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Stari Chronicles
# 1
Betrayal
" " = talking
' ' = thinking
"( )" = talking in different language
'()' = thinking in different language
16-year-old Danis Stari walked on a empty street on Coruscant, his Apprentice robe keeping him warm. This street is always abandoned at this time, and Danis never knew why.
Danis was part of the greatest family ever, the Stari family. The Stari family is strong in the force, and every member is a Jedi. Most families would love to be like the Stari family, and have one as large as the Stari Family, for there is two dozen humans and ten Twilek's.
In the family there is a Stari council consisting of the top five member's of the Stari family. In the council, they decide whether or not who will replace who if needed to, or who should marry who.
Danis's father, Aerex Stari, was the leader of the entire Stari family, but disappeared a year ago. Now his brother, Ozan Stari, is the leader of the Stari family. There were many things that Danis liked about his family except that his father, sister, and stepbrother hate him for some reason, and his mother dissapeared almost after he was born(Yes, he is the youngest, before anyone ask's), but everyone said that, before she dissapeared, she was scared of something.
Danis walked passed a alleyway, but stopped when he heard a loud roar that sounded like a Wookie's. Danis looked down the alleyway, and saw a giant Wookie with five Rodians, two Ithorians, and three human's trying to keep the Wookie under control and try to capture it with some rope.
"Hey! Leave him alone!" Yelled Danis as he ran towards the Wookie. The five Rodians, two Ithorians, and three Humans turned toward Danis, and didn't even think he was a threat.
One took out a blaster, and shot at Danis, but Danis brought his Lightsaber out, and blocked it with a orange blade. "Oh gosh! A Jedi! Let's get out of here!" Yelled a Human, and they all ran away like scared Jawa's seeing a clan of Tusken Raider's running their way ready for bloodshed.
When Danis reached the Wookie, he put his deactivated Lightsaber away, and said, "Are you okay?" The Wookie made some growls and Danis knew some Wookie language. He said something that sounded like, 'Thank you... Jedi... Cron Bane...' and then something about a debt.
"I don't speak much of your language, Cron, is it? But my master does, and you are strong in the force. If you want to, I could take you to the Jedi academy and you could become a Jedi.
After a few minutes of walking back, Danis stopped when they were inside and was at the door to the Jedi council room. 'I can't interrupt them now. They're in the middle of a meeting. If I do, then who knows what will happen to me.'
Danis turned around, and said, "We can't interrupt them right now. Don't worry though, the meeting will only last ten more minutes." Cron made a growling noise, and then sat down.
The next ten minutes were really awkward, and Danis and Cron barely spoke a word, and Danis didn't know what to talk about with a Wookie. When the ten minutes were up, all the council member's walked out, and Danis brought Cron up to his Jedi Master, a great council member. Keenan Sunfall.
Keenan walked out, and his long neck allowing him to stick out along with his green skin. He walked up to Danis, and said, "Danis, who is this with you?" Said Keenan gesturing towards Cron.
Danis quickly explained what happened, and Keenan smiled. "Danis, you are a great Jedi, and I sense you will become a greater Jedi, but right now the meeting is over, and we must talk about him tomorrow. Go to the training room, and get ready."
Danis knew exactly what he meant, and nodded. Danis started to walk away when he heard heavy footsteps behind him. Danis stopped, looked behind him, and saw Cron was behind him, following him.
"Stay with Keenan, he'll show you your room." As Danis started walking away again, he could still hear footsteps behind him. Danis turned around again, but before he could say anything, he heard Keenan chuckling.
"Master, what's so funny?" "Don't you get it? He gave a Life Debt to you." Danis had a confused look on his face, and then said, "A Life Debt? What's that?" Keenan walked up to Danis, and said, "A Life Debt is the greatest honor you can get from a Wookie. Once a Wookie gives you a Life debt, then it can never be broken or taken back."
Danis looked at Cron, and then said, "I am honored to have this honor." Keenan smiled at Danis, and then told Danis to go to the training room again. As Danis walked away, Keenan motioned for Cron to follow him.
Keenan started walking towards Cron's new room, and was holding back tears. Keenan has had a terrible vision last night, and told the council about it. The reason he told the council about a dream is because he fears that dream isn't a dream, but possibly a vision.
In the dream, he see's much death, sadness, and many choices between the life of Danis and the entire galaxy will be put upon Danis. Keenan has had this dream ten times, and seven times he saw Danis make the wrong choice.
The council wonders what the decision could be, but Keenan couldn't see what it was. The council said that they will keep a close eye on Danis, and will also look in the Jedi Archives for any answer's that could be in them.
Danis stopped in the middle of the training room, anxious to begin. He has been doing this training with his master ever since he became his apprentice, and so far he has never succeeded.
