Title: Twisted Fates: A Jedi's Fate- Book One
Author: Jedidanny
Rating: PG to PG-13
Genre: Romance, action-adventure
Summary: The first story in a series, this is the story of Avalynn Stormhaven, mother of Renoa and Cole Stormhaven, and her adventures. R&R.
A/N: Star Wars doesn't belong to me, unfortunately. However, these characters do, so please don't steal them or I'll be a very cranky Jedi. R&R!
A/N: I used part of the lyrics of Because You Live by Jesse McCartney from the Princess Diaries Two movie, so the dialogue in italics is the character singing it. Also, I used part of the lyrics of You'll Be in My Heart from Tarzan by Phil Collins which are also in italics.
To "MarshaMarshaMarsha": I did spell check, and there is nothing spelt wrong to my knowledge. The only thing that would be considered wrong by the spell check is the names of the characters because they don't exist to the program. The same goes with the different words like Sith and Jedi.
It is not required to put spaces between paragraphs when you post a story on this site, so unless I get a million complaints about it, I'm not going to change it. There's nothing wrong with the way it was posted.
I never said that she was beautiful. All I did was describe what she looked like, which could either be taken as plain looking or just pretty, but nothing spectacular. You are imagining her differently than I intended. Unrealistic? Hardly. Luke and Leia having a sister or brother is unrealistic and impossible according to the storyline; Han having any siblings is very near impossible; Darth Vader having a sibling is impossible, yet people write about him having one because it's fan fiction. It doesn't always need to be realistic, especially with Star Wars.
One of the faults I have found with my writing is that I can't really write any stories with male leads because I'm female and it's harder to write about, other than maybe short stories. The characters I create have storylines like these because it's fun to write about. You don't want to read them? Then don't. You aren't required to read every story posted on this site, so if you don't like what you're reading, just don't read it and go review someone elses story who has the horrible grammar, spelling, whatever.
Chapter Three
The Trap
Avalynn now sat in the lounge of the Destined Runner on a couch, her head laid back and her eyes closed. Darius made his way out of the cockpit and looked over at Avalynn, smiling softly.
He walked over to a chest where blankets and pillows were kept and took a blanket out. He then walked over to her and sat down next to her, putting a hand on her shoulder to let her know she could lay on him. She smiled a little, not opening her eyes, and laid on her side with her head in his lap. Once she had done this, he laid the blanket over her and stroked her hair as she slept.
But Avalynn did not sleep; instead, she had opened her eyes, mesmerized by his hand stroking his fingers through her silky hair. She could sense that something was bothering him, and had since they had boarded the ship.
"Darius? What's wrong?" she asked.
Darius looked down at her before looking back up to stare at the wall across from him, "What makes you think anything is wrong?"
She sat up, keeping the blanket on her and looking at him, "I can sense it. I've always been able to sense that kind of thing, and we've always been able to tell each other anything. Is it your parents?"
Darius looked at her and nodded, looking toward her eyes, "It's almost near the anniversary of their deaths, and . . . I don't know. I guess I was just missing my sister and my parents."
Avalynn nodded, sighing softly as she laid her head on his shoulder.
Just then, Garren, Garrik, Conan, and Maverick came into the lounge from the cockpit after Garren put the ship on automatic. Garren moved to sit down next to Avalynn, putting an arm over her shoulder.
"Are you worried about Brayon?" he asked.
Avalynn nodded, "Those Sith could kill him, for no reason other than to be evil. What could they possibly want from him? He's not training to be a Jedi, so that wouldn't do them any good . . ."
Garren shook his head, "I don't know, Av, but we're going to get him out of there, no matter what it takes. I promise."
Avalynn smiled, "I know we will, Garren. I'm glad you and Garrik are here. I have missed you," she said, leaning over to hug him.
Garren smiled, stroking her hair, "We've missed you too, Av. It hasn't been the same without our Avarose running around and getting in trouble."
"The last time I got myself into trouble, I had a fight with Brayon that I never apologized for," she said.
