Jedi
Stories: episode #20 Visions
Previously: John Jedi called for a Republic meeting
immediately following a first mission. In this meeting, he brings up the Dyrnwyn issue, which calls for a
second mission. They also will move the Republic Base from Alderaan to
Coruscant. Lowdun had hoped that maybe
he would see Mary at that meeting. But she was not there. Now, he knew something was really
wrong. He knew he couldn't go out on
another mission without knowing that she was safe. He decided that he must go to Frey for advice…
Lowdun
got back in his ship and raced home. He
was really worried about Mary now! When he got home, he found Frey cleaning some spare parts in the storage
closet. Frey turned to see his only
friend in the galaxy. Lowdun noticed
something before either of them could speak: the quietness. He was not
accustomed to quietness. Usually one or
both of his parents were busy doing things for their joint home business. Yes, Alex was a navigator…that was the
business. He was always trying to get
hold of people to see if they needed a navigator. He got good money for it, too. Whenever they were home, people
were over all the time…asking advice on space navigation…or making deals for
future supply runs or whatever. Lowdun
thought it was odd that there was this quietness. It was never quiet and he could never remember a time in which it
was. Anyway, Lowdun approached Frey.
"Why is it so quiet?"
"I don't know," says Frey, who just seemed to
be broken from some sort of trance or something.
"Where is
everybody? Are my parents home?"
"No," says Frey, suddenly looking thoughtful
and concerned at the same time. "They
left after you arrived at the reception and told them about the meeting,
remember?"
"Yes. They haven't come back yet!?"
"No, but
remember, Lowdun…it hasn't been that long. They've only been gone a few hours."
"A few hours! I think maybe we ought to go look for them."
Frey says, "Calm down, Lowdun. I don't think they've been gone long enough
to cause a worry. (He said this partly
to keep himself calm. He also, was
worried about Lowdun's parents.) But
then of course there was a disturbance in the Force…I felt it."
(He said that last part to himself, but
Lowdun heard it.)
"What do you mean?"
This brought Frey back to his trance.
"I hope there's never going to be an Empire
again."
Lowdun kind of looked at him funny.
"Yeah," he
says, "it was awful."
He only said that because sometimes Frey got
in these crazy old people states. He
never made sense when he was.
Deep down inside Lowdun was thinking, "What
do you mean: the Empire."
Lowdun just kind of played along with
Frey. It was the best way, he
thought. Lowdun tired to pull Frey out
of it.
"I was hoping I
could get some advice from you…" (He added in his head…but I unfortunately
found you in one of your crazy states.)
"Oh?" says Frey. "But first let me finish explaining my vision. It is very clear to me…more vivid than most. I can see a Corta…yes…he is a great man and
I sense that he must have an important task. I do not know what generation he is. I sense that this is not an event in the past, but is of the future."
Lowdun asked, "Can you see any Skywalker's?"
"Yes, there are some Skywalker's. They are mostly with the Corta…but there is
a dark one…he, too is a Skywalker. I
was once a Jedi before Poopsie caught me."
He explains the story. Suddenly Frey's vision vanished.
Frey turned to
Lowdun, "You know that Jedi can see the future…a limited amount…but still. And the disturbance in the Force stirred
this vision. It's been playing in my
head ever since."
"But what does it mean," asks Lowdun.
"I'm not
sure…but I fear something terrible has happened. Lowdun, it's Poopsie Kritch that I'm worried about. I never got a chance to tell you this, but
he has a hold of the ancient Sith book. And he has my family! We must go
find him at once!"
Lowdun says, "Hold on. Mary's missing…that's what I came here to
tell you. She's disappeared. I was
hoping you could give me advice…"
Frey says, "Mary missing? It's Poopsie, no doubt. He's the first person we must check. If there's even a slight chance he has her,
we must go for it! And your parents too
are possibly in his hands. Anyone in
his hands is in grave danger. Come now,
we must go for my ship at once. The
longer we wait, the less chance there is of ever seeing his hostages again."
This really motivated Lowdun and soon off
they were to the Planet of Wolly.
Until next
time!