Danis took a deep breath, and concentrated. 'Try to find him, try to see if he's even in the same room.' Danis could sense him. He was trying to sneak into the room a different way than previous times.
Danis took a small breath, and then closed his eyes as the words of his master enter his mind. 'A true Jedi does not rely on sight, smell, or hearing, but the force.' Danis waited patiently for ten seconds, waiting for him to make his move.
The man leapt, Danis opened his eyes, and then Danis pulled his Lightsaber out. Danis turned around, activated his Lightsaber, a orange blade coming out, and it blocked a blue Lightsaber blade.
Danis looked into the face of Keenan Sunfall, and then jumped back. Keenan leaped forward, and slashed at Danis's legs, but was blocked by Danis's Lightsaber. Danis started to drive Keenan back, and then saw a opening.
Danis ducked, and then kicked Keenan in the stomach. Keenan fell back, and landed on his back, his Lightsaber landing a few feet away. Keenan was about to reach out with the force to grab his Lightsaber, but stopped when Danis's orange Lightsaber blade was inches from his neck.
Keenan smiled, and then said, "Good job, Danis. You finally managed to beat me." Danis smirked as he deactivated his Lightsaber, and held out his free hand. Keenan accepted it, and Danis helped him up.
"You finally beat me, Danis. I am impressed. Your fighting skills have improved, and your force sense's are much stronger. You will surpass me in every way soon. I can feel it."
Fifteen years later
Danis is now a Jedi Master, and is part of the Jedi Council. He is part of the Stari Council, but never goes to any meetings since he can't bring his apprentice along. Edor Sonter.
Edor Sonter is eighteen-years old, is bald because of a virus that he has had since childbirth, and has a blue Lightsaber. Danis and Edor have been known as possibly the greatest two-man team ever.
A mission has come up on Zaloris,a dessert planet. There is a small band of Mercenaries that have taken over a village, and using the citizen's as hostages. If the Zalorian Government doesn't pay them 5,000,000 credits, then they would kill the hostages and attack another village.
Danis's and Edor's ship came out of hyperspace above the desert planet, and headed towards the desert planet. "Master, this is Edor. After this mission, let's continue that training. I can almost defeat you."
Danis grinned to himself, and then said, "You're on, Edor. Besides, it is always fun to wipe the floor with you." Their ships landed a mile away from the town to avoid detection, and then exited their fighter's.
They started to walk towards the town, using the force to see if they could see what was waiting for them. 'At least 100 Mercenaries. The Zaloris's military force can easily handle this much once we save the hostage's.' thought Danis.
In a few minutes, they could see the town. The Mercenaries had it fortified as best as they could. Sniper's up in the buildings, patrols coming to check each other every few minutes, and armed vehicles moving around the city.
Danis and Edor stayed behind cover up on a hill for ten minutes to see any way in, and eventually Danis pulled out some binoculars. "What do you see?" Danis zoomed in, and then sighed.
"There's a way in, but we're gonna have to be fast. In two minutes there's a small hole in their defences. A blind spot where we can get into the city, but it will only be like that for twenty seconds. Let's move closer to improve our odds."
In 1 minute, they got as close as they dared to the city, and stayed hidden behind a rock. When the time was right, Danis and Edor came out from behind the rock, and used force speed.
They got into the town with 2 seconds left to spare, and immediately hid behind some trashcan's. A armored vehicle passed by, and Danis smiled. In without anyone noticing, and then leaving.
"What's the plan, Master? We can't just walk in, free the prisoners, and just walk out." Danis smirked, and then said, "Edor, I have that covered with already." Edor was about to say something, but stopped when he heard, "All right men, lets move it!"
Edor looked out of the alleyway, and saw what looked like half of the Mercenaries moving out. "I hope you don't like your Starfighter too much because I set up a beacon, and the beacon is attracting a lot of the Mercenaries, including the sniper's."
Edor grinned, and then the two started to sneak further into to the town. Danis and Edor stopped when they were about to enter a park, and looked out. It really wasn't much of a park, but besides from the grass it looked like a park.
"Edor," Whispered Danis quietly," I'm going to go to the far side and we're going to try to get their attention away from the citizen's." Edor nodded, and Danis started to sneak around the buildings.
Edor couldn't see his master, but he could still sense him. Their bond isn't very strong, but they can still contact with each other. Edor sensed his master in place, and waited for his master to make the first move.
The mercenaries' gun's were pulled away by some invisible force, and then snapped in two. Danis and Edor leaped out, and Edor extended his hand. The men went for their communicators, but they were all crushed.
Danis and Edor quickly dispatched the Mercenaries quickly before they could call for help, and went over to the prisoner's. After setting them free from the rope that tied their hands together. "Thank you, Master Jedi's, but there's still one more group of civilians deeper in the city. They're all children. Please, help them."
