1 Week Later
Aurora's POV
Nothing. Complete utter nothing. That is what I felt inside. I could not process anything into words, emotions, or signs of affection. I felt nothing, I saw nothing, I thought of nothing, and I believed in nothing. That is how I've been since I arrived back to Coruscant after my mother died. I had countless amounts of visitors in my room over the course of the last week, but I had no emotion towards them. I glanced down to my wrists and gently pushed against the restraints around them. Oh yeah…I forgot to mention…I've been restrained. Why? I tried to attack one of the doctors.
1 Week Ago
I was sitting on my bed in the infirmary waiting for the doctors to come in. A team of doctors and nurses surrounded me and began to speak kindly to me.
"Princess, do you know where you are right now?" He asked warmly.
I said nothing in response, but I just looked at him with wide eyes.
"Are you in pain Princess?" He asked again in the same tone.
Again, I didn't respond. Just as the doctor went to touch my right arm to stop the bleeding. I started to fight back at him touching me. In the mind of him touching me, I wasn't going to let him kill me like Maul killed my mother. In the back of my mind, even though it wasn't Maul touching my arm, I was still petrified that the doctor could work for Maul.
"Hold her down!" I heard a nurse shout.
That's when I had someone grab my other arm, making me start to fight back using both arms. I slapped the doctor and one of the many nurses in the room.
"Hold her, get some restraints!" Another nurse shouted.
"Alright I got it!" Another nurse shouted as I continued to fight back.
"Give her sedative now! NOW!" The doctor yelled.
"I got the restraints." The nurse said and began to try and strap them to my arms and feet.
I continued to fight back, and kicked another doctor who came in to assist in the face.
"Calm down. Calm down." One of the nurses began. "Easy."
The next thing I knew my grip on the doctors started to soften as I felt something sharp going into my arm, the next thing I knew, everything went black, indicating that the sedative worked.
Present Day
They didn't trust me. Honestly, I don' blame them. I'd fear me too. I wouldn't have killed them…though they probably wouldn't have realized that. I remember one day, earlier this week, I heard the doctor explaining to Obi-Wan and Alex what was mentally wrong with me after I attacked one of the doctors.
3 Days Ago
"The combination of extreme exhaustion, dehydration, and exposure, seems to have put her in a state." I heard the doctor say as he opened the door to my room. I didn't even acknowledge Obi-Wan and Alex at the door, I just stared at the ceiling, trying to tune out the fact that I had restraints on.
"What do you mean?" Obi-Wan asked in confusion as he, Alex, and the doctor stepped into the room.
"We think it's reactive psychosis, a form of post-traumatic stress. She's unresponsive, and then when we go to examine her, she becomes…violent." The doctor explained.
Alex carefully walked over to my bedside and began to loosen my restraints.
"I'm here, okay?" Alex began, though I didn't acknowledge his presence.
"I wouldn't do that." The doctor explained with hesitance.
"It's alright." Obi-Wan explained waving him off.
As soon as the restraint on my right arm was loose, I started to fight with Alex, and try to attack him.
He carefully grabbed my hand. "Alright, Alright, Alright. Aurora, it's me. I'm gonna help you. I'm not going to hurt you, I'm gonna help you."
I sat up and continued to fight back but Alex wrapped his arms around me.
"I'm here, I told you I'm not going anywhere. I'm here now. It's okay. I'm not going to leave you, I promise." He quietly explained and I eventually stopped fighting back, even though I still had a look of lifelessness in my eyes.
Present Day
I snapped out of my thoughts as a team of nurses came in and began to remove the restraints from my arms and my legs. The only difference between this time and last time, I didn't attack them. I felt, somewhat alright on the fact that the doctors wouldn't attack me.
"Are you alright, Your Royal Highness?" One of the nurses asked.
Once again, I didn't respond. I was silent. Once the nurses left, Anakin and Ahsoka walked into the room.
"Hi Ro, how are you?" Ahsoka said warmly.
