Yes, yes, I know what you're going to say: "Nen chan, you idiot! You said at the end of chapter three that you'd post chapter four in a couple of seconds! What kind of lie was that supposed to be?!"
Yeah, well, I do have an excuse. You see, my internet server is Comcast, and Comcast... well... sucks. Majorly. It hasn't been working for like an hour or two so I can't get online at all. So, I decided to rewrite and edit this chapter while I wait for it to stop being so crappy. It's either rewrite this, or stare at the walls blankly for hours on end to try and think of something else to do. I did that yesterday, and believe me, it's not really very fun. Needless to say, I thought this would be a better use of my oh-so-valuable (not X.x) time, so here I am.
Notes: Ahsilna is 15, Anakin Solo is 16, and Jacen and Jaina are 18. Or something like that, more or less. Just an approximate guess, since you're probably more concerned about the ages of the kids than the ages of the adults. Sorry if I spelled anything wrong.
Anyways, the story so far: Girl is abused at home. Girl tries to hide how much mental, emotion, and physical pain she's in from everyone. Girl by some freak accident is in the wrong place at the wrong time and ends up in Star Wars universe. Girl stuck alone on Hoth and about to freeze to death while Rebels prepare for attack by Empire. Is it humanly possible to make that any simpler? I think not.
Thanks to dan for reviewing again, and to MysticAlly for her compliments. I feel loved now ^_^
You people had better watch out. I'm already hyper, I've had too much sugar this morning, I'm drinking Pepsi, and writing this at the same time. Definately not the best combination. This chapter will probably have more humor than most of the chapters so far. I feel like killing something XD
Recommended Reading: Hard to Break, Harder to Fix by jedi monkey. Very depressing, but the writing is wonderful. Jedi monkey's left us with cliffhangers that make us wonder if he's killed off Obi-Wan in what, five out of five chapters? O_O UPDATE IT!!! AND DON'T YOU DARE KILL HIM THIS SOON IN THE FIC!!! *huggles poor Obi*
- Hoth: Ahsilna -
As the blizzard blew harder, the young girl struggled to continue. 'Keep on walking, just keep on walking, walk...' she thought to herself. It was becoming harder and harder to move forward even one more step. The snow that had already fallen was holding her feet down, making it nearly impossible for the exausted girl to lift them again to move forward, and the snow that was in the air was blinding her, and she now often stumbled. She wasn't sure anymore if she could make it to the ridge, or even where the ridge was...
- Hoth: the Rebels -
As the Millenium Falcon touched down on the landing pad, Han Solo gave out a whoop of delight. "See, Chewie!" he exclaimed, "I told you that we'd make it to the base without any more proble-"
He was suddenly cut off as one of the ship's engines exploded in a burst of flames, leaving gray clouds of smoke billowing up into the sky. Debris flew everywhere, hitting and maiming just about everything in the general area, as well as managing to effectively put every other Rebel ship out of working order. Han's jaw dropped from the sheer shock. "Well, um, looks like we'll be staying here for quite some time, so I guess we might as well start moving into the base." He suddenly glanced over at the base and realized that the roof had colapsed in most parts and going by what he could see of the rest of it, it could not by any possible stretch of the imagination be declared habitable.
"...damn."
- Somewhere else -
The man on the throne rapped his knuckles against the arm of the chair in impatience. It had been several hours since he had issued the command to his Padawan to come immediately, and yet the boy was still off Force only knows where in the galaxy, most likely chasing after belly-dancers instead of following the Senator of Tatooine as he had been told to do. One of his guards approached, making a half-hearted attempt at a bow before murmering, "The apprentice has come..." and tried to slink off into a corner, for he knew full well that his master was not kind to the bearers of bad news. The man growled in disgust and let the soldier leave, making a mental note to make an example of him at some point.
The apprentice stalked in, not bothering to bow to his Master, instead simply throwing an object before the throne. As the blood dripped off enough to make the face recognizable, he was shocked to see it to be the head of the Senator, burn marks about the neck showing how it had been brutally hacked off. His Padawan's characteristic smirk was broad across his face, and he frowned, "You were told to simply follow him, not to kill him yet. Do you know what could occur now as a result of your stupidity and childish willfulness to do what you want whenever you wish to, instead of waiting till the time is right? The Jedi council will not take this lightly... I hope you at least knew enough to dispose of the body properly, Padawan."
