Once upon a stolen dream (completed)

[Hira Mitsae]

[member="Faith Organa"]

"Maybe I do want to spank you." Elijah replied immediately after. Some men would have been embarrassed or started pondering their replies, trying to sound as smooth as possible, but Eli wasn’t like most men.

He spend years running through the worst of the worst in the Outer Rim. Rubbing elbows with outlaws, murderers and scoundrels.

Women didn’t make him nervous at all anymore.

Eli nodded and gestured for her to follow him. The ship had a little, little kitchen deeper in the structure - they didn’t have much, nothing like a snickers, but there probably was something edible for Her Majesty.

 

[Faith Organa]

"You and whose army?" she want afraid not one little bit that's why Dar'yaim had loved her so she could verbally hold her own.

She followed looking as she did, "is your idea of food a ration bar? Cause that's not even a healthy snack"

She just smiled and walked she was in the verge of asking the annoying question. But was he ready.

[member="Elijah Rekali"]

 

[Claire Organa]

Claire finished packing the boxes and got them ready for shipment they would arrive on Alderaan long before she did, and that counted on Faith arriving and taking her from Balmorra.

Claire's entire operation would have to move, she'd have to build clients again, and make contacts for items that were only available on Balmorra. This was going to take some doing. She knew no one on Alderaan except for family. Her family had helped her get her start but that was because they believed in her and her idea. This new family might not trust her at all.

It was a frustration but she knew staying her where the Sith held the planet tight she couldn't grow her business. She kept her fingers crossed that Faith would show.

 

[Faith Organa]

Faith had a cooking pot in her hand she was considering taking it and lopping it upside the beskar armor of [member="Elijah Rekali"] she remembered a day when she had taken an iron pot and flung it at Dar'yaim he had laughed about her effort, she didn't imagine that Elijah would take it in the same fashion but it would be worth a shot.

She smiled she was going to make breakfast after the very interesting dinner from the night before, she had some shatual belly which would fry nice and some kind of egg it looked alright. This wasn't like the kitchen in her rooms where she knew where everything was no in here she had to hunt for everything. She put the caf pot on to brew. Space time seemed to different than planet time.

She knew Elijah was putting up with her, she remembered the look on Commander Vereen's face when she sent him the message that she was going off world. He wasn't happy about it, but just because she gave him a kiss didn't mean he owned her no she was still able to do as she pleased.

She made a plate, least she found one with all the right sections, and a cup from the night before. Perhaps a bit of a peace offering between them. Faith balanced everything and headed to the cockpit, "how about something that resembles breakfast?" She smiled.

Spoiler

story takes place at the beginning of the Alderaan succession before Faith and Draco get all serious

 

[Faith Organa]

A few days later they arrived on Balmorra the price of landing fees, and payoffs to the dockmaster given, but now the other test could they get through to Claire's shop. Would she be there?

But there was a wild card in all of this, someone that Faith only hoped would show would take a moment to help family. Elijah was quite capable she was sure but Faith had one more ace up her little political sleeve that she would play.

Dressed in the clothes of a factory worker Faith walked the streets headed to the address of the shop, she couldn't help but feel antsy, agitated and unsure as she moved, her right hand reached beneath the oversized cloak to check the position of the blaster once more. It was there, it gave her some measure of security knowing it was. She could shoot straight and hit what she aimed at.

Suddenly to their right was movement, someone shadowing them? Faith did not pause to do so would give away her thoughts, she fought the urge to walk faster that too would give away her thoughts. She turned onto the street where Claire's shop was she could see the sign, Contessa, dark but there were lights on inside.

She smiled this was good, she went to the door pulling it to try and open. It did not budge, pressing her nose to the glass she looked inside.

Then she felt someone watching, she looked back.

Cobalt blue eyes met hers, Faith caught her breath waiting, "oh my"

 

[Arabella Darkhold]

Bella smiled, "you should have just sent me a message" she looked upon her sister she had not seen her in how long 7 years since before the Netherworld event. Bella reached over and touched her face, "you are here" she whispered.

