First off, the thanks:
Dan: for reviewing. Glad ya like it.
Sinister: Yay! First person to ever read anything of mine and ask me to continue XD lol
The planets and people that you don't recognize in here belong to me. You may only use them in your own twisted stories if you get my permission first.
I'm trying to put up one chapter each day. *stares at the screen* Please, Lord, don't let me get writer's block on this story... well, I don't know what'll happen in this chapter, so just read. I've already thought of two different directions that this could go in, and I'm still trying to decide O_O
Oh, and I'm looking for a beta reader or two, so email aslyinn@yahoo.com or Neomail aslyinn if you're interested. I don't care whether you're an author on here or not. Thank you!
- October 23, 10:13 AM, the Star Wars universe -
Leia was sitting in the same chair as she had been for several hours now. All around her, representatives from all of the planets in the Alliance were speaking in hushed tones, exchanging rumors of why they had been called here on such short notice. She stared at the papers in front of her blankly as she waited for everyone to arrive. The Senator of Tatooine had yet to land, according to the most recent report from the droids down at the hanger bays. They were now two hours behind with the meeting, and if the Senator didn't arrive soon, they'd be forced to start without him.
Luke walked slowly in and caught Leia's eye. She mouthed, 'The Senator' and looked at him questioningly. He shrugged slightly and signaled for her to start.
As soon as he had been seated in the middle of the auditheater with the other members of the Jedi council (note - in this story, Yoda didn't die, he's still in charge of the Jedi council), Leia stood up and took a deep breath before beginning, "Fellow representatives of the Alliance, I am sure that you are all wondering why you have been called here today. We are here now to discuss a very grave issue... Luke, if you would?" she asked, glancing at him.
He coughed slightly to get the attention of all present, and then stood up and, walking to the direct center of the room, closed his eyes and spoke in a soft voice that showed control and calmed everyone. "I am here to address a problem which has just shown up, and which poses a serious threat to the current state of peace throughout the Alliance. In fact, we may as well openly declare that the war has started again." At this, there were many anxious whispered comments. Luke stood patiently and simply waited a minute until the room was silent again before continuing, "The Empire has not declared war upon us, as many of you may have suspected. However, Master Yoda and the other members of the Jedi council have all sensed a new disturbance in the Force. This can mean only one thing - a new dark Jedi. His or her first move shall most likely be to gather the remnants of the Empire together once again, but before they can think of launching an attack, they must study us to prepare themselves for battle and make plans for their takeover. Therefore, there is no immediate threat of attack, but it is still a delicate situation and must be handled with extreme caution. After all, the Alliance is still young, and we will be easily pulled apart when they choose to strike, and we will be weakened. The suggestions of the Jedi council for the Senate are this: battle tactics training should be resumed in full force, and we should recruite more pilots, as well as sending some of the current pilots across the galaxy to see if we can detect where the Empire is gathering. During this time, we of the council without padawans shall hurry up the selection process in order to have well trained Jedi Knights by the time the Empire strikes. We shall also try to broaden our testing so that we may bring more students to the academy."
"The situation is especially bad because of the time at which this has started. Today is, as a few of you may know, Klairenht Aherryds. Or, to give you the rough translation in Basic, Otherworld Spiritua. Today is the rare occurance that only happens once every one thousand years. The borderline between what is real here and what is not is blurred today. As you all know, there are many different universes, or Otherworlds, laid on top of this one, and life goes on in all of them simultaniously without us ever touching or entering an Otherworld. However, there will be one split second today at which the line will blur so much at one exact point in each Otherworld that it does not exist, and at that split second if someone is in exactly the right spot, they can be pulled into an Otherworld. And according to legend, once the line has been crossed, anyone strong in the Force can cross it at will for the rest of eternity. We are the only Otherworld that knows how to use the Force, and how to fight someone with it. If somehow the line is broken, this dark Jedi could pass into the Otherworlds, terrorize the innocents who live there, bend that universe to their will... and that is something that must not be allowed to happen, at all costs." After this, Luke paused for a moment. "May the Force be with you and your people in this time of need..."
With this last statement, he walked slowly out of the ampitheater.
- October 23, 2:45 PM, the real world -
As the bell rang, shrill against the calm afternoon, students flooded out of the ugly gray brick building, calling out to each other and playfully teasing one another as they dashed away from the school with their friends to begin their carefree weekends. Ahsilna skipped along the sidewalk, swinging her almost-empty bookbag with one hand as she chatted with her friends about the usual unimportant topics: who liked who, what so-and-so had done yesterday, and so on and so forth. She was only half listening, however, and her mind was wandering. It was no suprise to the others when she tripped and fell.
