NationStates Jolt Archive

Almost six months had passed since Lady Dedlocks attack on the academy had been successfully fought off. After that, things had gone quiet as if the two dark ladies of Draconis Nightcrawlis, including Lady Nocturne, had gone into hiding. King Kurt II knew not to become complacent about either of them for he knew they could still strike at any moment.

Of the Dark Jedi children that Lady Dedlock had used in a second wave of attacks on the academy, most were still unsuitable for release. Some were allowed to mingle with the other students and took part in the lessons and training. They could however still remember the dark side and their experiances of it, but Master Blexe believed that they would not fall to the dark path again now that they were free of those who influenced them before. That was the reason that most of those children were still kept under close watch, locked away in the most serious cases like those of Zathar and Eva Tyrneanea. Too far gone to the dark side to be saved. In time most will have been saved from the dark side.

King Kurt II was stood outside the academy looking up at it. The memories of the attacks on the academy and Tortuga DN were still fresh in his mind. Out of the nearby trees flew a flock of birds almost startling him. A reassuring hand was placed upon his shoulder.

“I sense you are a little tense your Majesty,” came a voice belonging to Master Blexe.

Kurt tensed up a little more, for some reason reassurances like that always did it to him. “I keep wondering about the dark ladies,” he admitted.

“Ah yes, Lady Dedlock and Lady Nocturne,” Master Blexe then said, stepping forward into the King’s line of sight. “They still trouble you.”

Kurt sighed, it did trouble him a lot, more than he would actually admit. In actually fact Lady Nocturnes return was nothing more then the story of two men captured near the Exetergrecia Academy. It was entirely possible that she had not returned. Lady Dedlock on the other hand was certainly around. Her Dark Jedi followers were testament to that, as was the fact Eamonn Jarlath himself had himself met her on some occasions, telling him she was his mother and sending him down the dark path.

“I assure you that we are doing out utmost in preparation for an attack should one occur,” Master Blexe assured him. “Everyone is prepared in case of an emergency as will the new padawans.”

New padawans, Kurt had been aware that some were coming today but he hadn’t thought of it until now. He was glad that Master Blexe had reminded him of it as his thoughts had been all over the place lately, especially after the birth of his son Gabriel Daniel. The King let out a sigh before he noticed Zadeth appearing from the academy. With him was his younger brother Maiyr, who was still rather quiet. Kurt couldn’t remember if he’d ever heard him speak at all. It was all too reminiscent of Eamonn, Maiyr appeared to be just like the former Jedi.

Master Blexe smiled at them. “And how are you two today?”

Maiyr of course didn’t say anything, he just looked up at his brother who appeared to speak for both of them.

“We’re fine,” Zadeth mentioned. “We were just going for some training down by the lake.”

“Just be careful,” the academy head warned. “There are fire swans nesting down there, they will burn you if you should disturb them.”

“Yes Master,” Zadeth nodded. “We will be careful.”

And with that he led his brother down to the lake. Kurt looked over at them, wondering what it must be like for them to know that their brother, sister and father were currently held in the academy’s cells. He felt a hand placed upon his shoulder.

“It’s good that you worry for them,” Master Blexe mentioned. “They have a good role model in you your Majesty, table manners aside.”

Kurt managed a smile, the academy head was also on about his table manners. He never saw how they were bad, after all he did generally take after Thor in that regard. It was a welcome distraction from thinking about the dark ladies that threatened his nation. There was a noise above and king looked up to see the academy shuttle about to land in the hanger.

“Looks like the new padawans have arrived,” Master Blexe said. “Time for me to welcome them to the academy.”

And once again, Kurt was left alone as the academy head wandered off to greet the new padawans. He placed his hands behind his head and sighed, he should probably greet them as well but he felt Master Blexe would be better off talking to them without him for now. His eyes turned to the front of the academy once again, Eamonn’s brother Daniel had suddenly appeared at the entrance.

The young boys hair wasn’t as messy as it used to be and he looked a lot less feral then when they had found him as the sole survivor of a Dark Jedi massacure. His tan was still there, a stark contrast to his brothers pale skin. Like Zadeth and Maiyr, Kurt had taken him under his wing as he’d wanted to keep as close an eye as possible on him. It was no burden to him, the King wanted to do his best to keep them from the dark side. That was because he always felt that he’d failed Eamonn when he fell to the dark side, their fight was still clear as day to him.

Daniel raised an eyebrow. “Thinking?” he asked.

Kurt nodded, hoping he wouldn’t ask what about.

“My mother right?”

Kurt sighed, Daniel was good at knowing things like that. It was often creepy and at times it worried him, perhaps Daniel knew more about the force then he was letting on. He was sure that the young boy had secrets, possibly some dark secrets, but he would try and force anything out of him. Who knew what might happen if he tried and so the King left it alone, of course he was there if Daniel ever wanted to speak to him about those secrets.

“I’ll know if she comes anywhere near here.”


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OOC: This is closed so only the following may post. Please keep all OOC to the OOC thread and taggers will be shot.

Characters

Academy Head

Master Benga Blexe

Jedi Masters

Den Wescolum ([NS]Wooshaba)

Jedi Knights

Odcal Qoda (Ageaol)
Taylor Masaki (CoreWorlds)

Padawans

Lucca Ashtear (Krowemoh)
Lialai Stone ([NS]Wooshaba)
Alimar Loatharo-Pranil (Ageaol)

Master Wescolum sat quietly inside of his study. His study had become like a haven to him. He barely left it. After the attack from Lady Dedlock's men, Den had become withheld. He felt that he could perhaps had done more. He had been told many times that he had done all that he could possibly, but Den wasn't quite sure. Den knew that the two ladies of the darkside were still rampaging the universe. Den knew that they would have to be stopped in order to keep the academy completely safe. The only time Den really left his room was to visit his friend, Dirta in the past. He sometimes went down to the cells to look at the kids who were too tainted by the darkside to ever come to the Light. Den sat by his window looking out. He saw a ship landing in the docks. He thought to himself, The new padawans are here. He stood up and summoned his lightsaber. He then quietly made his way up to where the padawans were getting off the ship at. When he arrived he saw Master Blexe standing by himself. Den Wescolum walked up next to the academy head and said, "Good day, Master Blexe. I see that our new crop of padawans have arrived."

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Lialai was in the training rooms. Ever since the fight she had been working to attain the rank of Jedi Knight. She was really close. She had trained with just about everyone in the academy. She was currently focusing on training her aerokinesis. She had learned how to use it to make her blade move even faster. She had a training droid in front of her on level 95. Within seconds she had disabled the droid. Lialai sat down and said, "I need to go up a few levels." Then her stomach grubbled, "But first I need something to eat." She stood up and made her way to the dining halls.

Master Blexe smiled, "Yes they have," he said with a twinkle in his eye. "I hope they will be able to settle in fairly easily."

Already they were bigging to file out. Some of them looked up in wonder at the academy.

"I bid you welcome to the Wundagore Jedi Academy."

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A group of familiar faces were to greet Lialai as she would enter the dining hall. Douzu, along with Esteban, Wanda and Tarja were bust eating and chatting. Esteban was of course showing off as he usually did.

Another familiar face appeared in the dining room as Taylor Masaki arrived with a familiar *pop*. This time around, he didn't bring Jacen with him as that young man was on another mission, and he's just looking around for someone to teach now. For now, though, he's hungry, so he went and ordered some spicy chili sauce on noodles and sat down to eat.

Lialai walked in an greeted everyone. She glanced over at Esteban and said, "Always gotta show off, huh?" Lialai shook her head. Lialai sat down next to Wanda and order her food. "Cheese Burger with the works, fries, and strawberry ice cream." Seconds later it appeared in front of her. She smiled and added in, "And a liter of Wooshabian Mist." The bubbling drink appeared in front of her. She then began to dig in.

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Master Wescolum greeted all of the new students as they walked in. This is going to be an interesting year. Hopefully nothing happens. He then began introducing himself to everyone. "Welcome to the Academy. I am Master Wescolum." He was all smiles.

