Chapter VII: The Force of Grayskull

THE LOG OF DARTH VADER, DARK LORD OF THE SITH

20 YEARS AFTER THE END OF THE CLONE WARS

I received a transmission from Boba Fett, he had failed to deliver the Princess Adora to me, "I'm sorry my lord, I will not give up until I capture her" he promised me.

"Enough, I will capture her myself, Fett" I informed the bounty hunter as I left my meditation chamber for the bridge of the Star Destroyer.

I must get that woman back; I have to know where she got that Japor Snippet and the secret of her power source.

When I got to the bridge I summoned Lt. Piett to report on what happened that allowed the princess to escape.

"The bounty hunter injected the girl with some sort of bioweapon and she fainted, during that time the rebels boarded the Slave I and rescued her," he said nervously, he was scared that I would kill him for his failure but I didn't have time for that now.

I will find that girl and bring back her here if it the last thing I do.

QUEEN ANGELLA'S JOURNAL

33rd DAY IN THE THIRD YEAR OF THE HORDE'S OCCUPATION OF ETHERIA

The day was waning and we have not found any sign of Adora, I have called back the search parties due to darkness. Now the only thing to do is notify Adora's family that Adora is most likely dead.

I dialed the com channel for the Eternian Palace, "Eternian Palace, this is Castle Brightmoon please respond" I called through the microphone.

"Castle Brightmoon, we read you loud and clear" the voice of Teela came through the speaker.

I swallowed hard before I spoke, "Teela this is Queen Angella, I have some bad news, we have found no sign of Adora, we have searched all day and now believe her to be dead, please tell her family that we are very sorry for them" I said gravely.

I could Teela was shocked by the bad news, I knew that even though they were not close she still felt sad that Adora had died and dread to tell the royal family the news but I knew she would do it.

"I'm sorry to hear that Queen Angella, when the funeral is going to be?" she asked me, her voice was breaking and I could feel her sadness.

"In a few days, we are still making the arrangements, we'll call you with further details, please tell the royal family that they have my deepest sympathy." I told Teela as I signed off.

"I will and thank you," she replied as she signed off as well.

I pray that wherever you are Adora you are at peace.

PRINCESS ADORA'S DIARY

UNKNOWN DATE

I don't know how long I have been out, but when I woke up I found myself in a room in Bail Organa's palace on Alderaan,

I notice that I am hooked up to some sort of machine, looks like a blood filtration device, wait a second now I remember what happened, that bounty hunter injected me with something, Bail's forces must have rescued me.

While I was thinking, Bail Organa came into the room, "How are you feeling Adora?" he asked as made his way to my bedside.

"A little weak but other than that I feel fine," I told him as I as adjusted the bed to an inclined position.

"Well you're lucky that's all you feel, Mandalorian Fever is fatal if not treated right away," he warned me as he checked the monitors and studied the readouts.

"Is that what that Boba Fett injected me with Senator Organa?" I asked him nervously as I tried to get comfortable which was difficult to do since I was hooked up to a machine.

"Yes, it was time released variation, it would allow him to deliver you to Vader without him noticing you were infected and claim his bounty," he explained to me, "we had to hook you up to a blood filter to purify your blood. It should be finished now," he told me as he took out a med kit and disconnected me from the machine and bandaged the place where the machine was hooked up to.

"Thank you Senator Organa," I said as I put the bed back in its original position and sat up.

"Anytime, Princess Adora may I see you in my office for a minute," he asked me as he helped me out of bed.

"Sure," I replied as I followed him out of the room and through the halls of his palace.

The halls were long and twisting, along the way I saw fantastic paintings, sculptures, murals, and reliefs, Bail told me that they tell the story of Alderaan's history, the family of the Organa family and the planet's previous rulers.

Finally after a long walk we reached two large ornate doors, Senator Organa took out a small key and unlocked and opened the doors. Inside was large ornate room filled with more paintings and sculptures and in the middle was a large ornate desk with a semi-circle of chairs around it. The strange thing about the desk was there no chair for Senator Organa to sit in.

"Please make yourself at home, Adora," he said as he went to his desk, I then knew why there was no chair, he preferred to remain in his hoverchair.

I took a seat in one of the chairs around his desk.

"You're probably wondering why I asked to come here?" he asked me, as he took out punched some keys on his desk.

"Well I am curious about it," I admitted as he started some sort of holographic report.

"When he brought you here after you were captured, we did exhaustive test on your blood and well one test revealed that you have a high midi-chlorian count" he said as he type in some information in the desk's computer,

"What are midi-chlorians and what does it mean to have high count"? I asked him curiously, why hadn't this come up back home all my blood tests said I was healthy.

"Before the Empire took over, we used to be Republic and were protected by an austere order of warriors called the Jedi Knights. They were able to control an mystical energy field called the Force, their control over it was because they possessed a high count of tiny organisms in their blood called midi-chlorians, the more midi-chlorians you have the more in tune you are with the Force. In layman's terms Adora, you are in tune with the Force," Senator Organa explained to me.

Now that I think of it, I have always felt as if there was something other than Grayskull's and Light Hope's power watching over me, maybe this Force is what has been protecting me.

While I was thinking, I heard a beeping noise it was coming from Senator's Organa desk. A small green button was flashing on the desk, "excuse me for a second," he said as he left his desk and exited the room.