Bella waved her hand over the locks the clicking of bolts opening could be heard as she pushed the door open, "come on before you all get arrested for something" Bella followed them inisde, she noted the Mandalorian in his armor. Quite the fit he had going on.

Now away from prying eyes Bella reached for Faith and drew her into a hug, A thousand thoughts bombarded her, her emotions slipped out as her eyes glistened with tears. She clung to Faith the dark hair perhaps the only resemblance between them, Faith clearly took after her mother while Bella took after their father.

"Claire and Victoria are on their way, I wanted us to have some time before you had to leave again." This was a quick visit, "I can escort you back to the space port. Bella pulled Faith down to sit on the floor with her. "Who is your friend?"

"How is everyone else? Dar;yaim, Bud, Have you seen Garith, what about Theo, and Alyesa.." Bella did not mention her mother, their mother. She knew the woman did not hold her in high regard.

 

[Faith Organa]

Faith sat there looking at her sister, she looked up at [member="Elijah Rekali"] , "Elijah this is my sister Arabella" She then turned her attention back to Bella taking in the details of her face, "you should come with us, get out of this place take your place on Alderaan"

Faith held her hand perhaps too tightly, "most of them are gone I don't know where, I've looked I thought I found Dar'yaim at one point but it was all dream, something I concocted in my head to ease my pain.

"Please Bella come home" Begging not something she was accustomed to doing, but she would if it meant reuniting her family, if it would put all the Organa women together on Alderaan.

She could see the loneliness etched on Bella's face, "Where is father?"

The question she had longed to ask, she had waited for him for so long and Bud had such a close relationship with him she, couldn't imagine him being gone as well.

 

[Arabella Darkhold]

Bella looked up and nodded a greeting to Elijah. "I can't right now. Father is missing and now you tell me so is everyone else, all the males of the Organa line are missing which means our line ends with us. There will be no Organa men after this."

Bella looked down sadness filled her, "Right now I just want to make sure you, Claire, Victoria and your mandalorian friend here leave Balmorra without issue." Bella figured she probably paid the mandalorian so time was credits.

She wanted to go with them, every part of her cried to go. But she had to see to Hyogo before she did anything else, it's safety the people that lived around it and counted on the leadership of House Togashi she had to make sure it was safe. Protected. If anything she knew her family ties must be protected.

It was then that the door was heard opening, the steps were heavier than she imagined for Claire. She looked at Faith and Elijah putting her finger to her lips for silence Bella laid flat on the floor and looked towards the door to see the feet of who had entered.

 

[Faith Organa]

Faith reached inside her cloak and pulled the blaster out, she laid down while she could see Elijah kneel to scan with his visor towards the door. All of them had their weapons within reach.

Fear. It was there, it was controlled even as her heart beat faster, tiny beads of anticipation formed on her brow. Faith did not want to shoot anyone it wasn't her way, but if they were here to harm her family she would do what was needed.

She reached over to touch Elijah only asking if there was anything out there.

Three troopers had stopped seeing the door opened, looting was not encouraged and he wondered why the door would be unlocked if the lights were not on. He walked at the ready looking ahead, and side to side, scanning. His visor reading the heat signatures, he knew at least one of them was heavily armed the other two were not. The Troopers focus would be on Elijah as he moved forward slowly.

Faith could see the familiar white boots of Imperial armor, she held her breath holding her blaster aimed at his foot as he walked towards where they all sat on the floor.

 

[Claire Organa]

Claire had heard commotion too frightened to leave the store she and Victoria spent the night in the now empty storage room, all of her merchandise had been boxed and sent off to Alderaan in hopes that it would arrive safely.

The soft whispers carried in the store the racks carried merchandise but only enough to give the appearance everything was fine. She peered out she could see a trooper walking through the store.

