A New Life
Spike awoke in a small bed. He looked around the room that he was now in. It was pretty long and he found six other beds. None of the other beds had anyone in it. Spike sat up while rubbing his head and looking out of the window. Spike couldn't imagine what he was staring at. He was in space.
It was something he never seen before. The stars were like a dot. He could see stars above him but he could also see stars below himself.
"Hello master." Came a voice from behind Spike, and he looked around to locate the source of the voice.
He looked at an odd small metal sphere hovering around his eye level. The odd droid had a grill on the front of it, and it was from here that the sound of its voice emanated from.
"I am able to speak four languages for you to understand. Devaronese, Huttese, Shyriiwook and galactic standard basic." The droid intoned, somehow conveying feeling in a voice that was near monotonous.
"Huttese? Shyriiwook?" Spike asked in confusion.
"Huttese: The native language of the Hutts although it is spoken by many races around and in Hutt space including Twileks, Humans and many others. Because of the commercial and criminal influence the Hutts hold throughout the galaxy Huttese is the second most common language in the galaxy after basic." The droid began. "Shyriiwook: also known as Wookieespeak it is the main language of the Wookies. In Basic Shyriiwook translates to tongue of the people. It is not the only Wookie language but being the main trade language, it is the language understood by most non-Wookies."
Spike stared at the robot with amazement.
"Are you magic?" He asked.
"Negative. Magic is a superstitious force conjured up by primitive species or alternately a colloquial term to describe certain aspects of the force that the Jedi wield." The droid said simply.
Spike nodded but a thought came to his mind. Where he was. tears began to roll down his face and he sat back down on the bed, curling up in a ball and sobbing silently.
"Alert Jedi master Amber." The droid spike.
A moment later, a doorway at the end of the room slid upwards revealing one of the human creatures from before.
"4Q-Z3. Report." She said as she walked towards the droid before spotting Spike and sitting down on the end of his bed.
"Potential candidate Spike is experiencing…" The droid was about to say before Amber cut it off.
"I can see." Amber told the droid. "I apologize for anything that may have been done to upset you and I realise it must be hard for a species as young as your appears to be to be thrown into this." She said to Spike.
"Where am I?" Spike asked suddenly.
"You are currently aboard the republic ship Selesio. We are currently heading toward the Jedi temple on Coruscant."
"Can you help me get home?" Spike asked hopefully.
"I am sorry Spike..." Amber said before moving closer to Spike and wrapping an arm around his shoulder. "The world you described, one ruled by Dragons and Ponies, I have no idea where it is located at. The temple archives may have more information on it."
"Then I can go home after that?" Spike asked while smiling.
"I am afraid I can't answer that." Amber said slowly. "The Jedi order, the order I belong to is in need of potential initiates. In an ever growing galaxy we need every force sensitive being to help us keep the peace. The council will be the ones to decide what happens next. The other masters are currently in contact with the council. I must get back to them shortly."
The smile on Spikes face faded and he flopped back down onto the bed.
"I realise this must be hard for you Spike." Amber said. "If you would come with me I can introduce you to the other potential candidates. Maybe that can help you."
Spike opened his mouth to speak but Amber cut him off.
"The droid, 4Q-Z3 has been informed that it is to follow you for the duration of this flight."
Spike attempted to say something but Amber had already stood up and was walking towards the door.
Sighing, Spike jumped off the bed and rubbed his eyes, clearing away some of the tears but leaving his eyes red and puffy. He followed Amber out of the room.
Trudging down yet another metal corridor, Spike stuck close to Ambers legs worried that if he lost sight of her for a second he would get lost in this weird and terrifying place. Luckily he didn't get lost on his journey and eventually he was led into another room. This one almost as large as the room he had awoken in but without the beds and had a single massive window showing a large panoramic view of, whatever lay beyond.
"I will be taking my leave." Amber said before turning and leaving the room.
Spike turned to speak to Amber quickly but the door had already begun to slide down and emitted an ominous hiss as it slid back down from the roof and sealed Spike in the room.
There were four other creatures in the room, three of them looked to be of the same species as Amber but smaller. The other one was different.
The first creature looked kind of like the humans but at the same time might as well have looked like a completely different species. For a start its skin instead of being a pale pinkish color was a deep blue color punctuated by swirls of white that spread all over her body,including around her eyes. What really drew Spikes eyes however were the two tentacle type things that were sprouting out of the back of her head, and reaching down to her shoulder.
The second creature looked exactly like a human. He had brown hair and was about the same size as Spike. It amused Spike slightly as usually he was one of the smaller ones in any given circumstance.
"H…hello?" He said. The others looked directly at Spike, and the human approached Spike, another droid thing floating behind it, although this one was red rather than a simple metallic colour.
"I am Brandon... a human. What is you're name and species?"
"Spike." He said softly, "Dragon."
"Dragon?" The blue skinned alien asked, or more specifically, the droid asked, in astonishment, before shaking her head. "I'm sorry. I am Asha."
"And, what… are you?" Spike asked slowly.
"A Twilek and I am from Ryloth." Asha smiled, bowing her head and extending her arms out to her side in a graceful cross between a bow and a curtsey.
"Umm, it's nice to meet you." Spike smiled back, extending a claw.
"You to." She said, respectfully shaking Spikes hand.
As this happened, the other person had walked over, and were standing behind Brandon and Asha. He was a male and had short black hair.
"I am Zuno." The boy said, extending his hand towards Spike.
