I OWN, ONLY WHAT I OWN…
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Chapter 2: Jedi, Ilum, and Jocasta
It was 12:00am when Traban and Huey shot up out of their beds. They woke their girlfriends up and put their clothes on. Huey told Riley and Cindy to put their clothes on as Traban was cooking a quick meal for everyone.
"Nigga, what's the rush? Yo ass any no crackhead, is ya?" Riley asked with a skeptic look. Huey just rushed past him, but not before giving Riley a slap to the side of his head. Huey walked into the kitchen to see Traban already done making pancakes and scrambled eggs.
"You felt it to, didn't you?" Huey asked as he helped pour orange juice in everyone's cups. Traban nodded as he filled the last cup.
"Yeah, it was like, whatever the feeling is just… came into range or something." Traban said unsurely as everyone entered the kitchen.
They ate in silence as Traban and Huey just kept gazing out the door. When they had finished Jazmine offered to wash the dishes with Ming. Traban went and stood outside as Huey went into the living room with Cindy and Riley. It was ten minutes later that a bright light filled the house from outside and Traban rushed into the house.
"Dudes, you've gotta come see this." Traban said as his face was filled with awe and shock.
They rushed after him as they piled outside of the house. Each of them stopped beside each other as they looked up at the sky to see… a spaceship. It wasn't as big as they thought it looked, because they knew it was smaller than some of the things they had seen in Star Wars. The ship put out its landing legs as it prepared to land on the street in front of them.
"Damn, this like some shit out of Harry Potter!" Riley said, only to be smacked in the back of his head by Huey, but no one took their eyes off the ship for even a second.
"Wrong" Huey said.
"Naruto" Riley as Huey smacked him again.
"Bleach" another smack
"One Piece" another smack
"Kingdom Hearts or Dragon Ball Z" another smack
"Close, but still wrong" Huey said as Riley didn't even bother rubbing his head. He was too preoccupied with gawking at the ship like the others.
Riley didn't get another attempt as the ship had landed on the street and opened its walk way thing. Traban couldn't remember what it was called as he and the others watched two people come from the ship walking straight toward them.
The first was a tall man dressed in Jedi robes with armor on the outside. He had blonde hair and blue eyes as he walked with a sense of calm, power, and control. They could feel the strength of the Force in him, but Traban and Huey were able to sense that he was of the light side of the Force. Huey and Traban sighed in relief that a Jedi got to them, instead of the Sith.
It was the second person the others couldn't take their eyes off. They could tell he was male, but they weren't too sure. He had a snake-like body with four arms and four eyes. Traban and Huey didn't pay much mind to the appearance as they tried to narrow down which time they were from. Riley and the other though, we're staring at the man with wide eyes, almost gawking at him. Huey cleared his throat loudly to stop them from starring as the pair was in front of them.
"Well look at this, Master Gormo; they were expecting us. It seems they were as strong in the Force as you and Master Rotuno believed." The blonde man said to the alien man.
"Yes, it would seem so… It took quite a while to find you all. This galaxy is clouded from the Force quite well. It took the combined efforts of all the Masters of the Council to locate this galaxy and this planet. Now that I'm close to all of you, it was worth the trouble. You're all so strong in the force already; it's amazing, since I don't sense any others of the Force on this planet. In fact you look like… but that means… Never mind, the Force is telling me not to reveal it to you, but for you to discover it on your own." The alien, whose name was Gormo, said to them. Traban and Huey smirked since they always did like Jedi.
"I'm sorry if I seem rude, but do you know a being by the name of Yoda?" Traban asked kindly and respectfully with a smile.
Huey's eyes shifted to the pair as he knew what Traban was doing. Since they didn't know what Star Wars time period the 2 were from, asking about Yoda was a good indicator. If they didn't know Yoda, then that meant he wasn't born or trained yet. If they talked about him in present tense, then it was somewhere in the 800 years Yoda is a legendary Jedi. If they talked about him in past tense, then Yoda is dead and they were a part of Luke Skywalker's new Jedi Order. Huey and Traban waited for their answer as they were judging what would happen for each occurrence.
