Anakin, Obi-Wan, Ahsoka and Lirlia were sent to investigate some ancient Jedi coordinates that were nor used in more of two thousands of years. Fearing a Separatist attack, a well armed cruiser went with them just in case.
"Something in the radars, Rex?" Anakin asked through the link.
"Nothing, sir. Everything is clear."
"Ok. We are in the coordinates, but there's nothing here." Obi-Wan said.
"We a-e lo—in-..." Rex's voice was cut off.
"Something is affecting the signal." Ahsoka said as the ship's energy was disabled.
"Why are we loosing light?" Lirlia asked, concerned as she stood from where she sat.
"Don't know." Anakin simply said.
Then the lights came again. "See? Nothing to worry about, Lirlia." Obi-Wan said.
"Then, what is that?" Ahsoka said, leaning between Anakin and Obi-Wan and pointing to a pyramid looking structure. The ship shook as it was pulled towards it.
"That thing is attracting us." Ahsoka said.
Lirlia got more and more in guard, even unsheathing her Bowgun out of instinct as they got closer to the pyramid.
The pyramid then opened and bright light came from it. As they entered, the light blinded them before they lost consciousness.
They woke up soon after in a new place. Grass was in front of them as they regained their awareness and senses.
"I probably fainted." Anakin said groggily as he woke up.
"But who landed the ship?" Obi-Wan asked.
"I didn't." Ahsoka said as she woke up.
"Whoever it was, probably left us sleeping." Lirlia said, also waking up.
"But… where are we?" Anakin asked.
"Hm…" Ahsoka said as she checked a console. "It's a… kind of organic mass. Lectures say that it's bigger than an asteroid. But the atmosphere is breathable."
"This is getting stranger by the minute. I don't even know in which part of the galaxy we are, or… if at least we are in our galaxy." Obi-Wan added.
Anakin checked some buttons as Lirlia stood, watching the field in from them. Anakin then sat with a frustrated sigh. "What?" He said as the ship's controls beeped on and off. "The ship's systems are good and functional, but for some reason, nothing works."
Ahsoka opened the door and everyone followed her outside. There, they saw a gorgeous field, with grass and flowers reaching till the eye could see. They exited and looked around.
Obi-Wan took his binoculars and looked around, Ahsoka also looked around, watching the field and structures of the place they are now in.
"Hey! I saw something there. A light over that hill." Ahsoka said pointing to said hill.
"I don't see anything." Obi-Wan said. They saw floating rocks and hills.
Anakin stood beside them, also looking the scenery while Lirlia was still with her gun on her hands, concerned about their situation.
"Are you the Lost One?" A female voice spoke, only being catched by Anakin.
"Uh? What? Did you hear that?" He said.
"I didn't hear anything." Obi-Wan answered.
"Are you the Lost One?" The voice said louder this time, catching everyone's attention. They look to their right and saw a green haired woman looking at them on golden clothes, her chest opened and glowing slightly.
"Hello." Obi-Wan said.
"Who are you?" Lirlia asked, on guard.
"I am Daughter." The woman said as she approached Lirlia. "Are you the Lost One?"
"What do you mean by 'Lost One'?" Lirlia asked.
"The Lost One from where?" Anakin asked.
"I shall take you with him." She said.
"To who?" Ahsoka asked.
"Um… did you bring us here?" Obi-Wan asked.
"Only he can help you. Time is short. Follow me. We must find shelter" Daughter said as she turned around and walked on a path.
"And we were saying that the planet was strange. What you say about that woman?" Anakin said as he pointed to Daughter.
"We will be ok, as long as we stick together." Obi-Wan said as everyone started to follow Daughter.
As they walked, they saw that the scenery of plants changed to different colors.
"Have you noticed that the seasons change as the hours pass?" Obi-Wan said.
"Yeah." Anakin answered.
"And I don't see any animal." Ahsoka added.
"What can that mean?" Lirlia said to herself.
"Did you realize it?" Obi-Wan asked to his former padawan.
"Yes. The Fore here is… really strong."
"I've never felt something of that magnitude. Let's be careful." Obi-Wan said.
"I still can't feel it, though." Lirlia said, looking to Anakin. "Do you feel it stronger here?" A that Anakin nodded.
"Excuse us, with who are you taking us to?" Anakin asked.
"With the Father, of course."
"Of course." Ahsoka answered.
"And exactly, who are you all?" Obi-Wan said.
"We are the ones that protect the Power. We are the center, the beginning, and the end."
