Meeting by Blublen on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

Published: Jun 9, 2018

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It was almost midnight on the frosty planet of Mirial. The children and caretakers had all been fast asleep, save for one curious 4 year old who had spotted the Jedi enter one of the more spacious rooms on the far side of the Orphanage. Rhea had heard about the jedi; masters of the force and knights for justice, or well, something to that understanding, but what would a jedi be doing here? Didn’t they have important duties to do?
Bare feet tapped along the hallway carpet to meet up to the door where she spied the tall woman enter many hours ago. Jedi were mysterious people, not that she ever met any, but something pulled her towards this person in particular. She pressed her fingers to the door, sliding it open just a crack to look through. And there she was. The jedi had been sitting, legs crossed on a circular rug, her hands cradled together. The soft light of the starry sky through the window behind her made her glow. Carefully, Rhea slid the door a bit to see through a wider gap, half of her body in the room as she observed the woman.
“Aren’t the little ones supposed to be sleeping at this hour of the night?” With her eyes still shut, the woman spoke softly, yet still startling Rhea. She was caught, and she wasn’t sure how, but there was not much else to do than to own up to it. “S-sorry master, I didn’t want to b-bother you. I’ll be heading to bed now”
This caused the woman to open her eyes with a chuckle, resting her arms to her thighs. “Tell me, why such the curiosity?” Rhea stepped into the room, still visibly nervous, “I’m not… sure. But I just felt it- I felt like something inside me sensed… you.”
The jedi looked taken aback by this answer. She turned her head, the glow shining through her montrals as she paused for a moment in thought. The air stayed quiet before she spoke up again, “I am Zinto Aile, young one. And who might you be?” she said before returning to her poised figure. Rhea was struck with confusion, “I’m Rhea.”, she bowed politely. With a smile, Zinto spoke. “Come, sit with me.” The child was hesitant, but her better instinct told her to follow what the jedi had said.
The rug Zinto had been seated on was by far warmer than the freezing stone floor and Rhea welcomed it, attempting to copy exactly the way Zinto had been seated. The woman breathed deep, calming herself back into her composure. “Follow my instructions: close your eyes and focus.”
Rhea followed in command, shutting her eyes as if half expecting the jedi magic would begin working immediately. But instead, as she awaited a following step, she was met with silence and nothing but the pitch black of her eyelids. Minutes passed before she made a side eyed glance to the jedi, wondering if she had teleported or something to that effect. But Zinto had only been silently breathing in her composed state, still in the same starry lit room.
“You’re not focused, young one.”, Zinto said, still speaking in a soft tone, “Try again, but truly feel the force run through you. You have already felt it before.”
So she did, eyes shut and breathing slowly as Zinto did. And suddenly, she felt it- the feeling that bound all the living things together, the one she had within her, the one she felt in Zinto, the way it flowed through everything. Awe struck at it’s beauty and the mystery that she could never quite place a finger on, she revelled in this new sensation. Her eyes shot open, looking to Zinto with a big smile. “I saw it!” She exclaimed. Zinto shushed her, “Not everyone has the so called ‘feeling’ that you do, and your life will most definitely be different because of that.” She put her hand to the child’s shoulder. “But one day, you will learn what it is to be a jedi.”

I kinda drew Rhea looking older than 4yrs old, but you get it lol I'm not sure how fact checked this story is, but I wanted something mystical with cute bonding to happen.

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