"Ahsi-Chan," said her friend Katricile with a sigh, "You weren't looking where you were going again, were you?! It's no wonder that you're always tripping, the way you just space out all the time. Here, take my hand." She helped to pull Ahsilna back to her feet and then paused slightly, her smile fading away.
"Wha... what happened to you?" Her eyes widened slightly. Ahsilna flinched; when she had fallen, the back of her shirt had rode up, and the bruises left from her parent's last beating were in plain sight - only a fool wouldn't have noticed. Damn. She couldn't explain her way out of this one too easily. She hesitated, not sure where to start with whatever complex lie she'd have to force them to believe this time. But before she could speak...
"Ahsilna, that's it! There's something going on here, and I want to know the truth! There's no way you got bruises like that from just falling down!" Kat confronted her, hands on hips, face flushed but indignant. Ahsilna just shook her head; she couldn't bring herself to tell her. Her friend immediately glared at her as the others backed off a bit, not sure what to do. "If you can't trust me enough to tell me, then I'm going to go straight to the police and tell them that there's child abuse going on here! Come on, just talk to me, ok?"
Ahsilna slowly backed away, shaking her head repeatedly and murmering no under her breath over and over. She felt frozen there, and everything seemed to be going in slow motion... As if she were in a dream, she watched, unable to move as Katricile whirled around and walked towards the school's policeman, standing by the still-open doors of the school. Everything seemed to almost freeze - everything begame silent, the leaves falling off of the trees nearby where floating down so slowly that it was as if they were standing still, and then as she saw Kat's and the policeman's lips moving agonizingly slowly as they said the words that would pull her away from the family that she loved even as she hated, she suddenly passed out as she felt herself falling down to the ground. Except she never hit that ground... she was falling through the sky, and then she fell into the utter, complete black oblivion of unconsciousness...
Author's Notes: Well, what do you think? Like it? Feel free to give me suggestions - I'm not completely sure about what will happen next, so I'll probably use them. Please review, and email or Neomail me if you want to be a beta reader. Thanks!
Dan: for reviewing. Glad ya like it.
Sinister: Yay! First person to ever read anything of mine and ask me to continue XD lol
The planets and people that you don't recognize in here belong to me. You may only use them in your own twisted stories if you get my permission first.
I'm trying to put up one chapter each day. *stares at the screen* Please, Lord, don't let me get writer's block on this story... well, I don't know what'll happen in this chapter, so just read. I've already thought of two different directions that this could go in, and I'm still trying to decide O_O
Oh, and I'm looking for a beta reader or two, so email aslyinn@yahoo.com or Neomail aslyinn if you're interested. I don't care whether you're an author on here or not. Thank you!
- October 23, 10:13 AM, the Star Wars universe -
Leia was sitting in the same chair as she had been for several hours now. All around her, representatives from all of the planets in the Alliance were speaking in hushed tones, exchanging rumors of why they had been called here on such short notice. She stared at the papers in front of her blankly as she waited for everyone to arrive. The Senator of Tatooine had yet to land, according to the most recent report from the droids down at the hanger bays. They were now two hours behind with the meeting, and if the Senator didn't arrive soon, they'd be forced to start without him.
Luke walked slowly in and caught Leia's eye. She mouthed, 'The Senator' and looked at him questioningly. He shrugged slightly and signaled for her to start.
As soon as he had been seated in the middle of the auditheater with the other members of the Jedi council (note - in this story, Yoda didn't die, he's still in charge of the Jedi council), Leia stood up and took a deep breath before beginning, "Fellow representatives of the Alliance, I am sure that you are all wondering why you have been called here today. We are here now to discuss a very grave issue... Luke, if you would?" she asked, glancing at him.
