AKwxlady Obi Wans Daughter Part one Chapter fourteen

Ki’tia spent the next few days among the trees of the swamp jungle. Yoda let her have this time to herself. She was safe. The girl had an uncanny acceptance among the creatures of Dagobah. He sensed these creatures felt she was troubled and were, in their own ways, offering her solace. Yoda followed Ki’tia through the Force. She meditated, but she did not attempt to contact her Grandmother, nor anyone else who had move into the Force. Yoda thought she might attempt to contact Kerawyn or Obi-Wan. Kerawyn was not ready to come back through the Force, and Obi-Wan was still watching over Luke. Mostly Ki’tia stayed high in the branches of the swamp jungle trees, likely something that brought her comfort from Kashyyyk. Yet, she was not comforted. The joyful, graceful child he had grown to know and care for was not there. Most disturbing, her presence in the Force was diminishing. He could not sense the Dark side, but the Light within Ki’tia was certainly on the wane. He would give her another day, then he would intervene.

The next morning Yoda stretched out with the Force to find Ki’tia in the swamp jungle trees, but she was gone. Neither was she in the clearing where they contacted her Grand-grandmother through the Force. Yoda reached deeper into the Force to locate the girl, although he feared he already knew the one place she could be where he would not sense her.

The cave.

The cave was the tomb of a Dark Jedi whose death many years before stained the area with Dark energy. If Ki’tia was there she would not survive the Darkness.

Yoda hurried to the entrance to the cave, located at the base of a twisted and rotted tree. He peered inside. The darkness was more than just the absence of light, it was a darkness that abhors light. Yet, in that darkness he could see white, the milk white of Ki’tia’s hair. There was no sense of the girl in the Force. The oppression of the Darkness was so great, he could not even feel if she were still alive. Yoda summoned the Force and reached into the cave. He picked up Ki’tia with the Force. The cave fought him, it wanted her. It wanted to devour her Light. Yoda fought the Darkness. He held Ki’tia in the Force and pulled her toward the entrance of the cave. He pulled and the cave fought. His Force hold on Ki’tia was failing.

“Ki’tia,” Yoda called. “Child fight the Darkness you must. Ki’tia!”

Yoda,” he heard Ki’tia weakly call his name. She was alive!

“Ki’tia,” Yoda called again. “A’nir think of, call on the A’nir you must.” Yoda listened for Ki’tia’s voice. He continued his fight to bring the girl to the cave entrance. The Darkness in the cave fought desperately to own her. Finally, he heard…

“Yoda, A’nir,” in a soft voice Ki’tia was calling to the A’nir. “Save me, A’nir.”

Suddenly, there was a burst of bright light from the cave. Yoda’s Force hold on Ki’tia was once again strong. As he pulled the girl out of the cave, he noticed she was surrounded by a white light. The light dissipated as she exited the mouth of the cave. Yoda moved her to the ground a good distance from the cave. Her eyes fluttered open.

“Why,” Yoda started to ask, “go you to that place? Sense you not the evil there?”

“It called to me,” Ki’tia replied. “It said I had no place left to go. The Light has left me, Master Yoda.” With that Ki’tia closed her eyes. Not gone, yet, Yoda thought to himself, but to save her, help he would need.

Yoda Force carried Ki’tia back to his home and put her to bed. He cleaned her face and hands and brushed her hair. He knew she always tried to look her best before calling for her elder in the Force. He made some space in front of Ki’tia’s bed and then opened his mind to the Force and called for Grandmother Ki’tia.

“Hello, Master Yoda,” the luminous Grandmother Ki’tia appeared instantly. “Why have you called me, rather than Ki’tia?” The Force ghost woman looked around and noticed Ki’tia unconscious on her bed. “Oh, I see! What has happened to my dear child?”

“Falling from the Light is she,” Yoda answered. “I fear more help we will need to save her. Kerawyn to join us, we need.” Grandmother nodded and stretched out her arms to her sides. As she slowly began to lift her hands, the light around her intensified. Yoda called, “Kerawyn, come to us. Ki’tia needs you. Kerawyn, the Force follow to us.”

Next, Grandmother called, “Kerawyn, It’s Grandmother Ki’tia, your daughter is falling from the Light. Wake and come to us Kerawyn.” Another light began to show next to Grandmother. It grew in size and brightness until in a few moments the luminous form of Kerawyn was standing before Yoda.