Danis and Edor looked at each other, and then Danis said, "Edor, you get these people to safety. I'll go and rescue the kid's." Edor nodded, and then ran off, yelling for the civilians to follow him.
Danis grinned, and then started to sneak towards the other hostages. Soon Danis saw them. All the children were tied to poles, and were blindfolded. Four Mercenaries were guarding them, and three Mercenaries in a heavily armed vehicle. One of the three mercenaries was driving it, another controlled the rocket launcher, and the last one was in the passenger seat with as machine gun.
Danis knew this one was going to be tougher than the last group, and had a idea. He looked into a alleyway, and concentrated. A Trashcan fell over, and three of the four Mercenaries that weren't in the armored vehicles went over to check it out.
Now they were separated. Danis looked at the Armored Vehicle, and started going from cover to cover, occasionally having a trashcan or something else fall over to keep them separated.
When he was close to the armored vehicle, he extended his hand slightly, and the rocket launcher's barrel's were crushed together. The Machine gun the passenger had was thrown unto the top of a building, and Danis leaped out.
Danis activated his Lightsaber, and cut the driver in half. The Mercenary in the passenger seat was about to pull out a gun, but Danis's Lightsaber cut off his head.
The man in the turret jumped out as the other four mercenaries pulled out their guns, and was getting ready to fire. Danis leaped up, and blocked all blaster fire that could hit him.
He deflected two blaster bolts back at two of the Mercenaries, and then landed. He lunged forward, and deflected one more blast, killing another mercenary. He stopped next to the mercenary, chopped one arm off, and then stabbed him in the stomach.
Danis turned around, and deflected the Mercenary that was in the passenger seat's blaster fire back at him. The last Mercenary fell, all life leaving him. Danis freed the children, and then snuck out of the town with them.
Danis soon saw Edor and the other civilians after escaping the city, and smiled. "Edor! Over here!" Edor looked back, and waved at his master. All the children ran over to their parents, and Danis and Edor walked to each other.
"The Zalorian government has been told of the civilian's rescue, and are now bringing their military back in." "So what happened to the Mercenaries that went to our Fighter's? Do you know?" "Yeah, they came back. I went to see what happened to our ships also. We better start looking for a new way back to Coruscant."
One hour later, Danis and Edor was in a refugee ship heading towards Coruscant. They both were hiding their Lightsaber's underneath their clothing, and Danis looked around.
'All these people... they are refugees from the last war between the Republic and the people of Rishi. If it wasn't for the fact that Rishi had all those canyons where they had the home advantage for ambush's and what not, then it wouldn't have been as bad.'
Quick history Lesson about the Rishi rebellion(Timeline: 1 year ago)
Rishi is a planet full of windy valleys, and the government officials hated one thing out of everything else in the galaxy. The Jedi. No one knew why they hated the Jedi, maybe it was because they were jealous or because they thought they were growing too powerful, but whatever reason, they went to war.
Rishi secretly called in help from Emerido, a planet thriving with ton's of technology, to help them. Emerido is a lot like Coruscant, but it was covered with factories and had many scientific breakthroughs.
They tried to take the planet Froz, but were pushed back by the Republic. Not a single Jedi was in that battle. The war soon started spreading, and the two planets managed to destroy many city's and towns on different planets, killing many civilians and many bases, but only gained control of one planet, and that was during the fifth week of war.
The planet that was taken was Taloraan. The planet was a gas giant like Bespin, where the rebellion got tibanna gas, which they used to make smoke bombs that could enter a person's body through the skin, and destroy their internal organs.
After three months, the only planet left under control by the rebellion was Rishi. The Jedi council sent their best Jedi there to help the Republic in their fight on the planet Rishi.
Danis and Edor were sent there and were given command of a single squadron of troops. They never got any more men to join their squadron, and they only lost three men during the fight on Rishi.
Danis and Edor managed to take ten city's, destroyed five Rishi army base's, and capture the leader of the Rishi resistance. They had help with capturing the leader form Jedi Master Cron Bane, who has two Yellow Lightsaber's.
Cron Bane never got a squadron because he asked to never have one. Alone he managed to take five city's and two military base's. Now many Crime lords, even Hutt crime lords, fear Cron Bane's strength.
After three days of 'negotiations', Danis and Edor managed to get the leader to stop the resistance, and Rishi and Emerido have been under Republic surveillance ever since then.
Many people became Refugee's since their home's were destroyed, and some are trying to find a safe place to stay where they can get a new home and money to start a brand new life.
End of History lesson(Time line: present)
Danis and Edor try not to think about the war, but when they see Refugee's like this, they remember everything that has happened.
Three hours later, the Refugee ship exited from Hyperspace, and went towards Coruscant. The ship landed, and everyone got out. "Master, I'll be right back. I need to check on something." Said Edor, and then ran off.
