[D0] Ancient History

[Niall Organa]

Niall watched Aly as she raised her lightsaber. His grey eyes seemed to glitter, his eyes unreadable.

"Yeah, well..." Niall chuckled dryly. "I didn't expect it either." His lips twisted into a wry smile. "It's certainly not what I would have expected when we last spent time together, either. I mean... around that time. You were taken so quickly..." Distant pain flickered in his eyes.

[Alysele Cortess]

"I was expecting to spend my life with you." Her response was morose. Perhaps I still do.

She put the lightsaber away on her belt. "Yeah.... one day they came to test, next day I was off. I just... I just thought people did that stuff because they liked me. I thought our nanny was happy to let us go outside, you know? And the guards too."

[Niall Organa]

Niall's lips twitched. "I'm not sure that I understood, at the time, what exactly that entailed. 'Ever after' seems exceptionall long when one is eight years old." He smiled. "I do recall that I didn't exactly object at the time, either."

His expression grew sympathetic as she spoke. "Goodness, Aly. To not even tell you what was happening..." His lips pressed into a thin line. For a moment, it looked as though he was about to speak, but then he shook his head. No sense in badmouthing her Order.

Niall sighed. "I gather it was... not quite so sudden for me. And I didn't have my life uprooted, and I had Arsele." He smiled at her again, more openly than before. "Well, you're here now. Jedi can have old friends, right?"

[Alysele Cortess]

Niall's lips twitched. "I'm not sure that I understood, at the time, what exactly that entailed. 'Ever after' seems exceptionall long when one is eight years old." He smiled. "I do recall that I didn't exactly object at the time, either."

His expression grew sympathetic as she spoke. "Goodness, Aly. To not even tell you what was happening..." His lips pressed into a thin line. For a moment, it looked as though he was about to speak, but then he shook his head. No sense in badmouthing her Order.

Niall sighed. "I gather it was... not quite so sudden for me. And I didn't have my life uprooted, and I had Arsele." He smiled at her again, more openly than before. "Well, you're here now. Jedi can have old friends, right?"

"On my end... well, it seemed like a dream. You were my best friend, why wouldn't we be married?" She smirked at the thought, though the good mood was soon overtaken by melancholy.

She shrugged, for the millionth time, the event going over in her mind. "It seemed like a good idea t the time. Sudden, but good. I thought I could do more good if become a Jedi. Help my family. Lead it one day." She looked down, avoiding his gaze. "Didn't exactly work out." Yet.

She looked back up, smiling. "Don't you worry... we're going to be friends. Nothing can stand against that."

[Niall Organa]

Niall chuckled at that, although his smile faded when hers did.

"Well, your journey isn't over yet." Niall said, unconsciously speaking her thoughts. "There's still a lot more you could do in the order, surely. Or..." He paused a moment. "Or out of it. It seems to be a rather all-encompassing job, but it's not necessarily forever. Or so I understand?"

"Good." Niall says, giving her a warm smile of his own. "That means a lot to me. Having one thing that I can always count on. That's you, Aly."