Chapter
One
Jacen
awoke with a start, his flight
suit drenched with sweat." Oh no!" he said " I forgot to change again." He sat
up, quite forgetting the reason why he was awakened so early in the morning.
Then he notices the time in his chronometer and remembers that he has been
waking up the same time for the last week. " I wonder why I never noticed" said
Jacen, "And why am I talking to myself" with an exasperated sigh he stood up
and started pacing the room all thoughts of sleep banished from his mind. "As
long as I'm awake I'd better check up on Jaina and feed my pets."
Crossing
the adjoining panel, the only space that separated him from his twin sister,
Jaina, he peeked through the room. Although he already knew that Jaina was
asleep, being a force user, he didn't have to listen to Jaina's even breathing
to have surmised that she was asleep. And being a twin his link with Jaina's
mental psyche far surpassed any science or force related explanations, can ever
explain. Although their parents, the legendary Han Solo and Princess Leia of
Alderran, current leader of the New Republic, have agreed it was love and both
their genes combined, which made them the formidable pair they are today. Jacen
smiled, maybe the comment about the genes was solely their father's idea, him
being always cocky and proud of them. For not only are they famous for their
heritage, they have saved the New Republic several times alongside their uncle,
Master Skywalker, the founder of the new Jedi academy and also the hero of the
New Republic .
Jacen
sighed, knowing full well that fame isn't what it's cracked out to be.
Dismissing this from his mind. He enters Jaina's room. But before he can
approach Jaina's cot, Jacen felt a tap. Whirling around he saw nothing, yet
sensed a presence or to be more precise a tugging feeling at the back of his
mind that beckoned. He turned and started to walk towards the sensation. But as
abruptly as it appeared in his mind the music ceased.
"MUSIC!!!" Jacen shouted then clamped both his hands to
his mouth.
"Music." He said again but in a whisper.
"So that's the thing,
waking me up so early in the morning. Funny I never realized what it was until
I finally heard or felt it consciously." Said Jacen.
So he
closed his eyes visualizing the path he had sensed earlier, walking through the
maze like corridors of the Massassi temple, that housed some hundreds of young
Jedi students. At this time, the search gave off a dreamlike quality. The
silence overwhelming and the frost that formed at his every breath gave off the
impression of haziness. Now, that thought was somehow disturbing… silence and
the fact that the more he strained to hear it the more difficult it was to
actually hear… No, not hear thought Jacen, the music gave more of a "feeling".
Sensing again rather than hearing the elusive
music, he then found himself some few feet away from an unfamiliar door and
still unrecognizable corridor. Not at all concerned of the fact he might have
gotten himself lost, Jacen enters the room and finds himself in a spacious,
humid and obviously occupied room.
The
standard furniture provided was present yet it did not looked used at all.
Moving without much conscious thought, he advanced to a more secluded part of
the room. There he stood some few feet away from Her.
She was in
a tank. At first Jacen thought it was a bacta tank, but the smell of seawater
was now evident. Light striking on the water threw off little light prisms and
her body was surrounded in a blue halo. Her hair was long and reminded him of
nights in Coruscant, midnight blue with the ever present stars. For glints of
silver and gold highlighted it as small currents from the water tank swayed her
hair, framing her face, luminous and utterly beautiful. It reminded Jacen of
the mythical creatures called sirens, beings who lived in the sea and
lured sailors to their doom by captivating
the sailors heart with their beauty and voice.
" I feel like a sailor now." Jacen gulped, and continued
to gaze at her. All of a sudden he hears a song.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Come,
come, come…
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~and lead me,
to the one
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~that will bring
me to my ONE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~beyond…
stars beyond… star,
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Kaleidoscope
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The little
sound of a star
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Shattering
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Eyes of
green…bring me home
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~the
depths
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Come, come
come…….
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I am here,
my one
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~for I am
the ONE
Jacen
couldn't help but be swept away by this haunting call, ebbing all of his
external senses slowly towards
visions…
"So I see you have discovered your
new classmate?"
"AHHHH!!!!" Jacen half screamed.
" Uncle Luke!?!?"
"Woops, sorry to have startled you.
But I thought Hre Sia, would not appreciate it if she found out you were
watching her sleep. Hmmm?" Luke
smiled and folded his arms on his chests.
"But she isn't sleeping she was
singing a second ago." Jacen interjected.
"What! You heard her singing? But I
didn't hear anything"
"Yeah, you really did'nt hear her?
It was… it was, ummm, interesting. Jacen turned away embarrassed, for he could
feel himself blushing. Then he gazed up at her. "So Hre Sia's her name?"
Luke,
hiding his smile said "Yes, she has been here for a week but has specifically
asked not to join in the group activities until she has found…"
Turning to
look at his uncle, "Find what? Come on uncle Luke you can tell me." Giving Luke
his lopsylided smile that he evidently got from his father. Luke shook his head
and said, "If you want to know anything you would have to ask her for I don't
know too. All I can get out of her and from Lei's reports was, she is
definitely strong in the Force and she is part of her society's legend."
"Legend? She's a legend?
"She has been sent here by the
royal family of her solar system on some kind of mission. And because they have
been always so supportive of the New Republic, your mother took it upon herself
to aid them in their quest."
"But Uncle Luke, you still haven't
told me the answer to my question."
"All questions will be answered in
due time, and by the person who is entitled to answer them….. impatient, you
are, hmmmmm…" Said Luke, using Yoda's well known phrase that he sometimes uses
to make a point.
As if not
hearing what Luke said Jacen continued on his barrage of questions. "And her
people are obviously water breathing mammals… did they evolved from whales or
something. I haven't seen a species like hers. She looks so human, unlike
General Ackbar who looks like a catfish."
Luke
laughed. "Jacen, you should know better than that. Promise me you wont repeat
that observation to complete strangers, you're lucky your mother didn't hear you
or she would have been mortified. General Ackbar is a brilliant and respected
tactician." Said Luke but still he couldn't contain his amusement and let out a
small chuckle, "Anyway, as far as I know she is the only one that can breath
underwater…
"Yes…. The only one."
Both Luke
and Jacen heard Hre Sia in their heads, "I apologize Hre Sia" said Luke in his
calm voice "You have nothing to worry about, my nephew is trustworthy and I
know that you and him would become good friends." Jacen gaped and said, "You're
a telepath."
"My name is Hre Sia, I am the Chosen."
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Jacen –
son of Han Solo and Leia Solo, he has an affinity to animals and he can
communicate with them using the force.
Jaina –
daughter of Han Solo and Leia Solo, a mechanical genius
Hre Sia –
the mystery girl
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Character
description, was included not to insult you starwars fans but to inform those who
are not familiar with "Young Jedi Knights" and as the story progress I will
also introduce old and new characters. So far I only mentioned those included
in my fanfic.
If anyone
of you notices, I included some haiku of Ellen Campton and L.A. Davidson. And
my haiku's as well ^^ , I just love em!
So far so
good, I have finished this chapter and the rest is up to you.
*serra
angel
I leave
you with this,
Preview of
Chapter 2
"Mother,
why do I have to live in the palace?" asked a tear stained 6 year old girl.
With determined bright eyes the woman looked into her daughters eyes and said "
Esia, listen to me. You should sing… sing them the song that you hear in your
sleep, sing them the song that whispers to you. And in doing so, you will save
us." Kneeling in one knee she kissed the child's hand, a sign of respect
reserved only for those who belong to royalty. Standing up she left without
looking back.