The boy's smirk widened, his face a mirror image of his father's. "Oh, believe me Master, I did. Yes, I most certainly did."
- Tatooine -
"Will you please go inform the Senator that Jedi Master Skywalker is here to see him?" inquired Luke, and then waited as the maid curtsied and bustled off in the direction of the Senator's private rooms. He had been a bit worried when he had not showed up at the meeting, though his fears had been put to rest when the Senator himself had called to appologize and explain that he had had some problems with a small uprising in the east section of the City and had felt that he must stay there to deal with it. But he somehow felt compelled to come here. As his ship was landing, he had felt a strange disturbance in the Force coming from near the Senator's residence, and he was a bit anxious to check it out. He had left Leia temporarily in charge of the war efforts to carry out his mission, and though he had doubted it at the time, he now felt certain that it had been the right thing to do.
A sudden scream from the interior of the complex sent him running towards it without any thought for his own safety. Throwing caution to the winds, he released all of his thoughts instantly and let the Force flow through him, guiding him through the maze of hallways as fast as was possible. As he skidded to a stop within the Senator's chambers, his eyes went first to the maid, sobbing as she colapsed in a heap on the floor. "He said he was just going to go rest, sir! He said that he wanted to be alone to think over the situation! No, he wouldn't let a bodyguard stay with him! No, he just wanted to be alone! We never thought anything was wrong, sir! No, we never..." She sobbed so hard that it was impossible for her to speak. And just then, Luke glanced up and saw the Senator's bloody, headless corpse laying across the bed.
Lightsaber drawn and ready, and with a determined expression on his face, he lept out of the window, landed in the garden below, and set off running in the direction that he had felt the disturbance before as the whole house, hearing the screams, burst into utter and complete chaos.
He knew now why that disturbance that he had sensed earlier had seemed so strange, yet so familiar. Though it was twisted beyond recognition, and he could not even attempt to identify it, he knew it. A grim expression swept across his face as he murmered, "A Jedi has fallen."
Hehe... cliffhanger XD I'm so evil... well, I don't know about you but I really like the way that this story is turning out so far. So, what do you think? Will Ahsilna survive? And what about Han? Oh, and of course there's that fallen Jedi - who is he? If you were reading closly, you just might be able to figure it out, but if you know then don't spoil it for everyone else because I'm not gonna actually reveal it for a while longer...
Yeah, well, I do have an excuse. You see, my internet server is Comcast, and Comcast... well... sucks. Majorly. It hasn't been working for like an hour or two so I can't get online at all. So, I decided to rewrite and edit this chapter while I wait for it to stop being so crappy. It's either rewrite this, or stare at the walls blankly for hours on end to try and think of something else to do. I did that yesterday, and believe me, it's not really very fun. Needless to say, I thought this would be a better use of my oh-so-valuable (not X.x) time, so here I am.
Notes: Ahsilna is 15, Anakin Solo is 16, and Jacen and Jaina are 18. Or something like that, more or less. Just an approximate guess, since you're probably more concerned about the ages of the kids than the ages of the adults. Sorry if I spelled anything wrong.
Anyways, the story so far: Girl is abused at home. Girl tries to hide how much mental, emotion, and physical pain she's in from everyone. Girl by some freak accident is in the wrong place at the wrong time and ends up in Star Wars universe. Girl stuck alone on Hoth and about to freeze to death while Rebels prepare for attack by Empire. Is it humanly possible to make that any simpler? I think not.
Thanks to dan for reviewing again, and to MysticAlly for her compliments. I feel loved now ^_^
You people had better watch out. I'm already hyper, I've had too much sugar this morning, I'm drinking Pepsi, and writing this at the same time. Definately not the best combination. This chapter will probably have more humor than most of the chapters so far. I feel like killing something XD
Recommended Reading: Hard to Break, Harder to Fix by jedi monkey. Very depressing, but the writing is wonderful. Jedi monkey's left us with cliffhangers that make us wonder if he's killed off Obi-Wan in what, five out of five chapters? O_O UPDATE IT!!! AND DON'T YOU DARE KILL HIM THIS SOON IN THE FIC!!! *huggles poor Obi*
- Hoth: Ahsilna -
As the blizzard blew harder, the young girl struggled to continue. 'Keep on walking, just keep on walking, walk...' she thought to herself. It was becoming harder and harder to move forward even one more step. The snow that had already fallen was holding her feet down, making it nearly impossible for the exausted girl to lift them again to move forward, and the snow that was in the air was blinding her, and she now often stumbled. She wasn't sure anymore if she could make it to the ridge, or even where the ridge was...