Again, I didn't respond. I just stared up at the ceiling.
"Ro? Did you hear us?" Anakin asked in confusion.
Again, I gave them no response. Both sat there and began to tell me about their day and what work they got accomplished. Eventually, both got up to leave and before leaving, both gave me a hug. I understood where they were coming from, but I was too shaken to even respond. A few days past and I still was not speaking. I was laying down in my room, admiring the small vase of flowers my brother brought to my bedside, as he was cleared to leave the infirmary. I then heard voices come in front of my door, and I realized that a group of teenagers, most likely Padawans were standing in front of it.
"So, she doesn't speak at all?" One of them asked.
"Not yet. She just stares…and breathes." Another explained.
"It's kind of weird. Especially the way they talk about her around here." Another began as I rolled onto my side, so my back was facing the door, and I was looking at the vase. "It's like she's a legend, you know?"
"Yeah, and now she's like an end table." Another began making all of them laugh in amusement.
"That's horrible!" One said as they continued to laugh.
"But it's so true!" Another laughed.
In response to their antics, I grabbed the vase of flowers, and threw it at the glass, making the group of Padawans duct, as the glass shattered. They all immediately stood up in shock and I just rolled back onto my side, as I wanted nothing to do with their nonsense. I just wanted to be left alone.
Within a matter of hours, Anakin, Obi-Wan, Alex, and Korkie were all having a war with the doctor.
"She needs to be restrained again." The doctor explained. "She's extremelly violent."
"No, she doesn't need them." Alex began. "You saw how she reacted when I'm near her."
"Lord Vizsla, I understand, but for your safety, and our safety, she needs to be restrained." The doctor continued.
"We said no more damn restraints!" Obi-Wan argued.
"Look, she is clearly a danger Master Kenobi. She doesn't even belong in this sector of the infirmary. She is violent, uncommunicative, and I'm worried…" The doctor began.
"Oh, she's communicated, she just hasn't talked yet!" Anakin argued.
"Look there is nothing physically wrong with her!" The doctor yelled. "She belongs in the Psych ward!"
"I am the closest thing she has to a father; don't you dare tell me where she belongs!" Obi-Wan argued.
"With all due respect Master Kenobi, that is one of the reason's exactly why you shouldn't be making this decision!" The doctor yelled at Obi-Wan as he, Alex, and Anakin walked down the hall of the infirmary as the three of them continued their argument with the doctor.
Korkie however, did not move a muscle from standing in the doorway. He walked right into the room and grabbed my left hand and held it in his. He turned my head to make me look him in the eyes.
"Okay. Okay, it's time to get up. They are going to transfer you to Psych. And they're going to pump you full of antipsychotics, and you're going to go slack jawed and cuckoo's nest. And you'll never be you again. Aurora, sister, please. I am begging you please. You have to say something." Korkie began with tears welling up in his eyes.
I just stared at my brother.
"Aurora, please." He said with his voice cracking. "Do you hear me? Say something, please!"
I just blinked at my brother, and he sighed in frustration before walking out of the room. I slowly turned my head to look back at the ceiling as I felt a tear roll down the left side of my face. I wanted to speak, but I couldn't put into words the emotions I was feeling. Everything felt raw and knew. I felt like I got hit by a meteor shower, and I still felt like my mother's death happened minutes ago, rather than almost two weeks ago. I hadn't turned on the HoloNet as I didn't want to know what they were saying about me. Probably everything negative under the sun, but it made me realize that perhaps Korkie was right, it was time to shape up now, before something goes wrong.
About a half-hour after Korkie left my room, Alex came back in and sat down beside my bed. He said nothing but just held my hand. Eventually, he broke the silence.
"You don't know how much you mean to me, Princess." He began. "You probably don't realize it, but I've been advocating for you these past two weeks with these doctors. I've also been watching out for your brother. Obi-Wan started training him on his powers this past week. The kid's a fast learner. You mean a lot to me, Kryze. And I don't want anything to happen to you…I wouldn't be able to live with myself if something happened to you."
