Training
Amber ducked under the purple lightsaber belonging to her father just before it could slice her neck. "How is this training?" she asked the Jedi. "You haven't even told me what to do."
Her father smiled. "The best experience is the one you gain from being in a life or death situation." He rested the lightsaber at his side. "Attack me, Amber. Don't hesitate to engage your opponent."
Amber sighed but pulled out her lightsaber hilt and activated the amber colored blade. She had made the lightsaber six months prior and was proud of the accomplishment. Since she and Seraphina had been living on Ahch-To for a year, Ben had decided that Amber should also be trained in the ways of the Force. And young Solo had happily obliged.
Amber's saber crashed against Ben's purple one, raising a shower of sparks. Ben pulled away and brought his saber down towards Amber. Amber raised her lightsaber and the amber blade deflected her father's violet saber. She and her father continued to spar until the sun began to set and by that time, Amber was covered in sweat and dirt. When her father deactivated his lightsaber, Amber knew they were done sparring. Amber was breathing heavily as she deactivated her own saber. Her father was also sweating but not as much as she was. She was battered and bruised in several places from getting thrown into rocks by the Force.
She glanced over at her cousin who seemed to be doing a lot better than she was. Then again, her cousin had spent eleven years training as a Jedi Knight. Seraphina ducked under the blue saber of her mother, Rey. Only one side of Rey's lightsaber staff was active, making it look like a regular lightsaber with an extra long hilt. Seraphina was borrowing Anakin's lightsaber since she had left hers on Amaro's Destroyer.
The graceful movements of mother and daughter were always interesting to watch. Seraphina leaped over her mother's head and swung the ancient saber towards the older woman's back. Rey quickly activated the other end of her saber, stopping Seraphina's strike. Ben joined his daughter in watching the two Jedis fight. When their fight finally ended, Rey and Seraphina had come to a draw. Both put away their lightsabers and joined Ben and Amber.
"You two are getting better." Ben said with a grin. Amber smiled at her father.
"I didn't know lightsaber combat was so much fun." Amber commented.
"Let's see how you like it when you get caught in an aggressive negotiation." Seraphina admonished.
"What's an aggressive negotiation?" Amber asked.
"A negotiation with lightsabers." Rey said.
Amber laughed. "I know for a fact that you, Dad, and Seraphina have been a part of a lot of aggressive negotiations."
Ben nodded. "Yes, my dear, your aunt and I have been through many deadly negotiations. Most of them were arguments between Rey and me."
Amber laughed even harder. "You know… it's not that hard to imagine you and Aunt Rey trying to kill each other."
"Well," Rey started. "It was your father who mostly tried to kill me. I was trying to turn him back to the Light Side."
"And you succeeded." Ben said with a smile.
"Do you think it's possible for me to convince Josh to come back to the light?" Seraphina asked.
Ben looked down, his eyes sad. "Seraphina… it might be possible to save him, but if it isn't… don't get your hopes up. Some people are not capable of escaping darkness."
Seraphina was about to say something before Poe ran up to the group. "I just received intel from the Resistance base on Dantooine that the First Order is on their way here."
"What? What for?" Rey asked.
Poe took a deep breath, breathless from his run up the steps of Ahch-To. He pointed at Seraphina. "Her."
"Me?" Seraphina asked.
Poe nodded. "According to some of the Resistance's spies who infiltrated the First Order, our current Sith in action, Amaro, has been searching for Seraphina. He's been going from planet to planet looking for her."
Rey clenched her fists and set her jaw. "Then we're leaving."
"How?" Seraphina asked. "Amber and I came to this planet in an X-wing and-"
"We can take the Millennium Falcon." Ben cut in. "Rey, you get Luke and Leia there. Poe, get Finn, BB-8, R2-D2, and C-3PO to the Falcon. Girls, you come with me."
Nobody argued with Ben when he got like this. Leia had once mentioned that he was like Han at moments like this. Seraphina and Amber followed Ben towards the lower areas of Ahch-To. When they reached an area overshadowed by a cliff, Seraphina stopped when she saw the Millennium Falcon.
"This is the Millennium Falcon?" Seraphina asked.
Amber turned around and smirked. "You look surprised."
