Chapter One

Visitors from Another World

So I'm in Star Wars...yeah I was stunned and scared at this point to be honest. I mean this is a world where space Nazis ran around and there were people that could use telekinesis and read minds...kinda. Well sort of, I mean I ascribe more to the Snape explanation of the mind. So reading emotions? Perhaps that would be a better word for it. However with that said still I was in an orphanage in Corellia it would seem. So in short I'm a nobody. Nobody was going to care about me so I was safe as far as I was concerned from any galaxy wide events. Although I'd like to be able to do well...Something to help even if it was just a matter of joining the Rebellion. Well at least I wasn't born a Skywalker...aw man now that would be a nightmare despite my wanting to help out the galaxy.

I mean being a sibling to Luke, Leia or Anakin would be a pain and a nightmare. Can you imagine the amount of pressure? I don't want to think of it so I once I'd come to terms with the situation I was happy that I wasn't born in a prominent family like Skywalker or the Solos. So after that revelation had settled into my psyche I just focused on learning as much as I could. Unfortunately that was rather difficult since I seemed to be born on a poorer part on Corellia which meant that resources were limited like books and holopads with reliable HoloNet access. You know the rough neighborhood that most avoid because of high crime and drugs? Yes my neighborhood was clearly one of those. So I often went to sleep with shouting and blaster fire off in the distance. Good grief I was lucky that I was here rather then the streets to die.

But still at least I was in place however shabby that provided me and others with food and clothing. Also better yet I wasn't alone since I did have a semi brother that helped me stay entertained and sane as I've stated before. While I tried desperately to learn to walk and talk Kagiso was at my side the whole time. He was patient whereas I wasn't. And I didn't mind in the slightest since it was nice to have company in this wacky world. Maybe if we were still together when we got older we could become pilots or just get off planet together. Now wouldn't that be fun?

The days went by easily after the revelation of the situation sank in. I learned the language as much as I was able to, played with Kagiso and then napped. It wasn't a bad existence to be honest. What I wasn't expecting was hood figures to show up one day.

It was like a day like any other, I and others had been fed and most were either playing with toys or napping or wrestling as I was doing with Kagiso. His reflexes were good but I was craftier and could often turn the tables against him. We happily wrestled for a bit before well something warned us that something was nearby...Vagueness with a sense of vagueness...Hooray.

We stopped wrestling and began looking around for the source of the feeling. It was then I saw them, the hooded beings. The beings one tall and the other as short as us came in silently into the building with almost supernatural glide and were greeted by the matron who quickly pointed to us. I froze as something brushed across my consciousness.

It was like going into a old growth forest, teeming with life and age but not static age more of majesty and grace. An age that was just etched into the trees as flawlessly as the bark with spongy fungus underfoot. Beside the forest aura was closest embodiment of air. It was ethereal and remote but playful and above all strong. They lowered their hoods to get a better look. The first was a being with big ears and and closed off eye. Was that Even Piell?! He was a Council member...namely the Jedi Council...There. Are. Jedi. Here?! Holy cow that's awesome!

I could feel the excitement radiating throughout my being which was magnified tenfold when I saw the second figure. Yoda. Ah yes I got Yoda!

"Excited are you?" He said with a gentle smile. I had hold in my excitement because holy cow how many people could say that they met the real deal Yoda?!

He cackled at my excitement while Kagiso just stared with interest and something that dare I say it looked like concern. Master Piell walked off with the caretaker while another shepherded the rest of the children away leaving us alone with Yoda...Now that I think about that says a lot on how trusted the Jedi were that leaving them alone with children was their first instinct with no one monitoring at all...Ah, there was another one, a Zelton male, nearby never mind.

Kagiso finally having enough of staring approached with a cute baby waddle. He came forward with a determined and yet wary look at Master Yoda which made him smile at the babe. I personally paused wondering what he was planning on doing. Then he stepped in front of me and rather adorably blocked my view as if shield me from Yoda. Yoda cackled while I melted at the sheer cuteness proximity. Kagiso was so adorable thinking he was protecting me from the odd being...Aw.

"Master," Piell said approaching us. It was so strange looking a Lannik as a being and not just as fictional race of beings from a franchise. "The caretaker has released the children into our care. They can come with us."

"Hmm. Finished the paperwork have you?" Yoda huffed as he grabbed his cane and hobbled over to Piell. It was then it struck me on how well old Master is. Nine hundred...or however old he is now was a huge burden and weight on a being. I wasn't until I stood in presence that it occurred to me.

"Yes, truth be told there wasn't much to fill considering both are wards of Corellia and by proxy the Republic." Piell said crossing his arms in his robe. I mentally giggled thinking of a Jedi I knew of in my past life doing the same every time Anakin did something foolhardy. "We can take them now. They don't have any possessions to speak save for the clothes on their backs.

