There was a light flashing on the console as Captain Rex of the 501st battalion was trying to steer the G9 Rigger transport ship through the asteroid field. Commander Cody of the 212th Battalion was his co-pilot as they were enacting evasive maneuvers over the mix of lasers firing at them and the asteroid field.
"Rex, I am manning the turrets. Get us the hell out of here," order Cody as he got out of his seat. As Cody was firing the turrets, Rex was trying his best to avoid the asteroid. As they were flying through the asteroid field they got hit by the vulture droid. Cody was able to destroy the starfighter, but the damage was done. The starship was spinning out of control.
"Cody, we are heading towards a black hole," yelled Rex, "we are getting sucked into it." Rex was trying his best to fly out of the black hole, but it was to no use. The ship got sucked into the black hole. The damage on the ship, with the brute force of the black hole, was so strong that it knocked both Cody and Rex out.
Hagrid, who was a half giant, was making tea for himself when he heard a huge crash near the forbidden forest. He grabbed his crossbow and started heading towards the sound and smoke. As he walks near the crash site, Hagrid notices what seems to be a spaceship. Walking towards the spaceship, Hagrid heard a twig snapped. He turns around to see what seems to be twin brothers. One of the brothers was dragging the other one, who was still unconscious away from the rubble. One of them was wearing a weird metallic plating, almost like body armor, that was color blue. The other one, the one who was unconscious, was wearing a similar plating except it was orange. The man in the blue was at a safe point where he just fainted. Hagrid walked up to the bodies, while the man in the blue was trying, to no avail, use what looks like a toy gun. Hagrid just picked both of them up and took them out of the forest.
When Rex woke up, he felt a little disoriented. The place he is in looks like a hospital room, but the tools they use were ancient. Rex felt a pain in his head as a lady, in her mid 40s, came up to him.
"Careful now, you guys must have a nasty fall. Here drink this. This helps your head," said the nurse giving Rex what seems to be a bottle of some sort.
"Ugh. Thank you, ma'am. By the way do you know what star system this is?" asked Rex while drinking the bottle. The drink tasted awful, like a month old blue milk that has been left out in the sun. But Rex is a trained soldier and knew how to muster the awful taste.
"Aw, jeez, you must have hit your head harder than you thought?" said the nurse.
Rex, finishing up the drink, was surprised she said this. "This planet must be primitive. They probably don't use space travel", thought Rex. Rex clears his throat and asks the lady what planet is this?
"Well, to help you feel better, this is planet Earth," replied the nurse.
"Earth. I guess I am in the unknown star system," thought Rex. Rex turned to look at Cody, who was lying on the bed next to him, still unconscious.
The nurse, as if to sense the feeling of brotherhood, said, "Don't worry about your friend here. He is just resting. Give him a few days and he will be up and ready."
"Thank you, ma'ame. By the way, I never got your name," said Rex.
"I am Madame Pomfrey, and you are?" asked the nurse.
"Captain Rex of the 501st battalion," replied Rex triumphantly.
"Well Captain Rex, you should get some rest. It will help your head." said Madam Pomfrey.
As soon as she said that, the door to the hospital room was flung open. Five adults came into the hospital room, one female and the other four male. The female was dressed in what seemed to be in a greenish robe with a pointed hat. She was wearing what seems to be some piece of glass on her face. The four males were dressed in a unique way. One of them seemed familiar, thought Rex. Judging by the size, this must be the person who took him and Cody to the hospital wing. The person on his right was a very short man. This man had a piece of glass on his face like the lady, but funny enough, he kinda reminds Rex of the Ewoks he met on Endor. On the tall person's left was an older man. He seemed very kind, but ancient. His eyes twinkle through the sun as his crescent shaped glass was on his face. He had a very calm demeanor to him. And finally on the old man's right side is what seems to be a man in blackish robes. He had a hooked nose and uneven yellow teeth. He kinda reminded Rex of General Krell, by the way he acted. The group was getting close to him as Madam Pomfrey was trying to shoo them away. But, it seems like she allowed them due to the fact that it seems that the old man might be her boss. The old man came to Rex's side. Rex, feeling a little worried as the old man came close, somehow felt calm around this man. As if he was back on the Venator with his brothers.
"Hello, my name is Professor Dumbledor," said the old man, his voice as calming as the seas of Kashyyyk reminding Rex of Master Yoda, "These are Professor Snape," he was pointing to the crooked nose man, "Professor Flitwick" pointing at the small man, "Professor Mcgonagall," pointing at the lady, "and I think you met our Gamekeeper, Rubeus Hagrid."
