Chapter One: A New Propchecy
A teenage girl ran through the closed doors of the Jedi High Council Room. I've got to warn them. Gotta get help… She ran to the middle of the chamber. Getting dizzy, getting dizzy, hold on, she told herself, I have to tell them!
Taking a few labored steps, she tried to calm herself down. Don't have a panic attack, now is not the time. She felt herself start to sway, Do not pass out! Not again! She mentally scolded herself.
Trying to find her voice she spoke, "Please, you have… to help… me…" She struggled to catch her breath, her eye sight quickly getting blurry.
"A man… He's trying… trying to kill me!" Her knees buckled and she landed on the ground. Still somewhat conscious she watched as the Jedi Masters swarmed around her.
"Trying to kill you, who is?" A small green alien asked. Any other time, she would have laughed at the way he talked, but there were more important things to worry about, like the fact that she was going to faint at any second.
Name, name, Gods what did he say it was… Think! In a voice no louder than a whisper she murmured, "Sidious." Her head hit the floor and the world went black.
Slowly she came back to consciousness, her eyes fluttered open. She looked around, she was in a Medbay. "Uh.. what happened?" She asked herself out loud… Then she remembered. "Kriff, did I really pass out?"
This, however, wasn't the first time this had happened, but this was the first time it happened in front of Jedi. She had never felt more embarrassed in her life, well besides the time her brother had recorded her singing and put it on the HoloNet. That was horrific.
She rubbed her temples trying to get rid of the killer headache she now had, it was a chore just to keep her eyes open.
Suddenly she heard voices outside of her Med-room, she gave a grin, "Time to have some fun." She mumbled and began eavesdropping.
"I've tried to probe her mind, but her mental shields are up, they seem to be impenetrable…" A deep voice said. Trying to probe a mind, that sounds illegal… She thought. "Disturbing this is, Master Windu." An elderly voice responded. Hey! That's the little green guy! This time she laughed.
"Master Yoda, what I don't understand is why this girl wasn't found as a youngling. How could the Jedi miss her Force-Presence? It's one of the strongest I have ever felt." A male voice that had a Coruscanti accent asked.
"Master Kenobi is correct, how could our sources miss her?" The voice, now recognized as Master Windu, agreed. "Explain I cannot. This, have to meditate on, I will. Awake, I believe our young friend is. Find out as much as we can, then we will call a council meeting, we will, when she can move…" Master Yoda said in his strange speech pattern.
Why do I get the feeling there talking about me?
Three figures walked into her room. One was the little green alien. Another, a tall man with dark skin who looked very intimidating. The final was another man with red hair with the beginnings of a beard to match.
"How are you feeling Miss…" Realizing she hadn't said her name she responded with her head down to the intimidating Jedi Master, "Irena Shaidene, but everyone calls me Rena." The Jedi, who she presumed was Windu, nodded.
"I'm okay, well as okay as I can be. Sorry for passing out, you know in the middle of your meeting. When my anxiety hits I just can't help it." She said shyly.
"Yes, why did you burst into the Council Room, Miss Shaidene?" The red-headed Jedi questioned, presumably named Master Kenobi.
Still refusing to make eye contact she sighed, "It's a long story, one that you probably won't believe."
"Hiding something, you are." Yoda said. If they see my eyes, they will flip out. "I don't want to freak you guys out." She said feeling self-councious. "You do not need to hid anything from us, Miss Shaidene." Kenobi said with a kind tone.
Slowly Rena raised her head and made eye contact with everyone. Masters Windu and Kenobi were visably shocked while Master Yoda was still his calm self.
Rena focused on there thoughts, a new power that she had recently discover, and found that they were wondering if she was a Sith or not.
"I'm not. A Sith I mean, I don't even really know what that is… Um I don't know why one of my eyes is yellow while the other is blue. They just are." That was the worst explanation in explanation history. She just hoped they didn't freak out too much more. And reading there minds probably wasn't helping with that.
"Intresting, this is. You know not why they are mismatched but you do know when it happened. Hmmmm? Tell us you will." Yoda said in a stern yet comforting voice.
