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Yoda took centara into the Jedi temple, and the girl was fed, and given a room. As Centara lay in her bed, she began to wonder what Nayr saw in the Jedi that was so wrong. So far Jedi master Yoda had saved her from a sure beating, fed her and given her a place to stay. She promised herself that she would try to contact Nayr and Mirr in the morning.
"Yoda?" Centara called as she wondered down the hallways. It was early morning, and the young girl wanted only to find her guardians.
As she sauntered down the hallways, a few of the students gave her disrespectful gazes.
"Why are they looking at me like that?" Centara said to herself as she turned a corner.
"Because you have offended them." Centara gasped, and turned around, it was a young girl, who was dressed just like the others.
"How did I offend them?" Centara asked, very puzzled.
"You… you said ‘yoda.’" The girl lowered her voice to a whisper. "Nobody calls a Jedi master by their first name, it’s disrespectful. You’d better call him master Yoda from now on."
"Thanks." Centara said, and smiled slightly. "I’m Centara, who are you?"
"I’m Rutsa, just another Jedi wanna be."
"Why would you want to be a Jedi?"
Rutsa seemed a bit shocked.
"Because I’ve always wanted to be a Jedi. The Jedi are the protectors of the galaxy. The Jedi Knights."
"That’s not what Nayr thinks."
"Nayr?"
"My g-" Centara stopped, and smiled. "My mother."
Rutsa nodded. "You’re lucky, my mom.. she… she died."
"AH! Centara!" Both girls turned around as Yo… master Yoda, walked up behind them. His little green feet clicking on the cobble stones of the temple.
"Good morning master Yoda."
Master Yoda smiled, and nodded at Rutsa.
"Come Centara, there is something I must show you."
"Nayr, please, just… it’s no use Nayr, we’ve looked all over Theed." Mirr pleaded as Nayr slammed her fist into the bar. She and Mirr had just spent two whole days looking for Centara, the young girl they had been sworn to guard. They were now sitting at a local bar in Theed, waiting for their drinks.
"yeah.. I suppose your right.. But… I… I don’t know. She… I know she’s around here somewhere!"
Lately, Nayr had been wondering around this area, somehow knowing that Centara was around. Little did Nayr know, but the Jedi Temple was just across the street.
Mirr put her strong Wookiee paw on her companions shoulder.
"Look Nayr, I understand. I want to find Centara too. But what more can we do? Trust me, I know someone must have found her, and are taking good care of her. After all we did." Nayr nodded.
"Yeah, let’s… lets just go home."
Mirr nodded, and the two headed back into their speeder, and took it home.
"See Centara, everything held together by the Force it is." Master Yoda had taken Centara into the back of the Temple. They now stood in a lush and green area, surrounded by trees and rocks and streams.
"people of many the power to use the Force they have."
"The Jedi." Centara remarked, kneeling down, and watching a small spider-like creature.
"Correct, Jedi. When found a person with this power, they here are brought. Jedi soon are dying though, left not many I’m afraid. Yes. But, feel I that you carry this power, I do." Yoda said, turning around and pointing at Centara.
"What? Me?"
"Ummhmm." Yoda remarked with a small laugh, he sat down on a log. "Train you we will, yes. Great Jedi you will become."
"NO!" Centara yelled standing up, tossing her hands in the air. Master Yoda looked up at her quizzically.
"No? Why?"
"Be…. Because of Nayr." Yoda’s ears perked forward comically.
"Nayr? Nayr, child of Indoan Adoy?"
Centara nodded.
"Yes. You know her?"
"No, knew her father once I did." Yoda nodded sadly. "Hate of the Jedi she holds?"
"Yes, and I’m not going to become a Jedi." Yoda shook his head, and stood up, he turned away to leave. Centara kicked a stone, and it landed on the small spider creature she was watching before.
"Oh!" Centara said, she picked up the stone, and the small spider was under it, hurt, fatally wounded. Yoda shook his head. He closed his eyes, his ears twitched, suddenly under Centara’s squinted eyes, the spider regained it’s two lost legs, and crawled off again.
Centara turned her attention back to Yoda.
"Not all bad, Jedi are. But, not my opinion. The force is strong with you." Yoda left, leaving Centara to dwell on that thought.
As time passed, Centara got over her guardian’s hatred of the Jedi, and soon agreed to Yoda’s offer. With the help of other masters, they Jedi struggled to bring out the strong power Centara kept inside of her.
Nayr and mirr soon became usual at the casinos and bars, and Nayr, unfortunately, now owed many debts, to many people. Mirr’s record, was clean.
"Master Yoda?" Centara called as she walked around the temple, trying to find Master Yoda. Her dark brown cloak draped over her shoulders, her hands uneasily at her sides, her hood bouncing with her hair as she walked around a corner.
Yoda turned around to face her, he looked upset.
"Master Yoda, I-I felt, a strong disturbance in the Force. What has happened?"
Yoda frowned, and stepped aside. Centara’s eyes grew wide in shock. On the floor, covered in blood, nearly severed in half was one of Centara’s fellow Padawans. She shook her head.
"Sith," Yoda said, though Centara knew how strongly the Jedi felt about the Sith, she could sense no fear or hate in Master Yoda’s voice.
