🪐🌌☀️❄ / Evenstar
attack of the clones – post-revenge of the sith

Wuthering Heights // Emily Brontë

ORESTES: This was always going to happen.
She's been dead since the beginning.

          Elia Valarys is a graveyard. A display case for all the former, torn up iterations of herself. Her innocence, her girlhood, her youth. She has died so many times before it is like a memory. She is no longer flesh and bone, but tendrils of smoke, a mournful spectre. Not a girl anymore, only a ghost.

She was not always so tragic. She was her parents' miracle, born nine years after they were told they would not conceive again. She was their ray of sunshine. Her three older siblings showered her with love, despite being nine and thirteen years older than her.

For her first nine years, Alana Uttara was happy. Her mother's role as a handmaiden to the Queen of their homeworld, Aphelion, allowed her to spend time running circles around the vast palace with the princesses and her little niece. Alana's niece was born when she was five years old. Violet was the daughter of Alana's oldest brother, Aerrik and his girlfriend, and she became Alana's favourite person in the galaxy. Alana and Violet were always more like sisters than aunt and niece.

           Her first death came when the sky was lit by brilliant fireworks.

As Aphelion celebrated its liberty with a fine party, Alana's world collapsed around her. As sparks showered behind her, she learned that two of her siblings and parents were dead. She wanted to scream until her throat was raw, until the stars trembled above, until the universe gave her family back. Until she had nothing left to give. (Fate is not kind to little girls with big dreams.)

Aerrik Uttara begged the Queen of Aphelion to allow him to adopt his sister — they were all each other had left. But the Queen took her instead.

          Her second death arrived a year later.

Alana Uttara was buried in cotton dresses and sunlight smiles next to her parents and twin siblings. Her soft heart was not built for such anguish. (Her mother always said her heart was as vast as Aphelion's great oceans. Alana's heart and gentle nature were no curse, no weakness. It was her greatest strength.)

In her place, Elia Valarys was born. At last, she was official. A Princess of Aphelion, the Third Daughter. Not an heir; a false princess; a royal without a crown. Her people adored her, and Elia Valarys shone bright as the sun, hiding her grief behind tiaras and balls. She refused to break. But when she did, she built herself back up like a mirrorball. Elia and Alana became two different people, but their hearts were still the same.

Alana let her pain drown her, Elia grew despite it. When death stole from her, her heart flourished and made room for more love. If she could not be happy herself, she would make the galaxy better for others and make them happy. She had two new sisters and a new father who loved her like she was his own. Until little Violet turned nine years old, the last of the Uttara family would visit the Palace as often as possible — much to the Queen's disapproval.

But Alana Uttara still stalked Elia like a shadow. She was the bottle which Elia poured her heartache into. When the novelty of being part of the royal family wore off, Elia had two people living within her: the lost girl and the quiet princess.

            She died a hundred times during the war.

Like a blossom in winter, her famous heart grew brittle. Her hands turned to frost as she cradled dying children. She tried so hard to protect them all, to keep them safe and take them far away from the war. Even though she saved hundreds of children displaced by the war, she was tormented by the ones she lost. After you watch a child fade away in your arms, you cannot be the same.

When she believed she could not suffer through anything worse, the betrayal arrived. It cut through her knife, twisting in her heart. Finally, she surrendered to her stone heart. Nothing can hurt you when you cannot feel anymore.

          The final death caught her a lifetime later.

(The worst betrayal came as a blade through her stomach as she clung to her lover's arms. He could not protect her anymore. She could wonder forever if his last words were a lie:

"I love you.")

          In any universe, Elia Valarys and Anakin Skywalker were not destined for a happy ending. (But they still fell for each other like Icarus every time.)

Bruna Marquezine as
Alana Uttara / ELIA VALARYS

THE ANGEL / GHOST GIRL / SEER

❝and how odd it is to be haunted by someone that is still alive❞

Hayden Christensen as
ANAKIN SKYWALKER

THE GOD / CHOSEN ONE / HERO

❝you have my heart. you have all of me.❞

Part of the ❛ Courage of Stars ❜ series.

