A Cake for Lysire

[Unna Hi Chaanu]

"Show me," Unna begged with her eyes. "Please!"

"If you show me, then I will help if I can!" Unna continued to hope that the three Lysire's would just tell her what was going to happen.

"I understand what you say," Unna looked to the present Lysire. "It has happened before, but when will it happen again? How can I save you all?"

"And what about my homeworld?"

[Akirapryde]

The older Lysire blinked as she listened to Unna, "she is not ready. This is not the time for the prophecy of the Four Stars. She should return her to where she is."

The present day Lysire looked down, "we were wrong. She is not ready. The four stars have not come our way"

The younger Lysire turned to face the other two. "No we are not wrong. We saw her on the world. We felt her on the ship. We touched her spirit. She has the gift. It was foretold. She is the one."

The older Lysire shook her head, "we did these things and more. And we hoped she would be the one to carry our warning but she only sees what she wants to see."

The present day version of Lysire turned and walked away, "no she is not the one. We must keep searching. We must call upon judgement."

"No!" The younger Lysire said with passion. "We can prove she is the one. She can be tested. She can prove she is the one. She will learn to accept what must be and take heed of what could be. We can still guild her. Judgement is not required."

"I would concur" said a different version of Lysire. This one stood in strange Jedi robes. They were very similar to those of Master Chun and his group. "She still can be the one. But she is not the one, right now. Too much fear. Too blind to what she sees."

[Unna Hi Chaanu]

"It is time!" Unna urged, knowing that no good would come of them not telling her sooner. Unna felt determined to find out what they were talking about and help in any way she could. "You're not wrong!" Unna thought, knowing that she was as ready as ever to learn whatever it was they wanted her to know. "Show me and I will show you that I am ready."

"The only thing I am afraid of right now is dropping this cake, and I'm not going to let that happen!"

[Akirapryde]

"She is strong," said the Lysire dressed in the strange Jedi robes. "She is going to be the one, but she is not the one right now."

The younger version of Lysire turned to face the one that just spoke, "We know that she can overcome her fears."

The present version of Lysire walked across the space where they were standing, "We show her, her homeworld. And her fears over our life consumes her."

The older version of Lysire slowly walked up to Unna and looked at her as if see through her like she was a pane of glass. "Our life was meant to become what it is now. Given, taken, it doesn't matter. What does matter is what she will gain from what we show her. Death will come again for others. Death will feast upon the living till balance is restored." She turned to face the younger version of Lysire, "we understand how much death will come. Death wont stop unless she learns."

The present version of Lysire looked at Unna, "maybe there is another that she will listen to."

The older version of Lysire nodded, "we agree. She must learn to listen and see if she is to fulfill her role as part of the four."

"The judgement has been passed," said the Lysire dressed in strange robs. "we will will show her, her mirror and if she listens than she can be the one. If she can't listen than she will not be the one."

The younger Lysire nodded, "she will not be the one right now."

"You can't change or prevent what is meant to be," an older version of Unna said as she stepped in to view from behind a ruined bookshelf. "There are things that can't change." She turned and motioned towards the older version of Lysire and smiled, "our friendship was meant to be. Even though fate will cause our paths to go separate ways, our friendship will never weaken. And in my time of need, she gave her own life for mine."

"Look around you," the older version of Unna said softly. The four Lysires moved back to allow this new creature to move forward and speak to Unna, "this IS our homeworld. There are things I can't tell you because of rules. They were targeted because of you. Because those who would do such things, know how important you are." She pointed to the large ring of shattered earth, "that is where you died. You with so much to give the galaxy cut down before your time. This is why you were brought here. This is why all of you were brought here."

She paused a moment, "There is a great war coming. A war between traditions. A war that you and your friends will play a critical role in. Here, the first shots of that war were fired. Others will suffer the same fate if you can't learn to see."

[Unna Hi Chaanu]

"I'll be the one, right now," Unna thought with determination.

She walked toward Older Undead Future Unna and examined her closely. Jedi garb, huh? Well that's not surprising, considering that this is apparently Yanibar and the ashes of the Zeison Sha are falling like snow onto Unna's head and shoulders. Unna didn't intend to become a Jedi, but it appeared to be her destiny, especially since she could never go home to Yanibar ever again. Still, Older Unna had her discblade and a lightsaber that was not the one that once belonged to Passik.

"So, I was brought here to fulfill my destiny?" Unna asked her future self. "Or at least the version of me who died in this universe. It must be an important destiny. The versions of Lysire...they say that this will happen to others if I do not learn. What must I learn? What will my role be?"

She carefully secured the cake in one arm, against her hip, and bent forward to pick up a handful of ashes and placed them in her pocket. Would they be there when this was over? She guessed she would find out. There has been so much loss and so much to mourn, but now is not the time. She'd save the ashes for later, just in case they would still be there.

Now is the time to be brave and be the one. For this, Unna was determined, as well as determined to get answers.

"Will you walk with me?"

[Akirapryde]

"The message is, this has happened before and will happen again, has been an on going message" the older version of Unna explained as she followed Unna from the rumbled remains of the library. "It will come to mean many things."

The two walked in to the city streets of what remained of the capital. "I remembered the first time I walked here. It was so long ago but seems so close." She motioned towards a clearing, "we landed over there."

"It was here I learned what role I would play in things to come." She reached out and touched Unna's shoulder. "You must remember after this, that you must return home."

[Unna Hi Chaanu]

"I understand. It has happened and will happen again," Unna repeated her future self. "When you first walked here, was it like we see it now?" Unna asked. "So, I will have to come back to this as we see it now. What will I find here?"

Unna walked over toward where she died to have a look.

[Akirapryde]

She nodded, "as you see it is as I saw it. Both when we walked here the first time and when we traveled here."

She looked behind her at the four Lysires who were following them, "I know it's frustrating. Trust me I know. But you need to understand that they," she said motioning back towards the Lysires, "have their way of doing things. I know it won't stop you from trying but they can't be tricked. There is no breaking their rulers."

"As for what you will find," she shook her head. "It is death on a scale that you never dreamed possible. And you will finally remember everything we talked about right now."

[Unna Hi Chaanu]

"I don't think I could forget this," Unna said as she looked at the other version of herself. "They said that unless I learn. What else do I need to learn? it is frustrating when so much is at stake and the answers are not clear."

[Akirapryde]

She nodded as they continued to walk, "I don't know how they do it, but these visions often fade once they are over. I remember trying so hard to remember them only to be left with questions."

She sighed, "but it will get more clear. The best advice I was ever given was observe, listen and the rest will fall in to place. As for what you have to learn? That's the easiest of all questions. The learning starts now, and will continue for years to come."

She stopped and looked at Unna, "you will make mistakes along the way. I can't remember if it happened before or after this vision, but you will fight a bunch of gang members in an alleyway. Don't throw crap on them. It will backfire on you."