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Chapter 3 - Hollow Promises

As the pair approached the shuttle, they noticed there was something else in the clearing that wasn't there before. A temple. It was made of stone, cracked and old with age. Moss was overgrown all over it, and overall, it could have used a good tune-up. There was what appeared to be an entrance, but it was sealed shut, covered in ancient symbols of a forgotten age. The edges of the temple were slanted like a pyramid. It had markings and warnings on its entrance by past adventurers. "Alright, this is getting serious!" said Anakin. "We're calling Obi-Wan!" 

Twenty systems over, Kenobi received Anakin's urgent message, detailing a suspicious temple that radiated a disturbing feeling. "A weird temple in the middle of nowhere? Sounds like an abandoned Sith temple. I'm on my way!" exclaimed Obi-Wan upon reading the message. As the planet approached said planet, he felt a strange sense of unease, like the one Anakin spoke of, but somehow stronger. "Strange…" thought Obi-Wan as he stepped out, landing next to Anakin's shuttle. 

"Thank goodness you're here, Master Kenobi!" exclaimed Ahsoka, who secretly wanted Obi-Wan to come so she could escape Anakin's crazy plans. "We should enter with caution, but how exactly do we enter?" questioned Ahsoka with worry. 

Reading the symbols, Anakin realized this was a strange form of Jedi writing, detailing how they should leave immediately, lest they face the Dark Side. "The Dark Side? See, Anakin, I told you it was a Sith temple!" said Obi-Wan as he used the Force to enter the temple, bracing for an attack of some sort. Nothing. 

"Strange, I was expecting something…more?" said Anakin as he stared at the empty temple. Yet, as Anakin's curiosity in this empty temple faded, he saw something. A single stone, just a little off from the others. He approached, Obi-Wan warning him something might happen and that it was probably a trap. But upon cracking it open, they found a staircase. So with that, they descended

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