The Planet of Life 1
The days were starting to become longer and hotter, the Kumær River was starting to become shallow as well from the intense heat from Metorlia's hot star, Hvogt. The children would retreat into their huts and stay in there for hours on end playing games of all sorts until sundown when the temperature would finally drop to fifteen celsius. The quad moons would rise and cast their erie glow down upon the open fields of wheat and corn and create a fine silver mist that soon formed small dewdrops on them. Many people would soon retire at night for their exhausting tasks would start again tomorrow in the fields, or possibly in the castle to serve the royal family.
"Goodnight, Adrin! Make sure to water your gazneals! They look like they're wilting!" A young honey blonde yelled to her friend as she walked back to her hut close to the forest and castle.
"I'll see you again tomorrow, Sarah! And yes, they do need to be watered, come with me to the lake tomorrow?" Adrin asked in curiosity of what her friend would reply with.
"I shall, but hopefully we can do it early in the morning. By noon, Hvogt will be scorching the entire plain. We need to be quick!"
"Alright. Goodnight, Sarah Walker of the Skies."
"Godnaght, Adrin!"
Adrin stuck her tongue out at Sarah. Using the Ancient Language was not common, and Sarah was one of the few who was studying it. She opened her door and entered, leaving Sarah by herself. Sarah let herself inside her home as well. She took the five steps down into her kitchen slash living room and greeted her mother and sister.
"Hello, Mother. Hello, Isabella." She said with a smile.
"Hello, Sarah. How was work today?" Her mother asked while washing the dishes in their cleaning bucket.
"Quite well, it was a hot one, though."
"Why not work in the palace then? It's a lot cooler considering you're in a clay building all day with a nice draft." Isabella said to her sister wile playing with a piece of her straight black hair that had fallen out of her braid.
"I'd rather not, I need time away from the entire family, no?" Sarah said with confidence.
"True," Isabella said before getting up from the dining room table and exiting the room.
The sound of a bucket falling and the movement caught Sarah's attention quickly. She looked over at her mother to see the bucket knocked over and the walls beginning to turn into mud.
"Dammit..." Her mother muttered while scurrying to wipe the water away from the wall and pushing the dirt back into place at the base.
"Here, mother, let me help you." Sarah said as she kneeled down beside her and started pushing the mud into the hole in the caving wall. She then closed her eyes and focused on the wet part of the wall. Mustering up some life energy, a green aura started to emit from the palms of her hands to dry the damp earth.
"Thank you," she said as she put the bucket back in its original position. Sarah stood back up and dusted off her burgundy skirt before walking off to observe the baskets of harvested goods.
"How much did we get from Uncle Jamal? This seems more than plenty." Sarah said to her mother.
"He gave it to Isabella and me for helping out Elizabeth today. There's about ten kilos right there."
"Alright then." Sarah walked off into the hallway hidden by the door in the far back of the room. She pulled a candle off of its holder and walked down the ramp.
Their house was mostly underground like most of the other homes on Metorlia. The only room that usually had windows was the first room you entered. Even then, the windows were very small and near the grass-weaved ceiling. The other rooms were usually below the surface and were only accessible by ladder or a descending hallway if you had one. Rooms were lit with small candles as well, sometimes torches depending on how large the room was.
These homes were built for special purposes as well, not just for some neat little design. They served as a cooling system during the warm season and was a heater during the cold. Their design also meant to keep farm land, the roots from the plants would sometimes enter through ceilings and walls, but it didn't cause damage at all. They were also shelters in case of an attack from the tribe in the forest. Hidden tunnels were in all of the homes and linked to the cellars below the castle. They were ideal and simple, it was surprising that these homes were only introduced about two thousand years ago to their society.
Sarah turned to a left at a corner and continued walking until reaching the final room on her right. She entered the room and set the candle down on a pedestal made of gray stone. She then retrieved a rather large bag, the contents being cotton, and started to take handfuls out of the fluffy material to separate from the stems they were still attached to. She continued for hours separating it before tossing the waste into a bag and putting the cotton in a basket. She then scurried off to her room for the night to rest for the next day would require even more work from her.
...The next day...
"Adrin, don't!" Sarah cried as Adrin pushed her into the lake. She tumbled down the small slope and stumbled over her feet before falling in backwards. She immediately jumped up from the water with algae sticking to her robes and skin, a few small pieces caught in her now drenched hair. She looked at Adrin with wide eyes, revenge took her over as she grabbed Adrin's arm and pulled her in as well.
"Hey!" Adrin laughed while getting back up. "We are supposed to get water, remember? Not drench each other."
"You started it," Sarah replied while grinning.
"Yeah," Adrin sighed, "I know." She climbed up onto the shore and grabbed her two buckets. She filled them with water and set them back down before grabbing two more and handing them to Sarah. "Your turn."
Sarah took them from her and waddled back down to the water. As she was about to dip the first one in, she noticed a growing image reflecting off of the surface of the water.
"Um, Adrin," Sarah started as she stood up and looked at the blue sky. The same image was there like it was in the water, except that it was racing towards them at a rapid pace.
Out of instinct, Sarah began to run towards the woods for cover, Adrin right behind her. They crouched low to the ground and watched the unidentified flying object fall into the lake. The water was pushed high and wide in massive waves before they fell back down twenty meters, some of it splashing up at their hiding spot.
"What in the world is that thing?" Adrin asked as she peered over the bushes she was hiding behind for cover.