Esteban smirked. "And so what if I am?" he replied before gulping down a tankard of mead. "Just the way I am."

Wanda rolled her eyes and leaned over to Lialai. "Gonna kick his arse again?"

Kurt sighed and teleported into the dining hall. His rumbling stomach had reminded him that he needed to eat. Looking around he saw several padawans chatting and eating while at another table he saw Taylor. Walking over, he took a seat across the table from him.

"Good to see you," he said, managing a smile. "No Jacen?"

Lialai smirked at Wanda and said, "He needs someone to put him in his place doesn't he." Lialai looked towards Esteban and said, "Hey Esteban, me and you in the training rooms after I am done eating. Lightsabers and all." Lialai knew that he would accept her challenge.

Esteban raised a hand. "As Master Blexe would say, we should wait an hour after eating before going to the training room," he said before shovelling waffles into his mouth.

"You're not getting out of it that easy," Wanda warned him.

Lialai swallowed some drink and said, "Sounds to me like someone is scared." She looked at Wanda and smiled.

Esteban narrowed his eyes at her. "Scared of you?" he replied. "Not bloody likely, I just had something else planned."

Douzu nodded. "It's true, we were planning on going to the library to research something," he explained.

Lialai smirked and said, "What are you guys researching?"

Douzu leaned back and placed one hand behind his head as he drank what looked to be coffee. "The dark end of the M66 galaxy," he explained.

Wanda slowly shook her head.

"They say it's unexplored but Esteban reckons theres books in the library that prove that's a lie."

"M66 Galaxy? Do you want to go to the end of it or something?" Lialai asked.

"Something like that," Esteban mentioned. He took another gulp of mead. "It's were the evil doers are hiding out."

Wanda laughed. "And if you believe anything Esteban says, you'll believe anything," she smirked.

Esteban said nothing in reply and just glared at her.

[ooc: I assume Titan is one of the arriving "Padawans" (Younglings more like it).]

Titan (http://starwars.wikia.com/images/e/ea/Anipadwan.jpg) stepped out of the transport and onto the structure that was the Jedi Academy. Long had he dreamed of being a Jedi, but now that he was here, he became very shy and nervous, choosing to stay near the back of the group and silent. Though he had no formal training prior to that he would receive at the Academy, Titan showed extreme potential in both lightsaber skills and ability in the Force.

Now his eyes caught hold of the two Masters that were greeting them. Real Jedi Masters! Titan thought excitedly, though his exterior remained shy as he stayed with the group...

Master Blexe's eyes crossed the padawans, briefly pausing on Titan. He gave them a smile before saying, "Follow me and I will lead you to the dorm room where you will be staying."

Without waiting a moment, he turned and led the new padawans up to the main bulding. As they followed, he took them upstairs and onto a long corridor with dozens of doors.

"Two to a room," he said. "Choose wisely."

After greeting all of the new students Den decided to see what the already resident padawans were doing. He searched for their mental auras and found them in the dining hall. He thought to himself, Always eating. He made his way towards the dining hall.

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Lialai looked at Esteban and said, "What makes you think the masters will allow you to go on such a mission? You aren't even a knight, yet. I doubt that Master Blexe would allow for a group of padawans to journey out into deep space alone."

Esteban sighed, he already knew that. "It doesn't mean that we can't research ourselves," he pointed out.

"And then what?" Wanda then said. She thought that Esteban and Douzu were just being plain silly about this dark side of the galaxy stuff. "Like they'd listen to your research."

Esteban smirked. "And so what if I am?" he replied before gulping down a tankard of mead. "Just the way I am."

Wanda rolled her eyes and leaned over to Lialai. "Gonna kick his arse again?"

Kurt sighed and teleported into the dining hall. His rumbling stomach had reminded him that he needed to eat. Looking around he saw several padawans chatting and eating while at another table he saw Taylor. Walking over, he took a seat across the table from him.

"Good to see you," he said, managing a smile. "No Jacen?"
"Not this time around. Ryujin said he might come later." Taylor replied, chowing down on his food.

"Here on your lonesome this time eh?" Kurt said, a plate of sushi appeared in front of him along with a tankard of mead.

He looked up as Master Raven entered the dining hall with two young girls. Both had dark brown hair and looked similar, though one was obviously older than the other.

"We're starting to make a breakthrough with more of those kids, like those two."

Lialai looked up from her plate again as three people walked in. Lialai greeted them. "Hello Master Raven. Who do you have with you?"

Master Raven didn't appear to hear her as he led the two girls over to a table at the far side of the dining hall.

"Don't think he heard you," Tarja commented.

"Two to a room," he said. "Choose wisely."

Nervous and unsure of how to go about choosing a roommate, Titan decided to let it sort itself out. He walked into a room at the end of the row and plopped down on the hard bed. What little he had with him was tossed into the locker at the foot of his bed and securely locked away.

He waited for one of the other's to join him as well as instructions of what they were supposed to do next. I guess this is the beginning of a new chapter...

Lialai looked at Wanda and said, "I guess not. Master Raven, dare I say it, is weird. I wonder why he is walking around with those two?" Lialai looked over at him suspiciously.

A young boy of about ten peered into Titan's room. He looked around seeing Titan and asked in a quiet voice. "Are both beds taken?"

The boy had long white hair that was tied back into a ponytail and violet eyes.

***

"Oh he's eccentric, seems to happen to Jedi Masters," she grinned before looking over at the two girl who were with him. "I think they're his neices or something."

Titan shook his head shyly as he looked from the other bed to the boy and then back again.

The boy looked back at him. "Can I take it then?"

He was looking a little nervous.

Titan shrugged as he continued to sit on his bed, his eyes staring at the ground. "I guess so..." he said quietly.

The boy went in and walked over to the other bed. Quietly he placed his belongings in the footlocker and sat down on his bed.

"So umm... whats your name?"

He waited a moment before responding, but when he did, he raised his eyes from the floor to look at the other boy. "Titan." He was still quite nervous and had forgot to ask the other boy his name, but he would probably find out soon as they were to be roommates.

"Nieces? I didn't know that he had family. I thought that he was a loner," replied Lialai.

The boy finally managed a smile, looking less nervous then before. "Nice to meet you Titan," he said. "I'm Gorgron."

***

"He's not a loner, just g... oww," Esteban started to say before Wanda hit him.

"He has family of course, even Master Blexe does," she then told Lialai.

Titan smiled back faintly as he sat on his bed trying to get enough courage to talk to the other boy.

"Well I knew Master Blexe had a family. So does Master Wescolum. His brother is the King of Wooshaba. Used to be in a deep relationship with Dirta. That is a long story right there," she said to the group. "I wonder if his nieces are good warriors. The older looks as if she is."

Gorgron was tired after the journey to the academy and lay down on his bed, though he didn't close his eyes he just looked up at the ceiling.

***

Esteban looked up, rubbing the back of his head.

"I wouldn't know, haven't seen them fight," Wanda admitted.

Lialai switched back to the subject of M66. "So if they do let you guys go to the end of the galaxy, what are you going to do?"

Esteban grumbled. "They won't, that's why we're stuck with the library," he said, tapping a finger against the table.

Just at the edge of the forest by where most of the battles against the Dark Jedi were fought, a dark robed figure stepped out from the trees. Their face was hidden away by a mask so that no one could recognise them. Four bodyguards accompanied them, dressed all in black and armed with lightsabers.

"So this is the Wundagore Jedi Academy, interesting."

Kurt looked up at Taylor. "You feel that?" he asked. "I sense a dark pressence."

Being tired from the journey to the academy and not knowing what to do, Titan decided to take a nap and replenish the energy that was certain to be needed in the upcoming weeks and months. Despite his tiredness, it took him a while to wave away his restlessness and finally fall asleep...

Gorgron sat up as he felt something. It was this strange feeling of dred, something he hadn't felt before. When he looked toward Titan he saw that his room-mate was asleep. The white haired boy stood up and walked over to the door and opened it. Outside he could see several of the other new arrivals walking about.

