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Chapter One: The Girl on Dantooine |
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From the Holocron of Jedi Knight Devix:
I am Jedi Knight Manta Devix. This is my holocron. If you found this and I am not with you to play it, then that means I am with the Force. I am going to tell you right now, this is not a recording of past events nor recordings of my feelings. It is a part of Jedi History.
My story begins on Dantooine. I was born there and raised there for eight years of my life. Though this recording only shows the color blue, I am actually a red haired woman. My eyes are hazel brown and my skin is tan, and you know, by just looking at me, I have short hair.
Like I said before, I was born on Dantooine and had been raised there for eight years, yet, I am a Jedi Knight. The reason for this is because, if you had already guessed it, I was not born into the Order, but was found. I lived on a farm with many animals and lots of land to play around in. I had a lot of friends, however, I also had this 'gift'. I was able to move things in my mind, able to feel the emotions of others and able to sense danger when it came. I had not known that this was the Force.
The days on Dantooine were great. Lots of sunshine, barely any rain, and of course no politics. There were also no wars, no Sith, no Jedi, no death (unless by old age). It was paradise for me. But one day, a terrible event occurred with one of my friends. They had been robbed and murdered. Their house was destroyed and their bodies in pieces. I had not yet been notified that a Sith apprentice had entered the house to seek shelter, but in doing so had killed my friend and her family. I was angry; I was sad, but most of all I wanted to get back at the person who had taken away my friend.
As the days went by, a pair of Jedi Masters came to the planet. A man and a woman, dressed in brown robes and brown tunics, came by the house of my friend to check things out. (I of course had followed their every move once I learned there were people who wanted to further investigate my friend's murder). There was a man who I could tell was about six feet two inches. He had short brown hair that really looked good on him. But what got me was his eyes. I had the chance to look into them once and I saw peace and serenity through him. His eyes were a soft shade of brown, a bit lighter than his hair. The woman on the other hand, had flowing pink hair up to her waist. She had the most prettiest eyes. Hers were in a shade of magenta. She stood about five feet, six inches.
The two had came from Coruscant, the city planet capital of the Republic. They were sent to Dantooine to investigate what had happened to my friend and her family. I asked my father to get them to stay with us. Though the two refused at first, some how I got them to stay. (Later on I realized it was because of my abilities). That night had been fun. The male Jedi was named Kyle Winsten (who became my former Master) and the woman, her name was Sarah Artemis (who also taught me at a certain time). They looked like a good couple, but in they denied it and said they were merely friends.
As the night went, I had been sent to my room while my parents continued to converse with the Jedi Masters. As the kid I was very adventurous and somewhat reckless, and I hid behind the wall to the kitchen to hear them. That night I heard very disturbing news about what had happened the night my friend died. But that only fueled my anger towards the Sith and my lust to take revenge upon them. At that time, Master Winsten had felt my presence and he glanced over to where I was hiding. I was surprised, so I left there and went back to my room. However, that night I could not sleep.
The next day I woke up bright and early to do my morning chores. As I awoke and came outside, both Jedi Masters had been up already and was outside. I peaked through the window and I saw both of them standing still. They were facing the sun - well one of them - and were quiet. I ignored them at first, I had to get breakfast in my stomach before going out into the field. The breakfast my mom used to cook always filled me up and got my energy flowing into my body. It got me pumped up.
After breakfast I went outside and not to my surprise, they were still there. Standing, quiet, facing the sun, they were like statues. I left them and headed for our barn. There were stacks of hay that had to be organized and cows that had to be milked.
It had been a good hour or so as I worked in the barn, pushing hay here and there, when Master Winsten stepped in. "Good morning." He said to me with a bright smile on his face. "Yeah, yeah." I replied as I continued on with my work. What I didn't know then was that he was going to test my force powers. Now, he didn't do much while he was there. He was just looking around, trying to get a feel of the place. I was started to get annoyed. He was interrupting my chores and school was about to start in about an hour or so. "So did you come in here just to watch me do my chores or is there something you want from me?" I was rude back then, I didn't know any manners or rules. But it didn't seem like he cared. He just glanced back at me and smiled. "Ah, you're a preceptive one, aren't ya." He cracked at me. "Actually yeah I do want something from you." He said next. That was when I got nervous. I thought to myself that he actually saw me last night. But as the girl I was, I played it off.
"Oh yeah, what would that be?" I asked jumping down from where I was. "I know you have force powers," He said bluntly. For once I didn't have anything to say back. I was still surprised that he came out with that so openly. "What?" I asked trying to play dumb. "Force powers, I know you have them. I can sense it." He responded patting my head. "Get your hand off of me." I said impulsively, pushing him back with my 'gift'. He flew a few feet and fell into a pile of hay I had just stacked. I didn't notice it until the last moment that I had actually done that, but again, as he always was, he got up and smiled. "I told you so." He said playfully.
That time in the barn, I guess I can say it was the hardest time I had. He was explaining so many things to me, like the academy, about the Force, about the Sith, and even some stuff about him. I couldn't really take it all, but the straw the broke the bantha's back was when he asked me to come with him. To leave my family and come with him and Artemis and go back to Coruscant so that I could become a Jedi. After that offer, I ran. I ran far away. I didn't even go to school that day. It was too much for me.
Grim_Hashi88 · Wed Sep 20, 2006 @ 06:10am · 0 Comments |
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