“Grandmother!” the luminous Kerawyn exclaimed. “How is this possible? I was not strong enough when I died to become a Force ghost.”

“Thanks are due to Master Yoda,” Grandmother answered, pointing to the Jedi, “and to Ki’tia for bringing me into my Force ghost.”

“Ki’tia!” exclaimed Kerawyn. “She is strong enough? Where is she?” She looked around and saw her daughter on the bed, excitement quickly changing to concern. “What has happened? Why is the Light leaving her? Grandmother, Master Yoda, what has happened to Ki’tia?” Kerawyn was nearly frantic. She rushed to Ki’tia’s side and tried to touch her, of course her luminous hands passed through her daughter. Kerawyn looked to Yoda with panic in her eyes. Her luminance starting to fade.

“Kerawyn!” Grandmother cautioned. “Calm down! Or you will not be able to remain in this place. We need your help to save Ki’tia. You must center yourself, Kerawyn!”

“Of course, Grandmother.” Kerawyn replied, taking a deep breath. Her luminance brightened. “Thank you, Master Yoda for bringing me here. Would you please explain why the Light is diminishing in Ki’tia?”

“Yes,” Yoda replied, “explain will I.” He took a deep breath and sat down. After all, he was older than these excitable women, and he still needed his strength to help the child. He looked at Kerawyn and began. “Obi-Wan recently taken from this life by Darth Vader. Fighting was he to save Luke Skywalker. Told this to Ki’tia I had to, and to explain who is Luke.”

“Oh!” Kerawyn exclaimed, her hand covering her mouth. “Now she knows Luke is who her father left us to protect?”

“Yes,” Yoda answered. “Too much it was for her. After all these years, finally she cried for all the losses of her childhood. Too strong and too brave she had been for too long.”

Kerawyn looked lovingly at her daughter. “She probably always hoped she would someday meet her father,” she said. “Obi-Wan’s death stole that last hope from her. For it to be by the hand of the same man who killed me. Then to learn it is the killer’s son her father chose to protect over us. It’s no wonder she was devastated.” Kerawyn turned to Yoda, “Master Yoda, how can we help her?”

Yoda looked at the two luminous women. He folded his hands and flicked his ears. Too close they were to see the situation clearly. “Healers you are,” he said to them. “The healing powers of A’nir Ki’tia needs.”

“Our healing requires physical contact,” Kerawyn stated. “How can we heal her in these forms?” She held out her glowing hands to Yoda. The hands that so recently had passed through her daughter.

“I touch,” Yoda explained. “You the Force use to focus A’nir through me. Both of you it will take. Quickly though. Ki’tia is weakening.” Yoda went to Ki’tia’s side and placed his hands on her head. “You begin.” He nodded at the other women.

The luminous women moved closer to Ki’tia and Yoda. “Move one hand over her heart,” Kerawyn said, “and leave the other over her forehead.” Yoda moved his hands as directed. Kerawyn and Grandmother moved one to each side of Yoda. “Now we must all open our minds to the Force,” Kerawyn continued. “Grandmother and I will focus the A’nir on Master Yoda.” Grandmother reached one arm out toward Yoda and the other toward Ki’tia. Kerawyn did the same on the other side, bracketing Yoda and the girl between them. There were no words, but both women bowed their heads at the same time. The luminescence between the women spread to encompass Yoda, then spread down his arms to cover his hands.

“Master Yoda,” Grandmother whispered, “you must tell us if you feel any discomfort. We do not wish to injure you.”

“Discomfort no,” Yoda replied. “Interesting sensation. Please continue.”

The luminous women joined their hands behind Yoda’s back. The luminescence began to pulse, a warm glow moving between the women and over Yoda, down his arms and pulsing along his hands. The luminous light spread over Ki’tia. Grandmother’s and Kerawyn’s eyes were closed, but Yoda watched Ki’tia and the two Force ghost women closely. The light continued to flow between the two women then across Yoda and Ki’tia for over an hour. Finally, Ki’tia’s eyes fluttered open.

“Master Yoda?” Ki’tia questioned. Then she noticed the rest of her surroundings. “Grandmother? Mother! Have I passed on into the Force?” She looked at the luminous light surrounding her.

Kerawyn and Grandmother broke their connection. The light across Yoda and Ki’tia immediately vanished. Yoda removed his hands from Ki’tia and flexed his fingers. “In this existence are you still,” Yoda answered the girl. “Why to the cave did you go? Know you a place of the Dark side it is and dangerous.” Yoda was almost scolding the child.