***

It would seem that his majesty has a visitor, we must not interfere, Master Blexe sent out to all the Jedi Masters/Knights.

Master Wescolum got the message. Master Blexe I feel a dark presence. Do you think something is wrong? he replied back quickly.

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Lialai felt someone dark was outside of the academy. She looked at the group and said, "Do you guys feel that?"

That is his majesty's visitor, he will be able to handle them on his own, Master Blexe replied. Yes it is a dark presence but I sense no intention of violence.

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Wanda and the others nodded. "Yeah we sense it too," she replied.

Titan continued to sleep on the unfamiliar bed of his new room, but it was an uneasy sleep. An uneasy and uncomfortable sleep... but he did not know why.

Den replied, Okay, but we should both be ready to move just in case. We cannot let the new padawans come in danger. Den made his way back to his room.

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Lialai looked at Esteban and Wanda and said, "Who or for that matter what do you think it is?"

Just at the edge of the forest by where most of the battles against the Dark Jedi were fought, a dark robed figure stepped out from the trees. Their face was hidden away by a mask so that no one could recognise them. Four bodyguards accompanied them, dressed all in black and armed with lightsabers.

"So this is the Wundagore Jedi Academy, interesting."

Kurt looked up at Taylor. "You feel that?" he asked. "I sense a dark pressence."
"I do too. Maybe we'd better find out what that is." Taylor replied.

Yes, but I have full faith in his majesty's abilities to prevent it coming any closer, Master Blexe replied.

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Wanda ran a hand through her hair. "I don't know," she said shaking her head.

"I do too. Maybe we'd better find out what that is." Taylor replied.

Kurt nodded. "Let's go," he said before teleporting outside.

Once outside he saw the figure surrounded by the bodyguards. At first he didn't recognise who it was but then flashes of the attack on his birthday party all those years ago and the final battle with...

"Lady Nocturne."

Kurt nodded. "Let's go," he said before teleporting outside.

Once outside he saw the figure surrounded by the bodyguards. At first he didn't recognise who it was but then flashes of the attack on his birthday party all those years ago and the final battle with...

"Lady Nocturne."
"Her? How unsurprising." Taylor answered, pulling on his ignition gloves.

"So good of you to remember me," Lady Nocturne said.

Kurt scowled, his hand moved to one of his lightsabers.

"I am not here to fight, I am here to tell you something," the dark lady then said. "I'm sure you'll recognise me when I remove my mask."

She reached up and took her mask away, a familiar blue face stared back. Her eyes were red, similar to the colour of blood.

"Talia!" Kurt gasped.

After all these years of believing she was dead, his sister was still alive.

"Talia?" Taylor frowned. "You knew her?"

Kurt's face darkened, he clenched his hands into fists.

"Of course he knows me, I'm his dear sister," Lady Nocturne cruely smirked.

Taylor was stunned. "Damn. I feel for you, Kurt."

Kurt repressed the anger that was building up inside of him, it would not be good for him to become angry. "You..." he began but couldn't find the words to continue.

"Me... the one who should be ruler, I should have been heir to the throne not you," Lady Nocturne snarled. "So I released our grandfather to wipe out the family and in turn I was the one meant to defeat him and take the throne not you."

Kurt grabbed for his lightsaber and ignited it. "You... you killed our parents," he yelled, ears had begun to appear in his eyes.

But Lady Nocturne just smirked at him. "No, Azazel did actually," she replied. "One more thing before I leave now that you're just about ready to fight, I see that you have a son and made that pompous blond snob my brother-in-law. You see I too have a son, you'll meet him eventually but I just might belive that Gabriel might meet him before you."

Behind her, a black portal opened and before Kurt could react, Lady Nocturne and her bodyguards stepped through but not before she said one last thing.

"Eamonn turns out to be our cousin, ask Kiwi how."

Taylor snapped his fingers, but the spark missed the enemies as the portal closed in front of him and blew up a tree. "Damn. Missed them. You alright, Kurt? That's quite the bomb she tossed you."

Kurt fell to his knees and shook his head. "I can't believe it," he said looking at the ground. "She always had this bitchy, selfish attitude but I'd have never thought it would lead her to doing something as terrible as releasing my grandfather."

It was just too much to think about, his sister was Lady Nocturne it had been her who interupted his eighteenth birthday party.

"I can't belive it, she's responsible for my parents deaths."

"Yeah. She and Nightshade are two of a kind." Taylor sighed. "Come on, let's head into the Academy to sort this out."

Kurt nodded in agreement. "It's distressing what greed and a thirst for absolute power will do to someone," he said.

The King sighed as he headed into the academy, this was just about the worst news he could recieve.

Soon the uncomfortable and oddly dark feeling that had haunted Titan in his sleep was gone. Now that the strange burden had been lifted, Titan slept easily for another twenty minutes before waking up, feeling refreshed and ready to go after the nice nap.

He got out of bed and crossed the room to the door. It opened with a swift movement and the young boy peeked his head out into the hallway...

The Dark Force is gone. Den thought to himself. He said aloud quietly, "I wonder who it was? I will find out eventually." Den sat there meditating.

Gorgron looked over at Titan. "You felt it too?"

*****

Back in the dining hall Wanda looked over her shoulder. "Whoever it was is gone now," she told the others.

Gorgron looked over at Titan. "You felt it too?"

"I-I... I don't know," Titan finally said. "When I was sleeping... I felt something uncomfortable. Like something was wrong... but then suddenly it disappeared," he explained, though the feeling had not manifested itself in his conscious mind, but rather a pseudo-subconscious one that received many feelings from the Force.

A quiet Meditation Room.

Lucca was sitting within a room designed to assist one in meditating. Her legs were crossed one over the other and she used the Force to suspend herself a foot or so off the ground.

While maintaing this concentration, she attempted to reflect upon the things she has learned, her understanding thus far of the Force, and her own feelings in regards to others, especially her Master, Taylor Masaki.

Although, it seemed that the effort on concentrating on keeping herself suspended was a bit taxing, as her thoughts often scattered, wondering this way and that, musing over little nothings such as tiny tidbits from her memory, like the color of her Master's robes.

She did not sense the dark presense of Lady Nocturne, due to the room being designed to shield the ones within from outside influences, which further helped one meditate on the Force. Perhaps it was just as well she hadn't, as her experiance with the Dark Lady was nothing sort of traumatic.

Although, Lucca did her best, whenever she caught her mind wondering, she'd quickly try and get back into focus, but such times were rare and few, as her mind would seem to wonder without her being aware of it, and when she realized such, she'd forgotten what it was she had been reflecting on earlier...

If only I could concentrate better... She thought to herself, her eyes opening for a moment to glance around, before closing once more...

Den contacted Master Blexe. When are the first padawan combat sessions going to begin?

A quiet Meditation Room.

Lucca was sitting within a room designed to assist one in meditating. Her legs were crossed one over the other and she used the Force to suspend herself a foot or so off the ground.

While maintaing this concentration, she attempted to reflect upon the things she has learned, her understanding thus far of the Force, and her own feelings in regards to others, especially her Master, Taylor Masaki.

Although, it seemed that the effort on concentrating on keeping herself suspended was a bit taxing, as her thoughts often scattered, wondering this way and that, musing over little nothings such as tiny tidbits from her memory, like the color of her Master's robes.

She did not sense the dark presense of Lady Nocturne, due to the room being designed to shield the ones within from outside influences, which further helped one meditate on the Force. Perhaps it was just as well she hadn't, as her experiance with the Dark Lady was nothing sort of traumatic.

Although, Lucca did her best, whenever she caught her mind wondering, she'd quickly try and get back into focus, but such times were rare and few, as her mind would seem to wonder without her being aware of it, and when she realized such, she'd forgotten what it was she had been reflecting on earlier...

