A Long Time Ago, In a Galaxy Far Away

Chapter 94

"Skywalker, glad you could finally make it. You missed the briefing," Mace Windu said, glowering at Anakin before noticing Luna. "Who have you brought?"

Calm down, it's just the Council. Don't disappear from the Force, they'll be suspicious. Stand straight. Keep your mask on, Luna told herself.

"Forgive me for my lateness Masters, something came up," Anakin replied, bowing. Luna followed suit. He then gesture to her. "This is Luna. I believe she can help us."

"An honor to meet you Master Jedi," she said as she tried not to disappear from the Force. It was difficult considering that had become a habit whenever she was scared.

"You—" Mace started, his voice hard, probably about to demand an explanation from Anakin for bringing in an outsider, before being cut off at the thud of Yoda's infamous gimer stick. Luna was the only one that jumped at the noise.

"Sense the girl, don't you?" the wise green Jedi asked. Luna would have calmed down slightly at Yoda's intervention if she hadn't accidently sensed Yoda's Force presence that was seeping with power and seen his eyes. The Grand Master was suspicious of her.

Luna gulped.

"Master Yoda, he brought an unknown girl into the Temple during times of war," Mace said.

"Sense her," Yoda instructed. Luna had to consciously concentrate on not shrinking away from them as she sensed their many presences brush her conscious. She noticed her hands were shaking and balled them into fists. Her heart was beating a mile per minute.

"She is the disturbance," Shaak Ti said after a moment, her voice surprised. Luna's breath caught in her throat.

That was what she had been worried about.

Luna noticed Obi-Wan shift as if he wanted to stand and help her or reassure her. Anakin was ahead of his old master, placing a hand reassuringly on her shoulder.

Moment by moment, the fear began to drain out of her.

It was just the Council. It wasn't Palpatine.

That didn't mean she wouldn't love to turn invisible.

"Who are you?" Plo Koon's hologram asked. Luna looked at the holo, mentally noting that this was the first time she had even seen a hologram.

Plo Koon: found Ahsoka when she was a youngling, cares about his soldiers, and has worked with Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Ahsoka through the war. Currently leading troops in the Ywllandr system, Luna told herself, summarizing what she knew of the Jedi. It managed to calm her slightly. Plo Koon was one of the Jedi Masters she was indirectly familiar with and rather liked.

"As Master Skywalker said, my name is Luna. I come from a planet called Earth that is far different from any in this galaxy," Luna said, answering the question. "I believe the most accurate explanation would be that it's an alternate universe. Furthermore, I have knowledge from the future."

There was a moment of disbelief before shock rippled through the room, all of the Jedi, save Anakin and Obi-Wan, staring at Luna in unveiled surprise.

"You expect us to just believe that? That you are from an alternate universe and somehow managed to travel through time and gain such knowledge?" Mace asked, his voice threatening. Luna struggled not to curve in on herself and indirectly draw them in. Anakin glared at the man, ready to give the Jedi Master his piece of mind.

Obi-Wan spoke before Anakin could lose his temper.

"Perhaps we should ask her something that she wouldn't know without outside knowledge. A small test if you will," he suggested. Several of the Jedi nodded, agreeing with the suggestion. Luna gulped.