“Yes, dear,” Grandmother added in a softer tone. “Especially for those of us of the A’nir. Why would you go into a place like that?”

Ki’tia hung her head, “The A’nir had left me. I’m so sorry Mother, Grandmother. I’ve failed you. I became so sad, the A’nir abandoned me.”

Kerawyn moved toward her daughter and extended a luminous hand toward her bowed head. “No my child, the A’nir has not abandoned you. It surrounded you in the cave so Master Yoda could rescue you, did it not?” Ki’tia raised her head and looked into her mother’s face. “You hold within you a great capacity for the A’nir, and great abilities within the Force. This is an embodiment that has never been seen in our family. The light will never leave you, my child, as long as you are true to yourself.”

“But I was so sad,” Ki’tia started to explain, “for days I felt no joy at all. Not in the creatures around me, not in the trees, not even when I meditated. I just felt…lost and alone. I could not feel the Light. The voice from the cave said I had no choice but to come into the Darkness.”

“Sorrow not a path to the Dark side,” Yoda said. “Understand you must the love behind the grief. Allow love to restore grace, and joy will return in time.”

“Are you sure you do not know the teachings of the A’nir, Master Yoda?” Grandmother smiled. “I could not have said that any better.” She bowed to Yoda. The Jedi Master bowed back and twitched his ears. “It is time for Kerawyn and me to go today. You may call us again, Ki’tia. The power is within you.” The luminous Grandmother and Kerawyn faded away.

“Time to eat,” Yoda said. “Nourishment need you.” Yoda turned to his kitchen area and started preparing the evening meal.

“Would you like me to make the stew tonight, Master Yoda?” Ki’tia asked. She walked over to the Jedi. “I feel fine.”

“Make the stew, yes,” Yoda answered, handing her a ladle and moving to sit by the fire. “A long day have I had. You make stew, yes.” Ki’tia smiled and went about gathering the ingredients for Yoda’s favorite stew. She also brewed tea and straightened the home a little while the stew was cooking.

Over the years living with the Jedi Master, Ki’tia’s version of the stew had taken on a slightly different flair than Yoda’s. The spices she used were different and in varying quantities. Sometimes he balked at the difference. Tonight, when she handed him a bowl of the savory stew, Yoda smelled the aroma. “Good stew,” he said. “Thank you. Enjoy your company, I do.” Then he turned away from her and started to eat. Ki’tia wasn’t sure what to think. Yoda rarely gave compliments and he had never said anything about having her living here. She reached out to Yoda and put her hand on his shoulder.

“Master Yoda,” she said softly. “Thank you for caring for me, and for teaching me the ways of the Force. Mostly, thank you for sharing your home with me. I have truly grown to feel at home here, but I also sense my time here is short.” Yoda set down his bowl of stew and turned to look at her. “Now that Obi-Wan is gone, you’re going to need to train Luke Skywalker. I cannot be here when Luke arrives. It’s okay, I understand Master Yoda. I am ready to go whenever you need me to leave.”

Yoda placed a hand on Ki’tia’s. “Already, grace of A’nir has grown in you Ki’tia,” he said looking into her eyes. “Several month’s you have to learn from Kerawyn and Grandmother, then back to the Wookiees send you I will. Now eat, good stew!” With this last Yoda twitched his ears and patted Ki’tia on the cheek.

Ki’tia’s A’nir lessons resumed in the clearing near Yoda’s home, with Ki’tia summoning bth Force ghosts of Kerawyn and Grand-grandmother Ki’tia. Yoda watched the A’nir flourish within Ki’tia. He watched the A’nir turn the girl into a woman, with an internal grace and an external elegance. By her eighteenth birthday she was as beautiful as her mother, with long milk white hair, about 1.5 meters tall, a curvy figure and beautiful blue eyes, the last from her father.

One day the luminous Kerawyn began the lesson, “Today, Ki’tia you will practice influencing the natural world around you. Since you have such a strong Force presence, you should be able to use both the A’nir and the Living Force to accomplish these tasks. The first one should be simple, make this dreadful fog clear.”

Ki’tia looked to the sky. It was foggy. It was always foggy on Dagobah. She pictured the sun shining down on them in her mind, waved her arm, and the fog dissipated. A bright sun shone down on the clearing. Ki’tia smiled at her mother.

