How did I get talked into this? Lisa was now sanding in front of a Jedi temple on Tantoine with Kannan on her right and Ezra on her left, still clutching his kyper crystal. It was glowing blue, the traditional color for a Jedi. Although another is green, like Master Yoda's. But there was one Jedi Lisa read about that had a purple one.
If I get one of those crystals, Lisa thought, I hope its purple. Ugh! Going selfish, focus Lisa! "Are you scared," Kannan asked. Lisa reply sounded like something Master Kenobi would say. "Are you afraid? Of the outcome? Of what you think the things I'm about to face will change everything and you don't know it?"
Kannan laughed while Ezra just stared at her confused. Lisa held out her hand and the boys followed her lead. She let the Force take over her mind and body. She could feel the energy flowing through her, Kannan, and Ezra. The Force had led her to a hole in the dunes that she thought was another home for one of those man eating, gigantic worms.
She felt nothing like that coming from the hole. In the next instant, a temple that looked like it was fifty thousand feet in the air slowly rose from the hole. When it stopped, a door opened at the bottom. When they were inside, they were in a dome like room that had many hallways.
"Whoa," Ezra said. "How did anybody find their way around this place." Jedi's have great memory," Lisa said. "Something tells me I should go through there." Lisa pointed down a hallway. She looked at Kannan for a nod of approval, but he only spoke: "Whatever path you pick." Lisa nodded and opened the door to it went down it after re-closing it.
It was so hot in the temple that Lisa had to clip her cloak around her waist and pulled out a hair tie and put her hair in a lose pony tail. When she went through the hallway, a sign hung from the ceiling reading Padawan Chamber. Lisa nodded when she saw the sign but was confused of why the Force would lead her to this hall.
As she walked past the chambers that had automatic doors that have been left open for a long time, she felt the energy from the padawan's that once lived here. There was one room, however, that got her and the Force's attention.
It was a room that was once the most colorful and lively room. It was the home of a girl, who was as selfless as Lisa, she could sense it. But there was one thing out of the entire room that caught her eye. A holocron.
It was like a glowing jewelry box in the shape of a heart. It was neatly on a desk next to a journal. The journal had a bookmark in it assigned to the last page. On the last page was only a few words and a name.
Turn on the holocron.
And you will find out what happened in my life.
~ Tanzika Makietha
Lisa did what she read. She wanted to find out what had happened in this room of a lively girl. The holo-graphics played the story of a girt since she was four. Tansika was the top of her class in the temple. She would help others and tried to live life to the fullest.
She even had a romance life with a boy that wasn't even a padawan, he was a Knight of the Jedi Council and was nineteen while she was fifteen. But what seemed like a perfect life ended during the Clone Wars. Her boyfriend was killed by Inquisitors and on the same day she went and sobbed in her room, was the day she switched sides. She wanted to get revenge on the Council because she was tricked to think they were the reason he died.
She realized she was wrong and now she was being hunted. She had enough energy to show up into her room and say something to the holocron. She was more scars than skin when she said some of her last words. "To any Jedi's who find this. Do not make the same mistake as I did. I now realize why Jedi's don't have emotional connections like with me and Odeon. The Dark Side might make you think you'll never fall for it, but at some point you might. Good Luck."
At the end of the video Lisa felt cold. That could be me one day if I make a mistake. I could end up hurting someone I care so much about. Or worse... Lisa couldn't finish the thought. She ran out of the room and to the end of the hallway. She opened the door there nd entered a dark room.
She pulled out a lighter and let it brighten the room. She was in a tunnel with metal walls and floors and ceilings. "Well now what do I do?" "I would've suspected you to just continue." She whirled around to find Ezra and Kannan coming down the hallway. "You've been following me?" "Like I would trust an eleven year old alone in this place," Kannan said.
What, Lisa wondered. Kannan would trust me to deal with a mob of Imperials alone. So why won't he trust me with this? Lisa watched Kannan and Ezra walk down the hallway, feeling an odd sensation. Her eyes widened and ran down the hallway, yelling as she tried to catch up. "Stop! Wait!"
But it was too late She heard the sound of a light saber and shouts. When she arrived, she saw the bodies of her master and her training partner lying on the floor next to each other, lifeless. Tears ran down her cheeks as she tried to wake them up as if she was a four year old who didn't understand the meaning of death. That's when he surprisingly appeared behind her with his cold voice.
"You think you can save them, but you can't." Lisa turned her head around to find the Inquisitor walking towards her. "N-n-no," she said shakily. "I can protect them. Maybe not for long, but long enough." "Your master is too weak to teach a girl like you."
The Inquisitor held out a hand to her. "Join me, and you will be taught to your full potential." Lisa thought about it. She remembered that her grandfather, Anikan Skywalker, had thought the Dark Side would help him protect his loved ones. But he was wrong. Lisa stood up and sept back, careful she didn't step over the corpses.
