Hello my fellow star wars nuts,this is my first attempt at a Star wars fan fiction, I will be going by the EU, and making this an AU of the original time line. I do not own the star wars franchise, that would be Disney and lucasfilm.
Now enjoy my story.
"Run Mara, they are gaining on us." I say to my twin sister as we run from storm troopers who had killed our parents. We hid in an alley, we slide down to the ground as the stormtroopers pass us.
"Mara, what are we going to do?" I ask breathing heavy
"We should head to the spaceport, we can hide in a ship and then we can get away, at least for now." Mara gasps, I could feel her fear.
We sneak out of the alley and head to the spaceport, but of course we are spotted by a pair of stormtroopers.
"Hey, you kids stop." One says
"Run," I yell and Mara and I bolt.
We run into the spaceport and I jump onto the ramp of a leaving ship, when i feel Mara's hand get ripped from mine, as I hear her shout, "Zaro, help me."
I turn to see the quickly shrinking form of Mara in a stormtroopers arms, I blink away tears as I go into the ship and hide. Several hours of me hiding in the ship, and staying away from the crew, lands us out of hyperspace in who knows where. I wait for the ship to land and the crew to leave before I exit the ventilation system where I had been hiding the past hour, and went to the navicomputer to find out where i was in the galaxy. The navicomputer, says that I was on Tatooine, a desert planet.
"Kriff,"I say as I read about Tatooine, the only upside to Tatooine is that there is no Imperial garrison, which might suit my needs. I look in the hold of the ship and find a poncho and a canteen of water.
"Well, it's not much, but it is more than I had before." I say to myself and exit the ship. I let my instincts guide me, they seemed better than my other options. I felt a weird presence on the back of my neck, and I heard a weird sound (star wars rebels anyone?), it drew my attention to a middle aged man with dark brown hair, a mustache and beard. The man must have heard the same noise I had heard the sound to because he turned to me, then gestured for me to come over. My instincts said to trust him, so I walked over to him.
"Hello little one, are you lost, where are your parents." He asks
"My parents are dead, killed by the empire on my home planet." I say holding back tears
"Well then you are having a difficult day aren't you my boy." He says, looking at me concerned
"But not only that the empire stole my twin sister too," I tell him, unsure of why
"Come with me little one, i will take you home with me and we can get you cleaned up." He says, offering his hand.
"Go with him," a male voice says in the back of my head.
I take his hand and he leads me to a lizard like creature, and we set out among the plains
"So my boy what is your name?" The old man asks
"Zaro Jade," I say, " What is your name sir?"
"My name is Ben Kenobi," He says
"Well Mr. Kenobi, what was that noise, that lead me to you?" I ask
"That was the force guiding you to me, you have great potential in the force." He says looking back
"The force?" I question
"The force is an energy field that surrounds all living beings, it binds us, penetrates us, it binds the galaxy together. It was used by Jedi knights." Ben says
"Jedi! Wait, are you a jedi, Mr. Ben?" I ask becoming excited
"Yes, I am Zaro, and you could become one as well, if you desired it." Ben says looking at me.
"I would love to Mr. Ben," I say and Ben smiles
"Very well my young padawan, your training will now begin." He says as we reach his house.
Later that night
In a dream
I see Mara in a cell, crying, I try to call her name, but I couldn't speak. I hear the door open and an old man… The Emperor, walks in, he begins speaking to Mara and she listens to him. I try to yell, to tell her not to listen to him. But she does, and when he offers his hand she takes it and he walks out of the cell with her.
My vision shifts, I see an older Mara, killing people who were begging for mercy. No no this isn't right, my sister would never do this.
Another vision, one with an older me and an older Mara, she had a blaster pointed at my head, she had a stone cold face and I had a face of utter sorrow.
"You chose the wrong side," She says pulling the trigger, and my vision goes dark.
I wake up, sweat falling down my face, I see master Kenobi sitting in the corner, looking at a cube, that had a blue center, but gold corners.
"What is it, Zaro?" He asks looking over at me.
