Apprentice to the late Jedi Master, Cal Kestis, you were lost and alone in your new village. You made friends, and journeyed to the capital to make money for your impoverished home. What you found there shocked you, and what you would continue to do...
I had lived with my Master for almost my whole life. My earliest memories involve my training with Master Kestis. I had grown attached to him.
That just made the loss that much harder.
It was a sunny day in our village. Master Kestis was considered the village guardian. He treated me as if I were his own son. He took me to numerous planets and trained me in the ways of the force, taught me how to craft my sabers. I'm proud of how most of them turned out.
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(A/N: THIS IS YOUR LIGHTSABER FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE STORY. IF I GIVE YOU ANOTHER ONE, IT WILL BE ONE OF MY EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS, OR ONE OF THE DESIGNS FROM MY FILES.)
It was nice, sunny and warm that day. I was doing patrol through the city with my Master.
Everything changed when his headache began.
He grasped his head with his left hand, and almost fell to his knees.
(Y/N) - Master! Are you alright?!
He gets up, and focuses as he closes his eyes. A look of clarity and horror spreads on his face.
(Cal) - Apprentice. The villagers. Get the villagers out of here, and find a place to hide! Something bad is coming!
I look towards the village houses only to find something horrible happening. We both see the houses and the people inside and out of them frozen solid. Something bad has already happened.
(Y/N) - M-master...?
(Cal) - Apprentice! Run! Go, and hide!
Nodding quickly, I ran into the trees. Clutching my lightsaber close to my chest, and my support droid, BD-3, clamping his small feet into my back.
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(BD-3) - (Are you okay?)
(Y/N) - No... what the hell's going on...? What changed? We had no affiliations with the Empire, and we've left them alone! We've left them alone! What the hell's going on?!
I run through the woods, doing my best to hide my presence. The soldiers haven't seen me. What can I do?! What does Master Kestis plan to do?! These people don't act like soldiers, they act like... violent followers! They're essentially playing Follow the Leader! Who IS the leader though?! After awhile longer of sneaking through the woods, I come across a frightening sight. A woman with light-blue hair, hacking and slashing away at my Master's defense!
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The mystery woman battered away at my Master's defense, until she knocks his saber into the woods where I was hiding, and BD-1 soon follows. I put my saber back on my belt, pick up BD-1, and Master Kestis's saber, and look to see what is about to happen.
(???) - You were a worthy opponent, Kestis. But in the end...
She freezes Master Kestis from head to toe, and drives her blade into his heart.
(???) - You were too weak.
The ice breaks, and my Master crumbles into tiny pieces along with it. The three of us can't believe our eyes, and I can only stand there, hiding my presence. When they eventually leave, I stand where my Master had made his last stand. He treated me like his son...
(Y/N) - Forgive me... Master... I failed... to help you...
I'm scared. Afraid... I get up, and begin to walk to a familiar neighboring village in search of sanctuary.
