
"What is wrong with my mother Obi-wan?" Nara asked not taking her eyes off her as Luke ran into the doorway and looked at the sad scene.
Obi-wan cleared his throat and answered in a broken voice, "She is dying Nara."
"No. . ." Nara shook her head in disbelief as she laid her head down on her mother's arm her tears wetting her milky skin.
"Nara look at me. . .Do not cry I will be going to a better place. I will be with my Anakin soon." Padme reassured her daughter as she placed her other frail hand on her head.
"What about me? Won't you miss me?" Nara asked as she lifted her tear stained face from her mother's arm.
"I will darling, of course I will but my time in this world is up and you have to grow up and be independent."
"Mom you've done so much for me. . .I have done nothing but complain I want to make it all up to you." Nara said looking into her stale watery eyes.
"Just be here with me Nara. . .that's all I need."
"You want him here too, you'd love nothing more than to see him one more time." Nara whispered as Padme's eyes overflowed with tears and she nodded.
"That is all I want in the world, for us to be here as a family." Padme sobbed.
"Then consider it done, I will go and find him and bring him back here for you. We will be all here together as a family."
"That is impossible! No one has ever heard from him since that day." Obi-wan broke in with the facts.
"I will find him Obi-wan he is my own flesh and blood, I have to be able to find him." Nara said proudly.
"Nara I couldn't put you in danger, and then to have him see me in this state?" Padme asked quivering with sorrow at the thought.
"You want to leave with out seeing him ever again?" Nara asked.
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Luke asked.
"Yes I will find him, you know I can do it mom. It will make you happy. It will help you find peace within yourself." Nara reassured.
Padme looked at her daughter's determined face and she agreed, "Alright."
"I won't let you down mom, just hang in there." Nara promised.
"You only have about four weeks Nara, good luck." Obi-wan encouraged.
"I will come with you! I think you might need someone there just in case. . ." Luke offered.
"Thanks Luke you're a great friend." Nara smiled at him. She then stood up and kissed her mom on the cheek and whispered, "I will be back with him, that is a promise."
"Mom!" Nara cried falling to her knees next to the bed and taking her mother's bony frail hand.
"Nara there is no need to shout." Padme wheezed trying to smile but her lips only formed a cracked smile that showed no warmth.
"What is wrong with my mother Obi-wan?" Nara asked not taking her eyes off her as Luke ran into the doorway and looked at the sad scene.
Obi-wan cleared his throat and answered in a broken voice, "She is dying Nara."
"No. . ." Nara shook her head in disbelief as she laid her head down on her mother's arm her tears wetting her milky skin.
"Nara look at me. . .Do not cry I will be going to a better place. I will be with my Anakin soon." Padme reassured her daughter as she placed her other frail hand on her head.
"What about me? Won't you miss me?" Nara asked as she lifted her tear stained face from her mother's arm.
"I will darling, of course I will but my time in this world is up and you have to grow up and be independent."
"Mom you've done so much for me. . .I have done nothing but complain I want to make it all up to you." Nara said looking into her stale watery eyes.
"Just be here with me Nara. . .that's all I need."
"You want him here too, you'd love nothing more than to see him one more time." Nara whispered as Padme's eyes overflowed with tears and she nodded.
"That is all I want in the world, for us to be here as a family." Padme sobbed.
"Then consider it done, I will go and find him and bring him back here for you. We will be all here together as a family."
"That is impossible! No one has ever heard from him since that day." Obi-wan broke in with the facts.
"I will find him Obi-wan he is my own flesh and blood, I have to be able to find him." Nara said proudly.
"Nara I couldn't put you in danger, and then to have him see me in this state?" Padme asked quivering with sorrow at the thought.
"You want to leave with out seeing him ever again?" Nara asked.
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Luke asked.
"Yes I will find him, you know I can do it mom. It will make you happy. It will help you find peace within yourself." Nara reassured.
Padme looked at her daughter's determined face and she agreed, "Alright."
"I won't let you down mom, just hang in there." Nara promised.
"You only have about four weeks Nara, good luck." Obi-wan encouraged.
"I will come with you! I think you might need someone there just in case. . ." Luke offered.
"Thanks Luke you're a great friend." Nara smiled at him. She then stood up and kissed her mom on the cheek and whispered, "I will be back with him, that is a promise."