Chapter 15

Visions and Revelations

Link's Apartment

Coruscant

December 6, 1255

Late Afternoon

Link, the Hero of Time and Jedi Master, was in the middle of telling the Solo twins about his wild adventures in Hyrule when he got Zelda's message.

"Zelda, is that you?" he asked through the Force.

He was in utter confusion.

How could Princess Zelda use the Force? The only power she had was the Triforce of Wisdom! Wait that was it! Triforce of Wisdom. The Triforce was part of the Force!

All of a sudden Leia and Luke walked in. Link told the Solo twins to run off to find Chewbacca. They ran off with glee.

"What's the matter?" Luke and Leia said in unison.

"I have just had a revelation. The legendary Triforce from Hyrule is part of the Force! Princess Zelda can use it! She just contacted me through the Force!" he said in excitement.

Luke's eyes widened in astonishment.

"That explains how you were able to proceed so quickly through your training!" he exclaimed.

Link ignored the comment and began pacing back and forth in excitement.

"Ganondorf must be another form of Darth Sidious then." Link muttered to himself.

"Of course Ganon is Darth Sidious, you fool!" Luke yelled in exasperation.

All of a sudden a young teenager with a mess of red hair and dressed in Padawan robes rushed into the room. He bowed to the two Jedi Masters and walked up to Luke.

"Dad is it true?" the boy asked.

"Is what true, Ben?" Luke replied in mild puzzlement.

"That there is another aspect of the Unifying Force." Ben replied as if he was talking about the weather.

"Luke, who is this kid and what does he mean by the 'Unifying Force?" Link asked in confusion.

"This is my son, Ben, and what he means by the Unifying Force is a complex way to use the Force that Jacen Solo learned from an elderly Jedi Knight, Vergere, from the days of the Old Republic." Luke explained.

Link nodded.

"So, I take it my Triforce has some connection to your Unifying Force?" Link asked for clarification.

"It's just a theory for now. We will have to study the Triforce to see if it is true." Luke explained.

Gandalf was asleep in his chambers when he had a Force Vision. In the vision he saw a shadowy figure appear beside his bed.

"Master Olorin, I am Vergere." The mysterious figure said.

"Are you a Jedi Master?" Gandalf asked in mild puzzlement.

The name sounded eerily familiar. Could he have come across it in the archives?

"No, I am not a Jedi Master; I am a Jedi Knight from the days of the Old Republic. I am here to alert you of a great many dangers that may come to pass in the not too distant future." The creature began.

Gandalf was trying to figure out what species of alien she was while listening intently to her message.

"The first danger I will show you involves the Ancient World of Middle Earth." She said as she took him by the hand and led him through the wall into what looked like the Shire. Gandalf shook his head. It couldn't be! Instead of seeing hobbits living in peace and quiet he saw armies of hobbits armed for war and riding out on ponies as if to war! He was about to say something to Vergere when he spotted his old friend, Radagast the Brown with Sam, Merry, and Pippin!

"By the Valor, what is going on in the Shire, Vergere?" he managed to get out of trembling lips.

"War." Vergere responded simply. She took him again by the arm and led him to Helm's Deep.

Gandalf almost laughed out loud this time. I've already been here and conquered this evil! He thought to himself. But before the thought could complete its circle it came to a screeching halt when Gandalf noticed his fatal mistake. This was a totally different battle! Instead of Saruman's Uruk-hai army against Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, and the Rohan army it was Sauron's Mordor army against the Rohan and Dwarven forces! The old wizard nearly fainted at the shock but Vergere kept him steady.

"Vergere, what is this? Is this what will happen if we don't destroy the Ring?" Gandalf asked in worry.

Vergere sadly shook her feathery bird like head in deep remorse.

"No, Master Grey Beard, it is already happening. I am here to alert you before all of Middle Earth is under the control of the Dark Lord Sauron and he strikes for this Galaxy along side of Emperor Palpatine and his forces!" Vergere explained with a tear in her eye.