"Yoda… you mean that youngling I taught when he crashed on my planet? He's to begin at the Jedi Academy in 2 weeks-… How do you know about him?" Master Gormo asked as his 4 eyes narrowed at Traban who didn't seem fazed at all. Traban just kept smiling and closed his eyes as he shrugged.
"Something in the Force told me to ask about him." Traban lied with ease. The pair of Jedi didn't know he was lying, but Huey did.
It was only because Huey knew Traban's tells for when he lied. Traban's smile was faked the whole time, and he closed his eyes like Gin Ichimaru from Bleach when he lied. Huey had to thank Traban for handling that, because he wouldn't have thought of Yoda. Maybe Dooku, Mace Windu, or Obi-Wan, but not Yoda right away.
The Jedi pair looked to one another, and accepted that Traban was telling the truth. They were never ones to question the Force, so why start now. Master Gormo turned around as he and the other Jedi started heading to the ship.
"Come along children as we have much traveling to do. It's a good thing this ship has a hyperdrive… Oh, and the names Kota, Takken Kota, Jedi Knight" The blonde haired man, named Kota, said as he followed Gormo.
They followed him; as when they woke up Traban and Huey had all of them place their hyper-capsules in their pockets first. They got on the ship as they looked around at the blinking lights and wonders of the technology. Riley and the girls were taking in the sights while it was ascending into the sky and then space. Traban and Huey went into the back of the hanger as they talked about what they discovered.
"So, Yoda hasn't even become a Padawan yet." Huey said as he leaned against the metallic wall. Traban sat down on a metal crate as they were talking.
"Yes, and that might prove beneficial to us in the long run. We may not live as long as he does, but if we can get him the information on the future then it'll be worth it." Traban said seriously. Huey was almost the only person who ever saw Traban's serious side, outside of troubling situations. Huey nodded to at hearing his words.
"You're right, but we may live as long as he does, you never know… Anyways we need to talk about our Jedi training." Huey said as he narrowed his eyes. Traban sighed as he rested his arms in his laps.
"Well, thanks to those videos and those books we had, you and I are as skilled as Jedi Masters in the force. Riley and the girls are at about Knight-level, but those are by our standards. We don't know how real Jedi measure skill in the Force." Traban said as he took up a meditative pose with Huey doing the same as he sat on another crate.
"Besides our skills in the Force, the only things we lack are: lightsabers and experience. The lightsabers we'll be able to build ourselves, but the experience comes with a price." Huey said with closed eyes as Traban nodded with his eyes closed, but he could feel Huey's emotions on the unspoken subject.
"Don't worry, dude; Yoda was trained as a Padawan under the Oldest Jedi Code. It was still around when he was a Jedi Master 100 years later, so we're fine. That code said nothing about emotions, or about relationships, only that the Force is your ally, along with your fellow Jedi, but also your only true master." Traban said as Huey became calm afterward.
"Good, because I couldn't live without Jazmine, she's… she's everything to me." Huey said quietly, but Traban heard him. Traban knew Huey wasn't the type to admit his emotions easily, but Huey trusted him enough to actually do it around him. They were as close as brothers.
"You already know how I feel about Ming. I'll join the dark side and kidnap her, if it means we can be together." Traban said as Huey nodded, thinking the same exact thing.
"Remember the old code; there is no light or dark, only the Force, but we both know that's a lie." Huey said as they chuckled.
They knew that the dark side of the Force was nothing more than a person who was evil, but not all who fell to the dark side were evil, for some were just misguided.
Jazmine and Ming came over to them as they got up from their meditative states.
"They say we need to strap ourselves in to the chairs, because we have to go through some kind of space thingy." Jazmine said as Huey sighed. They all strapped themselves in as Gormo and Kota started pressing multiple buttons, turning knobs, and flipping switches. Huey and Traban gazed at, what looked like, the exit to the Milky Way Galaxy. It was breath taking.
"Brace for impact!" Kota yelled to them as they clutched the sides of their seats.
As they reached the thing they found so beautiful, the ship started shaking and swaying like a roller coast at Disney World. Huey looked calm on the outside, but all of them could tell he was thee seconds from throwing up. Riley almost did as his face was as green as Emerald City from the Wizard of Oz. Ming appeared to not even notice, but Traban felt a sleep in his chair as his body was being tossed about in the chair. Jazmine looked scared as hell as she was about to call for her mommy, but Huey put a hand on her shoulder and gave her a comforting squeeze. Cindy didn't look any better than Riley as the ship stopped shaking.