Rena scooted off her bed, "You might as well call a Council meeting so I don't have to repeat myself over and over." Master Yoda gave her a nod. Noticing the other Masters confusion she clarified, "I eavesdropped on your conversation…. Sorry?" She gave an awkward half smile.
Master Windu and Yoda headed out of the room. "After you Miss Shaidene." Kenobi said. She walked past him, and strangely noticed that she was only a little bit shorter than him.
Rena was again in the middle of the Council, though this time she wasn't fainting… yet. "We would like to read your memories, it would be easier for us to understand this predicament." She nodded to the Jedi Master that spoke. A few minutes passed and every Master was looking at her, seemingly very confused. "Miss Shaidene, you must bring down your mental shields in order for us to do this." Another Jedi Master said. Rena stood shocked. "Excuse me?" She asked, "What do you mean 'mental shields'?" A murmur of concerned voices filled the room. A female Torgruta Master spoke, "Do you not know the power you possess?" Rena again stood dumbfounded, "I don't have any power." Rena stated. Okay so that wasn't entirely true, she knew she could read people's minds if she tried hard, but that wouldn't be a power really, more like a curse, but still she didn't see it as a power, everyone here could do that, couldn't they? Okay so it was a power…. Sort of…
"Are you not force-sensitive?" A strange alien with a mask on asked. "Um… I don't think so, I don't really know what that is though so…" Rena trailed off. "Have you ever heard of the force?" Master Windu asked in that stern and serious way that made Rena want to run out of the room. "Sort of, I guess, I mean the force is like what connects us all… Right?" In all honesty Rena had only heard what the force was once, when she was no older than three, but she remembered a little bit about the conversation her mother and her had.
(Flash-Back!)
A three year old with waist length dark brown hair sat on her mother's lap. "Mommy? What's wrong?" The little girl asked. The mother smiled down at her daughter, "Rena, do you know what the force is?" She asked. The three year old shook her head. "It's what binds all of us together, it surrounds us, it's in every one of us." The mother said. "Mommy, does that mean it's in me?" Rena asked frightened. "Yes, but don't be scared, honey. I think you will be very important with the force some day." The mother hugged her daughter. "Mommy, did you have another vision?" Rena asked. Her mother always had visions on Rena's birthday, but no one knew why, it was extremely rare for a non-force-sensitive to have visions, yet she did. "Yes I did, sweetie. But don't be worried." The mother said trying to calm her child. "What was it about?" Rena asked…..
(End Of Flash-Back!)
"Yes. However it's more than that." Master Kenobi said. Rena stood awaiting an answer but no one seemed to want to give it. "Can I have some clarification?" Rena asked, the sarcasm in her voice was hard to miss, but she didn't want to sound like a brat so she added in a calmer voice, "Please?" Master Yoda was the first to speak up, "An energy field, the force is. Surrounds us it does, binds us it does, gives Jedi there power it does. In all living things, it is."
"What does it have to do with me then? I'm certainly not a Jedi." Rena said. "You have an indescribable Force-Presence, it is the strongest one I have ever felt." The female Torgruta said. Other Masters nodded in agreement.
Rena started to wonder why no one ever told her before, and more importantly why wouldn't anyone tell her, then it hit her. "I wasn't born with Force-Abilities, or whatever." She said trying to convince them. "I wasn't, if I was, someone would have found me and brought me here, wouldn't they? So I couldn't have been born with them." She said.
"May that as it may be, how could you have acquired them if not by being born with them, which for the record has never been heard of." Master Windu pointed out. Some Masters gave a nod of agreement.
Rena thought about what could have happened, it was a good question, how could she have possibly got them? Think Rena! You were on a roll, what changed. Ohhhh now I remember. "I think it's time for me to tell you my story." Rena said.
(Flash-Back!)
Rena woke up to weird droids yelling at her to move, she rose, dressed only in her nightgown. "Fill out into the street." One droid ordered. Another nodded and said "Rodger-Rodger."
Rena walked out of her house and into the road, surprisingly she saw all of her neighbors out there too with droids of their own pointing blasters at them. She spotted her family and quickly bolted over to them.
"What's going on mom?" She asked. "I don't know honey, these droids won't tell us anything." Her mother scowled at the tan droids. Her dad and little brother were standing beside her mom. Rena grabbed her mother's arm and held on, she didn't want to let go for nothing.