"Just a dream, Master," I say looking at him
"Ah, but dreams, can also be premonitions, what was this dream about hmm." He asks, looking worried
I tell him about the dreams about my sister, and he looks at me troubled.
"Down a dark path I fear your sister is traveling, but remember, there might be a chance to save her." Master Kenobi tells me, "And I will tell you this, be mindful of the future, but keep you head in the here and now."
3 years later
I finally get to make my own lightsaber, Master Kenobi brings out a few older sabers that he managed to get from the Jedi Temple, and the took them apart, then added some other parts to the mix, he put the kyber crystals, which I could hear some sort of singing coming from them next to the pile of parts.
"Now take your time, this is a difficult process, trust in the force, but, most of all trust in yourself, quiet your mind and the design will become clear." He tells me, and I sink deep into meditation, letting my hands wander through the air around the constructing blade, letting the force flow through me, when I sink into the meditation like this, it allows me to feel my sister's emotions, from what I can tell she is excited about something. I slowly ease away, not letting her notice that I was there, when I opened my eyes, floating in front of me was a saberstaff, but it had a place in the center that would allow me to break it off into separate blades (Think Ventress' lightsaber, but not curvehilted). I grab it and ignite the two blades, out came emerald green blades. I look to master Kenobi, who brought out the Holocron that he had.
"You have done well, my padawan, we will focus on single blade combat, but I will teach you to use both Jar'Kai, and the saberstaff approach. First we must figure out what style would suit you." He says as he pulls up a list from the holocron, listing the styles. I found myself gravitating to Soresu and Juyo, the seemed like the style I would use. Master looked like he was about to have a heart attack, but he accepted my choice. We started training with the blades that day.
3 years later
I turned fourteen today, this was bittersweet for me, it was bitter, because it marked the six years apart from Mara. I celebrate my birthday by looking at a force power called Shatter-Point, it was an advanced form of future sight, that let you see the different branches of the future based on your choice. I was determined to master it.
2 years later
Darth Maul is sniffing around, that is not good for us. I want to attack him, hit him before he finds us and slits our throats. But master Kenobi is saying that if we do not engage, that way, the desert will end him. I don't think it is wise, but I trust his judgement. But the force seems to hate, or mildly dislike us. Because a kid my age, named Ezra Bridger, came and we needed to save him from Maul. We found him and his Droid in the desert, we rode up to them on the dewback and stopped, we then hooked his Droid, an old C-10 unit, up the power generator, we then watch over him. I notice a pair of parallel scars on his face. I look questioning at my master, pointing at the scars.
"Lightsaber wound, looks like Mr. Bridger has been fighting some dark Jedi." Master Kenobi tells me, and my eyes widen.
"If the empire is recruiting fallen Jedi, well that explains what happened to my sister." I say looking around, sending out feelers in the force.
"He's coming, he will be here a little after nightfall." I say my eyes closed, picturing the Zabrak warrior from my master's stories. I kneel down and begin meditating, preparing for the fight that was sure to happen now.
The suns set, and the desert grows cold, my master starts a fire, but I remain in the same position, reaching out trying to feel my sister in the force, when I finally connect with her, I feel such darkness, like a cloud of evil is surrounding her.
"What's this," A voice asks, "The brother trying to connect with the sister, hmm, well I think it is about time we try and find you, boy, what say you Mara."
What i assume is Mara's voice says, "Yes, my master, Zaro, come to me, we can serve the Emperor and we can begin again-"
"No, I am a Jedi, I will not be swayed, It take strength to resist the darkness, that is why the jedi will always be better." I say through the connection
"Zaro-" Mara begins, but I break off my connection with her, feeling immense sorrow and the dark presence lifting, My master is sitting next to me.
"What did you see?" He asks
"I didn't see anything, but, I can confirm that Mara is with the Emperor, He- he spoke to me master, while I was connected to Mara, they both tried to turn me. I broke it off when Mara started trying to convince me." I say, wiping tears from my eyes.
The droid suddenly jerked to life and started spinning around its head little arms coming out of it as he got into a fighting pose.