"That wasn't your fault. Do you think that Brayon is still mad at you for that?" When she didn't answer and looked down instead, Garren shook his head, "He wasn't mad at you for it, he was just . . . frustrated. I think it's taking him longer to realize how grown up you're becoming because you're our little sister and he's used to being both brother and father figure to us, especially you."
"I know, but part of me can't help but wonder if maybe that's what drove him to acting so . . . weird and ending up in that prison. Force, I can't even think of what they're probably doing to him in there . . ." she said.
"Brayon is strong; he's been through a lot of hells, a lot of pain, but he's always been able to bounce back onto his feet and face the next day. You know why?" Garren said. He waited for her to look up at him before putting a finger on her nose, "Because he has us, especially you, to help give him a reason for wanting to face the next day instead of hiding it. Having to deal with our parents deaths, and the death of his Jedi Master wasn't easy for him, but when we were there for him, we helped him pull through."
Avalynn smiled, "You're right, Garren. That fight isn't something I should blame myself for. It was over something stupid . . ."
A beeping sound started to go off and Garrik looked up, recognizing the sound, "We must be heading toward the planet. We should be landed in a few minutes, so you guys should get ready. Only bring the essentials. Weapons, clothes, food, and leave the rest on the ship."
Avalynn nodded, yawning and kissing Darius on the cheek before standing up, pushing the blanket off, "I'll be back." She walked toward the back of the ship where the room she and Darius were sleeping in was, leaving her brother and boy friend by themselves.
"Do you love her?" Garrik asked after a moment of silence.
Darius looked up at him, surprised at the question. "Yes. I love her with all my heart and soul."
"Good. If anything happens to Garren or I, or Brayon doesn't come out alive, I want you to take care of her. She won't take it easily, so I want you to watch out for her. I know you would anyway, but . . ." Garrik said.
Darius nodded, "I will. That's a promise I intend on keeping to you, and I plan on making sure you guys come out alive." He stood up, not saying anything, and moved to the back of the ship, following after Avalynn.
Avalynn now stood in the room she was sharing with Avalynn, standing in front of a mirror that was on a wall. She had changed her clothes to a pair of lose brown pants, boots, and a cloak over the long, loose sleeved shirt she wore. She had just finished braiding her hair and pinned it to the back of her head in a bun to keep it out of her face.
Darius smiled and walked up behind her, wrapping his arms around her waist and laying his chin on her shoulder.
"I'm so glad I found an angel. Someone who was there when all my hopes fell. I wanna fly looking in your eyes. Because you live and breathe, because you make me believe in myself when nobody else can help. Because you live, girl, my world has twice as many stars in the sky," He sang softly, looking at her face in the reflection of the mirror as she smiled. "Because you live, I live."
Avalynn blushed as he sang the song, her heart pounding in her chest. Force, how she loved him . . . And wanted to spend the rest of her life with him.
She put a hand on top of his, resting it there against her waist, "I love you, Darius."
"I love you, too, Avalynn Lorran. I promise you, we'll come out of this alive. All of us, including Brayon," Darius said.
Avalynn's eyes turned sad, knowing the reality and truth of the situation; there was very little chance of Brayon coming out alive, and she knew it, but she also knew that if they didn't try, they would be sentencing him to his death anyway. She lowered her hand and moved out of his embrace, turning to walk toward the bed and sit down on the other side, her back toward him.
"Don't make a promise you can't really keep, Darius," she said.
Darius frowned and turned to look at her, "What do you mean, Av? I'm going to try to make sure we come out of there alive. I'll do whatever it takes, because I hate seeing you like this. When Garrik and Garren told you what happened to Brayon, the emotions I could feel coming from you through the connection we have were overwhelming. I don't want to see you like that again."
Avalynn looked up at him with tears in her eyes, "Do you know what the chances are of us coming out of there alive, never mind hurt or being captured? We're only a small group of Jedi, Dar, and we hardly have enough experience to really be able to do this. If we don't try to get him out of there, we're sentencing Brayon and whatever other prisoners they have there to their deaths, or worse, but we hardly have the skills to actually make it out of there alive. The chances aren't great, Darius."
