AN: KXR DOES NOT OWN STAR WARS
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Star Wars
Legend of Thaigarus
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Trials and Tribulations: Chapter 6; Vod, Brother, and Sister
A Republic transportation shuttle landed in the Thaigarus Clan's docking pads, as the loading bay doors opened two figures emerged from within. As Zaaron and his mother exited the loading ramp to make their way to the security checkpoint to the compound's entrance both took a deep breath of Dxun's jungle air. It had been 7 years since Zaaron had set foot on the jungle world's surface, but just as he took that one breath all his memories of his time there returned to him. Zaaron wore the standard initiate robes he had been given upon his arrival to Tython making him stand out even more so than he would originally have. Zaaron's mother donned robes similar to that of a Jedi Shadow, which she had been during her time as a Knight of the Republic, although these robes were of brown coloring and were not truly equipped for the activities of a Jedi. Making their way to the security checkpoint the two were greeted by a surprised Barbados.
"I can't believe it! It's great to have you two back home, Yuuzahn's been acting antsy with over the surprise he has for Zaaron." Barbados practically guffawed as he hugged both Zaaron and Teraja. "I've got to say though little Z you're mighty big. How old are you now?"
"I'm twelve. Where can I find Verax?" Zaaron asked as the taller man ruffled his hair.
With a chuckle Barbados answered. "He's probably around here somewhere causing mischief, although his antics aren't as grand without you around." Barbados said remembering the countless pranks the two would play on some of the guards.
While the majority of residents within the compound were of the Clan Thaigarus, Barbados, Verax and the clan Shogun formed the rest of the population. Most of the Mandalorian Clans rallied under the banner of Mandalore the Vindicated, but only and Clan Thaigarus and shogun defied his call to their home world of Mandalore. Instead the two clans allied with one another in favor of Mandalore the Preserver's method of allying themselves with the Republic. While the clans under Mandalore the Vindicated considered this defiance of the Resol'nare-Six Tenets of Mandalorian Culture- the two clans believed that siding with the Empire would lead to their people's enslavement, which it has. The Clans only attack when the Empire allows them, and they are constantly monitored by Imperial Intelligence. To them it seemed better to break one of their tenants then become glorified slaves.
As Zaaron and his mother walked through the compound to their home, many eyes followed their movements, although there was a pair of eyes that was discreetly following the two. As Zaaron passed by one of the alley ways on their trek a blurred figured darted out and tried to tackle Zaaron the ground. Using the Force Zaaron dodged the tackle and took an Echani fighting stance. Looking at the figure that tried to tackle him Zaaron's eyes met a figure he had not seen for seven years.
"Verax!" Zaaron yelled with a smile on his face. As Zaaron and Verax stood relaxed the two embraced each other in a hug. Verax was only a few inches shorter than Zaaron but was equally built, he had short brown hair that spiked up in the front, and had chocolate brown eyes. As the two hugged Verax used a throw to ensue the inevitable wrestling match between the two.
During his time on Dxun the two were nearly inseparable; both were always playing together within the compound, occasionally sneaking out to adventure the untamed jungles of Dxun. Finally deciding to end their impromptu wrestling match Teraja cleared here throat loudly twice, gaining the two boys' attention. Zaaron and Teraja continued their trek through the camp until they came across the training grounds where Yuuzahn was teaching a young girl how to fire a blaster at the targets placed on the other side of the field. As Yuuzahn stepped back the girl let out a volley of blaster shots that hit every mark. With a yell of joy Yuuzahn picked the girl up and gave her a hug. Turning to his family Yuuzahn introduced her.
"Zaaron this is your adopted sister Nyla Thaigarus." The girl was discovered on the planet of Tatooine, as Yuuzahn led a small team of Mandalorian warriors along with the Republic Special Forces team Havoc Squad on a raid of an intergalactic slave ring. Yuuzahn was confronted by the girl when they first began to release the slaves. Her spirit called to him and he knew she would be a loved member of his family. The girl was quite small for nine years of age, but her attitude and spirit were as fierce as the revered Mythosuars of legend.