"Whoa there little guy, take it easy, you don't want to blow a circuit now do you. We were just charging you, you had run out of power in the middle of the desert." I say, putting my hands out in front of me. Master Kenobi goes and sits in front of the fire, smiling as I engaged in a conversation with the droid, it's personality was really spectacular, I must build an Astromech like this. He told me of the missions that he did with his crew. I asked about the 'Inquisitors', because they seemed like they could be what Mara is becoming.
Soon enough Ezra awoke, and looked around groggily, to which he saw me, and my master, who he zeroed in on.
"You're in the wrong place, Ezra Bridger," My master says to him
"Master, Master Kenobi," He says standing up
"I am, and when you have your strength, we will help you on your way." My master then gets up and walks over to me, the droid, and the Dewback
"On my way? No, I came here to find you, to warn you."
"About Maul," I ask smiling at his expression
"Yes! You know?" He asks
"One doesn't survive as long as we have being unprepared, Maul is an old adversary, and a persistent one at that." My master says, and I cringe, remembering the horror stories that he had told me.
"We could fight him together," Ezra says
"I am down with that plan," I say, grabbing my sabers
"I have no intention of fighting him," Master Kenobi says sending a look that means I should be quiet now, my way, "But it seems inevitable now."
"You don't understand, you're the answer, the holocrons told me that you were the key to defeating the Sith." Ezra says, and I snort
"Well my friend, it appears you were played, the sith are linked to the dark side, and that is eternal, so in reality, Maul used the combining of two holocrons to get the answers he wanted, us two cannot destroy the sith, it was tried by four jedi masters, all four died and caused the chain reaction that almost completely ended the jedi." I say looking at Ezra, watching as his expression went from hope, to sorrow.
"What you need you already have, unfortunately you seem to be letting it all go."
"But if I had what I needed, then-" Ezra says trailing off
"Maul deceived you, and in doing so he has altered the course of many things, including the truth, which lead you here, where you should never have been."
I look to the east, feeling the dark presence of Maul at the edge of our camp, I take out one of my sabers, "He is here." I say, igniting it, the green blade illuminating the dark around the camp, Illuminating the cloaked and bent form of Darth Maul.
"You must go now," Master Kenobi says to Ezra
"I lead him to you, let me make it right."
"That is not your responsibility, I will mend this old wound"
"Of course we will, now if you two would stop flirting and either get out of here, or fight that would be appreciated." I say snark echoing through my voice.
"Ride north you will find your way out, your way home." Master kenobi says as circle around the fire, putting myself in between Maul and my master.
"See you soon, apprentice," Maul says, and I was shocked at how soft his voice was, I expected a deep menacing voice, but this softer voice was so much creepier.
"Look what has become of you, a rat in the desert, trying to train a new apprentice after your previous one fell and caused the galaxy so much pain.
"Look what I have risen above." My master says, ignoring the last comment about Skywalker.
"I have come to kill you, and I will kill your student as well." Maul says, his sithy eyes bearing into me. "But perhaps i should leave you alive, festering in your squalor." he starts walking towards me, picking up his cane, which I assumed was his lightsaber.
"You define yourself by your ability to take life, your desire to dominate, for this you have nothing." My master says and Maul draws his saber and, before he could do anything, I struck, Igniting a single saber, striking for his head, forcing him to block, I started my attack on him, trading punches and kicks between saber blows, My master comes in igniting his saber, causing Maul to ignite the other side to his saber. While we were fighting, maul continued to speak.
"Why come to this place, not simply to hide." he ducks under my quick two handed slash, then cuts me right above my eye and then kicks me in the face, knocking me down.
"Oh, that is why you are here, you are protecting something, or someone." He says smiling at the looks on our faces. I ignite my saber again and launch myself at him, trading blows and slashes, he manages to disarm me, but I flip back to my master, and draw my second saber, pulling the other to my hand as well. I feel my masters hand on my shoulder, I look at him and he nods back, to which I reluctantly obey. He then moves from his favored Soresu, to the Ataru stance. Maul jumps at him, he is blocked twice and my master cuts him and his saber in half, lengthwise this time.
"Get up from that," I say, earning a disapproving stare from my master, "What, if what you told me was true, you cut him in half the other way and he got back up."