"Soooo… Where are they?" Ezra complained to Kanan.
"I told you, we have to go deeper before they'll start to show up." Kanan sighed.
Since Ezra's lightsabre had been shattered on Malachor, he needed a new one, being a Jedi and all. Kyber crystals were an essential feature, and without them you'd have a useless metal rod you may as well bash the enemy over the head with. They were scattered across the galaxy, found on worlds such as Ilum, and scarcely on Lothal. However, there were a few locations that they were known to be, and Kanan had taken Ezra to get a new one.
"Why do I need a new one, anyway? My old one is still blue." The padawan groaned, tired of the walking.
"If I recall correctly, Vader dominated you." Kanan smirked.
"I didn't see you come to help. You were so focused on leaving." Ezra exclaimed.
"Well if I wasn't then we wouldn't be having this conversation." The Jedi stated.
Ezra grumbled in reply and quickened his pace, wanting to get the whole thing over with.
"Slow down or you'll miss the signs." Kanan instructed.
They descended deeper into the cave for what seemed like ages before they came to what they were looking for. Ezra felt a slight disturbance in the force, but not a bad one. More like… a sign.
"Kanan!" Ezra whispered and the older man nodded.
"Remember, the one you will get calls to you." He added.
The cave opened into a deep pit. Ezra could see little glimpses of white light glowing from the bottom of it.
"Let's go!" He called to Kanan.
"You have to go alone." Kanan explained.
Ezra looked at him quizzically but ambled slowly to the edge of the drop, peering in. The padawan composed himself and jumped lightly, using the force to soften his fall. Walking around, he studied each crystal critically, finally settling on one.
"Use the force." The Jedi instructed, his voice echoing around the pit.
Ezra extended his hands and aimed at the little growth of crystals. Pouring all of his focus and energy into it, the crystal began to shake and rattle. His face screwed up in concentration as it was pulled free from the rock and gently floated up to his hands. Ezra opened his eyes and smiled, proud of himself, and jumped back up to where Kanan waited, using the wall to strengthen his ascent.
"Let's see it." The Jedi prompted.
The boy opened his hands and a small, white crystal stared back.
"It's… It's white!" He stammered in disbelief.
"Close your hands and focus on it." Kanan instructed.
Ezra obliged, closing his hands and eyes, focusing on the white crystal's force signature. When he looked at it again, it was green.
"Green!" He exclaimed.
"See, it changes colour when its force signature attunes to the user's." The older Jedi smiled.
Ezra's face transformed into a grin as he examined the crystal thoroughly.
"Green! I always wanted green! You told me Yoda has a green blade? He does doesn't he? I'm Yoda now!" The words tumbled out of Ezra's mouth.
"Easy now, easy." Kanan chuckled.
The Phantom docked with the Ghost in orbit and Hera's voice crackled over the comm.
"Phantom you are clear to disembark."
Kanan opened the doors and strolled out as Ezra barged past him in a hurry to build his new weapon.
"What's got him all excited?" Zeb quizzed from the couch.
"Jedi things." Kanan settled on, and then called to his padawan. "You know what you're doing?"
"Yeeeesssss." Ezra's voice called back.
In truth, he had figured out he would need a new crystal to replace his old destroyed one. In the weeks prior, he had salvaged some spare or discarded parts from around the Rebel base. When he was satisfied that he could complete a design to his liking, the boy assembled all of the part, but left the two sections unconnected for easy crystal access.
He carefully slipped the crystal into its little chamber and screwed the top on above it. Ezra then attached the two parts together and fastened them. Picking up his weapon, he walked back to Kanan in the common room with the others.
"Back already?" Kanan exclaimed in surprise.
"I already found and assembled all I need." Ezra explained.
"But does it work?" Kanan grinned.
Ezra ignited the weapon and the brilliant green blade leapt from the emitter with a clean sound, much unlike his other weapon, which was more of a pop. He waved it around experimentally, and then deactivated it.
"This time, don't get it broken." Sabine laughed.
Ezra glared at her. "Easy for you to say, you have blasters."
"Relax, I'm just playing with you." She replied with a playful punch. "Bet you can't beat my darksabre with it."
Sabine stood and dashed to her room, coming back with the weapon.
"You, me. Duel outside." She challenged the boy.
"Oh you're on." Ezra laughed, following her.
As he ran down the ramp, Sabine stood before him, darksabre ignited and ready.
"Come on. Are you scared?" She teased.
Ezra swung his blade down on her and she blocked it with a flat parry. Whilst she wasn't as skilled as him, Sabine could still hold her own in a fight – to a certain extent. If Ezra chose to whip out some fancy moves that Kanan taught him then she might have a problem. But she was confident that he would be nice to her, since she was still learning.
The Mandalorian tried to slash across his body, which Ezra easily flicked to the side.
"Number 1, Keep your blade up." He instructed with a giggle.
"Hey!" Sabine huffed, stabbing at Ezra with her blade. He stepped easily to the side and brought his blade down on her waist, stopping it inches from her body.
"Number 2, don't rush in." He mocked.
Sabine kicked his legs from under him and his lightsabre was thrown from his grasp as Ezra fell heavily on his back. He looked up to see Sabine's darksabre point almost touching his nose.
"Number 3, never let your guard down." She smiled sweetly.
Sorry I haven't written a lot recently, I've had exams piled on top of me. If you like it, please favourite/follow and leave a review to tell me what I should do! Thanks :)
~Saint
