Author's Note: This story is set in the Star Wars Universe. As such I do not own anything except the main characters.

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Chaos Bringer - Chapter One: The Awakening

Long ago, in an era hidden now by the silken veil of time, there once were people who protected the known galaxy. These beings walked a path known as the Light Side, and sought to aid those in need…

That time is no more.

Far away, on the long-deserted fourth moon of Yavin, something moved amidst the deserted Masassi ruins. These once proud buildings no longer stood as they once had, and many stones had fallen from their towering heights. The jungle had once again encroached upon the cleared areas and the once paved courtyards were now home to the enormous shady trees that populated the planet. Yet amidst this jungle wilderness, life continued. A small lizard crawled up one of the toppled stones, and found itself a rare beam of sunlight to warm itself in. Nearby a crystal snake slithered through the leaves in search of a meal. Strangest of all though was the sight of a young man, garbed in a pair of tattered pants, leaning his tanned back against a nearby tree. No human had stood on Yavin IV since the day the Jedi of old had been massacred. The now overgrown courtyard had become a pool of blood on that day.

Zayne sighed and rubbed his right temple. The ache had gotten worse. Late last night, he had developed a mild headache - not an uncommon occurrence in Yavin IV's heat. This headache however was different from all the others he had experienced since that time, five years ago, when he had awakened to find himself in a jungle and with no memory of his past - only his first name, and a sense of everything around him. This headache refused to comply with the treatments which usually sent the pain fleeing. This time the pain had only intensified to the point where now his head throbbed and pulsed with pain. Even his eyesight had started to suffer. At last he had come to the ruins to see if spending some time amongst its cool stones would help to ease the pain. He sat down next to the area where the lizard sunbathed. "Glad you're enjoying yourself little friend." he thought as he set his throbbing head against the stone and shut his eyes to keep out the hurtful light.

The lizard turned and looked at him curiously, cocking his head from side to side to see him at all angles. Deciding that the human wasn't going to eat him, the lizard returned to its sunbathing. Hearing the disturbance caused by the human, the crystal snake also drew near to get a better look. It slithered closer to the human and found itself almost squished when the human moved its leg. Frightened, the snake did what and respectable snake would do in that situation, and buried its teeth in the human's flesh.

His sleep disturbed by another shot of pain, Zayne opened his eyes to see a flash of light glinting off something that moved away quickly. He looked at his leg, the source of the new pain, and saw two red dots marking where the snake had bitten him. Zayne saw this, and then promptly fell into a deep sleep as the snake's venom penetrated his body.

He woke many hours later to find the lizard had left, the sun had long since set, and amazingly his head no longer pulsed with the pain it had earlier. Sighing in relief he ran a hand through his shaggy dark brown hair only to freeze as a most spectacular sight laid siege to his vision. Around him stood three figures, all fully garbed in layered clothing - odd considering they were in the jungle, and deep in conversation. "Kyp must be stopped." One of them commented, looking skywards. "Who knows what damage he'll do with it?"

In an instant, the three were gone to be replaced by a sleeping man and a toddler brandishing a laser sword against several scorpion-like creatures. Then they were gone too, and more and more flashes replaced them.

Nearby, a glowing figure dressed much like the first three watched as Zayne looked one way, then another, then finally screamed and fell to the ground silent. He turned back towards the deeper jungle and before vanishing took one last look back. "May the force be with you son."