From the perspective of Kalifa.

  ‘After I took away the arrogant girl’s lightsaber and tide her up, I had to also carry her to the bridge somehow.’

  ‘To achieve that, I carefully elled my force abilities into my limbs and picked up her body. Then I began to walk towards the bridge. I put her down on a chair... ups... One of her lek is kind of swollen...’

  ‘A spike of guilt run through me seeing how pitiful she looked in this state.’

  ‘Anyway... she clearly needs medical help. The best healers are in the order on Corust... Vokara will have a look at her. Even a sith deserves to be treated if she is injured. Also… she kind of let me out… either way… it is definitely not because of my sudden spike of guilt. I set the hyperspace drive coordiowards Corust. We are quite close to it, so we will reach it in an hive or take...’

  “The others will be so surprised that I survived... I hope O-Mer and Jinx are still doing well... They will be so jealous that I mao capture a sith! My name will be entered into the jedi archives as a hero of the republic, written in big letters! What a great day...”

  ‘Just then, I noticed a half-eaten grilled nuna leg pced on a pte over the trol panels.’

  “Finders keepers, they say!” — ‘I reached for the pte and bit into the cold food. I haden almost anything half as good as this i few weeks. I found it unbelievably fulfilling.’

  ~oOo~

  ‘Not long ter, I exited hyperspad the view of Corust filled my whole vision from the spacecraft cockpit. I immediately called the buard statioed my name and affiliation. I told them briefly that I was kidnapped, and that I mao escape.’

  ‘I also told them that I captured a sith. I think that the st bit of information was the ohat truly hastehings up. I was immediately led to the Jedi Temple with a long military and police voy following me.’

  “Look at that. It feels good to be important on a while.”

  ‘After nding oform. I once again turowards the girl. What was her name? Nizzy, yeah, something like that.’

  ‘I lifted her out of the chair, notig once again how light she actually was. The girl robably a year older tha best two, yet she was barely taller than me, if at all.’

  ‘I walked towards the ramp with her in my arms. She was easy to carry when I elled a little forto my body. I stifled a chuckle while her arms and leks were weakly filing in the air as I walked. She was even drooling over herself... Look at that stupid expression. She had the face to act so tough when she was actually this weak. To think I almost believed her that she killed those scary lizard men, sure. What a big lier.’

  “Looking at her pitiful state, I began to question my previous idea. I always thought that the sith were powerful and fearless warriors. Iy, it seems they got the short end of the stiaybe she told me the truth and she is really not a sith.’

  ‘Those bck veins running all over her body are so ugly, though.’

  ‘I walked down the ramp. There were eight fully armed temple guards waiting for me in battle formation. There were also two masters standing among them.’

  ‘Master Windu, and wow... that is Anakin Skywalker! I am so lucky to run into him!’

  ‘While the guards encircled me, I told them that the sith is unscious, so there is o be on edge. Master Windu and Anakin walked closer, in a more rexed manner. Windu clearly reized me as a missing apprentice of the order... He gave me a small weling smile.’

  “I am relieved to wele you back to the order, young Kalifa. I am sorry for the seemingly cold wele, but your report of a captured sith must be handled with the utmost care...”

  “Of course, master, I uand... It is good to be back.”

  “Of that, I have no doubt.” — ‘Said Master Skywalker and suddenly stepped closer to me. His expression was strahere was reition in his eyes?‘

  ‘I never met him personally though, so he could not have remembered my face, or could he?’

  ‘Windu also stepped closer. Soon the same surprise and reition appeared on his face, too. The two masters traded a few meaningful gnces with each other, then with the temple guards.’

  ‘Their formation immediately rexed, and six of them began to march back to the temple without a single word.’

  ‘Windu tinued in an almost warm tone.’

  “And that is your captured sith, I see. You hand her over to these two temple guards. They will take her to Vokara. In the meahe jedi cil is curiously waiting for your story. Especially the part where you captured this so-called... sith.”

  “Of course, master, I will do my best!”

  ‘We began to walk towards the Jedi cil. It was a truly glorious feeling being able to see these familiar walls again. Curiously, before this, I always thought them to be b. Yet now I found myself forted by the serenity fouween these walls.’

  ‘The walls of my home.’

  ‘They were thousands of years old and unging. A piece of eternity, as Master Yoda often referred to them.’

  ‘The masters saw my longing expression and decided to stay silent, givihe time to take in the feeling of home and the sense of pead safety. My shoulders rexed and the stant awareness began to loosen up a bit for the first time in weeks.’

