L'istesso
Genre: Angst, Friendship
Rating: K+
Author: JediLuminaraUnduli
AN: L'istesso is Italian for "the same". I don't know if it fits with the story.. I really, really stink at titles.. Written as part of my entry for a challenge between me and my Padawan. This story will be AU because I'm going to assume that Barriss had a Master before Luminara, named Master K'ol Shum'a, whom she reveres and compares Luminara to. Not exactly Little Miss Grateful, is she...
Summary: Fifteen-year-old Barriss Offee wishes her life and Master would be more forgiving and perhaps her Master could get into the latest styles; maybe wearing something not black once in a while at least. The more she thinks, the more she nags, the more she realizes, the more she grasps that nothing really has to change except her attitude and that everything is fine the way it is. Dark Barriss fic.
Disclaimer: I do not own Star Wars and its characters. They belong to George Lucas.
AN2: Please note that this isn't Miks posting. Check my profile for more details; this is her cousin, Rachel. xD Hi.
I'm the original author of this; Miks added some parts, deleted others, but I didn't have an account so she let me post it on hers. She's off at HK now, and her school can't access or the JC, apparently, so I'm in charge now. :)
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A young, sprightly green figure steps into the cave, wary of what he will find within. After the test he has just passed, this is no surprise. His green ears flick around, alert to all sound. He closes his eyes, and sits down, diminutive shape just barely visible on the floor. He is silent, listening for the call of the Force. He reaches out for it, tentatively. It comes back at him, coiling around him and filling him with strength. His mind is filled with a pale, blue glow; he is only just conscious of the world around him. He inhales, deeply, revelling, in the wave of energy it sends him. An old, wizened man steps from the foggy corners of the hollow.
"You have come." He holds himself upright, nervous yet. "Yes, I have." The other dips his head, acknowledging the fact. "I know what you are here for." His heart skips a beat, he draws a sharp breath. "Can you help me?"
"Of course." He waits, not moving. The elder closes his eyes, lifting his hands. A slow, steadily growing ball of light appears in the palms. He moves his hands together, making the ball into one. The beam intensifies, becoming so bright that he has to squint and close his eyes.
The man gives him the ball. Strangely, it is weightless, with just a little warmth. He can see, in his mind, the shape of his target. When he opens his eyes, it is dangling just out of his reach, no more than half a meter away. Yet he forces himself to stay put, not to move. He merely watches, as it bobs nearer to him. The old man chuckles, and lowers his hand. The lightsaber drops into his palm. He can only stare in wonder at the treasure he has been given. He looks up from it, smiling gratefully. The aged human waves to him, shimmering form dissolving back into darkness of the caves. As he stands, stretching tired limbs, a parched, hoarse voice croaks from no where, uttering a prophecy he would not soon forget. "Before there is calm, night will fall on the Force… With a gasp, he stumbles, falling to the stone floor. He rolls over, new lightsaber held, ignited.
The dark one will rise, and bloodshed will take place…
One sacrifice will end it, but a journey still lies ahead…
One light in the darkness, one fight, one sacrifice…
One close to the dark one will end it, one battle, one fall…
And then there will be peace once more."
He meets nothing. The voice is gone.
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BTW, I posted this on the JC at first, so some of you may have read it. I uploaded a second chapter on the JC..but no one replied :(