Cheniak's twin moons shed an eerie silver glow above the cloaked black figure. A dark sapphire beam of light extended from a cylinder held in her hands, humming steadily in the unusually silent atmosphere. Hardly breathing, she quietly made her way through the forest to a meadow. Meadow? I don't remember there being a clearing here. Suddenly another lightsaber snapped into existence behind her. She jerked to the side, pulling her blade up to batter the red saber away. Only parrying, never moving to the offensive, she tried to seek refuge from the onslaught of the ruby blade...
Lynelle DelRao jolted out of her dream and put her head into her hands. She ran through a Jedi calming technique and instantly felt a worried but soothing voice in her head.
Lynelle? Are you all right? What happened?
Lynelle shakily half smiled and replied. I'm okay, Luke. Just a bad dream.
Are you sure? came his reply.
Yes, I'm fine. Goodnight. She pretended to go to sleep, and knowing it wouldn't fool her teacher, gave up on it. Luke?
Yes? he replied instantly. She smiled a little more genuinely, then shook her head.
Uh, never mind. He wouldn't understand. It's just a bad dream...it's just a bad dream...Malifisto! A strange voice in her mind told her. Malifisto...
"Mistress Lynelle! Mistress Lynelle! Mistress Leia asked me to wake you. She requests your presence in the Comm Center downstairs." Lynelle sleepily opened her eyes and yawned.
"Whu?" she asked.
"Mistress Lynelle-"
"I know what you said, Threepio. I asked 'why'. And don't call me 'Mistress Lynelle.' It makes me feel old."
"I'm not sure Mistr-" Lynelle glared at him. "I'm not sure, Mistress Leia didn't tell me."
"Fine. I'll come down. Tell Leia I'll be down in a few minutes." The droid left. Lynelle sighed and went back to sleep.
"Mistress Lynelle! Mistress Lynelle!"
"Threepio! Shut up!" She sat up in bed and checked the time. She had gotten fifteen extra minutes of sleep. That about all she was going to get, unless...she smiled and reached out with the Force and flipped the switch on Threepio's back. Just before she fell back asleep, she heard the door open. She gripped her fireknife hidden under her pillow, then released it, knowing who the person was. "Leia?"
"Lynelle! I sent Threepio up here to get you nearly twenty minutes ago." She turned the corner into the small bedroom. "Lyn! You know you aren't supposed to switch him off! How many times have I told you that?"
Lynelle turned onto her side and mumbled, "I didn't do anything." Leia rummaged through Lynelle's small wardrobe and picked out a pair of pants and tunic. She threw them onto the bed, and more specifically, on top of Lynelle.
"Lyn, I need your help downstairs. A message came in from Cheniak, and Threepio can't decipher it." Lynelle was now interested and sat up.
"Is it in code?"
"We're not sure. Come on, Lyn."
"Leia, you know how much I hate politicians. I don't want to go down there. Why don't you bring it up here?"
Leia rolled her eyes and replied, "Lynelle, you're eighteen. Quit acting like a child. No, I'm not going to bring it up, and yes, you had better not be rude to the politicians." Lynelle groaned and reluctantly climbed out of bed. "Lyn, what is wrong with you?"
"Nothing. Why?"
"You're cranky. You usually don't act this way."
"I am not! I just didn't get much sleep last night." Leia shrugged her shoulders and left. Lynelle threw on some clothes, not the ones Leia picked out though, and walked out the door.
Down in the Comm Center, Leia began playing the recording again. Once again, she couldn't understand a single word. Lynelle opened the door, with Threepio behind her.
She listened for a moment, then said, "They want you to send help."
"Who? And where?"
Lynelle glanced at Leia and said, "It might help if I could hear the whole recording." Leia rewound the message and played it again. "Ret'niw pyrsonda qina prekita niesokti. Tinia sopikay. Tou pia ne dominkiy," Lynelle muttered.
"Uh, Lyn?"
"Huh?" asked Lynelle absently.
"In Basic, please."
