Trio Trilogy Book 2: Tale of Two Friends

Chapter 4: Little Incidents

9-year-old Jazlyn cheerfully pushed a vacuum across the carpet in the meditation room. She thought the vacuum noise sounded like a song if she listened to it long enough, and she accompanied it with her humming.

It had been a year since her decision, which she did not regret making whatsoever. Alright, once in a long while she did, especially when there was a special event. But she was happy she had her friend that knew her, understood her, and she could tell her anything. She rarely ever felt the need to branch out to other people, and she was content with where she was.

Jazlyn shut off the vacuum and took it to the storage room to put it in its charger. Kera came in soon afterwards with her own.

"I finished first!" Jazlyn smiled cockily.

"Maybe I had to walk a long way." Kera countered.

"I know where you were, you weren't farther than me!"

Kera laughed and the two girls left. They had only gone down one hallway when Jazlyn looked up at her friend.

"I thought of something very random." Jazlyn said.

"What?"

"You don't have brothers or sisters and I don't have any sisters, only brothers and I'm the oldest. But together, I have an older sister and you have a sister too!"

Kera looked down at her and smiled. "Yeah, that's pretty cool."

Jazlyn nodded enthusiastically then ran ahead to her room. She stopped at the door waiting for Kera to catch up.

"Don't tell anyone." The little girl whispered. She opened the door to reveal her room in complete disorder. Books, sheets of paper, art supplies, with clothes mixed in were strewn around and her bed was unmade.

"Wow, it's pretty messy." Kera commented.

"I know!" Jazlyn exclaimed. She carefully stepped over a stack of books then edged around a pile of clothes to her desk. She held up a drawing. "Ta da!"

Kera traversed the treacherous terrain to her friend and looked at it. The drawing was of her and Jazlyn standing on the grass with big green hills behind them and the sun shining in the blue sky. It was simple, and clearly drawn by a nine-year-old, but Kera loved it.

"It's so pretty!" Kera exclaimed.

"It's for you!" Jazlyn said with a smile.

Kera smiled back, "I'll put it in my room."

* * *

"Remember, keep your arms near your body to defend it." Luke said. Jazlyn lowered her blazing blue blade and shut it off.

"Why do I even have a blue lightsaber! It signifies that someone is more about combat and clearly I can't do it!" Jazlyn mumbled. It had been her fourth time losing because of a dumb mistake, and she was getting frustrated.

"Patience my padawan." Luke put his hand on the little girl's shoulder. "Lightsaber skills take a while to learn. Also, it you have yet to discover or unlock your unique connection to the Force. which will help you with how you use a lightsaber as well."

Jazlyn looked curious, "What do you mean?"

"Well, all Jedi have a connection to the Force. But since we are all different, we all have unique connections to the Force. Because of this, there may be some Force ability that comes easily to a Jedi because of their connection. For example, connection to animals, or Shatterpoint. Any Jedi can learn these skills, but it would take a lot of work and study while for some people it comes naturally to them. Does that make sense?"

"Oh...." Jazlyn looked like she was processing that. "What's yours?"

Luke looked thoughtful. "I think the Force with a lightsaber aspect came easiest to me." He stood up and had his saber handle hover in the air above his hand. "Using the Force with telekinesis was a struggle at first, but I learned it. And it seems that is the opposite for you." Luke smiled at his little padawan. "Everyone has different strengths and that's ok. You'll find out your own, and I'll help you with the things you struggle with."

"Ok Master." Jazlyn looked a little happier.

"Want to practice some more?" Luke said, holding his emerald green lightsaber in a ready position.

"Ok!" Jazlyn ignited her lightsaber, and the duel began.

* * *

The frigid wind with snow intermingled whipped around, chilling her to the bone. She could not see anyone. She was alone in the white blizzard.

She tried to move but she was not able to. It was engulfing her. Then there was a flash of blinding light.

"Hey, you're ok." Jazlyn woke up in her dimly lit room to hear Kera's voice reassuring her. Jazlyn was frozen for a moment, the nightmare not letting her out of its grip yet. Kera patted her head.

"You're safe, it's almost morning." Kera said softly. Jazlyn slowly sat up and hugged her.

"How could you tell...?" Jazlyn whispered.

"Well, firstly my room is next to yours. Secondly, I could sense the disturbance in your mind." Kera explained, holding her friend tightly. Jazlyn nodded, and after a moment she let go.

"What time is it?"

"Around 5:30am."

"That's early..."

"Hey, now you'll get to see the sunrise! And today might be a nice day to work on a project I'm doing."

"What's the project?"

"Well," Kera smiled excitedly with a hint of mischief. "a secret treehouse."

Jazlyn's eyes went wide, "You are making a treehouse?! All by yourself?!"

"Well, I did have help of...one friend before. But that she left so then I worked a little by myself and I was thinking you'd like to help me too."

"Yeah, yeah!" Jazlyn exclaimed excitedly.

"Ok!" Kera laughed.

The two girls stayed together talking until it was almost sunrise. They got out of their pajamas, got dressed, and quietly sneaked out of the temple through Kera's room window. It was cool outside, but not cold and the breeze gently brushed against them. They went to a hill that overlooked the horizon and waited.

The sun sent out its gleaming rays, and then made its appearance. Large, bright, and warm it was a beacon of the day to Yavin-4. And to the inhabitants, it chased the darkness away.

Jazlyn smiled; her nightmare felt almost non-existent. Kera smiled too, and her golden amber eyes almost seemed to glow in the light. The two friends soaked in the sensations of the new morning and felt that day would be a good day.