He coughed slightly to get the attention of all present, and then stood up and, walking to the direct center of the room, closed his eyes and spoke in a soft voice that showed control and calmed everyone. "I am here to address a problem which has just shown up, and which poses a serious threat to the current state of peace throughout the Alliance. In fact, we may as well openly declare that the war has started again." At this, there were many anxious whispered comments. Luke stood patiently and simply waited a minute until the room was silent again before continuing, "The Empire has not declared war upon us, as many of you may have suspected. However, Master Yoda and the other members of the Jedi council have all sensed a new disturbance in the Force. This can mean only one thing - a new dark Jedi. His or her first move shall most likely be to gather the remnants of the Empire together once again, but before they can think of launching an attack, they must study us to prepare themselves for battle and make plans for their takeover. Therefore, there is no immediate threat of attack, but it is still a delicate situation and must be handled with extreme caution. After all, the Alliance is still young, and we will be easily pulled apart when they choose to strike, and we will be weakened. The suggestions of the Jedi council for the Senate are this: battle tactics training should be resumed in full force, and we should recruite more pilots, as well as sending some of the current pilots across the galaxy to see if we can detect where the Empire is gathering. During this time, we of the council without padawans shall hurry up the selection process in order to have well trained Jedi Knights by the time the Empire strikes. We shall also try to broaden our testing so that we may bring more students to the academy."
"The situation is especially bad because of the time at which this has started. Today is, as a few of you may know, Klairenht Aherryds. Or, to give you the rough translation in Basic, Otherworld Spiritua. Today is the rare occurance that only happens once every one thousand years. The borderline between what is real here and what is not is blurred today. As you all know, there are many different universes, or Otherworlds, laid on top of this one, and life goes on in all of them simultaniously without us ever touching or entering an Otherworld. However, there will be one split second today at which the line will blur so much at one exact point in each Otherworld that it does not exist, and at that split second if someone is in exactly the right spot, they can be pulled into an Otherworld. And according to legend, once the line has been crossed, anyone strong in the Force can cross it at will for the rest of eternity. We are the only Otherworld that knows how to use the Force, and how to fight someone with it. If somehow the line is broken, this dark Jedi could pass into the Otherworlds, terrorize the innocents who live there, bend that universe to their will... and that is something that must not be allowed to happen, at all costs." After this, Luke paused for a moment. "May the Force be with you and your people in this time of need..."
With this last statement, he walked slowly out of the ampitheater.
- October 23, 2:45 PM, the real world -
As the bell rang, shrill against the calm afternoon, students flooded out of the ugly gray brick building, calling out to each other and playfully teasing one another as they dashed away from the school with their friends to begin their carefree weekends. Ahsilna skipped along the sidewalk, swinging her almost-empty bookbag with one hand as she chatted with her friends about the usual unimportant topics: who liked who, what so-and-so had done yesterday, and so on and so forth. She was only half listening, however, and her mind was wandering. It was no suprise to the others when she tripped and fell.
"Ahsi-Chan," said her friend Katricile with a sigh, "You weren't looking where you were going again, were you?! It's no wonder that you're always tripping, the way you just space out all the time. Here, take my hand." She helped to pull Ahsilna back to her feet and then paused slightly, her smile fading away.
"Wha... what happened to you?" Her eyes widened slightly. Ahsilna flinched; when she had fallen, the back of her shirt had rode up, and the bruises left from her parent's last beating were in plain sight - only a fool wouldn't have noticed. Damn. She couldn't explain her way out of this one too easily. She hesitated, not sure where to start with whatever complex lie she'd have to force them to believe this time. But before she could speak...
"Ahsilna, that's it! There's something going on here, and I want to know the truth! There's no way you got bruises like that from just falling down!" Kat confronted her, hands on hips, face flushed but indignant. Ahsilna just shook her head; she couldn't bring herself to tell her. Her friend immediately glared at her as the others backed off a bit, not sure what to do. "If you can't trust me enough to tell me, then I'm going to go straight to the police and tell them that there's child abuse going on here! Come on, just talk to me, ok?"
Ahsilna slowly backed away, shaking her head repeatedly and murmering no under her breath over and over. She felt frozen there, and everything seemed to be going in slow motion... As if she were in a dream, she watched, unable to move as Katricile whirled around and walked towards the school's policeman, standing by the still-open doors of the school. Everything seemed to almost freeze - everything begame silent, the leaves falling off of the trees nearby where floating down so slowly that it was as if they were standing still, and then as she saw Kat's and the policeman's lips moving agonizingly slowly as they said the words that would pull her away from the family that she loved even as she hated, she suddenly passed out as she felt herself falling down to the ground. Except she never hit that ground... she was falling through the sky, and then she fell into the utter, complete black oblivion of unconsciousness...
Author's Notes: Well, what do you think? Like it? Feel free to give me suggestions - I'm not completely sure about what will happen next, so I'll probably use them. Please review, and email or Neomail me if you want to be a beta reader. Thanks!