"Good night Aduke!"
"Good night!" Addy yawned and dropped down on her bed. Soon she was asleep dreaming of the day she met her master, Jedi Master anyways. Addy or Aduke Hope Skywalker was found by the Jedi when she was an infant and five years later she was given to her master, Jedi Master Willow Ordra who had just became a Jedi herself. Addy's midi- chorian levels were already that of a highly trained Jedi and at age eight she had become a Jedi herself. Now at age ten she lived in Corusant in the Jedi Temple sleeping soundly when she heard it. An extremely familiar noise though she had only heard it once before, the sound of a lightsaber.
My eyes shot open like I got a slap in the face or at least a slap by The Force telling me that someone was in my room, someone strong with The Force, the Dark Side of The Force. I grabbed my comlink and held it close to my face; I wasn't sure I could speak, afraid that whoever was in my room could hear me. My bed was guarded by brass beams so any small movement I made couldn't be seen, thank goodness. "Master?" I whispered into the comlink. There was no reply; I wasn't surprised since it was late in the night and Master Willow was most likely sleeping but I had to wake her, I had to warn her. "Master come quick!" I whispered again.
"Aduke?"
"Oh Master there is someone here, someone strong with the Dark side."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes Master come quick, now!" I sat the comlink down and grabbed my lightsaber from under my bed. I reconstructed it with Master Willow on my tenth birthday, just a week ago. The hilt of the once Jedi Anakin Skywalker an ancestor of mine and an amethyst crystal, "Addy?" Asked a voice in a near singsong way; oh please Master hurry! I thought. I sat up from my bed, I didn't want to talk but I did, "Are you a Sith?" What a stupid question.
A quite laugh broke the silence, "Perhaps…"
I walked from my bed; a black figure stood in the darkness. I couldn't see his or possibly her face but I could feel his hatred and anger towards me. "What do you want?" I asked.
"You Aduke,"
"Drop it now!" yelled a voice, Master Willow's voice! She stood in the doorway, the blue of her lightsaber lit up her face. The Sith's lightsaber powered on as he turned to her. "Jedi Master Willow Ordra please to finally meet you."
"I wish I could say the same for you." Master Willow replied. As the Sith was turned away I was able to power on my own lightsaber and inch my way to Master Willow. The door slammed shut behind us as the dark Sith came towards us; the ruby red of his lightsaber warmed the room, it was either that or his anger that could clearly be felt from light years away. "You take the side Addy." Master Willow whispered and the battle began. Darth mystery as I later called him headed for Master Willow first but she easily dogged the blade of his lightsaber "Go get help!" she called out as their lightsabers crossed. I didn't ask any questions I just ran out of my room and down the hallway looking for someone anyone that could help. Master Willow doesn't like it when I help her when things go wrong she says it's because I wouldn't quite know what to do but secretly I know she is scared I would get killed.
Up ahead in the distance was Arlin a fellow Jedi Night who was walking away from me most likely back to her room. "Master Arlin!" I called out. Arlin turned around surprised as if she thought it was weird that I said anything which it was at least this late at night. "Yes Aduke?" She replied. "Master Arlin, Master Willow is in danger!"
"In danger? From what?"
"From what? What do you mean 'from what' please just help!" I screamed maybe a little too loud. Arlin looked concerned but also kind of rude as if I was telling a lie; but she nodded and followed me back to my room
"Master Willow!" I screamed as I ran into the room. She was already standing next to the door breathing heavily. "Where did he go?" I asked.
"He escaped, through the window." Master Willow said. Arlin ran to my window and looked out, "He couldn't have made that jump and lived!" It was true since my quarters was up on the fortieth floor of the tallest building in Corusant and the only thing that would soften the landing would be…. "That's it!" I exclaimed.
"That's what?" Master Willow asked.
"Master he had to have had a get a way plan incase anything went wrong! A ship must have been resting right under my window!"
"That's a probability Aduke I will have a group look into it." Arlin said as she bid us good night.
The next day I was awoke by my comlink blaring in my ear since I had forgotten to put it away the night before. "Aduke? Addy are you awake?" I let out a grown and picked up the comlink, "Yes master I'm awake now."