She quickly led him to the White City, Minas Anor. This was even worse than Helm's Deep! Hundreds of Billions of Billions of Billions of Attack Trolls, Mordor Orcs, and Balrogs were besieging the city!

"Ai, Ai, a Balrog has come." Gandalf said wearily.

"This is no joke, Master Olorin!" Vergere scolded.

"It wasn't meant in jest, but in weariness, for you see I barely came out with my life in a fight against one Balrog! Hope is lost!" Gandalf said in resignation.

"Nay! Hope is not lost! Look to the skies and the sea! A new hope has come." Vergere said with a tight lipped smile.

Gandalf raised his eyes to the smoke filled sky to see trillions of black specks.

"The Eagles are coming!" he said as if in a dream.

Vergere now led him to the edge of the Grey Havens. As he shaded his eyes from the brilliant rays of the sun, he thought he could see a lone elven ship coming towards him. After moments of tense silence, a white elven ship finally docked. Gandalf looked expectantly towards the ramp. Out stepped Galadriel robed in bright shining white robes with Nenya, the elven ring of Lorien, shining brightly. He had almost fainted when Elrond walked down the ramp followed by his two sons, Gildor, Thranduil, Celeborn, Haldir, Cirdan, Glorfindel, and finally Goldberry danced down the ramp singing one of her silly songs dressed in robes of leaves. Goldberry? Gandalf thought in shock.

"Vergere! Why are the elves back in Middle Earth? The time of the Elves is over; it is the age of Men!" Gandalf asked in shock.

"The Elves have made this decision themselves; it is not for me to guess why." Vergere answered vaguely.

Gandalf just shook his head in puzzlement. Vergere took him back to the galaxies. This time he was in the detention area. He saw the spy in his cell looking very miserable.

"The spy! We completely forgot about him!" Gandalf cried in alarm.

Vergere motioned for Gandalf to keep his eyes on the spy's cell. All of a sudden an ominous figure in a great black cloak walked boldly in. The mysterious figure stopped in front of the cell and raised his right hand toward the door. With a sweeping wave of his hand the door crumbled to a mound of debris! The spy dashed out of the cell and kneeled before the cloaked figure.

"Master Sidious, what is thy bidding?" the spy asked without looking up.

"You are to go to Hyrule and capture Princess Zelda and bring her to me!" Sidious ordered.

"Yes my master." The spy replied.

The spy remained kneeling until Sidious had left. The spy immediately got up and donned his cloak and dashed out of the detention area.

"After him!" Gandalf yelled forgetting this was a vision.

Vergere shook her head and led Gandalf to the long forgotten land of Hyrule. Vergere led the wizard to Kokiri Forest. When they got there Gandalf was startled to see the whole forest in flames! Even the Great Deku Tree! Link was going to be very furious when he found out about this!

"Vergere, is this happening now or is this in the not to distant future?" Gandalf asked the creature.

"It is in the not too distant future, Olorin. You must alert the council as soon as this vision is over!" she commanded.

Gandalf nodded.

"Now to the fields of Hyrule!" Vergere whispered.

She led Gandalf out of the forest onto the vast fields of Hyrule. Gandalf thought he saw a rider on a white horse fleeing from Hyrule castle with all speed.

"Your eyes do not deceive you, Olorin. That is the Princess Zelda fleeing from Ganon's forces. Ganon has just taken over Hyrule castle." Vergere said gravely.

Gandalf shook his great white beard in shock.

"Is this also in the not too distant future?" he asked the feathery creature.

"Yes, it happens just moments before the attack on Kokiri Forest." Vergere informed him.

"Then we must hasten back to the present and warn the council!" Gandalf said at once.

Vergere shook her feathers.

"No, not yet. We have more to see." She replied to the wizard's questioning look.

