A/N:As promised this is the story that takes place before Rebirth of the Revanchist. If you want to know more about the characters, look them up by name on DeviantART. If I do not have them up now, I will set them up as soon as I have the time. With that said, I will say enjoy.

A Long Time Ago In a Galaxy Far, Far away…

STAR WARS

BLINDSIDE

It is a time of peace and prosperity in the Old Republic, the Sith Empire of Revan is no longer a threat. However, the former Sith Lords that served under him still linger about. The Jedi Order that was destroyed is regaining its strength. In the midst of this peace, one dangerous fallen Sith Lord is attempting to challenge the strength of the recovering Republic.

Unknown to the Sith Lord, a child related to his fate is being brought to the Order to begin his Jedi training. Despite his reluctance, the boy's father wants to give him a better chance than risk his son's safety. When the boy reaches the Jedi Temple, his new life will begin to take shape…

A shuttle reaches the atmosphere of the capital of the Republic, Coruscant. In the inside the bay is a middle aged man who is holding his son carefully as he is sleeping. The turbulence wakes up the lad in his father's arm. Looking with his blind eyes, the boy asks, "Are we there yet?"

"We are almost there, son." The father answers. Suddenly, they reach the Jedi Temple with some of the younglings are already practicing their forms with training sabers. The shuttle landed carefully with an aged Bastila Shan standing there waiting for the two to come from the ship.

"All right, Marcus. It is time to go." The boy's father said as got up and led him by the hand.

"Greetings, you two. I am Jedi Master Bastila Shan. This must be Marcus." The aging Jedi Master said as Marcus was looking for her with his head turning in every direction. "Is he-."

"-blind? Yes, he is. By the way, I am Jon. But he has an attunement to the Force that I have never seen before." Marcus's father said.

"I see. Marcus, do you know why you are here?" The Jedi Master asked as she calmly approached got near to his level. The young boy then turned to face the old woman carefully.

"No, Master Bastila. I don't." Marcus said confused. It was then his father then got on his knee to tell him about what was going on.

"Marcus, I noticed your ability to use the Force. This is difficult for me to say or do, but I have to let you go. Give you a better life here than what I had. I wish that it didn't have to be this way, but it needs to be done." Jon said while he was tearfully hugging his only son.

"But father, don't you have a connection to the Force? We could train together." Marcus said with a sad voice with filling tears in his eyes.

"No, son. You must walk a different path than me. I wish I could be there for you, but you are better off here than with me. I am so sorry about what happened to you. I should have found another way to help provide for you." Marcus's father said as he began crying heavily. "I will come and visit you next month and the next year's Family Day. I love you, Marcus." The adult said as he hugged his son with all of his heart as his son did the same.

"I… I love you, too, father." Marcus said as Bastila carefully took the young man by his hand. As he was walking, he started to have cry heavily. Taking pity upon the young man, she gave him a handkerchief to help him dry his tears.

"Thank you, Master." Marcus said as he handed it back to her.

"You are welcome, my friend." She noticed he was wanting to return the handkerchief, she responded saying, "No, you keep it. It is yours now."

Marcus was yawning over being tired from taking a lengthy trip. He then asked her, "Master, do I begin training now or later?"

"Later, we need to register you first and introduce you to the others. I will take you to the youngling's room so that you can sleep." Bastila answered.

"I am just curious is all." Marcus said.

The two then walked around to the sleeping quarters. Bastila said, "This is my grandchildren's room so just get comfortable. Try to get some sleep you will need it, okay? Good night and welcome to the Jedi Order." Marcus carefully entered and dropped his bag. He then got into the bed and began to sleep.

The next morning…

Two Jedi younglings Bress and Reesa Shan were approaching their rooms when they noticed that there was a young boy asleep in one of the beds. Curious they approached him wondering what he was doing here. Reesa then said, "Who is this ugly outsider?"

"Reesa! Do not call him ugly, he probably had a rough day. Let him sleep." Bress said.

"Alright, brother. But I am still going to ask him some questions about who he is when he awakens." Reesa said. Suddenly, the blind of Marcus suddenly opened scaring Reesa. The young man then sat up and looked at Reesa carefully.

"You want to ask me something?" Marcus said with his arms crossed.

"Yes, who are you and what you doing here in our room?" Reesa asked getting in Marcus' face.

"I am Marcus and I am here to train as a Jedi, much like you." Marcus answered not deterred by her actions. "May I ask what is your name, please?"

"I am Reesa Shan. The man beside me is my older brother, Bress Shan." The young girl answered politely.