For a while Teraja, Yuuzahn, and Verax watched the two newfound siblings as they stared each other. Breaking the staring contest Zaaron pulled Nyla into a bone crushing hug as he said. "I've always wanted a little sister!"
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During his brief stay in Dxun Zaaron spent most all of his time in the company of Verax and Nyla, the three had gone on a plethora of small adventures together, but just as Zaaron was to leave for Tython the three would go on one last adventure. Early that morning the three children had overheard two of the guards discussing the upcoming search for an Imperial Probe that was suspected to be in the jungle's brush. Running into a small alley the three huddled and discussed their first plan together.
"What are going to do? We can't let the Imperials get information on us here. They may attack us!" Nyla said "But how are we supposed to find it? It's not like we know what a probe looks like, for all we know it could just be a rumor." Zaaron replied. "How should we know how to find it? You're the one who's a tech wiz." Verax added. "That's it! Zaaron can whip up some device to track droids in the jungle!" Nyla interjected with a smile. "I can't just make a scanner out of nothing, and besides I can work with machines, but not even I can put something together that fast." Zaaron said with his eyebrows raised.
"Wait we can use one of the thermal scanners, just have Zaaron configure it to trace electrical signals." Verax said. "I can't do that either, but if I can get a reading of one of the droids in the camp, I can get a good thermal read of a droid and the figure out what's jungle and what's droid." Zaaron said as the idea came to him. Deciding they would find the probe droid the three snuck into the military cache and "borrowed" a thermal scanner that Zaaron the modified to look for a droids heat signature. Sneaking out of the Thaigarus Compound they began their search.
Zaaron wore his initiate robes, with two vibro-blades strapped to his back and the scanner in his hand. Verax wore brown cargo pants and a poncho over his shirt with his hunting rifle in hand. Nyla wore green cargo pants, a brown shirt with a black leather vest, and had her red hair in a ponytail, as well as a blaster pistol at her side.
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For hours the trio searched for the probe droid, encountering multiple young bomas, maalraas, and cannoks. Just as they though their search was for naught they had finally tracked down the probes position. As the three took cover behind a large tree they spied on the droid. With a nod of their heads Zaaron charged the droid while Verax steeped to the right of Zaaron and fired several shots at the droid. Alerted to Zaaron's charge the droid began to turn when it was met with Verax's rifle shots. The droids attention was divided between the two mandalorian children making it blissfully unaware of the young girl climbing the tree. While the droid turned in circles trying to fire a shot at Zaaron who was taking swipes at it with his vibro-blades, with Verax taking clear shots at its legs. Finally reaching a point above the droid Nyla gave the boys the signal and fired a small volley of bolts on the droids head, permanently destroying it. As the three celebrated their victory the mandalorian patrol that was originally supposed to destroy the droid was met by the sight of three children standing over a broken droid. Realizing they had been caught the children came home with the patrol to an unexpected surprise. Their family and friends welcomed them home as young heroes, a small feast was held in honor of their heroic actions. As the night drew to a close Zaaron and his family bid Verax and Barbados farewell, as the left for Tython, once Zaaron and Nyla had found their beds both collapsed of exhaustion.
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As Zaaron's dreams came that night he was met yet again by two unknown figures.
Love doesn't lead to the dark side. Fear and anger do. Embrace your love and let if become a beacon of light in the darkness.
Emotional attachments make you weak. Your enemies will gladly use them against you. All people are for is to use and control for your own gains.
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AN: I'd like to let my readers know that Trials and Tribulations will be updated on Saturdays, there will not however be an update on the weekend of the 22nd, but the weekend next will be updated with two chapters. Also the two characters I introduced will be reoccurring characters throughout the story, and a cookie for whoever can guess their class. Please leave a review and thank you for reading.-KXR