𝐰𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞. | a. skywalker

𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞

The dim lights that surrounded me felt comforting in this moment. After returning to Coruscant from the previous mission, I barely had time to recuperate before Master Yoda summoned me to his room. It was vastly different from my own, with very few belongings. Rather, it resembled one of the many meditation rooms that were scattered throughout the Temple.

Either way, while I was eager to know the reason for this prompt meeting, I did relish in the serenity this environment brought me, especially considering the overwhelming amount of stress I had been placed under in the past days.

"Called you here, a reason, I did," Master Yoda announced, after a few moments of silent meditation, though it was more of an energy reset than a true meditation.

"I was wondering," I admitted.

"Your visions, meditated on them, I have."

I raised an eyebrow in anticipation. "Did you find out anything?"

"Yes, but no," he hummed, and I turned my head, perplexed. "Right you were, beings of the Force, they are. Their intentions, I know not. Interested in me, they also were not. A calling to you, it is."

"Do you know what kind of calling?"

"Mmm, a wonderful question, that is. For a while, know did not, did I much more than you. Within you, something happened, changed, I see. Not ready to understand, were you, yet now, deemed you ready, they have."

If I wasn't confused before, I was now.

"Master, what do you mean by that?"

He looked at me, studying my face for a moment. "A conversation, on your mission perhaps, did you have?"

I thought back to mine and Anakin's talk on the way there and the way back, though the one going seemed to have change my perspective slightly on how I view emotions. That was the only thing I could think of that had any relation to the visions I was having.

"Yes," I said, wary of how much to say, considering the nature of it.

"Tell me, need not, do you. For you, to understand, it is. Have a way to discover it, I do."

"Discover what, exactly?"

"The place, the creatures. Showed me something, these beings did. Understand, I did not, but a feeling I have, that only meant to understand, was it for you."

I scrunched my face in pensiveness. "How exactly can I understand this?"

"A journey into meditation, we will take together. Show you, I believe, I can," he replied.

I nodded, and closed my eyes, readying myself for a new meditation. I felt much more at ease that this was one guided by Master Yoda, and not solely a calling that was simply by myself. I focused on only his words as I left my surroundings behind.

—

"Beings of the Force, once spoken with you, have I, as has young Lorelei. Shown me, have you, a destination, meant for me, it was not. To young Lorelei, show this, I will. Ask of you, I do, to guide her beyond what you have done to I."

Suddenly, the same darkness enveloped the both of us, and the beings swarmed us. When I could once not see them, I was now seeing outlines. It was still colorless, but I felt hopeful that I was getting somewhere.

The only thing that was clear to me was Master Yoda, yet we were both in a phantom state. He started walking into the endless ambience that we were in, and I trailed behind him, trying to sneak a better look at the creatures.

In a place where my name was once chanted, it was almost eerily silent. I almost shuddered at the thought, a quiet juxtaposition to the once overwhelming voices. Now, they were a familiarity that I almost craved.