Disclaimer: I do not own Star Wars or Harry Potter and am not making any money off this story.
(AN: Hopefully this will be the only AN at the front of a chapter, I have gotten back into writing and am now in the process of organising my other works and fixing this one, I don't have a Beta, just using Grammarly. I have named the first 3 chapters (Old) and moved them behind this new updated one and as I do the other chapters and once I am done adding new ones, I will be deleting the old chapters.)
(AN: Noticed that the formatting, didn't take so I have edited the formating again)
Places exist within the galaxy so ancient, they have been forgotten entirely by all as time has progressed. One of these places is the start of our story. Within the deep recesses of the unknown region, there is a barren planet in which life has not been seen for untold eons. But as fate has it, a republic exploration cruiser returning from an exploration mission in the region is about to stumble onto the planet. The cruiser travelling through the new hyperspace lane begins to shutter and shake as it enters an anomaly. The crew onboard began experiencing being in an air speeder while battered by powerful winds as the cruiser pushed through the anomaly.
The Science Officer on watch starts to conduct scans of the immediate area around the cruiser, looking at the current information from the scans as the computer system analyses the area. Finally, he stands up and walks over to the Officer of the Watch and informs him they had entered an anomaly within the hyperspace lane. The others of the current bridge crew began to conduct damage assessments on their parts of the ship. At the same time, the science officer gave his report in case the turbulence had caused damage to the cruiser, crew or equipment onboard.
LDCR Wilson McGeehan, the Officer of the Watch, walks to the ship's intercom once the Science Officer has finished and inputs the Commanding Officer's cabin number to brief the CO. At the same time, the bridge crew progressed through the damage assessments.
"Captain Sir, Officer of the Watch"
"Go ahead, OOW."
"Sir, we have entered an anomaly in the hyperspace lane. Recommend that we come out of hyperspace to assess the situation and conduct any maintenance required. The Science Officer is currently investigating the anomaly, and the watch on deck is conducting damage assessments."
"Approved and inform me with an update on the report once the Science Officer completes his scan."
"Aye, Sir" The OOW turns to the Helmsman while disconnecting the call to the CO, "Stop all engines and come out of hyperspace, Helm."
"Aye, stop all engines", The Helmsman confirms to the OOW, reaching over to the console inputting the command to stop the engines.
The OOW looks over to the science officer, "Science Officer, do you have more information on the anomaly?" The OOW asked the Science Officer.
"Sir, I am currently still consolidating the information I have; however, it seems like the anomaly has impacted the ship's speed. And when the ship continued to push through it at maximum thrust, we got that turbulence and reduced speed. So it could be a hyperspace jammer." The Science Officer answers the OOW's question.
"Thank you, LEUT Nikitovich", the OOW replies, reaching back over to the intercom and inputting the CO number.
"Captain Sir, OOW, recommend taking the ship to General Quarters due to the anomaly", the OOW suggests to the Commanding Officer.
"Approved; additionally, I am on my way to the Bridge."
"Roger, Sir", The OOW replies, turning to the Quartermaster, "QM sound general quarters."
"Aye, Sir", QM acknowledging the OOW order, activating over to the alarm on his station.
"Ship has left hyperspace, engines all stopped, and ship is adrift Sir", the Helmsman informed the Officer of the watch as the engines of the ship finally stopped. The cruiser began to drift in the cold void.
"Roger, Helm"
As the republic exploration cruiser came out of hyperspace and entered standard space, drifting away from the anomaly, the ship's company was still closing up to general quarters. The bridge crew notices that the ship's viewing port now contained a sizeable barren planet taking up most of the viewing port on the starboard side.
The Science Officer anticipating the order to conduct a scan of the planet, starts another scan on his terminal while checking the scan's progress on the anomaly. Finally, the rest of the bridge team finished the cruiser's final preparations to be closed up to general quarters.
