The Vanished Light: A Star Wars Story

XVI

A few weeks later...

The Fugitive Five exitied hyperspace, entering into a world surrounded with islands and water. The island which they were heading for was green but extremely rocky. The weird thing about it was that it looks isolated.
The cruiser landed on the island and Jayden, Oberon, Shira and a recovered Draco walked out, looking fresh as ever.
Jayden now wore a beige-like jacket with a white shirt underneath. Her trousers were the same shade as her overlay and her shoes were now a dark brown.
Jayden looked back at Oberon and Shira, then at Draco. He looked at her, then to Oberon and Shira.
"Ready?" Jayden asked Draco.
He nodded.
They both ventured up a stairway but Shira stopped them. "You forgot this," she pulled out Fennec's lightsaber and handed it to Jayden.
"Thanks. Tell Bantha-breath that I'll see him soon, nerf-hurder." Jayden teased.
Shira shoved her shoulder playfully and watched the two go up. "Goodbye... For now."
Jayden led the way up the rocky stairs, followed by her fellow companion, Draco. As the rocks were so ancient, eack step they took, a few pebbles tumbled down behind. She looked at Draco, seeing if he was still alive and thankfully, he was. Mildly.
The sun was blinding her as she was gradually hiking up the island.
"My legs ache," Draco broke out whilst Jayden kept walking. Did she hear him? He cleared his throat and shouted, "MY LEGS ACHE!"
"I know," Jayden stopped and turned to Draco's direction. "if we want to find Fennec, then we need to keep going."
She carried on hiking upwards.
"Can you carry me?"
Jayden scowled, sighed, then turned to Draco. "I cannot deadlift ya, since we were trying to escape from-"
"Yes you can..."
Jayden insulted Draco under her breath, lifted him onto her back and struggled to carry on walking.
One step! Great, around 231 more steps... Jayden thought to herself as she kept on walking.
Eventually, Jayden let Draco go as they both reached the top. In front of them stood a brown cloaked human, it's robes were white and beige, same as her trousers it had prothstetic legs underneath and it wore brown boots.
"My aunt..." Draco's goofy smile appeared on his scarred face.
"You going?" Jayden whispered.
"No, you." he whispered back and pushed Jayden forwards.
She looked down at her feet then at the cloaked figure. Jayden crept fowards and reached for the given lightsaber from her side-pocket, pulling it out, letting it rest in her hand.
The figure turned around and slowly lifted off the hood to reveal an elderly feminine face. Her eyes were green and her hair was brown with a hint of grey.
Jayden gulped and held the lightsaber out towards the woman. This is it. This is Fennec.
Fennec looked at the weapon, then at Jayden.
Draco ran towards Fennec, yelling, "Aunt!" and hugged her. "I am so sorry that I left you!"
Fennec smiled at Draco. "Look how much you have grown,"
"I know," Draco then let go and placed a hand on Jayden's shoulder. "This is my... well-"
"I think I can introduce myself, thank you." Jayden told him. She then faced Fennec. "I'm Jayden Visa, a-"
Before she could finish her sentence, Fennec pulled Jayden into her chest.
"I have heard a lot. And you are the one with the Force," Fennec smiled. "So, your training starts now."
"Wait, what?" Jayden laughed.
Fennec lent closer to Jayden's ear, resting her neck and chin on her shoulder and whispered into her ear with these words:
I missed you. Atlanta, I love you, my daughter...