What was he doing in there? He wasn't suppose to be in there? But what if the voices she heard were really robbers? What if, what if she was really in danger now?

 

[Arabella Darkhold]

Bella inched forward on her belly to get up now would only startle the trooper and for certain he'd start firing before her calmed down. She looked to Faith and to Elijah he had not said much so she would make an assumption, that both the trooper and mandalorian knew exactly what each of them carried.

"Come out of there I can see you." The synthesized voice commanded. Bella wanted to consider her options she could use her light saber to cut off his feet, but that would raise my chaos and draw the others in which she couldn't do either. She looked at Faith she knew she had to protect her sister.

Slowly behind them a door opened allowing for some light to filter into the store. Bella turned her head just as Faith did, Elijah however kept his fixed on the trooper.

Bella watched the door, was this more troopers?

 

[Claire Organa]

"I"m Claire Treadway, I own the store. I have some early customers." She inched forward towards the trooper, she was frightened and could feel it rippling all over her. She had never had a weapon pointed at her before. This very moment she wondered would he shoot her?

"Please doonnn't shooot" her voice trembled as she spoke her fear evident now to everyone in the room.

She could see the outline of three in the dark on the floor, who were they?

She looked again to the trooper, "move over this way you're not the only one in here."

"Ok ok" She moved as quickly as she could, not mentioning Victoria who was still asleep in the back.

 

[Arabella Darkhold]

That was a cue if she ever heard one Bella slowly got up, "Yes I came early this is my security and my assistant" Bella pointed down to Elijah and Faith. "the door was open so I came in however I couldn't see real well in the dark and sat down on the floor. I'm Arabella Darkhold of Atrisia, I'm here for some fittings" Bella took out the paperwork that allowed her to travel from Atrisia.

The Trooper was wary of all this activity he reached for Bella's folder as she held it out.

"You'll see it is all in order permission to travel, how many are traveling." course Izumi and Captain Yoshito were at the hotel waiting. Bella was Faith's ace in the hole while they could have gotten on and off Balmorra, Bella gave them credibility for being there. Course now getting off would still be interesting.

He seemed to be studying the information he was verifying all of it with his Commander who was linked into a computer system for travel passes. Bella crossed her arms and looked displeased. She was an Atrisian Noble and not accustomed to being questioned.

A long pause only seemed to make the Mandalorian more antsy.

The Trooper finally lowered his weapon, "Yes Mam, enjoy your visit" And with not so much as a how do you do, he was leaving.

 

[Faith Organa]

Faith exhaled hard and laid her face on the floor, dirty as it was she was glad that bit of tension was over with. Pushing back she got up on her knees and looked over at Elijah and then to Bella.

Reaching out for a hand up to her sister Faith got to her feet. "I'm glad he left." She looked over to see Claire, "hello cousin" Faith moved to embrace her cousin. "Oh goodness, are you ready to get out of here, and where is Victoria?"

She looked around not seeing her other cousin. The weight of what Bella had said finally sinking in, there were nothing but women left of the Organa line they were the end of it. Their descendants would carry the names of their father, and be members of House Organa. But no males descended from the ancient line would be left.

But at least all of them would be together, well...all but one.

Elijah standing witness to all this finally chimed in, "We need to get moving and get off Balmorra and head out, the longer we stay the longer we risk being found out"

Faith nodded, "Claire get Victoria"

She looked again at Arabella, "You'll come with us to the spaceport?"

Her sister nodded yes.

 

[Arabella Darkhold]

Bella could tell that the Mandalorian Elijah Rekali was not happy to have a Sith around it was not in anything he said it was his stance, and the sound of his synthesized voice. Not that she was a threat to him or to any of her family but she understood the feeling of mistrust and hate that mandalorians had for the Sith, history had not been kind to them.

"Yes, but as your friend says we need to move quickly while I am authorized to be here, getting through the streets with you plus 2 more may draw attention and I'm not sure how I would explain the other two being with us. It might get tricky down at the spaceport."