"Get dressed and meet me down stairs a have a late birthday gift for you."
I jumped up from my bed and ran to my closet. I changed into my favorite outfit, my thick black tights, an average "Jedi tunic" and my black boots with the silver buckles. "Addy?" The comlink called out. I let out a sigh and laughed. "Yes Master?" I asked as I picked up the comlink.
"Bring your droid."
I put my lightsaber and my comlink in my belt and turned on my translation droid and finish braiding my hair. "Good morning Master Addy."
"Good morning CO." I said. My droids name is COCO; I got him for my birthday last year and since then I've learned sixteen new languages. "Come on CO Master Willow wants us."
"Yes Master Addy."
Once we got down stairs Master Willow was waiting by the door talking to a fellow Jedi I had only met a few times before. "Master Willow?" I called out. Master Willow said goodbye to her partner and walked back to me and COCO. "Good morning Addy." She said with a smile, "Can we go outside?
I nodded. Once we were outside Master Willow changed; her smile turned serious, her dark brown hair turned pale, and her green eyes became stone. "What's wrong Master?" I asked. "Addy something is different here at the temple. Something deep with the Force…" Then she went into a whisper, "The Darth side of the Force, Addy." I froze in my place that couldn't be true; not here not in Corusant! "Master are you sure?" I asked.
"Yes Aduke I had seen many of the padwans being trained to use anger and hatred as focus that is not what is taught to Jedi that is what is taught to the Sith."
"Master that can't be true… are the Jedi being trained as Sith lords?" I asked I know I could burst into tears if she said yes but I think at the time I was so dumb founded I couldn't do anything but nod when she said, "Yes Addy and if so it your time." By "what time" is she talking about? To go back to the first story at the beginning of this book there was a paragraph well what I really want to highlight is the midi- chorians part of that. Master Willow told me that one day when I'm much older I would have to save not only the Jedi but the galaxy. At the time I was six and I thought that was the greatest story ever two years later I was told the story again that time at age eight I took it a little more seriously and I knew that story was true, and it was about me. So that "your time" part again.
"What should we do?" I asked.
"What do you think?"
I let out a breath and looked up at the Jedi temple again. The tallest building in the whole planet and it was all filled with the Dark side of the Force. "I think we should leave…" Master Willow nodded and put her hand on my shoulder; the ends of my small strand of beads beaded against her hand. "You stay here and I'll get The Fighter." She said. I nodded and sat down on the cement stool with CO and Master Willow walked back towards the Jedi Temple. The Fighter or The Star Fighter was a ship given to Master Willow by her own master before I was born. It's not the newest ship in the galaxy but it would get you where you want to go without a problem… usually. "Master Addy?" CO said.
"Yes?"
"It seems to be that a fellow Jedi wants to speak with you." I looked in the direction of my droid and to my surprise it wasn't Master Willow coming towards me to tell me to hurry up but it was a Padwan just a couple years older than me. I think her name was Calen but the thing that was so peculiar and that I didn't quite see until she came closer was that she had a lightsaber. That was already powered on, and coming at me.
I stood up and powered on my lightsaber but Calen keep coming at me in full threat. "Addy where do you think you're going?" She asked me.
"Such a small and simple question for such a stance," I raised my lightsaber to a "Jedi Stance" and tried to stay calm; but how could I when someone is coming at full-fledged with a lightsaber! "Just answer me Aduke or there's going to be twenty one beads on someone else's head." Calen said now pointing her weapon at me.
"I'm not sure what you want Calen; I'm not going anywhere but to my Master to tell her that my droid needs to be repaired!" I dove past her trying to hit her with my lightsaber. Calen came at me again though now angry and annoyed. "Hold it there Calen!" Master Willow screamed; but Calen ignored her and raised her lightsaber over, "Back off Cal!" I said as I pushed her back. I guess I used The Force to push her because Calen flew through the air and fell hard at least thirty feet away from me, unconscious. "We need to leave Aduke now!" Master Willow exclaimed grabbing at my arm. I nodded and we ran to The Star Fighter.
