AN: Hello everybody I'm back an man what a week it has been I just celebrated by 21'st birthday and had a hell of a time, anyway enough about my life you are here to read this story I have made... most likely.
Disclaimer, Lord of the rings belongs to Tolkien, Star Wars is owned by Lucas, well the Mouse now... damn it.
Chapter 10 A Familiar yet New Face
Viridian kept his eyes on the Dooku look alike, Gandalf having sensed the tension put his hand on the boys shoulder, Viridian look at the gray wizard through the corner of his eyes.
"Viridian what on Earth is the matter?" Gandalf asked him.
Viridian gave his full attention back to the other man, who was also detecting the problem and took his staff in both his hands in order to defend himself.
"Who are you?" Viridian asked him still tense for a fight a remarkably one sided fight in his opponent's favor if he turned out to be Dooku.
"I am Saruman the White Wizard, and I would like to know why you are preparing to do battle with me." Saruman said a small amount of Harshness leaking through his Voice.
Viridian relaxed slightly but didn't lower his guard, "You bear an uncanny resemblance to an old enemy of mine… he killed my teacher right in front of me." Viridian answered, everyone there felt a bit awkward.
"I see." the leader of the Istari said in understanding, "but rest assured my young friend I am not him."
'Maybe not, but you may end up doing what he did.' Viridian thought to himself, 'okay that may be a bit too premature at least get to know the guy first.'
"My lord Elrond I am concerned about the impending attack on the city perhaps we should cancel the attack on Dol Guldur for a while till the threat is dealt with." Saruman stated.
"That may not be necessary." Gandalf stated, "I have brought these gentlemen to explain the threat of our new enemy."
"And what would they be?" Saruman asked.
"They are an Extragalactic space faring species called the Yuuzhan Vong." Viridian stated.
"So they are not of this world." Saruman stated more than asked.
"No they aren't." Viridian said.
"Just as you are not of this world, How could you let this species attack our world?!" Saruman asked accusingly.
Viridian seemed taken aback, however before he could retort Gandalf interjected, "Saruman Viridian's people had never met the Vong he is perhaps one of the first of his kind to meet them, he had no knowledge of this world until fate brought him and his companions here no less than a month ago."
"Are you really so blind Gandalf?" Saruman asked, "he's part of the guardians they are supposed to be ready for any interstellar threat on our people."
"... What?" Viridian asked confused.
"Your people were made to keep the peace, and prepare for any conflict, the father did this many years ago and gave you the gifts necessary to keep Meddlers off of our planet and out of this galaxy, what have you been doing all this time?"
Viridian glared at the Saruman, "Cark you, I don't have to deal with this from you, yeah sure my order wasn't perfect, but they did their best, I'm so sorry that we couldn't be these Guardians that you want us to be! but that's not important now we have to deal with this threat and take the fight to them!"
Saruman glared at the young Man, while Viridian glared back, in the back of Viridian's ming though he knew that if a fight were to break out he would most definitely lose.
"Please my friends, calm down, Saruman we can't blame the Jedi for the actions the Vong have made on our world and you should not blame this young man for failing to meet your expectations, we are all fallible and prone to make mistakes there is no shame in that." Galadrial interjected knowingly.
Viridian deflated, "The Vong seem to be completely unaffected by my abilities, I can't sense them."
"Hmn they must be a weapon created to fight you then." Elrond theroised.
Viridian stopped short, he hadn't considered that possibility and if it is the case then it would make a lot of sense as to why they were not affected by most force abilities, 'but who could have pulled that off?' he thought to himself, "That is a possibility, but I'm not sure of anyone who could do that unless it was the Celestials." Viridian explained.
"Are they your word for the Ainur?" Galadriel asked.
"Yes they are." Viridian nodded, remembering that Gandalf had told him about the Ainur and that 14 of them that came to Arda became the Vala and the lesser ones became the Maia, Viridian had come to believe that the Ainur and the Celestials were one in the same.
"The evil ones under Morgoth could do this." Galadriel told him.
Viridian hummed in thought, "The Vong apparently believe Morgoth to be their god Yun-Yuuzhan, and want to set him free."
Saruman snorted, "That is unlikely, the Doors of Night are connected to the Valar themselves they can not be open unless they wish it, he will not get out of the timeless void any time soon."
"That begs the question, can he get out?" Viridian asked them.
There was a silence for a moment, "There is a prophecy that suggests that he might." Galadriel admitted
Viridian nodded, "I see."
