Chapter Fifty-Three: Harmonia

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 Aslan stayed beside Wivern, unable to rest as Bolt snored in his seat.

His foot tapped repeatedly, to the rhythm of Wivern's heartbeat as the monitor beeped. He was stable, breathing steadily.

"Mr. Monjarby." Sil returned, as the door slid up to open. "If you will please come with me, the queen and her ambassador would like to speak with you."

"Do they speak Basic or will someone be translating?" He stood up, deciding to let Bolt rest.

"They know most, but I will help translate what they do not."

He nodded and followed him to the shining castle.

The long halls were guarded with guards dressed in black and grey uniforms, each holding a staff. Sil used his stave similar to a walking stick, as he limped along.

"Are you alright? You are limping." Aslan broke the silence.

"It is an old wound."

"May I ask what happened?"

He sighed. "As I said earlier, I was the first to leave the planet, let alone the system for a very long time. I was chosen to go scout and see what the rest of the galaxy and universe was like. If it was safe for our people. Another reason I left was to try to find the taken baby girl. Our people are peaceful, but when we are provoked, we can be quite dangerous. I spent four years out there and recently returned home when we learned of your ship entering the orbit. All I learned was Basic, and how war like and greedy people are. Yes, I met kind ones as well, who took me in and shielded me from the war which you called the Clone Wars. I got caught in one of the conflicts on the planet of Dantooine in the farmlands."

"I am sorry to hear that. And what of the staff? Is it significant to you?"

He looked at it. "It was a gift from my sister. 70 inches of superior magnolina palm tree forms the base of this terrific staff. The entire length of this straight stave has been wrapped in smooth leather, with the exception of the handle, which has been wrapped in gold with gilded linings. It has aided me in protecting myself, and in walking." He offered Aslan to hold it, who took it and nearly dropped it.

"This weighs a ton!"

"I suppose." He took it back.

They walked to the door and Sil entered in a code as it opened. They walked in as Sil bowed to two women standing in there. Aslan did a similar bow, "Your Majesties."

"Hello Aslan Monjarby of the Jedi." They bowed back with dignity and grace. "Please. Have a seat, you must be hungry."

"Thank you." He sat down next to the Senator.

She had ultramarine hair and eyes, as well as a tattoo of her family symbol on her forehead. Her short hair was pulled into a tight bun that was loosely falling apart. Her two piece grey and blue dress was smoothed neatly as she sat down.

The queen had her violet hair pulled back like the Senator, as her many shades of lime green dress that was similar to the other woman's contrasted to her hair broadly. Upon her forehead appeared to be an upside-down crown made of reed colored gold that curled around her ears on the edges.

Aslan gently adjusted his cloak as a man scooted them in. Trays of foreign delicacies were brought out.

"This looks delicious. Thank you." He nodded to the server. He nodded and left. The guards left spare for two.

"Please, enjoy the meal. When your companions awake, they will be escorted here to join us." The queen smiled.

"Your Majesties... I wou..."

"Oh please. None of those formalities. I am Jaa Sol." The Queen smiled.

"And I am Achi Shicon." The ambassador nodded.

The guard with hot pink long hair falling into his face and eyes, and his face covered in pink spots of the same color walked up. He whispered something into Jaa's ear while Aslan dug into a poultry looking dish.

The man with the royal orange hair adjusted his eye patch over his right eye, standing stiff and on duty for the job of protecting Achi. Achi looked at him and brushed a curly hair from his forehead, revealing an orange diamond, to match with the streak of an orange tattoo on his cheek. She hid a tiny smile and hid a happy giggle behind her hand.

Aslan smiled softly, seeing that. The door hissed open and the clones came in. Bolt was assisting Wivern walk.

"Hey boys. It's nice to see you two up." Aslan smiled. "These are my friends and companions, Bolt, and Wivern."

"Thank you, your majesties, for providing health care for me." Wivern stiffly bowed.

"You are welcome, Wivern. Please, both of you. Sit and eat." Jaa motioned to the open chairs.

They dug in nearly instantly after thanking them, both starving for actual food rather than the supplement bars that were rationed.

"So, what is it like out there right now, Master Jedi?" Sil asked, sitting next to his sister the queen as he cut into a piece of meat.

Aslan sighed. "The Clone Wars have ended, but, I fear the galaxy is in more turmoil than it was before. The ending point of the war was the slaughter of the Jedi by clone troopers controlled by something that the Separatist Alliance had done. I fear an Empire has been formed."

"So you are on the run?" Jaa furrowed her eyebrows sadly.

Aslan nodded. "I am afraid so. I. Lost my padawan. My student. I believe she is still alive, but she was only four... I believe she was your missing child who left the planet..." He pulled out a small drawing that Paint had drawn of him and Mira, and handed it over to the Queen.

Jaa sighed sorrowfully. "This does look like she."

"Jaa, her." Sil corrected her.

"Her. It does look like her." She fixed herself, then handed back the picture to Aslan. "You said you believe she survived?"

"I know she did. She's a tough and resourceful girl." Aslan smiled softly and took a long look at it before carefully tucking it away.

"Then we will wait for her to return home. A Star Phantom always finds their way home."

"So that is what species Mira was?" Bolt asked, swallowing some fruit. "I was always wondering."

"Yes. We are Star Phantoms." Achi nodded. "And this is our home, Harmonia."

"I see. I knew that squirt was something special." Wivern chuckled, and winced as it hurt a bit.

" And I bet that soon, we will be seeing her again."



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AN


Hey guys! So this chapter is where I wanted to be at the end of 2017, and I reached it pretty quickly. 

I hope you all are still enjoying it (And hopefully still reading...) 

So have any thoughts? Please tell me. I put a lot of work and effort in these last two chapters. 

There will be more, but the story will temporarily be on hold so I can catch up to the other ones to where I wanted to be.

I thank you all for sticking by me.

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