Traban woke up and they were told it was safe to walk around. Huey and the others went to a large window and looked out. They could see their galaxy; the Milky Way. It was truly a sight which was indescribable. (Go to my page to see the Milky Way as they see it.) Master Gormo said something about hyperspace as the world outside became stretched and then like a tunnel of blue streaks and lights.
They all turned to him as he addressed them, but Riley did so reluctantly, muttering, "This is what crack much be like…"
"Alright now that we're hyperspace it'll take three days to reach the Jedi temple on Ilum. It's the closest Jedi-only planet to this star system, so you'll be going to the temple there. Even though you're all more in tune with the Force than most Padawans, you'll still go there for a few years to get a real education of the Force and all things Jedi." Gormo said as they nodded. Kota spun in his pilot seat so he could see them.
"You might want to get some much warmer clothes than those on to. Ilum is one of the coldest planets in its system. So, go to the door to the left and get those thermo-suits. They'll keep you as warm as summer." Kota said as they got up and changed into the suits one by one in the room.
"Good, now while we're in hyperspace I'll teach you a few things" Gormo said as he had them sit in a circle on the floor around him.
Three Days Later:
On the first day Gormo found out that they knew more than most of the Basics, so he taught them the different types of uses for the Force. Since they had only ever practiced a few Force techniques it was a good thing. Huey told Gormo that they only practiced things that helped them stay in touch with the Force, so he said that once on Ilum they would practice that and much more.
Gormo taught them Force healing and Force telekinetic techniques. Jazmine was the best in Force healing with Ming right behind her. The others were only average in it. In Force telekinesis Traban and Huey were the best, with the others only being average. Gormo said that this was because everyone was better at something than another, but to never be arrogant in their abilities. He had them practice their techniques for the rest of the time.
When the ship came out of hyperdrive as they said it, Huey and the others saw Ilum. It looked like a grayish Earth. They could see it would be cold on the planet just from looking at it.
"Ilum was first discovered around 2,000 years ago when a Jedi who was navigating hyperspace, while in the Force, felt a strong pull deep from the Unknown Regions. Following it, the scout had found a world rich in Force-strong crystals. The mystique of the discovery added it to the ceremony of lightsaber construction." Kota said with Gormo continuing where he left off.
"After establishing a Temple over the Crystal Caves, Ilum became a place of great importance, as sacred as Ossus and Tython. The temple served as a shelter and place of ritual for the Jedi who traveled here. To ensure the security of the planet and the crystals, the planet had been left off starcharts. One uninterrupted hyperjump from Metellos would deliver a ship into Ilum's orbit, and could only be accomplished by a Force-sensitive person." Master Gormo told them as if it were history class. They took in the information as the ship came into the atmosphere of the planet and zoomed to a large structure built into a cavern wall above a cave.
"Welcome to Ilum" Kota said as a hanger-bay door opened at the temple and allowed them inside. Kota when to talk to the Temple's Council before they when anywhere inside the temple, and came back ten minutes later. He then started to lead them onward.
There wasn't much to look at in the hanger, but once they entered the temple they saw a lot. Aliens of different ages and species would pass them, without the slightest care of who they were. The halls and rooms were crafted beautifully as if it were a museum.
"Wow, this place makes the Grand Temple on our world look like crap…" Traban said with the other five nodding. They soon reached a room that was, as Huey and Traban thought, a classroom. Gormo didn't let them go inside, but merely let them look instead.
"This will be where you are instructed. Now follow Knight Kota, as he will lead you to your rooms." Gormo said as he slithered, to wherever he was going. They followed Kota until they came upon two rooms.
"Now, we of the Jedi Order have no problem with relationships and such, but… girls in this room and boys in that one." Kota said firmly as he pointed to the rooms as he indicated which gender belonged in which. They just nodded when he gave them a stern look. He sighed in relief and then got eye-level with them.
"From this day on you may never see me again, but that doesn't mean a thing. Live long, be mindful, and follow the code and yada, yada, yada… Listen just do what's right and follow the code as it is and you'll be fine. You start you're lessons tomorrow… See ya!" Kota said as he walked away from them. Huey shrugged as he looked over to his side.
