Inevitable Nightmare Chapter 6

Star Wars: Connection in the Force


Inevitable Nightmare



Chapter 6


Negis was dreaming. Literally. He had once heard of a force trick in with you can inhabit your own dreams. He didn’t know why he tried it, since it was forbidden at his age, but for some odd reason it worked.

Well, it worked slightly.

He couldn’t quite control his actions through normal means that people were used to. But he quickly learned how to record every last detail. He remembered this before he awoke.

He was in a swamp. A black swamp. A swamp that seemed oddly familiar. The image took a few steps. He discovered he was floating over the muck of the swamp. Right when he saw this, he fell in. He got up and looked out. The landscape then dissolved into itself and all space turned black. He was floating in nothing. A blank black space. His image was flawlessly dressed in youngling robes. There was silence at first, but then he heard whispering. He heard the gibbering of many voices. One deep, one cold, one sly, one smooth, one sharp. And one that was sinister. They were at first incomprehensibly quiet. Then they got louder. They were actually speaking to him.

Why are you so stubborn? a deep voice asked.

Negis could not answer.

What is your reason? a sharp voice asked.

Is it an object that makes you resist? another cold voice had asked.

Why do you not want us, a sly voice asked.

Do you not wish for power? The sinister voice spoke up.

Negis’s image answered, “Only for power I can control.”

We can be controlled if that is what you want, the smooth voice said.

“If you are what I believe you are, then you are a liar.”

Is it possible to lie to oneself? The sinister voice had asked.

“… Yes.”

If you resist our generosity any longer, we shall devour you; the deep voice said.

I just wish to know why you resist, the smooth voice asked.

Is it because you have too much to lose? the sharp voice offered.

“I… I believe so.”

Then your earlier statements are correct, you really are lying to yourself. The sinister voice contradicted.

Correct, you have nothing to lose; the cold voice said.

“I… yes I do!”

What? Your family? Bah! They are dead. And you are too young to have any really important connections within the Force. The sinister voice stated the truth.

Is it the girl? Is that why you resist us? Are you in love? the sly voice asked.

“No! I barely even know her!”

Then WHAT ARE YOUR REASONS? The sinister voice howled.

He thinks that she is who he shall give himself to, the smooth voice said.

Ah, then it is the girl. The sinister voice sounded pleased.

Negis could not believe his own ears. He wanted to say that it was the Republic that he was going to give himself to, but they were right. Ever since he had sensed Miss Sakura’s pain in the Force, he had wanted to help her. He though he had found his calling. She was a reason to focus on training until he could give himself to the Republic.

Well, she is a simple obstacle in the way of your true happiness. The sinister voice continued. Both of you could submit to us, and find eternal happiness.

“But it is forbidden for such a thing!”

The sinister voice scowled. If you really think that being a stubborn child will make us leave, then you are a fool.

You SHALL be devoured. They all repeated it to him in whispers.

Negis wanted to wake up. He wanted to stop the nightmare.

And it did stop.

He woke up panting, he could barely breath he was so terrified. He was numb all over. His heart was beating as fast as a hyperdrive. His vision was blurred. He could just barely see and feel a figure kneeling in front of him on his bed. Once his vision was restored, he almost had a heart attack as he saw the eyes of Saytani Mayo Sakura as she leaned in toward him out of worry.

“Miss S-Sakura! What are you doing in my bed?!” he almost screamed.

She leaned back into a straight position and stammered while she answered, “Ah well I-I… I heard you m-moaning in your sleep. So came up here to see what was the m-matter. A-a-are you well?”

He hesitated as he remembered everything. He wished he had not used that Force dream trick. Even more he wished that she had not been so worried.

“I…I’m fine,” he paused, and then once his mind was clear he asked, “What are you still doing in my room? I thought you were going to be transferred to a different room?”

“Oh… well I-I requested that you stay my roommate, is it a problem?”

