Chapter Edited 21/03/2013
A/N : Hey guys I'm back ! In this chapter I will show you some of Harry's training. I preferred to keep his new awesome moves for later. You will discover them in action. And to say the truth GenoBeast is very close to some of them. Anyway in this chapter you will understand the meaning of the title Black Hole. Ahh and another thing! His training will be 4 years long. Because I want Harry to meet the others at 19. Over that, it makes him too old for my liking. You will discover other characters' age later. And now on with the story. Hope you enjoy !
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Chapter 3 : Training
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"Harry! Concentrate!" an old woman's voice cried out.
"I'm doing what I can Adla!" Harry replied in a perfect Basic. "Shit! It's more difficult than I expected." the younger man whispered.
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Of course it was difficult! To raise tones and tons of sand using the Force wasn't an easy task. Even if when Adla showed it to him it seemed like child's play. But now, he wasn't so sure of himself. And his temper was getting the better of him. His temper...yes, it was his biggest enemy. It has been already four months since he arrived on the arid wastes of the planet Betha II, the second planet of the system Betha and sector Corva situated in the Outer Rim.
Adla especially chose this planet to make it her home because there were neither humans nor other alien races. It was just a bare freaking wasteland of sand. A very hot and arid wasteland of sand. Oh well, if he took in consideration the fact that the old lady had lived here for nearly 600 years and was never discovered, he could say that the planet was safe.
But let's return at the matter at hand. His temper...
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Adla was right when she said that he was too dangerous, those four months ago. She was right too about the Force responding to his emotions. Get him a little angry and Force lightning was flying everywhere. He was like a time bomb. Just waiting for the perfect time to explode. But he couldn't let that happen. He needed to control his emotions.
The young apprentice concentrated again and let the Force flow through him. Slowly more and more sand around him rose some feet from the ground. He opened his eyes and watched his progress, or more likely the lack of it. The sand was for the 20th time hovering only two feet above the ground. He frowned and pushed more Force into it. But the sand was still at the same height.
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"Why aren't you..." Harry began, tightening his hands into fists. "LISTENING TO ME!" he cried out and instantaneously tons of sand around him that just before were hovering some feet above the ground, skyrocketed by several hundred yards, blocking the sun's rays and creating complete darkness. Oh no...
The young man turned towards his Master who was watching him one hundred yards away and began running in her direction.
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"Harry! Get away from there."
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But it was a fruitless attempt, because the sand was rapidly falling to the ground, pushed by its own weight. He was doomed.
Seeing that her young apprentice wouldn't make it in time, she began concentrating the Force around her hand and when the sand was only 20 yards above Harry, Adla launched the compressed Force-push towards him. And the part of the sand that was above the boy was thrown away, saving him. But the rest tons of sand crashed to the ground with a tremendous force creating cloud upon cloud of dust.
A coughing Harry emerged from the dust and walked towards Adla.
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"What happened?" she asked with a frown.
"I lost control,...again." the young Potter answered.
"And why this time?" Adla asked.
"I got frustrated…"
"By what?"
"The sand wasn't listening to me. But I've tried everything I could! What am I doing wrong? What do I have to do?"
"For starters, begin considering the Force like an ally, and not like a weapon, and it will respond to you Harry."
"But I can't! My emotions get the better of me!"
"You know Harry? That was the major reason why I was dismissed by the Jedi Council. I was too old and too driven by my emotions. And like I said before, to control the Force, you have to let go of any emotions."
"I will try." said the young Potter.
"Ok. But for now you will take a break. You have to let your body recover."
"What is Sirius doing?" asked Harry.
"He is training with Bade in the lightsaber fighting. Like usual."
"He hasn't stopped since the beginning! It's like he wants to prove something." Harry said.
"Of course he wants to prove something. He wants to prove that he can beat a Jedi even if he hasn't the Force. And I think that he is doing a good job. At the pace he is going, he will master all seven forms of Lightsaber fighting styles in no time." said Adla with a smile.
"What about his strange Force shield? Have you found something new about it?" the young Potter asked.