Wait we're going with them?! I could feel my mind short circuit as the thought as Piell and Yoda's conversation faded into the background of my mind. We were going to be Jedi?! Awesome! I would wield a lightsaber and fight the Sith! This was gonna be...

Wait...the full extent of the idea settled into my mind causing me to pause in thought. Kagiso sensing my distress hugged me and hugged me tight as if to shield me from my own thoughts...Did I mention that this kid is adorable?

But getting back to the issue at hand, we were heading towards to Coruscant, to the epicenter of the mess that was the Galactic Republic which would soon become the Empire which possibly meant that freaking Plagueis or worse Palpatine would be waiting in the wings or perhaps their predecessors which I knew very little about. Yikes and well gulp.

That thought alone was terrifying because in my previous life the fact was that Palpatine and the Sith in general were rather than being a bunch of hammy and sinister villains not to mention a fount of many memes, all were funny incidentally, was as of now a very real possibility. And more to the point they were dangerous villains including one of which, Palpatine, that could and did turn the Republic that had spanned for a millennium into a Galactic Empire.

But with all that said...I knew what had happened. I could change things. Not big things mind you depending on the timeline but small things that could make an impact. I don't see myself as stopping the raise of Darth Vader but maybe just maybe I can save others and start a chain reaction. A spark that could ignite something. That...that was doable. I could do this. I could help out somehow.

"Come you with us you will," Yoda beckoned us forward so they pick us up with a clawed finger pulling me out of my thoughts. I hesitated which made my hero Kagiso hug me harder. Kagiso wasn't a person of many words. In fact he was more stoic of the two of us and tended not to let anyone in what he was feeling save for me when we were alone. I gave him a squeeze back and stepped away giving him the impression that he needed to let go. Kagiso accepted and walked back but he still watched the Jedi with cagey look. I waddled forward and was swiftly picked up by Master Piell while Kagiso got Master Yoda who ruffled his dreads playfully making him giggle slightly and relax in his arms.

As we walked out of the orphanage I finally got a view of the area I was in and it seemed I'd underestimated how bad it was. I thought it was on rough side but nope this was destitute or at the very least lower working class. Buildings were crumbling or cracking about with graffiti scribbled across them in various different languages and writing systems. There were some people comprising mostly of non humans walking about but they looked stoned at worst or just tired as only those affected by deep poverty could be. I felt really bad for the people. They had few to none existent opportunities to get out while I and Kagiso got lucky for being born with the Force. Finally we reached a slightly better and by better I mean one that didn't look like it we imminent danger of a building collapse just run down with possible gang tags. They kept walking towards what looked like a busy epicenter...wait a second. Was that a spaceport?

It turned out that it was spaceport, because Even walked into an office with a extremely bored looking Twi'lek male with orange coloration sitting behind the desk. The whole place smelled bad making me whimper slightly. Curse not being able to speak coherently yet...well then again I could speak better then most of the kids save for Kagiso who'd learned from me. The caretakers didn't exactly speak to us so that meant that for most if they didn't have and older sibling, biological or not, speaking to them then they were kinda screwed.

Even began to rock me gently evidently sensing my slight anxiety about the office and the whole going to Coruscant bit. His callused hands rubbed soothing circles into my back in a way the caretakers hadn't done that almost made me freeze with shock. It was nice to have someone do that for once. Meanwhile the being nodded disinterestedly and shoved a datapad towards us. Even pausing only slightly in his rubbing grabbed and signed the document via thumbprint. The Twi'lek grabbed it back and placed it into a cubby without even confirming it further indicating that he was completely indifferent to what was going on.

Master Even bowed to the man and quickly walked out where Master Yoda was waiting and rocking Kagiso to sleep. He nodded to him and together they walked to a huge(well huge to my toddler self anyway) ship. Inside there some Jedi that I didn't recognize from a Native American looking human and a Acronian.

"Are we ready to depart?" The Acronian asked in a very feminine voice.

"We are," Yoda said as he settled into a seat rocking Kagiso as he gently slumbered. Me? I was excited to see be on a spaceship and actually going to space! I tried to crane my neck so I could see more of the ship and try to find a viewport. Even chuckled as he rubbed my back which made me groggy. No! I'm not sleeping on my foray into space. Finally I heard engines fire up and felt the vibrations of the ship taking off. Still no viewport to see space outside. Curses. I huffed irritably at the missed opportunity but snuggled into his shoulder. It was nap time anyway and I might as well enjoy the calm before I went to Coruscant. I let my eyes flutter close and soon went to sleep.