Sander Blanco's POV:
I sit down on the train, collecting my thoughts for the long lecture.
It has been 10 years since the life in my old galaxy was destroyed, after all.
"Well, Weiss, there's only 1 way to begin: What do you think of my energy sword?" I ask, holding out the lightsaber hilt.
She pondered the question and answered, "Well, I'll be honest. You're weapon certainly looks…other-worldly. It's unlike anything I've seen before."
I smile at the answer. She's hit the mark. "That's because it is not from around here."
Weiss looked at me, utterly confused. Then she realized what I meant, and stared at me calculatingly. "You can't be serious." Then she realized I am being serious for once. "OK. So you are serious. So what exactly are you?"
"Well, I'm human, no different than you. However, as for where I'm from, I hail from the planet Corusant, the capital of the Old Republic, the official government for the next galaxy over. That was before the dark times. Before the Empire." I answer, spitting out that last sentence bitterly.
Thanks to my starship picking up galactic news before I left that galaxy, I learned that Chancellor Palpatine, who I guessed is the evasive Darth Sidious the Jedi have been ceaselessly searching for, had reorganized the Republic into a Galactic Empire. It made me furious that the one we've been looking for for years had been hiding under our very noses the whole time. For the Jedi not predicting the betrayal sooner, and believing the stories of them being invincible, they were destroyed.
Weiss picked up on the hateful tone of the last sentence and asked her next questions cautiously. "If you're from another galaxy, why are you here? Also, what is this 'Empire' you mentioned?"
I lower my head, forcing myself to relive everything. "To get the whole story, you need to know about what I was once a part of. When I was 6 months old, I was taken into an order of knights known as the Jedi. I was a Padawan, a Knight-in-Training. We can be distinguished by this." I lecture, holding up my single braid of sandy blonde hair with distaste. Weiss looked shocked at how young I was when I joined, but continued. "Anyway, the Jedi were the guardians of peace and justice for the Old Republic. What really spread the rumors of us being invincible was the fact that we have the mystical energy field known as the Force as our ally. It is a energy field which is created by all living things. It surrounds us, penetrates us, binds the very universe together. You saw me use it many times. That officer I controlled yesterday, I used a Jedi Mind Trick on him, called Force Persuasion."
I took a long breath and continue, knowing this is the sensitive part. "I trained as a Jedi for the next few years until I was 4. That was when the first galaxy-wide, 3-year long war that occurred in eons began. It was called the Clone Wars. It got the name because the 2 sides of the war had enormous disposable armies at their backs. The Old Republic had a massive army of clone soldiers, who are bred to be the perfect soldiers. They were spear-headed by the Jedi Knights. I even fought in the War for the last 2 years. The Confederacy of Independent Systems, on the other hand, were members of the Republic, but seceded as they felt that the Senate had grown too corrupt to do shit. They used an army of battle droids to fight for them. However, what really made the Separatists a threat to the Jedi and the Republic was that they were unofficially led by the goddamn Sith."
"The Sith? Are they related to the Jedi in any way?" Weiss asked, sounding more and more curious with my story.
"You're right, Weiss. Sort of. The Sith are the utter opposites of the Jedi. While the Jedi use the Light side of the Force to keep balance and neglect emotions, something I never did because that rule was f***ed up, the Sith, easily determined by their bloodshot amber eyes and their overly sadistic ways, used the Dark Side of the Force to bring chaos and destruction. The Dark Side is very powerful and tempting to all. Once you start down that path, no one returns. In the end, they turn into bloodthirsty monsters whom lose the will to live."
Weiss just sat there, trying to digest everything I said. "Wait, you said no one returns?" she whispered, horrified at what it can do.
Then I remember the stories I heard when I was 6 and smile a little. "Just one. I've always enjoyed the stories of Revan, a Jedi Knight who lived 4000 years ago and holds a feat no one else has ever achieved. He mastered both the Light and Dark sides of the Force without falling into the Dark Side's embrace. He had turned into a Sith Lord along with his apprentice, Darth Malak, after the ancient Mandalorian Wars. In the end, Revan saw the error in his ways and crumbled the Sith Empire he created, along with killing his apprentice, before he could annihilate the Republic."
That seemed to amaze Weiss, but she looked like she had just realized something. "You talk about this in past tense. What happened after the Clone Wars?"
The memory of that awful night returned, but I let it out. "The War ended bitterly, to say the least. We were betrayed by the greatest hero of the Clone Wars, Anakin Skywalker. Somehow, he fell to the Dark Side and turned the entire clone army against the Jedi. He slaughtered us like wheat in a field. It was horrible. My mentor, Leia Hagger, was gunned down in her attempt to find me. Technically, I'm supposed to call her Master, but even as a child I refused to do so since it makes me sound like a slave. Anyway, I killed the clone soldier and took his armor as my own. My mentor told me to escape, gave me a message that I can't listen to just yet, and died. After I fled the galaxy in that same starship, the last news I heard before leaving galaxy was that Anakin had also massacred the CIS leaders and Chancellor Palpatine, who was a Sith Lord the Jedi have been after for a long time by the name of Darth Sidious, transformed the Republic into the first Galactic Empire. That all happened 10 years ago."
Tears had begun to fall at the memory of everything going wrong. Weiss realized she hit a sore spot and tried to apologize, but then a familiar sound filled the air. We both look up and see a Bullhead bearing the Schnee Dust Company symbol on the side sitting at the landing bay. "It's alright, Weiss. I needed it all out anyway. If you want to talk about later, alone of course, don't hesitate to ask."
She nodded and we jumped off the moving train and onto the ground. I put my helmet back on and we boarded the airship.
"I'm glad to see you 2 in good shape. Weiss, what's wrong? You look pale." Mrs. Schnee asks her daughter, sounding concerned. Out of the entire family that I have varying amounts of respect for, the lowest being that under-handed Jacques, she's one of my favorite people. Even if she has a drinking issue. Honestly, how Jacques and Mrs. Schnee ever got together and why they took me in is beyond me.
"I'm fine. Just surprised at the White Fang's unusual appearance." She answered.
She looks at Weiss with a hint of suspicion, but comes to a conclusion and drops the subject, just as we took off into the air. I can only hope that I can have a fresh start at a new and better life.
If only I knew what awaited me at Beacon Academy.
AN: I hope you like the explanation to Weiss. This is more of a filler chapter.
I promise there will be more action in the future.
Later!
