A New Hope

Part 5: Together Again

~Time Skip: 6 Years Later~

Still Hope's P.O.V.

Thalia and I were sitting outside the Lodge in the late afternoon sunlight. I was watching the tiny girl carve the woody outer shell of a nut found around here using her pocket knife. The knife looked familiar to me. It had a red handle with a black rubber grip. The blade was three inches long, slightly curved, and serrated near the base. "Can I see your knife for a sec, Thalia?" I asked. Thalia closed the knife and tossed it to me. I examined it closer. "I had a knife exactly like this when I was fifteen." I said, handing it back to her. "Where'd you get it?" Thalia looked me in the eye. "Hope, when I told you my story yesterday, I changed it a bit." she said. "When I escaped the orphanage, I had nowhere to go. For a few weeks, I barely survived living on the streets, but then I started not being able to find food. I was searching through someone's trash bins one night when the owner of the trash bins came out of her house. She told me to get off her property before she attacked me. I explained my situation to her, and she took pity on me. She took me in and gave me a home. We lived together for two months, but then her mom came to take her away. She hid me in her bedroom and gave me this knife before she went to confront her mom." "What was her name?" I asked. This girl from the story was sounding eerily familiar. "Hope." Thalia said. "Her name was Hope Amelia Solo." "What's your full name, Thalia?" I asked. "Thalia Galadriel Skywalker." Thalia said. "Why? What's yours?" "My full name is Hope Amelia Solo." I said. Thalia's eyes grew wide with understanding. I hugged the small forward to my chest. "I've found you." I whispered. "After all these years, I've finally found you."