If only I could concentrate better... She thought to herself, her eyes opening for a moment to glance around, before closing once more...
After Taylor headed back to the Academy, he decided to check up on his young apprentice and headed for her room...

Gorgron nodded. "I've heard the academy was attack by Dark Jedi about six months ago," he then said. "I hope it's not going to happen again."

*****

I wish to let the new padawans settle in before we start training, Master Blexe replied. If you wish you take the older padawans for combat training.

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Kurt looked toward Taylor as they neared the front doors of the academy. "I think we should tell Master Blexe what she told us."

"All right." Taylor nodded.

Heading in through the doors, Master Blexe was already waiting for them. He looked as though he knew already who it was.

"It's Lady Nocturne, she's back," Kurt told him.

The Jedi Master nodded. "I know, what did she say?"

Kurt bit his lower lip and looked to the ground. "She's my sister."

Master Blexe slowly shook his head, he knew that would be hard for the King to come to terms with. "I'm sorry."

"She also said something about Eamonn being Kurt's cousin and she said to ask a Kiwi about that or something." Taylor said. "Now I'm going to check on my apprentice. The Force be with you."

Bowing, Taylor left the room and headed towards Lucca's room.

"That would be my Uncle Kiwi," Kurt sighed. "I'd better go talk to him.

Before Master Blexe could say anything the King had already teleported away.

"She also said something about Eamonn being Kurt's cousin and she said to ask a Kiwi about that or something." Taylor said. "Now I'm going to check on my apprentice. The Force be with you."

Bowing, Taylor left the room and headed towards Lucca's room.

Lucca's quarters were empty, she wasn't there. A note hung on the wall just next to the door, reading 'Gone Meditating, leave a sticky if you want me to get back to you.' The note was signed with the stamp of a kitty's paw and the letter 'L.'

There were already two sticky notes underneath the note Lucca had posted, one asking something about returning an item she had apparently borrowed, and another asking her to come let them know when she was done. Each note was signed by a different person.

I will start combat training with the padawans tomorrow. All of them should be ready by than, he replied to the other master. He then stood up and stretched. "Whoever that was outside was trouble," he said aloud to himself. He shook his head and walked out of his room towards the dining hall.

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Lialai looked at everyone and said, "I wonder when we will all start having classes again. It seemed like right after that big fight all of the classes stopped."

Gorgron nodded. "I've heard the academy was attack by Dark Jedi about six months ago," he then said. "I hope it's not going to happen again."

"Do you think that could have been them coming back again?" Titan asked with a hint of worry in his voice.

[ooc: Lucca is a Neko, right?]

"They weren't stopped, we just didn't have as many because they were fixing up the academy after the attack," Wanda pointed out.

Esteban and Dozou both stood and and went to leave the mess hall.

"Do you think that could have been them coming back again?" Titan asked with a hint of worry in his voice.

[ooc: Lucca is a Neko, right?]


OOC: Yep

Gorgron shook his head. "They've gone I think, I can't feel the dark presence now," he said, sitting back down on his bed. "Must have been a messenger or something."

The white-haired boy seemed to be more comfortable and less nervous now that he was settling in.

Lialai finished her plate and then it disappeared. Lialai looked at Wanda and said, "You wanna go do something since the guys are going to the library?"

"Sure," Wanda replied. "What have you got in mind?"

Tarja too stood up and stretched. "I'm going to me room to do some reading of my own."

Lialai looked at Wanda and said, "I don't know. I would say training, but that is all I have been doing lately. I wish we could get out of the academy. Wander around the city. That would be fun."

Oddly enough, Titan was also feeling and less nervous now. It was a strange occurrence, but the impending darkness and race of his heart seemed to relax him and make him calmer.

That did sound fun to Wanda, but...

"After the attack we're not allowed out of the academy grounds without at least someone who's a Knight coming with us," she then said.

Oddly enough, Titan was also feeling and less nervous now. It was a strange occurrence, but the impending darkness and race of his heart seemed to relax him and make him calmer.


Staying in the room however was dull, Gorgron was getting a little bored.

"Want to explore the academy?" he asked.

That did sound fun to Wanda, but...

"After the attack we're not allowed out of the academy grounds without at least someone who's a Knight coming with us," she then said.

"I wonder if we could find a noble Knight to take us out?," she said to Wanda.

Wanda groaned. "I think they're all busy," she said.

She looked around at the mess hall, there were only padawans and Master Raven in there.

Staying in the room however was dull, Gorgron was getting a little bored.

"Want to explore the academy?" he asked.

"I guess so," Titan replied as he opened the door and stepped into the hallway. "We might as well get familiar with it."

Lialai sighed and said, "Well I guess we are stuck here in the academy." She cut her eyes sideways and said, "Or we could sneak out."

Gorgron nodded. "It looks big so we might get lost," he said. "I do remember how to get back to our room from the front doors though."

The young boy looked towards the stairs.

"I think we should start from there."

***********

Wanda shook her head. "No, sneaking out would be a bad thing to do," sh warned. "That may lead you down the wrong path."

"Alright... let's go," Titan replied. When they had first arrived he had been to busy marveling over the place to remember the route they had taken. It would seem that they were about to get themselves acquainted with the structure.

Lialai nodded in agreement. "That is very true Wanda. I apologize for even suggesting it. What do you think we could do?" she asked Wanda.

"If I remember correctly, the front doors are directly in front of the stairs," Gorgron said, recalling their enterance into the academy.

He took the lead and headed Titan as they went down to the front doors. Master Blexe was stood beside the doors and watched them as they came down the stairs.

*********

"No need to apologise," Wanda replied. "Just narrows our choices down alot, wonder how much the forest has grown back though."

"Alright," Titan said, trusting Gorgron to remember correctly. He followed the boy down the stairs where he saw the master they had all met earlier: Blexe.

Gorgron looked toward Master Blexe who just smiled at him.

"Which way should we go?"

It was a toss up, so Titan just decided randomly. "Left..."

"Left it is then," Gorgron said, heading down the corridor that Titan had suggested.

Down that way led to the training rooms.

"I wonder where we go to eat here."

Gorgorn had a good point. As he made the comment, Titan noticed that his stomach felt quite empty - probably because he hadn't eaten in hours. He never could eat before a space flight and then we arrived, we went to bed.

"Dunno... but I sure am hungry," he declared.

Gorgrons stomach rumbled, just like a typical Draconian.

"My stomach feels the same way," he said looking around.

As the passed one of the traing rooms, Gorgron saw Daniel training alone. Something was buzzing about and he was trying to hit it with a lightsaber. The white-haired boy of course didn't know who he was, but he was mesmorised be his movements.

Titan too noticed and was entranced by the movements and effort the man was putting into his attack. His eyes flashed with the glow of the lightsaber and Titan's eyes were locked onto every movement. As the lightsaber danced, so did his eyes...

Daniel stopped and just stood there with his back to them. For a few moments silence drifted through the training room.

"Like the show?" the older black-haired boy asked.

"Yeah!" Titan proclaimed excitedly. He was nearly speechless as he had never seen something quite like it before.

Lialai smiled and said, "Would you like to go check out the forest? That night when we were fighting those Sith we took out a lot of it."

Daniel finally turned around and smirked at them. "Happy to entertain," he said.

Gorgron said nothing.

"Want me to teach you a few tricks?"

***********

"Yeah, I remember someone setting fire to a part of it and there were dragons fighting too," Wanda then said. "Never a dull moment around herew is there?"

Titan looked from the boy to Gorgorn and then back again. "Yeah!" he exclaimed, excited by the thrill of learning something about what he had just witnessed.

Daniel eyed up the two padawans before smirking. "Well then, grab a traing saber and show me what you got."

Gorgron was getting a little worried now, he wondered if they were allowed to.

Noticing the worry on Gorgorn's face as he stepped into the room, Titan asked to the older boy, "It is okay if we do this, right?"

Daniel just shrugged. "Never seen anyone object to it," he replied. "I won't say anything if you don't."