Edor entered his room in the Jedi Temple, and then looked at the food and water bowl behind his bed. They were almost empty. "Come on out, you guys. It's safe to come out." Said Edor as he walked over to his closet.
As Edor opened his closet, two Gizka came out from underneath his bed. Edor put more food and water in the bowls, and the two Gizka started slurping having their dinner.
"So Edor, this is your secret." Edor couldn't believe the voice. He knew this voice, and who it belonged to, but couldn't believe he was back. He turned around, and saw the face of Galen Falco.
Galen had no hair even though he originally had ginger hair, had a blindfold on over his eyes, and was wearing dark clothing. "Galen... is that really you? Where have you been for all these years? Do you know how much you made your little brother worry?"
"Yes, I know. I 'disappeared' five years ago, and no one knew what happened to me. Also, do not call me Galen. I have a new name I want you to call me by." Something wasn't right. Edor couldn't sense him, even though he was right in front of him.
Somehow Gelan managed to completely hide himself from the force. "What's that?" Asked Edor as he stepped in front of the Gizka, to protect them. Edor was slammed against a wall by an invisible force, and was then brought down unto the bed.
"Call me Darth Whym." Edor couldn't believe what he just heard. Did he just say Darth Whym? Has Gelan truly turned to the Dark Side? "What? Is this a cruel, sick joke?"
Darth Whym walked up to Edor, and looked down at him. "And what's with the blindfold? Are you too scared to look me in the eye?" Said Edor, and Darth Whym chuckled. "No, my old friend. I have gained unlimited power. You see, I was at an old Sith temple with my Master, and guess what? I found an ancient Holocron. It told gave me immortality and power I could only dream of at the cost of my eye sight."
Master? There were two Sith now? How is it that the Sith are back, and none of the Jedi know about it? Edor struggled to stand up, but Darth Whym added extra pressure to keep Edor there.
"I also have gained the power to see farther into the future than any Jedi or Sith ever could. There is only one reason why I am here tonight. I have seen into the future, and you have a great destiny before you, Edor."
Edor has been trying to use the force to get his Lightsaber since his arms were useless, and the two Gizka's hid under the bed. "Your destiny is with the Sith." Edor struggled some more, and then said, "I will never join the Sith!"
"Really? So you would rather be with the weak Jedi than with the strong Sith?" "The Jedi are not weak!" Darth Whym chuckled, and then sat down on the bed. "So then answer these questions for me. How come the Jedi took so long to end the Rishi rebellion? How come the Jedi don't know that the Sith are back? How come I managed to sneak in without alerting a single Jedi where as my true Master would've known where I was when I was in the planet's atmosphere?"
Edor couldn't argue with that. Have the Jedi really become so weak where as the Rishi rebellion shouldn't have lasted so long if the Jedi didn't take so long in attacking Rishi.
"I know the reason why you joined the Jedi. You joined them because you wanted the power to protect people, to protect the ones you love, but how will you gain that power by meditating in a temple while so many things go on out there. The Sith gain so much power in a short amount of time."
"True, but the Sith do not know peace, serenity, or pa..." "Patience? We know Patience. Do you know how long the Sith have been in hiding? For over 2000 years." Edor's mouth hung open, and then said, "So the Sith have been hiding for 2000 years. Who's your new leader? There is no way that anything can live that long except for planets."
Darth Whym grinned, and said, "That's the amazing thing about our Master. He is part of a 'extinct' species that is truly Sith. How do you think we got our name's? Jedi and Sith? My master's species is Sith, and his species enemy is the Jedi. The Jedi and Sith were alive long before the Republic appeared, but his specie's home planet is well known. It is called the planet Traath, or what you people call Korriban."
"And what about the Jedi?" "Their home planet was Mustafar. You see, Mustafar wasn't always a Lava planet. It use to be a giant forest planet like Kashyyk, but then the Sith and Jedi had a bloody war on Mustafar, which ended as the result of the planet being as it is today with both sides gone, leaving behind only their name's and nothing more."
"So how did your master survive?" "You know how these things go. There's always a survivor. That one survivor of that great genocide was my master's great, great grandfather. Another amazing thing about the true Sith is that they have a much longer life span than any one else. Even Yoda. My Master is 2068 years old."
"What? But that would mean he was born around he same time that Darth Krayt came to power over the Galaxy." Darth Whym nodded, and then said, "He has shown us the amazing power of not dying from old age, a death that got to Master Yoda. Won't you want to live longer to protect this Galaxy?"
Erod thought about it for a moment, and then said, "I want to join the Sith." Darth Whym smiled, and released Erod of his bond. They both stood up, and then Erod said, "What is thy bidding, my master?"
Darth Whym looked at Erod, and responded, "First of, I am not your master. Your true master, the Sith Master, will decide who your mentor will be, but you must prove yourself worthy."
