Disclaimer: George Lucas owns Star Wars. I'm simply using it for my own pleasure. However, I do own Tyrn, and everything associated with it.
Luke reduced his speed, bringing himself to the place of the coordinates that were supplied to him. He looked around, familiarity of the place of the battle from the day before. He could see nothing, but he sensed that there was more. It wasn't just Nordin's words ringing in his ears, but it was as if something was just a little further.
He wondered for one moment, did he really wish to continue? Perhaps he shouldn't have come, if it was Llewellyn's home planet, then why was he worried? Nevertheless, he continued flying forward. "We're almost there R2" he said softly, the droid beeped.
Then, as if going through a raindrop, the space rippled before his eyes. He entered something, which he sensed, was highly influenced by the Force. His ship pushed on, and the blackness stopped rippling. He was inside of it – whatever 'it' was.
R2 beeped and sighed, "I don't know R2. Maybe Nordin was right" Luke replied.
A planet began to take form in front of him, Tyrn. It was at the correct coordinates. It looked different than any planet he had seen before. There seemed to be a body of water, which separated the planet in two. On one side, there seemed to be greenery, and life; while on the other was blackness. He was momentarily surprised at the two dueling sides of the Force here. One was the dark side, the other the light. It was obvious which was which.
His attention, however, was soon distracted as blasters were going off to his left, firing at him. He swerved, avoiding the hits. It seemed as if this ship that was coming toward him, didn't want him to come to Tyrn. The TIE fighter sped in front of him, as if encouraging a chase. Luke thought twice, then followed it, noticing that it was going further and further from the planet's surface.
"I'm gonna get him, and then I'll go investigate Tyrn" Luke said, speeding up in effort to catch the TIE Fighter. It did all sorts of gymnasium effects, trying to tease him, yet get him distracted all at once. He fired at it, but it swerved, going higher than him and behind.
Luke turned his ship. Hard right. The velocity being enough to cause his head to spin. He fired at the TIE fighter, hitting one of its wings. It exploded, the various pieces to be lost into the endless night. He sighed in relief, but was quickly reprimanded by his own wing being blown to bits. Apparently, there was another TIE fighter. It hit him, as if it were giving one final blow for the death of its friend. Before he could react, it sped past, disappearing into the galaxy.
Luke's X-Wing was now crippled, and of no use, it couldn't move anywhere. It just drifted, and was beginning to worry him. R2 beeped furiously, "What?" Luke asked surprised, "What do you mean, 'Its drawing us in'?" R2 beeped and sighed again. Luke looked toward the planet, perhaps he should have followed his gut feeling and not have come. He frantically began pushing the various buttons on his control panel, which would cause for him to have the ability to turn around. "R2, see what you can do" Luke ordered.
It didn't work, and he was being pulled ever further. Perhaps it wouldn't be too bad? It was supposed to be a safe haven … wasn't it?
He wondered vaguely what he would land on at the bottom, as his X-Wing entered the planet's atmosphere. It ignited, but thankfully the cockpit was unharmed as the ship dropped like a stone, and went screeching down to the water below. Luke braced himself, using as much of the Force as possible to break his fall. R2 made a moaning sound, and they soon found themselves in the water, sinking fast.
Luke thought quickly, unstrapping himself, and ejecting R2 from the fast filling X-Wing. R2 made a 'whoo' sound, crashing on the beach. Luke climbed out, using the Force to jump from the ship to land. Just in time, for as his foot left the cockpit, the ship disappeared from the surface of the water.
He turned around, there was no hope of getting his fighter back. He couldn't even locate it, the water must have been fathoms deep. R2 sighed, beeping in quick succession.
"I don't know, R2. Looks like we're on our own, now." Luke replied, looking across the body of water. He had landed on the green side, and could see that the black ground he spotted earlier, were burned trees. It was a wasteland on the other side. He could feel the evil from that side, pure unadulterated evil. It reminded him vaguely of what it was like being on the Death Star.
"I'm just glad we didn't land on that side of the river" Luke commented, and R2 replied, moving in a direction upstream. "R2, where are you goin'?" Luke asked, but the droid just continued on his way, leaving Luke no choice but to follow.