He was frozen in concentration. Why would she do that? Why would the Council even allow such a request to be approved of? It seemed to Negis that her feelings were a little… unstable. Wouldn’t the Council notice such a thing in a request such as hers? He at first thought to give her a lecture on the Jedi code, as he had yesterday during the tour when he caught her observing him, but he decided against it since she would learn over time anyway. Also, according to his dream, he was guilty of the same thing that she was.

He looked over at the clock; it was about 30 minutes before the younglings were to report to the training area.

He asked for Saytani to get off his bed and step outside so he could dress and along with saying yes, she said with a cute smile, “Also, you can call me Sayo, for short.”

“Um… ok,” it was all he could say, since he was trying immensely to not blush at the cute nickname.

She stepped out, he dressed, and they were off.

As soon as they walked in, everyone burst into whispers. Just then Negis knew that there would be rumors. He sighed in annoyance at it. Most people his age made assumptions that were ridiculous. And he could already see that EVERYONE was doing just that. Also, one of the worst parts was, since he had an immense sense of duty, he felt he had to watch over Sayo while she was the new girl. That meant that he had to stay near her, which meant he had to show her around… which meant he had to hold her hand.

He flushed red with supreme tension as he took her to where he and Treck usually stood.

“Damn my bad habits…,” he murmured to himself. But he immediately was relieved when he saw Treck. Treck would have advice for him on what he should do about Sayo.

“Hey, man I… Oh, I guess this is the new youngling girl, right?” Treck said, forgetting to speak Basic.

Sayo cleared her throat and surprisingly spoke Ryl (the Twi-lek language), “Um, yes… my name is Saytani Mayo Sakura, oh and um,” she bowed, “I’m pleased to meet you...?

“Treck Schooner, you can just call me Treck, and wow you’ve got a long name for a human, and how did you learn Ryl? I taught Negis how to but how…?”

Sayo averted her eyes slightly, “Well I… used to deal with traders a lot, and they were mostly Twi-lek and if not, they were human so… I uh… had to learn to speak Ryl.”

No matter the bad mood he was in, Negis knew he had to be kind to her. “Well I would say that you are quite fluent in it,” he said converting languages as well.

Sayo kept her eyes averted a second, “Oh um,” and then smiled at Negis and said, “Thank you.”

The three of them conversed for a few minutes, though Negis could sense that both he and Sayo were uncomfortable. She told Treck her nickname right before he converted to Basic and said, “Bah! I can’t say your nickname in Ryl!” The joke got a laugh from all three of them.

Then, once again, the familiar *click* *clack* noise came from the hall that lead up to their training room.

“What’s that?” Sayo asked.

“Master Yoda,” Treck answered blatantly.

“Yes, get into position,” Negis said, and once he saw Sayo’s confusion he added, “come; stand over here next to me.”

Yoda came in same as yesterday, he introduced Sayo to the class and everyone welcomed her with no questions asked.

Class became normal, another day of Force sensing and lightsaber training. Though Negis was finding himself having to instruct Sayo on the side of Master Yoda’s teaching to keep her up to date and not confused. He found it irritating, but he overcame his irritation with compassion, knowing that he should be a good Jedi and help as best he could.

One thing he noticed about her was that she thanked him for EVERYTHING. Every last action, every last bit of information she thanked him for. Never had Negis met someone like that. He had never before been thanked much by anyone. But after he thought about it, he had never helped and given so much to a person before.

But by the time the lesson ended, Sayo seemed to have not learned much. In fact, she seemed to be the same coming in and the same coming out of that room.

He knew that she was a bright person, but he was irked at how she seemed to take it all in. He sensed that her judgment was clouded. Negis finally decided that he would lecture her. But… it would be a little different then any normal lecture.

He had noticed that she was best taught things that are shown to her. So that was how he would lecture her.

Once they were in their room, he asked, “Sayo, would you please meet me in the training room 1 hour after mid-night?”

“Oh… um well, I hope I can wake up at that time.”

“If you can’t then I will understand, but I hope that you can, so I will be waiting.”

“O-ok.”

Before he slept, he thought that he might be a bit harsh to her. But in the future, when he became a Jedi master, he wanted to teach in his own way. And if he did this right, then she would NEVER forget such a lesson.

Not any person would forget.