Chapter Two: Teachings of the Force
Fluttershy sat quietly listening to Satele Shan’s lesson, they had been teaching them for a few days. The two Force ghosts decided to teach them basic understanding of the Force before they moved on to the true basics. Reading and writing, the people of this galaxy seemed to have a different writing system that was commonly known as Aurebesh. Fluttershy looked at what they were using to practice writing.
The task for the day was to translate what is said without using notes. Sans was tapping the charcoal against the paper before writing something at the bottom. Taking a deep breath Fluttershy turned her attention back to the script. Her eyes travelled to the edge before noticing that most of them had the same letters. ‘That’s the letter ‘t’ I think.’ she thought before scribbling that at the blank space on the bottom. Darth Marr moved through the spaces of the damaged desks making sure that they were doing the work instead of goofing off. Fluttershy tried not to peak up at the masked ghost when she felt his presence beside her.
‘There… is… no. Well that’s most of the first text translated.’ Fluttershy mused before filling out the letters that she knew. The only time she paused was to remember what the others were.
‘There is no emotion there is peace.’ she read, her eyes looking at her translations only to jump when Master Shan spoke. “That will be all for now. Meet in front of the temple in half an hour.”
Fluttershy got up from her seat and walked up to Sans who spoke. “well that was tough, couldn’t tell what was write and what was wrong.”
An irritated sigh came from behind them, Fluttershy held back a laugh. Asriel groaned saying. “That was just bad.”
Sans just chuckled before looking at the stairs saying. “i’m gonna check around again, see if there’s anything interesting that i can work on.”
“Be careful.” Fluttershy told him and Sans responded with a wave as he began his climb. Fluttershy decided to just wait outside and enjoy the nice day practicing her Aurebesh. It was a fascinating written language, one that she would love to teach Twilight. After all Basic was the common spoken language, but there must have been hundreds of spoken and written languages across the galaxy. She couldn’t wait to explore, there must be different types of animals out there that she was eager to meet. Picking up a stick Fluttershy began to draw the letters in the dirt trying to see if she got some of them right. Mir’grok was also in the grounds practicing his swings with a large branch he had probably taken from one of the trees.
“Are you alright?” Satele’s voice caught Fluttershy’s attention causing her to look at the ghost. Fluttershy smiled as she replied. “Yes, just enjoying the day. It is really pretty here.”
“Tython is an important world to the Jedi, though they seemed to have left it alone after they took it back from the Sith.” Satele looked down at Fluttershy who looked confused. “Tython is a world affected by the change in the Force. It must remain in constant balance or it will be affected by terrible quakes and storms. If an individual who is powerful in either the Light Side or the Dark Side of the Force comes here it changes everything.”
“That is why the Jedi left?” Fluttershy questioned tilting her head to the side and Satele tilted her head back thinking. “I cannot say, I have not seen what the Jedi are like now.”
“I’m sure that no matter what, the Jedi have continued to remember where they have come from.” Fluttershy told her before getting to her feet, stumbling a little. She regained her balance before moving to the front of the temple and looking around.
“After all, if you don’t remember where you come from, what chance is there that you would remember the mistakes of the past and strive to do better?” Fluttershy asked, looking at Satele with a smile on her face. Satele smiled sadly as she moved next to her saying. “Sometimes, pride blinds us to the mistakes we have made or are making.”
“hey, fluttershy, i found an area that looks like it held a vessel of some kind.” Sans said as he walked up behind them. “little prince is looking around the area to see what else we can find.”
“Thank you Sans, just make sure he’s back in time for our next lesson.” Fluttershy reminded him and Sans chuckled, messing up her hair saying. “careful now or we might just have to start calling you momster.”
Fluttershy blinked before what he just said dawned on her, she hid behind her hair causing Sans to chuckle saying. “let’s just leave the parenting up to the two spirits. you deserve a break once in a while.”
“I don’t think Darth Marr and Master Satele can handle your puns.” Fluttershy pointed out, earning a shrug from Sans. “hey, whatever floats their boat. sometimes it feels like they're just passing through. me? i prefer being in high spirits.”
Fluttershy hid another laugh knowing that Sans would just keep on going if he wasn’t stopped. That was when she heard a laugh from Satele Shan causing her to look up at the ghost. She had never heard either of them laugh before.