PHASE ONE. Age of Republic.

001. Wonderland
━━ Ahsoka Tano x Violet Uttara

002. Evenstar
━━ Anakin Skywalker x Elia Valarys

003. Dies Irae
━━ A'den Achilles x Ikaris Organa

004. Mirrorbright
━━ Captain Rex x Visaya

005. Saviour Complex
━━ Ahsoka Tano x Sky

Book One of the ❛ Phoenix Heart ❜ trilogy.

001. Evenstar
━━ Anakin Skywalker x Elia Valarys
(tpm ━ rots)

002. Dynasty
━━ Darth Vader x Elia Valarys; Laena Kenobi x Ezra Bridger
(owk ━ rotj)

003. Out of the Woods
━━ Ahsoka Tano x Violet Uttara; Laena Kenobi x Ezra Bridger
(ahsoka)

YOU WEAR THE SAME JEWELS THAT I GAVE YOU

AS YOU BURY ME

Author's Note.

✶ WELCOME TO EVENSTAR!!

✶ the gorgeous gorgeous manip in the elia & ani moodboard is by anj!!

✶ AO3 tags: major character death, tragic romance, oc is a seer, canon divergence, spring x autumn, sun x fire, princess x jedi, forbidden romance, secret relationship, anakin's pov, oc is definitely a swiftie, suitless vader, artist gf x mechanic bf, eventual smut, resurrection.

✶ skylarys's relationship inspiration: aragorn & arwen (lord of the rings), kate and anthony (bridgerton), jon and daenerys (game of thrones; without the incest ofc), james and lily (harry potter), amy and laurie (little women, 2019), orpheus and eurydice.

✶ and elia's character inspiration: arwen undomiel (lord of the rings), princess diana, amy march (little women), catelyn stark, daenerys targaryen, margaery tyrell (game of thrones/a song of ice and fire). Her aesthetic is rather aphrodite/demeter/persephone vibes. she's basically a sun/earth/nature/heart of gold/sad girl who has never done anything wrong in her life (real) and is very taylor & lana coded. i love her so much 🤍

✶ my original planet, aphelion, is explored a LOT in this fic. an introduction to it follows this chapter as an unofficial prologue! the name of the planet connects to what i have created for it too. aphelion's story affects all my other fics too, so she is rather important. so no copying please and thank you! parts of aphelion's history/story/culture are inspired by a song of ice and fire/game of thrones by george rr martin — i will credit this as and when necessary to avoid spoilers (for my fic and his series)!

✶ there is also a LOT amount of canon divergence in this fic. for example, the clone wars lasts four years instead of three; elia is born in 41bby, anakin is born in 42bby, padmé is born in 44bby &&. the phantom menace takes place in 31bby (making the aforementioned characters 10, 11 and 13 respectively). i've change a lot of the plot for each of the prequel films, which will either be shown or explained as we go forwards.

✶ disclaimer: i do not own star wars or any of the pre-existing characters, etc that have inspired my story. i do however own my ocs and the storylines and divergence outside of canon. plagiarism (and false claims of it) made wp a very unhappy environment, so please do not copy my work. if anything i have written sounds similar to anyone else, please let me know and i will change it!

✶ warnings: multiple character deaths, grief, references to ptsd, grooming and depictions of violence and war. pregnancy/child birth & miscarriage. more warnings may be added later, and warnings will be added at the top of each chapter! there will also be smut/scenes of a sexual nature — i don't know how explicit/frequent these will be as i don't have much faith in my abilities there lol, but warnings will also be added before those scenes for minors and anyone else to skip past.

✶ lastly, this fic is dedicated to all the people who have supported me & my writing — especially celia, noëlle, anj, ami, bowie & everyone else who has been so wonderfully kind to me. skylarys would not be here without you! (wp is being a baby so all tags will be added in the comments) i love you all 🤍🤍

✶ thank you for reading, and i hope you enjoy reading EVENSTAR.

by darthvvderr!!

24.10.2022 & 10.8.23

© hope / saturnsokas, 2022