A New Beginning

When Ardanna woke up there was nothing but darkness surrounding her. She could sense through the force that there was no immediate threat and relaxed, taking a deep breath as she stood up to stretch her arms and legs after her short meditation. Looking around at her surroundings she could barely make out anything around her except for the trees surrounding the small clearing she had chosen to rest.

"im getting sick of his game…"

She muttered to herself as she reached to her belt and took hold of the training saber given to her by her master.

'I've been in this prison for 6 years… you think he'd let me know why…'

She thought in disdain as she started to resume her way through the forest.

For hours everything remained quiet, too quiet she realised as she stopped, raising her blade in a defensive stance and closed her eyes, taking slow breaths as if to not interrupt her concentration. As if on queue, there it was, the tiniest sound of footprints… they weren't human this time, no, they were much lighter than any human, or even any humanoid creature. Slowly the creature approached, unaware of the fact it was being expected.

The Akk wolf took it's time, pacing around the humanoid creature just standing there, in the middle of the forest, it's weapon at attention. It seemed as if the creature it was hunting was blind, stuck in the thick woods alone with nowhere to go. The Akk wolf took it's time but when he finally thought he had the opportunity, he leaped from the shadows, not taking any chances and going straight for the killing blow.

Ardanna sighed as she felt the creature lung for her, she swung the blade towards her back, where the creature had leapt, smashing it sideways in the head, knocking it away from her, however temporary, then shifted slightly to her right to face the creature before extending her hand and lifting the wolf off the ground with nothing but the force. She looked at it with pity in her eyes, all the creature wanted was to eat, which she was positive it hadn't done in a couple of days, judging by both it's weight and the look in its eyes.

"Master, this is the same beast you sent to chase me the first day you through me in here, if your running out of idea's maybe it's time you took me out of here. There's no way this place is going to show me anything other than how to survive, and as you have seen, I can do that no problem!"

She called out as if to no one as she kept the wolf elevated a safe distance from her as she watched the creature whine and snarl at her while not being able to reach her.

"Your right, my apprentice, perhaps you are truly ready to train in the ways of the dark side"

The voice of her master seemed to ring from everywhere. She hadn't met the man yet, however, from the tone of his voice, he sounded old… perhaps even a cyborg… she also assumed he was human, the sith didn't seem to like aliens very much, which she guessed was why he kept her trapped in this prison with his pets. Ever since the sith lord discovered her sensitivity in the force he debated if he should destroy her as a child and save face in the eyes of the empire, or to train her as his apprentice. She was a young Twi'lek of red color, with stripe-like markings covering her Lekku however leaving her face untouched.

"Come, young one, I know you have long ago discovered the way to escape your cage, follow the path and meet me. I think it's about time we were introduced"

The voice came again. It lingered in the air like a hiss echoing across a mountain before fading. Ardanna grinned widely at the sudden news of her release. She could finally leave this place! Oh how she wondered what the outside world was like. Quickly, and without hesitation she took off at a sprint to the North. Her master was right, she had long ago discovered the exit to this prison, however she feared what wrath her master might invoke on her if she left without his consent. It took her just under 10 minutes to reach the hidden crevasse in the wall. She pulled down any vines and shrubbery that covered it up and walked into the small space, always staying alert. Who knew what sort of trick this could be?

Stepping into the narrow space didn't seem like much of a challenge, however upon stepping fully into the darkness, she suddenly caught a very faint odour that was completely different than anything she had smelled in the containment of the forest. It smelled sweet, however made her head spin. She stopped for a moment, leaning against the cold stone wall and shut her eyes to steady herself. When her eyes closed however, she found that she couldn't open them again.

Her head swam as pictures floated in and out of her mind, sudden flashes of her mother, her face was beautiful, however she wore nothing but rags. Soon the image of her mother faded into the black smoke of a blazing fire as laughter filled her thoughts, soon followed by the hazy figure of a man. He was tall, dark and radiated power. Her thoughts turned cold as the image of this man stuck in her mind the longest, before it too faded into a pool of thoughts and dreams, then, the dreams stopped