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Chapter 9
"LUKA" I am pulled from my deep slumber by some sort of shrill that would make a banshee feel self-conscious.
I immediately sit up and start looking for the danger, still expecting to be in my cell on the star destroyer but I am relieved to see that I'm on the Jedi's ship and I let out a relieved sigh.
I pant heavily, resting my face between my hands, still feeling shaken about the scream that woke me. I try to recall back my dream but the hazy; images are fleeing from me rather quickly, the only thing that I can remember is the scream of a woman that racked my very soul.
I rub my hands over my face and sigh again trying to lessen my repeatedly beating heart. I notice the light by the bed side table and move to turn it on. The room illuminates from the dull light which leaves me to get a better look at my surroundings.
The room is fairly large, with the double bed taking up more than half of the room, there is a small chest of draws in the corner and then what looks like some kind of mat at the bottom of the stairs but that's it. The room is not decorated with anything, no pictures, no knickknacks nothing; it makes me think back to my room on Tatooine that had junk covering every available suffice ranging from clothes, makeup and shoes to engine parts.
I grimace when I think back to my old little world knowing that I can never go back there makes me miss it even more, I wish I could see it, just one more time or to see my aunt and uncle, they deserve more than just me disappearing.
There is nothing I can do today, however, and there are far more important things for me to be doing so I suppose I should just get up and get on with it. I prise myself from the bed annoyed that I have to leave something so comfortable and warm but somehow I manage it.
I walk over to the chest of draws hoping that the Jedi has some clothes in there that will actually fit me. I open the drawer and see a large selection of light brown, dark brown, beige and white. I search through all of her clothes and am glad that I manage to find some underwear, however, her sports bras are very tight when I put them on and I'm not the biggest fan of the idea of wearing another girls knickers, so that leaves me with going commando.
I after struggling to put on the bra and clench my teeth at how tight it is I pull out a pair of trousers and hold them up to me. Now I would like to think that I am not short but holding up the trousers I am dwarfed by them making me look like a little girl trying on her mother's clothes. I put both the trousers and the shirt on only to sigh when the shirt that should rest on your hips comes down to mid thigh.
I shrug knowing that I'm not going to look much better, so I just turn on my heal and go off in search of the Jedi or some food, my stomach growls at the thought.
I walk out into the hallway and am completely lost as to where it is that I am meant to go, so that leaves me with wondering around aimlessly. The ship isn't very large and so ignoring the times I almost wondered into stock cupboards, it's not too hard to find the kitchen and start rummaging through the food stores.
I let a groan when all I seem to find are nutrition packs which are all that I had on the star destroyer and while that is not really gross, they are still not massively pleasant.
"I think it would be best if you stick with them for the time being" I jump and drop one of the nutrition packs that were in my hand. I turn around to see the Jedi watching me with a raised eyebrow and her arms crossed, I give her a slightly sheepish look.
"Sorry I hope you don't mind me rummaging through your stuff and nicking your clothes" I apologise, shifting from one foot to another. She shakes her head at me and smiles softly to me.
"It's fine, I was going to give you some clothes anyway, you just beat me to it," she says walking over to me and picking up the nutrition pack that fell on the floor.
"Nice hair cut, by the way, I think that might have been the best choice, I don't think you could have fixed that," she says motioning to my hair, I automatically raise my hands to run through my hair missing it at first due to the short length.
"Yeah, I think it was for the best," I say nodding my head. "Erm do you have anything else for me to eat by any chance?" I ask her, looking at the nutrition pack in her hands.
"Because we don't know what it is that the empire has been feeding you, or not feeding you shall I say" she looks down at my boney stomach that you can see even though my loose fitting clothes. "We should stick to some plainer foods" she explains. I nod my head at her trying to put up a front to hide how self-conscious I feel but failing miserably.
"Yeah, I guess that makes sense" I nod my head at her and move as she goes to prepare my meal. While she preparing it, which doesn't take more than a few seconds, I start squirming impatiently like a small child which makes me smile as compared to the Jedi, that is exactly how I look.
She hands me the food, which is a dried up piece of meat whose origin is best unknown with a large roll to accompany it, which apart from the size of the portion is the same I got on the star destroyer. However, I have grown accustomed to this sort of food and as much as it is disgusting my stomach still growls at the smell.
I barely make to the small table and chairs before I start wolfing it down as fast as I can using my teeth to tear through the toughness of the bread and 'meat'. I feel someone watching me and look up to see the Jedi watching me with a raised eyebrow and a smirk on her lips, I just shrugged my shoulders not caring and carry on inhaling my food, to the point that I start licking my plate clean once I have finished.
