Forgotten, But Not Lost

Chapter 88

Dawn was rising over the dunes of the Jundland Waste, Ben had ordered Amar and the girls to stay aboard the Falcon, while Vicrul and himself checked out the surrounding area. Ben wanted to make sure no one would be lurking in the shadows of his family's former moisture farm, let alone a pack of Tusken Raiders. No one wanted to encounter those creatures.

Ben looked up to see the familiar X-wing come landing down next to where the Falcon was. Rey hopped out of the starship and made her way over to the two burly men waiting for her.

"You two could not possibly look more out of place." Rey chuckled as she finally made it to where they were standing. Ben and Vicrul both looked at each other and shrugged in response. Ben sent a nudge through his force connection to Amar, who was still aboard the ship with the twins. Not a second went by and the ramp was lowering again to let out the pent up younglings. Tana and Iris came rushing down and immediately took in their surroundings.

Ben knew this was unique, he never thought he would be here on the planet where his Grandfather had been a slave and where his Uncle Luke had been raised. Now, his own younglings were making their footprints on the lands, that once resided the family that took in his Uncle. The adults watched them as they ran and took everything in, Amar came down the ramp finally and closed her eyes as she felt the twin suns on her olive skin.

Ben and Amar met their eyes and there was a silent discussion that happened between the pair. They knew this moment was actually pretty special for their family to come back here and to show their girls, where their great Uncle Luke had been raised. Ben and Amar had only been to one other planet that held great memories to his family and that was Naboo. Amar felt the yearning to go back there, what had come of the lake house property? Ben could hear all her circulating questions and sent a reassuring force back.

When all of this is finally over, we will go there as a family. I made sure that place was never harmed. I guess, subconsciously I knew how special that place was to us.

Amar smiled to herself, Naboo was special for many reasons. Amar and Ben had spent time there as younglings, but also they had gone there after their trials. That is where they had been able to further explore their connection they had together. Amar knew deep down inside, the real reason was because that was where the twins had been conceived. Amar could feel her change the following morning, she just didn't know why at the time.

Ben looked to her in shock, he had never even asked if she knew when it had happened. Ben beamed at his wife, now they really needed to go back to the lake house, if not for the sake of a vacation, but maybe they could have some more of those special moments. Amar dimmed her eyes to appear like she was glaring, but she had huge grin on her face, giving away her true feelings on the matter.

Ben knew there were many reason for sure, he wanted his younglings to be able to enjoy it like he had so many years ago.

Rey knew she was the only one that knew exactly where the sabers were, considering she was the one that buried them. The group followed her to a few strides away from the dome structure. Rey knelt down and placed her hands lightly on the sand below, she closed her eyes and let the force take over.

The ground beneath them started to shift, the sand started to part and a leather wrapping came into view. Tana and Iris inched their way closer to their Auntie, they were jonesing for the opportunity to have the Twin sabers within their grasp. Amar could feel their emotions churning with anticipation.

"Tana and Iris have patience, you need to learn control before you pick those sabers up." Both of the girls flashed their eyes back at their Mother and respectfully bowed in response to her.

Ben came behind Amar and wrapped his arm over her shoulders, he leaned into her so that he was whispering into her ear.

"There is something about the way you Mother that makes me love you even more, which I did not think was even possible." Ben kissed her cheek sweetly and kept his eyes on his Daughters.