Disclaimer: *Tackles Mace and gets machine back* Haha! Once again I have my A.P.C.M back and I can own... *Ahsoka blinds me with her lightsabers and takes machine* All I can see is green! Ahsoka owns Star Wars. I don't.
Chapter 9... Family and Friends
The next couple hours went by without incident. We continued to work on clearing the rubble and, for some of us, avoiding getting hurt.
I looked at my chrono to see how much longer we had left. It read 4:30. I had to admit I was rather relieved that we only had thirty minutes left. After all that had happened today, I was tired.
I briefly sat down on the pile and look at the people around me. I knew most of them pretty well and there were only a few I didn't know.
Off to one side stood a group of Masters, mine included. I then looked around to see how many of my friends and family were here. I was surprised to find that almost all of them were.
I saw Troy working with Obi-Wan and our friend Garen Muln. Garen's Master was Master Clee Rhara and he had been our friend for years. A little ways away, I saw Andie working with Bant and Rilme. And beyond them, I saw another one of my sisters April working with our brother Ralph and our friend Sofia. April was Depa Billaba's Padawan and was also deaf, which made life interesting. Sofia was Master Healer Lidia's Padawan, which meant she was going to be a healer one day. That was probably a good thing since we all get hurt so often.
Looking to my right, I saw more of our friends Soara Antana, Siri Tachi, and Ry-Gaul. Siri was the Padawan of Master Adi Gallia. I also noticed our older siblings; Tom, Gabby, and the identical twins Kate and Linda. Kate was blind but she never let that slow her down.
My thoughts then turned to my family. Tom was the oldest of us all, next came Gabby, then Kate and Linda, then April, then Obi-Wan and myself, after us came Ralph, and finally Rilme. April and Ralph were adopted, though they are biological siblings. There were a lot of us but never bothered any of us. We got along well and very much enjoyed each other's company. The Force is also very strong in my family and it comes from both sides.
Having a short attention span, my thoughts then switched to our home planet. Our home planet is called Livfrhm and our family is rather well known. We live differently than the rest of the Galaxy. Our planet was originally settled by the survivors of what's known as The Great Christian Purge, when the Sith captured and killed as many Christians as they could. Those who managed to escape the Sith helped as many others as they could before a damaged hyperdrive sent their ship to an unsettled planet in the middle of the Unknown Regions. They then settled the planet and remained hidden for a few millennia before revealing themselves again in the 1950s. My grandmother was the one who thought it would be a good idea to do so and she was proved to be right. Then in the early 80s a fairly large group of children were born who were Force sensitive. These children, including all of my friends that I had just been observing, were given to the Jedi to be trained on the condition that they be allowed to have as much contact with their families as they wanted. My siblings and myself were also allowed to be trained. We were also allowed to marry and have children when we get older and, as family is very important to our people, we're all happy about that.
I then realized that I had been lost in thought for about five minutes. Getting up, I walked over to where Troy, Obi-Wan, and Garen were working and started helping them.
