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Chapter 3
The spacecraft hovered over the ground just before it landed. Luke quickly got out of the craft, and Janira followed. Her gaze took in all her surroundings. She had only been to the Jedi temple once and that was when she was fifteen. The building was huge; it was set on a post, towering over some other buildings. When Master Luke reached the steps, Janira had to jog to catch up with him.
As they neared the conference room, a man dressed in robes met them.
"Greetings, Master Jedi," the man said with a respectful bow.
"Greetings, Lobible," Luke returned his bow.
"And who is this that you have brought with you?" Lobible questioned.
"This," Luke replied, "is my apprentice, Janira."
Janira bowed. "It is an honor to be here, sir."
"Very well," Lobible said. "Come this way, the council is waiting."
Lobible led them down the hallway and into an elevator. He pushed the button for the seventh floor and the elevator started to ascend upwards. When they finally reached their level, Master Luke and Janira walked out and into the waiting room for the council. They only waited of a couple of seconds before the secretary came out and told them to enter.
The room they entered into was round and had a lookout window over the city. Sitting in a circle were the members of the Jedi council.
"Council," Master Luke said with a bow. Following his movement, Janira also gave a bow.
"Greetings Master Luke and your apprentice, Janira. We are very glad that you were able to come," said a woman with brown hair coiled at the sides of her head. "We have found the exact coordinates of the location where Lord Larveus is creating his drones."
"Do we know if it is a trap?" Luke asked.
"Not yet, but we are planning to find out," the woman said.
"You are sending us to see," Janira put out.
"Yes," the woman replied. "We are going to send you to Endor."
"Endor?" Luke asked, surprised.
The woman only nodded. "But, Leia, I do not want to go back there! I cannot go back there!" Luke exclaimed.
"Listen, Luke, I know that you have some bad memories there, but you must go. It is the only way that we can find out what Larveus is planning."
"If the council woman commands it," Luke replied, with a bow and then walked out of the room. Casting a quick glance back at this, Leia, Janira turned and hurried after Master Luke.
"What was that all about?" Janira questioned when they were alone in the elevator.
"The planet Endor is where my father died and where the Empire fell."
"Oh, I see…" Janira said quietly. "Does your father have a grave where he was buried or something?"
"Yes, I know the place where his ashes lay."
"Good," Janira said. "Then we shall visit it while we are there."
"We can visit once we are done with our mission. Personal things always come second to the Jedi. But a Jedi cannot, must not love, for love leads to jealousy, greed, anger and can eventually lead to the dark side."
The elevator halted to a stop and they left the temple. They approached their spacecraft and got inside. Luke pushed the buttons for the coordinates of Endor and the craft lifted off the ground and took off.
After awhile, the ship neared the green planet, Endor, and they discreetly landed. Getting out of the ship, Luke and Janira silently walked behind a tree. They peered around, but spotted nobody. They neared a building, which Janira figured to be part of the fallen empire.
Luke abruptly stopped in his tracks and looked around him.
"Don't you think that if this planet was inhabited by Lord Larveus and his druids, that they would be somewhere around this vicinity?" Luke asked.
"Yes, one would think so," Janira responded. "But still, let's look around a little more and see what we find."
Luke nodded his agreement, and they continued to look all around for some sign of Lord Larveus. They continued to look for a couple of hours, but still, they found nothing.
"Let's take a break," Janira suggested. "I do not think that Larveus is here. I see no signs that anyone has been here for a few years."
"And I sense no presence of anyone. For surely, if there was anyone here, either you or I would sense them," Luke considered.
"Exactly," Janira agreed. "Perhaps the council gave us the wrong coordinates? Maybe he is on a different planet?"
Luke shook his head. "Leia is never wrong on her coordinates." Luke looked around him, and then continued on. "Perhaps we should drop in on some old friends and see if they know anything."
"The Ewoks?" Janira questioned.
"Yes," Luke said. "If anyone would know, it would be them."
Master Luke and Janira wandered deeper into the woods, until they came upon a little village.
"Is this where the Ewoks live?" Janira asked in a low whisper.
"This is the place…" Luke started. "But where are they?"
"Maybe they went hunting or something?"
"No, they would not all leave to go out hunting."
As they walked more into the village, they still saw no sign of an Ewok, dead or alive. Master Luke noticed something in the ground and approached it hesitantly. He thought that he saw some sort of hole; one that an Ewok could easily fit into. When he finally got next to it, he dug his hands into the hole and peered down inside. From the angle he was at, he couldn't really see anything.
"Janira," he called softly, "come over here." Luke heard her hurried steps as she neared him. "I think that the Ewoks mat be hiding down here."
Janira bent down closer and she too peered down inside the hole. "I think that you're right. After you, Master."
Luke got onto his hands and knees and began crawling down the hole. Shortly after him followed Janira. They both made their way down the tunnel, moving steadily. Up ahead, they began to see what looked like a little underground city. Getting closer, Janira saw shapes moving about in the lights, and made them out to be Ewoks. The shapes must've heard their footsteps and turned their heads to look over at the sound. Luke and Janira had reached the end of the tunnel and know were only hunched over, instead of crawling.
An Ewok gave a series of squeeks, which Janira figured meant 'Master Luke.'
Back at the Jedi Temple"You did very well, Princess Leia," said an eerie voice. "With those two out of the way, the Republic shall fall!" The voice gave an evil laugh, and the whole council shivered.