  ‘We finally reached the cil room. All the masters were present. Of course, most of them were only through holographic projes. Every one of them smiled at me, weling me back. Grandmaster Yoda seemed to turn a few years younger, seeing me ba the temple alive and mostly well.’

  “Kalifa, jedi didate from Corellia. We officially wele you back to the temple. It is a relief to see you once again. Allow me to apologize for the unfortunate ihat was allowed to happen with you and a few others of your peers...” — ‘Said Master Windu after he walked to his empty seat in the cil.’

  ‘Master Obi-icked up the versation.’

  “Our iigators reported a few days after the ihat they succeeded in restrug the events. Our database was hacked, resulting in the leakage of the time and pce of your training exercise, along with other sensitive information. Although we realized what had happened and sihen reinforced our cyberic defenses. We, unfortunately, were powerless to find your current location, especially in the middle of this raging civil war. Now, since I don’t want to sound like I am making excuses. I will only say this. In the name of the order, I apologize for your hardships...”

  “I...”

  ‘I was touched... I felt as my emotional gates were about to overflow... I felt a few tears find their way into my eyes. I would never say this out loud... but secretly I doubted... I thought that I was fotten, and no one was searg for me... Yet... they were doing their best to find me, even in the middle of a gactic war... I felt as a few tears escaped my eyes, the masters clearly acted as if nothing happened.’

  ‘Graciously overlooking su open show of emotional breakdown.’

  ‘I rubbed away my tears and snot, then quickly tried to yself, momentarily succeeding.’

  ‘Yoda looked at me and said in a patronising tone.’

  “Iroubled and dark times. We have to value every happy moment such as this reunion. Therefore, my hearth is heavy when I ask you to tell us your story. We have to know as much as possible. There are others, who may yet to be rescued from a dire fate.”

  ‘I o that.’

  “In the meantime,” — ‘Skywalker began.’ — “I will take my leave and order some men to search over the ship. Its hyperspace data puter may prove to be an invaluable asset in finding the locations of these criminals.”

  “Then I trust you with this task.” — Said Yoda.

  “Masters.” — ‘Anakin bowed, then turned around and marched out of the room.’

  ‘Everyone else turned back towards me, and I finally started the retelling of my mostly b story with a few incredible highlights. Why was it b? What I mean is that most of the time, I was sitting in a lonely cage where I was occasionally threatened and humiliated. Not the best time of my life...’

  ‘After about an hour of questioning, I finally finished my story with a bang.’

  “And that was how I mao capture that sith scu... I mean girl...”

  ‘An incredibly awkward silence desded upon the room. I saw Aay Secura reflexively hugging one of her head tails with a funny expression. Uhmm... Well, she most likely didn’t appreciate my act... but... well...’

  ‘Kit Fisto also seemed to be highly disturbed by this...’

  ‘In the end, it was Master Obi-Wan who pointed out the issue with a barely stifled chuckle.’ — “I only hope you didn’t gh with that threat of yours. Tieing a knot on the leks of a twi’lek sounds quite despicable.”

  “Uhm... no, I didn’t have to…” — ‘I answered hesitantly.’

  ‘Master Windu interpreted my words saying.’ — “Meaning that she would have do, if things e to that.”

  ‘I gulped silently, knowing that he was actually right.’

  “The mind of a child is a on that even the greatest of iors couldn’t harness yet. We only hope that it stays this way...” — ‘Master Shaak Ti stated, pretty rudely, if I might add.’

  ‘The other cil members couldn’t help but nod to that with a solemn expression.’

  “...” — ‘I was kind of speechless seeing them nodding simultaneously.’

  ~oOo~

  After Kalifa finished her report ao be checked by the medical staff a a well-deserved vacation. The masters remaining in the cil hall exged dire looks amongst themselves.

  The jovial atmosphere kept around the luckily recovered youngling was o be found anymore, and only dark and tired gazes searched each other, waiting for the first to break the ice.

  In the end, it was Master Windu who spoke up first. — “As I have suspected it from the start… The girl’s iions have e to the surface at st. Kalifa’s words clearly state her opinion on our order. Her hatred towards us could hardly be misuood or expined. Even if she isn’t a Sith, which I hardly doubt at this point. She is clearly a daowards us, and mayhap towards the entire Republic.”

  There were tired whisperings in the hall, following Windu’s statement. It was clear that something o be done, and quickly.