The Radar and Sensors Operator utilizing his terminal to ensure that the cruiser has not entered normal space near any dangerous objects or other ships. Once the terminal finished sweeping the system and came up with no objects and/or other vessels near the cruiser or in the system. He turned his head towards the Officer of the Watch,
"Officer of the Watch Sir, Radar Operator, the radars and scanners are showing no objects or ships near us; or in the system."
"Roger, Science Officer, have you started the scan of the planet."
"Aye, Sir, the scan started along with the investigation of the anomaly still running."
"Captain on deck", The OOW yells as the Captain walks onto the bridge with the Navigator and the Executive Officer along with the Jedi Master and Jedi Knight that joined the crew on the exploration mission.
"Captain Sir, OOW"
"Captain"
"Sir, we have exited hyperspace and entered normal space. The ship is adrift. We have come out of hyperspace next to an unknown planet; the ship is still closing up to general quarters. The Science Officer has begun a scan of the planet. The anomaly is still being investigated. Radar and scanners show no objects or ships near us or in the system."
"Very well, inform me when there is any new information", The Captain replies as he takes his position on the bridge. Along with the Navigator and XO taking their positions.
"Aye, Sir"
The Jedi Master and Jedi Knight flinch when they feel a powerful presence within the Force on the planet. They found themselves drifting past, debating between themselves if the anomaly that the cruiser had encountered was the will of the Force, the Presence or an enemy force ambushing them as the ship passed the planet. The Jedi Master turned to the Captain,
"Captain, I believe that we should proceed towards the planet. We have felt a powerful presence within the force, and I believe we should investigate it" The Captain nods to the Jedi Master and faces to the OOW,
"OOW, bring the ship planet side once the ship is confirmed at general quarters and the damage assessments are in."
The Jedi Knight starts walking towards the communication room to update the Jedi High Council on Coruscant of the current situation. When cruiser was confirmed in general quarters. The damage assessments showed no damage; the OOW gave the Helm to bring engines to slow and position the ship at the edge of the planet's atmosphere.
The cruiser entered the atmosphere after the Science Officer reported that the cruiser would be safe to conduct atmosphere flight within the planet's gravitation well. The Jedi Master and Knight felt the Presence on the planet consolidate on itself into a tight path, acting as a guide towards its location, unlike when they felt it for the first while adrift near the planet.
The Jedi Master looked over at the CO. He gave the cruiser captain the directions to steer the ship in the general direction of the path that he had felt the Presence formed. While he was feeling uneasy about the whole ordeal wishing that he could turn away if he returned to the Council found out. They would be displeased that a Jedi Consular did not investigate.
As the cruiser skimmed across the barren planet's landscape, the Jedi Master and personnel on the bridge wondered if the planet ever had held life and, if so, what had happened to it; the Jedi also questioned what the Presence they felt in the Force was.
The Science Officer turned to the CO, "Captain Sir, Science Officer, I have the scan on the planet. But, unfortunately, scans are unable to determine if the planet has ever sustained life."
"Roger"
With that report, the Jedi Master's uneasy feeling continued increasing with force, trying to warn him.
As the ship slowly made its way along the path, the Presence slowly woke up from eons of hibernation to stave off the boredom and loneliness from its containment after feeling activation of the warning beacon. As the Presence regained full consciousness, the Presence started to wonder how long it had been since its imprisonment. The Presence stretched its power out to find what had caused the beacon's activation, finding numerous life forms now in the planet atmosphere.
The Presence commenced invading the minds and souls of the intruders to find out more about these beings. The Presences investigation of the intruders concluded that all the life forms onboard had a connection to the same power, however, at different levels of ability. Only four of the intruders could actively use the same power that it could access; now, it was wondering if they could use it at the same level as itself. The Presence turned its attention toward finding out the nature of the individuals on board and taking all the information that it can from them.
The being chuckled to itself as it lay in its prison; The information taken from the crew's minds was highly enlightening. It knew that the galaxy had de-progressed technologically from the last time it was free. Still, life has evolved with a lot more diversity. The galaxy now would make life enjoyable if it managed to break its imprisonment.