- Hoth: the Rebels -
As the Millenium Falcon touched down on the landing pad, Han Solo gave out a whoop of delight. "See, Chewie!" he exclaimed, "I told you that we'd make it to the base without any more proble-"
He was suddenly cut off as one of the ship's engines exploded in a burst of flames, leaving gray clouds of smoke billowing up into the sky. Debris flew everywhere, hitting and maiming just about everything in the general area, as well as managing to effectively put every other Rebel ship out of working order. Han's jaw dropped from the sheer shock. "Well, um, looks like we'll be staying here for quite some time, so I guess we might as well start moving into the base." He suddenly glanced over at the base and realized that the roof had colapsed in most parts and going by what he could see of the rest of it, it could not by any possible stretch of the imagination be declared habitable.
"...damn."
- Somewhere else -
The man on the throne rapped his knuckles against the arm of the chair in impatience. It had been several hours since he had issued the command to his Padawan to come immediately, and yet the boy was still off Force only knows where in the galaxy, most likely chasing after belly-dancers instead of following the Senator of Tatooine as he had been told to do. One of his guards approached, making a half-hearted attempt at a bow before murmering, "The apprentice has come..." and tried to slink off into a corner, for he knew full well that his master was not kind to the bearers of bad news. The man growled in disgust and let the soldier leave, making a mental note to make an example of him at some point.
The apprentice stalked in, not bothering to bow to his Master, instead simply throwing an object before the throne. As the blood dripped off enough to make the face recognizable, he was shocked to see it to be the head of the Senator, burn marks about the neck showing how it had been brutally hacked off. His Padawan's characteristic smirk was broad across his face, and he frowned, "You were told to simply follow him, not to kill him yet. Do you know what could occur now as a result of your stupidity and childish willfulness to do what you want whenever you wish to, instead of waiting till the time is right? The Jedi council will not take this lightly... I hope you at least knew enough to dispose of the body properly, Padawan."
The boy's smirk widened, his face a mirror image of his father's. "Oh, believe me Master, I did. Yes, I most certainly did."
- Tatooine -
"Will you please go inform the Senator that Jedi Master Skywalker is here to see him?" inquired Luke, and then waited as the maid curtsied and bustled off in the direction of the Senator's private rooms. He had been a bit worried when he had not showed up at the meeting, though his fears had been put to rest when the Senator himself had called to appologize and explain that he had had some problems with a small uprising in the east section of the City and had felt that he must stay there to deal with it. But he somehow felt compelled to come here. As his ship was landing, he had felt a strange disturbance in the Force coming from near the Senator's residence, and he was a bit anxious to check it out. He had left Leia temporarily in charge of the war efforts to carry out his mission, and though he had doubted it at the time, he now felt certain that it had been the right thing to do.
A sudden scream from the interior of the complex sent him running towards it without any thought for his own safety. Throwing caution to the winds, he released all of his thoughts instantly and let the Force flow through him, guiding him through the maze of hallways as fast as was possible. As he skidded to a stop within the Senator's chambers, his eyes went first to the maid, sobbing as she colapsed in a heap on the floor. "He said he was just going to go rest, sir! He said that he wanted to be alone to think over the situation! No, he wouldn't let a bodyguard stay with him! No, he just wanted to be alone! We never thought anything was wrong, sir! No, we never..." She sobbed so hard that it was impossible for her to speak. And just then, Luke glanced up and saw the Senator's bloody, headless corpse laying across the bed.
Lightsaber drawn and ready, and with a determined expression on his face, he lept out of the window, landed in the garden below, and set off running in the direction that he had felt the disturbance before as the whole house, hearing the screams, burst into utter and complete chaos.
He knew now why that disturbance that he had sensed earlier had seemed so strange, yet so familiar. Though it was twisted beyond recognition, and he could not even attempt to identify it, he knew it. A grim expression swept across his face as he murmered, "A Jedi has fallen."
Hehe... cliffhanger XD I'm so evil... well, I don't know about you but I really like the way that this story is turning out so far. So, what do you think? Will Ahsilna survive? And what about Han? Oh, and of course there's that fallen Jedi - who is he? If you were reading closly, you just might be able to figure it out, but if you know then don't spoil it for everyone else because I'm not gonna actually reveal it for a while longer...