“Very good!” Kerawyn smiled. “Now, let the fog return, before you scare all the local creatures.”

This was more difficult. Ki’tia pictured the fog returning, but the sun shine continued. After a few moments thought, she pulled her arms in toward her body and pictured the air in the clearing becoming still. Very slowly the fog began to return to the area. “I understand,” Ki’tia said. “I needed to change the atmospheric conditions around me to allow the fog to reform. I couldn’t just bring the fog back into the area, because the conditions were not right for it.”

“Exactly,” Kerawyn beamed. “You cannot just will something to happen, but you can change the conditions of the natural world to cause events to occur that you intend.”

“Always remember, Ki’tia,” Grandmother warned. “In all your actions you must do no mortal harm to a sentient being. It is the rule of the A’nir.” Grandmother reminded Ki’tia of this Axiom nearly every lesson. “If you cannot be sure of not causing mortal harm, you must not take action. We cannot take another’s life. It is absolutely not allowed.”

“I understand, Grandmother,” Ki’tia responded. “I promise to always be mindful of the Axiom. I must cause no mortal harm to any sentient being. I understand.”

Their lessons were finished for the day. The luminous women faded leaving Yoda and Ki’tia. “Still can you use the Force to protect yourself, Ki’tia,” Yoda said as they walked back to his home. “Not all protection is lethal. To defend yourself you should learn.”

“I don’t know Master Yoda,” she replied. “If I defend myself, I take a chance of mortally wounding someone. I can always run away from danger. I always have in the past, and now I’m better at using the Force to get away.”  Yoda twitched his ears and looked grim.

The following morning over breakfast Yoda announced, “Today, your last lesson will be. Tomorrow Cherral will come to return you to Kashyyyk.” Ki’tia’s mouth dropped open a bit, then she composed herself.

“I understand, Master Yoda,” Ki’tia said. “I’d like to get an early start at the clearing.” Yoda nodded and they finished breakfast.

At the clearing Ki’tia summoned Kerawyn and Grandmother. “Master Yoda has told me I must leave Dagobah tomorrow,” she told the two luminous women when they appeared. “This will be our last lesson. Would you please teach me the ecstasy and the rapture?”

The luminous Force ghost Kerawyn smiled at her daughter. “Ki’tia you were so young when I was taken from you, and now you have grown into a beautiful woman of the A’nir. Yes, I will explain the ecstasy and the rapture of the A’nir, but full realization of the ecstasy and rapture is only obtained through experience.”

“Only with the ultimate grace of the A’nir,” Grandmother added, “and the love of another.” Kerawyn nodded her agreement. Both of the luminous women smiled as if recalling cherished memories.

“The ecstasy and rapture,” began Kerawyn, “are part of an experience shared between two beings who have found love through the A’nir. They are reached through the physical joining of those two beings.”

“But only when those two beings,” continued Grandmother, “are attuned to each other through love, then the A’nir will guide them to the ecstasy and rapture. It is a shared occurrence. A truly beautiful experience.”

“You are beautiful, my daughter,” Kerawyn smiled. “Many men will be attracted to you. You must be careful who you chose to be with. Some men will be drawn to you. They will need you to fulfill a desire within themselves they don’t understand and one that did not exist, until they met you. This is the A’nir in you. It is your decision whether or not to love them.”

Grandmother added, “You may choose to give your love to a man who does not truly love you in return. At times there are reasons for a choice such as this. Always remember, the choice is yours. You must do what is best for you, and those you care for.”

“Mother, Grandmother,” Ki’tia pleaded, “are you telling me my future? Am I to know these men?”

“There will be many important men in your future,” Kerawyn answered. “Some you will love, some will be lovers, some will bring you pain, some will bring you great joy. Do not give of yourself carelessly. Know that your love and your gifts of the A’nir will bring great joy to many others. You will touch the lives of many with the grace of the A’nir, my daughter.”

“I fear our time here is nearing an end,” Grandmother said. “Know that I will always be with you, Ki’tia, and that I love you.”

“Be strong, my child.” Kerawyn said. “I love you, and your father loves you. The grace and love of the A’nir with always be with you, as will the Force.” With that the two luminous woman faded away.

Yoda came and stood by Ki’tia. “Impressive women in your family,” he said. “Impressive A’nir.”

The next day Cherral arrived to return Ki’tia to Kashyyyk.

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