A/N: Same old disclaimer. Blah blah blah.
( ) means speaking through the force.
~ ~ means speaking in Ewok.
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Day 6
I was dreaming again...this time I felt a disturbance in the force and faced off against a Rancor. I like Rancor dreams; they are recognizable and easy to deal with.
7:00 am ?
I woke up to the sounds of strange yet familiar voices singing. Looking up and around me, I saw that I was not in my room. It looked like a one room tree house...this was vaguely familiar.
I noticed that Haldir was not with me as he had been last night. Yes something is very strange.
I heard someone speaking in...that sounds like...yes it is! Someone was speaking Ewok! I fortunately am fluent in this language, thanks to having a mission here for three years at age 9.
I was trained by Emperor Palpatine at a very young age. The empire had just been completed and Darth Sidious saw fit to train a young apprentice in case Lord Vader failed him.
I was that apprentice.
My master sent me to the forest moon of Endor as part of my survival skills training. I made friends with the Great Tree Clan of Ewoks and was adopted into their tribe.
You are probably wondering, why is Darth Maul here?
At age 15, as the second Death Star was being built, Sidious sent me to the farthest reaches of the galaxy into the unknown regions.
I crash landed on Earth and found an abandoned home in the forest.
Three months after, I was meditating and felt a disturbance in the force. With that I knew that my master had died. But at that very moment, Darth Maul appeared in front of me.
Somehow we both decided to stick together; for now we were the only two Sith in the universe.
Anyway I went out the door of my room and beheld the sight of the Great Tree Clan.
Darth Maul was talking with the tribe leader, whose name I can't remember, as other Ewoks gazed in awe at something.
I went over to the group to see what everyone was staring at.
They were poking at a large man tied to a Ewok style spit. It was Zsinj.
Zsinj saw me and said, "What are they doing to me?"
"Isn't it obvious?" I said trying to look bored, "you are going to be eaten."
Zsinj started yelling for me or someone to help him.
Sigh. Why do I have to have a guilty conscious?
I explained to the Ewoks that Zsinj was not food and to let him go but keep an eye on him.
After Zsinj was untied, I went in search of the only person I hadn't seen...Haldir.
2 hours later... I think.
I am really beginning to wish that I wore a chronometer.
No sign of Haldir anywhere.
I decided to ask the Ewok shaman Sunee Paamuk, my adopted Ewok brother, if he had seen him. ~No I haven't seen that one since this morning Dutak Hutar.~ (My Ewok name is Dutak Hutar.)
~Where is father?~ I asked him.
Sunee looked down and didn't say any thing.
~Sirut is gone now isn't he?~
Sunee nodded.
~I'm sorry fruk (brother).~ (A/N: Pronounced like Fruit with a K instead of a T.)
Sunee looked up at me and said, ~Mother died not long after you left and Reh Fulu (our sister) has been mated by one from the Rising Sun Clan.~
~And what about you Sunee?~
~I am still to busy as the tribe's shaman to find a mate, Dutak.~
Sunee and I talked of what had happened after I went back to Coruscant.
About noon time...
I still haven't seen Haldir anywhere.
Maul and I ate with the chief, Longee Yubnub. Yes I finally remembered his name.
Zsinj is being watched by one of the warriors of the tribe.
I asked Chief Yubnub if he had seen Haldir.
~The pale golden one?~
~Yeah, something like that.~
~He went with some of our hunters to help find food. He doesn't seem to understand our language but your fruk, Maul, told him what was said to him.~
~You didn't ask if I wanted to help?~ I asked hurt.
"You were sleeping Warious. I couldn't wake you up." Maul said in basic.
"Gee thanks brother."
I left the Chief's home and went out to talk with old friends.
About three hours after noon...
I climbed to one of the uppermost platforms to survey the land I once knew.
There was no change in the northern part of the forest.
To the east I saw a valley that had not been there before. There were ruins of what once might have been a base and landing pads.
To the south I saw a pile of scrap metal that looked like it was once part of an AT-ST.
And finally to the west...a cold wind blew and the sense of a once living presence was felt. A large black tree grew there about a month's journey from here. Despite its distance it was very easy to see.
I stared back in the direction of the dilapidated base in the east, wondering what had happened. But I had a guess that it was once an imperial base.
"Wondering you are." I heard a strange voice behind me.
I turned around and saw a force image of a small troll like creature.
"Yes, I am. I'm wondering who the Kessel are you?"
The troll like creature laughed croakily, "Yoda my name, it is."
"You don't look like a Sith lord to me."
Yoda's look of humor changed to one of seriousness. "Sith lord I am not. Jedi Master Yoda I am."
