Control The Uncontrollable // The Acolyte

42. Naboo

"It's an honor having you her on Naboo," An old droid came to greet you.

"Where is Jedi Knight Bell?" You asked coldly, focusing your mind.

Before the droid could answer, a voice scar through your ears from the side, causing both you and Elzar to jump.

"I was not informed of your presence," Vernestra said, her voice annoyingly calm.

She certainly had some aducoisty, to tell you about not being informed, when the whole reason you were here was because of her lack of keeping you up to date. You couldn't help but to feel like she had planned it. Deliberately tried to keep you out of the light. Seeing her here was not something you and Elzar were prepared for. She was an obstacle.

Go, I'll keep her away, you sensed Elzar speak to you through the force.

It was too risky leaving Elzar here alone with Vernestra. You could live with yourself getting dirty, but now it felt like you were bringing him into the mud with you. It wasn't supposed to go like this. You looked up at him, worried.

"King Bon Tapalo requested our presence here," Elzar lied, with a big smile on his lips. He walked over to Vernestra, and his hand guided her towards the garden. The king already owned him one for saving his life in the past, this would be the lie it would cost him. You looked surprised up at him.

"You see, it's been signs of the water by the mountain..." Elzar began yapping about all kinds of Jedi bullshit, as he looked over to you. He gave you a nod to go. You smiled weakly, ditched the droid, and began to run into the castle.

The Naboo castle was massive, it was rich, a maze if you weren't familiar. You had to stop yourself from running around. You needed a clear mind. The force was your guidance, you just needed to trust it. Your eyes closed, as you let your breath calm down. The force would show you the way. The force would never leave you. The force was always with you.

"I'm one with the force, and the force is always with me," You whispered.

Though you were inside, you began to feel sunlight on your cheeks. A wind began to brush your hair. A lightsaber, two. A green lightsaber, shaking, shocked of the betrayal of it's own kind. It was Bell. You began to smell the flowers. The secret garden. You opened your eyes. They were in the Secret Garden, in the middle of the castle. You began to run through the castle, and thank the force you were right.

By the other side of the garden, you could see Tasi, holding her lightsaber up against Bell's throat. He was in shock, but not afraid. Like you had taught him before, to never fear the darkness. Tasi, she was not herself, she was darkness. Bell was brave, and you were proud of the man he had become. You walked towards them, you could hear them.

"I will take your place," Tasi shouted into his ear.

Bell finally noticed you, as his mind began to get clouded from his grip. A smile began to grow on his lips.