Return of a Jedi

Location: Apprentice Cloister - Menat Ombo, New Tython

The Great Jedi War had come and gone. Though House Odan Urr still stood strong, it was not without its losses. Many were lost, including some of the heroes of the house. Destavol G. Xyler, the Black Dragon of Odan Urr was defeated and was said to never be able to feel the force, or weild a weapon again. The house had not seen or heard from him in some time, but in the long run he was but one Jedi and the force would continue to flow. New Tython's sun was now setting and a cold night was beginning to flood into city of Menat Ombo. Tonight was not just any ordinary night however, it was quite a special night for the newest members of House Odan Urr. Several the house's newest members were assembled at the Apprentice Cloister. These young bright hopefuls were beginning to flood in more quickly from all over the galaxy. Though not all would be selected to serve in House Odan Urr as Jedi, all were given the opportunity to serve the House regardless. Inside Dorm AA-299, the women apprentice dorm, several younger and older women were assembled at a parade rest stance. Among these women was Malinda Knightfury. She had just recently joined House Odan Urr, but already she had shown twice the potential and promise of the other recruits. Her connection with the force was strong, and she had marked 10/10 across the board.

After waiting for nearly thirty minuets the large wooden double doors to the dorm opened on what appeared to be their own. Two Jedi Knights walked in, the first a young woman in her mid thirties with blond hair and green eyes, quite attractive. The second was a young man, late twenties and a clean trimmed goatee and mustash and short brown hair, also a fine catch. Both walked in with datapads in hand and walked by each pupil performing and inspection on them. This process took nearly twenty minuets, as was per routine. It was what the young man said after the inspection that was not routine.

Jedi Knight Dave "Greetings my sistren. I am Jedi Knight of Odan Urr, Dave Tagulla. Tonight is a very special night for us here at House Odan Urr, we have a hero returning to us. One whom was thought to be gone for good, but by the force his wounds have healed and he now walks among our halls once again! To make this even more exciting ladies, he is right outside and he is in need of ONE padawan to take on. This is going to be the big shot that you have all been looking for, but unfortunantly it will only be one of you but do not worry! Everyone here has already passed the test and you will ALL become Jedi.. ..I promise. So without further adu, I present our returning hero - Prince Destavol G. Xyler, Jedi Prelate."

No sooner had he said this, than a young man in his early thirties walked into the door, bowing politely to all of the apprentices as he entered. He was quite attractive, long black hair clean shaved and blue eyes. The sexual tension in the room was obvious in the force as most here had been nearly a year without their lover. This however was not the reason Destavol was here, but he gave a sly smile as he raised up from his bow. He looked across the room, remaining in his spot until his eyes landed on Malinda Knightfury. At first she did not notice he was looking at her, but once she did she quickly darted her eyes away from him. Destavol smiled and spoke.

Destavol Xyler "You there.. Don't be afraid.. You are the one I am looking for.. I have felt it in the force from nearly half the galaxy away.. Malinda Knightfury correct? Yes you are now my Padawan my friend. Gather your things and meet me at Landing Pad AA23BX2. You will now be living with me, when appropriate of course. To the rest of you. Do not worry, your time will soon come. May the force be with you all.." said Destavol. He then smiled once again, and bowed once again before walking back out the door.

Once he left the female Jedi Knight walked over to Malinda who seemed to be star struck. "You okay hun? You look like the man just came in and swept you off your feet.." Malinda said nothing for a moment, then she realized she was being spoke to. "Huh wha?" said Malinda. "Hun, don't get your heart fixated on that.. one lucky girl got that. Not to often you find a good looking guy thats smart, AND rich. Anyway Prince Xyler is one of the finest gentlemen Jedi of our House. He will treat you well. Congrats honey! You're no longer an Initiate, you're now a Padawan! Now you get your stuff ready and I'll lead you to your new Master okay?" replied the young female Jedi Knight as she smiled. She wasnt sure if Malinda was star struck from Destavol's looks, or his notifying her that she was now the Padawan of Prince Xyler, the Black Dragon of Odan Urr..

As my new Master leaves the room, I take my leave to go to my room and pack up my belongings, and it finally hit's me, i am on my way to becoming a jedi Knight. As I pick up my bags I take one last look at the place that i have called home for so long and make my way to the landing pad where the shuttle and my new Master are waiting.