I wonder what's so important that he must leave the room to receive it, whatever it must be of the most serious nature.

I miss my home, family and friends I wish I could see them again just once, is that so much to ask for Kalion, just once, that's all I'm asking for is that so much?

BAIL ORGANA'S JOURNAL

20 YEARS AFTER THE END OF THE CLONE WARS

While I was explaining to Princess Adora about Midi-Chlorians, my secret holo channel alert went off. I knew that whoever was calling me had urgent news about the Rebellion.

I decided to take the message in my secret war room, so I excused myself and headed to the war room to see who was trying to contact me.

When I arrived at the room, I locked the doors and patched in my secret code to receive the transmission.

Within a few moments the image of Senator Mon Mothma of Chandrillia, Senior Senator and founder of the Alliance to Restore the Republic appeared on my desk.

"Senator Mothma, what is going on?" I asked as her cautiously as adjusted my hoverchair.

"Senator Organa, Agent Katarn has retrieved the plans for Palpatine's so called 'defense and evacuation' space station," she informed me, "we need your men to retrieve so it can be given to General Dadonna" she told me.

"But Senator, most of my men have been marked as wanted men by Palpatine's benevolent regime" I informed her. I could tell this dismayed her as it did me, these plans are vital in the toppling of the Empire but I did not want to risk my men's life, then it hit me, Princess Adora, no doubt Boba Fett informed Vader of that he injected her with Mandalorian fever and probably thinks she's dead, the perfect cover to retrieve the plans without much Imperial intervention.

However, I was still uneasy about the idea, until I heard her voice behind me inform me, "I'll do it!"

PRINCESS ADORA'S DIARY

UNKNOWN DATE

Senator Organa has been gone for a long time and I fear that something has happened to him. I knew he told me to stay here but I'm not risking letting him die.

I got up and left the room to see if I could find him.

The halls of this place resemble the corridors of Castle Brightmoon; these halls were decorated with paintings, reliefs, and sculptures of Alderaan's past leaders and events. They were astounding and for awhile I forget why I was here, to find Senator Organa.

I searched for hours and hours with no sign of him, so I decided to rest by a statue near the throne room. As I leaned against it, the statue started to move and I almost lost my balance but I caught myself.

When I regained my balance I found a secret passage, I was curious as to where it would lead so I went to into the passage.

I was fearful of what I would find, the last time I followed a secret passage was when I was seven and stumbled upon the Fright Zone's torture chamber, a sight I am still trying to forget.

As I walked along the passage, I could hear nothing except the sound of heartbeat, breathing, and footsteps.

"Calm yourself Adora; this is not what seems this is not a secret passage to a torture cha..." I was stopped mid sentence as I twisted my ankle, at first I thought I sprained it but I found that I could still walk on it which made me feel a little better.

After walking for what seemed forever, I saw a light, but before I could continue I felt something cold on the back of my neck.

"Hands up!" a stern female voice ordered me, I turned around and saw a tall woman with brown eyes and hair in a white dress, Senator's Organa's daughter Leia, pointing a blaster at me.

"Leia, this isn't what it seems, I was..." was all I could get out before she silenced me. I tried to tell her that I was not spying but merely worried about Bail and came to see if everything was alright.

"You're lying, you're an Imperial Spy, but you won't be able to tell Palpatine anything because you'll be detained at a…" she said before I sedated her using a traditional Etherian technique, gently applying pressure to the nerves at the back of the neck.

I gently picked her up and laid her on a nearby chair and continued my journey through the passage, finally I came across a door, it lead it to some sort of war room, I could see Senator Organa seated behind a desk, he was talking to a tall woman in her thirties with auburn hair and pale greenish blue eyes.

I couldn't hear what they were saying but I could that Senator Organa was worried all I could make out was that he had to send someone on some sort of mission but he didn't know who to send.

I was silent for a moment and decided that I would volunteer for the mission, it was the least I could do after he saved my life many times already.

"I'll do it" I announced at which Organa looked up.

I did not know what the mission was but I knew it was important.

QUEEN ANGELLA'S JOURNAL

35th DAY IN THE THIRD YEAR OF THE HORDE'S OCCUPATION OF ETHERIA

All Etheria is in a state of mourning, since Princess Adora's death. I have invited her family and friends to Castle Brightmoon for her funeral. Never has the chapel of the castle been so crowded.

"Dear friends, we are gathered to day to mourn the loss of Princess Adora who perished during a cosmic storm" I said to start the service, it broke my heart to do this, Adora was more than an ally she was my friend, and now I will never see her again.

After the service we burned a set of her clothes as way of 'cremating' her as per custom on Etheria.

I could feel the Royal Families pain; it was a paralyzing feeling of despair that forced me to focus on something else just to have the strength to move. I consoled them for awhile; I know how hard it can be to lose someone you love.

After the ceremony, I retired to my private quarters, there as I sat at my desk I began to question my faith, how could Light Hope allow this to happen it wasn't fair, I was on the verge of renouncing Light Hope and swearing loyalty to Prime, but then I remember what my mother said, "Faith is never logical, it is never sound or decipherable but it always has a purpose"

"What is your purpose in taking Adora Light Hope?" I asked him as I sat there in frustration, after a moment of thought I decided to go rest and think about what happened today, wherever you are Adora I hope you at peace.