Living with Jedi

Chapter 1: Ezra's first lesson

Ezra:

I'm still not sure what happened yesterday. I just didn't want to lose anyone again. I just join this crew and I really don't want it to end that quickly. What did I even do? I just wanted to get Kallus away from Zeb before he killed him. I don't know what happened from there. It felt like a wave of air just came rushing out of me. It did exactly what I wanted it to do. I've been up most of the night trying to figure it out. Whatever it was it I used the Force to do it. But how did I do that? Kanan is giving me my first Jedi lesson today. I hope he explains to me what I did & how I did it.

Kanan:

I wait on Ezra to get up. I have been putting this off a little too much. I know that the kid needs this I just don't know what to do. Where do I even start? The kid has so many questions and I'm not sure if I can even answer all of them. I'm not even qualified to do this. Who else is there? Everyone else that could, no would be doing this job is dead. At least as far as I know of they are.

"Kanan?" Ezra asked. I look up to see we're the only two in the room right now. I wonder what happened to the others. Hera must have asked them to leave right after they finished breakfast again. Leaving the two of us alone to talk. She's been doing that every morning since the kid joined the crew. Every day he inquires me on my knowledge of the force. Seriously, I know that there are myths and legends out there about the Jedi. I know that he grew up on the streets for the past seven years, but didn't his parents teach or tell him anything about the Force. They had to have known.

"Yes, kid? You have more questions?" I reply. I'm starting to sound like my master.

"About what happened yesterday…" the kid trailed off. "Why did you decide to start my training today? Did it have anything to do with whatever I did to get Kallus away?"

Oh boy this is not going to be easy to explain. Yes, it has everything to do with that. "Ezra, it's not like you did something wrong. Yes, what happened yesterday pushed me to start it today. In a way you kinda proved yourself to me. The problem is you used the Force without even realizing what you were doing. When you Force pushed Agent Kallus you had no control over it. It went as planned but it could have gone wrong. That's when I realized that you are stronger than I thought & I need to start your training as soon as possible. I'm sorry I waited in the first place. You didn't do anything wrong. I just haven't taught you anything yet."

"Oh, how did I do that?"

"Kid, we'll get to that later. First I think we need to work on controlling your connection with the Force first. Let's start with meditation. I believe you've already tried this to open the Holocron."

"Ok, so we're starting small! How long is this going to take?"

Normally years I think to myself. "Just follow me Padawan." He smiles and gets up following me to my cabin. Once we get there I sit down on the floor and fold my legs into the butterfly pose. I signal for him to do the same. "Ezra, I want you to focus on whatever you need to to relax. Ok?"

We meditated for a few minutes before the Ghost internal com went off. Hera's voice broke my concentration. "Kanan? I'm sorry to interrupt the Jedi training but sometimes wrong with the artificial gravity. It's on but doesn't seem to be working. Could you come help me figure out what's wrong?"

I opened my eyes and looked around. "That's strange Ezra and I are still on the ground but sure I'll help. Ezra continue whatever your doing. Be there in a second Hera." I reply.

I dart down the hall. For some reason I'm not floating. Maybe it's just in that section of the ship. I think. At least until I get to Sabine's open door. The young Mandolorian artist is flying in the air enjoying herself as she paints the top of her wall. Her paint & equipment is floating around her. As she changes tools she just reaches for it as it floats to her.

It dawns on me why I'm still not floating around. There's nothing wrong with the artificial gravity. The kids doing this with the Force.

"Hera, there's nothing wrong with the Ghost." I say into my com.

"Then why are Zeb, Chopper, & I floating around the control room?"

"Sorry about that, I didn't realize that we were lifting everything while meditating. I'll get the kid to stop. I have to catch Sabine before she gets hurt." I chuckle. It's funny to think about the big guy floating around. I run into Sabine's room & stand below her ready to catch her as I com the kid.

Sabine:

I was just painting my room. I stopped to examine my work a little & designed I need to add to the top. Man, I wish I had a jet pack. Then I could just fly up there and hover over the spot I was working on. Of course I would also need to load my equipment and paint into my tool belt so I didn't have to come down so often. On second thought I wish I could yield the force like Kanan and Ezra. Then I could just make it all just float to me. Just as I turn to get my steps as if someone read my mind everything in my room starts floating. The artificial gravity must be down. I should probably go see if Hera needs any help fixing it. Then again I'm not missing an opportunity like this. I turn on my com to listen in and hear Chopper & Hera arguing about it. Chopper says that his scans can't find anything wrong. That's odd. I continue painting. I hear Hera call for Kanan. Kanan runs down the hall stopping at my door and watching me. He talks into his com. Then runs in and stands underneath me ready to catch me.

