(A/N: Yes, it is here! The first chapter of the third story in my Star Wars/Narnia trilogy. I hope you all are as excited as I am. As I have said previously, no flames will be accepted. It is allright if you don't like my story but please be nice about it. And once again, George Lucas owns Star Wars and C.S. Lewis owns The Chronicles of Narnia. I don't own either one, but I wish I did since I love both of them so much. Anyways, enjoy this first chapter.)
It was a small ceremony in the huge Jedi practice room, but it was a very important ceremony. It was important in that Jedi Master Luke Skywalker was promoting four more younglings to the status of Padawan learners. He stood proudly in front of all four of them as they admired their brand new Padawan braids.
"Today is a very important day for all four of you. Today is the day I confer upon you the title of Padawan learner." Luke said.
The four younglings bowed their heads in response to their master's comment. It was indeed a great honor to be promoted to Padawan learner because it meant that they were just one more step closer to being a full fledged Jedi knight. The other Padawans who were in the room with them broke out into a huge round of applause, feeling quite proud of these four younglings.
"One thing every Padawan needs is their own lightsaber." Luke said and placed a newly constructed lightsaber in each of the four new Padawans' hands.
"Oh thank you so much, Master Luke." one of the four younglings, a little girl named Maya, said.
"You are quite welcome, young Maya. But remember this, all four of you. These lightsabers are tools, not toys. Bear them wisely and only activate them when in danger or for practice." Luke said.
"Yes, Master." the four younglings said and once again bowed before Luke.
Luke smiled at them as he waved his hand around, indicating the ceremony was now dismissed and everyone was free to go back to their normal duties for now. But there was one small task he needed done and he knew who would be perfect to do it.
"Ayonna, I have something for you to do." he said to one of the Gungan Padawans.
"Yes yes, masa. Mesa your humbule servant." Ayonna said excitedly.
"Thank you, Ayonna. But all I need you to do is go down to the closet behind the main stage in the auditorium and fetch me four new robes for our new Padawans. I will present them their robes at the celebration dinner tonight." Luke said.
"Mesa will go fetchin da robes for yousa." Ayonna said and bounded out of the practice room.
Downstairs in the auditorium
Ayonna, being the energetic Gungan that she was, darted right behind the main stage in the huge auditorium. Right in front of her was a huge metal door that lead into the closet of Jedi robes. But she was about to find out there was something else in the closet that she needed to retrieve
"Howsa does da door open?" she wondered as she brushed her hand against it.
Ayonna was startled when the door opened up suddenly to reveal all of the Jedi robes in the closet. Yes she was a Padawan, but she wasn't as advanced in her training as some of the other Padawans were and was pleasantly surprised that she could open the door like this.
"Dat's skeery!" she quietly said as she grabbed four brown robes from the closet.
She was about to push the door closed when she felt something roll out of the closet and stop at her feet. She looked down at the mystery object and saw it was a parchment scroll tied up in a nice green ribbon. Curious, Ayonna picked it up and untied the ribbon to read what the scroll said. What she read made her eyes grow even bigger than they already were and made her realize that she needed to take this scroll to the three Padawans that it was meant for.
"Muy, muy! Jaya, Jasa, and Ani bein' in need of tis bitty thinga." she said as she closed the door and made her way out of the auditorium.
In the dormitories
Anakin Solo was in his dormitory room practicing a new Jedi technique that he had learned. In this case, it involved actually commanding his lightsaber to move an object around with the Force. He was pointing his activated lightsaber at his pillow and whispering encouragements to himself to use the Force to raise up the pillow from the bed.
"Come on, Ani! Don't give up now!" he whispered as he continued to point his lightsaber at the pillow.
Slowly the pillow began to inch its way into the air, much to Anakin's delight. As he continued to slowly raise up his lightsaber, the pillow raised up in the air along with it until it was a good foot above the bed. Anakin smiled at his ability to perform this new technique and felt that his training was coming along quite nicely.
"Oh I look forward to being a Jedi knight one day." Anakin said quietly.
He was immediately startled with Ayonna bounding into the room squealing excitedly. Anakin let the pillow drop back onto his bed and deactivated his lightsaber just before he accidentally hit the wall with it.
"Force, Ayonna! Knock on the door next time!" he exclaimed.
"Exqueeeeze me, Ani! But mesa found tis thinga for yousa." she squealed as she handed Anakin the scroll
Anakin sighed as he took the scroll from Ayonna and opened it up. As he read the message, he felt a chill go down his spine and his blood run cold. It was a cry for help that read like this.
To the sworn knights of Narnia,
An urgent, dire situation has arisen that requires your help. Tragedy has struck the royalty of Narnia and you are being summoned to help put things right again. It is up to you to help us restore peace to our land. Come at once as soon as you receive this message, time is of the essence and cannot be wasted. Remember the pact?
Signed,
The Kings and Queens of Narnia
"Masa Ani, yousa feelin okeeday?" Ayonna asked upon noticing Anakin's horrified look.
"Ayonna, this is an urgent message and I must return to Narnia now." Anakin replied as he walked out of the room.
"Pleasa be muy muy careful, Ani." Ayonna called out after him.
In the hallway
Anakin was concerned but still had a peaceful look to his face as he cleared his mind to mentally inform his brother and sister of the cry for help he received from Narnia.
Jaina! Jacen! You have to come see this! he cried out with his mind.
Fortunately, he didn't have to wait long for the twins to show up. Jaina and Jacen came running from their respective dormitory rooms to see what their little brother wanted to show them.
"What now, Ani?" Jacen asked.
"This, we are needed in Narnia again." Anakin said and shoved the scroll into Jacen's hand.
Jacen looked just as horrified as Anakin did upon reading the cry for help from Narnia. He quietly handed the scroll to Jaina, who looked like she had seen the ghost of Jadis upon reading the message.
"Ani, do you know the reason that Narnia called us back?" she asked.
"Because they need our help, of course." Anakin said.
"Yes, I know that part. But what specifically is the situation that Narnia needs us for?" she asked, sounding exasperated.
"I don't know that reason, Jaina." Anakin replied.
"Well, there's only one way to find that out." Jacen said.
"We must return to Narnia." Anakin said.
"I have a very bad feeling about this." Jaina mumbled.
