Felucia’s Fall

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Felucia’s Fall

by Jillian Breen

 

In the Beginning…

A long time ago, there was a planet in the outer rim of space, called Felucia. With a beautiful and colorful sun and two diverse moons, the planet prospered. The people that inhabited the planet were creative with how they would treat their home planet. They put the main cities in clear bubble-like domes to protect the atmosphere from pollution. Everyone was cautious with what they were doing to make sure they weren’t hurting the planet. The people who lived on Felucia weren’t big on politics and money or any of that. All of them were considered artists and wanted to have a planet to express their art on. They created innovative buildings with beautiful and intricate detail, and created magical pieces. Everyone cherished each other on Felucia and because of that, it prospered.

Then, things changed. People on the planet discovered the use of oil, and got greedy. No one was stopping anyone from digging up this oil, so there were no restrictions. They wouldn’t use any safe techniques to actually get the oil, they would just blow the ground up and suck the oil up. This was ruining their planet, but something much much worse came. Because they were disturbing the ground so much, someone, something, got mad. These reptilian creatures with large beaks and sharp teeth arose from the ground and brought terror to each individual city. Destroying anything in their way. The people named these creatures ‘trogs’. No one knew what to do about these trogs, so people just hid, and hid, and hid.

But, there was still a shed of hope. A 15 year old Felucian girl named Adelaa Ly wanted to get away. She was learning the ways the galaxy worked and how the planets functioned in her studies, so she new she could leave the planet if she chose the right planet. Felucia had already mastered space travel and each person has their own ship, but sadly those have all been destroyed by the Trogs. So she grabbed some people she knew and headed for a tall abandoned apartment in the heart of the city she was in. She was able to team up her tribe leader/ spiritual leader, a local farmer, a healer, a mechanic, a carpenter, and her tribe’s main warrior. She brought all of them to their safe haven of an apartment and they began their plan, all of them receiving their own rooms. All communications to other planets have been cut, so they would have to find a planet all by themselves, and, they have to build their own ship. Adelaa started scouting for planets that she could tell were safe, making sure they wouldn’t land on a gas giant, or a planet with an unsafe atmosphere. Then, the carpenter and mechanic began their work on building a ship, the tribe leader was keeping everyone calm, and the farmer was preparing for whatever soil they would find on their new planet. Adelaa was able to find a planet she thinks is safe for her species and is relatively blank, except for some animal species that would help with their new civilization. Everyone is preparing, not really knowing what to expect.

After they all came together and devised a plan for the new civilization and built the ship, they were off! All along the trip there, they were just trying to calm each other down and prepare themselves for whatever might come next.

This is it. This is what they had been waiting for. They arrived at the new planet and honestly had no idea what to expect. It could be an inhabited planet or they could be all alone, no one knew. Once they landed, they stayed on their ship for a little just to see if anyone or anything would show up at their ship. They wanted to stay on their ship for the night just incase. Once the sun started setting and the crew was getting ready to go to sleep, they heard noises. It was a female’s voice who sounded like she was whispering to herself. They all bunched up near the cockpit window to see if she was a friendly or a threat. Once they saw her, they knew exactly what planet they were on. Most planets had achieved space travel, so in school they were taught what species’ lived on what planets.

This female, was bright blue with long head tales decorated with blue markings. She was a Pantoran from the planet Pantora. They walked outside and greeted the blue-toned woman. They conversed for a little explaining their situation back on their home planet and the Pantoran offered them a place to stay until they figured everything out. They shook hands and were on their way to the villages.

She walked them back to the villages and showed them a small hut they were going to stay in.

It was a brown mud hut with a straw roof. The village was made up of brown dirt and luscious green forests a little bit behind the village. Everyone was very excited to stay here. They all unpacked their stuff and got on with their lives. They lived as guests on the planet for 5 months and learned from the civilization. They studied how their government worked and how everyone was treated. The Pantorans came in an array of different colors, from striking purples to softer oranges. Some were covered in stunning markings from head to toe, but some had none. They dressed in more raggedy cloth. The civilization there is immensely diverse. No two Pantorans looked exactly the same.

Sadly, it was time to go. After 5 months, the Felucians decided they should go back to their home planet. They missed it and, hey, maybe things changed. Maybe those animals went back into hiding and maybe everyone learned their lesson to not disturb their beloved planet. They packed up all their things, said goodbye to their new- found friends and left. They set course back to Felucia and started heading back.

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