She looked at each of them making sure they understood, Claire came from the back room with a young woman who looked like death warmed over. She bore all the signs of a hang over, and possible drug use considering the tremble in her hands, and the broken blood vessels in her eyes. It would seem Claire had her hands full with her sister.

Another reason to get them off Balmorra the girl needed help

 

[Faith Organa]

Faith for a moment showed hesitation she thought she could leave Victoria and come back to her, but then she asked herself would she leave her sister behind. She looked at Bella, she would have to.

"We'll deal with we just have to get moving or we miss our window to get off Balmorra and home"

Faith helped her cousins put their things together, just purses, large for the time. She couldn't believe what all was in these bags, "You might have leave some of it, replace it later" She knew they wanted to keep all their memories and she wouldn't deny that but the make-up, hair brushes, anything that created bulk had to go, and go now.

Faith went to Bella, "You come with us to Alderaan, yes?" She looked up at her sister, they did not share the same eyes, they shared the same coloring, hair, even the shape of their faces some might see the resemblance quickly others would not.

"Bella?"

 

[Arabella Darkhold]

"No Faith I can't, you saw how she looked at me reacted to me, she thinks I'm something unnatural. For now I will stay on Atrisia at Hyogo" She smiled yes this sister wanted that sense of family and so did Bella but how could it be when, things weren't quite what they should be.

Bella looked over at Claire who looked ready, then to their protector Elijah , "Since mandalorians are known to be hired mercenaries, if you could make it appear that they are prisioners we can get them through the streets, and into the spaceport." She looked at her family again, "And you three are going to have to...plead a lot."

She smiled.

"Forgive me what I must do to make this real"

Eiljah brought his weapons up to bear on Bella, she looked at him, "It has to be real, and I'll take it away as soon as we are closer to safety then it's on you to get my family out of here. And if you fail, I'll find you" He stood there with his weapon trained on her waiting for her to do something evil and painful to the Organa women surrounding him.

Bella looked at the easiest first Victoria, fear play on her fears, death, then she moved to Claire who was already afraid but with a gentle push she could see the emotion drain from her face.

Then she looked at Faith, her fear.............alone. Bella concentrated and picked that emotion that feeling and made it grow.

She looked at Elijah, "Ok let's go"

The woman began to protest and cry, Bella leading them Elijah pushing them from behind. They moved down the streets three huddled at the center while escorted to their "doom"

As they approached the space port the guards stood up to meet them, Bella smiled, "prisoners, important prisoners, I heard there is someone among the brethren that needs a few more slaves for his harem, [member="Kelon Amadis"] " Now Bella did not know Kelon but she heard about his appetites and three young girls like this, would definitely be in his realm. The guards nodded, and waved them through, now she only had to get them to their ship.

They longest walk ever in her life protecting her sister and her cousins with a mandalorian who did not like Sith. So...a hot bath with something to drink after this was in order.

They neared the ship, Bella stopped and turned the guards were still watching, glancing at them. "TAKE THEM ON BOARD prepare them for their new life"

She watched Elijah go by, "maybe you would come visit me again sometime" Why she said this, perhaps he could be her ticket out of Atrisia.

And now the illusion she looked at the Troopers, "time to go" she swept their minds clear of their fears and now turned to use an advanced level of mind trick, make them see something that wasn't real.

She stood silent focusing all her energies what they began to see were three women so frightened, they broke free and jumped to their deaths. Then the sole mandalorian got on his ship and left. While Bella stood there..

The family was safe, and she could go home now. She dropped the illusion and felt her energy drain away.

She was sad, and upset but they'd all live for another day.

[member="Elijah Rekali"]

 

[Claire Organa]

A week later Claire was sitting on Alderaan with Victoria.

Still in tears and shock over everything that had happened. But they were now safe, they were with family and life could begin again.