I rolled my eyes at the creature, "Then why are you even talking to me? Don't you know what I am?"
"Know I do. Sith you are. Talking I am because of one who wishes you were not."
"Who?" I inquired.
The crea...Yoda, ignored my question and said, "The death of your master took place in the sky above us. His spirit calls from the west, searching for a final place of rest no doubt."
"You don't sound very disappointed," I growled.
"Disappointed I am not. Sorry I am not. Irredeemable Sith was he. Redeemable you are."
"I am a Sith. I will not change my self for anyone." I spoke with pride.
"Young, you are. Much to learn, have you. Consequences, there are, to being a Sith," Yoda warned. "Sad, you make him. Afraid of you, he is."
I wanted to cut down the little Jedi where he stood if he were but alive. "Who? Kessel darn it! Who is?"
"Mmm. Tell you I cannot. Know him you do."
And with that the little bugger disappeared.
About and hour before it was time to eat...
I stood there trying to figure out who didn't want me to be a Sith.
I was trying so hard to figure out who it was Yoda spoke about, that I didn't notice someone had joined me up on that lookout spot. Until he spoke, that is.
"Do you like this place?"
"Nice of you to finally stop by," I said sarcastically to the one person I hadn't seen all day. Haldir.
"That does not answer my question," he replied.
"This is my family. This is my home. Of course I like it here," I said not looking at him. "This place is the first home I ever had off of Coruscant."
"Do all...Ewoks live in the trees?" he asked me.
"Yes. All Ewoks live in trees. That is one reason why I like it here."
"Then you would like my home, Lothlórien. We live similarly to the Ewoks."
Silence.
Haldir came and stood next to me and put his arm around my waist. I looked up at him.
Big mistake.
He kissed me.
Worse mistake.
I kissed him back.
Even far worse mistake...putting our hands where they didn't belong.
Then I pulled away from him realizing what I was doing.
Haldir growled and demanded why I stopped.
"Because I am evil. You cannot change that."
"How did you know?"
"A dead little green Jedi told me."
The Ewok dinner cry was sounded.
"It's time for dinner," I said walking away from him.
Then we headed to dinner.
After dinner...
I went back to my tree hut after the story telling was done for the night.
A/N: Endor! I couldn't resist.
Yoda appears courtesy of Elf with a Lightsaber's suggestion. To EwaL: Thanks for the ideas!
( ) means speaking through the force.
~ ~ means speaking in Ewok.
******
Day 6
I was dreaming again...this time I felt a disturbance in the force and faced off against a Rancor. I like Rancor dreams; they are recognizable and easy to deal with.
7:00 am ?
I woke up to the sounds of strange yet familiar voices singing. Looking up and around me, I saw that I was not in my room. It looked like a one room tree house...this was vaguely familiar.
I noticed that Haldir was not with me as he had been last night. Yes something is very strange.
I heard someone speaking in...that sounds like...yes it is! Someone was speaking Ewok! I fortunately am fluent in this language, thanks to having a mission here for three years at age 9.
I was trained by Emperor Palpatine at a very young age. The empire had just been completed and Darth Sidious saw fit to train a young apprentice in case Lord Vader failed him.
I was that apprentice.
My master sent me to the forest moon of Endor as part of my survival skills training. I made friends with the Great Tree Clan of Ewoks and was adopted into their tribe.
You are probably wondering, why is Darth Maul here?
At age 15, as the second Death Star was being built, Sidious sent me to the farthest reaches of the galaxy into the unknown regions.
I crash landed on Earth and found an abandoned home in the forest.
Three months after, I was meditating and felt a disturbance in the force. With that I knew that my master had died. But at that very moment, Darth Maul appeared in front of me.
Somehow we both decided to stick together; for now we were the only two Sith in the universe.
Anyway I went out the door of my room and beheld the sight of the Great Tree Clan.
Darth Maul was talking with the tribe leader, whose name I can't remember, as other Ewoks gazed in awe at something.
I went over to the group to see what everyone was staring at.
They were poking at a large man tied to a Ewok style spit. It was Zsinj.
Zsinj saw me and said, "What are they doing to me?"
"Isn't it obvious?" I said trying to look bored, "you are going to be eaten."
Zsinj started yelling for me or someone to help him.
Sigh. Why do I have to have a guilty conscious?
I explained to the Ewoks that Zsinj was not food and to let him go but keep an eye on him.
After Zsinj was untied, I went in search of the only person I hadn't seen...Haldir.
2 hours later... I think.
I am really beginning to wish that I wore a chronometer.
No sign of Haldir anywhere.
