A Master and his Apprentice

Maul 19

Dathomir was as beautiful as ever. Red mist surrounded the trees, destroyed battle droids laid upon the ground and there was not a single being, besides Maul and Ezra, in sight. Maul was showing his apprentice the entrance to the Nightsister's cave, the boy looked nervous. "This is my home, my family's home. My Mother was the spiritual guide of the Nightsisters and my brother was a warrior from the Nightbrothers clan. Our people were massacred by the Sith, my mother sought vengeance against my old master, Darth Sidious, for he had abducted me from this world. As you can see our plan for vengeance did not work, for the Galaxy would have been very different if it did work. Now my mother, my brother and my people are all dead." Maul said. The Zabrak had led Ezra deep into cave, the human looked around curiously. "So you really did lose everything, didn't you?" Ezra asked. Maul nodded sadly, he and Ezra were entering the room where he kept the secrets of the past. "I have gathered many things from my past, I keep everything here. Relics from my time when my power was almost absolute." Ezra looked around, "What is that?' The boy asked, he pointed at the mural of the duchess Satine and the Darksaber that laid beneath her. Maul smiled, "That was the former duchess Satine of Mandalore, and beneath her is a very ancient saber of the warriors of her home world. It was taken from a Jedi Temple during the fall of the Old Republic, thousands of years of killing the Jedi with a saber of their own creation, the Mandalorians always enjoyed a war, either it was between them and the Sith against the Republic or everyone against them." Maul said. "They were never good at making friends. But thousands of years later a Mandalorian man by the name of Pre Vizsla of clan Vizsla, started a group called Deathwatch. Deathwatch wanted to revive the warrior faith all Mandalorians once knew, but Duchess Satine was a pacifist and did not want to be involved in the Clone War. But Deathwatch had little supplies and almost no allies, this is where I get involved. We made a deal, my brother and I would help them reclaim Mandalore and in return, we would begin a new criminal underworld. Everything would have been fine if Vizsla kept up his end of the deal. He betrayed Savage and I, he planned to execute us. I challenged him to a fair duel and I won, I decapitated him and with accordance to Mandalorian law, I took over Deathwatch and by extension Mandalore." Ezra was staring at Maul, "So to sum that up, Mandalorians are bloodthirsty and crazy, you and your brother like revenge and you cut off a dudes head with that saber." Ezra said. Maul grinned, "Precisely! Now apprentice, would you like the toast to our fortune?" The Nightbrother asked. He handed Ezra a cup full of strange liquid. The boy looked at it strangely, "What is this anyway?" Maul glanced at the liquid. "It is a potion that will allow us to see our families. I...hope you would like to meet mine, I would be happy to meet yours." Ezra looked at the Zabrak, "You actually want me to meet your family? Maul I'd love to." Maul smiled, he clinked the chalices together, "Cheers!" Ezra muttered something that suspiciously sounded like, "I hope this isn't poisoned..." They drank and awaited their kin to arrive.

Sorry for the wait, I wanted to watch Visions and Voices before I made this to help me understand what would happen in that episode. I made it up with the longness of this chapter, I hoped you guys enjoyed it! Feedback is always appreciated. Until thy next update people of the world!