"That is nothing but a fable, a legend among men." Saruman shot down.
"Real or not it is rallying the Vong against you and I can tell you this they don't care, they will not stop until we are under their heel." Viridian stated.
"I know this." Saruman snapped impatiently.
"That doesn't matter now, what matters is the defence of the city and taking away their advantage of their flying machines, Viridian has a plan to do just that." Celebion jumped in
"Well then let us hear it." Galadriel asked turning expectantly to the young Jedi.
Viridian nodded, "Alright so here's what I am thinking, since we have no air vehicles to get us to our destination quickly we have to improvise, Kes is making us a device called Parachutes it will allow us to ride the air currents to our destination, Janus has the gift to alter the wind among other things he will provide the lift for us to get into the air and the cover for us, we will land on Caradhras's neighbor, Zirakzigil and determine the best course of action from there." Viridian explained.
Galadriel nodded in approval of the plan, "You have the making of a great leader Viridian." she told him.
"I have my doubts about this plan, but it is the best we can do." Elrond stated.
"... How do you plan on dealing with the enemy's superior technological advancement?" Saruman ask after a moment of thought.
Viridian just leaned forward a bit, "Are you familiar with the idea that fire can undo stone?" he asked him.
Saruman raised an eyebrow, "Of course, do you have explosives?" he asked him.
Viridian stood up straight, "Jak has some, but our supply is finite, our ship would have more but it crashed on the other side of the mountains, fortunately I know someone who can build more."
"Who?" Saruman asked.
"... Thorin's company." Viridian answered.
"Thorin as in, Oakenshield, the son of Thrain?" Saruman asked, at Viridian's nod he continued, "what would he have to do with this?"
"He and a company of Dwarves have taken up residence in my home, he was the one who warned me of the impending attack and has agreed to help defend it." Elrond answered.
"... That's a bit unusual why were the Dwarves traveling this way?" Saruman asked with a raised eyebrow.
"I fail to see how that is relevant to this current situation." Viridian stated evading the subject.
"I fully intend to ask them when the battle is over and the enemy is repulsed, I am curious myself." Elrond interjected.
"Very well then, is there any more we should discuss?" Gandalf asked.
"I do not believe so, only that my warriors will be here in 10 days." Galadriel told Elrond sadly, causing Elrond to nod in understanding.
"Just get here safely as you can." he bade her.
Viridian turned to Celebion and nodded at him, "There you are." Jasmine started coming through the arch way, Viridian turned to face the Cathar, "I came here to voluntee… DOOKU!" she screamed her lightsaber flying to her hand and she leapt at the Wizard.
"Jasmine wait!" Viridian called out in vain and covered his eyes in embarrassment, a second later he heard a thud followed by an 'oof', "That isn't the Count." he finished lamely.
Saruman had the Cathar pinned under his staff and in his other hand he held the saber of Jasmine in his off hand inspecting it curiously, "An interesting weapon." he commented.
"Glad you approve." Jasmine snarled.
"What did my counterpart do to you all to make you hate me?" Saruman asked exasperated.
"... Try killing many of our brothers and sisters." Viridian answered as he approached, Saruman backed off and Viridian helped Jasmine to her feet, "Started a war that turned out to be a farce, and subsequently lead to the deaths of almost the entire Jedi order, does that answer your question?" Viridian asked sardonically.
"Ah." Saruman said in understanding, "I see, well I don't like you either." he stated and tossed the weapon back to Jasmine
"Works for me." Viridian said and the two Jedi left the meeting area.
Viridian then turned to Jasmine, "So you wish to join the mission?"
Jasmine nodded in affirmation, "Yes, this mission will require a great deal of stealth, that is my speciality."
"True, but we can't all go what if we fail and we can't retreat? It will be up to you to help the defence of this city and if you get off the planet fight the empire." Viridian argued.
"Maybe we would know the enemies full capabilities if someone didn't keep killing them so quickly." Jasmine stated with a mock glare.
"And potentially die, yeah no thanks as far as I'm concerned if I'm alive and they are dead I'm all good." he stated, before he realised what he said and how casual it was, "Wow… I really have changed a lot since the start of the war."
"We all have." Jasmine sighed.
"I knew killing came with the territory of being a Jedi, but now that I have done that… I feel so numb to the idea now." Viridian admitted.
"I know what you mean."
Viridian looked to the sunset and sighed, "Well it is what it is." he said in acceptance, "it's sad but it is what it is."
