STAR WARS
Knights of the Old Republic
Threat of Dark Jedi

By Anthony Isom

Chapter I

700-year-old Jedi Master Yoda sat onboard the starcruiser Chu'unthor as it approached the planet Coruscant. Coruscant's atmosphere closed around the large transport vessel. The Jedi Master used the ship for training young students in the ways of the Force. Jedi Knight Gylo Hakreast was helping him train the students. Gylo had a young Jedi Padawan named Awas Naobi. Awas' father, Jedi Master Wen-Yi, had once trained him, but he had died by the hand of a Dark Jedi.

The Chu'unthor pulled into Coruscant Air Space. Their destination was the Jedi Temple. The Jedi Temple had been finished for sometime now. The Republic depended much upon the Jedi Knights for their survival. No one else was able to help like the Jedi could. Yoda was training students to be ready for the oncoming threats.

Awas was a more special Padawan than any other student though. He could feel the emotions of all people around him at times that they were intense. He could the feeling across the entire galaxy and he didn't even have to focus. The Jedi Council felt strange about it. They had asked Yoda to train him more than Wen-Yi, but Awas had insisted that he have as much time with his father as possible. For he felt something would happen and his father would be quickly excavated from him. He was scared, but he knew the will of the Force must be done.

Awas loved his father much and it hurt him with the Dark Jedi Leader Exar Kun killed him. They were doing battle on the planet of Dantooine where the Dark Jedi Exar Kun met them and tried to kill them. He had succeeded with one. But Awas would not let him get away with it. Awas cried for months over his father. His training for a year had to be cancelled because he needed to grieve. He took Grieving Courses with Yoda alone. No one could feel the pain he did. Yoda helped, but Awas still grieved every once in a while. Yoda said that was normal, as long as he could go on without breaking at the sign of trouble all the time.

Awas stared out the transparisteel viewport at Coruscant, the city- planet. He had seen the planet many times. He loved it. It was so beautiful. The thing he couldn't get was this: How could a planet with such a dull-gray, baby blue, white and golden-red mixture be beautiful? He continued staring when he felt fingers running down his back. He turned and standing there was the love of his life. The beautiful Jedi Padawan/Princess Leia Assant of Alderaan. She had been born princess of the people of Alderaan, but Wen-Yi and Yoda were sent by the Council to retrieve her so that she could be a Jedi. She was strong in the Force. Her entire family was.

Leia continued running her fingers down his back. He took his shirt off. She rubbed her fingers against his chest and fell into the love they were giving each other. They kissed passionately for about two minutes and then it ceased. She stared up at him as he stared down at her.

"What's wrong?" Leia finally asked.
"I was just. thinking," Awas responded, "But I need to take a bath. I'm dirty."
"Take one when we get back to the Temple," Leia advised, "We're not that far from the Temple anyways."
"Alright," Awas said.
They began to kiss again. This time it was more passionately. Awas grabbed Leia and pulled her to him closer. He lifted her up by her buttocks and they kissed more intently than ever. They knew they were for each other. No one could stop that.

Yoda walked in and saw the couple and waited. He would say nothing. Gylo walked in after Yoda.

"Master Yo." Gylo said after catching a glimpse of Awas and Leia. He was shocked.
The two Padawans continued for but a moment when. Awas felt it. He stopped kissing, yet he still held her.

"Um. Master Yoda," Awas said, looking at the scowling looks of the Masters, "I'm sorry you. uh. had to see that."

"Hmmm." Yoda mumbled, "Impressive you two are. And bold as well. In love you two are, yes. But be careful you must, for lead to death love can.

"We'll be careful," Leia said.

"I hope so," Gylo scolded, "I would hate to see you two banished from the Jedi Order."

"We're coming up on the Jedi Temple," the pilot announced.
Yoda and Gylo ran out of the room that had been provided for the young Padawan Awas and went to the cockpit of the Chu'unthor.

"That was close," Awas sighed.

"Let's keep going," Leia proposed.

The two Padawans kissed once more. They fell onto Awas' bed eventually and didn't stop until the ship pulled into the Jedi Temple Hangar. Awas dressed and was ready when the ship landed, waiting to salute the Jedi Council that he knew awaited them.