I squeeze his hand and slowly turned my head.
"You're lucky I love you." I say quietly making him practically jump out of his chair.
"Ro?" He asked in shock grabbing my face between his hands. "What did you just say."
"I said, you're lucky I love you." I replied with a small smile before he kissed me on the lips. We stayed like this for a few moments before we pulled away and allowed our foreheads to touch.
"You scared the shit out of all of us Kryze." He explained. "We never thought you'd talk to us again."
I sighed before leaning back in my bed.
"My mother is dead." I quietly explained.
"I know." He said with a nod.
"I could've saved her." I explained. "I saw it happen so many times in my nightmares, but I never understood what it meant."
"You didn't know it was real Ro. You did everything you could, and it is not your fault she died." He continued before placing a kiss to my forehead. "I love you Ro."
I closed my eyes and sighed. "I love you too."
The next few days went by quicker than the last. Now that I was talking, and was fully responsive, everyone was not only happy, but they were also concerned as I was not talking as much as I use too. That still didn't mean I wasn't making progress. Alex and Korkie alternated taking me out of my room, to get fresh air, and Zara came in every other day to update me on what they were saying in both the Senate and HoloNet about me. So far, I was getting sympathy around the galaxy. Even Geenine came in and was annoyed that they haven't released me yet. Today however, was the day. Once I finally got discharged by the doctors, I was met by Obi-Wan and my brother, who were standing outside the infirmary, waiting for me.
Korkie gave me a hug. "I'm so happy to see you."
I smiled back. "Me too."
I hadn't told either of them about the chip in my neck, but I eventually would, now however was not the time.
"Now that you are both discharged, I have a gift for the both of you." Obi-Wan began.
I glanced at Korkie and he shrugged in confusion as we followed Obi-Wan through various corridors in the temple. Eventually we walked into the office he shared with Cody when they were strategy planning for battles. It was slightly unkept, but other than that, it was quite organized…on Obi-Wan's side of the room. On his desk, there were two wooden boxes.
"Sit down, both of you." Obi-Wan calmly said and we both sat down on the other side of the desk.
"Both of these are yours." Obi-Wan explained and Korkie and I each took a box.
Korkie, being the more hyper one out of the two of us, immediately opened his, and his eyes widened in shock. Mine also widened in shock. Inside the box, was a lightsaber.
"You are both progressing fast enough with your abilities, and the council agrees that it is time for you to harness them." Obi-Wan began as Korkie picked up the weapon. "The lightsaber you are holding was my master's, Qui-Gon Jinn. Most of the order thought I destroyed it or given it to Anakin…but I was saving it for the right person."
Korkie smiled. "Thank you."
Obi-Wan nodded before gesturing for me to open my box. I carefully opened my box and sighed when I saw the lightsaber looking back at me.
"The lightsaber you have was the first one I constructed." He began making my head snap up to look him in the eyes.
"What?" I whisper in shock.
"I thought I lost this lightsaber when I fought Maul for the first time on Naboo. He kicked it down an electricity shaft, but eventually Anakin found it. I didn't think I'd have a use for it, until now." He explained.
I picked up the weapon and immediately ignited it. Instead of the signature blue, Obi-Wan's lightsaber always had, the blade was a vibrant shade of purple.
"I thought your color was blue?" Korkie asked in confusion.
"Lightsabers are made with Kyber Crystals. The crystal bonds to the user, and the user's connection to the force. Since your sister can use both sides of the force, her blade is purple." Obi-Wan explained. "Incredibly rare."
Korkie immediately stood up and ignited his saber. Unsurprisingly, his blade turned blue.
"I wanted a rare color!" Korkie said in disbelief. "I guess I'm common."
"It also means that you are strong with the light side of the force." Obi-Wan explained.
I said nothing in response but deactivated my saber and just stared at it. Would I be a Jedi? No way, that was already established. But would I finally be able to control my powers? Possibly. Quite possibly.