"Sith? Master Yoda, aren’t the Sith extinct?"
"We thought… So we thought." Another one of the Masters muttered, and they walked away.
"Master Yoda, what does this mean?" Centara asked as she and Yoda walked back towards the green house of the temple.
"Much it means. Many Padawans will be Jedis now, yes."
Centara was silent for a few minutes.
"I, I do not understand Master Yoda."
"You will, Centara." He muttered, entering the green house, Centara sighed, and followed.
"Mirr!" Nayr yelled as she ran into her Wookiee friend. "GO, go! GO! GO!" Mirr decided she shouldn’t ask why, she probably didn’t want to know. SO she took off in one direction, Nayr close behind.
Soon two driods and a Dug were running out of the brush, firing at Nayr.
"WOOHOO!" Nayr yelled, and turned to shoot back. Mirr grabbed Nayr’s shoulder, and began to drag her friend backwards.
"MIRRWELL!"
"Nayr, you’ve gone to far this time."
"Yeah, yeah.." Nayr said as she and her friend took cover under a ship. "Wait a minute. Mirr, whose ship is this anyway?"
At that moment, two cloaked figures walked out of the ship, and looked over at the driods and the Dug.
"There is nothing here of any interest." One of them said.
"There is nothing her of our interest," The dug said to the driods.
"You will leave us in peace."
"We’ll leave you in peace." They turned and left.
"Jedi," Nayr said harshly.
Mirr looked over at her friend, Nayr stood up.
"Thanks, but we could’ve handled that ourselves ya know."
The jedi removed their hoods. The one on the right was an older, wiser looking Jedi. His hair was grayish, and long, a bit below his shoulders. His beard and mustache looked scratchy.
Nayr turned her gaze to the other Jedi. This one was younger, in Nayr’s age range. Nayr was slightly taken aback, though he seemed sensible and respectable, Nayr could not believe he was a Jedi. Perhaps he was A Padawan, yes, that’s it, a Padawan. His hair was short, all but a long brown braid on his right side that hung over his shoulders.
Nayr squinted her eyes.
"Yes, I am sure you could have." The older Jedi said. "Are you locals around here? Could you show us to the city, Theed?"
"No," Nayr replied harshly. "Look, thanks, but no thanks." Nayr turned and left. Mirr rolled her eyes and roared.
Nayr stopped abruptly.
"You good for nothing Wookiee, get over here." Mirr looked over at the Jedi and turned, following Nayr.
"master, what was that all about?"
"I have my suspicious Obi-Wan, but, as of now, our main concern is the Temple, come." Qui-gon turned and walked back into the ship. Obi-wan looked after the strangers, and followed soon after his master.
Centara smiled as she walked down the hallway, she was very excited, today was the day Master Yoda had been awaiting.
A well-known Jedi Master by the name of Qui-Gon Jinn and his Padawan were going to be at the Temple today.
"Ah, Centara, there you are." One of the Temple driods said as it neared Centara. "Master Yoda is waiting for you, outside. Master Qui-Gon is here."
"Very good, thank you."
Centara took off towards the Jedi masters, and the driod took off in it’s own direction.
"- Yes, but it’s hazardous, Master Yoda."
Centara walked outside, Master Yoda was standing on the top step, while two other Jedi, Qui-Gon Jinn, and his Padawan, were on the steps below him. Yoda turned to Centara.
"ah, hmm. Master Qui-Gon, Centara." Joda said simply, pointing to Centara, who bowed her head in respect, Qui-Gon smiled slightly, his young Padawan nodded to Centara.
"Trouble the Sith may be, Qui-Gon Jinn, but time, we have not. Come, discuss this inside we shall." Master Yoda turned inside, Qui-Gon, Centara and the Padawan close behind.
"Master," The young Padawan said, Qui-Gon Jinn turned around, Centara listened without stopping. "Would you mind if I stayed here? There’s something about this place that… I don’t understand."
"Yes Obi-Wan, but do not travel far, I may need you soon."
"Yes Master." The Padawan turned and left.
Obi-Wan, Centara thought, I’ll have to remember that.
Obi-Wan walked down the streets of the strange city. His thoughts wondering. That stranger that he and Qui-Gon had helped, her and her Wookiee friend, Obi-Wan had felt something strange, it had been bothering him. He sighed and walked into a Casino.
The Casino was dimly lit, a circular bar stood in the middle, surrounded by bar stools, and eager people. Crap Games had been set up, as well as Saboc games and other favorites of Smugglers.
Surrounding the outer rim of the Casino were booths, mostly seating two, sometimes three. As Obi-Wan scanned the tables, he happened to see them. The two Strangers.
The human was banging her head on the table, while the Wookiee was rolling her eyes, muttering something to her companion. The girl looked up, and happened to catch Obi-Wan’s gaze. She scowled, and stood up. The Wookiee watched her, curious.
"Come on Mirr, let’s go."
"But, we just got here!"
"Now Mirr."
The two left, and Obi-Wan walked towards the bar.
"What is your order?" A driod at the bar asked Obi-Wan. He sighed, and turned away, walking out of the Casino.
What next? Will Nayr and Mirr go on a suicide mission?