"Oh. Okay. It's from Ret'niw, a city in Teriqia in Cheniak. They need help; they're facing an enemy they can't defeat." Leia stared out the window at nothing. Lynelle looked at her and waved her hand in front of Leia's face.
Leia grabbed her hand and said, "Lynelle, stop it." She now looked at Lynelle. "Looks like we're going to visit Cheniak."
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Lynelle DelRao jolted out of her dream and put her head into her hands. She ran through a Jedi calming technique and instantly felt a worried but soothing voice in her head.
Lynelle? Are you all right? What happened?
Lynelle shakily half smiled and replied. I'm okay, Luke. Just a bad dream.
Are you sure? came his reply.
Yes, I'm fine. Goodnight. She pretended to go to sleep, and knowing it wouldn't fool her teacher, gave up on it. Luke?
Yes? he replied instantly. She smiled a little more genuinely, then shook her head.
Uh, never mind. He wouldn't understand. It's just a bad dream...it's just a bad dream...Malifisto! A strange voice in her mind told her. Malifisto...
"Mistress Lynelle! Mistress Lynelle! Mistress Leia asked me to wake you. She requests your presence in the Comm Center downstairs." Lynelle sleepily opened her eyes and yawned.
"Whu?" she asked.
"Mistress Lynelle-"
"I know what you said, Threepio. I asked 'why'. And don't call me 'Mistress Lynelle.' It makes me feel old."
"I'm not sure Mistr-" Lynelle glared at him. "I'm not sure, Mistress Leia didn't tell me."
"Fine. I'll come down. Tell Leia I'll be down in a few minutes." The droid left. Lynelle sighed and went back to sleep.
"Mistress Lynelle! Mistress Lynelle!"
"Threepio! Shut up!" She sat up in bed and checked the time. She had gotten fifteen extra minutes of sleep. That about all she was going to get, unless...she smiled and reached out with the Force and flipped the switch on Threepio's back. Just before she fell back asleep, she heard the door open. She gripped her fireknife hidden under her pillow, then released it, knowing who the person was. "Leia?"
"Lynelle! I sent Threepio up here to get you nearly twenty minutes ago." She turned the corner into the small bedroom. "Lyn! You know you aren't supposed to switch him off! How many times have I told you that?"
Lynelle turned onto her side and mumbled, "I didn't do anything." Leia rummaged through Lynelle's small wardrobe and picked out a pair of pants and tunic. She threw them onto the bed, and more specifically, on top of Lynelle.
"Lyn, I need your help downstairs. A message came in from Cheniak, and Threepio can't decipher it." Lynelle was now interested and sat up.
"Is it in code?"
"We're not sure. Come on, Lyn."
"Leia, you know how much I hate politicians. I don't want to go down there. Why don't you bring it up here?"
Leia rolled her eyes and replied, "Lynelle, you're eighteen. Quit acting like a child. No, I'm not going to bring it up, and yes, you had better not be rude to the politicians." Lynelle groaned and reluctantly climbed out of bed. "Lyn, what is wrong with you?"
"Nothing. Why?"
"You're cranky. You usually don't act this way."
"I am not! I just didn't get much sleep last night." Leia shrugged her shoulders and left. Lynelle threw on some clothes, not the ones Leia picked out though, and walked out the door.
Down in the Comm Center, Leia began playing the recording again. Once again, she couldn't understand a single word. Lynelle opened the door, with Threepio behind her.
She listened for a moment, then said, "They want you to send help."
"Who? And where?"
Lynelle glanced at Leia and said, "It might help if I could hear the whole recording." Leia rewound the message and played it again. "Ret'niw pyrsonda qina prekita niesokti. Tinia sopikay. Tou pia ne dominkiy," Lynelle muttered.
"Uh, Lyn?"
"Huh?" asked Lynelle absently.
"In Basic, please."
"Oh. Okay. It's from Ret'niw, a city in Teriqia in Cheniak. They need help; they're facing an enemy they can't defeat." Leia stared out the window at nothing. Lynelle looked at her and waved her hand in front of Leia's face.
Leia grabbed her hand and said, "Lynelle, stop it." She now looked at Lynelle. "Looks like we're going to visit Cheniak."
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