"How shall I prove myself?" Darth Whym walked over to the door, but then stopped when he was about to exit touch the button to open the door. "Kill your Master on your next mission, and make sure that there is no body." The door opened, and Darth Whym left.
Two days have passed, and Edor and Danis have not been given a mission. Edor has waited long enough, and was going to go in and demand a mission, but his patience paid off.
They were given a mission on the planet Cathar. The planet is home to the Cathar species(The same species as Juhani from Knights of the Old Republic), and the planet is in danger.
A Bounty Hunter is in the forest, and is killing all Cathar that pass by. The Cathar military have tried to get to him, but he is too heavily fortified, so they have called in for the Jedi to help.
Edor knew this was the best situation, and thanked the force for this. With all the traps around that Mercenary, he could blame the mercenary and the traps for his master's death.
Both Edor's and Danis's star fighter's exited from Hyperspace, and headed towards Cathar. "Edor, is there a problem? I sense you're uneasy." Said Danis over the comm.. "It's nothing, Master. I'm just happy, that's all." "Okay, if you say so."
In twenty minutes, they were traveling tree-to-tree while using the Force to see which branch's have traps or not. They landed next to the house, and while Danis walked up to the front door, Edor went to the back of the house.
Danis pulled his Lightsaber out, and then slowly opened the door. Danis peeked inside, and saw no one inside. Danis could feel him, but he couldn't pin point him. He looked on the walls, and saw different pelts of animals. One, or all, of those animals are messing with his force sense.
He slowly started to go through the house, and then stopped before going through a door, hearing a man's voice. "I want double the pay! I am risking my life for you and your cause, let's not forget about your master. If I am going to continue doing this, then I want to be paid more than what I am already being paid."
Danis started to listen keenly, and then heard, "You will get paid extra if the two Jedi are killed." "Two Jedi? What Jedi?" Danis heard the sound of the man turning around quickly.
Danis opened the door as the transmission with whomever the man was talking to was cut off, and activated his Lightsaber. The man was a bit taller than Danis, had short, black hair, wore Republic soldier armor, and on his side was a holster with a blaster pistol in it.
The man pulled his blaster pistol out, and fired three shot's. Danis blocked two of the blast's, and then deflected the last blast right back at him. The shot hit the man's blaster, and knocked it out of his hand.
The man was trying to obviously go for a secret weapon that he had, but Danis was not going to let that happen. He cut off both of the man's arms, and then kicked him down unto the ground.
Danis put the edge of his Light saber blade a few inch's from the man's neck, and then whistled. Edor entered the room, and looked down unto the Bounty Hunter. "I want to know who that man on the com. link was."
The Bounty Hunter chuckled, and then responded, "There is no way I will ever tell you, Jedi scum. I would rather die, than face the consequences of my Master's." "Master's? You mean more than one? Who are they?"
The Bounty looked up at Edor, and said, "One of them are good friends with him. They even met recently after being separated for so long." Edor gasped. 'Darth Whym? How? Why? What was the point of this unless he set this up for me. It would make sense. This as too convenient to be a coincidence.'
Danis looked at Edor, and asked, "Edor, what does he mean?" Edor knew that he couldn't keep it a secret, and had to make his move now. Edor brought his Light saber out, but instead of striking Danis, he killed the Bounty Hunter.
"Edor, what are you doing?" Edor immediately tried to cut Danis in half, but Danis blocked his attack swiftly. Edor kept up the assault as Danis blocked every attack, who kept on asking Edor what he was doing.
Edor ignored his old master's questions, and kept up the assault. Danis has had enough, and decided to strike. After blocking one more attack, he used Force Push to send Edor through a nearby window.
As Edor stood up, Danis came through the window. "Edor, what are you doing?" "I am doing what I should've done a long time ago. The Jedi are weak, slow to respond, and have grown stupid. They will soon fall to some enemy, Danis, and I will make sure of that."
Danis couldn't believe what he was hearing, and then he tightened his hold around the hilt of his Lightsaber. "I'll stop you, Edor. I know that, you alone, cannot defeat the Jedi, so even if you defeat me, then you still have the rest of the Jedi Order to face."
Edor grinned, and then said, "We'll see about that." Edor lunged at Danis again, and slashed his Blue Lighstaber blade at Danis's head. Danis brought his Orange Lighstaber blade up, blocking the attack.
Danis and Edor continued to strike and defend against each other, and neither one was giving up any ground. Danis was only going easy on Edor because he wanted to believe that there was still some good left in Edor, even though he was trying to find some. He could sense some light in Edor, but it was dim and small, and getting smaller and smaller.
If Danis was going to save Edor from the dark side, he was going to have to work fast. Danis blocked yet another attack, and then he elbow Edor in the face. Edor fell unto the ground with a bone-cracking sound coming from his noise.