"You can't rely on the chances, though, Avalynn. If you do, Brayon is as good as dead. You have to have faith; faith in us, faith in Brayon, and faith in the Force," he said, moving to sit down next to her and put an arm around her.
Suddenly, there was a loud crashing sound that sounded like something had hit the side of the ship, making the ship shake. Darius's grip tightened around Avalynn's waist as he looked around, waiting to see what it was.
"Stay here, I'm going to go see what's going on," Darius said, slowly getting up to his feet and moving out of the room, leaving her alone.
The ship began to shake again, this time harder than the first. Avalynn swallowed hard, glancing around and waiting for Darius to come back. Suddenly something hit the ship again, this time strong enough to move the things in Avalynn's room around, the bed, the mirror, which meant Avalynn was moved around with it.
"Agghh! Darius!" she screamed.
It felt like the ship was spinning around and around, and it was; heading straight toward the planet, Maverick and Conan were doing all they could to keep the ship from crashing right into the planet.
Avalynn was thrown off the bed and onto the floor, only to be squashed between the wall and the end of the bed as the ship twirled around and around in space. The bed moved away and this time Avalynn went with it, sliding across the floor to the other side of the room near the mirror. Her foot hit the bottom of the mirror and sent it falling from where it stood, landing hard on Avalynn's leg.
There was a hard thump as the ship landed on the planet, coming very close to running into a building near the forest that they had to go through and blowing the ship up.
Avalynn winced, trying to push the mirror off of her leg, only to find a piece of glass falling from the mirror and she knew she could have shards of it in her own leg. Darius, Garrik, and Maverick came in, all with scrapes on their faces and hands, a cut on Garrik's forehead bleeding.
Darius ran to Avalynn's side and kneeled down, "Are you okay?" he asked. He lifted the mirror up and turned it over so the shattered mirror was shown. Avalynn's leg was covered in glass and there was some blood.
"My leg . . . What happened? Did we crash? Where are Garren and Conan?" Avalynn answered.
"We hit some turbulence, and then some asteroids started coming out of no where and bumped into the ship. We crashed, but I don't think the damage is too bad," Garrik answered.
"We need to get your knee cleaned up, Av. Garrik, help me lift her up and take her arms. One, two, three," Darius said.
The two lifted Avalynn up into the air, one holding her legs, the other holding her arms, and slowly made their way into the lounge, placing her on the couch. Across from her was another couch where Garren lay, Conan sitting by him and wrapping his arm up with cloth. His arm was blood covered and his eyes were closed as Conan wrapped it up.
Darius sat down next to Avalynn, letting her head rest in his lap as Garrik looked at her leg. He carefully picked the pieces of glass off of her leg with a gloved hand, placing them onto a towel in his other hand. Finally the only piece of glass left was a good sized one in her knee, but not too deep.
"Okay, Av. I'm going to pull this piece of glass out on the count of three." He waited for Avalynn to take Darius's hand into hers, "One . . . Two . . . Three," Garrik said, then pulled the glass out of her knee.
"AH!" Avalynn screamed, her eyes squeezing shut tightly as she bit her lower lip, so hard that it started to bleed, but she didn't care; the pain of a bleeding lip was nothing compared to the pain she was feeling now. Tears streamed down her face as she squeezed Darius's hand.
"Shh, shh. It's alright, Av. I'll wrap this up and you'll be as good as new," Garrik said. He took a piece of white cloth and began to wrap her knee up, soon tying it off.
"I want you to stay behind, Avalynn. Your knee is going to do you no good if we have to run," he said.
Avalynn sat up, "No, Garrik, I'm not staying behind. I'm coming with you. I've always been a fast healer, and I'm not about to let my knee get in the way of saving my brother from those Sith. I'm coming with you whether you like it or not."
With that, she carefully moved her pant leg down over the wrapping and moved to stand up, walking toward the door that would lead outside the ship. She pulled the hood to her cloak up and typed the code in to open up the ramp, soon disappearing outside the ship and walking down the ramp.
On the Ship
Garrik couldn't believe his sister had just walked out as she had, though she wasn't entirely surprised. Having always been stubborn, she wasn't one to easily back out of something after getting hurt, especially if it was something she believed in.
