Here We Go Again

Chapter 6

Lucy's POV

The Rebellion ship landed near what only seemed like a giant Lothal rock, but in fact held many secrets.  For the few who knew, we all could identify it as a Jedi Temple from the olden days.

"I feel. . .  a presence," Luke said as we exited the ship through the ramp.

"As do I," Leia added.

"That's because this is a Jedi temple, from before the Empire," I explained.

"And Ezra is supposed to be here?" Han asked.

"Supposed to be," I replied.  I looked around for a few seconds before hearing a familiar beeping from behind me.  I turned to see my droid, rushing towards me.  It stopped in front of me, beeping out a message.  It told me Ezra had gone into the temple shortly after it had arrived.

"We have to go in?" Luke asked, after I explained what the droid had said.  "There isn't even an entrance!"

"Not everything is right in front of you," I replied.  I looked to the ground.  Covering the surface were ancient Jedi ruins, faded away with time.  I looked for the familiar circle to stand in in order to enter the temple.  I knelt down on the ground, the others looking at me confused.  Finally, after a few moments, I saw it.  I rose from the ground and gestured for the others to follow me.  I walked to the circle, and standing within it.

"Now what?" Han asked.

"The only way to enter the temple is to use the Force," I explained.  "You simply have to connect with the Force within the rock, and the Temple will reveal the entrance."  I turned away from the group, standing in the circle.  I raised my arm, closing my eyes.  I felt as the Force flowed through me, lighting up the ruins on the ground, all around the temple.  I heard the temple grind and groan as it rotated up, the opening signifying the entrance revealing itself.  I lowered my hand and opened my eyes, looking back to the group.  They were too obviously amazed.

"Just do not be too surprised by what you will see," I said, as I noticed the temple had only opened to the first entrance, the one with the kyber crystal cave, and with all of dead mentors with apprentices who never returned.  I led Luke, Leia, Han, and Chewie through the entrance, a faint light illuminating the cave.  We walked past pillars with dead bodies leaning against them, but I ignored them all.

"When you said not to be surprised by what we saw, I did not have dead bodies in mind!" Leia explained.

"Argh!" Chewie agreed.

But, I ignored their comments, also.  My eyes were on the end of a cave, where a figure kneeled in front of a doorway.  I stopped where I was standing, about halfway between Ezra and outside. The others stopped also, now seeing Ezra.

"Ezra Bridger!" I yelled, my voice echoing off the walls.  Ezra's head rose from its spot, looking back at our little crew.  He got up from his spot, walking towards us.

"Lucy.  I was expecting you," Ezra said as he approached us, stopping a few feet before.

"It has been a while," I replied.

"Yes, it has," Ezra said.  He started to look at the others I had brought with me.  "Princess," he greeted, nodding to Leia. 

"And you must be Luke," Ezra said to Luke.  "And I do not know who you two are," he said to Han and Chewie.

"That's Chewbacca.  I'm Han," Han replied.

"I see," Ezra nodded.

But, I had not been really paying attention to Ezra's greeting.  I had been looking at Ezra, noticing his changes.  He had changed his hair from wily and long to a strict buzzcut.  His clothes had changed to.  He now wore a darker, burnt orange jacket with black pants, with three different lightsabers strapped to his belt.

"Well, we must get started then," I said after a long pause between all parties.  "Let us go to our ship."

Luke's POV

(Oh my god!!! A point of view that is not Lucy or Ezra!  World is ending over here!)

As I sat in the common room of our ship with Lucille, Leia, and now Ezra, with Han and Chewie in the cockpit, I kept thinking about how crazy this all was.  Apparently, Leia, Ezra, and Lucille had all met before, but that did not help to calm my worries.  

"So, what next?" I asked.

"Most likely teaching you," Ezra said, obviously sarcastic.  Lucille glared at him before speaking.

"I suggest we go to Ilum.  It is home to one of the largest kyber crystal caves and will have plenty of knowledge," Lucille explained.

"Ilum?  As in the ice planet?" Leia asked.

"That's the one," Ezra said.  "It sounds like a good starting point, since I infer the training with Yoda you received has shown you enough to go."

It always confused me as to how these two seem to know so much about me.