Danis took this opportunity, and cut off his right hand. Edor screamed out in pain, and then he held where his arm use to be. Danis brought his Lightsaber down, cutting Edor's Lightsaber in half.
"Edor, I am so sorry." Edor looked up at Danis with hate in his eyes, and then yelled, "I HATE YOU!" Danis felt a sharp pain in his heart. He felt like someone thrust a Vibro blade into his heart when he heard his old Padawan say those words.
Edor tried to kick at Danis, but Danis jumped back, Edor's foot missing him by inches. Edor struggled to get up while holding his hand, and then mumbled something.
"Edor, you can still come back to the light. You can still become a Jedi Master, and become something so amazing." Edor looked directly into Danis's eyes, and responded, "I WILL NEVER JOIN THE JEDI! THEY ARE WEAK, FOOLISH, AND HAVE BEEN IN POWER FOR TOO LONG! I WILL RID THE GALAXY OF THE WEAKLING'S!"
Danis looked down at the ground, and then said, "Then I have no choice." Danis extended his hand, and Edor was lifted up in the air. Danis threw Edor back into the through the broken window, and then extended his other hand.
"Edor," Whispered Danis as the house started to shake. "I'm sorry." The house collapsed n itself, and Danis lowered his arms. 'So this is the burial site of my first apprentice. I hoped that I would never see him dead.'
Danis pulled out his Com. Link, activated it, and then spoke into it, "This is Jedi Master Danis Stari. My apprentice turned against me and I had no choice but to kill him."
Danis wondered if he would be able to say these final few words, but he knew that it was necessary. "Edor is K.I.A."
A Green and Purple Light saber blade met, and then striked again and again. "Sarli, come on. Be more offensive." Sarli's brown hair twirled in the air as she blocked the green blade yet again.
"O-Okay, Horuck." Horuck brought his green Lightsaber blade down unto Sarli's purple blade, and then grinned. He tried to kick her legs, but she jumped up, and then kicked Horuck in the face. Horuck's red hair almost matched the small amount of blood that came out of his nose, and then he fell unto the ground.
Horuck rolled to the side, and then quickly stood up. Sarli landed on the ground, and then took up a defensive position. "Nice move, Sarli. I didn't see that one coming."
Sarli's cheek's got a faint shade of red, and then gulped. Horuck lunged forward again, and then he attacked from the bottom left. Sarli blocked the attack easily, and then took one step back.
Horuck was good on offense, but when it came to defense, he wasn't too good at it. Sarli was amazing in defense, but she stunk in offense. They were both quite young, about the age of ten, and were about to enter the Padawan test.
The Padawan test was when younglings went through three different tests were they show how much they have grown stronger. If they succeed or not, they can still be chosen by a master for training.
Sometimes, even if they pass the tests, they don't always get chosen. Horuck and Sarli have entered the Padawan test every year, even when they knew they couldn't pass, but wanted to show everyone every year how much they progress.
They wanted to pass this year, but in order to do so, they had to become stronger in everything. They had amazing mastery in the force and diplomacy, but their diplomacy still needed a little work.
Their Lightsaber skills were good, but Horuck needed to improve on defense while Sarli improved on offense. After a hour or two of training, Horuck and Sarli stopped training for a quick break.
They both sat on a nearby bench, and Horuck looked up. "Just two more weeks, and the Padawan test will begin. I can't wait. I know that this time a master will choose me. What do you think, Sarli?"
When Horuck looked at Sarli, she quickly looked away from her staring, and then said, "I believe so too, and I hope I'll get chosen as well." Horuck stood up, and then extended his hand to Sarli.
"Come on, Sarli. Let's go outside. I wanna see Coruscant during night time." Sarli hesitated at first, but then took Horuck's hand. As she and Horuck went up the stair's that led to the top of the Jedi Academy, Sarli couldn't help but wonder one thing.
During her training, she felt something. It was that of great sadness and great anger, but it came from two different people. She knew Horuck could sense it as well, but she didn't want to talk about it, and neither did Horuck. After all, there was much sadness and anger in the galaxy.
When they reached the top, they both looked up at the stars. Horuck loved to see the stars, loved to think that, one day, he will be with a master, traveling to all those planet's.
He sat down at the edge of the building, his leg's dangling off the edge. Sarli joined him, and then she looked up at the stars. Horuck looked at Sarli, and blushed. She looked absolutely beautiful under the moonlight.
"So Horuck," Said Sarli as she looked over at Horuck, who quickly looked away. "Who do you think is gonna choose us?" Horuck started thinking, and then he said, "No one but the best. After all, we trained very hard to get to where we are today."
Sarli rested her head on Horuck's shoulder as redness rose to both of their cheek's, and they stayed like that for almost the entire night.
