I'm really sorry about the poor quality of the last few chapters. I went through the first couple of chapters multiple times before posting them, but school didn't allow me to do so for the last few ones. But since I'm done with exams I have the ability to read through everything and change/fix things, so you can expect better written chapters from now on. I took the route of quantity over quality and I can assure you that I'll never repeat that mistake again.


Chapter 10: The First of a New Generation, Part 1 (25-20 BBY)

(25 BBY) Immediately upon entering the atmosphere of the planet, which looked very similar to Tython from space, Cindo initialized a scan which would tell him if the atmosphere was breathable. He flew around for a while, checking for any man-made structures, but the only thing he could see were trees and more trees. The planet really was similar to Tython in almost every aspect. It had lots of forests, mountains and lakes. He was flying around for hours before he finally spotted something. A large circular structure with an upside down bowl shaped roof that was built into a cliffside.

"This has to be the place," he thought to himself as he flew in circles trying to see if there was a place where he could land the shuttle. There was a small landing area in front of the structure, so he headed for it and landed. He turned off the ship and cautiously ran down the ramp of the shuttle with his right hand on his lightsaber. He observed the area, while slowly walking towards the entrance of the structure. Chunks of the platform he landed on were missing, boxes were scattered all around the area and… there were scorch marks everywhere. He also noticed two man-made cave entrances but they were blocked off by debris.

"Help…" a barely audible voice called out. Cindo flinched and ignited his lightsaber. He looked around and didn't see anything. He deactivated it and put it back on his belt. He let out a deep breath to calm himself from the sudden shock and searched the area with the force for the origin of the voice. While searching around with the force he could hear very faint screams and cries for help and mercy. He sensed something close to the entrance, it wasn't alive but it was something. He walked to the entrance and glanced around the area close to the door. He focused once again, this time extending his hand and calling upon the force. He slowly went over the area from left to right. He stopped at a stack of boxes, sensing the whatever it was. He crouched and quietly moved towards the boxes with a saber in hand. When he peaked the corner he was greeted by the sight of an empty set of armor laying on the floor. He decided to inspect it more closely. It was unlike any armor he had seen before. It bared close resemblance to some special forces trooper armor from the Old Republic era but it seemed like it was made from a different material. This particular set was painted black, with yellow stripes running across the hands, body and legs. The voices began screaming again, this time more loudly. Cindo placed his hand on the armor's chest and closed his eyes, letting the force do the rest of the work.

When he was back at the temple he asked Master Yoda why he could see images of the past when he focused on the necklace, when he still had it. Yoda explained to him that this power was called telemetry and that very few Jedi possessed it. The thought of Yoda sent a tear down his eye. He was gone for only a couple of hours and he already missed all of them, but he had to do this, because he knew what the alternative was. Slowly he could feel the force dragging him into a vision.


(Coruscant, Jedi Temple) "Why did he escape?" Anakin asked his master.

"I have no clue my Padawan," Obi-Wan answered inspecting the are where the shuttle was the night before. He and his padawan Anakin Skywalker were assigned to lead an investigation about Cindo's escape. The only clue they found was a shattered bowl.

"Didn't the guard notice anything?" His padawan was keen on asking easily answerable questions. "What do you think?" Obi-Wan asked rhetorically looking at him from a crouched position with a raised brow.

"He had to have heard the ships engines," Anakin said. Kenobi face palmed. "Of course he heard the engines."

"Then why didn't he do anything or sound the alarm?" Anakin asked.

"He did try to do something, but he got knocked out by the box you're sitting on," Kenobi explained calmly. Anakin quickly stood up. "Oh."

"Knight Kenobi how is the investigation progressing?" a deep voice said. "Not very well I'm afraid Master Windu. We know what happened but we don't know why he did it," Kenobi explained, shaking his head. "Did you manage to get a lock on the tracking beacon?" he added.

Master Windu frowned. "I'm afraid that the beacon was either disabled or destroyed. So, whatever he's doing he doesn't want us anywhere near him."

Anakin sighed "First Derel seemingly vanishes and now Cindo."

"There's been a hidden darkness inside Derel, which we didn't uncover fast enough and it almost costed a younglings life. We thought we healed him, but it appears as though he only hid it and looked for a time to escape. But Cindo… I don't know what to think of it. He was on his way to become a padawan, my padawan to be exact and he just picked up and left. He's so young yet he fought the dark side and defeated it both mentally and physically, he couldn't have succumbed to it. Those ghosts may have made him insane, or forced him to do this," Windu told them.

"I don't believe it was the ghosts. He told me they always helped him whenever he was in a bad situation," Kenobi said, stroking his chin.

"His trust may have been misplaced," Windu questioned.

"Maybe, but we can't be certain. It seems like we'll just have to wait it out, hope that he returns to us or that he activates the beacon again."


(Odessen, vision) It was a warzone. Warships, fighters and bombers filled the skies with lasers and the ground with bombs, troops on the ground were shooting in every which direction and the humming of lightsabers could be heard from everywhere. Cindo was standing in the spot where the trooper's armor was. The boxes were still in the same place, but there were those black and yellow colored troopers behind them taking cover and shooting back at someone. Cindo stood up and immediately his jaw dropped. He could see Imperial and Republic troopers working together killing all of the soldiers wearing black armor. Usually he would be happy to see them working together, but this time something felt off. Before he could ponder his thoughts the sound of two transport ships caught his attention. The black armored soldiers defeated the Imperial and Republic troops, but were greeted by even more of them when the ships landed. After the troops exited, two Jedi and two Sith each emerging from their own transports also joined the fight. The troopers were no match for them and were soon cut down. The doors of the structure opened. Five figures all wearing different gray and white or gray and black armor and masks stepped out onto the battlefield.