Darius sighed, "I'll go after her, Garrik. Don't worry, Garr. She's right, she has always been a fast healer, and she won't let something like this stop her from going after Brayon." With that, he stood up and followed after her down the ramp.
Outside
"Avalynn, wait up," Darius called.
Avalynn sighed and stopped in her tracks, turning to look at Darius as he ran to catch up to her. She was on her way toward the forest, unsure of what she was planning on doing exactly. She didn't need to know; all she needed was a chance to get away from overprotective brothers and just . . . think.
Darius caught up with her and attempted to make eye contact, "Where are you going?"
"I . . . I don't know, I just need to think, without any prying, overprotective brothers getting in my way. My knee feels better than I thought it would. I just . . . wish Garrik would learn to trust me," she answered.
"He does trust you. He's only protective because he loves you and doesn't want to lose you, which is the same as me. I know what it's like to be a big brother . . . And I've lost years of spending time with my sister because of her safety, and because of my training. If anything happened to her, I'd never forgive myself, and I know it's the same with Garrik and Garren," Darius said, attempting to pull her close.
Avalynn pulled back, staring up at him with no emotion on her face, "I don't care, Darius. I'm not a child anymore, and I don't expect to be treated like one. My knee is fine. We need to do whatever we have to to get the ship fixed and go find Brayon. Will you have Garrik, Garren, and the others come out here so we can talk about what we're doing?"
"Garren isn't coming," a voice said.
Avalynn turned to look at her brother, "What do you mean? Is he okay?"
"He lost some blood, and he'll be lucky if his arm isn't broken. His ankle is probably sprained, too. He needs to stay here to try and fix the ship the best he can, or at least rest," Garrik answered.
Avalynn limp-ran toward the ship and up the ramp, moving to lean down next to Garren on her good knee, taking his hand into hers as she looked down at him.
"Garren?" she asked.
Garren turned his head to look up at her and gave her a small smile, "Hey, Avarose. How's your knee?"
"It's fine. How are you feeling?" she answered.
"Eh, nothing I can't handle. Remember when I fell out of that tree trying to get that nest? I healed up within a few days and was ready to go like nothing had ever happened," he said, trying to get a laugh out of her.
Avalynn smiled softly and, letting out a small laugh though she knew she had to be serious.
"Garren, I'm sorry. I'm sorry this happened," she said.
"It's not your fault, Avalynn. I was moving around too much when those asteroids were hitting the ship," he said.
Avalynn stood up and looked at her other brother and friends, "Is he going to be okay by himself? If his leg is broken, he'll need someone here with him."
"I can try to put him into a healing trance and see if that does anything for him. We'll leave a comlink for him to use if he absolutely needs us," Maverick said.
Avalynn nodded, "I'm going for a walk. I have my lightsaber, so I'll be fine." With that, she made her way outside the ship again.
Outside
Avalynn entered the forest, her senses taking in the different sounds she heard through out. She stretched out with the Force to try and sense the presence of anyone- or thing- that may be approaching and sighed softly once she didn't feel anything that could be a threat.
She soon came to a large clearing and made her way over to a rock, sitting down. She looked down at her knee, where she could see a blood stain begin to form. Great, if Garrik sees that he'll never let me go after Brayon, she thought.
A loud SNAP! caught Avalynn's ears and she looked up to see a figure wearing a brown cloak with the hood pulled up to hide his features approach. Something seemed familiar, and yet distant, about this man.
"Hello, Avarose," a deep voice said.
Avarose . . . Her brothers were on the ship, weren't they? So who could this have been?
"Who are you?" she asked, standing up and moving her hand toward where her lightsaber hung on her belt.
"Don't you recognize your own brother when you see him?" he asked.
"I have three brothers, and it's hard to tell which you are without seeing your face," she answered, no emotion on her face.
"Come, stop your crying. It will be alright. Just take my hand, hold it tight. I will protect you from all around you. I will be here, don't you cry. 'Cause you'll be in my heart; yes you'll be in my heart," the voice sang, and instantly Avalynn knew it had to be Brayon.