"I have a theory." the old lady said, and after a little pause continued. "You said that when you two fell through the Veil your circumstances weren't the same. You, had all your Magic spread in your body, saturating your cells with energy. Whereas, Sirius' Magic was in his core. But you said that he was hit with a 'Magic spell' before falling through the Veil. And I think that while you two were transported in this realm, the residues of the Spell on Sirius were converted by the Force into a constant energy blanket around his body. Thus, he got the Force shield that protects him." Adla finished.
"And about me? Do you have a theory about my high midi-chlorian amount and my strange connection with the Force?" a hopeful Harry asked.
"I do have one about your connection with the Force." the old woman said. "I..I haven't told it to you, but I discovered what your connection was about, four months ago."
"What!? You knew all this time and you didn't deem it necessary to inform me?" an outraged Harry asked. "That suddenly reminds me of someone..."
"I'm sorry Harry, I just wasn't sure about it at the time."
"And you are now?"
"Yes, now I'm sure about it."
"So what is it?"
"When I concentrate on you through the Force, I see something that shouldn't exist."
"What do you mean?" Harry asked with a frown.
"You are like a tear in the Force. Wherever you are, you create a great disturbance in it. You are like a Black Hole...absorbing everything around you. And I think that the voice you've heard is actually...the Force." Adla finished in a calm voice.
"What! But..but we can't talk to the Force, we can only feel it!"
"Well, you are the only one who can." his Master stated.
"Do you mean to say that, unlike any other Jedi, who could only feel what the Force wants, I can hear what the Force says?"
"Yes, that's what I believe. And I think that with time and control, you will understand the Force unlike any other."
"And what about me being a Black Hole?"
"You are absorbing the Force around you and your body saves it like a battery. The problem is, the Force is unlimited so you will never stop absorbing it. And at one point, the energy sucked by your body will be too great for you to control. And what happens when a battery is overcharged? "
"It explodes.." Harry said in a whisper.
"Yes. And the only way to prevent it is to limit or stop the absorption."
"But how do I do that?"
"If only I knew Harry..."
"Isn't there anything?"
"I think that if you succeed in controlling your emotions and being in a complete equilibrium with the Force, you could calm your chaotic absorption." the old lady answered.
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The two Force users stayed in silence for half an hour. Adla letting her apprentice assimilate the revelations.
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"Hey, Adla. Do you remember what you've said to me when I began the training?" Harry asked.
"That I will tell you of my story after you've learned Basic, no?"
"Yeah. And don't you think it's time?
"You are right. Let's return home and find the other two. And I will tell you my story."
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"So, how did it all begin?" an eager Sirius asked.
"By her birth." stated the monotonous and electronic voice of BDG.
"Can..can I cut him in half?" Sirius asked igniting his red lightsaber.
"You humans are so predictable." BDG said.
"What do you mean, predictable?" the black haired man asked with anger.
"Already knowing the reaction you would have, I calculated 3,537,836 ways to counter your attack." the BDG's electronic voice said.
"I will KILL YOU!" Sirius cried out standing up.
"That statement is completely illogical, because I am not a living being, thus you cannot kill me." BDG simply stated.
"Will you stop please?" Harry asked. "Can you begin Adla?"
"It all began when I was 18. I discovered that I was Force-sensitive. And it was by pure luck; well, if you can call a fight for your life 'luck'. Anyway, some bandits wanted to steal all my belongings and attacked me with knifes. Being used to all that, I fought them back and cut their chief on the face. That enraged him and they began fighting me for real this time, I was overpowered. The chief caught me and began to strangle me. I was really panicking and had trouble breathing. At the time I didn't know what happened but it was the first time I used the Force. I Force-pushed all of them 20 yards back. And while they were dizzy I ran away.
Later, I tested my blood and discovered that I had 16,000 midi-chlorians.
So I went to the Jedi Temple in Coruscant and pleaded them to teach me the way of the Force. They tested me with some physical exercises and asked me some strange question. I thought that I succeeded but the Jedi Council refused. Saying that I was too old to be a padawan and that I was too controlled by my emotions." Adla said.
