Star Wars; The New Age
Prologue;
He could feel it, the darkness. Every so often it would creep up on him, tempting him and suffocating him all at the same time. He didn't know what to do.
He felt betrayed. His parents had sent him away, along with his younger siblings, to learn the ways of the force, the light side that is.
Benjamin Luke Solo found life difficult. The torture of whether to slaughter his fellow learners like animals or concentrate on trying to do better by his family constantly drove him insane.
Until one day. The day he decided to silence the voices in his head. The day he made his choice.
It was dark and cold outside. The same dreary weather that constantly surrounded them on Tatooine, its climate having changed due to the growing presence of old Republic technology.
Ben woke his eyes jolting open wide as he heard thunder crash outside his window. Not long after, he heard the ringing of the training alarm. A practise duel session for all the padawans was about to begin.
Ben got dressed before opening his door and following the other pupils down the corridor. From the corner of his eye he saw his uncle, Luke Skywalker, go into a chamber where he would be able to watch this last training session that Ben would provide for the youngsters before they became jedi.
They came again, the voices. Ben had battled with them for almost 23 years and now it would come to an end, tonight.
He watched the youngsters duel, he saw his younger siblings win against their opponents every time. After his last dual his brother, Anakin Jr. made an excuse to leave, as he did after most duals.
Now it was time to prove himself. Ben looked up to the viewing box and watched as Luke left it, making his way to the main training hanger to replace Ben and supervise the duels.
But now it was Ben's turn, saved until last so that he could prove to his uncle that he was a worthy apprentice over the other force sensitive beings around his age. His opponent was a young twi-lek man, no more than a year younger than him. Ben began the duel, thrashing at the twi-lek with the training sabers they used for practise, until the twi-lek missed Ben's saber and ended up burning his neck.
All day, Ben was hoping no one would provide a trigger for him. Now that hope was lost.
Luke held up his hand signalling for the duel to stop, but it was too late.
Giving in to all of his anger, fear and sadness, Ben used the force to break off the heavy steel door. Pushing it towards the twi-lek, he didn't let go until his opponent was crushed and his blood made a puddle on the floor.
He could still feel his anger as his classmates ran, screaming for their lives. As Ben left the duelling station, he again used the force. This time to pull his younger siblings towards him. He only wanted them close, but he lost control and was afraid to look at where his siblings bodies lay after they had hit the wall behind him.
Ben looked at the floor, feeling the dark side of the force surrounding him. He went through the front door of the New Temple that the young jedi had been trained in and saw five others, dresses head to toe in black, complete with helmets. One of them passed Ben one.
"Welcome to the first order, Jedi Killer."