Legend of the Jedi Princess 2: A Skywalker-Jinn Miracle

The Future Awaits

When the Jedi Council learned of the Madrigals' origins, they decided to send a clone squad to Skako Minor to locate the crashed ship they arrived in.

After a look at the navigation records, the clones confirmed the ship had indeed come from a Separatist cruiser flown in a recent battle. Unfortunately, the Jedi Council had to break some news to the Madrigal family.

Qui-Gon brought the Madrigals to the doors of the Council Chamber.

"Now don't worry. The Council can feel intimidating at first, but they are good people."

But when they Madrigals entered...

They all started screaming when they saw so many beings that were obviously not humans. Camilo even jumped into Mila's arms. The Council immediately got concerned when they saw how frightened the Madrigals were.

"Now, now, settle down." Qui-Gon said as calmly as possible. "There's no need to be frightened."

"What are those things?" Camilo said.

"Most of what I see here are not humans or Togrutas." said Mila, still holding her cousin. "Unless Togrutas have different forms."

"No. Master Shaak Tii is the only Togruta on the Council." Mace said, via hologram. That only seemed to freak the Madrigals out even more.

Mila dropped Camilo and approached the hologram.

"How is this possible?" Mila ran her hand through Mace's hologram. "You're here, but not here?"

"It is called holo-transmission." said Master Mundi. "I am Master Ki-Adi Mundi. My species is called Cerea."

"There's no need to be frightened of us." Kit said. "We are all harmless."

So, before going any further, the rest of the Jedi Council calmly told the Madrigals their names and what species they were. And after being given a couple of explanations on why they looked the way they did, the human family started to calm down some more.

"So, all of you came to be part of this Order when you were babies?" Mirabel said. "None of you knew your families?"

"I did have one once." Ki-Adi said, looking saddened. "To put it simply, the male population on my planet was low, thus I was granted an exception for marriage, only to lose my wives and my children."

"We're so sorry." said Bruno. "I know how it hurts to lose a child. I don't even know if Rosella is okay now."

"Which is what led to them being here." said Mace.

"My squad has also looked into how these people arrived." said Master Koth. "Unfortunately, the cruiser they came from was destroyed in battle. And I'm afraid whatever portal they came from was as well."

"WHAT?!" the Madrigals gasped in horror.

Without that portal, they had no way of getting back to their own world. Even if they found and rescued Rosella, how would they get back home? What if they were stuck in this other world forever? Who would watch over the rest of the Madrigal family? How would Camilo's family take this news? Or Mirabel's? And what about Alicia when she realized her husband and all three of her children were gone?

The Madrigals started to shout and panic in Spanish, and although the Council couldn't understand really anything they were saying, they could sense and see very clearly that they were distressed. However, Master Yoda held out his hand and sent a calming energy through the Force.

"Calm down, you must all." said the Grand Master. "Help you the best we can, we will."

It seemed a bit odd to hear and see a creature that rearranged its speech in such a manner, but Mila especially found it fascinating and didn't hesitate to start sketching some of the interesting species she saw in the room into her journal.