Darth Whym looked at the destroyed house, and tapped his foot patiently. "You can come out now, Edor. You can't hide from me." Some rubble started to move, and was then moved to the side as Edor came out. Whatever blood that was possibly coming out of Edor's hand stopped.
It was either natural or Edor used the force to heal it. "So I failed the test, huh?" Darth Whym walked up to him, and then responded, "We knew you could not succeed this test, Edor."
"Then why..." "We made you go through this test so then the Jedi will believe you are dead. You see, I had a vision of this, and I followed it to the letter. In order for the Jedi to not try to do a search for you, we had to make them believe you were dead."
Edor looked down at his destroyed Light saber, his baldhead gleaming in the moonlight. "So am I finally going to see your master now?" Darth Whym grinned, and then said, "I think you deserve it. Come on, let's go."
Edor and Darth Whym entered a star fighter that was in the forest, and then, when it entered space, went into lightspeed. "Here, put this on." Said Darth Whym as he handed Edor a blindfold.
"Why should I put this on?" "Do you think that we can trust you with the location of the Sith base? No, we want you as blind as me before we leave Hyperspace. " Edor obeyed without any comment's, and then finished putting it on by tying it in the knot. He could not see a thing. He honestly thought he was blind, and then he heard the sound of the ship leaving Hyperspace.
Soon they landed somewhere, and then he heard it sinking. He could sense water enveloping them, but then he couldn't sense a thing. Darth Whym was blocking Edor's senses, and he hated it.
He lost his hand, and he doesn't trust him yet. After two minutes, the pad stopped moving, and the cockpit opened. "You can take it off now." Edor untied the knot, and then took it off. He looked up, and saw that the roof just closed. They went through some sort of tunnel, and, from what he could tell, was under water.
He looked around, and the walls were a bright white. "What planet are we on?" Asked Edor as he and Darth Whym exited the ship. "In the Sith base." "I meant the planet."
Darth Whym turned to look at Edor, and then said, "That is none of your business. Yet. Once we can fully trust you, then we will tell you. Now, follow me. My Master is excited to see you."
They went through multiple hallway's that looked completely the same. "This look's like the old hallway's of the Kaminoan cloning facilities. SO are we on Kamino?"
Darth Whym didn't say a thing, he just continued to walk through the hallway. Edor tried to keep his patience, he knew that all his answers will be answered soon, but he wanted answers right now.
"You need to learn more patience, Edor. You also need to learn how to hide your feelings and thoughts better if you want any privacy around here. I get all the privacy I want from everyone here except from my master."
It took Edor a few seconds, but then he stopped. Darth Whym stopped, looked back at Edor, and said, "Is there a problem?" "Yeah, you said to everyone except for your master."
"And? What about it?" Edor looked at Darth Whym, and couldn't believe that he, yet again, kept a secret from him. Was he really his best friend at one point? "How many of you are there?"
They both just looked at each other, both of them not saying a word to break the silence. "More importantly, how come I can't sense anything? I can't even sense you. I can barely sense myself."
Darth Whym grinned. "So, you've noticed. This base is made from ancient structures of old Sith buildings. The structures were made with a sort of material that can weaken fore senses. This is how we have been able to hide from the Jedi for so long."
"Okay, so is it that these ancient Sith are stronger than the newer Sith, like Darth Sidious and Darth Vader?" "Yes, they are." "Okay, so a few other question's. How did you join the Sith, and what have you been doing for all these years?"
Darth Whym walked up to a wall, and then motioned for Edor to come closer. "I won't tell you how I've joined the Sith, but I will show you what I've been doing for all these years."
When Edor stepped next to Darth Whym, Darth Whym pressed a red button on the wall. Part of the wall started moving, showing a window, and Edor gasped at what was in the other side of the window.
"They are still training, and are nothing but spawns, but that will not be you. You will be something much more. You will be a general." Said Darth Whym as he pointed at what was on the other side of the window.
What was on the other side was what looked like a army worth of Sith, all with Lightsaber's and were training. They had on weird helmets, and wore old Sith military uniform.
"Behold, for this is the army that will over throw the Republic. This is the army that will over throw the Jedi. This is the Sith army."
Danis woke up to a beeping sound. It was the sound that told the pilot that they were coming out of Hyperspace. He looked to his left, hoping to see Edor's ship, hoping that it was all a bad dream.
He didn't see anything. He went to Kashyyk to calm himself. Kashyyk was strong in the force, and helped him meditate and concentrate. He couldn't feel Edor at all. He went there to see if he could sense Edor, but he didn't sense a thing. He really was dead.
Danis was told he could take a small break, so he went to Kashyyk. He went not only to help center himself in the force, but also to hopefully find Cron Bane. Cron became the way he was because of the discrimination towards Wookie's as nothing but salvage's. So Cron made a vow to become a great Jedi in both power and diplomacy to show them that Wookie's were more than just salvage's to everyone.
