Chapter 8. Petyr Dayhok

Part 1. Runaway

Petyr grew up as a spoiled noble of house Dayhok, spoiled by his grandfather who gave him everything he wanted. His mother tried to keep the boy grounded, but it was hard. Petyr was very intelligent and had very quick reflexes. As he got older his grandfather saw more and more of his Jedi Father and started coming down on the boy. As Petyr got older he and his grandfather grew apart.

"Mother!" Petyr is now 14 years old, "Who is my father and where is he?"

Imelia sighs, she is now Senator of Chandrila, her father is King and visits Coruscant every four months. He is trying to push his grandson into politics. "Walk with me…" They walk up the senate promenade towards the market square. "Your Father is a Jedi Knight named Jammen Tayl…"

"I thought Jedi were forbidden too…"

"They are…Your father and I met at a ball…We fell in love and the rest is history…"

"I need more than that!"

15 years ago

Imelia wore a blue and diamond sparkling dress. She had the attention of every young man at the ball, but she had eyes only for the young Jedi Jammen Tayl. They laughed and talked for hours. Jammen would secretly see Imelia and he wanted to quit the Jedi order and marry her. Before either of them could tell Imelia's father, he found out and went berserk. Then Aurmon caught them making love. In anger Aurmon ordered his men to attack Jammen. Of course Jammen defended himself severely wounding the senator's guards.

The matter was taken before the Jedi Council, but Jammen refused to stop seeing Imelia. Imelia tried to convince her father to accept Jammen but he would not listen. Then in an act of desperation forced his daughter to leave Coruscant. Jammen followed and kidnapped Imelia asking her to marry him, but she refused leading him into a trap and turning him over to the Jedi Enforcers…Her father had showed her a holotape of Jammen with a Twi'Lek dancer…

"I lied to the authorities and said that your father raped me…to my shame…" She hesitates, "I loved your father, but your grandfather…In my heart I knew it wasn't true but I wasn't thinking strait at the time…That is why I lied…"
"How could you do that to my father…What is wrong with you…"

"Petyr listen…"

He jerks his hand away, "No I ashamed of you…" He runs off. Imelia finds him in his room, "Where is my father?"

"I don't know they exiled him it has been 15 years…"

"What did he look like?" That night as Petyr slept he dreamed of swamp planet and his father as his mother described him. A white haired young man strong and tall. "What is this place?"

"It is called Dagobah…"

Two days later Petyr decided to go looking for his father. He went down to the lower levels to find a pilot. He waited outside a cantina called the Lone Star. As the men and women walked in and out of the establishment Petyr eyed them hoping to find what he is looking for. He waited for two hours without saying a word then a he looked up and saw a man walking up the street to the Cantina. Something about the man felt familiar. So Petyr walks up to the man and stops in front of him.

"Can I help you?"

"I hope so sir…I need transport to a planet called Degobah…"

The man looks own on the teenager for a few seconds before answering, "Never heard of it…"

The man tries to walk past him, but Petyr grabs his arm, "Um…" He pulls his hand away when the man gives him a stern look. "I can pay you! 50,000 creds…"

The man shakes his head, "How old are you kid?"

"Fourteen!"

"You got a name?"

"Petyr Dayhok…"

"As much as I'd like to take the job kid I never heard of this Degobah…"

"Please sir…I will pay 100,000!"

"Do you have coordinates?"

"No not really but I am sure we can get them…"

"Show me the money!"

"I don't have it on me…" They go to a computer terminal on the next street. "See!"

The man sighs and offers his hand, "The name is Royce…call me Roy…" Roy takes Petyr to the house of an old friend in the lower levels. "So what is on this Degobah?" Royce asks after pressing the doorbell.

"My father!"

The door opens "Barrin old budy!"

"Captain Royce Ghent!" Barrin stares at Petyr, "Who is this?"

"My name is Petyr…"

Barrin ushers them inside and continues to stare at Petyr, "The force is strong in you boy…"

"We need to find a planet…Its called Degobah…"

"Why do you need to find Degobah?" Barrin asks with his eyes locked on Barrin.

"My father is there…He was exiled…"

"Sorry can't help you…"

Petyr grabs his arm, "You are lying!"

Royce pulls him away, "What the young man means is…"

Barrin raises his hand silencing Royce, "You have a lot of anger in you boy…Why didn't the Jedi take you on as a learner?"

"I don't know…My mother Imelia told me…that she had eyes only for the young Jedi Jammen Tayl. My father would secretly see my mother and he wanted to quit the Jedi order and marry her. Before either of them could tell Imelia's father, he found out and went berserk. Then my Grandfather caught them making love. In anger Aurmon ordered his men to attack Jammen. Of course Jammen defended himself severely wounding the senator's guards.