“I think we better start the lesson now, just so Sans can head off to find something else to do.” Satele pointed out. Sans nodded his head before vanishing to find Asriel and bring him back to begin the lesson.
“So why are we out here?” inquired Fluttershy as Sans walked back with Asriel close behind him.
“I thought it would be better to continue our lesson of the Force out here.” Satele explained as Darth Marr walked out his arms crossed. “Today you will learn the sides of the Force: The Dark, the Light, and the Balance. The different aspects of the Force: The Living Force, the Unifying Force, the Cosmic Force, and the Physical Force..”
“Can we take notes?” Asriel asked and Satele shook her head saying. “This is a lesson we want you to commit to memory, not just study over and over again. The Force is all around us, it guides us, it allows us to use it yet even then it has a plan all on its own.”
Mir’grok sat down next to Fluttershy ready to learn once again.
Fluttershy sat in the grass, her eyes closed as she meditated. She wanted to see if she could feel the Force within the planet. She wanted to understand the teachings, but when she closed her eyes she heard the birds and felt the wind. Everything around her was in balance, for about five seconds.
“told you i could light this place up.” Sans’ voice reached Fluttershy’s ears as Asriel let out a small huff. “hey fluttershy, we got the power back on. don’t know for how long though. the little prince and i are going out to look for the downed ship. if we can’t get it working then at least we’ll have a back up power generator.”
“Alright.” answered Fluttershy opening up her eyes and smiled at them. “Stay safe out there.”
“We will!” Asriel replied as he waved at her, the two of them vanishing into Sans’ shortcut. Fluttershy sighed, glad to see that they were at least tolerating each other in her presence. ‘Or perhaps it's because Mir’grok threatened both of them. Sans didn’t seem too bothered by the threat, but Mir’grok is capable of backing it up.’ she thought, she looked at the temple before climbing to her feet. She knew that she should look into the archives while there was still power. When she entered she spotted Satele Shan helping Mir’grok with his reading while Darth Marr was settled in the shadows. Nodding her head in greeting, Fluttershy walked over to one of the stacks trying to figure out how they worked.
“I will be with you in a moment Fluttershy.” Satele called out, Fluttershy nodded her head before flying up to see what was on the higher shelves. Her fingers brushing against the small slots lightly.
“You are wondering how they work.” Satele commented causing Fluttershy to look down at her. Nodding her head. “Let me show you.”
Fluttershy flew down landing next to Satele who began showing her how to access the archives. Fluttershy watched with interest making sure to take mental notes. Satele moves to the side allowing for Fluttershy to read what was on the screen. It was then that Fluttershy was thankful for the Aurebesh lessons. If she had jumped right into this she would have been lost. The air next to Fluttershy shifted causing her to glance over seeing Sans appear next to her.
“can’t surprise you with that trick anymore can i?” Sans chuckled and Fluttershy said. “Only when you make it obvious Sans. Did you find anything?”
“we found the downed ship. i’m going to take a look at it, see if i can repair it. get it up and working so we can see what’s out there.” Sans told her, taking a seat and peering over her shoulder. “studying the history and origins of the jedi?”
“Master Shan chose it. It is best to start from the beginning after all.” Fluttershy spoke glancing at Sans. “Why don’t you start the repairs? Or would you like a manual first?”
“i came to look for the tools. i’m pretty sure they are in that docking area i found a few months back.” Sans shrugged his shoulders and Fluttershy smiled saying. “I should help you look then.”
“nah i’ve got this one, don’t want to throw a wrench in your studies.” Sans gives Fluttershy a wink causing a giggle to escape her. He vanished and Fluttershy’s eyes were drawn back to the information on the screen. She had to find out what happened to Tython.
Satele Shan and Marr watched Sans vanish with interest. They glanced at each other as Satele glided over to Mars location in the shadows.
“They are progressing much more quickly than we anticipated.” Marr pointed out and Satele nodded her head saying. “We need to be careful, if we rush it will backfire. They are talented in the Force, yet they will need to understand both sides before we continue any further.”
“How would you suggest we proceed?”
“We shall tell them who you really are and tell them how the Sith were formed and why the two sides always fought.”
Marr shifted as he looked around the library before vanishing. Satele moved back to Mir’Grok to help him with a passage he was struggling with.