The Lucky One (a Star Wars fanfic)

Chapter 29

Rider's pov

I just keep wandering around in the middle of nowhere, hoping yet dreading that Sidious will find me.

I should have asked Zeba to take the cuffs off of me. If she had, I wouldn't just be walking aimlessly, waiting for Sidious to magically appear so that he can ruin my life.

After five more minutes of walking, I see two cloaked figures standing beside each other, making me want to turn back around and go back to The Temple. I wasn't safe there, but much safer than I will be with Sidious and this other Sith.

I quicken my pace, knowing that I shouldn't keep Sidious waiting if I want to remain unhurt.

Once I reach the shorter of the two, I drop down on my knees in front of him, knowing that it must be Sidious.

"It was smart of you to join me before I had to involve your friends," Sidious says with what I am guessing is an evil grin, or some kind of malevolent smirk, making me thankful that I am unable to see his face.

"You are already kneeling, say the words and I might not hurt any of your little friends," Sidious sneers, making me hate him more already.

I don't know how I am going survive if I already hate him when I just met him less than a minute ago.

"Lord Sidious, I pledge myself to your teachings," I say quietly, hating that I am doing this right now.

He removes my cuffs using the force, allowing me to feel the force hum from the gravity of what I just did. I feel a little sick when the force silently confirm that my fate has been sealed.

"Now rise, Darth Amicus."

"Yes, my Master," I say while slowly standing up, wishing I could run far away and hope that he never finds me.

Once I am standing up again, I realize that Sidious is much older than I thought he would be.

I start to wonder how he will even be able to teach me due to his age when he says, "My apprentice will teach you most of what you will learn, Darth Amicus."

"Do I call him master?" I ask after a few seconds of hesitation, confused. I thought that the Sith always traveled in pairs. Isn't having two apprentices against some kind of Sith code?

"You will call me Darth Caliga," the other man says in a very low, deep, gravelly voice that forces me to try hard to suppress a shiver.

Not knowing which Sith to respond to, I simply nod my head yes, afterwards lowering my head, knowing that Sidious must want me to act submissive.

"We leave now. There is plenty to do to you my young apprentice," Sidious says while turning his back to me, making me a little nervous with his word choice. What is he going to do to me?

Before I can wonder anymore, Sidious begins walking opposite the way I came, far away from Anakin, Kellan, Shawn, and my beloved Zeba.

As we start walking towards the ship, I begin to feel extremely depressed. I am going to miss Zeba so badly. Now that she is gone, I feel her absence, as if I left a part of me behind with her.

"Your thoughts betray you, Darth Amicus. You are much better off with Lord Sidious than your friends. Here with us, you don't have to hide your talents. With us, you can finally embrace your power and become one of the strongest Sith in history," Darth Caliga says right beside me, because of his voice unlike any I have heard before, each of his words send a shiver down my spine.

"How were you able to get through my mental shields?" I ask him in a nervous tone, completely shocked that he managed to break through my strong mental shields to find out that I was thinking about Zeba.

"I expected that someone like you who has spent so much time with the dark side would know that it is much stronger than the light side. Your shields are strong enough to keep weak Jedi out, but not us. Be mindful of your thoughts, unless you want them to get you killed."

"Um.... Thanks, I guess," I say quietly, feeling very afraid since I can't even escape these Sith in my own thoughts.

I should have listened to Zeba and Shawn. Because I didn't, now I am going to spend the rest of my miserable life with these Sith.

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After a long flight that is filled with nothing but tense silence that makes me more afraid, we finally reach our destination. It is a gigantic building coated in a dark gray which seems to fit in perfectly with ash and lava of the planet Mustafar. I have been here once, and it was not a good time since it ended with my brother dying. I hate this planet almost as much as Tatooine. Lucky for me, I get to spend who knows how long here with two other Sith.

Once the ship lands and the ramp lowers, Sidious immediately steps off the ship with such speed that seems impossible for someone of his old age.

After Darth Caliga walks off the ship, I take a few seconds to just sit here and reach out to Anakin through the force.

After a minute of not finding his presence, I start to become worried that something might have happened to him. What could have happened to him? Hopefully he didn't leave The Temple searching for me and got hurt.

A few seconds later, I find his presence and feel a great amount of worry and fear being released into the force from him.

I pull away from him almost immediately after feeling his overpowering emotions, not expecting that.

"Darth Amicus, are you aright?" I hear a voice ask, causing me to jump up out of my seat, startled.

I turn around to see Sidious glaring at me, an impatient look on his face, making me afraid of him instantly.

"I am sorry, Master," I say while lowering my head to the ground, knowing that he is going to hurt me now.

"You will be sorry, Darth Amicus," he says with a laugh.

A few seconds later, I hear the crackling of lightning and try to brace myself for the pain that I know will come far too soon.

The sheer power and force behind the lightning knocks me to the floor.

As the lightning snakes and dances over me, I bite down on my lower lip hard enough to draw blood, not wanting to give him the satisfaction of hearing me scream.

He increases the power of the lightning, the pain coursing through my body becoming too much for me to hold in anymore, so I start to scream.

"You should have listened to Darth Caliga's warning. If you had just left your friends behind, you wouldn't be in this situation. I hope that next time you will listen, Darth Amicus," Sidious says after another thirty seconds of just spraying the lightning over me, my body burning with pain so bad that tears start to slip down my face

"Yes, my Master," I say through gritted teeth as the lightning finally stops, leaving me lying on the floor gasping for air and shaking from the pain.

"Good, now get up, we have plenty to do to you," Sidious says while walking over to the exit and down the ramp, making me worried once again. Why does he have to say it like that?

After taking a few more deep breaths, I struggle to stand up, my body hurting more than it has for years.

During the years I spent with Anakin, I took for granted not having to experience the pain of Sith lightning that is now going to be a part of my daily life.

With a sigh, I walk out of the ship and down the ramp. I reluctantly join the other Sith who are standing there waiting impatiently. Together the three of us walk--although, I am limping more than I am walking--towards the dark building where I will probably spend the rest of my life in pain at the hands of these Sith.

A/N: Chapter 29 is now done! Lately, I have been getting a lot more reads and follows, something I really appreciate. There are a few people who have been voting on every chapter, and I would like to thank you for that. Thank you everyone for your continuous support! Anyways, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, and I will see you on Sunday in the next one. Bye :)