The Guardian of the Chosen One (English Version of "La Gardienne de l'Elu")

Chapitre 33: Beginning of the training

Hi! Here is the continuation, with the beginning of the training of Jedi and the continuation of the escape against the Empire. Feel free to vote (if you liked it) or comment.

Luke's point of view

The training was intense, both physically and mentally. I could feel the sweat pouring off my body, while Master Yoda was on my back, instructing me. Her advice was so similar to Kyria's, but in a different way. With my former master, she said it as advice, to progress and to be careful to survive and to use my abilities better. Master Yoda, on the other hand, was more for instructive purposes, to help me shape the Jedi that I want to be.

Yoda: Once you commit to the dark side, it will forever dominate your destiny.

Kyria: The dark side transforms you, making you become what you hate the most. You become another person, a caricature of your past.

Yoda: It will consume you, like Obi-Wan's apprentice.

Me: Vader. Is the dark side stronger?

Yoda: No. Faster, easier, more seductive

Kyria: Never underestimate the dark side. It is vicious, waiting for the right moment to take you in its embrace. Each of us has a dark side, waiting to be unleashed. Even I, a trained and knowledgeable Jedi. Do not forget that."

Such similar ideas, but said differently.

Me: But how do you know the good from the bad?

Yoda: You will know, when you are calm, at peace, passive...

Kyria: When you learn to control your feelings, without openly detaching yourself from others.

And here I noticed a big difference in terms. Which speech was better? That of the wise eight hundred year old Jedi master or that of the one who has instructed me for years?

Yoda: Doubts, I feel in you

Me: Master Yoda, is calm and peace about controlling your emotions?

Yoda: Yes...Put another way, but same meaning. However, corresponding less to a Jedi, Kyria's advice is. To be neutral and without bias, a jedi must. And influence, emotions can.

So that answered my question.

Yoda: A Jedi uses the Force for science and defense. Never for attack.

Me: But why?

Yoda: There is no why. Nothing more, I will teach you today. Empty your mind, of these questions.

As I put down the Jedi master and went to my towel to clean the sweat from my face, I thought again of Kyria's advice during training.

"A Jedi is a defender, protecting those and what must be protected and bringing peace. And for that, he must be able to listen to the Force, which is his greatest ally."

Once again, the two visions clashed. To become the Jedi I wanted to be, I had to make a choice. But which ones? Both seemed equally instructive and difficult to understand. Or I could take the best of both, and go my own way.

Suddenly, I felt a strange sensation running through me. Like cold running through my skin and my being.

Me: It's weird here. I feel...cold...death.

Yoda: Invaded by the dark side, this place is. Domain of evil, it is. Enter it, you must.

Me: What's in there?

Yoda: What you will bring

So I took my belt, in order to go to this dangerous place. In spite of the wise man's recommendation, he didn't think it was necessary. How could he tell me that, if this place was invaded by darkness? I continued my walk and found the entrance. Slipping inside, I sank into the darkness of the cave, not liking the feeling of cold running through my veins. Everything seemed so sinister... And the more I continued, the more this feeling grew. Suddenly, I saw a shadowy Vader-like figure approaching. Then the dark lord came, with his characteristic mechanical breathing and imposing figure.