"Hungary then?" she asks laughing and I give her the same sheepish look but start eyeing up her meal. "Here you can have mine" she laughs and pushes her plate over to me and I take it without any complaints, which causes her to laugh again as she goes to make herself some more food.
She comes back a couple of minutes and my plate is completely clear I grin at her and she just shakes her head.
"You haven't been eating so this is properly going to give you a massive stomach-ache and might make you sick," she told me sitting down.
"To be honest, I don't really care" I laugh shrugging my shoulders and she rolls her eyes and we fall into an awkward silence as she eats her food.
"So how did you sleep?" she asks, breaking the silence.
"Yeah that thing you gave me to help sleep through really helped thanks," I told her, playing along. "So how long did I sleep for in the end?" I ask her genuinely curious.
"About fourteen hours," she says dismissively.
"FOURTEEN HOURS! Why didn't you wake me?" I ask shocked, I don't think I have ever slept that long in my life!
"You needed the sleep, to be honest, you're probably in need of some more but we're not far of arriving now so it doesn't make sense to get you back to sleep when I'm going to wake you in a couple of minutes anyway" she says shrugging her shoulders.
"So how does it take so long to travel from Tatooine to... wherever it is that we're going?" I ask her confused, it might be an old ship but it can't be that slow, surly.
"Well she's not as spritely as she used to be but we did have to stop as she sustained some damages in the fight, so we couldn't get far without getting her fixed" she explains.
"Makes sense," I say nodding my head. "So how long is it until we get there, I mean I don't want to seem like an annoying little kid but-" she interrupts me mid ramble.
"We should be arriving at the planet in about ten minutes, now if you will excuse me I need to go wake up Murg otherwise he is never going to wake up" she laughs walking out of the room, I'm guessing that he is the alien that was with her, I never did get his name before. In all fairness, I don't think I got the Jedi's either.
After the Jedi leaves the room I'm at a loss as to what to do I wander around the room trying to figure out what to do and doing my best not to let the images fly back through my brain.
I'm saved however when the alien walks in and tells me to strap in. I see the seats on the side of the room where I'm standing but I remember seeing some in the cockpit before and I want to get a good look at the first planet that I visit.
I hurry into the cockpit and strap myself into my chair, I give the Jedi a small smile as she sees me and she smiles back. I'm suddenly launched forward giving myself quite the fright for only the Jedi and the alien to laugh at me hysterically because of it. I shake my head trying to stop the blood flowing to my cheeks with no successes so go with staring at the view instead and my embarrassment slowly fades for a sense of wonder.
The planet is a mixture of a deep turquoise green and a dark blue with white clouds dotted around the planet, obscuring my view slightly.
It is a truly magnificent sight.
As we fly closer I can see the tops of what looks like trees, it's amazing I don't think I have ever seen a tree before, well outside of the holos that my friends and I used to watch.
As we fly lower I see what look like rock formations but on closer inspection, they seem to be star ships mostly buried in the ground and covered in moss and plants, some of them even have trees growing in the middle of them. I stare at everything that we fly past in complete fascination.
The Jedi starts to steer us closer to a cliff, closer and closer and just when I begin to start to fear for her sanity I hear a small rumbling begin and grow and grow until a small space gap begins to appear in the cliff face. I turn to look at the Jedi in amazement when I see that her hand is outstretched, her eyes are closed and she is breathing deeply while the alien has taken over steering and guides us into space which is growing bigger by the minute.
Once we are through the Jedi lowers her hand, opens her eyes and begins to pant slightly and then I hear the rumblings start up again into what I am assuming is closing up the hole again. I breathe in amazement, trying to turn around to see the gap closing again but of course being unsuccessful and looking at the back of the ship.
The ship begins to lower until we hit the ground and then both the alien and the Jedi unbuckle themselves from the seat and stand up so I do the same and then follow them out of the ship.
As soon as I step onto the ramp I see a crowd of people, both alien and human together wearing a brownish sort of robe that covers their whole body so you can just see their heads, a lot of the people I saw from the ship. Standing in the middle is a Gran who seems to be the one in charge here.
"Greetings Angesha and Murg Stimmir, I see that you have brought a guest with you, how very unexpected," the gran says clearly not happy with me being here.
"Master-"the Jedi or should I say Anglesha tries to explain herself but the gran just raises his hand to silence her.
"We shall discuss it later now we must greet our guest," he says causing the Jedi to stop talking after a "yes master" is said. He then turns to look at me.
"Well Miss Skywalker I am sure you have had a very long trip rest will be given to you but in the meantime welcome to our haven", he extends his arms out and gestures to the place around us. I smile at him, this place doesn't seem so bad.