Princess of Darkness

Chapter 13

Lily added humid planets to her list of worst places to be. Yoda had them take turns carrying him in a backpack running all over the jungle. Luckily they were both extremely fit, from a childhood on Tatooine, and three years in the Rebellion. The humid heat though, took a lot out of them. 

Of course, physical strength wasn't the only thing they were being training on. There was a tiny bit of lightsaber training, mostly basics so if for some reason, they had to get in a duel, they'd survive. The main thing was meditation. Which they both sucked at. At the moment, they were on another run, swinging from vines and doing backflips over logs. 

"Run! Yes. A Jedi's strength flows from the Force. But beware of the dark side. Anger... fear... aggression. The dark side of the Force are they.Easily they flow, quick to join you in a fight. If once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will, as it did Obi-Wan's apprentice." Yoda lectured from Luke's back.

"Vader. Is the Dark Side stronger?" He asked.

"No." Yoda answered. For once it was a straight answer. "Quicker, easier, more seductive."

"But how are we supposed to know the good side from the bad?" Lily asked.

"You will know. When you are calm, at peace. Passive. A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack."

"But why can't we-" Luke began.

"No, no! There is no why. No more will I teach you today. clear your minds of questions." Lily frowned. How do you learn without questioning? But they went back to their things, Luke put on his tan jacket, and Lily took a drink of water.

"Somethings... wrong." Lily said.

"It's... cold. Like death." Luke said.

"That place, strong with the Dark Side, a domain of evil it is." Yoda explained. "In you must go."

Sounds about right. Lily thought.

Luke took his belt, and Lily reached for her lightsaber.

"Your weapons, you will not need them." Lily pulled away, with more trust than Luke, who raised an eyebrow.

"What's in there?" Lily asked.

"Only what you take with you." They climbed into the cave.

Nothing happened at first, but then Luke and Lily were alone.

"Luke!" She hissed. "Luke, where are you." She sighed. She turned around. Han, Ava, and Eli stood there. "How did you guys get here? Don't get me wrong, it's good to see you... but how?" They said nothing. "Guys?"

"You left us." She couldn't tell who spoke. "You left us, and it killed us."

"No, no, no I didn't. I-We're doing this to protect you."

"YOU KILLED US. YOU KILLED US. YOU KILLED US." Echoed around the cave. They were joined by semi-familiar faces of the Alliance, and they faded. Everything faded, until not even the sound of her breath remained.

"Alright. It's not real, I can tell." Light returned, and Lily climbed out of the cave.***

Luke was not having an easy time. First he had gotten separated from his sister. He ignited his lightsaber after hearing a twig snap.He spun around to see Vader, hooded face and all. Vader ignited his red lightsaber, and the two engaged in a battle.

Somehow, Luke got the best of the Sith and took his head off. The hood fell to reveal a familiar face; his.

A body was hidden under the plants, with a fatal wound from a lightsaber in her side. He walked closer. The face fell to face him.

It was Lily's.

Luke knew it was fake, but that didn't mean seeing his sister's corpse was any less bothersome. He got out of the cave as fast as he could.***

Leia, or in their current setting on the bridge of the Executor, Lady Ruby, had sensed the change in her father since their meeting with the Emperor, and the mention of her Jedi siblings. It was clear he took it possibly worse than she did.

"There will be a substantial reward for the captor of the Millennium Falcon, and its passengers. I want them alive." He sneered. "No disintegrations." He looked specifically at Boba Fett.

"As you wish." Leia had always been impressed with the bounty hunter. He was one of the few lowlifes who did not tremble in her father's presence, and gave her the respect she deserved.

"My Lord, my Lady." Admiral Piett interrupted. "We have them." Leia and Vader exchanged identical evil smirks. Soon, they would have Solo and his friends, and be one step closer to finding the Skywalkers, and crushing the Rebellion. Permanently. 
***

Lily was determined never to have another experience like that again. Now, they were working on something they both were terrible at; meditation.

Somehow, meditation equaled one armed handstands and rocks on your leg, or a Jedi Master, while stacking rocks with the Force.

"Use the Force... yes." Yoda said as they stacked the second rock. It trembled as it was placed. 

They were about to place the last one when R2 and R7 beeped loudly in alarm to get the Jedi's attentions. 

"Concentraaaaaate!" Yoda yelled as both Luke and Lily tumbled down. They looked to see what the commotion was. Luke's X-Wing had sunk. 

"Of course." Lily muttered.

"We'll never get it out now!" Luke complained.

"So certain, the two of you are? Nothing with you can it be done. Listen do you not to what I say?"

"Master, lifting rocks is one thing but this-" Lily started.

"No! No different. Only different in your mind. You must unlearn what you have learned."

"Alright." Lily conceeded.

"We'll give it a try." Luke said.

"Do or do not. There is no try." They took a breath before reaching a hand out. They felt for the ship and pulled. 

It worked for a little, until the weight building on their shoulders was too much. They let go.

"It- can't" Lily said.

"It's too big." Luke said, also out of breath.

"Size matters not. Judge me by my size, do you?" They both shook 'no'. "And well you should not. For my ally in the Force. And a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter. You must feel the Force around you. Here, between you, me, the tree, the rock, everywhere! Yes, even between this land and that ship."

"But you want the impossible." Luke said and walked away, with Lily close behind. Yoda shook his head, and almost effortlessly pulled the ship from the water, and placed it gently next to Lily's. Lily gaped wordlessly, after hearing it land.

"I don't-I don't believe it!" Luke said in awe.

"That is why you fail."

A/N: Hey everyone! Can you tell I'm really enjoying writing this? I think the Leia scenes are my favorite, besides Yoda. It's so fun writing a normally good character as an evil one. Well, with 18 chapters left, it's going to get very fun for me, however, that also means very dark for our lovely characters. I have 13 days until my schedule gets packed with band stuff, and then school, and it's just going to be a mess. Well, that's it for now. Please leave a comment with your thoughts.

Bye!