Once Malinda had finished packing her things the young woman escorted her to the shuttle pad where Destavol awaited her. He was glad to see his new padawan arrive, he was eager to get back to Menat Ombo. Once infront of him Destavol placed bowed politely but never took his eyes off of her eyes. She seemed unuse to this, most Jedi bowed and looked down unless looking at a superior but wanting to keep respects with her master she bowed back, never breaking eye contact during her bow. "Very good. Remember to look who you bow to in the eye each time. Never break this habbit as it could make the difference between life and death.." stated Destavol. Malinda was curious, but asked no questions. She simply replied "Yes master.." and followed Destavol into the shuttle that awaited them. Once inside she placed her luggage in the strap-in net. She looked around but saw no pilot, but her question was answered when Destavol stepped by her to the cockpit and sat in the pilots seat. He was a bit odd for a prince, most royalty would have themselves flown. Malinda's thoughts wer broken when Destavol looked back to her as he placed on his headset. "Hey come on up here Malinda!" said Destavol. His padawan quickly hurried up the steps and into the cockpit to join her master at the copilots seat. Destavol waisted no time. "Grab that headset and put it on Malinda, today we are going to be beginning your first lesson as a Jedi. Today you're going to fly a Lambda Class Shuttle with me from here at the Initiate Reception House, to Menat Ombo. First thing we need to do is take her up, that will be part of your job, controling landing gear and hover-trusts. We need a +43 ST increase on our hover pulse. To increase this you'll need to press that gray square button at says Import Thrusting and use the hand level to control the output. Increase it slowly, or you'll burn us out. Once we are in the air you'll need to press the orange square button that says "Gear Onboard". That will raise the landing gear inside. Did you catch all of that Malinda?" said Destavol.

Malinda nodded and took a deep breath. She did not want to mess anything up, but she had a calm feeling about her for some reason. She was not aware that her master was using the force to sooth her tension and panic. Destavol wanted to laugh at her nervousness, but he remembered his first time behind the stick of a TIE Fighter. That was a rush and a panic! Destavol began flipping switches infront of him, and dialed a nob which began charging the primary engines of the shuttle. He looked back to Malinda. "Okay my Padawan, take us on up." mockingly ordered Destavol, trying to impersonate an Imperial Naval Officer.

As Munala pushed the button to import the thrusting, and using her right hand to move the hand lever just enough to get the small shuttle off the ground, she sat wondering what had made her Master let out a small chuckle, whatever it was it seem to make Munala loosen up and relax a little. “Nice job, very smooth!” Destavol said to his padawan, “I’ll have you flying an X-wing class in no time”.

Once the Lambda class shuttle was off the ground and into space with its course set for Menat Ombo, Munala asked her Master “why did you choose me as your Padawan Learner”? Destavol could not think of any padawans he trained that ever asked him this question, none the less he was surprised by it. Destavol seemed to be thinking about this question when he simply said, “the force is unusually strong in you, now enough about me please tell me something about you. Archives at the temple show nothing about you except for the night when they found you at the steps of the temple cold, wet, and hungry.

A deep sigh escaped the lips of the padawan! Munala did not like to think about her childhood she only remembered bits and pieces of it, or was it that she just chose to forget?” All I can remember is how cruel and mean people were towards the end of my childhood. My mother would tell me that when I was born, there was a glow that radiated from my body that it scared the doctor and the nurses they could not figure out what was wrong with me. Well as time went by mom said strange things began to happen. Whenever I wanted something all I had to do was cry and whatever it was that I wanted would just appear in my hand. As I got older the stranger the things got, I could see a hurt animal and heal it. I was way above my grade level in school, and I could hurt people just by starring at them for a long period of time. Then one night things took a change for the worst, a strange man in a hooded cloak came to our door and began to inquire about me and my strange powers. Words were exchanged back and forth, then loud yelling and a threat to my parents, that if my powers were not controlled they could turn on me and I would be lost to a power that I would have no control over. Well the very next day things got even weirder, the people I thought were my friends were no longer my friends. When people saw me coming they would run away and hide, it was so bad that my classmates would beat me up one day. Come to find out the stranger that came to our house that night went about the village telling people I was using dark magic”.

Munala did not realize she had begun to show her emotions, but her Master did. Destavol cleared his throat… and said “oh look we got so caught up in talking about your life were already here, take a look”. Menat Ombo space station was none like she had ever seen before. It was enough to take her mind off of her childhood and the emotions that had surfaced while she was recalling the past. Munala just wish she could control her emotions better, but it was already too late her Master had seen enough.

Destavol took back control of the shuttle, he was not sure that his padawan had settled her emotions enough to land the shuttle. “This padawan is like none that I have ever trained! The force is strong in her and she is so young, I was wise to choose her, she just may become one of the best only times and training will tell.