A New Student - A New Comrade
Another student was set to arrive today.
Ben's eyes would crack open every few minutes to watch the ominous black archway that led into the large room they had taken up - waiting for a fresh new face to loom in through the shadows. He was always curious to see new students his uncle would take in. Different races, different stories from around the galaxy, it was all quite interesting, especially when you're around the same particularly bland people round the clock.
They were supposed to be meditating. He glanced around cautiously, as he'd been caught and reprimanded several times by Master Luke for not taking meditation seriously, so the cautious route he would take. Luke's eyes were closed, in deep meditation it seemed, but still fully aware of his surroundings. His eyes panned over to the other students in the class that were all scattered around the large empty room. They all ranged in age. He was one of the older ones, at age 14, while there were some very young ones present, some at age 5. There were human faces like his of different colours, faces of the rainbow as two Twi'Lek children were part of the class. One of them had also been looking around the room as they couldn't focus, their large amber eyes catching his brown ones for a brief moment before he tore his eyes away. He usually took meditating seriously - in fact it was one of his favorite parts of lessons with Luke. It was quiet and he could keep to himself, something he always took seriously. But he loved seeing new faces - so today's meditation could wait.
That's when he saw it, a face peer through the darkness of the hall, a nervous look etched on their peachy skin. She's human. He thought to himself as he watched her through his peripheral vision. He wasn't all surprised, most of their class were human, so he confessed he didn't know what it was he was expecting. With hopes slightly trampled, Ben's attention latched onto Luke who had by then taken to his feet.
"Our new student has arrived." Luke smiled warmly in her direction, his feet carrying him over to the archway in which she stood silently. "Corana Horizonis, right?"
"Yes." She gave him a nod in his direction, followed by a small smile, her eyes glancing over at the students who had all perked up at the noise.
Ben could admit he was a tad surprised. She wasn't as young as he was expecting the new student to be. She could possibly be his own age, an age far too late for most children to begin Jedi training. Ben's brows furrowed as Luke had ushered her into the middle of the room, introducing her to the rest of the students. Ben cocked his head. If she was let in at such a late age then that must mean she was strong with the Force, a viable adversary, perhaps. None of these welps were good sparring partners for him - so he hoped she was good.
She placed her packsack by her feet and knelt down about a meter away from look, and a good three meters away from himself, glancing over her shoulders as some of the students waved and welcomed her into their ranks. They all seemed surprised as well, so old, one of the young Twi'Lek's murmured with a playful smile.
Ben watched her from the corner of his eye as she immediately began meditation upon Luke's behest, head dipping low, her waterfall of blond hair spiraling around her head. They had sparring after meditation - he'd see what she packed then.
Luke lulled them from their deep meditation in a slow and calming way, only proceeding when he saw all sets of eyes on him. "Alright, now is when we begin our sparring session." He commenced as he motioned over to the weapon rack nailed to the wall behind him, grabbing her attention. "We have our basic Light Sabers to use since you don't have your own yet." Ben was the only one in the class who had made his own light saber. It was basic, just a more stylized hilt and a green kyber crystal. The others were a tad too young to grasp the concept.
She stepped over to the rack and wrapped her fingers around the grey and black hilt of the saber, hefting it off the shelf it sat on. She turned it around before her eyes, inspecting it, and turning it over in the palms in her hands. It was important you could fit well with a saber, and it seemed she deemed it worthy, as she gave a small nod in Luke's direction and walked back into the middle of the room.
Luke rubbed his hands together. "Well this makes things a lot easier." His blue eyes panned over to Ben for a small second. "I'll have you as Ben's sparring partner, that way I can take a break." He chuckled to himself for a moment before glancing around at the younger ones to give them their instruction.
Luke had been sparring with Ben for a while now, as the second oldest in the Jedi program, 11, dropped out. It would have only been fair for the younglings that they weren't to be paired with him, as his skills were well above their limit.
Corana glimpsed over her shoulder to Ben, sizing him up, he noticed, as her eyes panned up and down. His brows twitched as he then retaliated and did the same - even if he had already done this the first few seconds she walked in here. She had to be at least 5'8" to his 5'11", making for a physically good sparring partner.
She paced over and outstretched her hand to his as a formal greeting. "Corana." She introduced herself strongly and proudly, and as he took her hand, he noticed her strong grip. He appreciated that.
"Ben." He greeted her as their hands retreated back to both their sides. They both held their sabers firmly in their hands and at the same time, one green and one blue ray of light shot from the hilts, creating that oh so satisfying sound in both their ears. "Do you even have fighting experience?" He didn't want to totally overpower her here, especially since last that happened Luke reprimanded him.
"Plenty. With lightsabers, no, with regular weapons, yes." She smirked as she squared up, her stance strengthening. He took her word for it, as not just the average Joe would know a strong position like that. Once Luke had given the go ahead, they both stepped forward and the sabers clashed with a loud sizzle, their eyes meeting, her hazel ones staring deep down into his brown ones. A viable adversary indeed, he inwardly smirked.
Ben was quite impressed by the end of their sparring match. Aside from Luke he hadn't had quite an exhilarating battle in a while. It was refreshing. Luke even seemed impressed, as through most of their battle Ben had seen him watching them with what looked like a proud expression on his features.
Ben thought she was powerful. It was almost immediately as their sabers clashed that the two had felt it - through their strong connection with the Force, they had a bond. He wondered if she swayed in her loyalties. He watched her as she returned back to the rack and gently place the hilt back down in its place.
She would be perfect to take with him when he was to join Snoke.
owo. I really like the idea of baby Ben having a bestie/girlie while in the Jedi order. Here's my take on it.
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