As Spike reached out for it, he withdrew it quickly, laughing at Spike.
"Too slow Spike." He laughed before grabbing Spike and pulling him under his arm and rubbing his hand against his head in an attempt to give Spike a noogie. Spikes scales on his head made it hard for that. Zuno quickly stopped, shaking his hand in pain. "Will I shouldn't rub you're head again." He smiled.
"Don't worry about my brother." The girl smiled, shaking Spikes hand. "My name is Briana."
"Brother?" Spike asked, looking between the two.
"I know, we don't look much like." Zuno said while throwing his arm around Briana. "Especially since we're twins."
"Wait, twins?" Spike asked in amazement.
"Yeah. None identical obviously." Briana said.
"So how did you end up here Spike?" Asha asked.
"I don't exactly know." Spike said.
"You don't know?" Asha asked in confusion.
"Not really..." Spike replied back to her.
The conversation went silent for a minute before Spike said something.
"How old are you?" He asked.
"Seven." Zuno and Briana said instantly.
"I'm older." Briana said while sticking her tongue out.
"By like... a second." Zuno grunted.
"Eight." Brandon told Spike.
"Nine." Asha replied. "What about you Spike?"
"Twelve." Spike admitted.
"But I thought the Jedi only took small children." Zuno said slowly
"They do?" Spike asked.
"We do." Came a voice from behind the five, and they all turned around to see who spoke.
The three Jedi's, led by Darius entered the room, spreading out as the door shut.
"Normally, Jedi initiates are chosen from children of ages of five and below." Darius said.
"Then, why are we all older than five?" Asho asked.
"The Jedi council has allowed an experiment in increasing the numbers of our order would be conducted. We were ordered to pick out potential candidates over the age of five. Usually initiates over this age do not take to the training as well as our younger initiates but if you five are successful we will be able to open training up to older candidates and increase the number of knights ready to protect the Republic." Darius informed them
"Now I am sure you are all wondering what you are doing here." Amber said while stepping forward. "The five of you have more potential than your fellows for being able to wield one of the greatest powers in the galaxy. The force."
"We, the Jedi, wield the force in our goal for peace." Frout said. "The Jedi are guardians of harmony and peace across known space. With the force at our command we can stop conflicts before they even arise."
"Training to become a Jedi is not an easy challenge and even if you succeed it is a hard life." Amber said. "Remember a Jedi may carry a Light saber but they can only fight when they must use it. If you draw your Light saber and attack someone without reason, you have already forfeited much of the advantages gained by the mastery of the force. A Jedi must trust the force and seek other ways to resolve problems before resorting to violence. Patience, logic, tolerance, negotiation are all good techniques. A Jedi must embody all of these things but there is a time a Jedi must fight."
"If violence is what you seek from the force know this. Its power is unmatched and mastery over it shall make you powerful but these temptations will sway you to the dark side." Darius said. "The dark side shall lead you down a path of anger and hate. Fearand aggression. To conquer it you must conquer your own emotions. You must hold no ties. Not to your past family nor to a wife. Your life shall be given in its entirety to the Jedi order."
"What if I don't want to join the Jedi?" Spike asked.
"I am sorry but that is no longer a choice left open to you." Frout said while bending down. "Our masters of the order have shared visions. The visions tell of an oncoming darkness, unseen since the Great Hyperspace war. The Jedi refuse to be drawn into another conflict while unprepared. We are preparing ourselves and every child who has the potential shall be taken for training."
Spike opened his mouth to protest but was cut off by Amber.
"This is not something in which you can sway our minds. The high council has decided upon this course of action and has the permission of the republic senate to do so."
Tears began to form in Spikes eyes, and he ran out of the room, tears streaming down his face once more. Spike had always been good at directions and he soon found himself back in the bunk room. Throwing himself onto his bed again.
Spike sobbed once again. He would never be able to go home. He would never see Twilight or his friends ever again. His old life is gone. Suddenly Spike felt a hand touch his back. It was Brandon.
"I know the feeling..." He said. "I was also taken from my home to. I and you... we are partners"
Spike wiped his eyes and looked up at the human.
"You and me?" He smiled. "You'd be my friend?"
"You are strong Spike... we will fight together. We will become strong together."
Brandon put a hand out towards Spike and Spike grabbed it pulling himself off of the bed and standing by the Human.
"We should stick together." Brandon said.
"The Jedi said we couldn't have emotions." Spike said.
"Emotions and friends are to different things... we are just friends."
Spike considered for a minute... he may of just found a friend.
I hope you guys enjoyed that chapter. I am going to be doing a Q&A to the people that reviewed chapter 1
Q: equestrian is not the name of the planet its just one kingdom just like the griffon kingdom and the minotaour kingdom and the dragon kingdom and the changeling hive lands and the demand dog clan's
A: Amber only asked where Spike was from. I also don't know the name of the planet Spike is from so just to make it easier so I just said Equestria.
Q:Why would you include "that the designers of the room had strove to create at its inception" in the first sentence? Were you trying to describe the size of the room? Why would you mention that designers had designed it?
A: Totally messed up on that one. I should've never really included that the designers had designed it when it was already clear that they have made it.
Q:Interesting, most interesting. If Spike is powerful enough, Sidious may abandon Anakin for Spike. Well I shall wait to see, may the Force be with you.
A: Thank you for you're review. I also haven't thought of the entire story so we will just have to find out if Sidious will somehow make Spike his apprentice.