Disco Goes Home

Growing up in an orphanage teaches you a lot. Mostly how to survive with ratty blankets and minimal food and lots and lots of noise. I don't remember anything from my childhood before i was left at the Coruscant Children's Home. Then again, i was about 2 months old. Though until a few months ago, i thought it was from birth.

I have an amazing life. Married the man of my dreams, have the two most beautiful daughters in the galaxy, my sisters, Deliah Blue and Kitiyari are amazing, and i've made so many friends. Also, own my own business. A bakery on Coruscant, Sinful as Sith Caffa and Cakes. Not bad for an orphan who thought she'd be working at the Jedi Temple Library forever! But there has always been something niggling at the back of my mind...something unfinished. I didn't know who i was. My name was a nickname from the kids at the home, and i chose my last name from a book. I never knew my birthday or where i was from. And most importantly...why my parents didn't want me. The time had come to find out. With help from a scrap of paper in an old box, my husband, Echo, and Deliah Blue, i discovered a little bit about myself.

My name is Kalle'a Lira Althros Gryphon. My mother was Geladra and my father Atos. My mother was from a small planet..Ord...something. She left when she was 15 to work on Chandrila in the house of government. the scrap of paper we found was a note from my mother. We found out what the language was and Blue and i took off...not easy as i was REALLY pregnant. When we arrived, we were told that the language was a little used dialect from a small village nearby. The village was tiny, and everyone looked very similar. All red hair and green eyes. We found someone to translate the note and they turned out to be a cousin of my mother. She took me to see my grandmother...It was all happening so fast, like walking through a fog...thank the maker for Blue!  My grandmother was very kind. she took one look at me and knew who i was. "Geladra's girl." My new cousin read the rest of the note to me...My mother didn't want to leave me. She was running from my father and his Disciples of Ragnos. A Sith cult that was very dangerous. The only way to protect me was to leave me in a safe orphanage. Mon Mothma of Chandrila helped her escape to Coruscant. In the note, she asked that i be taken care of and to find me a good home. She had named me Kalle'a, which means 'joy' in her dialect. Lira is my grandmother's name. My mother loved me...that was all i needed to know. I showed my grandmother holos of Rose and Echo, and left some for her. She took me to meet my cousins and aunts and uncles. All red-heads, like me. But I have blue eyes. Grandmother told me they were my father's eyes. As we walked she asked if i wanted to see my mother. I hadn't even thought about it. i was way overwhelmed. She took me up a small hill to a meadow. the meadow had many stones dotting it. I realized then, that it was a graveyard. Grandmother took me to a beautiful black stone that bore the name of my mother. She had died not long after she left me. they buried her with the only holopic she had of me...I sat next to the spot and talked to her. Forgiving her for leaving me and telling her about my life and her granddaughters. i left a picture of Rose and Echo and me. Blue and i stayed a few days, then...i just needed to be with Echo and Rose again.

I don't know if i'll ever know about my father. part of me wants to know, but if my mother was afraid of him, maybe i don't want to know. I still go by Disco. I've been that as long as i can remember. But i like knowing my real name...In the end, i really did know who i was...a mommy, wife, sister, friend, baker. The new information hasn't really changed me that much. My mother loved me. I'm not unloveable...that's what i needed to know

oh! and my birthday is April 24...