One
As I sit I look at my lightsaber. It's been a couple of years since the rise of the empire and the rise of one of the most powerful sith in hundreds and hundreds of years. Darth Vader and the emperor dismantled the republic and now rule it with an iron fist. Nearly all of the Jedi are extinct and those that still live as far as I know of are only Obi-Wan and Yoda are hidden, where I do not know, we both agreed that we would not divulge our locations to each other just incase we are captured by the empire and are interrogated by Vader himself. I reside on the planet of Naboo, it's dangerous considering it's the home planet of the emperor. But I promised Padme in her dying breath that I would watch over her family. It is something I intend to do. They don't even know of my presence on the planet, it would put them in danger…considering who I am.
Later in the day I'm walking in the market area with my hood up, while not many people of the planet know of me I still take the precaution to keep a level of anonymity.
"Hey there stranger, care to buy any figurines?" I turn to face the seller. I eye him.
"Let me see what you have before making any decisions" I answer.
"Go ahead friend" the seller gestures me to look and I see some interesting figures. One captures my eyes considering it is of Qui Gon Jinn, my master's former master. You may be wondering my master isn't allowed to have a second padawan considering he already had another. I had a master before Kenobi but he wasn't the best master and when he kicked the bucket I was happy about it. I begged the council and they reluctantly assigned me to Kenobi and even now we meet up when possible to train.
"I'll take the one of Master-Qui-Gon" I say
"That'll be one hundred credits" the seller tells me.
"Sure thing, those must be expensive to make" I say as I hand over the credits.
"They are, that's why I charge so much" the seller tells me.
"I'm surprised the empire hasn't done anything about them" I say.
"Well I'm left alone because I make figures of important empire people as well" the seller says and with a smirk I walk off holding my new Qui Gon figure in hand. I was a couple of streets away from my home when I heard the shrieks of a frightened woman. I pocket my figure and I keep a tight grip on my lightsaber which Obi-Wan had gifted me. It was Anakin's lightsaber, to rid the dark feeling it emanated I replaced the kyber crystal with another blue crystal. Most of the darkness has dispersed from the blade but there are traces on the hilt I you were actively looking for darkness.
"Stop it right there!" I shout as I brandish my lightsaber. I have no doubts that my lightsaber stunt will reach the ears of Darth Vader. I use the force to hold the men in place as I walk closer to them with an outstretched palm.
"What did they do to you milady?" I ask as I turn to face the almost victim. I am shocked to see it is someone I knew of before my life as a Jedi just like Anakin who was a late bloomer, I was a late starter to the Jedi myself, while I was fairly younger than him I was not taken to be trained. By the time I has started I was taken in by a master that disobeyed the code and I was taken at the age of ten, I was only a Jedi for five years before this all happened.
"J-j-Jedi!" one of the males exclaimed full of fear. I turn my head back to face him.
"Yes, I am a Jedi, now you tell me what you were about to do before I force it from your mind" I say sinisterly as I took a step closer. He didn't respond to me so I did what I said I would do, I went into his mind and I clamped my hand over his mouth to muffle the screams.
"Scum" I say as I let go of all of them with the force and they drop to the ground.
"Come with me milady, I shall guide you home" I say. The short girl nods and I shoot a dark glare to the men. I deactivate my lightsaber and I clip it to my belt.
"Are you really a Jedi?" I am asked.
"Yes, I am milady, now guide me to where you live so I can ensure your safety" I say. I pray that I am not recognized by her for she'll be in true danger if the dark lords know of her connection to me. She nods and she then walks of and I trail next to her.
"You sound fairly young to be a Jedi" I am told.
"That's because I am a padawan, I was one day away from my trials to become a knight and take on my own padawan. . . then the purges happened" I say darkly.
"You were present at the purges?" she asks almost hopefully.
"Yes, it was the day a Jedi named Darth Vader betrayed and murdered Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker" I answer.
"What about this Jedi? Did he survive?" we stop in our tracks as I am shown a holo of myself.
"That I do not know milady" I lie and she visibly frowns and then we resume our walk back to her house.
"Oh, if you find him will you send him my way? I miss him terribly" she tells me.
"I shall, that's if I ever come across him" I say with my voice nearly shaking.
"Thank you, Jedi, though I shall warn you once word spreads the empire will come for you" I am told.
"Don't worry milady, I'll be ready for when they come" I respond. A few moments later we arrive at the house and it still looks exactly as I remember it.
"See you around milady" I say with a bow.
(The Executor)
Darth Vader was in his Hyperbaric Chamber when his commlink started beeping. With a frustrated sigh, the Dark Lord started the process of putting his helmet back on and when the process was complete Vader answered the commlink.
"What is it Piett?" Vader asked. The captain could tell that Vader was irritated at being disturbed.
"We've got reports of Jedi activity on Naboo" Piett answered.
"Jedi? On Naboo? Is this connected to the rebellion?" Vader asked suddenly interested.
"We are not sure my lord, I thought to inform you, I was told not to since this activity doesn't seem to be connected to the rebellion" Piett answered.
"and who exactly told you not to report a Jedi that may or may not be connected to the rebellion?" Vader asked extremely mad.
"O-Ozell milord" Piett stammered.
"Well consider yourself my second in command of the fleet Admiral" Vader said as he shut of the communications. He sat up and travelled to the bridge.
Vader arrived at the bridge and his gaze lingered on Ozzel.
"You saw it unfit to inform me of a possible Jedi linked to the rebellion?" he darkly asked.
"W-well m…" even though Vader didn't seem to have raised a hand he started force choking the former admiral.
"You've failed me for the last time" Vader said as an audible snap and crack filled the air and under the command of the dark lord. The soldiers learnt to never flinch when a person dies because of failure.
"set course for Naboo, I have a feeling this might be the break through we've been looking for into crushing the rebel alliance"