The day turned to night, and a cold night it was. "You would think that a planet with this many trees would have to be relatively warm. Its freezing" Luke told R2, climbing through the forest. The moon shone above, lighting the way in front of them. R2 beeped in surprise, and Luke drew his lightsaber from his jumpsuit, "What is it you detected?" he asked, searching the surrounding forest himself.
He sensed nothing, but R2 was still beeping like mad. "Just tell me what it is" Luke said in frustration, tripping over a root. "Argh" he exclaimed, falling to the ground. He turned around to see that the tree root didn't just 'happen' to be there. Oh, no, quite the opposite. It was holding onto him!
"Hey!" Luke said indigently, trying to pull at the root.
The tree groaned, causing for Luke to release his hold on it and fall back in surprise. It moved, as if turning to him. Luke closed his eyes, focusing all his energy on using the Force to make the tree release its hold on him. The tree gave an exclamation, and released him, settling back to its original place.
Luke stood, walking backwards slightly, maybe he shouldn't have entered the forest. Yet, it intrigued him. How could a system this unique, stay hidden all these years? He silently mourned the fact that he hadn't thought to eject the supplies from the X-Wing. He needed them now, as he realized that he was rather hungry.
There were fruits all around, but he had found in his experience that not all that looked good was. He was stumbling blindly, for the forest blocked all light the moon could have given. He sensed he was being watched, but he could see nothing. Whatever was there, knew the Force, and was using it against him.
He vaguely wished for a moment that he had stayed on the Praetorian, and had abandoned this mission while he still had a chance. But, he was here now, and had to deal with whatever blow fate would deal him. He needed rest, the crash and the lack of food was making his body feel fatigued. Resignedly, he found a softer spot on the ground, and laid down.
R2 beeped, "Keep watch, R2" Luke said, slipping into the void of dreams.
Luke woke, noting that his bedwas rather hard. He shifted, pondering on his rather wild dream. He smiled, explaining it to Leia would definitely cause quite a reaction. She would, no doubt, tell him how it just was a forewarning of what would happen if he went to that dreadful planet. Tyrn. He wondered if maybe his dream was a forewarning.
He listened, but there was no sound of moving feet beyond his door. No voices murmuring today's plans, or communicators squawking out orders. The only squawking he heard was like the call of birds. Thats impossible. He opened his eyes.
However, instead of the metallic ceiling of the Praetorian, the view above him was green. Trees growing taller than a rancor. He blinked, no, it was a dream. He was sure of it! His heart beat faster as he sat up, looking around. It wasn't a dream at all. He really came here, and he truly was alone.
R2 beeped in greeting, "Hello R2" Luke said rather depressingly. "I guess we really came here, huh?" R2 sighed. Luke looked around, in the daytime it was actually kind of pretty. He stood, stretching his limbs from his uncomfortable night's sleep. He wished that he knew where the nearest civilization was. There must have been people on this world. After all, most planets are peopled.
His stomach growled, reminding him of his lack of substance. "I guess we should go this way" he told R2, hoping that he was heading in some sort of direction. He walked forever, unknowing of any sense of time. He still had the sense of being watched, but every time he looked around, he saw nothing. This went on for a while.
A twig snapped behind Luke, and he drew his lightsaber, ready to meet whatever foe was there. He turned slowly, but there was nothing there. As usual. He looked around, for a few more minutes, eyes searching the foliage for anything out of the ordinary. He placed his lightsaber back in his holder with a sigh.
"Hey there" a voice said from behind Luke. He spun, but was met with a fist. The impact made him lose his balance. He fell back, then recovered, standing back up.
Three men circled him, each burly and intimidating. But he had dealt with much more than these. He reached for his lightsaber, but it had fallen and was now in the hands of one of the men. They spoke to each other in their own language, and Luke could only listen in anticipation. He attempted to use the Force to change their minds, whatever their decision. However, he found their minds impenetrable.
Stretching his hand out, he was able to get the lightsaber with the Force, quickly igniting it and heading toward the men. They backed away, chattering on in their strange tongue. "I mean you no harm, just don't come any closer." Luke warned.
The biggest one looked at him, said something to his companions, and looked over Luke's shoulder. He had no time to react as he felt something hit him from behind. One blow was all it took and he fell to the ground, cloaked in darkness – unconsciousness taking over.