Prologue

Author's Notes:

First off people, I do not own Halo or Star Wars, and neither do I own Master Chief 117, Thel 'Vadam, Anakin Skywalker, Ahsoko Tano, or any other characters from both universes. I do own my own OCs and my changes to this story. This is my first fan fiction, not to mention my first story ever to write. So please give me comments on what you think so far.

And this prologue takes places years before the main story so don't get all confused. I will come back to this area in a future chapter. So, don't get mad at me when the first chapter is uploaded and none of the timeline makes sense to you. This will all come back around at a future date.

Now, enjoy the prologue to "To Live For Those Who Can't."

Feel free to give reviews, both positive and negative, on what you think so far.

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Place: Unknown location in space

Time: Unknown

An object of massive size drifts through space towards the unknown. For far too long, this object has drifted, looking for a place to go. Years have gone by, without any luck at all. But today, the journey finally comes to an end.

As a planet finally appears over the horizon, to become the resting place for the object. As the object nears, the planet's sun causes a glare to appear around the planet, causing us to not see what the planet looks like. But as the object nears, the glare disappears, revealing a lust green and blue planet.

As the object enters the atmosphere, our point of view goes to another's, someone on the planet right then.

On the planet named Kashyyyk, the Wookiee home world, a female Twi'lek, named Mayala Baola, was looking up into the sky, thinking about life and the Force. For she was a Jedi Knight of the Jedi Order of the Republic, and she was here to study the ways of the Wookiees to better understand them.

She had come here also to try to understand a little more about their history. According to the Wookiees, they once lived on another world, but then great beings had brought their ancestors to this world after their old world had been destroyed in a great flood. While many other people in the galaxy believed this as just a legend, all Wookiees believed this as the one and only truth.

The reason Mayala was interested in this legend was because the Twi'leks, the Togrutas, and several other races had a legend similar to the Wookiees. Even if most did not believe in this legend, Mayala wondered if there was somehow a connection between all of them. So, Mayala requested to come to Kashyyyk to study the life on the planet and its connection to the Force, while at the same time try to figure out where the legend came from and how all of them could have such a similar legend even before they had discovered each other. It was strange.

Before Mayala left the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, she paid a visit to her old friend Jedi Knight Aayla Secura and said her good byes. Mayala was a strange Jedi; she could control her emotions better than others and did not become emotional when fighting. But when she wasn't on an important mission or in front of an audience, she would kid around with everyone around. She even joked to Aayla about if the Jedi Order didn't forbid relationships, Aayla and Kit Fisto would probably be the talk of the town. That usually got a funny reaction from Aayla.

As she was remembering all of this, Mayala notice a Wookiee coming towards her. It was her friend Zappldaa, which meant "High Jumper" in Wookiee. Zappldaa had invited Mayala to stay in her family's hut while she was here. The two had been close friends since Mayala was a Padawan and had saved Zappldaa. Zappldaa had then offered Mayala her life dept. Since then, Mayala would sometimes offer her to join a mission she and her master went on from time to time, when it wasn't too dangerous. Ever since, they had been close friends. When Mayala didn't need Zappldaa's help, she was in her village on Kashyyyk.

But when Mayala looked up to her friend, she noticed something was not right. Zappldaa had a face that was somewhere between worry and downright scared. Mayala could not imagine what could scare Zappldaa, or any Wookiee, in such a way. Zappldaa carried her trustee ryyk blade in her hand and her bowcaster on her back. She was prepared for a fight. As Zappldaa neared, Mayala got up from lying in the leaves of the wroshyr tree she was in to jump from the branch to the tree bridge. As the two neared, Mayala asked, "Zappldaa, what is wrong, is someone attacking?"

Zappldaa then answered by letting out a growl and pointing up into the sky. Mayala looked where Zappldaa was pointing and gasped. Falling from the sky was a huge fireball of a massive size that Mayala wondered how she had not noticed it before. Mayala mentally slapped herself for letting her mind wonder once again. Mayala then realized what was going on, Zappldaa and the rest of the Wookiees in the area were preparing to help deal with a forest fire of massive proportions. And Mayala knew she had to help.

As she gathered herself, she sprinted with Zappldaa and other Wookiees to a nearby river to help deal with the fire when it came. They knew that there was no way to stop the fireball, but if they worked quick enough, they could stop the fire that was to come from spreading to far and save much of the jungle.

With the preparations done, they all waited. Twi'lek and Wookiee stood together and waited for the roar that was to come and the earthquake it would cause. And then it hit, the massive fireball impacted with the ground several miles away and shook the entire planet, forcing even the strongest Wookiee adult to their knees. After the shock wave faded, everyone charged towards the impact and the forest fire it had started.

Several hours after the impact, the forest fire had nearly been taken care of. There were still a few flames and hot patches here and there, but they were being dealt with. Mayala and Zappldaa were resting and trying to catch their breath. It had been a hard fought battle, but it had been worth it. The fire and the impact of the fireball had only destroyed a small portion of the massive jungle, but the jungle would heal with time. Mayala emotionally thanked the Force, for she feared if they hadn't been as prepared as they were, the entire planet may had been lost to the flames.

Mayala and Zappldaa had been walking for a while looking and taking care of patches that could restart the fire when they stumbled upon the impact mark the fireball had made, and it went on for a few miles and ended with the last thing either of them had suspected. The fireball had really been a ship of unknown class, and the strangest thing about it was that it look like it had been ripped in half.

As the two approached the ship, Mayala igniting her violet lightsaber in her reverse-grip Form IV: Ataru style and Zappldaa drawing her bowcaster, Mayala sensed something in the Force. There were two presences on the ship, weak presences, but still alive. As Mayala turned to Zappldaa, she gave Mayala a knowing look. The two then entered the ship where so very long ago, only legends walked.

A new legacy is about to begin. With the help of new and old friends, a new hope lives now for a great evil that will appear many years from now. To be continue…