The cruiser begins the landing preparations at the closest landing location near the Presence that the Jedi Master and Knight felt. The Helmsman started to bleed off speed by circling the landing area and conducting the final preparations. The Jedi Master and Captain noticed that the landing location was in a vast tundra with a lake taking up about one-third of the tundra and a tomb-like structure located at the north end of the area. The Jedi Master noticed the Presence inside the tomb-like system.
As the cruiser begins the final descent to the planet, the Jedi Master turns and walks towards the cruiser's cargo hold to disembark while contacting the Jedi Knight. Jedi Padawans meet him at the cargo hold with their gear. The cruiser's Captain ordered the cruiser's primary marine squad to meet the Jedi in the cargo hold to protect the Jedi. At the same time, they explored the tomb and established what the power they felt was and if it was a threat to the Republic.
The Presence smirking within the darkness of its prison as it continues to shift through the minds of the Jedi, knowing that the Jedi Master was experienced and powerful enough to feel wary of the situation. The Jedi Knight, even though less experienced, was more powerful than the Jedi master. The Presence considers both elder Jedi are now wary of the situation due to their mission to protect the Republic. They would, with their Padawans, come to warily investigate the tomb it has been imprisoned.
The Jedi Master and Jedi Knight finally made their way to the cargo hold and were standing at the cargo ramp of the ship with a squad of twelve Explorcorps Marines and their Padawans awaiting the ramp to lower, the Jedi Master, a human male about fifty years old and with a height of one hundred and eighty centimetres with greying brown hair and brown Jedi robes on while open show that even in his advance age the Jedi Master is still in prime physical condition turned to the other Jedi and Marines,
"Are you all happy with what to do once this ramp opens?" He asked while looking over the two young Jedi Padawans and the Knight on the mission, knowing that the marines onboard knew precisely what to do if this ended up in a conflict.
The Jedi knight on board, a young Caucasian human female about twenty-five years old in appearance at one hundred and sixty-five centimetres. She had an athletic body with a D-sized bust, an attractive feminine face, with light icy blue eyes. When looking at someone, it made them feel as if she was looking into their souls. Her black with blond streaked hair was tied back in a ponytail reaching the middle of her back replied to the Master question,
"Master, we know what to do as you have drilled it into us throughout this entire mission, and I trust my Padawan to know what to do if shit hits the fan," the Knight says to the Jedi Master.
The two Jedi Padawan nod their heads in acceptance of the Knight's comment. The Jedi master turns the Knight and looks at her before nodding,
"I hope you and the Padawans do Revan; this feels completely different to the other planets that we have visited on this mission. You and I know Presence has entered the crew's minds and ours. However, I do not know why that one fact cannot be good," replies the Jedi Master to the young Knight, now known as Revan.
While the Jedi and Marines were waiting for the OK to exit the ship, the Marines started conducting system checks and visual inspections of their gear to ensure that their armour was appropriately fitted and their weapons were in working order and in serviceable condition before a possible hostile encounter. The Jedi conducted their checks over the armour under their robes to ensure that it would not impede them in a fight and that their lightsabres were in working order still. Revan conducted her additional checks on the blasters she carried with her.
Once the Helmsman had finished landing the cruiser and placing the ship into a standby state. The Science Officer began conducting checks on the atmosphere outside the vessel to determine if the air outside the ship was breathable for the Jedi and Ships Marines ground team. While the Science Officer was conducting his checks of the atmosphere, the Captain looked out the viewing windows on the bridge towards the tomb, curious why the planetary scan showed nothing on the surface or in orbit. The crew could not see the tundra.
"XO, why do you think the planetary scan showed nothing on the surface or while in orbit the crew could not see the tundra?" the Captain turned and asked his Executive Officer. A young red Twi'lek female, about twenty-five years old with sharp grey eyes, the uniform in immaculate condition with numerous medals decorating the uniform, answers him.