Lialai looked at her and said, "Come on." Lialai exited the dining halls. As she walked out she passed Master Wescolum. "Hello padawans," the humble master said to Lialai and Wanda. Lialai greeted her old master with a friendly smile and said, "Hello Master Wescolum." Den looked at Lialai and said, "I will need to talk with you later on tonight. I have very good news for you." Lialai smiled and said, "Okay master." Den looked at her and Wanda and said, "May the Force be with you." Den then headed into the cafeteria. He was looking for Master Raven. Lialai continued towards the front doors.

Master Raven was still in the dining hall with his two nieces having heeded Master Blexes warning to stay put.

Wanda headed out to the front doors, pausing only to hear what Master Wescolum had to say. When she arrived at the front doors, Master Blexe was no longer there and so they headed outside.

"I remember that weird Daniel kid being in the lake."

Lialai looked at her and said, "You mean the Daniel who can throw red lightning bolts? I wonder what he has been up to. Let's go check him out." Lialai started heading towards the lake.

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Master Wescolum sat Master Raven sitting down eating with two young jedi. Master Wescolum walked over and greeted him. "Hello Master Raven how have you been?"

"Yeah that weird kid," Wanda replied. She followed Lialai down to the lake where Zadeth and Maiyr were sat on a walk talking. "Something about him I don't trust."

*****

Master Raven looked up. "I've been fine, how about yourself?"

Den looked at the other master and said, "Great. Who are these fine jedi you have with you."

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"Yeah he is a little weird," Lialai replied to Wanda.

Master Raven smiled. "My neices Kaisa and Maria."

The two girls looked up and smiled.

*******

Wanda looked rather sad. "I'd heard what had happened to him, can't imagine what he felt though," she then said, looking across the water of the lake.

Daniel just shrugged. "Never seen anyone object to it," he replied. "I won't say anything if you don't."

Titan merely shrugged in compliance. He walked over to where one of the training sabers lay and picked it up. Studying it momentarily, he found the button and ignited it... it hummed to life and Titan held it out in front of him.

The glow is all the more amazing from up close... he thought as his eyes were fixed on the blade.

Den smiled at the two young girls and said to Raven, "I am sure they will be strong jedi." Den then looked at Raven and said, "Do you have any padawans that you want to nominate for knighthood?"

As Gorgron picked up one of the training lightsabers, Daniel threw a couple of remotes into the air. They buzzed about waiting for Daniel to order them to attack.

"Ready?" he asked.

Gorgron nodded.

********

Master Raven shook his head, "Not as of this moment, I am afraid," he said. "My mind has been on tracking Lady Dedlocks whereabouts."

Lucca's quarters were empty, she wasn't there. A note hung on the wall just next to the door, reading 'Gone Meditating, leave a sticky if you want me to get back to you.' The note was signed with the stamp of a kitty's paw and the letter 'L.'

There were already two sticky notes underneath the note Lucca had posted, one asking something about returning an item she had apparently borrowed, and another asking her to come let them know when she was done. Each note was signed by a different person.
"Hmm. All right." Taylor pulled out a red-ink pen and started scratching out a note. Lucca. This is Taylor. Find me asap. See ya.

After stamping it on the door, he headed down to the training rooms, sensing youngsters trainign and decided to watch them, his red cloak swishing about.

Daniel sensed a presence watching them. He looked up and saw Taylor watching them and grinned before sending one of the remotes at Gorgron.

The white-haired boy stumbled as it took him by surprise. "Shit," he swore, regaining his footing just in time to block the remotes low energy laser.

Den nodded and said, "Yes Lady Dedlock is very important, but it is about time for some of the stronger padawans to move up to next rank. To leave from being to student to a teacher. If we had more knights we might be able to locate Lady Dedlock quicker." He waited for Raven's response.

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Lialai walked around the corner to see know one there. "It is boring out here," she said to Wanda.

(OOC: Sorry about that)

"Yes but I am in no position to make such a judgement just yet," Master Raven replied.

******

OOC: Taylor and Daniel are not by the lake.

Master Wescolum nodded and said, "Well I have a couple in mind, but I know from the current circumstances this is not the right time." Den thought back to what Raven had said about Lady Dedlock and said, "How are things going with the investigation of Lady Dedlock? Any new leads?"

Master Raven shook his head. "Somewhere in the darkest parts of this galaxy is her base," he said. "It is such a large area it could take weeks, months or even years to find her out there. One has to know more or less the exact location.." He calmly rubbed his chin. "That is why we are trying to get the location out of those captured during the attack on the academy."

****

"You wanted to come out here," Wanda replied.

Lialai looked at her and said, "Yeah I know." She then said, "You want to go to the training rooms. We could fight some droids. Maybe even spar each other a little bit."

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Den looked at Raven and said, "Do you need some help extracting information from the children."

"Not just yet, I need the fresh air," Wanda replied.

**********

Master Raven shook his head. "We have specialists in that area on their way," he replied.

As Gorgron picked up one of the training lightsabers, Daniel threw a couple of remotes into the air. They buzzed about waiting for Daniel to order them to attack.

"Ready?" he asked.

Titan looked away from the awesome glow of the saber and focused on the remotes that Daniel had activated. "Ready," he said confidently as he readied himself - to the best of his ability - to deflect the blaster shots.

Daniel smirked and sent a remote right at Titan. He fully expected the young boy to be able to bat it away.

ooc: The remote is a training remote that shoots blaster shots ever moment or so, right?

As the remote came at him, Titan gave over to his reactions and allowed the Force to guide his every movement. His lightsaber moved from side to side, blocking the single shots that were sent at him.

"Not just yet, I need the fresh air," Wanda replied.

**********

Master Raven shook his head. "We have specialists in that area on their way," he replied.


Lialai said, "Okay." She then began making little tornadoes on the tops of her fingers.

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Den stood up and said, "Well you know that I specialize in the mind, also. If you ever help with anything just let me know." Den began walking away.

ooc: The remote is a training remote that shoots blaster shots ever moment or so, right?

As the remote came at him, Titan gave over to his reactions and allowed the Force to guide his every movement. His lightsaber moved from side to side, blocking the single shots that were sent at him.

OOC: yep

IC:

"Not bad for a newbie," Daniel smirked.

He continued to send the two remotes after them.

********

"Who do you think that was that we felt earlier?" Wanda wondered.

*******

Master Raven nodded. "I will," he promised.

As the remote continued moving side to side, so did Titan's training saber. He had closed his eyes sometime during the training session and was now only using his senses and the Force to guide his defense...

Gorgron grew tired and his remote dropped to the ground. Daniel was more interested in Titan anyway, he seemed to be taking to it better then the white haired boy. He made the remote attack Titan much harsher.

Suddenly, the remote's rate of fire sped up and increased to half time. When Titan first realized this, he barely got his lightsaber over in time to block the stun blast. He felt this sense of urgency in his mind - a warning from the force - and immediately his instincts took over and forced him to move his training saber to block the shot.

Now he understood the training remote was becoming harder and he had to focus more to maintain the same amount of protection for him. Soon, however, he would become to worn out, both physically and mentally, to keep up the defense.

Knowing he was wearing out, Daniel let the remote drop. Besides the fact that Taylor was watching, the King and Master Blexe would be mad at him if he hurt the two new padawans.

"Fun?"

"Yeah..." Titan gasped as he dropped his guard. "But tiring..." He was breathing deeply, mentally and physically tired from expending his energy and concentration on the training remote.

Daniel just had to laugh at that. "It wasn't that strenuous," he replied.

Gorgron begged to differ.

"They'll push your training harder then that."

Titan frowned. "Yeah..." he said quietly before continuing out of the training room.

Gorgron quickly went and caught up with him, "So where to now?" he then asked.

Titan's stomach grumbled his response. "I am a little hungry... can we get some food?" It would be nice to eat - the last time he had done so was many hours ago, if not a day - and he would also be able to sit down and rest.

"Wasn't that what we were looking for?" Gorgron then wondered.

Daniel overhead this and leaned over them. "Dining hall is that way."

