Shadows of Tomorrow

Chapter 99 - Home

Author's Note: There's only an epilogue left! :')

Also, we're starting to post another OC fic (in addition to the Ahsoka/OC fic, Mosaic) called Phantoms of Glory, where the OC, Ashla, is Anakin's childhood bestie on Tatooine. :D If you enjoyed this fic, you might enjoy those as well! ^-^

~ Amina Gila

Vizma is overjoyed to return to Lothal, if she's being honest. Coruscant is too crowded. Too busy. It's too bright, and there's too much noise. The Force there is too... there are very few plants and so much life compacted into a very small space. She doesn't like cities.

Lothal is strong in the Force, and it's so very Light. It's so grassy, and it's beautiful. This isn't where her adventures began, but in many ways, it feels like it was.

The Ghost Crew is waiting when their ship touches down. Her parents are here, and she couldn't be happier to have them together again. It's been so long that they were apart. She missed this. Anastasia is here, too, and they'll finally be returning to Mandalore after this. They're going back home.

Though she can't deny being sad that the Ghost crew won't be with them to Mandalore, at least not right away. Sabine wants to come back, but Ezra wants to make sure Lothal is settled down before he goes, and he'll probably never want to permanently leave. She understands that, and she doesn't, either.

"I made a new lightsaber," Vizma announces cheerfully.

"That's great!" Ezra exclaims, "Can I see it?"

"See it or see it?" she teases, pulling the hilt from her belt and spinning it around.

"Double-bladed?" Kanan asks, eyeing it.

"I used my... grandmother's crystals," she replies, activating it, purple blades hissing to life out of both ends.

"Haven't heard you call her that before," Hera comments.

"I think the fact that she's not strutting around as an Inquisitor has helped with that."

"Yeah, I agree," Zeb mutters.

"I didn't expect it to be purple," Sabine comments.

"Do you know how to use it?" Kanan asks.

"Learning," she replies, "We can spar some time." She dramatically spins the lightsaber again for good measure before slipping it away.

"Any time," Ezra offers.

"What's the situation here now?" her father inquires.

"Governor Pryce resigned, and Azadi is in charge again," Kanan replies. "Most of the Imperial troops have left the system."

Marr nods. "That's good to hear."

"Are you planning to stay on Lothal?" Vizma wonders, "Forever?"

"For now, at least," Ezra replies.

"You know, forever is a long time," Sabine points out.

Vizma rolls her eyes. "Yeah, but for now, I'm going back to Mandalore."

She nods. "I'll come there for a little when things settle down."

"I'll be there, too," Ezra promises, "I wanna meet your family."

"You'll all be welcome there. At least in our area," her father replies, then pauses, "Whatever happened to Kallus?"

"He's still around," Zeb replies, "Staying on Lothal, too."

"What do you think of him?" Vizma wonders. He still helped massacre an entire people, even if he did have a change of heart, and she doesn't really know what to think of that. Even Anakin never did anything like that. Not by choice.