Chapter XII
Mayra, Han and Luke were in the office which had been the one Jayson Solo had used at the villa. The young woman had informed her brother of her intention to reveal everything to Luke. Han had been fast to convince, the secret having become too heavy to carry.
Mayra: Before consulting the files we have something to tell you. Han?
He rose of his seat and went to join his sister behind the desk. He took a serious look that Luke had never seen him took.
Luke: Han... I feel... concern.
Han: Leave the Force aside, please. What I have to tell you is very serious. Okay... A few years before my birth, even before my parents' wedding... My mother was the youngest jedi to be named Master and to integrated the great council... Her first mission was to go on Naboo with Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his padawan.
Mayra: I think you know the name of this padawan... Obi-Wan Kenobi.
They keep silent, leaving the jedi time to assimilate the new information.
Luke: Please continue.
Mayra launched an interrogative glance at Han. He raised his shoulders before continuing his story.
Han: They were supose to help the queen, Padmé Amidala Naberrie, to escape her planet. They did it, but on the way to Coruscant their shuttle started to have some problems and they had to do an emergency landing in the desert... on Tatoïne. Master Who-Gon, the queen - under a disguise - and our mother then went to Mos Espa.
Mayra: There they meet a junk merchant named Watto... This Watto had two slaves, a mother and her son... Shmi and Anakin Skywalker. Master Qui-Gon quickly carried out Anakin's potential... He was the Chosen One, the one that would restore the balance of the Force. After many negotiations with Watto they succeeded in freeing the kid, but not his mother.
Luke remained silent.
Han: To make a long story short, a Sith had followed them. When they return on Naboo, they battle agains't the Trade Federation droids. Master Qui-Gon was killed, Obi-Wan killed the Sith and our mother restored the throne to the queen.
Mayra: The great council named Obi-Wan jedi Master and Anakin became his padawan.
Han: Just after this mission our mother met our father. She left the Order and they married. Despite everything, mother never could move away from the Order. She remained in close contact with her former Master and Master Yoda, and with Master Kenobi and his padawan.
Luke closed his eyes.
Han: Say something, Luke!
Luke: The first time that we met Mayra... You said that I look like Ani... Anakin?
The young woman shook the head.
Han: There's something esle Luke...
The jedi raised the head, awaiting the continuation of the explanations.
Han: Right before the beginning of the Clones War we returned on Coruscant. The separatists had started to shaken the bases of the Republic. Father attended meetings at the senate. As for mother, she took us along to the jedi temple. Master Windu asked her to went with the padawan Skywalker on Naboo where he was suppose to protect the senator Padmé Naberrie... the former queen of Naboo. Mother took us along with her. Then Anakin and Padmé left for Tatooine. I don't remember much what happened after that... But what I am sure is that Palpatine succeeded in making vote a law allowing the creation of a republican army. This is how the Clones War started.
Mayra fixed Luke. He had remained calm, all the time during Han's story telling.
Mayra: Luke?
The jedi raised the head. The young woman couldn't read any particular expression in his glance.
Luke: I imagine that's not all?
Han: No. Because of the war we only return on Coruscant 2 years later. Everything had changed... Palpatine had succeeded in obtaining more power as supreme chancellor... The war was dangerously near the capital... Padmé was pregnant.
Han suddenly stopped. He realized that he had arrived at a critical point of his story.
Mayra: Our mother write in her diary that she had suspicions as for the identity of the father... By respect she never asked her the question directly, but Anakin and her were very close...
Luke: My mother...
Han: Yeah...
Luke: What happen to her?
Han: Mother use to said that she died of broken heart, broken by the lose of her loved one.
Luke's glance was veiled and he was lost in his thoughts.
Han: Do you want me to go seek R2 so that he helps you read the files?
The jedi shook the head abstractedly. While her brother left to search the droid, Mayra push on one of the buttons of the console located on the desk. A side of the wall rose, revealing an elevator.
Mayra: You're ready?
Luke: I never been that ready before!
They took the elevator and arrive to an immense immaculate room. A computer was in the middle of the room surrounded of racks containing the said files.
Mayra: Wow! That exceeds all I could have imagined! When people talked to me about my mom jedi's files I wouldn't have thought that it will be that!
R2 then arrive by the elevator.
Mayra: I'll leave you... If you need anything I'll leave 8RP in the office.
Luke then turned and went in front of her.
Mayra: Yes, Luke?
Luke: Stay... I... Please, just stay.
The young woman smiles before taking the jedi's hand in her.
Luke: Come on R2, let's get started.
TBC
