This is the prologue for "Secretive Secrets", just so you all aren't completely lost in this complex world that somehow found its way from out of this pup's mind.
Ce'it Ki Oshanna's backstory… This is just the barest of barebones here, his backstory is HUGE…
A really long time ago…longer than you think, in a few galaxies far far away, there was a Jedi named Tari. He was peacefully mediating when he encountered a being named Cloude.
Poor guy, talk about being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Cloude and her people call themselves Elves, incredibly curious humanlike creatures with a habit of getting into trouble. Lucky for Tari, they are good healers.
Enter Padawan Number One, Karra Jarron. (this is AU to the stories I have posted so far on Tari and Karra, but the AU still makes references back to them)
THEN…enter Earth. A different Earth based off of a role-playing game called Shadowrun. It's fun, lotta guns, lotta magic, you should try it. Bad guy steals Tari and Cloude's DNA…
And you get Alexi, C'Tari, and Davan. C'Tari is half Tari, and half Cloude. Davan is simply Tari's clone, and being trained at the Jedi Temple. Alexi is…scary. Part Tari, part Shapechanger (Donnye's lost granddaughter), and part massive genetic experiment. Scary. Fun, but scary.
They are both trained as Jedi, but end up as something else, the Taou. Alexi has two kids, C'Tari has one that I know of. Lianai, a Jedi Healer.
The Taou is an organization that pretty much told the Jedi Council what to do with itself. Fun to write for, as every one of those crazy people walk the edge of insanity--but most are more sane than they let on. Some use Force, some magick, some both, some neither. All are Taou. And they all have an attitude.
Lianai meets up with Liam the Valterin Jedi Knight. Liam and Lianai have Ewan (an Elf--no Force but he has Elven abilities, he joins the Taou) and Ahryen. At this time, a plague is ravaging the Mersakii homeworld, Mersai, Ce'it's mother dies and a Jedi Healer takes him to the Temple for training. His father died in a pirate raid a few months earlier.
Ahryen is chosen as a Padawan the same time Ce'it is--they are VERY close friends. Ce'it is Tari's last Padawan (Tari's fourth). He is also close friends with Alexi.
Now…life becomes interesting for poor Ce'it!
The Dimensional Thing.
Imagine the room you are in, zoom out until you see the galaxy, and all the other galaxies. Surround this with Warp Space, Hyperspace, Subspace, the Astral Plane, ect until you get a neat little package called a Sub-Dimension. There are LOTS of these. Ever seen Sliders or read X-Men Excalibur comic series? If yes, then that's what I mean. If no, I hope you understand.
NOW wrap this in the Barrier, with only one sub-dimension touching it. That is the Prime Material Plane. Sub-Dimension number one, and the only one Donnye and his friends can get to. Darn.
The reason being is the Gateway. (Also known as Qua'T'Kana The essence of physical travel) Imagine lots of these Barrier-clad bubbles of Dimensions. Lots and lots of them. The Gateway holds them in place and prevents them from bumping into each other. That would be BAD. Fun, but bad. (Writing that story, Star Wars/Star Trek: Voyager and Donnye x-over) It is hollow so it can be traveled through. When Donnye refers to tossing someone to the Four Winds of Beyond (all that space outside of the Barrier) he is not referring to transdimensional travel. It is a catch-all term for the most part, and it is what the Itexians swear on. Or a death sentence if you are really bad.
Now, there is no Qua'Xia Beyond. Qua'Xia is that magic "thing" that makes life possible. It powers Jedi, Mages, Mutants, everything. Except tragic species such as Shapechangers, Rylax, and Itex. Those "connected to the life of their world" can't leave it--including most Humans. If they do, the Qua'Xia is stripped from their very souls, and their body compensates. Go to a world weaker in Qua'Xia, and you survive. Go to one that is the same, you go insane. Go to one stronger…not a happy thought. (Wrote that story, Balance of Force)
But…How can Ce'it go to X-Men evo Earth and Shadowrun Earth without dying since he can't travel Beyond? (Never mind the fact that Jedi do not have the technology to make that possible.)
Because Dimensions are dynamic, almost living things. They bend, they flex. Hence the Balance, without it, the Dimensions would simply fade away, not a happy thing. And in that flex, strange things happen. Like two sub-dimensions becoming one. Yes folks, Ce'it's world has two Earths, two Milky ways. Fun, huh?
Sorry if I confused anybody, but this is a very complex world I and me friend have been working on for years. This is as basic and as simple as I can get the description without omitting anything important.
And, one more part, a recap for those who haven't yet read:
Not Easy Being Fuzzy--Kurt and the X-Men meet Traddess and Ce'it. The Rylax attempt to invade Earth, but the Itex, with help from the X-Men and Magneto, turn the tide and save the planet. (And we all have a REALLY BIG PARTY!)
Chasing the Sun to Paradise--A short little thing where Kurt visits the BEAUTIFUL Pacific Northwest and meets Char and Menga, twin mutants.
1-800-CALL-ATT--Once again the Balance is in peril, but only because Magneto was stupid. Char and Menga visit the X-Men in this one, and Ce'it and Kurt share an experience they would both rather forget.
And...The Beginning of the End. A non-X-over that Ce'it refers to in Secretive Secrets. He was sent on a mission to discover why ships keep vanishing. It's not yet done (as are quite a few of my stories). He does not have an easy time of it. ^_^
Secretive Secrets--sorry Y'all gots to read this one!