Disclaimers: I do not own The Lord of the Rings and "Star Wars". They belong to J.R.R. Tolkien, George Lucas, and Disney. All canon material belongs to their respected owners. All original material belongs to me, the authoress of this fanfiction story.

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Welcome to the first part in my Janet and the Druids trilogy. :) This trilogy picks up where my Beginning of Time trilogy left off. So, for those who haven't read that trilogy, I would recommend doing so. Otherwise, readers will become lost. Also, this trilogy is in the same timeframe as my tetralogy/quadrilogy, Origin Tales: Parker Dooley.

Enjoy. :)

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Status: All systems functioning… the Infinite Empire has risen.

Time: 0400 hours

Reason for Deportation: New recruits on the run.

Mission: The Rakata Lives! Eliminate the scavengers by all means necessary. Take the prisoners to the med bay for examination. Take the weaker ones to base.

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Janet sat in silence for the longest time.

Thoughts reeled in her head. Thoughts that her parents were still alive, the Order of Seven still existed, their purpose complete, and her mission… what was her mission? What was her destiny? Aslan gave her some details, but not a whole lot to go on.

Okay, the first step was to reconcile with her mother. She did that! Their bond was mended. That task was done. What was next?

Janet twirled a lock of dark brown hair, her foot tapping impatiently. She was still dressed in her brown jacket, brown trousers, and white V-neck shirt, which was a little dirty due to her flight from the First World, having been destroyed a few hours ago. Now, all she needed to do was sit and wait until she reached her next destination. So, why didn't the blue, furry, six-armed alien speak with her about this? What was he planning? And why wasn't he saying anything?

She would have to talk some sense into the creature, or at least learn his name. Gee, that was a good thing to ask.

"I'm sorry, sir. Who are you?" Janet asked the alien, curious. "What are you?"

"Me Koala! Grr!" the alien growled in a cute voice.

"Is that your name?" Janet chuckled merrily.

"No time for questions." The alien spoke in a masculine, high-pitched voice.

"Alright. Then I'll call you Koala!" Janet said, joyously.

"Koala my name, miss." The alien said, curtly.

"Oh!" Janet said, smiling.

"He he! I look like Koala?" Koala asked, referring to the animal his name governed. "I suppose I do!"

"I suppose so." Janet shrugged.

Her attention turned towards the cockpit window. The iridescent glow the creature surrounding the pod gave off. It was a sight to see! What could possibly go wrong?

Beep, beep, beep!

Red lights blinked on and off, startling Janet! What was going on?

"Uh oh!" Koala cried in terror, pressing every button he could find. "We're losing altitude! I'm parking ship down on planet!" He pointed to a blue planet that appeared to inhabit life.

Janet was shocked. Why were they stopping? Had they reached home?

"Tell me what's going on!" Janet asked, alarmed. "I thought we were sailing for a new home?"

"We are. We're just making pitstop!" Koala told her, growling.

Janet moved behind the captain's chair. She dived for the back of the chair fast, as the pod careened down towards the planet. No, wait! Wait. Why were they stopping again? A pitstop? This didn't make sense! Now, how were they going to go home? Her new home anyway.

All went black seconds later.

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Janet opened her eyes. The first sensation she felt was a tingling pain, inching its way into her forehead. Her head hurt massively. Her ears rang, drowning out the sound of the waves crashing against the white sandy shore. What? Where had she landed?

She wanted to go to sleep… but no! Falling asleep was a bad idea. She needed to stay awake and regain her senses. Oh, where was that pod? She sat up and looked around, discovering the creature looked very well like an iridescent jellyfish, looking for something that it lost. And there was a silver cylinder with its bottom standing upright. Oh, where was Koala? She looked down at the beach.

There he was! Oh no! He was unconscious!

"Wake up!" Janet cried, crawling towards the alien. "Please Koala, wake up!"

"Who are you?" a strange, masculine voice drew her attention away.

"Ow!" Janet felt her forehead, discovering dark, wet blood that was almost dry.

"Oh, you're injured!" a feminine voice said, belonging to a blue-skinned woman with two blue tentacles flowing down her head. Janet looked at her in confusion. This woman was unlike any creature she had met before.

"Who are you? What are you?" Janet asked in awe.

"I'm a Twi'lek," the young woman answered, gently. "My name is Neera Lyn, but you may call me Neera."

"Hi," Janet said, softly.

"Who are you, child? No. You're not a child, are you, Miss—"

"Janet," Janet answers in introduction.

"No last name?" Neera asked, curious.

"I wasn't given one back at home," Janet admitted in sorrow.

"Oh," Neera understood.

"My home world, the First World, was destroyed… recently." The human woman answered.

A strange man with horns embedded to his skin laughed. It was his voice that Janet heard earlier! "That world was destroyed twenty-five standard cycles ago!"

"Twenty-five… cycles?" Janet asked, confused.

"That means years. A cycle is a year, and this world Lehon has seen much slavery from the Rakatan tribes," the twi'lek said, shamefully.

"Lehon? Rakatan?" Janet felt her forehead again. Sweat poured down her face. She needed a drink from a spring, a fountain… something!

"Here." The twi'lek passed a canteen to her, which she gladly drank from. The water was so refreshing she nearly doused all of the water… until Neera took the canteen away. So much for that! "Uuso and myself will take you to our leader. We'll see about that head wound. Now, come on! It's this way."

Janet didn't bother asking questions. She didn't have to. She felt sure everything would be explained, but this world and these people were strange! She couldn't leave. She must tend to Koala first!

"Koala! My friend! He's with me! He's over there!" Janet declared, pointing to the blue Koala-like alien still unconscious.

"Don't worry. We'll take good care of him." Uuso said with a clenched jaw.

"Right," Janet said, uncertain whether to trust this horned man. Before she knew it, she was brought onto a strange machine with wheels. No way! This machine floated, almost like it was on glass! How odd! She looked back as Uuso carried Koala onto his machine, just as Neera turned on her machine-on-wheels and sped off across the green grassy field.

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Thanks for reading. :)

References:

Aslan is the Great Lion from C.S. Lewis' book series, The Chronicles of Narnia. Koala is a descendant of Stitch, who is from the Disney movie "Lilo & Stitch".