The Past, 3961 BBY
Revan's Flagship, somewhere near Mandalorian space
Revan stood at the large window in his quarters, overlooking the large fleet of ships that surrounded his own. The Republic had continued to supply him more and more troops and ships as the war went on. Especially recently, the Mandalorians had dramatically increased their will to fight. Mandalorians already had a reputation for being some of the most fiercest warriors in the galaxy, and the war had been hard enough at the start. But even now, they fought harder and harder with every continuing battle.
But he knew, that the reason they were fighting this way was because they knew they were losing the war. They had started it, so brash and cocky, and believed they were invincible. But since he had entered the war, he had showed the galaxy that they were not invincible, that they could be defeated. And soon, they would be defeated, slaughtered like the murderous monsters they were.
But even with all that was going on, it wasn't what he was thinking about now. No, the venerable Jedi was thinking about the very thing that had him awake now. Before now, he had been sleeping for the first time in about two days. But as he slept, he had felt a disturbance in the force, and then he saw a vision.
He saw images of multiple things:
Revan found himself on some deserted planet unfamiliar to him. He stood on a ridge overlooking a valley, as a large army of battle droids charged at another army of troops in white clad armor being led by Jedi.
Then he felt himself get transported, and he found himself on the steps of the Jedi temple. He watched, as the white clad soldiers marched on into the temple past him, as if he was a ghost. And they were led by a figure, Revan felt through the force, not a Sith but a Jedi. This figure was a whirlwind of emotion. Confusion, compassion, anger, hatred, and love. It puzzled him how all these emotions mixed together. And they were focused on seperate beings. The anger, hate confusion, and even some compassion was directed at the Jedi. Compassion and love were elsewhere.
Before he could search more of it, he was transported again. This time, he was in a gray and white windowless room. Before him stood three figures, one of them a man in black armor. He looked, as they the group turned to the viewscreen in front of them. They watched, as an entire planet was suddenly destroyed by some green energy beam. He watched, as the female figure began to weep, and then he felt that same presence that he had at the temple. But this time it was different, as Revan turned his attention to the figure in the black armor. There was no love or compassion, no confusion, only hate and anger resided in this man, if he was still a man at all anymore.
Then one final time, it shifted yet again. This time, he was in some kind of throne room. He saw a boy who laid on the floor writhing in pain from the blue bolts of force lightning that came from the fingers of the man not far from him. And next to that man, that familiar presence in the black armor was there. This time, there was not so much hate or anger. Now there was a large amount of confusion, and a sudden growing sense of love.
Suddenly, the whirlwind returned. Anger, hate and love. But they were once again directed towards separate beings. The anger and hate were fully towards the man next to him. And the growing sense of love was towards the boy on the floor. It was so strong, that it almost seemed maternal.
And that's when he had awoken. And that's where he found himself now, pondering all of this in his mind. He had no idea when these events would take place, as he had not seen anything to indicate when these events would happen.
And then he felt something, a calling in the force that was unlike anything he had ever felt. He decided to meditate on this, and try to understand what the force was telling him.
After more than an hour of meditation, Revan finally began to see and understand what the force was telling him. The visions he had seen would not occur for almost four millenium. However, this outcome was not the will of the force, and so the force told him that this must change or else a great darkness would fall upon the galaxy.
After his interpretation of the force's will, he summoned one of his commanders, Jake Delarus. Jake was one of Revans most trusted commanders in his army, who had been with him since the massacre on Cathar. Strong with the force, almost as skilled in battle strategies and leadership as him, and very skilled in hand to hand combat. But one thing that stood out to Revan about Jake, was his vast hunger for knowledge of the force. In his youth, and even now, Jake would spend his time learning from Jedi texts and holocrons to better his knowledge and understanding of the force and galaxy.
He turned around as he heard his quarters door open. He watched, as Jake stepped into his quarters and bowed respectively to him.
"Master, you summoned me?".
"Yes, have a seat" Revan replied, as he gestured to the two chairs that sat across from each other by his window. Jake followed his gesture and sat down, as revan took the seat across from him.
"So master, what is it that you need" Jake asked. Revan was silent for moment, before he began to speak.
"The force has revealed to me a series of events that are to occur, in almost four millennium".
"That's very interesting master" Jake replied, somewhat surprised. "But a bit odd don't you think?".
"Yes it is, but not without good reason" Revan replied, as he began to tell Jake about what the force had told him.
Once he was finished, Jake leaned back in his chair, processing it all.
"So what is your plan master" he asked after a moment. "It seems that you are needed in this lifetime more, how could you possibly go".
"Not me, but you" Revan replied.
"I'm sorry master?" Jake asked, a little flabbergasted.
"The force has told me that it wills for me to send you. It believes that you are the one to go".
Jake was speechless for a moment, looking out the window off into the stars. "Master if what you say is true, then how am I to accomplish this task?" He asked after a moment.
"The force has told me of a special nebula not far from here. When we arrive there, you are to board a ship and enter it. While you are in a deep sleep trance, the force will form a bubble around you and your ship. Your body will be unaffected by the time passing, until the force deems it time for you to awaken".