"Not formally, sir," replied Rex.
"Well, he told me how he found you and your brother in what seems to be a flying contraption of some sort. Would you mind explaining to me what happened?" asked Dumbledore calmly.
"My buddy and I were sent by the Galactic Republic on a recon mission to gather information of the whereabouts of a new Separtist leader on the planet of Crait. As we were leaving the planet, we got spotted by a vulture droid. The vulture droid was destroyed but it took a good hit at us. So we ended up crashing on this planet," explained Rex.
"I see," said the professor, "Well as soon as you feel much better, come to my office so we can talk about your stay here until you are able to leave."
"Yes, sir," replied Rex.
All the professors left the hospital room talking to each other. Rex knew that they were talking about him, but he didn't press the issue further. He laid back down, thinking to himself. "I am on an unknown planet, in an unknown star system. The inhabitants don't know anything about space travel nor anything that is happening right now. Cody is unconscious. The only thing that I know is that I am in a school of some sort." As these ideas were going through Rex's mind, he didn't notice that he fell asleep.
"Do you actually believe this muggle?" asked Snape.
"How else do yer explain about the flying invention?" asked Hagrid.
"Hagrid is right, how do you explain the spaceship in the Forbidden Forest? And the armour that they were wearing. It is nothing that I have seen any muggles wear," said Mconagoll
The professors were all discussing the two men in the hospital wing. While they were talking, Dumbledore was in his own thoughts as if the discussion was in another room. Dumbledore stood up from his chair and stared at Faux. "Severus, even if he was lying, his brother and him were still hurt. And there is a vehicle that no muggle ever used," said Dumbledore.
"So what are we going to do with them, Albus? The school year is about to start and we don't want the students to know anything about this," asked Snape.
"Who do we have Defense Against the Dark Arts Class, Minerva?" asked Dumbledore..
"We don't have anyone currently, but the Ministry wants to put Dolores Umbridge as the teacher. Cornelius wants to have a spy in the school. He feels like you might be against him, Albus," explained Minerva.
"We will allow that as it may seem that the ministry doesn't trust us. But tell them that this year we will have two Defense Against the Dark Arts teachers. Mr. Rex will be the other teacher until he is able to leave. I predict that he knows some forms of combat that students might learn," explain Albus, "Hagrid, send an owl to the ministry about our plan for this year."
"Yes, professor," Hagrid said leaving the office.
"I hope you know what you are doing Albus, for the sake of us and the sake of the students," said Snape.
Rex felt better than he did yesterday. He got out of the bed and stretched. He was given a robe, a pair of pants, and socks. He looked at Cody. "At least he's still breathing," thought Rex. He thanked Madam Pomfrey and made his way towards Dumbledore's office. He was amazed at the castle. He wandered through the halls, but he somehow got lost.
"The castle is amazing, no?" asked Dumbledore. Rex spun around and saw him walking towards his way.
"It is amazing sir. I am just wondering what this jedi trick," asked Rex, pointing to one of the portraits.
"I don't know what you mean by the Jedi trick. This is all done by magic," explained Dumbledore.
"Magic," thought Rex. The last time he heard about magic being used was when he heard the stories of the night sisters and brothers of Dathomir. "I understand that you wanted to talk to me sir?" asked Rex.
"I do," replied Dumbledore, "I understand that your ship will need repairs and your brother needs to be fully healed. So I am going to offer you a job here. We need a new Defense Against The Dark Arts teacher. I understand that you are a soldier so that you are capable of teaching the students how to defend themselves. But it is all your choice. We will offer you a room here, so what do you say?" His eyes were gleaming in the sunlight.
"I will accept the offer sir, thank you," replied Rex.
"That is good. You will need to get a book on the different forms of a wandwork, similar to what you will consider as sword training. I will send you with Hagrid to Diagon Alley as soon as you are ready. But you will be coming back on the train, ok?" order Dumbledore calmly.
"Yes, sir," replied Rex.
Diagon Alley was a sprawling market place. The shops and crowds reminded Rex about the time when the 501st was back on Coruscant. Even though this world is very mysterious to Rex, it still felt the same as when he was in Coruscant or any other metropolis planet. He went with Hagrid to Diagon Alley on what seems like a primitive version of speeders. As soon as they were at Diagon Alley, they went their separate ways.