Brayon was the only one who knew the song that would put her to sleep when she was young. He was the only one that she would allow to sing it to her.
"Brayon? Is that really you?" she asked, taking a step toward him.
The spot where she stepped was covered with large leaves, used as camouflage to cover the cage that was beneath the feet of the young Jedi. Awaiting in the trees were guards, ready to pull the ropes attached to the cage that would trap the girl within.
"Yes, it's me, Avalynn. I've . . . Escaped," he said, nodding slightly.
The guards pulled on the ropes and suddenly Avalynn found herself falling hard onto the floor of the cage as the cage was pulled up into the air, the ropes tied onto the branches of the trees to hold the cage after lowering it to the ground and closing the top of the cage.
The figure, who was not Brayon, laughed and removed the cloak to reveal a scar-torn face. There were tattoos on the side of his neck and all along his arms. His head was bald and had some sort of ceremonial tattooing all over.
Avalynn put her hands on the bars of the cage as the cage was lowered, sending a glare to the Sith who stood before her.
"Who are you? What do you want with me?" she asked.
"I am Kathan Fyren, Sith Apprentice. There is someone who wishes to see you, and I'm sure you'll be very anxious to see him," the Sith answered, smirking.
"Him? Are you the Sith scum who captured my brother?" she asked.
The Sith clapped his hands sarcastically, "Very good, little Jedi, you figured it out. Though calling me names will save neither you nor your brother from what is coming to you. Take her away."
The ropes holding the cage in the trees were untied and the cage was lifted up by the guards, taking their prisoner away toward the prison where Avalynn knew her brother was being held.
Garren . . . Being taken to Sith prison…Hurry. Avalynn sent her brother these thoughts through the Force, hoping he would get them and know what she was saying. She then pulled in on the Force to let him see what she was seeing; the cage, the prison that they were now not too far from, and the cloaked Sith that had taken her prisoner, hoping that they would be clues to tell him what had happened.
On the Ship
Garren sat up from where he lay on the couch in the lounge of the ship, his eyes widening from the burst of images he had just seen, and the thoughts that had been sent with them.
Garren . . . Being taken to Sith prison . . . Hurry. It was Avalynn's voice, her emotions, and he knew that she was in trouble; she had been captured because no one had kept an eye on her.
Garrik looked up from where he sat on the other couch to see his brother sitting up. He stood up and walked over to him.
"Garren, what is it?" he asked.
"Avalynn . . . She's been captured," Garren answered, trying to hold back a cough.
"Captured? How do you know?" Garrik asked.
"She sent me a message through the Force. She's being taken to the prison. I saw the back of the Sith who captured her, and she's in a cage." He laid back down, trying to regain his breath.
Garrik stood up and went into the cockpit where the others were. "Avalynn's been captured and is being taken to the prison. Garren was sent a message through the Force by her, showing that she was in a cage. It also showed the Sith who had captured her," he said.
"What?! We have to go after her!" Darius said, standing up and turning to look at Garrik.
The older and taller boy held a hand up, "Easy, Darius. Rushing after her won't do any good. We have to wait for the right moment before we go storming in there, and we need a plan."
"We can't wait for plans, Garrik. Do you know what they do to people in those prisons?" Darius asked, obviously anxious to go after Avalynn. This is all my fault . . . he thought.
"Do you know what they'll do to us if we go rushing in and get captured? We'll have to call Master Skywalker and let him know what's happened. Maybe they can send some reinforcements. For now, we just have to wait. Okay?" Garrik said.
Always the reasonable one, the big brother . . . Darius thought. He gave a nod and sat back down in the chair, looking up at Garrik, "So what's your plan, oh Great Leader?". His voice was sarcastic and it showed obvious anger.
"Hey, don't get sarcastic with me, Darius. I want to go after her as much as you do, but we can't. We could risk her getting hurt quicker if we do. We need to wait. Now . . . As for a plan . . ." Garrik said, then sat down in a nearby chair.
The others leaned in, listening as Garrik began to formulate a plan.
Okay, that's the end. What do you think of chapter three? I know, I keep leaving off at these spots, but I do it so I can get more chapters in.
Chapter Four: Family Reunion