posted July 03, 2000 01:31 PM               

"One for Tafanda Bay, please," he said.
The robotic teller took his ID card and
ran it through a small machine.

"Type your password, please," the teller
said and handed TJ a machine that looked
like a calculator. TJ typed in his password
and handed the machine back. "Thank you,"
the teller said and gave TJ his ticket.
"Your flight leaves in fifteen minutes."

*On board the Transport Shuttle*

TJ heard a small child crying in the seat
in front of him.

"So, why are you going to Tafanda Bay?"
a man sitting across the aisle asked.

"Some buisness, mabye even do some trading
with the locals," TJ replied.

"Really? What kind of buisness?" the man said, becoming curious.

"Oh just some research," TJ replied.

"We're on vacation now," the man said.
TJ TRIED to look interested. The man
pointed to the seats in front of TJ," they
are my wife and daughter." Then, the a
voice came over the speaker."We are now preparing to enter hyperspace, please
remain seated." Just before they entered
hyperspace, the shuttle shook and TJ
noticed a blue glowing on the side of it.

*The Next Day*

"All right...we know it's been a long
ride, but we are about to exit hyperspace
so could you all please sit down now,"
the voice said,"once we are out of
hyperspace it will only take about ten minutes, before we reach our destination."
Suddenly, right in front of the shuttle
was the planet of Ithor. "What th-," TJ
heard from the cockpit.

"Stop the ship!" another voice yelled.

"I can't!!!" the original voice responded.

"Well do something!!!," TJ suspected that
everyone heard this, because everyone was
panicing. TJ got up and made his way to
the cockpit door and knocked. Suddenly,
the door opened and he entered.

"Hi, I am a pilot back home and I overheard
you were having trouble. Is there anything
I can do?"

"Hmmmm, you can fly eh? Well I'll let you
take control and see what you can do,"
the man that lloked like he was the pilot
said, getting out of his chair. TJ quickly
sat down and flipped a few switches before
grabbing the contol stick and stabalizing
it.

"You," TJ said pointing to the co-pilot,
"go tell everyone to sit down and then sit
down also."

"Yes, sir."

'All right, now that everyone's sitting
down,' TJ thought to himself, he pulled the
contorl up and Ithor was now facing the shuttle's underbelly.

"Okay, that will buy us sometime to get
everyone off the ship," TJ said,"are there
any escape pods on this ship?"

"Sadly, there are not," the pilot said,
then he paused,"but there are air-tight
spacesuits in te back."

"Tha'll have to do," TJ said,"get everyone
to put one on."

"Yes, sir and if this works remind me to thank you." Then TJ heard the crying again
and he rushed to the little girl.

"You three ready?" TJ asked the man.

"Yeah, we're ready." TJ made his way back up to the front.

"Everyone listen up, you all have on
air-tight spacesuits, when I say close and
lock your helmets," TJ called out,"I will
be last to go and will make sure you are
all out. You'll start." TJ pointed to the
people in the first row.

Once everyone was out TJ looked out the
door and saw the planet of Ithor coming
closer and closer. In about six minutes the
shuttle would crash into Ithor's thick
foilage. Just as TJ was about to jump,
he remembered something he had read when
he was younger.

'That's why Tafanda bay exists, because
the ithorians won't let themselves in the
forsets, nevermind others...so they built
Tafanda bay to live in. I won't let this
ship crash and cause a forest fire in the
forest they cherish,' TJ thought to himself.
He rushed into the cockpit and set the
self-destruct sequence to three minutes,
but changed it to a minute, since the ship
was so close to the planet.

'I won't have much time,' he thought. He
started the time and leaped out the door.
TJ swam through space as fast as he could.
He felt small pieces of debris hit him as he swam towards Tafanda bay. Suddenly TJ blacked out.

*On Tafanda Bay*

"I am glad you all are all right," Tafanda Bay's mayor said to the pilot of the shuttle.

"I am too," the pilot replied.

"What're you talking about!" the man who
had sat beside TJ yelled,"there is still somone missing, the person who saved our
lives!"

"Who? I do hope we find him for I wish to
thank him for saving our precious forest,"
the mayor said.

"Your highness, there is a person, I think
it's a man floating outside the station,
"a security guard said.

"That's him!" the man said.

*When TJ Regained Conciousness*

"Oh, so you are alive," the mayor said,
"I would like to thank you for protecting
our forest from destruction."

"Oh, you're welcome," TJ said and closed
his eyes.

"When I can think of some way of repaying
you, I shall do so." The mayor left the
room and TJ fell into a deep sleep....

posted July 08, 2000 07:17 AM               

"Greetings TJ," the mayor said,"we have
decided on a way to repay you for your
heroic efforts."

"What is it?" TJ asked curiously.

"I feel it is to valuable to be mentioned
over a ComLink nor be sent to you." TJ
was getting excited. "I would like you to
come back to Tafanda Bay so we can give it
to you in person."

I'll be there as soon as I can," with that
the Mayor signed off.

*At Tafanda Bay*

"I'm glad you could make it TJ," the Mayor
said as TJ entered the room,"I see you have
grown more since your last visit here, even
though it was only a month ago."

"I have begun to train to be a Jedi and
I have been frequently training in the last
couple weeks."

"A jedi in training, eh? Well then this
will mean more to you than I thought it
would. Anyway follow me." The mayor left the room and of course, TJ followed. After a
few minutes of walking they came to a vault.

"Well, here we are," the mayor said and
entered. He picked something up and
handed it to TJ. "Here you go, this was
owned by a jedi who visited here, but sadly
he became very sick and died. Before his
death, he gave me this, he called it a
holocron and said it held the teachings of
his the man who trained him. I thought you
could use it."

"I'm honored," TJ said and recieved the
holocron from the mayor.

"I have have a feeling you have to go know,
correct?"

"Well, yes I'd really like to stay, but I a
job to finish back home."

"Feel free to come and visit anytime," the
mayor called as TJ walked out the door to
his TIE Interceptor.

THE END