"What a bunch of assholes." Sirius interrupted. "So what next?"
"Well after they dismissed me, I got really angry. I wanted so badly to learn to control the Force that I.." Adla stopped and laughed. "That I infiltrated the Jedi Library and stole many books and pads made for padawans." she continued.
"And you weren't caught ? Harry asked in disbelief.
"Well, actually I was. By a Jedi Master."
"No..."
"His name was...Yoda."
"Wait! Are you talking about THE Master Yoda? Like, the best and oldest Jedi?" Sirius asked.
"Yes. And he was already 200 years old by then. Anyway, when he caught me, he said that the Force wasn't a weapon but an ally, and... said that I should better begin with the red book. And in an instant he was gone." Adla continued with a smile
"After that I found a place to stay on a little planet called Acatal, and learned the way of the force for 20 years."
"That long?"-Sirius asked.
"Well, when you don't have a teacher who can show how it's done, it takes you much more time." the old woman responded. "And after I mastered the use of the Force, I returned to the Jedi Temple and proposed to work with them to keep the peace in the galaxy. But again I was dismissed.
That time I was really seething, and I'm sure if a Jedi had approached me I would have ended up in a fight. I really hoped to meet the little green Master, but at the time Yoda wasn't on Coruscant. So I left in a very bad mood.
Later, I decided to become a bounty-hunter and hunt down criminals in the galaxy.
I worked in the shadows, spying, catching and killing. And to say the truth, I killed more than I arrested…
And I continued to live that way for many years, but the old age was catching up on me and it was more and more difficult to take new missions.
One day, when I was 62 years old, I took a mission. To spy on a criminal on the planet Circarpous V. And while spying, I stumbled upon a Temple. It was called the Temple of Pomojema. There, I found the Kaiburr crystal."
"Was it a lightsaber focusing crystal?" Harry asked.
"No, it was a Magical crystal."
"Magical?"
"It was one of the most sought crystal in the galaxy. And its legendary powers were known by everyone."
"What could it do?"
"For starters, the crystal gave its wielder exceptional healing powers that could heal any wound, be it a little cut or mortal injury. Secondly, with its incredible connection with the Force, it increased the wielder's control over the Force 1000 times over." Adla said smiling at their bewildered expressions and continued. "It has an energetic effect when you touch it and finally, you can use it like a focusing crystal for a lightsaber." the old lady finished.
"Pretty powerful for a stone."-Sirius remarked.
"Anyway, I took the crystal and left the Temple, because I had to finish my mission. So I rapidly found the criminal and discovered why he was on that planet. He was there to sell an old Force artifact he had found, a Holocron."
"What's that?"-Harry asked.
"A Holocron is an object in which the Force user put all his knowledge and memories." Adla explained.
"It strangely reminds me of Tom Marvolo's Diary." Harry remarked. "Well, what happened next?"
"When I discovered it was a Holocron, I decided to take it from the criminal. So I rendered him unconscious, took the Holocron and rapidly left the planet and returned to my safe-house, here on Betha II. I haven't remarked it on my way back, but the Kaiburr crystal lost its magical powers once I left the planet Circarpous V."
"Why?"
"Because its power was connected with the planet, or more likely with what the planet was composed. Nevertheless, I kept the crystal, because I was sure that I could discover a way to make it work. And while I was here, one Betha II, I studied the Holocron and found out who had made it. It was no other but Lord Darth Revan. The most powerful Sith Lord and one the most knowledgeable Force users. I was more than surprised that a mere criminal found such a priceless artifact. Because Lord Revan had put in that Holocron a worth of nearly 3,000 years of knowledge and memories."
"Whoa! He was that old?" Harry asked.
"Yes he was, but he died a thousand of years ago." Adla answered. "Anyway, I began studying with the Holocron and discovered secrets about the Force and the Galaxy among many other things. But most of all, I found out that he had used a Kaiburr crystal, away from Circarpous V. Because he had discovered a way to wake its powers. He fused the Kaiburr crystal with a Qixoni crystal, which is another rare lightsaber focusing crystal, and created a pure pink one.