Traban had already started down the hallway.
"Where are you going?" Huey asked with a raised eyebrow, but had a pretty good idea of where Traban would be headed. It was the same place Traban headed when he was in a new place, like when he had moved to Woodcrest. Traban turned to Huey as he gave his answer.
"The library, I want to know as much as I can, as fast as I can, and I don't need these fools around here belittling me for my now lack of knowledge." Traban said curtly as he started to walk again, but with a faster pace.
Huey nodded as he started to follow. Jazmine and Cindy went into the room to the left, which was designated the girl's room. Riley went into the boy's room, but Ming followed after Traban and Huey.
After Traban had asked one of the Jedi to direct them to the library they found it with relative ease. Ming caught up to them when Traban had stopped for the directions. The library wasn't like the ones they were familiar with. Instead of books, or even DVDs, there were these plasma screens which projected everything. Traban, Huey, and even Ming tried to read them, but they were in strange alien symbols, so they went to the librarian for help.
"Excuse us Madam Librarian, but we're new to this planet, and cannot understand the language. Could you help us find a way around that until we are capable of such?" Traban explained, while trying not to seem pushy or stupid.
The librarian was turned in her seat with the high part of the back facing them. Traban hated being less knowledgeable, but Huey assured him, almost jokingly, that Traban would know everything in the library before the year ended. Huey, himself, wanted to start as well, and so did Ming. When the chair turned around it was a small girl, she looked to be around the same age as them. She smiled as she came from around the desk.
"I see someone is eager for knowledge. I am Jocasta Nu, and I'm not the librarian here… but I wanna be! I start my Jedi training tomorrow with the newest recruits, so I'm guesting you guys will be in my class. I'm going to become a Madam of the Archives just like my grandma, Syrian Nu!" the young girl told them. Traban smiled as he knew she would accomplish her dream and more. Ming nodded and Huey gave her a slight smile with his bored and neutral face.
"Well then, what do you know about this library Jocasta, because I have a feeling this is the start of a long, beautiful, and grand friendship…" Traban trailed off as he slung an arm around her shoulder, smiled and walked off with the girl, leaving behind a sighing Huey and a pissed off Ming.
They spent the whole day and some of the night in the library. They were reading books, which they could understand, discussing Jedi things, and talking about their lives. It turned out that Jocasta had come from a remote planet on the other side of the galaxy. Traban told her where they were from and they started talking about their planets.
After about the first three hours in the library Jazmine, Cindy and Riley came in to join them. Riley said it was only because of boredom, and lack of knowing others; to which they all knew was true. In that one day they had gotten to know Jocasta Nu very well and Traban called her his friend, or in his exact words: Book Buddy Friend! Jocasta nearly cried as she said she had never had a friend, but knew what they were. Traban grew a bit sad at this as memories of his early childhood came to mind.
"Don't worry, for you'll always have a friend in me!" Traban said with Huey rolling his eyes, but agreeing with Traban like the others.
Jocasta was overcome with happiness at their acceptance. She jumped up from her seat and hugged him as she cried on his thermo-suit. Kota had told them that once in the temple it wouldn't be needed, but outside it would. Traban kept it on, because it made him look cool. Ming looked a bit pissed off again, but didn't do anything. Traban, being shocked by the action, brought his arms around her and patted her back like a father consoling his daughter. Jazmine sighed happily as she remembered him doing the same for her, Cindy, and Ming when they needed a shoulder to cry on. He'd be a big brother to Jocasta too, but that'd be all if Ming had anything to say about it.
After a few minutes she stopped and all of them were forced to go to their rooms by a Jedi, who told them it was curfew. Traban hated curfews with a fiery passion, and protested against it as he was dragged back to their rooms by Ming and Huey. They found that Jocasta was only two doors down to the left from them and they saw a very young looking Yoda enter the room next to them on the right. Traban and Huey looked at Yoda enter the room while smirking at one another; this was going to be… interesting.
Okay, I know it's not very much right now, but it'll get better and clearer in the chapters to come. Also, I'd like to thank you all for even sticking with it this far since most of my other ideas don't get too much attention. Oh well...
Until Next Time, See Ya!
-T.K