Jake turned back to the window, thinking about this thoughtfully. This was a monumental decision, one that meant he would have to leave everything he knew behind forever. Then again, what did he have to lose? In reality, he didn't really have anything to leave behind. Sure he'd be leaving one universe and going into a completely different universe. But that wouldn't be so bad, as it would probably be easy to adapt to. The problem was what if this new universe would accept him? In this era of time, the Jedi could be completely different than they were now. But this was the will of the force, it saw him fit and trusted him to take on such a huge task.
After thinking about this for a few moments, Jake turned his attention back to Revan. "I'll do it master, if it is the will of the force then I can not deny it".
Revan nodded in approval. "Very well, I believe we shall reach the nebula in a day or so. I will direct this ship and the Enduring Light to its location. In the meantime, I shall teach you a few things I know that may be of use to you in the new galaxy".
Jake was in his quarters on board Revan's flagship, packing what few sentimental items he had with him. They had arrived at the nebula a few minutes ago, and as soon as he was finished packing, he was to board the Enduring Light and pilot it himself into the nebula. He reached over onto the table in the middle of his room and grabbed the remaining things on there and stuck them in his pack. It was mostly a few souvenirs he had collected over the years from his galactic travels, and some of his books on the Force and Jedi arts. Then he had the last two things to grab: the first was a holocron given to him by one of the masters he'd studied under. He stuck it in his pack, and reached for the final object. It was a picture of him and a shorter blonde haired woman, Jedi knight Larie Phalar, who was one of his closest friends years ago. She had died about a year before the war started. He placed the photo gently in his bag and closed it up.
He stood up and swung the pack onto his right shoulder and went to the door, but stopped and turned to take one final look at his quarters. He sighed, and turned and left his quarters heading to the ship he would be calling home for a long, long time.
Jake had made it to the boarding area of his ship, and wasn't surprised to find Revan waiting on him on the other side in the ship. Jake stepped through the boarding tube and onto the ship to greet Revan.
"I just thought I'd come see you off, and give you this" Revan said, as he handed Jake a very smooth, rectangular dark brown wooden box.
"Thank you master" Jake replied gratefully, as he took the box from his commander.
"Open that only when you need to, it contains vital information" Revan said, Jake nodded firmly.
The two stood in silence for a few moments, until Revan spoke." I hope you know that what you are about to do, very few Jedi would do. I am honored to have served with as good a soldier and Jedi as you" he said, as he saluted the man before him. Jake returned his salute.
"May the Force be with you, always" Revan said.
"May the Force be with you always as well, master" Jake replied.
They stood there for a moment, before Revan turned and headed off the ship. Jake watched, as soon as Revan cleared the corner, the ship's airlock door started to close. He sighed, and then made his way to the ships bridge.
Jake watched, as Revan's flagship disappeared in a flash of light. He was on the bridge as he piloted the Enduring Light, a Hammerhead class cruiser, into the nebula. Once he was in the nebula he powered down the ships systems, save for the bare essentials, and made his way to the medbay.
Once he was in the medbay, he set his pack down on the counter near his healing pod. "Just in case" he said quietly to himself, as he unlatched the bag slightly in case he needed to quickdraw his lightsaber.
He walked over to the med pod and began to lay down inside, as one of the med lights shined off his silver armor . He had put his armor on when he got on the ship.
His top half was a long sleeved dark brown undershirt with covered hands and with a metal breastplate and backpiece. Several metal pieces went from his shoulders to the top of his hands on both his arms.
His bottom half was dark brown undershirt leggings that went from his waist to his ankles. Silver armor pieces covered his thighs and knees.
It was actually made specifically for him, considering it was hard to come by some armor that fit a six foot four guy like him.
He laid down in the pod, and used the force to operate the controls for the pod top. Once the clear glass top closed, he called upon the Force and soon found himself in a special hibernative trance. Now all he had to do, was wait.
A/N: So this little story idea popped into my head, and I thought it'd be fun. I know the whole 'time preserving Force bubble in a nebula' thing is kind of weird, but that's the cool thing. The Force is so mysterious and nothing is really impossible with it. Plus I thought it'd be kinda different and cool.
To give you kind of an idea of how the story can work as I have it planned out so far is: the Star Wars story as we know it will be changed, but still sorta stick to the plotline in certain areas. It'll start in the Clone Wars, and could even go to ROTS and maybe even further. I don't know, I'm curious to see how it all works out myself.
Let me know what you guys think, and if you want me to continue the story. I think it'll be kinda fun. If you like it and wish to see where it goes as well, make sure to follow it. And if you really like it and are interested, make sure to follow and favorite.
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The second chapter will probably be about the same length as this one, maybe a little longer. But it will definitely be posted in a couple of weeks or so, depends on the feedback the story gets.
With that said, thank you so much for reading this and I hope to see everyone enjoy the story. Until the next chapter, May the Force be with You all, always.