× CHAPTER FIVE ×
She'd been dead for over a year.
Her eyes misted as she read the Jedi record. They hadn't
even tried to find her! Disgusted, she tossed the datapad aside. To think
that the Masters had been stupid enough to take his word and leave
it at that! She sighed, wondering what she'd do now…
On a balcony above, a woman watched the girl as she meandered
through the atrium. A man stepped beside her, laying his hand on her arm. She turned, and followed him inside.
"She'll get over it. Just give her some time," the man
advised.
The woman sighed, reclining on a love seat. "I know,
darling" she admitted, "but I can't help feeling responsible, that there's
something I could have done to prevent this."
"Mana…" Yak leaned in front of her on the settee, planting
a kiss on her forehead. "It wasn't your fault and you know it." He moved
so he was sitting behind her, embracing her.
She closed her eyes, taking a deep breath. "Yak?"
"Yes, beloved?"
"What can Racara do?"
The pain was evident in Yakrino Organa's features as he
responded, "I don't know, Mana. I really don't know."
In the palace atrium, Racara had come to a stop in her
wanderings under an apple tree. It was spring, and the tree was in bud. It's like a new beginning, she mused. Like a new birth. In winter,
the tree appears dead, but in reality it lives, although none can tell. In the spring, its life becomes evident to all who see it. The Shi'ido
thoughtfully fingered a blossom. That's what I gotta do, she
realized. I'm already 'dead'; even if I went to Coruscant the Masters
wouldn't believe who I was, so I must wait for my spring, whenever
that will be.
She frowned. But what if now's my springtide? What if I miss my time to 'revive'? She shook her head. No, I won't
overlook it. The Force will lead me. "Nothing happens by accident,"
she told the blossom in her hand, as if it could understand her. A breeze
whipped her hair and trousers, and she let the wind carry the flower away. "I'll wait for my wind," she murmured. "I'll wait for my wind…"
Author's Note:
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I've been patient, haven't I?!
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