Birth of the Sentinels
Chapter 2: Knighthoods and Self-Exile
Bastila knelt before the Jedi High Council, who all stood lightsabers ignited, as Grand Master Nomi Sunrider spoke, "Bastila Shan, by the will of the Jedi Council and The Force, I dud thee Knight of the Jedi Order and the Republic." Sunrider cut Bastila's braid, causing the young woman to rise to her feet.
"Thank you, Masters." Said Bastila, her head bowed in respect, before picking up her braid and walking over to Master Delta and handing him her braid, "Thank you, Master."
Razak only nodded, not trusting himself to speak as Bastila left the Council Chamber.
*/BotS/* *One Year since Bastila was Knighted*
Revan and Alek stood to the side watching Meetra training some of the younger Padawans.
Alek looked at the younger knight, before looking at Meetra.
"Did you hear Bastila's report on the Outer Rim and the Mandolorians?" Asked Revan, not taking his eyes off Meetra.
"About they are advancing and the risk of war breaking out?" Asked Alek, looking at the Younger Jedi, who nodded, "Yeah, what about it?"
"The Council's done nothing to combat this, they ordered her to remain to keep an eye on the Mandolorians, but they aren't combating them." Said Revan, as Meetra walked closer to them, stopping by Kanver Shan, Bastila's younger brother, to adjust his grip on his lightsaber.
"Revan, what are you planning?" Asked Meetra, approaching them.
"Bastila said that she was certain it would come to war, and it's our sacred duty to defend the Republic." Said Revan, looking at the Senior Padawan.
"Revan, the Council won't let any Jedi willingly go to war, it's against the code." Said Meetra, although she agreed with him.
Their convocation was cut short when an Astromech rolled up to Vandar and began to join up a signal.
Everyone, Master and Padawan, looked at the Holo-graphic image of Bastila Shan, wearing her signature cream cloak and robes, her lightsabers on her belt, hood up and mask on. Revan found the mask very Mandolorian-ish in design, as it was simply two eye holes and nothing else. Bastila said that it was to make it harder for non-force sensitives to figure out her emotions.
"Greetings, Master Vandar." Said Bastila, bowing towards the smaller Jedi.
"Knight Shan, what do you have to report on the Mandolorians?" Asked Master Vandar, looking at the hologram.
"The Mandolorians have attacked three Republic ships, they have also taken Telos IV and Taris." Reported Bastila, looking down at the Jedi Master, "The death toll is rising as we speak, Master, They need help."
The Hologram flickered at and explosion sounded in the background.
"Master Jedi, the Mandolorians have destroyed three of our turrets, we need to go now!" Yelled a Republic Soldier.
"Knight Shan, you must return to the Jedi Enclaves at once, this is not your battle." Said Vandar, looking Bastila sternly, no one knew if she was intimidated because of her mask.
"I cannot and will not abandon them, they need help and if you won't do anything then I will." Said Bastila, pulling her one of her lightsabers from her belt and attaching its end to another lightsaber, before igniting the blades and deflecting four shots.
"You must obey the Council." Ordered Vandar.
"Then consider me in Exile until the War is over then, if I live that long." Said Bastila, before speaking to the droid she was with, "T3, end the transmission."
The hologram went out and Mater Vandar went inside to contact the High Council, Revan turned to Meetra and Alek.
"We need to do something." Said Revan, leaving no room for argument.
Meetra and Alek only nodded, following Revan to the Council.
None of them saw Kanver standing in the middle of the arena staring at the ground where the hologram had been.
None of them, but Atris.
*/BotS/*
Bastila stood, with her hood down and mask off, listening to the Republic Officer as he recited those who had lost their lives.
"And Ta-Zel Feng." Said Commander Stone, putting the pad away and leaving Bastila to her thoughts.
Bastila remembered the look of horror on the Soldiers faces as the Mandolorians butchered everyone, she also remembered the first Mandolorian she had killed, a boy, barely fifteen years old, and she had killed him with a quick jab to the chest.
Her thoughts drifted back to the Dantooine Jedi Enclave, and her last memories with Revan, Meetra, Alek and Atris before her and Revan's falling out.
*/Flashback/*
Bastila sat on a branch of one of the many trees in the Enclave, Meetra and Atris were studying at the base of the tree, while Revan and Alek were messing around in the pond near the tree.
Bastila was leaning against the trunk of the tree, reading and old book from a planet called Terra outside of the Republic and Terra was said to be the birth place of Humanity, before they took to the stars.
Bastila turned a page when she heard Atris and Meetra start giggling, she was about to tell them to be quiet before a large amount of water landed on her, making the plain white tunic she was wearing see through, and showing he friends she had neglected to put on underwear after she took her shower after training.
"Ooh Lala, Ms Shan, going commando are we?" Asked Revan, a stupid grin on his face.
Bastila smirked, replying, "Jut showing you what you can never get!"
Revan's face went red and force pulled her into the pond, making her splash both him and Alek, and then causing her to recruit the other two girls into the water fight, which resulted them being sent to the Enclaves council and all of them being reprimanded, while still soaking wet.
*/End Flashback/*
Bastila sighed, the next time they had all been together was when she and Revan stopped being friends and started being rivals, causing her to loose Meetra and Alek as friends and all of them to loose Atris as a friend, Bastila hadn't spoken to any of them since the split, but then again whenever she tried they would pointedly ignore her. That was when she started being a Maverick, in order to distance herself from her pain.
And she didn't regret a second of it, over her carrier as both a Padawan and a Knight she had found fourteen force sensitive children and found out about the Poverty in the Outer Rim and she had started to clear it up, earning the name Jedi Sentinel from many Gangs and Crime Syndicates, due to her impassive nature and that some lucky sod got a Holo-graph of her in her cloak and mask, which she designed off Mandolorian Helmets and Masks and to protect her face from extreme environments, and put it on a poster.
Bastila looked over at one of the Republics troops, Carth Onasi, before approaching him.
"Carth, any word from the Republic?" Asked Bastila, looking at the man under her charge.
"Nothing except the Jedi Order ordering you to return to the Jedi Temple." Said Carth, looking up at her, taking note of the way her brown irises seemed to sparkle with unknown knowledge.
"Tell them I'll come back when the wars over." Said Bastila, walking away thinking 'If I Survive that is.'
A/N: Bastila's clothes from the Holo-Gram message with Vandar is the common clothing of a Jedi Temple Guard, a little insight on her past with Revan and her being knighted. Review and if you want one ask for a cookie.