And I found out that it was thanks to the Kaiburr crystal that he lived for 3,000 years." the old woman explained.
"So that's how you've lived for so long?" Harry asked.
"Yes. I used its power to enhance my life span. And with the knowledge that I couldn't die while in possession of the Kaiburr crystal, I began to study the Holocron and its 3,000 years of knowledge.
It took me 600 years without any break to learn it all."
"600 years non-stop? That's insane!" Sirius said with wide eyes.
"Indeed. And after 600 years, I finally left this planet and began traveling the galaxy. I no longer wanted to help Jedi to keep peace, but I wasn't considering joining the Dark side either. I was for the balance in the Force. Because, whatever Jedi say, I believe that both sides of the Force should exist. So I began creating a spy-network in the Galaxy. To keep an eye on both sides and intervene only when the Dark side will be on the verge of winning."
"But why wait so much when you could save many lives!" Harry cried out in outrage.
"There is no Death, there is the Force. This is the last sentence in the Jedi code. Whatever happens, it's the Force doing." Adla stated.
"I don't believe in that bullshit! If you have the power to save lives you should use it, and not sit in the shadows and intervene when it's too late!" the young apprentice shouted.
"Yes, you are right, and that's exactly why you must become powerful rapidly." his Master said.
"What!?"
"We all have our destiny Harry. My destiny was to live all those years and learn all I could about the Force, to teach it to you, once you arrived. And your destiny, is to change the world." Adla said with a smile.
"No...no, I don't have a destiny! My arrival in this place is completely accidental!"
"That's what you believe Harry. But all things are linked in the Universe..."
"No! I have enough of this 'Chosen One' bullshit! On Earth I was the freaking Boy-Who-Lived and had to save the world because of that damned prophecy and now that I am in a completely new realm, the freaking story repeats itself!" Harry cried out. "You're sure that there is not a prophecy about me, because that will crown it all!" the young Force user said with sarcasm and stormed out of the house.
"Excuse him; he had had a difficult life." Sirius said. "I will go talk to him."
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Harry was sitting on a big rock not far from the house.
'Why had she said that he will have to save the world? That he had a destiny? On what assumptions was she saying that?
Well, if he thought about it, his abnormally high midi-chlorian count and his strange connection to the Force made him a unique being. So his destiny was more important than he wanted to believe.
Well, at last there wasn't a prophecy to accomplish, and it was already a good start.
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"Hey pup. How are you?" his godfather asked, sitting next to him.
"Fine, I guess." Harry answered.
"You know, it's funny how all the time you get yourself in such complicated situations." Sirius said with a small grin.
"Yeah well, I would have preferred to have a normal and simple life."
"You have a point there. But I know you miss your adventures and all that dangerous stuff. It's the way your life is Harry. And you have to accept it the way it is." Sirius said.
"But I don't want it to repeat itself! We have a second chance, to live a new and better life."
"I don't think it a second chance pup. I think that we were meant to be here and it's a part of our destiny."
"I..I don't know what to do Sirius. If all that Adla said is true, the Dark side will strike hard once revealed. And a war will begin. With us in the middle."
"And I think I will use your own words pup: If you have the power to save lives, you should intervene and not sit in the shadows. You have that power Harry, and you can save many lives. Stop the war before it begins."
"You are right. I was being childish. I have the power to changes tides so I shall use it. And when I think about it, I am a unique individual, a wild card in the Game." the young Force user said.
"You are Harry, you are." his godfather stated. "And now let's go back and let Adla finish her story, which I find really entertaining." he finished with a smirk.
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The two former wizards entered the house where Bade was silently talking to the old woman.
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"Sorry about the outburst. I.. I was-…" Harry began but was interrupted by Adla.
"Don't feel the need to apologize, I understand perfectly."
"So, what was next?" Sirius asked as if nothing had happened.
"Well, I continued to live here and kept an eye with my spy-network on the Republic, before a starship crashed down not far away from here. I was surprised to say the least, because few ever come in those regions. Nevertheless, I found the ship and searched for survivors. But there was only one person. Bade Garell..."-Adla said.
