Chapter Four: Arrival on Korriban
Disclaimer: See Chapter One.
In route to Korriban, Kylo turned to Jacen and said "So, you going to tell me about this universe?"
Jacen sighed, "Where to begin, is the real question, what do you want to know?"
"For starters, how about everyone at dinner that I didn't recognize, and why Mom is a Jedi?" Kylo stated.
"Well, other than our parents, Uncle Luke and Uncle Chewie, and the droids, sitting next to me was my twin sister Jaina, next to her, is my younger brother Anakin, on the other side, my cousin Ben Skywalker, you stole his name, and the women was Aunt Mara Jade Skywalker, Luke's wife."
"Huh, odd, where I'm from, Uncle Luke never married." Kylo Stated.
"I could tell, confusion just radiated off of you the whole time. To make this easy, tell me what is the same with your timeline, and then I will tell you all you wish to know." Jacen said.
"Well, I don't know much of our ancient history, all I know is that the Jedi and Mandalore fought a war and the Jedi won." Kylo Started.
"The Mandalorian Wars? Where Revan fought Mandalore the Ultimate in single combat, only to return as Darth Revan?" Jacen asked.
"Who and who?" Kylo questioned.
"Never mind, keep going." Jacen told him.
"Right, during the fall of the Old Republic, members of clan Vizsla snuck into the Jedi Temple and stole the legendary Darksaber from within." Kylo continued.
'Sounds like Mandalore the Avenger did that.' Jacen thought.
"The reemergence of the Sith and the Naboo crisis all happened, at the same time here, right?" Kylo asked.
"Yes, that, the Separatist Crisis, The Clone Wars, The Galactic Civil War, all happened, except that there were more battles, more events that happened during that time. When did the Galactic Civil War end for you?" Jacen put forth.
"One year after the Battle of Endor at the Battle of Jakku, I was born that same year. Thirty years after Endor, the First Order emerged from the Unknown Regions to conquer the galaxy in the Empire's stead, led by Supreme Leader Snoke, Me, General Hux, and Captain Phasma." Kylo stated.
"Interesting, well, my turn, do you want me to tell it or do you wish to consult a data holocron/ the ship's databank?" Jacen really wanted Klyo to choose the latter.
"I guess I'll read the databank and I will ask you to clarify things if needed." Kylo stated, probably the wisest move at that moment.
Jacen let out a sigh of relief, he did not want to have to entertain Kylo any longer than he had to. "Alright, I'm going go meditate. Let me know when we are approaching Korriban." Jacen stood up and moved toward to back of the shuttle to meditate. Turning back a sec, "Oh, there is a drawer next to you, in it is a blank datapad, write down any questions you have and I will answer them as best as I can later."
As Jacen left him be, Kylo turned to the console, and accessed the ship's databank, and started to learn about the universe he was in. He started with events that happened in his timeline, then on to his counterpart, the Yuuzhan Vong War, on and on. Further and further down the rabbit hole he went, and which each passing article, the more confused he became, and the more he came to realize that he really missed his universe. A list of questions formed in his mind, and thankfully his counterpart had told him of the datapad, he was constantly writing down questions and erasing them as they were answered in his research, only to be replaced by more questions. For every one question answered, two more took its place.
Finally, after hours of research, Kylo sat back in the copilot's chair in a daze, he felt like he would go mad if he looked at any more, like hyper-rapture. Then, the nav computer beeped, signaling that they were nearing Korriban. Jacen had heard it beep, stood up from where had sat, and walked into the cockpit.
"So, how did the research go?" Jacen had asked him as he sat in the pilot's seat. Kylo turned toward him, with a strange look in his eye, like he had just seen a ghost. "You went that deep, huh? It gets weird really quick."
"No kidding, what did I get myself into?" Kylo asked himself.
"Well, try to center your thoughts as we descend onto Korriban." Jacen told him as he pulled the lever to drop out of hyperspace, with the red planet of Korriban right in front of them.
"Right..." Kylo said, still somewhat dazed.
As they landed on the only open landing pad, they had noticed that Lord Vader and a group of six stormtroopers were waiting for them. "Grandfather was waiting for us?" Kylo almost squealing like a schoolgirl.
"Looks like it, first off, whatever you do, do not act like a crazed fan to Lord Vader, he's different than the one you know. Second, it would be wise of you to leave your helmet behind, as Lord Revan will not tolerate you ripping off his look, and thirdly, mind yourself as the Dark Lords are volatile group." Jacen warned, as he switched his green crystal out for his red one. As they walked down the ship's ramp, Jacen's eyes went full Sith yellow, and Caedus was freed. Caedus made Kylo slightly bow before Lord Vader.
"Lord Caedus, welcome back." Vader's booming baritone voice greeted. "You're early, we weren't expecting you for a few more weeks."
"I wish it were under normal circumstances, grandfather. However, it due to this fool," jabbing a finger toward Ren, "that I am here now."
Vader looked over Ren, with disapproval, "Who is this?"
"Short version: he is a whiny, barely trained version of me from a parallel universe, and he is your biggest fan." Caedus told him.
Vader fixed Kylo with his terrible glare, Kylo did shrink back a bit from it.
"I fear that his arrival in our universe is only the beginning of something far worse." Caedus said
Turning back to Caedus, Vader said, "Well come, the Council is waiting to hear this story." Vader and Caedus walked next to each other, Kylo wanted do so as well, but was held back by the Stormtroopers.
"You will walk behind us, we will escort you to the hall outside the council chamber." The lead stormtrooper said, and turned to walk into the Sith Temple.
As Kylo walked behind the troopers, he noticed that they didn't have blasters at all, instead they had lightsabers hanging from their belts. "Are you guys the Cuis Clone stormtroopers?" Kylo asked, good thing he had done some research.
"We are." The lead trooper said.
Kylo was lead down various passage ways, until he was in front of a set of giant double doors, guarded by two Shadow Guards, saber pikes lit. "They will call for you when they are ready for you." The lead trooper said as they left. Kylo was left to pace in front of the doors.
I know I said that we would meet the the Council, but this was an important chapter as we see Kylo slip into madness a little. I imagined that it was like him accessing the legends portion of Wookieepedia and just started to free fall down the rabbit hole. Next time will be the Council.
Just a question for all my readers, would anyone like a thing where the Jedi Council reacts to the movies and TCW and Rebels as well as other parts of the EU? Now, I have an idea about how i would distribute it to you guys, if you are interested.