Chapter 3: Introductions

Albus Dumbledore's blue eyes twinkled as he made his way carefully over to the, now identified as, two young girls with Severus and Minerva hot on his heels. As he came up to the two he heard one of them muttering to the other, "Like the fact that I think we just broke Master Windu's rule of 'do not reveal yourselves'." 'curious' Albus thought to himself. Smiling, Albus came to a stop a foot away from the girls so that they would know that he didn't want to intimidate them. As they looked up at him, he couldn't see their faces because of the hoods of their robes. Deciding to be the first to initiate conversation, Albus said, "Well that was quite entertaining to watch. I do believe that no one else has gotten the upper hand of Aragog before." As Albus spoke, he noticed both girls start in surprise, he continued on however, "I believe some introductions are in order! I am Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. This is my Deputy Headmistress Minerva McGonagall, and our Potions Master Severus Snape. To whom do we have the pleasure of meeting?" As Albus introduced each of his confidants, he could see the girls relax slightly but both still seemed nervous. Glancing at each other they sighed, nodded once, turned back to Albus and pulled their hoods down.

Albus noted that both girls were extremely pretty for their age, which he estimated to be about fourteen. The first girl had auburn hair that almost seemed to turn blonde at the tips of her hair, it was pulled back into a ponytail with a thin braid dangling in the front. She had blue eyes that could almost rival his twinkling beauties, except that hers also seemed to have a tinge of silver in them, turning them into a bright grey-blue color. Her skin was a light tan, like she had been in the sun a lot, and she wore an interesting outfit. Light brown trousers with the same colored tunic, with a strange utility belt around the waist. Dark brown knee-high boots, and a dark brown robe complimented the light brown. The second girl was just as pretty as the first girl. She had bleach blonde, almost white hair, with streaks of dark blue highlights going through it, and the same braid going to the one side. She had big turquoise eyes, and really tanned skin. It also seemed like she was uncomfortable with her appearance, giving Albus the assumption that this was not her actual appearance. She wore the same outfit as her friend, and to Albus it almost looked like the two were in uniform for something.

The auburn-haired girl glanced at her friend nervously again, and was just about to introduce herself, when a sudden beeping from the blonde's belt went off. Immediately both girls groaned and as the blonde reached for her belt she muttered, "If its who I think it is, then he is definitely going to kill me right now."

Asokha took out her mini holocom and braced herself for Anakin's no doubt in-coming lecture when he discovers what situation she and Analie got themselves stuck in. She could see that the three adults were intrigued as to what her holocom was about to do, and she smiled weakly at them as she pressed the receive button. Immediately a mini projection of Sky-guy popped up and before she could even utter a word, he started, "Finally Snips! I was beginning to worry when you didn't answer right away. So did you find the planet yet? Was the landing ok? You didn't crash the brand new ship did you? Did…" Asokha cut through her Master's tirade of questions knowing that it would take him forever to shut up if she didn't, and she could see that their three 'guests' were staring at the mini version of Anakin in shock with wide eyes and everything. Obviously they had never seen a hologram before. "Master this is really not the best time for interrogation," immediately Anakin frowned and crossed his arms, "Asokha, what did you do?" At this Analie piped up, "Well we landed the ship just fine, but there was a ton of turbulence during the land and we think that during the turbulence these three people…" and here Analie indicated Albus, Severus, and Minerva to Anakin, "Spotted us." She finished meekly as Anakin gazed sternly at her. Anakin frowned thoughtfully for a moment then sighed and said, "Well I will have to talk to the council on this unexpected development. Do NOT say anything until the Council or I give you permission to do so, understand?" "Yes Master" Analie and Asokha answered together, but then Analie asked, "Can we at least give them our names? It would be polite to do so." Anakin again looked thoughtful, "hmmmm… Only give your first names. Names have power, and that type of power in the wrong hands…" "Understood Master, we await the Councils decision." Asokha replied, about to close off the connection, but Anakin beat her to it by saying, "Be careful, and may the Force be with both of you."

Asokha sighed as she put her holocom away and looked up at the three adults. The one named Severus had his eyes narrowed suspiciously, and his lip curled in an unbecoming sneer. Minerva was still staring wide eyed at the two girls, like she was still in shock. But the old man named Albus was staring at Asokha and Analie thoughtfully, his blue eyes twinkling merrily.

Analie broke the silence by saying, "Um hi. Sorry about all of this. My name is Analie, and this is my best friend Asokha." Asokha waved in greeting and Analie continued, "Again, we are very sorry about all of this. See, we were not supposed to be discovered yet." Albus simply smiled and waved his hand in an offhand sort of way, "Not to worry my dear. It was probably only natural for the three of us to discover you, for you see, you have landed on my school grounds." The two girls nodded thoughtfully at this, guessing that being discovered was inevitable.

Suddenly Minerva spoke up, "If I may ask, how old are you young ladies?" Analie and Asokha grinned proudly and said in unison, "fourteen!" Minerva put a hand to her heart, "Fourteen! Merlin! Only fourteen and by yourselves on apparently an unknown planet to you. What were your parents thinking?!" As Minerva kept ranting about irresponsible parents, Albus could see that she was making the two girls extremely uncomfortable. He guessed that the topic of their parents was a touchy subject for them so he put his hand on Minerva's shoulder, to quiet her and said, "Since I know that you can't answer any of our questions yet. How about we answer some of yours?"

Analie and Asokha visibly brightened at this. But before either could ask a question, Snape's voice cut in like a snake slithering for the kill, "Why should we answer them? They are obviously keeping something extremely important from us." Albus turned to Severus and sadly noticed that he had his wand pointed at the girls. They in turn, were looking at his wand in amusement. A tense silence followed Snape's statement until Asokha finally raised her hands in a peaceful gesture and said, "Look, why don't we answer everyone's questions when my Master calls back?" Everyone relaxed and agreed to that.

Then from the inside of the doorway of the ship a series of whistles and beeps could be heard. Analie and Asokha whipped around to see R6 moving around anxiously in the doorway. "What does R6 want now?" Analie asked in exasperation, "Can't he see were in enough trouble as it is?" R6 whistled again, more urgently this time, and made it look like he wanted them to follow. Finally Asokha understood the message, "Oh! He wants us to follow him. The Council is trying to contact us via the ships holographic terminal." Turning to Albus, Asokha said respectively, "Analie and I would be eternally grateful if you would come with us to this meeting? This way explanations can go a little more smoothly."

Albus nodded and gestured for them to lead the way. Asokha raced inside to establish the connection, while Analie stayed with their guests and led them to the holographic room. The holographic room looked like a mini conference room with a round table and a few chairs. Albus helped Minerva into a chair while he and Severus remained standing. Once they were settled Asokha turned to them and said, "Now I am not sure what species you have on your planet, but the Council is made up of several different sentient beings. Please refrain from gawking." She hesitated a moment more then pressed a button on the panel.

There was a brief pause, then five figures appeared in holographic form. One was Master Yoda seated on his floating chair, then there was Master Windu, who did not look pleased at all. Master Gallia stood regally to Yoda's right, and Masters Obi-wan and Anakin were there as well, sporting identical frowns.

Asokha and Analie bowed respectively to the Masters, each extremely nervous. First to speak was Master Windu as he looked at the three strangers, "Who are you?"