"Sir, I cannot answer that confidently; however, I can only give two theories why there is something that interferes with our scans of the planet or presence the Jedi felt can interfere with the scans and visual inspections of the planet until we reach the area" the Executive Officer replied to the Captain.
"Captain, Sir", the Science Officer calls out, "I have the results of the atmosphere scans; the atmosphere is composed of nitrogen, oxygen, argon, water vapour, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone making it breathable for the all the Jedi and Marines. There are no doesn't seem like there are any pathogens in the air at all that the ground crew risk bringing back onboard; however, I would advise caution; additional there is no radiation or chemicals detected."
"Thank you LEUT Nektonic." The Captain replies before turning to the Executive Officer and saying
"XO approval granted for the ground party to exit, lower the cargo ramp and inform the Jedi and Marines that they are good to investigate the tomb."
The Executive Officer nodded at the Captain before she turned and proceeded quickly toward the cargo ramp; whilst the Executive Officer made her way toward the ground party, the Jedi Master and the two Padawans had begun meditating with the Marines and Revan and started a game of Paarak. At the same time, they waited for the results and the approval for the ground party to exit the ship.
As the Executive Officer made her way through the cruiser with her quick pace towards the cargo hold, she wondered what the Jedi and Marines would find in the tomb near the cruisers landing area. She has seen many worlds with life and without; only one planet before has made her feel scared just for being in the atmosphere, but even that planet had nothing on this world. It made her feel like whatever was on this planet should never be found.
She could see that the other members in the crew onboard were having the same feeling she had with the planet, given the looks in the direction of the tomb. But, it seems as she paid attention, there was a pattern to the crew, the older and more experienced crew members were the ones who showed the feeling in their body language and looks whist the junior members seemed to almost be shutting down entirely if not for the older crew member helping them.
When she finally made it to the cargo hold, her feeling about the planet was now indeed in the opinion they should not be on this planet. However, it was not her decision to make on the matter. She walked over to the Intercomm point just before the cargo hold door. She explained to the Captain the feeling she was having, the state of the crew before proceeding through the door.
Executive Officer walked through the door into the cargo hold; one of the marines bought the squad to the attention and saluted her. The Jedi stood up, coming out of their mediation with Revan packing away her cards and gathering the credit chips she had just won from the Marines.
The XO returned the marines salutes and told the marines to fall in. Once the Marines finished falling, the Jedi stood off to the squad's side with Padawans in front of the Master and Knight, each with their respective masters behind them.
"The Captain received the report of the atmosphere details and has approved for the Jedi to investigate the Presence felt by them in orbit. Your mission is to protect the Jedi from anything that might be on the planet. Breathing apparatus is not required; however, carry it on your person. The Jedi Master is in charge, report in every six hours, Sergeant."
"Aye, Ma'am",
The Sergeant responded to the order before turning to the Jedi master, "Sir, permission to establish a perimeter at the entrance to the tomb."
The Jedi Master nodded at him before ordering the Knight and the two Padawans to go with the Marine squad in securing the tomb entrance.
Once the Master stopped speaking, the Jedi and Marines walked to the top of the ramp; the Knight nodded to the crew member at the ramp control point for him to lower the ramp. As the ramp was lowered, the Marines readied their weapons. When the ramp touched the planet's surface, the first fire team rushed out towards the tomb, followed by the other two fire teams. Conducting leaping bounds with the first fire team towards the tomb, the other three Jedi following the third fire team in their leaps.
The Master waited until the other Jedi and marines had left the ship completely before he turned to the Executive Officer and enquired about the feeling of terror around her. The Executive Officer was startled as she was hoping that no one would recognise that she was afraid. The Jedi Master smiled at her and informed her that even he was feeling wary and slightly fearful of the Presence before he turned and exited the ship and began his walk to catch up to the others.