Star Wars: Hidden Fates

Chapter 17: Bastila's First Padawan

A few days had passed since Trinity-Sky's body was recovered and properly disposed of. It was official that Leilani had been assigned to Bastila as her Padawan.

Bastila and Leilani were in a training room by themselves. Bastila had some music on for a specific type of training. "You have to keep butterfly flipping off-beat. The enemy will never be consistent. You need to be inconsistent with the beat. Keep flipping and moving."

Leilani wiped the sweat from her forehead. "How many butterfly flips?"

Bastila turned the music back on. "I changed my mind. Move around the room doing different types of flips while being on beat. Duels require coordination. If you mess up, you die. By perfecting your acrobatics and agility, your odds of survival are higher. You are not going to have music in a fight, the idea is that you work on coordination now."

Leilani was panting. "Master, can I please have a small break? Five minutes is all I am asking for." The death of Trinity-Sky was still weighing on her. Leilani was still a child and losing a mother figure was hard on her.

A Twi'lek Jedi Master poked his head in the room. "I heard music. What is going on?"

Bastila turned her head around. "I think the best way to teach my Padawan coordination is by using music to move to the beat."

The Jedi Master looked confused. "But there is no music in combat."

Bastila shrugged her shoulders. "There is no fellow Jedi you are fighting against in combat but you train with one for practice in a different scenario. Practice with something else for now and show the progress later."

"This method is unorthodox but it seems like you know what you are doing." He left.

After another hour of training, Bastila dismissed Leilani for the day.

Leilani went to look for her best friend, Damian, her secret boyfriend. He was in his room. She knocked on the door, "It's Leilani."

He opened the door and gestured for her to come in. "Come right in."

When the door closed, Leilani gave him a kiss. "I am done training for the day."

Damian sighed, "Me and my Master just got assigned to a sector in Coruscant to help control a gang uprising. I will probably be gone for several weeks or maybe a few months. I would be shocked if it is done before the end of next week. So I have one question for you."

He got down on one knee. "When we become Jedi Knights, will you marry me?"

Leilani smiled brightly. "Yes! Yes! I hope that day comes shortly after we are adults and full-fledged Jedi."

Damian got up and gave Leilani a kiss on the lips. "I have to go now, see you later, my wife to be."

Leilani walked out with him before she went on her way.

While Damian was heading to meet his Master, he had a vision from the force. He saw Leilani, as she looked currently, up in the air with her double bladed green lightsaber.

Then, it changed to her looking slightly older with pigtails and with a postpartum body type. Her lightsaber color went from green to red as she fell down to the ground. The vision ended there.

For a moment, Damian was dizzy because it came out of nowhere before he recovered and went on his way. He could not stop thinking that his relationship with Leilani could cause her to become a Sith.

Leilani spent her day relaxing and walking around the temple, at least she tried whenever younglings were not looking for her for questions.

She had been becoming renowned lately for her skills and talents. She was receiving many questions such as:

"Is it true you are wanted by some Sith?"

"How many backflips can you do in the air?"

"What is your midichlorian count? Is it as high as people say?"

"Why do the Jedi give you permission to use a double bladed lightsaber?"

Eventually she became overwhelmed and retreated to her quarters for the remainder of the day, and spent it meditating.