Forgotten, But Not Lost

Chapter 10

Jedi Trials

Stage 3 - Fear (Ben's)

The last thing Ben had seen was Snoke forcing himself and Amar apart. Ben was alone again in an instant, but standing on a deserted desolate planet, that had thunderous clouds just above his head. There was a throne here as well, but it was made of rock instead of the one he had just parted from.

There in the open throne, sat Supreme Leader Snoke and Ben was placed perfectly in the middle of the open space. He looked around to see if he could spot Amar anywhere and when he could not visibly see her, he reached out through the force, but it was useless. Amar's force signature was not there, Ben sighed in relief.

Ben did not know if he was actually standing there and if Snoke could see him or not. His question was shortly answered by the scene that unfolded next. Ben recognized the men that walked towards the middle of the circle, they stopped right next to him and gave him no attention. Standing before Ben was the Knights of Ren.

Ben thought to himself, last time he saw them they had a leader, Ren, but now it seemed they were leaderless? Suddenly, Snoke rose to his feet to greet who came from the shadows next.

"Ah, Kylo Ren....Good to see that you are taking to the new role." Snoke announced to everyone in the arena.

This "Kylo Ren" came into the very center of the arena and bowed deeply to Snoke. When he rose Ben could see the helmet of the man that stood before him, it was a matte black with chrome features on the eyes and nose. Ben felt consumed by fear and anger that dripped off this being, but he could tell this man was not trying to portray any of that and tried to keep it from Snoke.

Snoke came down to meet Kylo. When he approached him, he rested a hand on his shoulder, clearly they had known each other for a while, Ben thought.

"Now that you have proven to me that you want to be my apprentice and learn all I know from the power of the dark side, you must face one more challenge." Snoke dropped his hand from Kylo's shoulder and nodded to the Knights behind him.

The Knights dragged in a twisting and fighting Amar, they lead her to the center just before Kylo Ren. They dropped her to her knees, as Kylo rose to gain the high ground above her. Snoke stepped back up to his throne and sat down.

"Kylo, this girl, she will be your downfall. I have foreseen her to prevent you from reaching your true potential. She is to be disposed of and forgotten about. Do it, strike her down." Snoke commanded of Kylo Ren.

Kylo then grabbed his cross guarded lightsaber from his belt, but did not yet ignite it. Ben could see that what was happening just before him had frozen in time. No one seemed to move, Ben looked over to Snoke in the throne to find him staring directly at himself.

"Solo......." Snoke let slip from his lips. Snoke descended down after Ben. Ben tried to back up even just an inch, but found himself unable to move.

Snoke placed himself between the rest of the group before them and Ben, he looked between them and Ben and a smile crept on the ghostly man.

"Your biggest fear is losing Amar, but also to not be able to live up to the Skywalker name. In order to face these fears, you need to go through them."

Suddenly everyone started moving again and the scene before persisted. Kylo was still standing in front of Amar with his lightsaber in his hand. Amar looked up to him with tears in her eyes. Ben did not know what to do, was he supposed to save her? This was a trial and he did indeed have to face his fears. Amar seemed to be in pain from something, she kept placing her arms around her abdomen, almost in a protective way.