The matter was taken before the Jedi Council, but Jammen refused to stop seeing Imelia. Imelia tried to convince her father to accept Jammen but he would not listen. Then in an act of desperation forced his daughter to leave Coruscant. Jammen followed and kidnapped Imelia asking her to marry him, but she refused leading him into a trap and turning him over to the Jedi Enforcers…Her father had showed her a holotape of Jammen with a Twi'Lek dancer…The council exiled him to Degobah…"

"And how do you know about Degobah?"

"I had a dream about it…"

Barrin tried to convince Petyr not to go but he was stubborn and refused to listen. "Heart and pain is what await you on Degobah…" Barrin said before giving them the coordinates. "Wait!" Barrin said pulling Royce to the side. "Your destinies are intertwined watch out for the boy…"

"I will…" As Royce left his apartment Barrin considered following them.

Chandrila

When Imelia contacted her father about Petyr he was furious and hired bounty hunters to track his son down. "I want my grandson brought back to me alive and unharmed…The job pays 20,000,000 credits…" There were twenty bounty hunters standing before him.

Part 2. Father and Son

Degobah

Royce'e ship the Red Nebular is a YT-200 series heavy freighter. It came out of hyperspace near the planet. "I'm not picking up any technology or cities…Massive life form readings…"

"I know! I can feel them…" Petyr says in a mystical tone of voice.

"Look kid…if I can't find a place to land we are out of here…Okay…" Petyr heard him but didn't answer. "Okay!"

"Yes alright…"

To Royce's disappointment they find an opening to land. "I don't know how we will find your father in all this…"

"He's off hunting…" Petyr says in a dreamlike state, "He saw us fly overhead and he is heading this way…"

"Yeah right!"

Royce was dumbfounded when after eight minutes a white haired man showed up carrying a dead animal he just hunted. "The force is strong in you boy…But you are not a Jedi…No discipline whatsoever…" Then he looks at the older man, "You reek of the dark side…You must be a smuggler…what do ya'll want here?"

Petyr takes a few steps forward, "I am your son Petyr Dayhok…Imelia Dayhok is my mother…"

Jammen sighs, "Come with me…" Petyr sits quietly while his father preps the animal he caught. His hut is one story with traps spread around to keep predators away. His clothes hang on a vine drying as he is wearing something he made from huge leaves. "The force lead you here didn't it?" Jammen asks as he places the deer on a spit over a fire.

"Yes…" Petyr responds finding his voice, "I saw you in and this planet in a vision…You told me the name of this planet and here I am…"

Jammen grunted as he fixed himself a plate of venison and boiled potatoes, "Hungry?"

Royce shook his head, "No thank you…Father!"

"Look kid…I have been here for the past fourteen years…Your mother…"

Petyr interrupts him, "Already told me the story…"

"She betrayed me and chose her father over me…I was ready to leave the order for her…" He took a deep breath to calm his emotions, "There is no emotion…" He took another breath, "There is only peace…" He whispered, "I have spent these past years cleansing myself of broken emotions and past hursts…The Masters warn us of love and I now know why…Love can lead to jealousy…jealousy leads to fear…fear leads to hate…hate brings on anger…and anger leads to suffering…I have suffered enough…"

"I don't care about that Jedi crap…I want to know you!"

Jammen shoves some food into his mouth, "There was a time I wanted to know you…It has passed…"

Petyr shook his head, "I don't believe you! No one dismisses their feelings so easily…"

"For a Jedi it is…I have one thing I can give you take if you wish…There is a Jedi Master who lives on the planet Felucia. His name is Varsaun Mil…If you wish to know of your Jedi heritage seek him out…He will train you no matter what your age…"

"Father please!"

Jammen sighs, "I cannot be your father…"

Petyr stands up his anger boiling to the surface, "Grandfather was right about you…You didn't deserve my mother…I would have left you as well…"

Jammen is completely focused on his food, "Feel better now?"

Petyr waited and then he stormed off towards the Red Nebular, "Wait up kid!" Royce looks at Jammen, "You really are a piece of work…" As Royce runs after Petyr a tear slides down Jammen's face. "Hey kid wait up!"

"I should have never come here!"

"Well how about you come with me…See the galaxy…I never knew my father either…I raised myself and grew up on the streets of Coruscant…"

"Sure why not…"

As the Red Nebula took off Jammen watched hoping his son would go to Master Varsaun. Two days later a Ship landed on Degobah. It carried a bounty hunter named Kyba Dax, a male Zabrak. "Are Jammen Tayl?"

"Who is asking?"

"Kyba Dax…Bounty Hunter…I am looking for your wayward son…"

"This planet isn't in the public archives how did you find it?"

"I have my methods…and I'm the best bounty hunter in the galaxy…"

"How much is Aurmon Dayhok paying you?"

"None of your business…"

"I told my son to go to Felucia…"

"You're not just saying that to throw me off are ya?"

"And why would I do that?"

"If I go all the way to Felucia and he is not there I will come back and find you…Exile!"