"I have no idea. All I know is that it was bad. Really bad," Lialai replied.

"Yeah it was..." Titan said as he too remembered that they had originally set out to find the dining hall.

"Thanks..." He began walking with Gorgorn towards the hall.

Wanda looked across the lake and sighed. "Must be bad, the King has left," she said. "I felt him leave the academy.

**************

After walking away from the training room, the two young padawans soon found the dining hall and headed in. Sitting down, Gorgron wasn't sure where the area to get the food from was. Therefore it was a surprise to him that the pizza he had been hoping they had there suddenly appeared on the table in front of him.

Titan looked at the food that had appeared in front of Gorgorn: Hmmm... Pizza! How it got there, he didn't know, but he surely wanted some.

He looked at the place in front of him at the table and soon the pizza he so desired appeared in front of him. "Cool!"

"Strange," Gorgron said and poked at the pizza in front of him.

He didn't fully trust it as it had just appeared from out of thin air. Slowly he picked up a slice and bit into it. It didn't taste at all suspicous, it tasted just fine.

"I didn't think they'd use magic here."

Lialai nodded and said, "Well I hope everything will be okay." She sat back and watched the tranquil waves. They were very relaxing.

Wanda decided to sit down on the banks of the lake. It was much more calming out here then it was inside the academy. With the training rooms more or less always in use, there was always noise of one kind or another. Out here there were just the waves lapping against the banks.

"It's a bad omen," she said. "There is more to come."

Lialai looked up at the sound of bad omen. "What is a bad omen? The appearance of that Dark being?"

"That and the King leaving so soon means somethings up," Wanda explained.

A cold wind blew across the lake prompting Wanda to brush her blue hair away from her eyes.

Lialai responded, "Yeah I guess you are right. Only thing that we can do however is wait until something happens. Hopefully it won't be as bad as when we were attacked by the Sith. We had a lot of casualities that night." Lialai glanced at her arm that housed a scar that was given to her by a Sith .

Wanda sighed as she recalled that attack. It wasn't a good memory for any of them.

"This time we should be more then ready, I can't see them making another surprise attack," she said.

Lialai looked at her and said, "I agree. They would have to pop out from under the ground to fool us. I don't think that would work either." Lialai cracked a smile at the thought of Sith popping up out of the ground like chipmunks.

"Strange," Gorgron said and poked at the pizza in front of him.

He didn't fully trust it as it had just appeared from out of thin air. Slowly he picked up a slice and bit into it. It didn't taste at all suspicous, it tasted just fine.

"I didn't think they'd use magic here."

"Magic?" Titan asked curiously as he had only heard of the Force.

"Well there were those that could hide in the ground last time," Wanda then said. Placing her arms on her knees.

*******

"Magic, it's sort of like the force I guess," Gorgron shrugged.

Lialai replied, "Yeah, I know. I can't see another attack like that happening any time soon. The academy has taken way to many precautions already." Lialai yawned and said, "Are you almost ready to go?"

"Magic, it's sort of like the force I guess," Gorgron shrugged.

"Oh... never heard of it," Titan admitted. "So they do use it here? Do you know how it works? Like what are the differences..." He was curious about this 'Magic' and whether he could use it as well as the Force.

Wooshaba']Lialai replied, "Yeah, I know. I can't see another attack like that happening any time soon. The academy has taken way to many precautions already." Lialai yawned and said, "Are you almost ready to go?"


Wanda sighed, "Sure," she said. "May as well head back inside."

Relanctantly she stood up and headed in the direction of the academy.

"Oh... never heard of it," Titan admitted. "So they do use it here? Do you know how it works? Like what are the differences..." He was curious about this 'Magic' and whether he could use it as well as the Force.

Gorgron just shrugged, he just knew of the existance of magic not how it worked or anything like that. He was also particularly hungry and began to scoff down the pizza.

"Oh... okay," Titan said, but he was not willing to let the issue just pass by without some investigation. "We will have to ask one of the masters later when we meet with them... whenever that is."

Like Gorgorn, Titan began stuffing food into his mouth and filling his hungry stomach.

Gorgron nodded and let out a belch. "I think they're leaving us to settle in," he said. "I think that guy over there is a Master.

He was looking in Master Ravens direction.

"I think I have settled in as much as I can at this point," Titan managed to say between bites of food.

Gorgron rubbed his eyes. "I'm still space lagged so I don't mind," he said almost yawning.

"I wonder how much we will learn here..." Titan said with an intense curiosity. It had always been a dream of his to attend a Jedi Academy, but now that he was there, he had no idea what to do...

"Alot," Gorgron said. "I was reading a book about it on the shuttle." A grin crossed his face. "It's going to be fun and exciting."

Wanda sighed, "Sure," she said. "May as well head back inside."


Relanctantly she stood up and headed in the direction of the academy.


Lialai looked at Wanda and said, "Do you want to go train? I got up to level 95 today on the droids."

Wanda nodded, "Sure," she said. "Got nothing better to do, I don't want to watch the boys find nothing in the library."

Lialai responded, "Cool, let's go." Lialai began jogging up towards the door.

"Alot," Gorgron said. "I was reading a book about it on the shuttle." A grin crossed his face. "It's going to be fun and exciting."

"Cool!" Titan said as he finished his food and was, for the time first in a while, full. "I hope we begin soon then..."

Wanda quietly followed. Daniel was still practicing alone as they walked into one of the training rooms. He seemed to take no notice of them.

*****

"I've heard whispers of tomorrow," Gorgron then said.

"What did those whispers say?" Titan asked as he leaned in close like they were exchanging secrets.

Gorgron shook his head.

"Just that we're getting a lesson in something tomorrow," he then said before polishing off the last of his pizza and belching.

Gorgron shook his head.

"Just that we're getting a lesson in something tomorrow," he then said before polishing off the last of his pizza and belching.

"Oooh! I wonder what it is," Titan said enthusiastically. "Lightsabers...? The Force...? Magick?!"

Gorgron placed his hands behind his head and leaned back. "Combat training I think," he said and shrugged. "Dunno really."

"You seem to know a lot about this place," Titan remarked as Gorgorn leaned back. "You are from here?"

"Kinda, from the Draconian homeworld, the main planet," Gorgron then said and looked up at the ceiling. "Where you from?"

"Naboo..." Titan admitted. It was a relatively small planet without the large cities of more densely populated planets.

"That's cool," Gorgron said with a grin.

Now that he'd eaten he was bored. It had no idea what to do now.

"So what do you want to do now?"

"I dunno... explore some more?" Titan suggested. "I am not really familiar with this place... or this culture."

"Umm... well... I'm not good at saying stuff about my umm... culture," Gorgron said with an uneasy grin. "Umm... explore? Sure."

"Well as long as you know what it is..." Titan said with a smile as they got out of their seats and left the cafeteria. "Where to?"

Gorgron looked around at the corridor outside the dining hall. "I don't know," he admitted and leaned against the wall. "This place is all very new to me."

"Okay..." Titan said as he began to think about where to go. "How about looking for the place they make those lightsabers!"

Gorgron thought for a moment. "Dunno where to start," he then said. "I bet it's somewhere offlimits."

"Oh... I take it we shouldn't go there then," Titan said somewhat dejectedly. "How about watching people spar?"

Lialai glanced at Daniel and then at Wanda. Lialai said, "I am going to duel a droid for a little while." Lialai walked to one of the corners of the training room where an inactive droid was sitting. She turned on to level 97 and began dueling with it. She decided to use Juyo Style at first. The droid was a lot faster than she thought. She lept around the room to avoid its quick slashes at her. While dueling she yelled to Wanda, "What are you going to do?"

Gorgron yawned. "Sure," he said.

***********

For a while Wanda just watched. She wasn't too interested in traing right now. Her mind was on other things, she was worried about what that dark pressence was and the Kings sudden departure from the academy.

"I'm not sure yet," she shrugged.

