The Rising

New element

Etain's eyes slowly adjusted to the environment around her as the blinding light slowly subsided. It was strange and beautiful all at the same time. 

there were hundreds of thousands of small light orbs floating all around her in strange patterns, some intertwining with closer ones and others blinking out of existence in a dark void of space. 

"What the hell" Etain muttered as she reached out to touch a particularly bright orb that passed relatively close by her. 

"careful now" a familiar voice rang from behind her. 

Etain's head snapped around trying to detect where the voice was coming from. But through the mass of orbs, it was impossible to figure out where the voice came from, that was until a soft blue orb came bounding towards her. 

It wasn't until it was a couple of feet from her that the orb took shape. 

Etain almost dropped out of the pure shock at who the figure was. 

Her deceased Jedi Master, Master Kast Fulier. 

"M-Master?" Etain's voice broke slightly as she took a step back, unsure of what exactly was going on. 

"I see your curiosity has gotten the best of you yet again," The deceased Jedi master joked as he watched his former student real slightly out of shock. 

"h-how" 

Fulier smiled slightly before he nodded towards her stomach, "I see you are carrying yet another Jedi youngling, Darman must be proud" 

Etain blushed hard before rubbing her stomach gently "you knew about that hu?" 

"About your children or you and Darmon's marriage?" Fulier laughed "you're not in trouble child, heavens if anything I was hoping you would form a close relationship with the clones."

"Why am I here? no scratch that where the he- i mean heck am I?" Etain asked her hand still covering her stomach protectively.  

"You are in a place that can only be described as the epicenter of the force, it appears to each person in a different way. some see a forest, others a library. But rarely does anyone ever see them as what they are. energy in its purest form." He paused slightly smiling at her with a mix of pride and admiration before continuing "and you are here because you are the only one who is qualified to help the young Kenobi" 

Etain blinked slightly before letting out a small laugh "you're kidding me right? I'm nowhere near as powerful or as well connected to the force as other Jedi.... I can't help anyone". 

Her body shifted slightly as a cool breeze drifted over her, along with it were two small orbs winding together and blinking in and out of sight. 

Fulier looked at the two lights winding around each other with slight sadness, "Lilium and Kix are barely holding onto life, each living a nightmare that was specifically created for them". 

"But they are alive?" Etain asked confused as she looked on at the orbs and began to follow the orbs. 

"barely, though they won't be for much longer," the Deceased Jedi master paused slightly before continuing "the sith is sapping Lilium's energy piece by piece, taking kix along with her". 

"So how on earth do we save them?" 

"We don't, only you can" Fulier moved his hand to the orbiting balls. He pulled them effortlessly with the force so they now stayed in a stationary position, yet still circled each other, in front of Etain. 

She could feel the warmth and pain radiating off the orbs as they pulsed, she loomed closer to the orbs her hand drifting up to touch it. it was almost as if something was pulling her to the objects in front of her, just like when she was back on the ship. 

the ship. 

Darmon!. 

She turned to address her former master, to demand, to plead, for him to let her go to back to where she was before. 

But her master wasn't there. 

In the space he once occupied was the light blue ball which bounced towards her in the air almost effortlessly before settling next to her. 

"well that's one way to avoid a conversation" She grumbled under her breath before turning back to the orbs. 

She gently raised her hand again and reached out, half hoping half praying that what ever was going to happen it wouldn't be something that would harm her or her unborn child. 

Just as her index finder grazed one of the orbs a bright light overcame her, forcing her to turn her head and close her eyes. 

When she opened them again her surrounding had changed. 

She wasn't in a void of space surrounded by strange objects anymore. 

She was on a ship. 

Kenobi's Ship.

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ok guys happy thanksgiving, i hope everyone is enjoying (or trying to enjoy) the holidays. remember folks deck the halls not your family. and as always props to my readers and fellow writers <3.