"Hello, it is nice to meet you, Marcus." Bress said as he shook his hand.

"Likewise, Bress. I think we are going to get along just fine." As he stood up and readied himself for the new day.

Many years later….

"Marcus, I am sorry for what I had done, I was wrong. Please, I implore you, come back with us to the Order." Reesa pleaded with her former bully victim.

"How do I know you won't mistreat me if I do?" Marcus said hidden in the alley.

"Because I understand more about you. Your journals opened my eyes. Forgive me, but I had to know why you brought here." Reesa said with tears in her eyes over her crime against the blind kid.

"You read my journals? They are only a fraction of my story, but you made a good point. I will return give me a minute to get to where you are at." Marcus said as he started to head down to her. Suddenly, she heard her screams for help. The young man then ran to help save his friend from certain defilement. He managed to use all three tiers of the Echani fighting arts to hold off the attackers. However, he was overpowered and beaten to unconsciousness. His Master and Reesa were able to help him and subdue the individuals carefully. When it was over, Reesa saw that he was bloodied up. She then fell on her knees crying over seeing her friend like this thinking that he was dead. She then brought his head to her lap and gently rock him until Brianna showed her that he still lived. They took him to the hospital for his injuries. For two days, Reesa would not leave his side. A minute later when she was able to sleep in her chair, she heard him stir awake. She carefully hugged him. The young Jedi Padawan then tearfully said, "Marcus, please forgive me, I did a terrible thing to you by rejecting your gift and bullying you."

"I have already forgiven you." Marcus answered. "Do you still have it?"

"Yes, but it is broken." Reesa pulling it out of her robe pockets.

"What was broken, can be made whole again, if one is willing to try." Marcus as he made the pieces to come together carefully.

"How did you do that?" Reesa wondered. "It was broken."

"Broken or broken apart? It is Echani design, I got from a merchant who told to give to someone who I considered to be a good friend despite their flaws." Marcus said as he handed it the young lady.

"Marcus… I… I really do not know what to say. Thank you. You are a really great friend. I do not know how you put up with me, but you are one in a billion." Reesa said as she put it on. "This will be a symbol of our friendship."

"That is what it is, my friend." Marcus said.

Just then the Master Brianna appeared and cleared her throat ending their conversation. "Am I interrupting something?" She asked.

"No, we were just finishing up, Master." Reesa said. "I promised I would return when he woke up. Well, hope you get well soon, Marcus." The young female then left getting her study materials. She forgot her holocomm in her hurry. Marcus then felt it and then let her know saying, "Reesa, you forgot something."

He then threw it at her and she caught it gracefully. Reesa then nodded her head at the young man. Brianna pulled up a seat next to her Padawan.

"I see that you and her are getting along now. I am glad you forgave her. Why did you run away though? That I do not understand." Brianna asked.

"I do not know, I just… I was confused." Marcus tried to explain his behavior.

"What do you mean confused?" She asked.

"I thought that it would solve the issue of bullying. But it didn't. I am sorry I made you worry." Marcus said.

"I forgive you. Why didn't you say anything about what she was doing?" She wondered.

"I didn't want to get her into trouble unless she hit me first. Besides she made so angry that I threw that gift I for her at her birthday." Marcus answered.

"Now I get it. You were angry at her and took it out on her and indirectly us by running away. We were worried for you, kid. You could have died on those streets." Brianna said addressing what he did wrong.

"Oh, I didn't know that I could have done it differently. I truly am sorry for what happened." Marcus said.

"It is alright, my student. I am just glad you are okay." Brianna said.

"You know what, Master? You are much more to me than just my Master. You like my new mother. You do know that, right?" Marcus said.

"And you are much more to me that just my student. You are the son that I wish that I still had. My only child died not long after his birth. I rejoiced with what little time I had with him and then gave him a pyre when he died. My husband and I never tried again to have kids. You fill that role, despite our differences in looks and relation." Brianna as she gently touched his face.

"I figured that. You heard about whom my father was and how I got here. You even had the generosity to take me as your Padawan." Marcus noted.

"Well, who better to train you than someone who heard the individual's story about why he is the ways he is." Brianna said.

"That's true…mother." Marcus said.

The two individuals began to converse for hours until Marcus began to fall asleep from exhaustion of being in the bed and talking. Many weeks later, Marcus was able to leave the hospital ready to continue his journey through life….

A/N: This is the second story I've done. I will continue as soon as possible. As always, thank you and God bless. If you do not who is Reesa Shan, read the novel Revan when you can. It is a good read.