Author note: So here's the sequel! I made a reference to an episode of the second trilogy (I, II and III). I challenge you to find what it is.

Chapter X

The sun had just risen when Mayra Solo enter her brother's room. If his habits hadn't changed he should already be awake. When she arrivednear the bed she noticed that the sheet hadn't been used. Was he like her? Did he have difficulty in finding sleep? She felt the wind slowly touching her cheek. The large balcony windows were open. She approached and was taken by a strange feeling of déjà-vu. Han was scanning the horizon, his hands crossed behind his back.

Mayra: Hey stranger!

Han: Still a morning girl?

Mayra: I would rather say that I couldn't sleep... and according to the state of your bed it's the same for you.

She approached him and deposited a slight kiss on his rough cheek. She went by his sides and admired the splendid sunrise.

Han: Since Endor I've been having insomnia. And you, when did you start having sleeping trouble?

Mayra: Since you left.

A tension then settled down between the brother and the sister.

Han: I must beg you to forgive me for the disappearance act.

Mayra: You had to leave, Han. If you had remained here you would have certainly become a nutcase.

She then sympathizing smiles at him.

Han: I must tell you something...

Mayra: What?

Han: Euh... You remember our trip on Coruscant, right before the fall of the Republic?

Mayra: A little bit, I was still very young at the time. I have some bits of memory...

Han then turned around and went to sit on the terrase stone bench. He was going to tell her all, she deserved to know.

Han: You remember that we were under Master Windu care...

Mayra: Yes... Mom and dad were busy at the senate with Padmé and Bail Organa. But where is it supposed to lead?

He took her hands in his, inviting her to sit beside him.

Han: You also remember that Master Windu left us with the padawans at the temple... Then he went to confronte Palpatine and he was killed...

Mayra: Han, there's no need to make me remember this! That Vader monster killed Master Windu and Anakin before massacring the padawans! What? Han Solo, are youhiding me something?

Han: What I'm going to tell you will surely... Actually... Excuse me Mayra, really forgives me for what I'm gonna tell you.

The young woman glance at him, conscious that he was going to tell her something really important. He took a deep breath before launching it.

Han: Vader didn't kill Anakin, Mayra. He couldn't have kill Anakin because... because Vader was Anakin.

The young woman disfigured her brother, surprised.

Mayra: You're liying! Vader was a mechanical monster, he couldn't even breathe by himself... Han, I met him! He... he wasn't Anakin! Anakin... Anakin was so nice! He would have never killed the padawans... nor mom!

Han: Mayra remember... We were locked up in the inner room of the council... You know that I'm telling the truth! I also didn't want to believe it...

The young woman stiffens and coldly fixed her brother.

Mayra: And did mom... did she knew?

Han: Of course she knew.

Mayra: Then she lied... Her diary... She said that Vader killed Ani... It was only a web of lies! But why?

Han surrounded her of his arms and deposited a kiss on her temple.

Han: How would you have reacted if you had knewn twenty years ago? If I had knew earlier...

Mayra started to cry, before hiding her face in the hollow of the neck of her brother.

Mayra: And Luke and Leia...

Han: Luke accepted it, he saw beyond the black armour. Leia... It's much harder. For her, her father wasBail Organa and he was killed because of Vader.

Mayra: And you Han? How are you taking it?

Han: I said it to you, I'm having insomnia. Are you realizing it? The man who tortured me, the one who ordered that I was plunges in carbonite... This man is the same one which I admired when I was a child!

The young woman used her nightgown to wipe her tears.

Mayra: How somebody so nice could become so evil? Can you answer me?

Han raised his shoulders before tightened his pressure.

Mayra: I can't believe it... I... Master Kenobi said that he was the Chosen One... All that, it was just bullshit?

Han: No... Even while being Vader... in spite of the mask and all, there was still good in him. The Dark Side of the Force didn't completely destroy him. Under the armour... Anakin still lived, but the Dark Side had took control. At least it's what Luke repeats...

A silence settled while the brother and the sister admired panorama being offered to them. Mayra closed her eyes and breathed the scented air of the morning. She found a feeling of wellbeing that she had lost a long time.

Mayra: I'm afraid...

Han: Affraid of what?

Mayra: The Dark Side...

Han: But Mayra, you're not a jedi, there's no need to be affraid of the Dark Side.

Mayra: Yes, you're right... I'm safe from that! Come on, let's have breakfast!

Han: Yes...

They entered the room and moved towards the door.Before passing the door Han took his sister by the arm, making her stop.

Han: Everything's okay?

Mayra: Yes... I'll pass over that! Oh you know, I decided to delayed all my appointment for the duration of your stay here, so I'll be able to be with you more! I thought that we could go to the villa. Mom jedi files' are there, there's plenty of room... I could better know your friends and the new you by the same occassion. What do you think?

Han: It's an excellent idea.

On this they closed the door.

TBC