Prologue

The Beginnings of Sojourn

You know how you've heard of reincarnation? How people can go from on life to another? I'd kinda wondered myself from time to time and now...I want my money back like stat. Okay let's start from the beginning, I was walking minding my own business when I struck by a car. No fun I assure you.

The next thing I knew I was in a warm and strangely wet space. Okay this is the hospital I thought at first before the wetness made me rethink the whole idea. After unless I was submerged in a tank there was no way I was supposed to be this wet. Figuring I could best figure out what's going with sight I opened my eyes. But upon opening my eyes I effectively saw nothing except a hazy light and dark wall. I tried to hear what was happening since it was clear I wasn't going to get the information I wanted while panicking slightly since I was entrapped in a space unfamiliar to me and instead hear a muffled voice speaking in a language I wasn't familiar with or even recognized...I felt a twinge of even more panic raising in my chest which made me flail my limbs in the hopes someone who please tell me whatever's happening and what's going on.

After struggling for a bit and I finally settled down somewhat my panic subsided giving into tiredness. I still had no clue what was going on but panicking wasn't helping anyone and just exhausting me. I tried moving my arms and found that while I could move them to a certain extent they confined to a certain range and that was true of my legs as well...huh. After doing the activity for a while I found myself getting extremely groggy and before I know it my eyes were shut and I slept. This was the beginning of my long sojourn. I woke up only to see nothing had changed so I allowed myself to sleep. Thus did my days go on alternatively moving about my confined space and sleeping. It was in between those naps and me moving and trying to escape the prison I'd could myself in that I discovered two things.

Firstly while incarcerated I'd been healed. Okay odd but gratifying since I couldn't being confined and injured. The second and most important thing was I felt well something ticking on the edge of my consciousness like a gentle carass. It was like a whisper of the wind, a gently bubbling brook and the sweet sound of birdsong all rolled into one making me strangely calm and at peace. It seemed to swell when I panicked like a mother cooing her child. It was comforting and kinda disconcerting. What was it? I had no idea but I got the impression that whatever it may be it wasn't threatening me so that was a plus.

This continued on for...I don't know how long it was hard to judge time there. But it nearly drove me crazy. Were it not for the mysterious feelings and impressions I would've gone ham. Then suddenly I was turned and pushed out of my comfortable area. Okay now I was panicking. I opened my mouth spitting out the fluid that has accumulated in there and let out howl...a literal howl that made me paused as I was washed off and various people rushed around shouting and bustling around me as someone carried me off...What the crap?!

I opened my eyes and saw blurred outlines of several figures. Some of them looked they had fur while others looked human...except with pink skin...huh?! Did I get reincarnated? That's really the only reason I could think that didn't sound like I'd gone bonkers. And even that was a stretch but at this point I didn't have any other ideas. Finally I was placed in a cot that smelled like baby power...well unless I shrank to baby size then yes I was reincarnated.

Okay so I'm reincarnated, score one for Buddhism and Hinduism. So what was that fuzzy feeling I was having at the back of my head? And more importantly...was that fur on my hands?! I experimented and sure enough it was indeed fur and...I had pointed ears...What the hell?! It would seem that I needed to get used to the fact that I had fur and...I felt my gums and found that I had fangs...was I reincarnated into a wolf man? A wolf man that had warm fuzzy feelings it would seem.

It would seem this fuzzy feeling would be mystery for later since another thing dawned on me...no bowel control. Oh that was going to be rectified immediately. I wailed my annoyance to the world and was promptly picked up by what looked like a nurse and rocked gently back and forth. I was placed back in the cot and then a bottle was shoved into my mouth which was quickly suckled by me as instinct took control. Wait if I was reborn why wasn't I with my mom? Was she...I hope not. I didn't want to be a cause of death. I waited for her to arrive or me to be shuffled back to her but as the days went by and I was carried for by the nurses of varying sizes and shapes it seemed to be case. That...That was sad and made me very sad. I didn't want to be the cause of death. Finally after a several long days I was released into the care of an orphanage with other babes that had been abandoned or in my case orphaned. Also I'd learned that my new name was Luna Gorzorin.

