Chapter 16: Misty
Whatever it was that was making the animals turn against them disappeared. The animals acted as if they had just woken up from a deep sleep, which they basically had. They stood, dazed, in front of Ben's cabin.
"What happened?" asked Ember.
"I don't know," said Froggy.
The people inside the cave had noticed that Ember had stopped pounding on the door, and Damien peeked out to look.
"What happened?" Snowy asked him.
"I was just going to ask you that," Damien said. "I don't know."
"We've never experienced anything like that before," said Moonglow. It was the first time any humans in the forest had seen her. Damien though it looked like a Rapidash, the evolved form of his Ponyta. Everyone else thought it looked like a unicorn from a storybook.
Moonglow went in the door of the cave. The rest of the animals followed her, except for Ember, who waited outside because he was too big to fit in the cave with everyone else in there.
"Does anyone have an explanation for all this?" Moonglow asked. Everyone looked at her, stunned. No one had ever seen her before. She was really beautiful. She had a gorgeous, blonde mane and tail. The horn on her head was glowing bluish-white.
"Maybe," Ben said.
Everyone pried their eyes off Moonglow and looked at him. "What?" they asked.
"Ysalamari."
"Ys-what?" said Tim.
"Ysalamari."
"And what the heck would that be?" asked Sarah.
"Well, it's a creature that, well, let's just say, it's a Jedi's worst non-human enemy."
"What does this thing have to do with us? We're not Jedi," said Ember.
"Well, it often has effects on other non-human things. Anyway, I'm just guessing that because I feel one nearby."
"How can you feel one?" asked Cathy.
"You tend to feel weak and off-balance, and you can't use anything Force-related."
"Oh! No wonder I've been feeling kind of dizzy!" said Jacen.
"Me, too," said Jaina.
"Yeah," said Anakin, who really hadn't, but didn't want to sound stupid.
"How did the ysal-whatever get in here in the first place?" asked one of the ducks.
"They were probably planted. They could be anywhere in this forest."
Ember heard a splash and turned around. Misty was back in the pond. She saw the huge dragon, screamed, and climbed up a tree, where she sat, hidden in the branches.
Ember turned back to the cabin.
"Who would want to plant evil creatures?" asked Lee.
"Lots of people. There are a ton of people who hate Jedi," said Jaina.
"I hate some Jedi," said Jacen. He looked menacingly at Anakin. Damien gave him a dirty look, and he turned away.
No one noticed a woman sneak into the forest. She had on a red cape. She looked around the forest. "Where is he?" she said to herself.
The woman went over to the cave where everyone was. "Where is Luke Skywalker?" she asked, stopping all conversation.
"Why do you want our uncle?" asked Jacen.
"Yeah! What are you doing here, and why do you want their uncle?" Damien said. He looked out the door and saw that the water was frozen.
The woman walked over to where Damien was sitting and lifted him up out of his chair without touching him. "Don't talk that way to me!" She lifted him up to the ceiling and dropped him, hard.
He stood up, an angry glare on his face. "You won't get away with that!" he shouted. "I don't know how you did it, but you're not going to get away with it!"
He tried to grab her, but something was holding him back.
"We don't want any violence just yet, Damien. Let me take care of Mara," said Ben.
Damien sat back down, but he was still glaring at Mara.
"Don't try anything you'll regret later, boy," Mara warned. "I see Obi-Wan here is doing a good job of holding you back." She looked at Ben. For once, Tim didn't laugh at the mention of Ben's real name.
"Where is Luke Skywalker?" Mara asked again.
"He's not here, Mara, and I'm not going to tell you where he is. You want to kill him," said Ben.
"Then I will kill you, too. All of you!" Mara said. Everyone else in the room gasped.
Suddenly, Misty called from the tree. "Eww! What is this! Is it a bug? Gross! Get it away from me! It's awful! Help!" She picked a weird looking thing out of the tree and dropped it.
"Stop that, girl! Leave those in there!" Mara called, angrily.
Misty loved annoying people and getting them mad, so she took another creature and dropped it out of the tree.
Mara lifted Misty out of the tree and put her on the ground. "Go away. Don't take anymore of those Ysalamari," she said.
Misty was on a roll. She was pissing Mara off. She went to another tree and took the Ysalamari out of them.
Soon, the forest was rid of Ysalamari. Ben got up and "chased" Mara outside. He drew out his light saber.
"Leave, and don't come back," he said. The forest animals stood behind him. They all glared at Mara.
Mara knew she could kill Ben, but not with all these animals backing him up. She said, "I'll be back. You have not seen the last of me, Obi-Wan Kanobi. After I kill Skywalker, I'll be back for you." With that, she turned and left the forest.