Vergere and Gandalf were soon hurtling through the blue lightning of time. A short moment later they landed in the past. Gandalf got up and brushed himself off. When he looked around he discovered he was on the planet, Tatooine! Luke Skywalker's home planet!

"What is today's date?" he asked Vergere.

"You are in Tatooine 25 years before the fall of the Jedi and the Old Republic." Vergere answered.

"So, just after young Anakin Skywalker was born." Gandalf clarified.

Vergere nodded. All of a sudden a portal opened and out dropped a dark haired woman in shabby robes carrying a small bundled blonde hair baby. She got up and brushed herself off and began to walk towards the market.

"That's Shmi Skywalker!" Gandalf gasped in revelation.

"Shmi Skywalker is not from this Galaxy. She had triplets in a long forgotten land. Young Anakin was one of those triplets." Vergere explained.

Gandalf's bushy eyebrows rose in interest.

"Where are the other two?" Gandalf asked intrigued.

Vergere took his hand again and took him back through the mists of the galaxy and time. They soon arrived in the long forgotten land of Hyrule just hours before the time of Tatooine. They were just outside Hyrule castle. Gandalf looked through the window and saw Shmi!

"What on earth is Shmi doing here?" he gasped.

"Watch and learn." Vergere said mysteriously.

So Gandalf turned back to the window and continued to watch. He saw Shmi on a royal bed giving birth to the triplets. Out popped Link and Zelda. Last but not least popped Anakin. Impa, the queen's aid bustled in and took each baby to their cribs. Shmi lay on her bed out of breath.

"It's finally over." She breathed heavily.

The king stood next to her with a broad smile.

"You did it honey! We have hope now. The Great Evil One you dreamed of will be defeated because of these births." The king was saying.

All of a sudden there was a sound of thunder and peals of lightning. A great man in a black cape on a black horse was riding up to the gates with an army of warriors behind him.

The king and queen had fearful looks in their eyes.

"The secret passage!" they said in unison.

"Right, I'll take Link and Anakin. Take care of Zelda! I'll try to drive them off. Goodbye! I love you!" the queen said with tears in her eyes.

"It has to be done for the sake of Hyrule." The king said.

The queen nodded. She got up fastened her cloak and picked up the two boys. She lifted a corner of the carpet to reveal a hidden trap door. Impa knelt down and opened the trap door. The queen hurried down the stairs with Anakin and Link in wrapped bundles. Impa quietly shut the trap door and covered it with the carpet again.

"I will take you to the secret passage now." Vergere told the wizard as they were instantly transported to the secret passageway.

Gandalf saw Shmi, the queen of Hyrule, dashing down the passage with all speed. Vergere and Gandalf followed swiftly behind. After several moments of dashing they finally reached the exit. Shmi unlocked the wooden door and dashed out with stealth. After Gandalf and Vergere had gotten out as well, Shmi locked the door again. She mounted her horse and galloped off into the night. Vergere and Gandalf followed after her with haste. After several hours of riding they were ambushed by Moblins. Shmi evaded the arrows although some fire arrows nicked her robe and burned most of it. Her robes were in tatters. Nevertheless she rode on and kept evading the Moblins. She soon reached Kokiri Forest. She rode with speed into the forest. Gandalf and Vergere rushed in behind her. They followed her to the Great Deku Tree. She was kneeling before it with the babies crying in her arms.

"Oh, Great Deku Tree, will you take young Link under your care?" she wept.

"Bararoom, yes indeed I will. I sense a great destiny in him and this other young baby." The tree pronounced.

Shmi wept in gratitude and put young Link down.

"Goodbye Link. Serve your destiny well." Shmi said.

She got up with Anakin and dashed back to her horse. She quickly mounted and was on the move again. Gandalf and Vergere rode with speed after her until her horse stumbled over a rock. The horse fell and Shmi, baby and all, went tumbling into a portal.

"Thus it began." Vergere pronounced.

Gandalf was once again in Coruscant and in his chambers. He blinked and discovered that Vergere was gone.