I decided to ask the Ewok shaman Sunee Paamuk, my adopted Ewok brother, if he had seen him. ~No I haven't seen that one since this morning Dutak Hutar.~ (My Ewok name is Dutak Hutar.)
~Where is father?~ I asked him.
Sunee looked down and didn't say any thing.
~Sirut is gone now isn't he?~
Sunee nodded.
~I'm sorry fruk (brother).~ (A/N: Pronounced like Fruit with a K instead of a T.)
Sunee looked up at me and said, ~Mother died not long after you left and Reh Fulu (our sister) has been mated by one from the Rising Sun Clan.~
~And what about you Sunee?~
~I am still to busy as the tribe's shaman to find a mate, Dutak.~
Sunee and I talked of what had happened after I went back to Coruscant.
About noon time...
I still haven't seen Haldir anywhere.
Maul and I ate with the chief, Longee Yubnub. Yes I finally remembered his name.
Zsinj is being watched by one of the warriors of the tribe.
I asked Chief Yubnub if he had seen Haldir.
~The pale golden one?~
~Yeah, something like that.~
~He went with some of our hunters to help find food. He doesn't seem to understand our language but your fruk, Maul, told him what was said to him.~
~You didn't ask if I wanted to help?~ I asked hurt.
"You were sleeping Warious. I couldn't wake you up." Maul said in basic.
"Gee thanks brother."
I left the Chief's home and went out to talk with old friends.
About three hours after noon...
I climbed to one of the uppermost platforms to survey the land I once knew.
There was no change in the northern part of the forest.
To the east I saw a valley that had not been there before. There were ruins of what once might have been a base and landing pads.
To the south I saw a pile of scrap metal that looked like it was once part of an AT-ST.
And finally to the west...a cold wind blew and the sense of a once living presence was felt. A large black tree grew there about a month's journey from here. Despite its distance it was very easy to see.
I stared back in the direction of the dilapidated base in the east, wondering what had happened. But I had a guess that it was once an imperial base.
"Wondering you are." I heard a strange voice behind me.
I turned around and saw a force image of a small troll like creature.
"Yes, I am. I'm wondering who the Kessel are you?"
The troll like creature laughed croakily, "Yoda my name, it is."
"You don't look like a Sith lord to me."
Yoda's look of humor changed to one of seriousness. "Sith lord I am not. Jedi Master Yoda I am."
I rolled my eyes at the creature, "Then why are you even talking to me? Don't you know what I am?"
"Know I do. Sith you are. Talking I am because of one who wishes you were not."
"Who?" I inquired.
The crea...Yoda, ignored my question and said, "The death of your master took place in the sky above us. His spirit calls from the west, searching for a final place of rest no doubt."
"You don't sound very disappointed," I growled.
"Disappointed I am not. Sorry I am not. Irredeemable Sith was he. Redeemable you are."
"I am a Sith. I will not change my self for anyone." I spoke with pride.
"Young, you are. Much to learn, have you. Consequences, there are, to being a Sith," Yoda warned. "Sad, you make him. Afraid of you, he is."
I wanted to cut down the little Jedi where he stood if he were but alive. "Who? Kessel darn it! Who is?"
"Mmm. Tell you I cannot. Know him you do."
And with that the little bugger disappeared.
About and hour before it was time to eat...
I stood there trying to figure out who didn't want me to be a Sith.
I was trying so hard to figure out who it was Yoda spoke about, that I didn't notice someone had joined me up on that lookout spot. Until he spoke, that is.
"Do you like this place?"
"Nice of you to finally stop by," I said sarcastically to the one person I hadn't seen all day. Haldir.
"That does not answer my question," he replied.
"This is my family. This is my home. Of course I like it here," I said not looking at him. "This place is the first home I ever had off of Coruscant."
"Do all...Ewoks live in the trees?" he asked me.
"Yes. All Ewoks live in trees. That is one reason why I like it here."
"Then you would like my home, Lothlórien. We live similarly to the Ewoks."
Silence.
Haldir came and stood next to me and put his arm around my waist. I looked up at him.
Big mistake.
He kissed me.
Worse mistake.
I kissed him back.
Even far worse mistake...putting our hands where they didn't belong.
Then I pulled away from him realizing what I was doing.
Haldir growled and demanded why I stopped.
"Because I am evil. You cannot change that."
"How did you know?"
"A dead little green Jedi told me."
The Ewok dinner cry was sounded.
"It's time for dinner," I said walking away from him.
Then we headed to dinner.
After dinner...
I went back to my tree hut after the story telling was done for the night.
A/N: Endor! I couldn't resist.
Yoda appears courtesy of Elf with a Lightsaber's suggestion. To EwaL: Thanks for the ideas!