A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away
Lost in the Past
Previous ChapterNext ChapterCold. That's all I felt now. I was being carried through the snow by several people, all wearing armor. It seemed odd, but my mind was adrift in my murky memories. I found myself in a cavernous room supported by immense pillars. Beings of all kinds walked about, dressed in similar robes and carrying some variant of that laser sword I had. This place elicited a feeling of longing, like I had been here before. This place... it was somehow important to me.
"What is this place..." I wondered aloud.
"I was hoping you could tell me that" a voice behind me answered, causing me to jump a turn around. Standing there was another equine being like the two before, but this one was dark blue and had wings and a horn.
"How would I know? I'm just hallucinating aren't I?" I said back, looking a bit confused.
"I can assure you that this is no hallucination. We are in your memory." She responded calmly, as if this were normal for her.
"A memory? But... I don't remember any of this..." I said sadly, looking around as the scene shifted. Now I was standing in an arena made of red rocks, and robots with laser guns were now marching and shooting at us. I looked down at my hands and saw I had the laser sword gripped tight, blade ignited.
"Verin! Come on!" cried a man next to me. I looked up at him as he turned and yelled.
"For the republic!" Then he charged at the robots. No... not robots. Droids. Battledroids.
"You remember something, don't you." the dark blue one was next to me again.
"I... I was here... but my master..." I looked up in time to see him get cut down by blasterfire.
"No!" I yelled, shoving my hands out to the side and pushing all the nearby droids over. I collapsed by my masters corpse, tears streaking down my face.
"No.... I... I wasn't fast enough...." I sobbed, holding his body close. An armored solder, a clone, approached and managed to get me out of my stupor.
"Sir, we need to move! Let's go!" he shouted, ushering me away and into a gunship. His presence made me uneasy somehow... but why? The scene shifted again, now I was standing on the bridge of a massive ship.
"We will be entering the Naboo system soon sir." an officer informed me.
"You seem to have had life thrust upon you, rather than having lived it." the dark blue one said, reappearing by my side.
"Have I? I don't even remember it." I said grimly.
"I think you want to forget. Forget and be forgotten. But you can't, no matter how hard you try." she said, turning to look at me as the scene shifted yet again.
Now I was seated in tge ship I crashed it, fighting the Droid forces over the planet Dantooine. They shouldn't have been able to get this far into Republic territory, yet here we were. The battle had been raging for a while now, but then I felt it. Like cold water being washed over me. Suddenly my own troops began to fire at me, and I evaded. I kept dodging as well as I could, but I still got hit a few times.
"Remember who you are, young Verin." the dark blue one told me as I made the blind jump to lightspeed.
I awoke with a start, coughing and blinking. Hovering over me was a face I now recognized.
"You..." I said softly, still weak.
"Yes, it is I. Rest now, we will speak when you have strength." She said calmly, her voice soothing me back to a dreamless sleep. My mind, for once, was at peace.
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