"Good that she explained that to us." Anakin commented.
"Why did you bring us here?" Lirlia asked.
"We sensed that you are not from here. We also sensed the Chosen One, though…" Daughter looked to Anakin, then to Lirlia. "…the Lost One represents something more than the Chosen One."
"I… don't think that I understand." Lirlia answered. The plants and vegetals started to dwindle and Lirlia heard some rubble. Looking up she saw rocks falling, and were directed to woman.
"Look out!" Lirlia screamed, pushing the woman in front of her as rocks fell and cut off the path. Obi-Wan tripped and almost fell were not for Anakin and Ahsoka helping him up again.
After the rubble ended, Lirlia stood and helped Daughter to stand.
"You ok?" She asked. Daughter turned around fast and looks at her with an annoyed face.
"It is forbidden that you touch me." She said.
"Um… sorry, but I saved your life." Lirlia said.
"That was work of my brother. You are in danger. Stay here and wait for me. Do not move from this place." She said as she walked on the path, leaving Lirlia alone. Her com beeped inside her bag. She took it and answered.
"Lirlia? You ok?" Obi-Wan' voice came from it.
"Yes, I am fine. Though the woman left me. Said something about staying here and wait for her. But I'm not in the mood to wait any longer. I'll try to see how to get out from this place."
"And if it's a trap?"
"I shall not stand here to find it out, then."
"Lirlia, wait. We must search for something to do. Don't do anything without thinking. Wait till we can find a way to reunite with you." Obi-Wan said. Then static. "Lirlia?" He sighed. "So impulsive."
"She'll find her." Ahsoka said.
"Yeah. So what?" Anakin said.
Thunder was heard across the land. "A storm is approaching." Ahsoka said. "We better return to the ship.
When they returned to the ship, they found that it was no long there.
"The ship disappeared." Ahsoka whined.
"Yes, we already realized it." Obi-Wan answered.
"It was here, without a doubt." Ahsoka continued to whine. Then they saw life dying. "Everything is dying."
"Is it too much to do what was told to you?" A new voice spoke. Out of instinct, Ahsoka turned a lightsaber while Anakin and Obi-Wan looked to their back. A tall man dressed in black with red eyes and bald looked down to them.
"And was told to us?" Obi-Wan answered.
"My sister told you to wait." The man answered.
"Really? But unfortunately we got separated. We want our ship back if is not too much trouble."
"Not… yet." The man said approaching. "Is it true that she's a Monster Hunter?"
Immediately, the three Jedi activated their lightsabers, pointing to the man in front of them.
"What do you know about that kind of things?" Obi-Wan asked.
"How do you know about Lirlia's past?" Anakin added.
"What is about to happen, shall happen, whether you like it or not." He waved his hands and all the lightsabers were deactivated. Obi-Wan pointed his finger to the man.
"You are a Sith!"
"Sith…" the man chuckled. "Yes. And no." The three Jedi looked at themselves confused. "Storms here are lethal. If you want to live, I suggest you to seek refuge." He said before jumping and a thunder illuminating the sky, the Man's image replaced by a winged creature screaming and flying away.
"What… was exactly… that." Ahsoka asked slowly. Then, more thunders started coming down to the ground.
"Quick! There is a cave over there!" Obi-Wan said gesturing to said cave. The three run towards it, avoiding the lethal thunder.
Meanwhile, Lirlia walked to catch up with the Daughter, when suddenly her Scoutflies came out from their nest on her armor and went to a cave. She followed them inside, taking care of her surroundings.
She saw over the cave different marks and drawings. "Interesting cave and Martin's,,, but why do I get the feeling that I've been here before? And why those markings and drawings are also familiar?" She said to herself. She walked over the cave for a few hours and got hungry. Creating a small fireplace, she took out few raw steak to cook. After cooking and having her meal, she decided to continue forward into the cave when she heard a voice above her.
"Hunter..."
Turning around, she saw a face that she's not seen in a while.
"First Wyverian…" she whispered as she walked near him, the First Wyverian stood over a higher rock. "How is it possible?"
"Long time have passed. You were brought here to fulfill a deed. Something only you can do."
"But… what does that mean? And how is it that you are here?"
"The Force works in many ways. You must search and find two sets of equipment. One will help you find the other to fight the darkness that will come." He said.
"Wait… what… I don't understand…" she said, a frown on her face as she tried to get what the First Wyverian told her.
