Chapter 1: Discovery
(31 BBY)
The infant gazed as the outside world passed by his bedroom window. He slowly turned his head, watching the many aircars that flew past his window. He looked in awe as his parents slowly walked into the room. The child sensed from both his mind and the expression on their faces that they were filled with both sorrow and worry.
It had all started four months ago, when his parents started noticing how strange things began happening around their baby boy. His playthings frequently moved towards the child when he wanted them, and several common household items were broken despite no logical reason why they could have fallen.
A slight chime from the door alerted the parents to the person they had sent for. They had heard several times on the HoloNet that these behaviors in a child were a strong indicator of being Force-sensitive and that parents of such children should contact the Jedi Order. The father opened the door to reveal a robed green figure, her brown hair wore in a simple ponytail behind her head. Her small body sat in a hoverchair, and the hum of it's repulsor engines filled the room with it's slight sound.
"You must be the representative of the Jedi? Come on in, can I offer you anything Ms…?"
"Yaddle. No refreshment is required, but for offering thank you. About your child you notified us?"
"Yes. He has been exhibiting some abnormal behavior. No offense."
"None taken. Strange one's power is to those not sensitive to the Force. Take me to him will you?"
"He's in his playpen in the other room. Follow me."
The father led the Jedi into the main room of the house, the slight hum of the hoverchair intensifying as it moved forward. The child gazed at the floating alien with both eyes filled with wonder. Yaddle slowly looked upon the child, her eyes studying the child's reactions to her. She slowly nodded and moved to a table near the child's playpen. She removed a small case from the back of her hoverchair and sat it on the table. She opened the case and removed a small object. She turned to the parents.
"To properly test the child, a small blood sample I will have to take."
"Go ahead."
Yaddle nodded in acknowledgement and soon produced a small needle from the object. She sat her hoverchair down and began to walk towards the child.
"From the playpen, please remove him. What is the child's name?"
The mother took her child and sat him on the floor. The child slowly began to walk around, moving closer to the new person to room. The mother smiled as her son began walking towards the alien standing next to him.
"Jorec, his name is Jorec."
"Well, Jorec, no need to be afraid. Sting only a little while this will."
Yaddle quickly stuck the child with the needle and sat the needle inside of the case. She slowly studied the case as it analyzed the blood sample. After a few seconds, the case beeped, indicating that the analysis of the sample was complete. She slightly nodded at the results and turned to the parents.
"Higher than normal his midichlorian count is. In the right range to be trained as a Jedi it is. That and the recordings you sent us. Important decision you two must make. Discuss it we must."
Jorec's mother placed the child back into the playpen and started walking towards the living room with her husband and the Jedi visitor. Yaddle sat in a chair while the two parents sat on the couch next to the window.
"Hard the decision is to send one's child away. Seen it many times, I have. Seen I have many refusals. Any concerns you have?"
Jorec's father looked up at the Jedi and nodded his head.
"I have heard that once he goes into the Order, we would be unable to see him again."
"Many times from concerned parents I have heard that. Truth of the matter is that once a certain age the student reaches, most teachers allow a decision to be made. Typical a visit to the family is and then by the student a choice is made."
"How often does a student typically choose to return to his family?"
"A small percentage."
"What would happen if we decide to not send him away? How could we deal with his powers in order to have peace around here?"
"If decide you do to not send him, literature we could provide. To properly discourage using his powers it will help you. Put their powers off as childhood fantasy, most children do."
Yaddle looked at the parents and then closed her eyes. She quietly gauged their emotions and the direction of their questions.
"Seem unwilling to send him to training you do."
"It's not that. We feel that he was given these powers for a reason, and we want him to be able to be properly trained to use those powers."
"But still apprehensive about the lifestyle you are?"
"Yes. We are."
"Time you still have to make your decision. Over the next few weeks, about your final decision talk about. Contact us when you reach it."
With a small push, the Jedi removed herself from the chair and entered her hoverchair. She activated it and floated to eye level with the parents.
"All I can say is, the best decision for the child, you should make. Farewell."
With a movement of her hand, the Jedi opened the door and exited into the hallway of the apartment complex.