"Wait! Your ship crashed here Bade?" Sirius asked with surprise.
"Yes. I was a bounty hunter at the time, and while I was trying to capture a quite dangerous criminal, I entered some forbidden zone and got shot by giant Stardestroyer. I escaped but couldn't go too far, so my Starfighter Delta-7 crashed on Betha II.
I lost consciousness and woke up a week later, on a bed and in this house." Bade explained.
"That's right. After I found him, I took him here and healed his injuries. And when he woke up, he explained to me what happened. So I let him stay for a little bit, the time for him to repair his ship. It actually took him a month. But after that month, he didn't want to leave." the old lady said with a warm smile toward Bade.
"That's right. Adla and her hospitality charmed me, a dangerous Bounty Hunter. So I stayed here and began living with her, and her crazy droid. And she actually taught me how to better use the Force and helped me master all seven forms of Lightsaber fighting." Bade said. "And it's been 10 years since that crash."
"That's quite a story!" Sirius said.
"Hey Bade, I have one question though. How you found yourself on that science laboratory with those green bastards? " Harry asked.
"Well, I had left Betha II for some business. I was in Coruscant when a group of masked beings attacked me. They were quite good, but in no way a match for me. And when I was on the verge of winning, they used some strange poles that created a Force deprived field around me. Because of sudden disconnection from the Force, I lost consciousness. And when I woke up, I had Force-suppressing handcuffs. After that, you know the rest." Bade answered.
"Hmm...we should be wary of those things." Sirius stated.
"Let's go Adla, I have to continue my training." Harry said standing.
The old lady followed her apprentice and the two Force users left the house.
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Harry was sitting cross legged with his eyes closed in the hot sun of Betha II. He was meditating. Well, it was more likely that he was trying to meditate. Because every so often a sigh could be heard coming from him. Since the very moment Adla described his connection with the Force three months ago, he just couldn't think straight. To know that he was a tear in the Force and the only being that could converse with it made him feel...different.
How amusing that wherever he was going, he was always an anomaly. A freak among freaks. Freak. That was the word he hated the most. It forced him to relieve his years with the Dursleys. And how they always called him a freak. Well they were right for once.
It wasn't some sort of self-pity. It was just that he knew that the secret of his anomaly will one day be discovered, and he would be again the center of attention.
And he wasn't really eager to be the center of attention again. The little and simple life he was having with Sirius and the three new members in his new family suited him perfectly. Even if the said family was more than a little strange. A young man with the highest midi-chlorian count ever recorded, former wizard. His godfather, a swordsman prodigy, and also a former wizard. A tall scary looking man, a former Bounty Hunter. A crazy red droid whose life purpose was to drive Sirius crazy. And of course a crazy 700 years old woman, which was the most experienced Force user apart Master Yoda in the galaxy. So his life didn't miss in originality.
Of course he missed the constant danger with which he grew up. But it wasn't that important. Oh well, he should better continue with his meditation.
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"It's time for you to begin your lightsaber training." Adla said. "I will give you my old lightsaber for your training and once you've mastered the seven forms, you will make your own."
"Finally! After a year of body and Force training, it's bloody time!" said an excited Harry.
"Don't be too eager to begin pup. It's a living hell! Believe me, I can vouch for it." Sirius said.
"Yeah, yeah! You're just trying to find some lame excuse to delay the major ass-kicking I'll give you." the young Force user said with a large smirk.
"What?! You little brat! Bring it on and I will show you the real meaning of ass-kicking!"
"It will not be today Sirius. He doesn't even know the first form." Adla said. "Take this lightsaber and go with Bade, he will show you the moves of the first form, Shii-Cho." the old lady finished giving the young Potter a hilt.
Harry took and ignited the lightsaber with a snap-hiss. The young Force user watched in fascination as the yellow beam of the lightsaber hummed.
"Wicked..."
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"Hey pup, why are your slashes becoming so sloppy? I thought that you wanted to kick my ass." Sirius said with a smirk jumping several steps back and swinging his red lightsaber in a circular motion.