Viridian went to talk with the dwarves and asked them to build as many explosives as they could in time for the battle, the Dwarves agreed and set about to begin that.
Viridian and the others went to bed and woke up in the morning dressed in heavy clothes to keep themselves warm and went to the courtyard where, Thorin, Elrond, Gandalf and Glorfindel were to see them off, Janus was helping Iminye with her harness, "You put it on like this and clip it here and here." he told her.
"Thank you your highness." she said gratefully causing the young man to blush.
"You don't have to call me that." he told her, "In fact I'd prefer if nobody did."
Viridian raised an eyebrow at Janus, "Highness?" he asked.
"Oh right you weren't there, uh it turns out Janus is the crown prince of Carthea." Kes told him.
Viridian looked at Janus, who rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, "Cool." Viridian said with a shrug, Janus sagged with relief that Viridian didn't make such a big deal about it.
"I'm pretty sure he would be king now." Du mentioned.
"Not according to my customs I have to be coronated first and that can't happen until…" Janus trailed off and blushed.
"Until?" Thorin asked Curiously.
Viridian grinned, "He produces an heir so they don't make the stupid decision of the last royal line who never bothered with looking for a wife and making children." he explained.
"... You really dug into our history?" Janus asked surprised and embarrassed.
"Its nothing to be embarrassed about it is a natural part of life, to find a mate and reproduce." Iminye stated.
"Can we please not talk about this anymore?" Janus begged his face beat read.
"For now yes, I'm still going to torment you with this though if we get through this." Kes stated with a grin.
"You do realise I am quite literally the only way for us to get out of the danger zone right?" Janus stated to her.
"Your point?"
"Lets just say, oh I don't know you might be left behind." Janus said in jest.
"... Point taken." Kes relented though she grinned to show she knew he was joking.
Viridian strapped himself in and turned to the others asking if they were ready.
"Ready." they all said in unison.
Elrond stepped forward, "May the Valar and Iluvatar guide you safely home."
Viridian nodded in gratitude, and turned to Janus, "Janus… take us up." he ordered.
Janus took a moment to gather the necessary energies before a big gust of wind sprang up around the team and the parachutes they were attached to began to pick up the wind it didn't take long as they were lifted into the air and high into the sky upon reaching the desired altitude Janus created a cloud around them and began directing them into their desired direction.
Meanwhile on the ground, "They're leaving now." Jaing reported.
Jane nodded, "Good, Jaing I want you, to take Keen, Niles, and Alaya to the Mountain, keep out of sight and observe the enemy, get any recordings if you can." he ordered
"Understood." Jaing stated, "Keen, Niles, Alaya mount up!" he called out and the four troopers got on their speeders and sped off towards Caradhras.
Deeper in the woods, "They are heading to the staging ground, what should we do?" the young hooded woman asked.
"I will head back there myself, you stay here." the evil numenorean stated and left the woman to her own devices.
The young woman sighed in relief at being alone, and delved into her thoughts, the Dunedain ranger she had seen going into Rivendell, and now flying out of it seemed familiar to her, she knew she came from the tribes of the Dunedain, and thought that perhaps she knew him from their, "But who are you?" she asked out loud, just thinking about it brought her to tears, oh how she hated that warlock for doing the things he did to her, the man was important to her in someway, and that monster suppressed the memories of her earlier life, and she couldn't get them back.
AN: for those of you wondering my Explanation of the Vong and their unique lack of relationship with the force, it was an idea that came to me from another story that involved Earth in Star wars but instead of making them completely immune he had it so that they were like the Yinchori completely immune to mental force abilities... that is unless you're Plagues and experiment on a subject for several years if not decades... I wonder if he could find a way around the Vong's traits, any way the story is called Earth in Star wars and it is on you tube by a youtuber by the name of Boofire 191 he's interesting however if you're a fan of the Jedi you may have a few problems with him but hey he's alright, I did this mostly because it makes the most sense to me, I have a love hate thing with the Vong, I loved the threat they presented and I like to study cultures so theirs interested me, I absolutely loathed their stupid relationship to the force, but I swallowed that pill and kept on going and now that I've made this conclusion it makes more sense to me and that's how I explain it to myself, you don't have to but hey everyone has an opinion, also keep in mind Saruman may not be right in his deduction that the Jedi were these Guardians that he spoke of, but they certainly inherited the mantle of that.
anyway I hope you all enjoyed and have a swell day and many more to come