"Stop this at once!" the figure in the middle of the five demanded. They sounded surprised by the attack.

"Your days of peacekeeping are over. We've come to destroy the Alliance and you'll be buried with it," the SIth said taking a step forward and igniting his crimson colored blade.

"We outnumber you. This is your last chance, surrender." the figure once again said calmly. The Sith merely started laughing in response. "You outnumber us? Really?" And just as if on que three more transport ships emerged from around the corner of the cliff. They landed and dropped off more troopers, Sith and Jedi, too many for Cindo to count.

"You see on any normal day we would take you in alive, but you have ruined everything for us and in return we will destroy you and everything you've built. There will be no more Alliance," one of the Jedi said coldly. Cindo's eyes widened. Did he just hear that correctly? A Jedi said that?

"Then you give us no choice," the masked figure said, igniting their lightsaber the others following suit. His vision began to fade, as the man who was wearing the armor slowly let out his last breath.


(Odessen, Alliance base) Cindo took a few steps back and sat down, his whole body aching. Telemetry was a useful power, but it was incredibly draining. "W-what happened here?" he asked himself loudly.

"We can explain that," a soft feminine voice said. Cindo jumped to his feet and turned on his heels. Standing there in front of him were two women, wearing armor colored in different shades of gray. It was Keira and Myria, but they were different. The right side of Keira's face had burn marks and she was wearing one of those Sith face masks that covered the nose, mouth and part of the bottom jaw. She was wearing a, ribbed light gray shirt and black armor that went from her chest up to both of her shoulders. She had a beautiful black-yellow-light gray cape that went from her waist down to just above the floor. Her leggings were armored in the thigh, knee, shin and calf areas, same with the shoes. Myria's face looked the same as when he first saw her the only difference being that her eyes weren't dark red anymore, but they were orange. It seemed that she managed to heal her dark side corruption a bit. Her whole upper body was encased in very light and thin gray armor, with a large shoulder pauldron on her right shoulder and a smaller one on the left. She wore open fingered gloves and the same cape as Keira, only that hers was gray. Her whole lower body was armored with very light armor as well (I wanted to add images for reference but the site doesn't allow me to post links).

"W-why do you look different?" Cindo asked them. "We have that ability. We aren't alive so we can change our looks to how we looked at any other point in our lives. We decided to appear to you as Wardens. This is how we looked like in the final years of our lives," Myria explained to him.

"I had a vision. Sith and Jedi were fighting to destroy something called the alliance. I never heard of the alliance," Cindo said.

"Before we can explain what the alliance was, we need to explain how and why it formed, so prepare yourself for another story," Keira told him. She lifted a box with the force and settled it down next to Cindo. "Sit."

"The Emiper and Republic were on the brink of extinction. A new and powerful empire appeared out of nowhere. It's fleet larger than both the Empire and the Republic combined. They obliterated everything in their path. I went in search of this new threat but was captured by the emperor and his children, transported to their capital world called Zakuul and frozen in stasis for five years. Myria saved me and together we escaped this new Zakuulan empire. Their fleet was deemed invincible but we found the only weapon that could destroy it, the Gravestone. A treaty was signed between the three powers, basically destroying the Republic's and Empire's power to resist Zakuul. So, we took the Gravestone to this planet and started the Alliance. It consisted of Republic citizens and Imperials, whether they were Jedi or Sith, defecting soldiers or volunteers, we took in everyone who wanted to resist Zakuul. We managed to take control of a part of their automated fleet and turned it against them. It was a bloody fight but at the end we managed to succeed and kill the emperor and his children, but not before the fleet and the Gravestone were destroyed. Without those we were left exposed and the Republic and the Empire decided that it was best if they destroyed us," Keira told him, her expression grim.

"But wouldn't the Jedi support your cause. They are peacekeepers themselves. Why would they destroy someone with the same goal?" Cindo asked. He still didn't want to believe that the Jedi played a part in the destruction of the alliance.

"The Jedi feared us even more than they feared Sith. We took their jobs and did what was necessary to win. Their influence and funding within the Republic dropped massively. It's safe to say that they didn't take a liking to it, so they decided to ally with the Empire. But they knew the people wouldn't support them, so they framed us for killing higher ups in the hope of gaining support. It succeeded. And without our fleet we were defenseless. We held out for as long as we could, but there were too many. A lot of people died that day. And to imagine all of this could have been avoided…" she trailed off looking into the distance, to a forest still bearing the scars of battle.

Cindo still didn't want to believe it, but he sensed that she wasn't lying. "But the order has changed right?" he asked, hoping for a good answer.

"Yes, it has. That event transpired thousands of years ago and all of the records about the event have been destroyed, but since then they have changed for the better. But even right now an outside darkness is looming over the order, waiting for a chance to strike and destroy it. You've seen it for yourself in that vision. The Jedi are too weak to stop whatever is coming, so it's up to you to ensure the survival of the Jedi," Myria said coldly, with a supportive arm on Keira's shoulder.

"But the Jedi helped destroy you, why would you help them?" Cindo asked. At this point he didn't understand anything.

"Because that's the life objective of a Warden. To keep peace in the galaxy and help its people by any means necessary. We aren't going to forget our ways like they did," Myria told him. She let go of Keira and kneeled down to Cindo's level. "You see those mountains over there," she said pointing at a chain of mountains in the distance. Cindo nodded. "Fly over those and you'll see a large clearing. Land there and then head up the stairs to the top of the mountain. That is your first task. We'll wait for you there."

"Ok. I'll see you there then." He ran to his ship and up the ramp and soon he was already flying towards the mountains.