New Beginnings

Chapter 28: Finding the Crystals

Maya POV

The courtyard was dark as the sun hadn't risen over this planet yet, obviously it had a different day and night cycle to Coruscant, which made the place appear spooky.  Another reason for its darkness was because it was closed in with a small slither of light only coming down into the centre of the courtyard and highlighted Master Yoda.  When we came to stand in front of Yoda we all bowed in respect to the Grandmaster of the Jedi who was currently sitting atop a rock circle that was raised slightly above the snow with a small step leading up to it. He gave us a small smile.

"Welcome young padawans.  Protect others, how does a Jedi, hmm?" He stood up and using the Force levitated his lightsaber out of the pocked in his robes so that it hovered in the air.  "Build your own lightsaber you shall, but first harvest your crystal each one of you must."

The three of us started to whisper amongst ourselves, though Cora was quieter that Jay and I as we were just bubbling with excitement.  "This is gonna be great."  I thought to myself as Master Yoda returned his saber to his hand and deactivated it, so the emerald blade disappeared.

"The heart of the lightsaber, the crystal is."  He said, gently tapping his saber hilt. 'Focus the Force from the Jedi, it does."  He looked to the roof and held his hands above his head.  We felt him use the Force and following his gaze saw him move a panel allowing a bright, warm light to stream in. I watched in awe as the pillars and the place the Grandmaster had been sitting moved to reveal a large crystal along with smaller ones and as the light hit the crystals I it light up the whole room and the crystals started to spin!

"Amazing!"  I gasped.

"So cool!"  Jay grinned.

"Wow!"  Cora breathed and we all stared with wonder.

Soon the the crystals stopped moving as the light hit what looked to be an exit only it had been frozen over, but as the rays of sunlight hit it the ice liquified and melted away!  The water flowed down, looking like a waterfall only to run down the steps below it and disappear, so you would never tell it had been frozen.

"If Jedi you are to become, enter the crystal cave you must.  Trust yourself, trust each other and succeed you will."

We were then led over to the entrance to the cave where Skywalker began speaking.  "Once you have found your crystal do not remain inside, as daylight ends the door will freeze over again and you will be trapped."  My eyes widened.

What?!  Trapped?!  But we would freeze to death!

"For how long?"  I asked, now feeling scared.

"For one rotation and there is nothing anyone can do for you."  Anakin replied, I gulped.  "And the sun only rises every nineteen days."

Nineteen days?! That's an awfully long night to be in there.

"How will we know which crystal to pick?"  Jay asked.

"Only you can know which one is yours. Now hurry...  Good luck."  Anakin said and we slowly turned to face the door.

I took a deep breath before stepping forward and walking into the cave that loomed before us. Inside it was almost pitch black, the only light coming from what filtered in through the door.

"How can they expect us to find our crystals when the whole place is made out of ice?"  I asked as Jay, Cora and I walked though the cave.

"There must be a way, or they wouldn't have told us to do this."

"You do have a point....  But I'm beginning to feel like we are never going to find our crystals In here."  Cora said as we continued to walk.

Walking through the cave was like going through a maze, one made out of stalagmites and stalactites and trying to stay together was difficult when we could hardly see two metres in front of us.  However we soon came across three different passageways.