Lialai used the Force to blast the droid into the wall. As soon as it hit it terminated itself. Lialai looked at Wanda and said, "Okay then." Lialai then began looking around the room. She wanted to find a worthy opponent.

In the current training room there were only three of the. Wanda leaned against the wall and sighed as she watched Lialai finish off. Daniel didn't appear to be interested in their pressence, he was busy fighting off blasts from a remote with his lightsaber.

Lialai looked around. Not many people. She already knew Wanda didn't want to duel so she didn't even ask. She didn't know Daniel very well so there was no point in trying to get to know him because he probably wouldn't respond. Lialai sat down next to Wanda. She said, "I am going sit here until somemore people come in. It is a little dry in here."

"I told you he's a little weird," Wanda quietly whispered to Lialai.

She was careful not to let him hear, she didn't want to know what might happen should he hear. Wanda felt there was something dark about him, but since the King had a keen interest in him then she felt a little better.

Gorgron yawned. "Sure," he said.

"Where do you suppose we would do that?" Titan asked. "This way?" He said, pointing down a random hall.

"Umm..." Gorgron scratched the back of his head as he tried to recall the route they had already taken. "We came from the training rooms this way."

He looked briefly at Titan before heading down the hallway.

"Oh... my bad," Titan replied as he began following Gorgorn. "I don't have the greatest sense of direction."

"I'm just going by memory," Gorgron admitted. "My sense of direction isn't great either but I remember going this way."

Lialai replied, "I know that he is . . . different." Lialai began making little lightning shocks jump from hand to hand.

"I'm just going by memory," Gorgron admitted. "My sense of direction isn't great either but I remember going this way."

"Better than me..." Titan said with a smile as he followed Gorgorn. Soon they had arrived at the training rooms from earlier. He was hoping to see some more experienced Jedi dueling against each other...

Wanda nodded. "Want to go to another training room?"

**********

"Daniel again," Gorgron sighed before noticing the two girls. "And friends."

"Daniel again," Gorgron sighed before noticing the two girls. "And friends."

"You don't like him?" Titan asked curiously as he noticed Gorgorn sigh slightly when he noticed Daniel was still there.

Gorgron just shrugged. "He gives off bad vibes," he said. "Probably just me though."

"Anybody else - older - here?" Titan asked as he looked around the training room for people sparring.

Gorgron put his hands on his head and looked into another training room. There he saw an older boy practicing using force push against a remote.

"He looks older," he said.

"Yeah... but nobody is actually dueling..." Titan said disappointedly.

Gorgron sighed. "I think everyones space lagged," he then said and yawned. "Like I am a bit still."

"Tired? Want to go back to the room and sleep?" Titan asked as he saw his friend yawn.

Gorgron rubbed his eyes. "Couldn't sleep," he said. "I need to do something instead."

Lialai responded, "Sure, let's go." She stood up.

Gorgron rubbed his eyes. "Couldn't sleep," he said. "I need to do something instead."

"Well.... what do you want to do?" Titan asked, wondering if Gorgorn had anything particular in mind.

Wanda nodded and head to another training room, the lone boy who had been practising force push was taking a breather.

"Hey Wolfram," she said.

He looked over at them and smiled. "Hey Wanda, Lialai."

********

"Dunno," Gorgron replied. It seemed to him that Titan expected him to know everything to do at the academy.

Titan frowned. "You don't want to sleep. You don't want to watch Daniel. You don't want to go exploring places you think are blocked off. And now you don't even know what you want to do..."

Lialai looked at Wolfram and said, "How you been?"

Gorgron looked over at him. "I just don't want to get into any trouble on my first day."

**********

"I've been fine, practicing alot," Wolfram replied. "You?"

Gorgron looked over at him. "I just don't want to get into any trouble on my first day."

"Yeah... but you'd rather just sit around and be bored?" Titan asked. He didn't plan on getting in trouble, but he didn't feel like doing nothing.

"Never better. The training rooms have become a second home for me. You know that it is about time for the masters to start promoting Padawans to Knights. Do you think you will be promoted?" Lialai asked the other jedi.

"Oh I don't know," Wolfram replied. "I hope so though, but the final decision is up to them."

And now to the timeskip...

“You do know I have no experience in looking after a baby, right?”

“I know, but Gabriel is safer here.”

“…”

“When Kurt came back I was frightened by the amount of anger coming from him, I read him and he was showing signs of darkness.”

Quatre looked down at the baby in his pram.

“It is only while I am at the Jedi Academy speaking to Master Blexe that I need to leave him in your care,” he then said, looking over at whom he was speaking to. “I fear for what Kurt might do to our son if he does turn, that is if he hasn’t already which I fear he may already have done.”

Once again Quatre looked down at the baby, he was sleeping quietly, oblivious to what was going on.

“As the Kazekage, you’re strong,” the young blond man then said. “I would feel better if you were the one watching over Gabriel.”

Gaara rested his head on his hands, his elbows placed firmly upon his desk. “I don’t know the first thing of looking after a baby, Kankurou has yet to have me look after his son and I doubt Temari will either.” He looked over at the baby prince and then back at Quatre. “For his safety then yes I’ll look after him.”

“Thank you Gaara,” Quatre said and bowed.

He leaned into the pram and kissed the baby prince on the forehead. One last time he looked and Gabriel, thanked Gaara again before leaving the Kazekage’s office.

“I’m in over my head,” Gaara sighed, looking over at the pram.

Two days (Or so) later at the Wundagore Jedi Academy.

Esteban and Douzu felt that they were getting very close to finding out what exactly was in the dark side of the galaxy. They had spent most of their free time when they weren’t training in the library. Not that they were skimping on training of course, no they still trained hard and took their lessons. Esteban was entirely sure something within that sector was being hidden from them and that the answer lay in the library. Whatever was being hidden could most likely something to lead them to Lady Dedlock, or so Esteban thought.

Neither had seen the King back at the academy since they’d felt that dark presence, no doubt he had returned to Exetergrecia for something important. Esteban had several books in his hands that the librarian allowed him to take back to his room as the duo left the library. Walking back to their rooms, they passed a young blond man heading for Master Blexe’s office.

“Hey wasn’t that Lord Winner?” Esteban wondered.

Douzu took a second glance. “Yeah, that’s him,” he said. “Wonder what he’s doing here.”

Esteban looked over his shoulder as they carried on walking. “If he’s here it can’t be for a good reason.”

Since his appearance at the academy really wasn’t any of their business, they carried on walking. Elsewhere Gorgron and the other new padawans were in one of the training rooms awaiting their next combat training session. All the new padawans were there and were only awaiting Master Wescolums arrival.

Upon arriving at Master Blexe’s office, Quatre found the Jedi Master was already waiting for him.

“This is about his majesty is it not?” the Jedi Master asked.

Quatre nodded. “I fear for him, he was angry I felt it,” he explained. “There was a darkness about him.”

“This is most worrying then,” Master Blexe then said.

Elsewhere Gorgron and the other new padawans were in one of the training rooms awaiting their next combat training session. All the new padawans were there and were only awaiting Master Wescolum's arrival.

"I can't wait...!" Titan said eagerly, wanting to continue with another training session - the sessions he enjoyed so much.

Gorgron placed his hands behind his head, he seemed less enthesiastic then Titan was about combat training. "Wonder where Master Wescolum is?"

"Yeah... I doubt he is often late... doesn't seem like a Jedi to be late," Titan added as he sat rigidly, anticipating the coming class.

Quatre looked really worried having told Master Blexe everything that he knew. “Thing is I don’t know where he’s gone now,” he admitted. “I’ve been to his uncles place but no one was there and there wasn’t any sign of a struggle.”

Master Blexe ran a hand through his beard as he thought to himself. “Have you planned any kind of search party?” he then asked. “This must be kept from the ears of the public however as it could unsettle the Kingdom.”

Quatre nodded. “Yes, Jr and the Durandal are in the area preparing to send out a search party to look for him,” he then said. “I’ll be joining them shortly.”