There were figures that cared for me who were competent enough but unfortunately, most of the caretakers were tired and just generally meh around us children which was sad considering that most were starved for attention. I was too busy trying to make my way with my new body to be sad about it. Because of this general ennui, I was left to my own devices save for eating and diaper changing. Most of the other children formed their own bonds be it an older one looking out for a younger one or a sibling-esque relationship between agemates due to a lack of individual attention and soon I found someone that attached himself to me that was able to put with me being an oddball it was a Black boy named Kagiso Muln who often had his hair done up in dreadlocks. From what I'd gathered it seemed that he too was orphan like myself and like me was an oddball too only for a different reason. He was far too stoic and often found with me. I didn't mind his company since while I was trying to get some sense independence so the companionship saved me from being lonely. Finally I learned to ambulatory and was able to explore the place and then I was actually able to pay attention much more. First I looked for a full length mirror so I could see my reflection. After a few days of waddling around and dodging my caretakers I found one in the hall and I then saw my reflection for the first time. I was indeed a wolf gal. A rather cute one at that.

I looked like a fuzzy bipedal wolf with pointy ears, dark brown fur with black highlights around my shoulders and my muzzle which contained puppy fangs. My fingers were long ending with semi sharp claws claws...did I have a tail? I looked behind and saw...no I didn't have a tail. Oh good that was one less awkward thing to worry about since I was now walking on my toes...wait what were dog knees called again? Well anyway so I was reincarnated into the monster mash universe? Finally one of my caretakers, a human woman who looked she would be Caucasian descent walked up behind me and scooped me up into her arms. She sighed tiredly as she dropped me back into the play area were the ones my age were playing in. Kagiso for once wasn't near me but stacking some bricks with a...wait a second...I looked at the other children and truly focused on them. Now that I could see and now was ambulatory I could finally pay attention it was then that realized...holy cow I recognized them!

That was a Rodian like being playing with a light skinned human with several toy action figures to my left. The being playing with Kagiso looked suspiciously like Weequay girl...Was I? No. No. It can't be! I can't be reincarnated into Star Wars! I kinda bulked at the idea of me being in there. Mainly because the idea was so absurd. I mean I was only familiar with the movies and the TV shows...And the books...And the games...okay I was a Star Wars nut even before the Disney buyout and announcement of a movie that I so desperately wanted to see because it looked awesome. I wanted scream to the heavens at Disney for being incredibly accurate...But upon second thought I decided not to tempt fate by cursing that blasted Mouse. Disney might find a way to defy death and sue me for what I've got.

Once that idea had settled into my psyche after several moments of staring in awe and a growing excitement with a pinch of panic I decided that I would make the most of this situation and not repeat the same mistakes that I'd made in my old experience. No, I would start anew here. So with that in mind I started learning the basics (ha ha see what I did there?) of the language so I could interact with my new reality. As it turned out much to my horror. No the people in Star Wars didn't speak English...in fact Galactic Basic wasn't a thing like English. It was like a cross between Welsh with very hard consonants, Sino languages with various pitches and tones to indicate the situations, Japanese honorifics and pronunciations (Thank heavens I was such an anime nut back in first life or I'd die) and a hodgepodge of other facets that I didn't begin to grasp and to make matters better or worse I could only talk with a slight lisp that meant my consonants were dragged out like resh for example.

Reading was slightly easier...only slightly. I quickly learned I was a Shistavanen which was cool because I loved Voolvif Mon from Clone Wars...one of the few things I remember from that one show if I'm honest, I was much more of a fan of the sadly cancelled second one. So okay I was in Star Wars. No pressure just stay out of trouble. No prob...This can't be that hard right?

I resolved to stay below the radar. After all I was just one being in Star Wars and not even a main character so it wasn't like the Empire was going to show up and kill me right? Was I even in the Imperial era? I might be another time frame all together...Please oh please don't let me be in the New Jedi Order period or worse the Legacy of the Force era or heck even Legacy era because I would really be pissed at that considering everyone was quite frankly acting like chickens with their heads cut off by the then. Still with that said there was no way they'd go after me, I was a nobody. I was safe...