Bespin, Cloud City - 89 ABY
The female AI system Mrs R.O.T.S., who was also flying the craft, responded to the commands made by the mistress, and in seconds they were up in the air, flying towards the museum.
The Historic Museum of Cloud City contained historical information from the events of the creation of the universe to the recent history. The museum contains real Jedi artefacts, including lightsabres, holocrons and many more. Public figures and the creation of Cloud City are also recorded in this museum. According to the museum itself, it has the biggest collection of artefacts and historical possessions anywhere in the galaxy.
The transport vehicle arrived at the front staircases that lead into the grand, enormous museum. Rowan's excitement had risen so much, that he couldn't help himself from hiding it in his voice. Rowan has a huge obsession over spaceships, and has been interested in them ever since he was young. He'd spent countless numbers of hours reading stories of different spacecrafts, since his older brother and sister, Jesse and Gisellisandra (who everyone called Gi), work as engineers.
"Welcome everyone to the Historic Museum of Cloud City." A woman dressed in a white, elegant, but knee-length dress calls out to the kids.
"My name is Tatiana Zionne and I'll be your guide for today." She continues. "Everyone please follow me this way."
The group followed her inside the huge tower, and everyone had been overwhelmed the entrance of the museum. Statues of monsters and models of space crafts from old legends gazed down onto the group of adolescent teens, with skeletons of extinct creatures of the old times standing right in front of them.
"The Museum of Cloud City is home to thousands of historical artefacts dedicated from the dawn of time, to the most recent wars and events," Tatiana starts, "The Museum is divided into 4 sections, the environmental world, the wars of old and new, Political History and the Jedi vs. the Sith." Everyone gasped when they heard the word 'Jedi'.
"Everyone, please make your way to the platform." Tatiana called out. Everyone was so eager to start the tour, so everyone sprinted in front, towards Tatiana. Burin noticed Rowan admiring the models and out of curiosity and boredom (well mostly boredom), he decided to bump into his shoulder. Rowan trips onto the white tiled floor, landing on his shoulder. He grasps his sore shoulder in pain while Burin walked away snickering. The other kids around him start chuckling at the amusement of Rowan lying on the floor groaning. Rowan felt fumed and mad, he just wanted to just scream. The laughing had suddenly calmed down by the mistress's overwhelming voice. Rowan stood up instantly as she approached him, with Aquila standing by his side, helping him to get off from the floor.
"I'm fine mistress." Rowan exclaims quietly, having his gaze towards the ground.
"Next time, don't make such a huge scene!" She huffed. "Hurry up, the platform isn't going to move without you."
Rowan looked at the other kids around him. Their little whispers and the constant words of "Rowan" and "loser" were the only things he could hear.
"Hey are you…"
"I'm fine!" Rowan exclaims, as his hatred begins to overtake by his joy.
Aquila looked at Rowan as his excited and enthusiastic aura from ten minutes ago turned into dismay in just three.
Half an hour passed, as Tatiana guided them through the four sections of the museum. She showed them bones of extinct animals, told the story a Cloud City hero, Lando Calrissian and told us about the Clone Wars, The Battle of Yavin, The Empire against the rebellion and the high order against the resistance.
"No one truly knows if the resistance has disbanded, or are still secretly a society. After the war between the last Force Users, the Resistance had completely disappeared from the faces of any and every planet, but if the time ever comes again, they will exist again." Tatiana told the group, putting an emphasis on 'exist'. She was looking at a portrait of the young Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan, according to Tatiana, was the most successful resistance General of her time.
"I think we all know what the last section of this tour is right?" Tatiana exclaimed excitedly "Okay, everyone back on the platform." The kids all rushed onto the platform, and it rose higher towards the highest point of the tower.
The Jedi vs The Sith.
Aquila peered her eyes towards Rowan who still looked like he was in a pretty bad mood. She felt bad. I'm supposed to be his friend, and why can't I do anything! She thought sulkily.
The platform had stopped to another balcony. The area was covered in a dark purple carpet, and had life-sized 3D statues of previous Jedi's and Sith's of history placed in a circle, with a model of their lightsabre attached in their hands. Glass cabinets full of destroyed lightsabres and fragments of Kyber crystals were kept in best condition. The cabinets that contained the light sabres were separated by their colours, and the other artefacts were contained on the other side of the hall.
"Welcome to the world of the Jedi and the Sith." Tatiana introduces, "Even though the Jedi, Sith and the ways of the force have been lost, we still look up to these heroes of legend." Everyone gasped at the wonder of the collection.
"The first force-users have existed since the dawn of the first life forms. They were known also as force-sensitives." She started walking towards the circle of the life-sized Jedi and Siths, with the group following her. "The first Jedi order is known today as the Old Republic, which was formed a millennia ago."
Her talking faded away into the distance as a wave of energy spikes through Rowan's body. He tilted his head and closed his eyes tightly as if he was hearing something irritating that wouldn't go away. He opened his eyes to find himself looking at a blank space on the wall, in the darkest corner of the massive exhibition. It felt like something wanted him to go there, something luring him into checking out whatever that wall was about.
The tour started to move towards another section of the exhibition, leaving him behind, staring at that blank space on the wall.