"Don't get cocky! You may be a better swordsman but I can roast your ass with my Force lightning despite your Force shield, don't forget that." Harry replied pointing his yellow lightsaber in his godfather's direction.
"Bring it on smart-ass." Sirius said with a smirk.
And not waiting for it to be said twice, Harry attacked his godfather with a vertical slash. Sirius, for his part side-stepped the swing and tried to slash Harry's neck with his own lightsaber, but the latter bended back, narrowly escaping the red humming beam. He instantaneously counterattacked by swinging his yellow blade to the left. The two lightsabers met in a hiss, and the two men were in a deadlock, both trying to overpower the other. Finally, the two former wizards jumped backwards and smirked. What better than the rush that a good fight brought?
Sirius swung rapidly his red sword and settled in his favorite lightsaber form: Makashi, the elegant and refined second form.
Harry for his part got in his own form: Ataru. The most acrobatic and Force relying form of the seven.
And in a blink of an eye the two warriors met in a deadlock and exchanged lightning quick blows. It will be one of many spars they will have...
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"Today I will show you the secret behind the Force manipulation." Adla said. "In the last two years you've learned to wield a lightsaber and use every Force ability. But to use an ability and master it aren't the same things.
Until now I taught you to control yourself and to be emotionless during a fight. Because if you let yourself being controlled by your emotions, you know what will happen.
I'm taking a great risk by teaching you the real Force manipulation. For the secret is in the intent.
For example, with the Force lightning, if you want just to stop or render your opponent unconscious, willing it will only shock him slightly. But if you want to kill, the intensity of your lightning can not only kill on touch, but vaporize him completely." she continued. The problem is, when using the Dark side of the Force, the intent is always violent, and so emotions tend to get out of control." Adla finished. "Because of that, your task is much harder. You can't let yourself be driven by your emotions, or the Black Hole will open anew."
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The old lady waited a little bit, to let her apprentice absorb the news and spoke again.
"I brought you here, near those rocks for your first exercise. Do you see this big rock?" the old Master said pointing to an 8 feet tall and 6 feet wide rock. "You have to destroy that with a Force-push. But the rock cannot move. It has to stay in the same place all the time."
"But how will I destroy the rock with a Force-push without 'pushing' it?" a bewildered Harry asked.
"Don't forget that the intent is the secret." the old lady answered. "I'll come back later."
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Harry for his part glared at the rock and walked towards it, stopping 10 yards away. 'Hmpf...Destroy but not move...' Well, let's go...
He began to focus the Force around his hand, and after the amassed energy was enough, he launched it with all his might at the rock.
The said rock was flung 30 yards back and Harry cursed under his breath. Well, it wasn't like he hoped to succeed at the first try, didn't he? Ehm…Well, actually he did...
With a flick of his hand, the stone was returned to its original place. He had to try again.
Again, he concentrated the energy around his hand and completely deafened his emotions, before launching the Force push towards the rock. The result was nearly the same. So with another flick, he returned the rock to its original place.
'The secret is the intent? Hmm...'
He focused the energy and launched the wave of Force at the rock, willing with all his might to destroy it.
This time the rock was sent back only 10 feet and adorned a slight crack on the middle. That was a start. Harry made the big stone fly back and again concentrated the Force around his hand. The problem was that his intent wasn't strong enough. How could he make it stronger? Well, he knew a way...by using his emotions. But that was out of the question. If he used his emotions he not only would lose control of himself, but his damned Black Hole would absorb any energy around him, and then…well that wouldn't be pretty. It took him two years to calm it. No, he couldn't use his emotions and endanger his family.
The young Force user tightened his fists and narrowed his eyes. He had to succeed! He couldn't stop now!
And with a unbreakable determination he launched the Force push at the rock, and it exploded in thousands of pieces.
Harry smiled. He was starting to get the hang of it. And without wasting time, he began launching Force pushes everywhere, destroying every rock in the vicinity. Yes, he was starting to get the hang of it...
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