Sarah looked out as well. "I have no idea, but whatever it is, it is not our ally."
They stayed there for a few moments waiting for the alien to make any movements. A hole started to form out of the top of it only moments later, a man soon jumped out with another man and a young child of some other race.
"Anakin, how could you have landed in a lake? We could've easily skimmed over it and landed in that field!" The one with the light brown beard yelled at the brunette, whom seemed to be known as Anakin.
"I'm sorry, Master. I didn't know what to do since our engine is shot. Those stupid droids hit the tail of the Twilight, without the tail, we won't be able to fly correctly." Anakin told his master.
Silence grew between them with a bit more bickering. Not sure of what to do, Sarah stepped out of her hiding place and headed towards them.
"Sarah, what are you doing?" Adrin called out, still quiet enough to where only Sarah could hear.
"I'm going to talk to them, it's the only way to know who they are. They ask didn't chose to come here if you heard them fighting, they got attacked and had to land."
Adrin stayed silent after that while Sarah went back to walking towards the three visitors. As she got nearer, she could tell more about them. The one man, Anakin, had messy brown hair and pale skin, a scar decorated his right eye as well. It was obvious he was similar to a Metorlian, but she wasn't sure if he had their abilities. The next man seemed a bit shorter than him with light brown hair with a beard to compliment it, he also seemed to appear as a Metorlian with his physical appearance. The third, and youngest, seemed to be a female. She had more of a tan skin tone and horns replacing where her hair should have been, the three horns were purple and white stripped, there were also little pieces of jewelry accenting them as well.
"Um, excuse me," Sarah said quietly, a little uncertain still.
"Anakin, we have even more work now! We have to get the ship out of the water before we can even start repairs, then we have to find materials here in order to fix the ship."
"Um, excu-"
"I'm sorry, Master. I'm not a miracle worker, okay? Don't push so much onto me. I already have to watch Ahsoka and make sure she's not doing something that will cause even more issues."
"Hey, don't go bringing me into this, Master!" The girl yelled at Anakin.
"Anakin, you really need to-"
"Hey, you three, who are you and what are you doing here?" Sarah yelled.
They all turned to her after hearing her yell. They looked a little shaken, they didn't expect there to be intelligent life on this planet.
"Well, will you please answer my question?"
"I'm sorry, ma'am. We didn't mean to intrude on your home. We sort of... Crash landed." The elder of the three spoke.
"I see that. Now, who are you?"
"I am Obi-Wan Kenobi, this is my former apprentice, Anakin Skywalker, and his student, Ahsoka Tano."
Sarah nodded while observing the three of them again. This time she noticed they all had a similar device on their belts, the cylinders of metal all varying in shape and design.
"What are those on your belts? Contractable staffs of some sort?"
"These?" Anakin pulled his off to show her, he flicked a small switch on it and a blue blade illuminated from it. "They are lightsabers. All Jedi use them in combat." He then turned it off when Obi-Wan glared at him.
"We are sorry for the intrusion, we mean no harm whatsoever." Obi-Wan said while jumping down to the ground, he stood about seven centimeters taller than her. Anakin and Ashoka also jumped down, Anakin being a bit taller than Obi-Wan and Ahsoka being almost ten centimeters shorter than the elder gentlemen.
"I understand that. It's just that my people have never met outsiders. We knew that there was possible life out there, but we do not have the technology to do so." Sarah spoke.
"That's understandable, but humans evolve quickly. You should be able to soon." Obi-Wan commented. He then looked behind her and raised his eyebrow. "What is that woman doing behind you?"
Sarah turned around and sighed. Adrin was freaking out, she was acting as if she was terrified.
"Adrin, it's fine. Come over here." Sarah motioned for Adrin to come closer for in which she did.
"You about just gave me a heart attack! I thought you were going to die or something!" Adrin yelled at Sarah before turning to the three visitors. "And who are you calling human? We have no idea what that means if you're trying to insult us. We are Metrolians, nature wielders, a race that can use magic for basic means! And I don't think a human, or whatever you call it, can endure our type of labor requirements!"
"I'm sorry, ma'am. I didn't mean to offend anyone. I only assumed you were human."
"Well, what are humans exactly, then?" Adrin asked in a snotty tone while placing her hands on her hips.
"We are similar to you guys in many ways, except that we only have the normal attributes which don't include magic or major stamina usage. And nature usage, well, some of us -and many other species- can use a power known as the force. It is something every Jedi must know how to use."
"Ah, so that's the difference between our races then." Adrin said to herself.
"Now, if you don't mind me asking," Obi-Wan began as he turned back to Sarah. "We are stuck on your planet until we can get a rescue to come get us or if your people could be so kind and help us repair our ship."
"I'm sorry, we are not that advanced yet. With how our lifestyle is, the most advanced thing we have is our weapons. They run on our powers to work, the energy then runs through it to give an arrow more force or to electrocute an opponent when the metal blade collides with theirs."
"Ah, then we will have to call for a rescue team. In the meantime, would you be able to help us with our stay?"
"It should be fine, you just have to explain this to the king and he should be fine with it." Sarah replied to him.
"Thank you so much." Obi-Wan thanked her while bowing in gratitude.
"We should head back, then. Adrin, could you please refill the buckets and hand two of them to me?"
"Of course," Adrin scurried over to where the buckets had been beaten by the water and filled them with water quickly. She gave two to Sarah as they headed back, the three Jedi cooling right behind them.