He remained silent for a time before answering. "Search for the Ones. They can get you answers. Follow your Hunter skills." He said.
Lirlia was about to ask who the Ones are when the First Wyverian disappeared in front of her. She remained there, trying to understand what happened in front of her eyes. 'What does he mean by finding two sets of equipments? And that one will help me find the other? How can I find something from my world in this vast place that is the galaxy? And what did he mean that I have to fight a darkness that will come?' Her mind was filled with thoughts of that. She sighed in frustration and shook her head. Her Scoutflies then came out from their nest again, showing her the path she must follow.
"Guess that I still need to follow you, uh? Let's see where this lead me to." She said to herself, following the Scoutflies.
Over the day, she exited the cave and was met with a field dying rapidly and the start of the night. Then thunder started to came out from the sky. She dodged it and started running to cover herself from the thunder. Her Scoutflies came out again and guided her to a small cavern as she dodged thunder from the sky. In the distance, she saw a huge building over a hill with a light over its roof. Somehow, she knew that she must go there, and there she went.
Lirlia walked around the castle, looking around the strange building inside. Different symbols adorned the walls along with the floor. She then came across a tall man cross legged sitting in the middle of the room. She approached him and sat in front of him. Soon after, the man opened his eyes.
"Welcome, child." He said.
"Greetings." Lirlia said.
"Hmm... I can sense that you are not from here. Nor can you use the Force like others, but it surrounds you like no other. I feel the Force within you strong. Extremely so." He said.
"Yeah. I was told that before." Lirlia answered.
"Not only it surrounds you, but also your armor and gun." He said.
"What do you know about them?" Lirlia said, interest growing on her.
"I can sense that they come from an elder creature and from an ancient forest full of life."
"Yes." Lirlia said slowly. "So… what now? Are you going to tell me about the reason I am here?"
"Probably, but first, what do you know about the Force?"
"Very little. I tried to understand the Force, but it still eludes me."
"In short, the Force is a strength that keeps all things alive and going across the galaxy. It touches each breathing creature and even the nonliving ones. The Force has two sides: Light, and Dark. Day and Night. Destruction, replaced by Creation. Too much Light or Dark would mean the destruction of life as everyone knows it." He spoke.
"Hmm… I believe that I understand a bit. There must be balance, otherwise everything will collapse. Is that it?"
"Indeed, child."
"But why I can use the Force in different ways? Cause I was told and have demonstrated that I can use the Force in other ways."
The Father remained silent. Not answering her question. Lirlia was about to ask if something is wrong when he spoke.
"Before I answer that question, is there any other question that you may have?"
"Well… there are, but that's the one that keeps me wondering during day and night whenever I think about it."
The Father walked away from her a few steps, deep in thought. 'If she's truly from there… then her reaction would vary…' he thought. He remained silent for a few seconds before starting his tale.
"To answer that question, I must start first with our beginning…
"We Force Wielders once lived in another place. A place full of the Force. Together, we use our powers to experiment and learn about the Force. I was the First, then came my Daughter and my Son." He paused for a bit, still not looking to Lirlia.
"But something has always been into my mind ever since I discovered it. Traces of an ancient civilization lost, along with the creatures that live with it way before we arrived according to the few remnants left in papers, whispers and legends over the Force if you listen well enough. A civilization that lived with creatures capable of manipulating the Force in many ways, that fought those creatures, creating equipment from their parts and the biomes, achieving control over the so called Elements." He said, walking away a few paces.
"If you listen and checked closely, you can see memories. Memories left on the depths of the Force state that, at the beginning, the Force itself was extremely chaotic. Unbalanced. Conflicted. Nothing like a Will to be present. Only a primal version of the Force that this special world was affected by it, affecting life of the creatures there.
"The civilization once almost faced annihilation by the same creatures, leaving it weak and powerless. Few things were left of it. It took them time, but the survivors managed to somehow become almost like the ancient civilization, until, one day, the Force achieved a will. And an own presence. But… with time, the Force achieved a Will, and started to balanced itself. Due to that, the world that fed from the chaotic, unbalanced and conflicted Force was gravely affected. All creatures were affected, changing ecosystems and biomes. Few creatures survived that process." He paused, feeling Lirlia's emotions. His thoughts were right. Her reaction confirm that she is from there.
"The world… was destroyed. Only few and rare documents have been found through the years since the fall of the world and the civilization. Some were kept, others were thrown away.
Their weapons and armor, as well as all knowledge to create them, lost to time.
