[b] CHAPTER ONE [/B]
[i] FIVE YEARS LATER… [/i]
[b] VICIA [/b]
JACEN
I knew that this planet was trouble from the minute I landed my ship here. It was an uneasy feeling I could not explain, but had learned to trust it. It always meant trouble. So I kept my eyes open and was always aware of what was happening around me. Uncle Luke had sent me on a mission to track down a man who was charged with murder, but Uncle Luke believed he was innocent. It was hard to prove his innocence when he was dead. Bounty hunters were hot on his tale. It had taken me two days to track him here. He had chosen a good place to hide. Vicia was a planet on the edge of the know galaxy. You only came here if you had family here or if you didn't want to be found. The only problem was this man had no experience with hiding. It wouldn't take the bounty hunters long to track him here. I only had a few hours.
I still didn't understand why Uncle Luke had sent me. This was more Anakin's department than mine. Anakin had more experience with tracking down people. I was more one for tactics and negotiations. I also didn't understand why Uncle Luke had stopped Anakin from coming with me. Ever since Jaina died Anakin had rarely let me go on missions alone. But then again Uncle Luke must have had his reasons for this. Jaina… - it still hurt, though not as bad a few years back. Sometimes I still can't believe she's gone. Every time I turn around I expect her to be standing there. My heart was torn to pieces when she died.
I was still thinking about my sister when the Force sent a warning and I ducked on instant. An arrow shot by me and hit the three just ahead with a thud. I instantly had my lightsaber up, blocking the other arrows. People around me screamed and ran for cover. This market place was to open, so looked for cover. I found it in the form of a fallen stand. More arrows were flying past me. I dived over the stand, an arrow hitting the wood with a dull thud. Who were they? Probably not bounty hunters. They wouldn't shoot with arrows. Locals? I was abruptly pulled from my thoughts with an explosion nearby. The blast threw me several meters away. There was suddenly a strange silence.
[b] YAVIN FOUR [/b]
I knew I shouldn't have let him go alone. He was in trouble, I could feel it. I stared of into the distance, reading the Force but it didn't tell me anything about the outcome of this. As I had expected. I had to go there. I knew he was on Vicia. It was in one of his last messages to Uncle Luke. I headed of to the Academy's hangar bay to find Uncle Luke standing before my XJX-Wing. "He has to do this on his own, Anakin," my uncle said.
I wasn't about to let this go easily. "Jacen is in trouble, can't you feel it? The Force is screaming it. I have to go there." I said to him. I tried to keep calm.
"Your emotions are clouding your judgment. Listen to what the Force tells you and look at it objectively," my uncle replied.
I couldn't, I was afraid of what I would find. I wasn't one to wait for the outcome; I wanted to be in it. But I still trusted my uncle. He wouldn't put Jacen in any danger deliberately. It had taken Jacen a long way to get where he was now. At least he talked and smiled again. For the first few months after Jaina died, Jacen hadn't aid anything; he had just stared blankly in front of him. Hiding in the shadows is what my dad called it. I took a deep breath. Uncle Luke gave me an encouraging nod.
I let myself fall into the depths of the Force and stretched my senses. At fist I didn't sense it, but then I did. How could I not have noticed this? How was it even possible? And as quick as I had fallen into the Force I pulled out and looked at my uncle stunned.
"Now you know," was the only thing my uncle said.
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Sometimes dreams alter the course of an entire life.
--Judith Duerk
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[i] FIVE YEARS LATER… [/i]
[b] VICIA [/b]
JACEN
I knew that this planet was trouble from the minute I landed my ship here. It was an uneasy feeling I could not explain, but had learned to trust it. It always meant trouble. So I kept my eyes open and was always aware of what was happening around me. Uncle Luke had sent me on a mission to track down a man who was charged with murder, but Uncle Luke believed he was innocent. It was hard to prove his innocence when he was dead. Bounty hunters were hot on his tale. It had taken me two days to track him here. He had chosen a good place to hide. Vicia was a planet on the edge of the know galaxy. You only came here if you had family here or if you didn't want to be found. The only problem was this man had no experience with hiding. It wouldn't take the bounty hunters long to track him here. I only had a few hours.
I still didn't understand why Uncle Luke had sent me. This was more Anakin's department than mine. Anakin had more experience with tracking down people. I was more one for tactics and negotiations. I also didn't understand why Uncle Luke had stopped Anakin from coming with me. Ever since Jaina died Anakin had rarely let me go on missions alone. But then again Uncle Luke must have had his reasons for this. Jaina… - it still hurt, though not as bad a few years back. Sometimes I still can't believe she's gone. Every time I turn around I expect her to be standing there. My heart was torn to pieces when she died.
I was still thinking about my sister when the Force sent a warning and I ducked on instant. An arrow shot by me and hit the three just ahead with a thud. I instantly had my lightsaber up, blocking the other arrows. People around me screamed and ran for cover. This market place was to open, so looked for cover. I found it in the form of a fallen stand. More arrows were flying past me. I dived over the stand, an arrow hitting the wood with a dull thud. Who were they? Probably not bounty hunters. They wouldn't shoot with arrows. Locals? I was abruptly pulled from my thoughts with an explosion nearby. The blast threw me several meters away. There was suddenly a strange silence.
[b] YAVIN FOUR [/b]
I knew I shouldn't have let him go alone. He was in trouble, I could feel it. I stared of into the distance, reading the Force but it didn't tell me anything about the outcome of this. As I had expected. I had to go there. I knew he was on Vicia. It was in one of his last messages to Uncle Luke. I headed of to the Academy's hangar bay to find Uncle Luke standing before my XJX-Wing. "He has to do this on his own, Anakin," my uncle said.
I wasn't about to let this go easily. "Jacen is in trouble, can't you feel it? The Force is screaming it. I have to go there." I said to him. I tried to keep calm.
"Your emotions are clouding your judgment. Listen to what the Force tells you and look at it objectively," my uncle replied.
I couldn't, I was afraid of what I would find. I wasn't one to wait for the outcome; I wanted to be in it. But I still trusted my uncle. He wouldn't put Jacen in any danger deliberately. It had taken Jacen a long way to get where he was now. At least he talked and smiled again. For the first few months after Jaina died, Jacen hadn't aid anything; he had just stared blankly in front of him. Hiding in the shadows is what my dad called it. I took a deep breath. Uncle Luke gave me an encouraging nod.
I let myself fall into the depths of the Force and stretched my senses. At fist I didn't sense it, but then I did. How could I not have noticed this? How was it even possible? And as quick as I had fallen into the Force I pulled out and looked at my uncle stunned.
"Now you know," was the only thing my uncle said.
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Sometimes dreams alter the course of an entire life.
--Judith Duerk
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