A starship landed down in the middle of the square and out of it came a man in a hooded black robe, that resembled on of a Jedi's. The man turned to one of the droids, "Did you find the family I was looking for?" He asked in an eerie strained voice. "Rodger-Rodger. We found a few that matched your description Lord Sidious." The droid said in its robotic voice as it gestured toward three of the families.
Lord Sidious walked over to the first one, "This family is of not the one from my vision, kill them." The droids raised there blasters and shots were fired, leaving the family dead. He walked over to the Shaidene family and glanced at Rena. "This is the family." He said in his sinister voice. Rena gripped her mother's arm hard trying not to let her fear show. "Kill them as well." His menacing voice commanded.
The droids aimed at the family. "No!" Rena yelled and tackled Sidious. "Run!" She said to her family. Her mother began protesting, "Run now! Damn it!" Rena repeated and her stunned family ran. The droids looked around wondering what to do.
"Imprudent girl!" Lord Sidious said as he threw her off of him with ease. "Now, you will die." He said as he aimed his hands, shooting Sith-lightning at her. Rena buckled over in pain and screamed just before she died.
(Flash-Back Ended)
"Wait a minute, you say you died?" The female Torgruta asked. "Yes, but-" Rena was cut off by Windu, "Than how can you be here?" Rena looked at him and started to say, "Let me-" She was then cut off by Master Kenobi, "A non-force-sensitive being resurrected has not been heard of." She turned to Master Kenobi, "I know but-" Yet another voice cut her off and said, "Silence!" Yoda shouted, "Let her explain you must." Rena look over to the alien, "Thank you, now where was I?"
(Flash-Back!)
Rena woke up in a pure white room, looking down at her hands she was shocked to see them shimmering blue. She was a ghost and she knew it. "I'm dead." She groaned out loud. "Yes, but not for long." A melodic voice said. Rena turned around to seen a woman who was glowing with a white light. "Who are you and what do you mean?" Rena asked. "I am the Force, no I'm not human as you believe, this is just my embodiment for the time being." The woman said.
Rena stood shocked. "You're the Force? I think my mom told me something about you when I was really young." Rena said reflecting on the memory. "Yes, she did. I told her to do so in a vision, I told her of who you are to become." The Force said.
"Of who I am to become?" Rena questioned skeptically. "Yes, you will be very important. I made a prophecy about you long ago and gave it to a Jedi named Master Yoda." The Force said. "I should find him then right?" Rena guessed.
"No, he will not remember, not until you tell your tale to the Jedi High Council." The Force answered. Rena nodded confused, "What do you mean I'm not going to be dead for long?" The Force smiled showing her whiter than white teeth, "I will bring you back to life, you still have a major role to play."
Rena sat down on the floor, trying not to panic. "Will you tell me my prophecy?" She asked hesitantly. "I cannot, in due time you will find the one who can." The Force said comfortingly. "How will I find him?" Rena asked confused. "Once you awaken, dear Rena, find the Jedi Temple, warn them about Lord Sidious, and get help for yourself. And do not show anyone your eyes unless it is necessary, if they do see your eye wait to give an explanation until the Council is altogether." The Force instructed sternly.
"If they see my eyes? What does that mean?" Rena asked bewildered. "I cannot say much, only that some will think you are a Sith." Before Rena could even question what a Sith was the Force already answered.
"A Sith is the chaotic persona of the Force, of me, I assure you that you are not one, but now you must leave to find your prophecy, do you remember what I told you?" The Force asked.
"Yes, find the Jedi Temple, warn them, get help, don't let anyone see my eyes, tell the whole Council if someone does, don't go looking for Master Yoda because I will see him soon enough, and learn my prophecy." Rena rambled off ending it with a smile.
"Goodbye my child." The Force said. "Child?" Rena asked but before the Force could answer, Rena was alive again.
(Flash-Back Ended)
"So I found my way here to the Temple and well, you guys know what happened next." Rena said. "Believe your story I do, A strange tale yours is.." Master Yoda said. Rena smiled and looked at the green alien. "Do you remember my prophecy? Or if I even have a prophecy?" Rena asked. "Have one you do. Tell you now I will." Master Yoda said.