Danis, unfortunately, didn't find him there. He wanted to talk to a close friend of his, now the only close friend he has left is Keenan Sunfall, who is on a mission that is of the top priority.
But now Danis has a top priority now. He wants to tell the Jedi Council everything about his hypothesis. Danis's theory is that Edor had a Sith Master, which Danis believes was the man on the communicator that the man was talking to before Edor killed him.
He suspected that Edor killed the bounty hunter before he released any more information, and then attacked Danis before he started getting suspicious. Now that Edor has failed and is dead under a house, along with the man and the communicator, Danis can't find out who his Sith Master is.
He didn't tell the Jedi Council about this over the comm. Unit incase some one bugged his comm. unit, especially since Edor had access to his Comm. link multiple times.
Who knows who has access to his Com. Link now, or if Edor actually did bug it, but Danis was smart. He wasn't dumb enough to take that chance, especially in this situation.
'The Sith... have they really returned? Have their influence got into other Jedi? How many are there? The last time there were Sith in the galaxy was during Darth Krayt's time.'
Danis never lived through that time, and was glad of it. He just hoped that there wouldn't be a second case like that. The Jedi were still rebuilding, and even though they were getting more and more Jedi, they all were mostly Padawan's and apprentice's.
Danis put his hands on the control's as the ship exited lightspeed, and Coruscant came in sight. 'What I do next will all be decided by whatever the council thinks will happen. I must tell them this.'
A few minutes after Danis has landed, Danis was waiting in the chancellor's office. The chancellor was a Kel Dor named Tyro Taa. This Chancellor was famous for not only being the first Kel Dor chancellor, but also the first Jedi Chancellor.
Danis tapped his foot impatiently as he waited for Tyro Taa. He may be famous for those two things, but he is never famous for being on time all the time. The door opened up, and Tyro Taa stepped in.
"Master Stari." "Master Taa." They both bowed as they said each other's name. "I am a very busy Chancellor, Danis, so I hope this is good." "Yes sir, it is. It involves Edor."
"Ah, yes. Terrible business, that is. I wish I could just forget about it, and never deal with it again, but already I've had to deal with this with the Senate. They want to talk with you tomorrow, to hopefully understand how he might've turned to the dark side."
"Master Taa, I believe that Edor had a Sith Master." Danis could feel Tyro's disbelief at his words. When Danis told Tyro Taa about his theory, and how he has possibly no way to find out if his theory is right or not, but he wanted to look into it.
Tyro Taa sat in his chair, and started thinking. "Well we don't have any leads, but I guess that we can try to look for something that would show why he joined the Dark Side, but I need to discuss this with the Senate and the Jedi Council."
Danis bowed, saying, "Of course, Master Taa." Tyro motioned towards the door, and then said, "Now leave, Danis. I have to make a important call." Danis bowed in respect, and then left.
Tyro Taa sensed Danis get out of ear shot, and then pulled a Com. Link out. He activated it, and a image of Keenan Sunfall appeared. "Keenan, it seemed your vision is coming closer. There has been a betrayal, and the person was close to Danis."
Keenan looked trouble, and then he looked down at the ground. "I see. Then we must be ready for the future, for whatever is to happen. Master Taa, it is also almost ready."
Master Taa was happy and almost sad for this. "I don't know how the Senate and the rest of the Jedi will do if they discover what we are doing." Said Tyro as he looked into Keenan's eyes.
"They will probably hate us if they find out before the vision comes true. Oh, how I wish I could tell them." Said Keenan with sadness in his voice. Tyro stood up, and crossed his arms across his chest.
"How many, and what planet?" Keenan turned around, and it looked like he was accessing something on a computer. He turned back around, and then said, "10,056, and the planet is Hefi. The planet has many extensive caverns and rocky alleys, which allow for great hiding spots. More are still coming."
"So, our army is ready?" "We may have many soldiers, but we do not have them all trained." "So the grand army of the republic will be alive again." "But we already have a army, so this is not the grand army."
"No, you're wrong. We may have a army, but look at how long it took us to stop the Rishi rebellion. If there is another greater army, then our current army will not stand a chance."
Keenan nodded, and then looked to his right. "I have to go. The commander is coming." Tyro nodded in understanding, and then cut the transmission. Tyro looked out a window, unto the passing speeder's and unto the innocent people driving them.
'All these innocent people are unaware of what is to happen. I wish that Keenan's visions allowed everyone to know of the upcoming rebellion. What the Senate and the Jedi council will do, I do not know, but I do know one thing.' He looked up into the sky, and felt like screaming.
'War is coming.'
To Be Continued In Stari Chronicles # 2 Horuck Falco