"Hey Kanan, why are you not floating? Isn't the grav down?"

"You're only floating because Ezra's lifting you though the Force. He doesn't know that he's doing it. Hold still I'll catch you. I'm going to to have him set everything down." He answers.

I brace myself as he coms the the kid. "Ezra, can you can quit meditating now, but do it…" I land in Kanan's arms everything else just falls & crashes into the floor. "Slowly!" The Jedi continues annoyed.

"Ezra was doing that? What was he reading my mind?"

"That the Force, no. At least I hope he wasn't. We won't be that far in training for a while. Wait, what were you thinking about?"

"Oh nothing!" I reply. "Just how much easier it would be to paint if I had your abilities." I add under my breath.

"That would be a death sentence, miss Wren. As it is for both the kid & I. I wouldn't wish that on anyone."

"What's up Master?" Ezra asked while walking into my room. Looking around. "Whoa, what happened in here? Nice work Sabine. Why are you in Kanan's arms?"

"I think you need to work on levitation before we try meditating again." Kanan says to him as he put me down.

Hera, Chopper, & Zeb are now standing at my door behind the kid. Zeb looks like he's going to kill something. I laugh imagining him floating.

"I did this? How? I was just doing what you told me to do." The kid says in total shock.

"So this is your fault huh boss?" Zeb says laughing but still mad.

"Trust me big guy if I had known this would happen I would have started with having him levitate something instead of meditating." Kanan replies staring down at the kids smiling. "Once again I underestimated you kid."

"Well, can the next lesson be on using the Force to clean up this mess?" Hera asked. "Because I think it's only fair that whoever made it should clean it up, and since the Force made the mess. It should be able to clean it up too. You can start in the kitchen. There's a lot of broken glass in their."

The two Jedi just look at each other and smile. "Yes ma'am!" They both say simultaneously.

"I'll clean my own room." I say.

"Good! Zeb, Chopper the two of you are coming with me to replace the broken dishes. I guess we'll have to get something less breakable for now. I expect the mess to be cleaned up by the time we get back." Hera tell all of us.

"Thanks for the extra mission kid." Zeb says as he follows Hera out of the Ghost.

After I finish cleaning my room I watch Kanan & Ezra clean the rest of the Ghost. Kanan is trying to teach Ezra how to levitate the shards of broken glass and other debris. The kid's having a little trouble even getting them to float much less getting it to move to the garbage compactor. I guess he really didn't know what he was doing earlier. He really does seem to know how he did it before. If he did the Ghost would already be clean.

"Kid, let's just do this the normal way. I think we've had enough Jedi training today. Besides, not once in the temple did I or any other Jedi ever try and use the Force to clean anything. That probably would be considered abusing it."

"Really, you all had the ability to make everything in a room float up and put itself away at once and nobody ever used it? If I had known I could do that when I was little… It would have taken a lot less time to clean my room when mom asked me to, or mess with stormtrooper when I lived on the streets." Ezra points out. I agree with the kid. That would make cleaning up in general easier.

"Kid, that's exactly why we didn't. Even back then we attempted to blend in with Society. We didn't want to stand out to much."

"Then what's the point of having the ability to even use the force if you have to be normal?" Ezra and I both ask.

"I've been trying to answer that question myself years." Was Kanan's only response.

Note: I could really use some ideas for this. I have plenty of ideas of my own but i still need some more. The next one will revolve around Ezra trying to impress Sabine. Ezraine? Maybe at some point in these series but not yet. Honestly at this point I think she considers him a Good friend. Later she sees him as a little brother that she cares a lot about. Eventually I see the two of them becoming something more, but that's later on. This next one is going to be about Ezra telling Sabine about the TIE Zeb and him stole. Them working on it is going to be a reoccurring plot as well as lt reoccurring plot as well as Jedi training and practical jokes Ezra Chopper and Zeb play on each other. At least until I get to session two. Then things get interesting.