Chapter 2 The New Jedi Order

The rose garden welcomed its visiters with its beautful never dying fragrance. Yoda snuffed in the air pleased.

"Don't you think we should get going to the Jedi coucil chamber?" Luke asked impatiently.

"One thing you never learned, patience."

Yoda walked slowly into the garden where he took in everything. It looked beautiful! Roses, and some other flowers, were everywhere. A couple of flowers lined a path leading to the small a pond and others made a ring around a fountain.

The old Jedi made his way to the pond and scurried onto a rock near it.

He thought. As good as the old Jedi temple, it is not, but home this is.

It was good to be home.

Starlette walked nervously down the hall of the Jedi Temple. If was her first day at the new, what she would call it, "Jedi school", and new home.

She was trying to find her dorm.

She looked at her paper, "A 125." she looked up. There it is!

Starlette hurried into her room whirling her duffle bag over her shoulder and dragging her heavy black suitcase behind her.

She opened the door.

"Hi!" she said to all the girls in the room.

They stared at her.

She set her bags down.

"I'm Startlette."

"What the hell are you?" a human girl with brown hair, asked.

"I'm a Jedi." she laughed.

"No, no, what are "you"."

"I'm a Helive." she replied.

"I thought they were all dead?" the girl said, standing up and examining Starlette.

"Well that's not entirely true I just happen to-"

Starlette stopped when the girl started fingering her neckless.

Starlette grabbed the girls hand nastily, "Don't you ever touch that!" she said in a cold, dark voice.

Starlette squeezed the girls hand until she dropped it.

The girl stepped back in fear.

"Miss Nova please report to the Council chamber, Miss Starlette Nova, please." A loud speaker anounced.

Starlette dropped her bags and put her hands on her cheeks, "Oh no! The Meeting!" then she hurried out of the room

Luke and Master Yoda both finally reached the Council room.

Luke pushed a button on the wall and the door opened.

The Masters could be counted on one hand, one from Dorin, one from Alderaan, one from Vorzyd V and..

Yoda's eyes enlarged.

Could it be?

There standing to the left of the room, by a Padawan, was Obi-Wan Kenobie!

"Master Kenobie?" he said, aproaching him.

"Master Yoda! It's nice to see you again!" he said cheerfully.

"How did you-"

"Probably the same way you did, but I have less time than you have." Obi-Wan said in a whisper.

They both smiled.

"And this is my young apprentice, Ryou Snydney."

The aprentice bowed forward formally.

Yoda nodded slowly then he looked around, "Why is the Council meeting not starting?"

"We're waiting for someone."

Just then the door opened. Behind it was a seventeen year old girl panting and gasping for breath. Some of her blue waist lenghth hair hung in her face.

Yoda lit up when he saw her.

"Sorry, I'm a little late," she got out, "I was coming around the corner and well, the janitor couldn't get out of the way fast enough and the floor was slippery so I-"

"It's all right," Obi-Wan laughed, "you're just in time."

Starlette let out a heavy breath then stood next to Ryou.

When she noticed Yoda there she smiled and waved.

"We believe there is a new threat to the galaxy that has a emerged and we believe one of the students may be a spy."

"Sense him can't you?"

Obi-Wan shook his head sadly, "The dark side has once again clouded our vision. But we won't take this lightly. Do you know who it is Master Yoda?"

"Felt the dark side I did, tell who it was from, I could not."

"I want to take this oportunity to tell you three." he said, looking at the apprentices in the room, "to take caution with the other students, anyone could be this spy."

The meeting went on for quite some time until it finally ended.

Starlette was glad it was over. She hadn't seen Master Yoda in such a long time and when they had told her he was dead her heart had broke.

As the Jedi Masters began to exit Starlette noticed something out of the cornor of her eye.

That blond apprentice standing next to her was staring at her.

She turned her head to him,"What?"

"Are you new here?" asked the apprentice.

"Yeah, I just got here this morning."

Obi-Wan cut in ,"Ryou this is Starlette she's the one I told you about."

After most of the Masters left she decided to go talk to Master Yoda.

"Please excuse me." she said bowing.

After she walked away Ryou whispered, "She's really beautiful. Are you sure she's the chosen Jedi?"

"She is, but it's really her decision."

"Master Yoda!" she said happily, dropping to her knees, hugging him, then kissing him on the forehead. "I'm so glad to see you! I thought you were dead!"

Ryou rushed over, "You can't do that! It's against the rules!"

"Why? Jealous are you? Kiss me too you want to? Hmmm?"

Ryou face turned beat red, "That's not what I meant!" he said starting to get fumed.

Obi-Wan held him back, "Please excuse my apprentice, he's an idiot sometimes."

Ryou looked around at him raged, "WHAT!"

Starlette laughed letting Yoda go, "How did you come back to life? How?"

Yoda coaxed her to come close, he whispered," I am Yoda, great Jedi Master, conquer anything I can."
Starlette and Yoda laughed together.

Yoda walked with Obi-Wan through the newly made Room of a Thousand Fountains.

Finally, Yoda found his new favorite rock to sit on and he climbed up it.

Obi-Wan sat on the edge of a fountain.

"Starlette has changed, she's not as focused as she used to be." he sighed, "It was my mistake to make Luke be her mentor. He can't even Master himself let alone someone else. He's changed too."

"Changed her he has, many hidden anger in her there is. Good she is at hideing it, but see it I can."

"That sounds familar." Obi-Wan chuckled, "only my apprentice doesn't hide his anger."

"Much anger in him. Why is he your apprentice?"

"He has a strong Force and a good heart when it comes down to it, I just have to get him to let go of his hate. And Starlette.. I don't know what's troubling her."

Yoda shook his head.

"Concerned for her I am."

There was silence.

"More important matters are there. Investigate this new threat to the galaxy I must."

"Alone?" Obi-Wan asked confused.

"Maybe not. Take your new Padawan I might.. And Starlette too, perhaps."
"We have a very skilled Jedi Knight you might consider taking with you. He's very talented and wise for his age."

"Name of him?"

"Damean."

"Perhaps good he would be, talk to him I would like."

Obi-Wan smiled, "First, why don't you let me show you to your room."

They walked a ways then then reached it.

It was nice little dorm. The walls were white with green paneling and the carpets were mossy dark green. In the main room there was a sofa with a lamp on one side and a vase of roses on the other, in front of the sofa was a coffee table, and some nice plants. It was the den. It was aquipt with all the required things for a Jedi Masters room. A bedroom, a bathroom, a small kitchen, a counceling room, e.t.c.

"What do you think?" Obi-Wan asked.

Yoda walked in slowly and sat on the sofa.

He picked up a rose and sniffed it.

"Nice this is." he replied. Home, I am.