"It's just… Wow. This is the ship that Han Solo and Chewbacca flew in. There are a lot of stories behind this ship."
Ben lowered the ramp and gestured for the girls to go in. "Get in."
Seraphina and Amber raced up the access ramp and Seraphina immediately made her way towards the cockpit and sat down in the pilot's chair. She gazed at the controls and hundreds of buttons and switches. Footsteps approached the cockpit and Seraphina turned around to see Rey. She stopped next to Seraphina's chair.
"I think I'll be the one flying?" Rey said.
Seraphina reluctantly moved out of the seat and settled in the copilot's chair so that way she could watch her mother operate the ship. Ben walked in and sat behind Rey's chair. "What makes you think you're the one who gets to fly this ship?" he asked Rey.
Rey pushed a few buttons before the ship started up. "Because I can. I'm a much better pilot than you are."
Ben crossed his arms and sat back in his chair. Seraphina giggled at the sight of her uncle pouting in his chair. She watched as Rey guided the ship away from the beautiful island of Ahch-To and into the cold expanse of space. A First Order Star Destroyer exited hyperspace right as the Millennium Falcon left the atmosphere of the blue planet.
Seraphina lost her breath when she sensed Amaro's all too familiar presence in the Force on that ship. And she was sure that Amaro could sense her. "Mom…" she whispered, afraid to raise her voice.
"Seraphina, what's wrong?" Rey asked, glancing back and forth at her daughter and the First Order ship.
"Get us into hyperspace. Now." Seraphina ordered.
Rey quickly set their destination and put the ship into hyperspace. Seraphina exhaled when she saw the blue streaks of hyperspace.
Seraphina, Amaro's voice whispered in her head. She shook her head, not wanting to respond. She fingered with the kyber crystal in her pocket, the one she had found in the caves of Ilum. She hadn't yet constructed her new lightsaber, nor had she told the others what color her crystal had turned when she had retrieved it. She was scared of the path ahead of her.
Amaro paced impatiently in his quarters. They had been in hyperspace for five hours now. He had spent that last year searching for Seraphina; with permission from his master of course. There was nothing left for him to do except try and turn Seraphina to the Dark Side. Several First Order ships had been sent to different planets to find her: Coruscant, Naboo, Bespin, Corellia, Dagobah, Geonosis, Hoth, and Tatooine were just a few to name. The galaxy was so large and there were so many places for a Jedi to hide.
Amaro had highly doubted that she would ever to return to Tatooine, or any desert planet for that matter. But then again, she was a Skywalker. They had some sort connection to desert planets. Both Luke and Anakin had grown up Tatooine while Rey spent her life on Jakku.
Amaro's next destination was Ahch-To. He just hoped his search was coming to an end. He wondered how long Darth Vader's search for Luke had lasted and the same for Kylo Ren and his hunt for Rey. Amaro felt the ship exit hyperspace and he made his way towards the bridge.
Staring out of the view port, Amaro watched as a ship left the atmosphere of Ahch-To. "Captain," Amaro addressed an older man. "What ship is that?"
The captain looked at the scanner he was stationed at. Swallowing nervously, he said, "It's a Corellian YT-1300 light freighter, my lord." Nobody wanted to be chosen by a Sith lord to present information. It usually ended with the information bearer to have their head separated from their body or Force choked.
Amaro stiffened, both from the information and the feeling of her presence on board the freighter. He could feel Seraphina lose her breath; she had sensed him, too. He watched as the Corellian freighter jumped into hyperspace. Seraphina, Amaro whispered in his mind, sending the word to Seraphina across their weak link. He was glad to have reestablished the connection between the two of them but it was too weak to use most of the time. He would have to fix that.
"Sir, what are your orders?" the captain asked.
"Follow them." Amaro commanded and the ship jumped into hyperspace. It had been a year since Amaro had last seen the young Skywalker Jedi. And before that it had been five years. He was going to get her back. And then he would make the man who had locked Seraphina's memories of him away and destroyed their bond pay.
Author's Note
This is the sequel to The Fight Continues. For those who have not read it, please go and read that one first. Or, if you think you can understand what's going on, then proceed with this one.
Any ideas on what color Seraphina's new kyber crystal is? And what about her being scared about the path she's on?
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