Oblivion
(AN: Okay, peoples. I wanted to come up with a completely original couple that no one else ever came up with. Therefore, we have Jedi Apprentice meets the New Jedi Order. Disclaimer: Yeah, I don't own Star Wars. BLAH BLAH...and so on.)
(On a side note, I like Jag! He's a cool guy, but he needed to be mean to fit into my story.)
Jaina Solo ran without much thought to where she went. Her bare feet pounded against the moist forest floor.
The gigantic Massasai trees seemed to touch the sky around her. Their looming masses seemed to reach out, grasping at her.
She didn't care.
The leaves of the lower branches pulled at her hair and left scraps on her exposed arms.
She didn't care.
Jaina almost welcomed the blood, but the slight pain was nothing compared to screaming agony in her heart. Beads of sweat encased her brow, and the rising heat of the midday caused her chestnut hair to fly behind her in an unusual mess of curls. Jaina's every muscle ached with the stress of her crazed sprint.
She didn't care.
Finally, she tripped over a fallen tree branch, and tumbled to the ground. Once Jaina had caught her breath, it began to come out again in short, gasping sobs. Her arms and ankles now were covered in open cuts, and the horrible sting almost didn't matter to her. Nothing really mattered to her anymore.
Jaina's whole world was shattered into an oblivion, in one day. And all she could think of was her brother's voice screaming after her.
Earlier that day...
"You look absolutely gorgeous, Jaina." Leia Organa Solo's voice choked as she said this. Jaina looked up at her mother. The older woman had tears rimming her brandy brown eyes. Her face was old, but still beautiful.
"Thanks mom." Jaina smiled. She glanced back into the mirror before her. Jaina's straight hair was put up in a fairly intricate fashion. She wore an extravagant white gown and white lotucysus flowers adorned her hair. Jaina grasped her mother's hand.
Her heart pounded with nervousness. Jaina was immensely happy, but something continued to nag at her mind.
And for the life of her, she couldn't figure out what exactly it was.
"I still can't believe today is the day, Jaina." Her father, Han Solo, stepped out of the corner with a smile. He was dressed formerly as well. "Are you ready to go?"
Jaina stood up and glanced towards the door. Her mother left the room to go take a seat in the large hall. Jaina and her father went out into the antechamber of the hall. Jaina took a breath and looked at the bridesmaids and others standing before her.
Before them was the Great Hall, a reminiscences of the first hall in the old Jedi Academy. The magnificence of the doors made Jaina's heart thump even faster.
This was it. This was her wedding day.
The doors opened and the bridesmaids and the rest of the company went in. Jaina and her father stepped up to walk down the aisle.
Immediately, she sensed that something was very wrong. There was a torrent of conflicting emotion coming form the tall, handsome man waiting to receive her at the altar. She looked up while she walked and met Jagged Fel's eyes.
They were filled with pain and doubt. Jaina suddenly knew what he was going to do. She didn't know how she knew, she just did. Her Uncle Luke's words from four years before, during the war with the Vong, resounded in her ears.
Never shall you know peace.
Jaina was almost there. She tensed in her father's arm, and fresh pain entered her heart. She guarded it form everyone else in the room. They couldn't know. Jag looked at her again.
He knew that she knew. Jag mouthed the words every so slightly. 'I'm sorry.'
Han gave Jaina to Jag. She raised her head and looked him straight in the eye. "Get it over with."
She had meant it to be a whisper, but her voice resounded with anger through out the hall. A tear sprung up in Jag's eyes.
"I'm so sorry. I'm just not ready yet." His voice croaked. Jag turned and ran from the room. Jaina watched him go, knowing simply that, even though he had left, he still loved her. Jaina breathed in. The exhale didn't come.
That wasn't enough. He had taken an oath. He had asked her to marry him, and on the most important day of her life, he left. Just knowing that he loved her wasn't enough. She bit her lip as she watched her father and Soontir Fel run after Jagged. They could yell at him, scold him, and even threaten him. Jaina knew he wasn't going to change his mind. He wasn't ready.
And she didn't know why.
He had seemed to be hiding something from her for the past year.
But she didn't know what.
Jaina found herself bitterly weeping in her brother's arm. Jacen Solo held her tightly as the guests sat in their seats in shocked silence. Her tears mingled with his beard. Leia stood and went to her daughter's side once more.
Jacen cradled her in his arms. "It'll be alright. I'm here."
"No it won't." Jaina backed away and stared at him. Her eyes glanced at her Uncle, who stood behind Jacen. "I'm never going to find peace...remember?" She spat the words out, her voice cracking with a familiar anger...the dark side.
Her Uncle stepped forward. "That's not what I meant, Jaina..."
"Then what did you mean?" She fairly shouted. Jaina turned and ran away. Away from the shocked and horrified guests, away from the altar, form her family, from the pain. She heard Jacen call as his footsteps pounded after her.
"Jaina, wait! Jaina!" His voice distanced from her as her anger and pain made her run faster. She kicked off her shoes, and pulled out her hair. She left the New Jedi Academy of Yavin four and ran into the thick jungle. All the while, her brother's voice rang after her. "Jaina!"
She didn't stop.
And so, the young woman wept. She pulled her dirty fingers into a bloodstained fist. How could he? How could he have done that to her, if he truly loved her? She didn't know, and now didn't care.
Nothing mattered. Not anymore, anyways.
She didn't notice when her surrounding changed. The ground began to glow an eerie blue as the sunlight turned red around her. She looked up and was bewildered by the sudden change in surroundings. The world spun around her, and all became black.
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(Yup, there will be more to come.......soon, hopefully. REVIEW! No flames, cause I don't like barbecue.)