"I have to get pesticide to kill those pesky little fireworms that have been eating all the vegetables," said Hagrid, "Here is what you will need to buy those books, and here is your ticket for the train." Hagrid gave Rex a bag of coins and a piece of paper that said 'Hogwarts Express, 9 ¾' and went his way. As soon as Hagrid left, Rex made his way to what seems like this planet version of a library. The inhabitants call it a book shop. As he entered the shop, Rex was surprised to see that the inhabitants don't have data pads. Even a backwater planet, like Lothal, had datapads. It seems like how these inhabitants use to gather information is through what seems to be a collection of paper. They call these reading materials, books. Rex was amazed at what he saw. Never, through all of his years of combat, had he seen a lot of primitive tools. Even fighting in some of the third world planets, there were some technological advances. Not many, but they were still there.
Rex's amazement was cut short when he saw what seems to be two teenagers arguing. He sensed that it might get physical, so he decided to intervene. Rex went in between the ginger hair boy and the blonde boy. "What seems to be the problem boys?" asked Rex, feeling like he is dealing with some of the shinies he had to train back in the beginning of the war.
"Mind your own business if you know what is good for you," sneered the blond boy, "And I will be seeing you Weasley at school with your mudblood friend and Potter." And with that, the blonde boy left with a huff.
Rex turned to the ginger head boy who he presumed was called Weasley. "You okay kid, what was that all about?" asked Rex.
"Oh that, don't worry about that. Draco has always been a thorn on my side. His own family believed that they righteous people because they are purebloods. They think that my family betrays our own kind because of how my father works in the ministry in the muggles artifacts. My name is Ron Weasly by the way." explain the ginger hair boy.
"Well Mr. Weasly, I will be needing to go back getting my supplies for school. I guess I will be seeing you in my class," said Rex.
"What do you mean that you will be seeing me in your class, Mr.?" asked Ron.
"Rex, and I am one of the new Defense against the Darks Arts teachers, your master sent me to get a book all about wand forms," Rex explained.
"So you are one of the Defense against the Dark Arts teachers, good luck with that. They say that the position is cursed. Anyways if you are looking for the Wand Forms throughout the years, it will be…."
"Ron!" interrupted a bushy brown hair girl.
"Hey Hermione, how have you been?" asked Ron.
"I have been good. I heard that you almost got into a fight with Malfoy," said Hermione.
"Yeah almost, this guy," Ron said pointing at Rex, "prevented that from happening."
Hermione, finally noticing Rex, puts her hand out so she can shake his head. Rex, as if it is normal for him to do, instead gave her a salute. Hermione, confused that this random man is saluting her, saluted at him back.
"He says that he is one of the new DADA teachers. I do wonder who the other one is going to be," Ron explained.
"Is that so,well I heard that the other one is going to be a ministry of magic employee," Hermione said, "Well it is nice to meet you, Mr?"
"Rex," replied Rex.
"No last name?" asked Hermione quizzically.
"Never had one," explained Rex, "All of my brothers were given numbers, so we all decided to give each other nicknames. Some of their nicknames were crazy like Wolf and Fives, while others had normal nicknames like myself and Cody."
"Why do they give you guys numbers, isn't that just a bit inhumane?" asked Hermione now interested in this Rex guy.
"Well that has been a huge debate in the senate. As you will know, my brothers and I are clones. We are bred for combat and that is it. We served the Galactic Republic as soldiers," explained Rex.
Ron and Hermione both look at each other confused. They never heard of human clones. Sure they heard the muggles cloning sheep and crops, but never humans. And the galactic republic. They never heard any government like that.
Rex, as if sensing their confusion, explained, "You see, I am not from your world. I am from outer space. One of my brothers and I got shot at by an enemy ship and ended landing up in a black hole. The next thing I know is that this very tall guy, I believe his name was Hagrid, carried us back to this castle and then I woke up at a hospital. Look, I could go on how I got stranded here and all about space, but I need to get this reading material called Wand Forms Throughout the Centuries for the class. Would any of you know where to find it?"
Hermione snapped out of her shock and said, "Well how about this, Ron and I will help you find the book and anything else you might need and you can tell us all about your space travels and your war stories."
"That is a deal kiddo, I would also need help finding the 9 3/4 station," explained Rex.
Rex went with the two teenagers to find and buy the book. As they were waiting in line, he was telling them the story of how one of his brothers was caught in a conspiracy and got killed in front of him. He told them about the second battle of Geonosis. He also told them about Anakin Skywalker and Ashoka Tano. He could tell that Ron and Hermione were amazed by the stories he told. After they were done in Diagon Alley, Hermione and Ron offered Rex to come with them to where they are staying. Rex, having no other choice, joins them.