Master Blexe closed his eyes. “I would suggest taking a couple of Jedi with you.”

“Taylor and Lialai?” Quatre asked, reading the Jedi Masters face.

Master Blexe nodded. Taylor Masaki and Lialai Stone come to my office.

Taylor heard the message and soon arrived in the office. "What's up?"

Quatre looked over at Taylor. "Kurt's gone," he explained. "I don't think he's dealt well with his sisters reappearence."

Titan continued waiting in anticipation. If today's lesson was anything like the previous day's it would be extremely fun...

There was a bright flash of white light in the training room and out of it stepped a man. When the light faded there stood Master Wescolum. Den looked at the padawans and said, "Sorry I was late. I was talking to an old friend from the past." Den smiled at them and said, "As some of you might know I am Master Den Wescolum. I will be teaching you combat training. However before I teach you combat training you must have a blade correct." Den snapped his fingers and a large chest fell in front of them. Den then pointed to a corner in the room. There stood a building table. Den looked at them and said, "Today you all will be building your first lightsabers. In the chest are stones and hilts. You won't be building flamboyant lightsabers like mine and some of the other masters and knights but the blade will be sufficient. Den opened a drawer on the chest to reveal stones. Den then looked at them and said, "There are only four colors here: white, yellow, green, and blue." Den opened another drawer and said, "In this one you have your hilts. There are only four types of hilts in here: Gold, Platinum, Copper and Iridium." Den smiled and said, " Build wisely." Den sat back and watched as the padawans ran for the chest to get at stones and hilts.

Alot of the padawans, Gorgron included, went for the blue stones. Green was popular amongst those that hadn't gone with blue. Gorgron also picked up a gold hilt and waited for what to do next.

Master Wescolum looked at them and said, "Whenever you have selected your stone and hilt go over to the table and follow the instructions. They are very simple. Drop the stone into the hilt. You the Force to calibrate the the stone to the hilt. Push the silver buttion on the hilt to see if your blade extends. If it doesn't you did something wrong and you need to go back and fix it."

Gorgron heeded what Master Wescolum said and headed over to the table. Following the instructions he set about building his lightsaber. After placing the stone into the hilt, he used the force to calibrate the stone to the hilt. Then came the moment of thruth, he breathed in in a huge gulp of air and held his breath and pressed the button. Success, a blue blade extended from the hilt.

"Alright," he yelled in triumpth.

Master Wescolum smiled as he saw a blue blade ascend into the air. "I see we have our first lightsaber here." Den stood up and walked over to him. "Good choice, Gorgron. You look like the guardian-type. I wonder if your buddy Titan will be able to get his blade together as quickly as you did. A couple other blades began to shoot up into the air. The next person had a yellow lightsaber. Den went over to congratulate her.

When Master Wescolum dropped the chests and allowed the padawans to start building, Titan rushed forward and picked the seemingly unpopular white color crystal and an iridium hilt.

He stumbled over to the building table and began attempting to construct it. Because he wasn't that deft with mechanical stuff, it took him slightly longer to finish it. But eventually the time came and Titan moved his thumb to the button.

He held his breath and then pressed the button... it whirred to life and the white blade burst out. It stood out amongst the others because the others were mostly green or blue (though there were a couple of yellows also).

Den looked over as one lone white blade shot up into the air. Den nodded and said, "I like how you made your blade unique. Very nice. You are the only one who made a white blade." Den looked at the class and said, "Now I need for each of you guys to partner up. There is an even number so I know each one of you can find a partner. The master watched as the kid scurried to find a partner.

Titan looked a few feet away to where Gorgorn was standing with his blue blade and nodded. "Partners..."

Gorgron nodded. "Partners," he replied.

He looked around as other padawans partnered off.

After Gorgorn agreed to be partners, Titan walked over to him and waited for Master Wescolum's next instructions. Maybe we are sparring! he thought excitedly.

"Since today is the first day of training sessions I think it would be proper to do a pre-test. Before I teach you the first style of lightsaber combat you must show me and the rest of your classmates what you got. The person who you have just chosen as your partner is your first opponent. This will tell me where you are currently in fighting. I will stop you after a certain amount of time." A purple glow appeared around each of the lightsabers. "That is a Force Buffer. I put them on all of you blades so that you won't hurt yourself. Now begin."

Lialai heard the message and quickly ran to the Master's office. She walked into the room and saw Taylor Masaki. She bowed to Master Blexe and said, "Yes, sir?"

Gorgron raised his lightsaber and looked over at Titan, "Ready?" he asked.

*******

"Thank you for coming," Master Blexe said. "I have an important mission for you, you will accompany Lord Winner here to form part of the search party looking for the King."

Titan nodded to Gorgorn, confirming that he was ready as he raised his white bladed (though now purple tinted) lightsaber in front of him. It paused above his head as he grasped it in two hands, the blade going backwards behind him... and then he struck...

Gorgron stepped forward and blocked the attack. Like most Draconian children, Gorgron knew the basics of sword fighting and was now using that knowledge with his lightsaber. He was expecting to knock away Titans attack.

Lialai looked at her master and said, "When are we to leave, Master Blexe?"

"It would be sensible to leave as soon as possible," Master Blexe said.

Quatre nodded. "The Durandal is waiting."

Gorgron stepped forward and blocked the attack. Like most Draconian children, Gorgron knew the basics of sword fighting and was now using that knowledge with his lightsaber. He was expecting to knock away Titans attack.

While Titan had never really fought with swords or lightsabers before, he had watched duels like no other. Every chance he got he watched people spar and thus absorbed all that he could.

He brought his lightsaber down and when it was blocked, swiped to the left.

Lialai responded, "I need to speak with Master Wescolum and some other friends before I leave. Is that okay with you?"

Gorgron saw the swip coming and quickly blocked. He was getting quite competitive and so there was no way he'd let Titan beat him.

***

"As you wish," Master Blexe then said. "It is fine with me." He looked over at Quatre. "And with Lord Winner."

Lialai bowed to the Master and said, "I will return shortly." Lialai teleported to the training rooms where Master Wescolum was teaching a class. Lialai said to the Master, "I have been selected to go on a mission, Master." Wescolum nodded and said, "You are ready for it. May the Force be with You." Lialai bowed and said, "Thank you." Now Lialai had to find her friends. She ran around the building until she found Douzu and Esteban. She looked at them and said, "I am about to leave."

Esteban was still carrying the books as Lialai found him and Douzu.

"Leaving, where for?" he asked.

"Master Blexe has assigned Taylor Masaki and I to go on a mission in search of the King," Lialai replied. "We are going to leave soon."

"In search of the King?" Douzu questioned her.

"Master Blexe seems to be very worried. I can't believe I got picked to go. I hope I don't mess up," she replied to Douzu.

"I think you already have by telling us," Esteban pointed out.

"It would be sensible to leave as soon as possible," Master Blexe said.

Quatre nodded. "The Durandal is waiting."
"Right. I'll be there asap." Taylor nodded.

Lialai Stone, meet them down at the hanger, Master Blexe sent out. "You should leave right away, I've let her know to meet you at the hanger."

"Thank you Master," Quatre said before turning to Taylor. "Come on."

Taylor nodded. "Right." Soon, he followed Quatre.

Quatre headed out of the academy and toward the hanger. Inside was the familar look of a Durandal shuttle. Quatre quietly climbed aboard and sat in the pilots seat. He readied for take off, waiting for Lialai.

Taylor followed swiftly and hopped into a seat, waiting to take off as well.

"I had to let you guys know where I was going," she replied. The message then came through for her to leave. "I must go. Tell Wanda where I am going okay." She looked at Esteban one last time and left the room. She quickly ran to the ship. She opened the door, apologized, and sat in a seat parallel to Taylor's. She looked at Lord Winner and said, "I am ready to go."

Quatre looked at her before lifting off. It wasn't long before they docked aboard the Durandal. Shutting down the systems, Quatre stepped out.

"Come on, they're waiting aboard the bridge."