(AN: Okay, peoples. I wanted to come up with a completely original couple that no one else ever came up with. Therefore, we have Jedi Apprentice meets the New Jedi Order. Disclaimer: Yeah, I don't own Star Wars. BLAH BLAH...and so on.)
(On a side note, I like Jag! He's a cool guy, but he needed to be mean to fit into my story.)
Jaina Solo ran without much thought to where she went. Her bare feet pounded against the moist forest floor.
The gigantic Massasai trees seemed to touch the sky around her. Their looming masses seemed to reach out, grasping at her.
She didn't care.
The leaves of the lower branches pulled at her hair and left scraps on her exposed arms.
She didn't care.
Jaina almost welcomed the blood, but the slight pain was nothing compared to screaming agony in her heart. Beads of sweat encased her brow, and the rising heat of the midday caused her chestnut hair to fly behind her in an unusual mess of curls. Jaina's every muscle ached with the stress of her crazed sprint.
She didn't care.
Finally, she tripped over a fallen tree branch, and tumbled to the ground. Once Jaina had caught her breath, it began to come out again in short, gasping sobs. Her arms and ankles now were covered in open cuts, and the horrible sting almost didn't matter to her. Nothing really mattered to her anymore.
Jaina's whole world was shattered into an oblivion, in one day. And all she could think of was her brother's voice screaming after her.
Earlier that day...
"You look absolutely gorgeous, Jaina." Leia Organa Solo's voice choked as she said this. Jaina looked up at her mother. The older woman had tears rimming her brandy brown eyes. Her face was old, but still beautiful.
"Thanks mom." Jaina smiled. She glanced back into the mirror before her. Jaina's straight hair was put up in a fairly intricate fashion. She wore an extravagant white gown and white lotucysus flowers adorned her hair. Jaina grasped her mother's hand.
Her heart pounded with nervousness. Jaina was immensely happy, but something continued to nag at her mind.
And for the life of her, she couldn't figure out what exactly it was.
"I still can't believe today is the day, Jaina." Her father, Han Solo, stepped out of the corner with a smile. He was dressed formerly as well. "Are you ready to go?"
Jaina stood up and glanced towards the door. Her mother left the room to go take a seat in the large hall. Jaina and her father went out into the antechamber of the hall. Jaina took a breath and looked at the bridesmaids and others standing before her.
Before them was the Great Hall, a reminiscences of the first hall in the old Jedi Academy. The magnificence of the doors made Jaina's heart thump even faster.
This was it. This was her wedding day.
The doors opened and the bridesmaids and the rest of the company went in. Jaina and her father stepped up to walk down the aisle.
Immediately, she sensed that something was very wrong. There was a torrent of conflicting emotion coming form the tall, handsome man waiting to receive her at the altar. She looked up while she walked and met Jagged Fel's eyes.
They were filled with pain and doubt. Jaina suddenly knew what he was going to do. She didn't know how she knew, she just did. Her Uncle Luke's words from four years before, during the war with the Vong, resounded in her ears.
Never shall you know peace.
Jaina was almost there. She tensed in her father's arm, and fresh pain entered her heart. She guarded it form everyone else in the room. They couldn't know. Jag looked at her again.
He knew that she knew. Jag mouthed the words every so slightly. 'I'm sorry.'
Han gave Jaina to Jag. She raised her head and looked him straight in the eye. "Get it over with."
She had meant it to be a whisper, but her voice resounded with anger through out the hall. A tear sprung up in Jag's eyes.
"I'm so sorry. I'm just not ready yet." His voice croaked. Jag turned and ran from the room. Jaina watched him go, knowing simply that, even though he had left, he still loved her. Jaina breathed in. The exhale didn't come.
That wasn't enough. He had taken an oath. He had asked her to marry him, and on the most important day of her life, he left. Just knowing that he loved her wasn't enough. She bit her lip as she watched her father and Soontir Fel run after Jagged. They could yell at him, scold him, and even threaten him. Jaina knew he wasn't going to change his mind. He wasn't ready.
And she didn't know why.
He had seemed to be hiding something from her for the past year.
But she didn't know what.
Jaina found herself bitterly weeping in her brother's arm. Jacen Solo held her tightly as the guests sat in their seats in shocked silence. Her tears mingled with his beard. Leia stood and went to her daughter's side once more.
Jacen cradled her in his arms. "It'll be alright. I'm here."
"No it won't." Jaina backed away and stared at him. Her eyes glanced at her Uncle, who stood behind Jacen. "I'm never going to find peace...remember?" She spat the words out, her voice cracking with a familiar anger...the dark side.
Her Uncle stepped forward. "That's not what I meant, Jaina..."
"Then what did you mean?" She fairly shouted. Jaina turned and ran away. Away from the shocked and horrified guests, away from the altar, form her family, from the pain. She heard Jacen call as his footsteps pounded after her.
"Jaina, wait! Jaina!" His voice distanced from her as her anger and pain made her run faster. She kicked off her shoes, and pulled out her hair. She left the New Jedi Academy of Yavin four and ran into the thick jungle. All the while, her brother's voice rang after her. "Jaina!"
She didn't stop.
And so, the young woman wept. She pulled her dirty fingers into a bloodstained fist. How could he? How could he have done that to her, if he truly loved her? She didn't know, and now didn't care.
Nothing mattered. Not anymore, anyways.
She didn't notice when her surrounding changed. The ground began to glow an eerie blue as the sunlight turned red around her. She looked up and was bewildered by the sudden change in surroundings. The world spun around her, and all became black.
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(Yup, there will be more to come.......soon, hopefully. REVIEW! No flames, cause I don't like barbecue.)