Control The Uncontrollable // The Acolyte

51. Last Punch

Elzar was angry. He couldn't hide it anymore. Vernestra was twisting the reality to fit her narrative, and he could already feel the council members turning on him.

"We can all here can sit and act like we do not know about, but have all felt it, or even read it in her own words, in her literature, she embraces the darkness, she embraces him," Vernestra eyes were ice-cold staring into his soul. Elzar couldn't take it anymore.

"I just have to say I find it wildly intruding how oppose you have been towards Y/n, and this is way before Naboo too," Elzar began. He knew he couldn't stop now.

"You rejected to Master Gios request to make Y/n a Master, and you're not even on the council," Elzar stepped towards her.

"That has nothing to do-" She began.

"And then when we visited you, like we did with all the other Jedi, you barely offered your time," Elzar crossed his hands.

"It was almost like you didn't want to speak to us... You certainly did not want to answer Y/n questions regarding your past padawan," Elzar stood now right in front of Vernestra, almost roaming over her.

"Because this isn't your first time having a padawan under your wing who can't control their emotions, is it?" He asked.

"What are you insinuating," Even Vernestra couldn't hide her emotions at this point.

"Tasi was under your control, your padawan, when you let her go to Naboo, knowing fully well it was Y/n's former padawan who was on the outpost," Elzar began.

"And you knew, cause you told us minutes ago that Tasi was resentful of Y/n, which was news to the rest of us," He was no longer holding back.

"You're twisting-" She began, but Elzar was not letting her speak.

"You allowed your emotional padawan go and attack an innocent Jedi Knight, out of pure spite of your distaste of Master Y/n," He knew he had crossed the line. Most of the Masters stood up, shocked by his accusation.

"I did no such thing," Her tone was staggering.

"Or maybe it was because Master Y/n, knew it was you," Elzar spit out. It felt good finally saying it.

Vernestra's eyes grew.

"It was you who hurt a Padawan with the name of Qimir, and created The Stranger," Elzar voice was cold.

"Enough!" Master Gios grabbed all of their attention.

"You have gone too far Master Mann," He shouted, looking over at his friend with worry eyes.

"Do not accuse, without proof, do we," Grand Master Yoda spoke. Everyone could sense the disappointment weighing on him.

Elzar knew he had gone too far. He held his hand in front of his mouth. This was not the way to proceed in The Order. He was not calm, he felt a storm inside of him, but he was collected. He stood behind every single word he had just said. The force told him nothing i, everything happened for a reason. Vernestra's behavior didn't just happen to be, nothing she did was without purpose, attacking Y/n and setting her up, had to have a meaning. Elzar grew more and more confident that it was due to her own shortcomings. She had created a monster, and did not want to deal with the consequences.

"Can I say something, as Y/n's former Master?" Sol spoke up, standing in the background. Elzar didn't know if it was good or bad if Master Sol wanted to speak, the two of you hadn't exactly had a stable relationship over the last year.