"No. I will not make the same mistake as my grandfather did." The Inquisitor growled. "Then bow down and surrender." Lisa looked straight into his eyes. "I don't bow to anyone." "You have made a selfish choice." The Inquisitor lighted his saber and swung it at her.
No I didn't, Lisa thought, closing her eyes. And you aren't real. She heard the saber fly towards her but didn't feel a thing. She opened her eyes and found another door in front of her. Surprisingly, it was still working. She entered a room with walls slanting to make the point of a triangle. The walls were made of mirrors and as the doors closed, they were automatically covered with mirrors.
When Lisa stood in the center of the room, she heard laughter. She looked at where it was coming from to find one of her reflection laughing at her. "You think you can become a Jedi Knight?" The reflection laughed as Lisa nodded. "Think again, cuz you don't have the strength or power to."
Soon, all the reflections were laughing, mocking, and saying negative things at Lisa. It was so loud that Lisa had to cover her ears. They're lying, Lisa said to herself when she started crying. You will be a Jedi Knight. Lisa closed her eyes and contacted the Force and let everything around her melt away.
When she opened her eyes she saw that she was floating in a sea of stars. Master Yoda appeared in front of her on a log with his stick in his lap. "Hello, Master," Lisa said with a smile. "Powers have grown, yes, much," the old alien spoke. "Why am I here? What am I suppose to learn?"
Yoda chuckled. "Not what young padawan you learns. What you've already learned is, hmm?" Lisa thought back to what had happened. "I went over everything I've known since I was born, like believing in myself and knowing when to fight and when to protect," she realized. Yoda nodded in approval and proudness. Three stars appeared in front of Lisa.
They are decisions I can make right now, and if they glow bright, they have many options. Lisa looked at the first star. It was the choice of leaving to look for her parents. It was a little brighter than the next star, the one that showed her giving up on being a Jedi and working for the Republic again and forgetting what happened in the past few months. The last one was the brightest. It showed her staying with the Ghost crew and continuing training.
She picked up that star and looked at Master Yoda. He nodded once again, and disappeared, his voice being the only thing left of him. "Anger and fear in you, still. But have the will of a Jedi greater is." Suddenly, a single kyper crystal floated down to Lisa after the star faded.
She held out both hands and caught the crystal. She knew this was a very special crystal, because it was hot pink. Lisa didn't know what she felt when she touched it, but it felt electric. Lisa closed her eyes and when she opened them, she found herself facing the door that led to the outside of the Padawan Chamber.
Kannan was on the floor meditating and Ezra was examining his crystal as she came out, her crystal behind her back. Kannan put both hands on her shoulders and asked her what had happened. "Anything interesting kid?" Lisa nodded excitedly and held out her crystal.
Kannan's eyes widened as Ezra looked at it in wonder. They quickly went back to the ship and locked themselves in their rooms when they were ready to make their sabers.
Lisa had spent a week more of building her saber than it did for Ezra and his saber. He had talked her into adding a blaster part like he did with his. She had dreamed of the design of her own light saber since she had first heard of the Jedi.
It was three parts. The main one looked like Ezra's. But when she connected the second piece, it turned into a blade with both pieces on one end that she could stand on it and split any enemies in the way of when she fell or she could use to throw and cut things. But the real battle starts when she attaches the third piece.
To get the third piece to work differently from the second she has to attach both pieces on both sides of the main piece and activate the saber to make it look like the Inquisitors but with the pieces on the ends of the blades. She was also able to automatically spin with the press of a button without having to turn the handle. She didn't show this to anyone but Ezra and the twins.
Now Lisa walked down the market of Lothal alone, with her body covered by her cloak. This is how she got one nickname going for her, The Hooded Princess. But she's covered entirely so no one is sure it's her unless she shows a part of her. But if someone had a sharp eye, they could see a pin in the shape of the phoenix, the Republic symbol. A gift from her mother when they first met.
Lisa was heading to an abandoned building to meet with a informant that promised Hera some info on the Empire's latest plot. This info was hard-to-get kind of info that even Lisa hasn't gotten to. Lisa quickly entered the building before anyone could spot her.
Inside it was hot and damp and had the smell of a fresh cigarette. "Hello," Lisa called out in her filtered voice. A tall, dark looking man came out of the shadows holding a cigarette that smelled so strong that Lisa had to bite the inside of her cheek to avoid gaging. She knew that with the voice filter along with her height, people always assume she's two years older than she is because of her height, she could make this man think she's a boy.
"Well," the man said. "Lets get down to business, shall we?" Lisa nodded and got out the credits Hera gave her to trade for the information, but this wasn't her first trading game. "The information," she said as the man reached for the credits. The man handed her a data pad she quickly checked. When she finished, she threw the pad back at him due to it having no info on it. She put the credits away and a pulled out a blaster when five men appeared.
The blaster quickly ran out of ammo and Lisa was forced to pull out her saber and attached all pieces and deflected the bolts and soon fled. "Well this was a bust", she said when she reached the plains. "Now I just got to tell Hera and show everyone how I was able to escape." Lisa made her way to the ship as she got ready to explain.