By the time I realized that our home world is the same as that one, I started gathering more information about that world. Why was affected that much? Why the Force didn't let it to continue be like it? How can a world change so much by just something the Force did?" He asked, his arms on his back, not facing Lirlia.
The girl was so immersed on his tale, so shocked, that didn't realize tears falling from her eyes as she understood everything.
"So, is that the reason you had to bringing us here?" Lirlia asked, her voice breaking with each word.
He nodded. "When I heard about the Chosen One, I had to se it by myself. But when I sensed you, I immediately knew." He said, looking at her. "I had to confirm what I felt and if it was related to the world we used to live in."
"If the Force didn't have a… a consciousness when I was at home, why did it bring me here?" She asked as she walked to him and grabbed his clothes, desperately needing answers.
"A process like balance needs time. The Force couldn't balance itself immediately. It needed many, many years. Years that slowly altered the creatures and world you used to live in. But, by what reason did it choose you?" He stopped for a second. "Probably, after the Force achieved some kind of will - small as it may be - could have predicted what may happen on the future that requires someone like you. But we had to leave that world, so we cannot find the answers."
"Why did you leave your… my world, and came here?" Lirlia asked, managing to control her emotions as she dropped her arms to her sides, still wanting to hear how they ended up on this place.
"A mortal woman arrived to our home. We were wary at first of her presence, but time later, she became part of our family. We got into a relationship, she managed to kept balance between my children, and even helped my Son to use the Dark Side to create instead of destroy." A smile was formed on the elder's face. But it then fell. "But she was only a mortal. And mortals have limited time to live. She grew old. She couldn't avoid my children into fightings. And she was afraid of loosing her new family after she lost hers. So she did something that was forbidden, and became corrupted thanks to that. The Force corrupted her very essence, and she became a twisted being. By the time we found out, it was too late. We fought, and she almost killed us. We had to flee. Afterwards, we asked help of some beings to create huge buildings and stations to keep her there, sealed. From time to time, she gets free, so we had to leave this place to stop her."
"And… what's her name?"
"Abeloth." He then added. "She's been there ever since."
The Father finished the story of her home and his own. Her most inner fears were confirmed, something that kept nudging her mind, but she chose not to acknowledge it, nor to accept it. She's the last of her world. That shook her to the core. She hugged herself in an attempt to comfort herself. She didn't feel the Father's arms wrapping around her.
"It may not be comforting, but your very presence here means that the Force needs you here. You were chosen for a reason."
"H… how can you be so sure?" She managed through the tears and her trembling body.
"There are things even we, the Force Wielders, cannot do. Not even Abeloth. Even after being corrupted by the Force itself. The Force brought you here to fulfill a purpose. Purpose only you can do. Not even the Force itself can solve this. At least on its current condition."
"Wha… what does that mean?" She asked.
"The Force has changed a lot since your time. It no longer can do the things it did before like the creatures manipulating the Force, the so called Elements. Things that your weapons can do. The Force that was around with your world is no longer here. Unless you have something from that time, it's impossible to do the things like before." The Father said.
"That explains why everyone is so desperate to learn more about myself and my equipment." she said. She added. "But why… why does it needs me here… if it's impossible to get again the elements that the creatures on my world could do?"
"You have on your own a weapon that can use two of those elements." The Father said. "Even if those elements cannot be recreated on this era, weapons from yesteryear can still use them. You just need to find them."
"But how? How can I find the weapons and armor on this time?" She asked, piling away from the Father's embrace.
"It's late. Everything you heard has tired you. You must rest. You will be my guest tonight." The Father said, avoiding the question.
"Can you answer my question?"
"There are some things that the Force does not reveal simply, child. But worry not. The answer will come eventually." He said.
"I really wish to get some answers for once." Lirlia mumbled and followed the Father to a room.
"You shall rest here. If you need anything, just call. I'll be with you shortly afterwards." He said and left, leaving Lirlia alone. She sighed in exasperation, but felt the exhaustion of today coming to her. Following the woman, encountering the First Wyverian, dodging all those thunders, running to the castle and hearing about her world exhausted her. Both physically and mentally. She took off her gun from her back and placed it on the wall and laid on the small bed. Sleep came to her fast enough.
So, what do you think about my lore about the relation between Monster Hunter world and the Force? I thought really hard, and I could not think on other thing to explain where Lirlia's world is on the Star Wars Universe. Tell me your thoughts about this.
Anyway, see you on next chapter!