Epilogue
"By the right of the Council, by the will of the Force, I dub Morgause Brilliante Algethii a Jedi Knight of the Republic. You may rise and join your new Padawan learner," declared the Grandmaster of the Council. While Morgause was stung with slight regret at the absence of her uncle and his colleagues, she also understood it was for the greater good of the galaxy. Besides, her Master was there and that was more than enough for her to be happy at the moment.
"We welcome Menelaus Algethii into the Jedi Order and eagerly await to see what will become of him. Teach him well as Tethys has taught you, Morgause. He will need it in the years to come," added another member of the Jedi Council that Morgause recognized as the Jedi High Master. Morgause would've said she would try but she knew she would likely have been told to do or do not because there was no try in the Jedi Order.
"I promise only that I will instruct Menelaus in accordance with the will of the Force. Menelaus, will you come to accept your Padawan braid now?" asked the Grandmaster. Menelaus stepped forth, kneeling before the Grandmaster and bowing his head as Morgause had done before her Padawan braid was lopped off ceremoniously by his silver blade. As the lightsabers of the Council deactivated and the lights of the room flickered back on the Grandmaster reached for a pouch where he produced a metal braid.
He placed it around one of Menelaus' budding horns with an adhesive sticking the magnet to his flesh as the artificial tendril wrapped around the bony protrusion. "Welcome Menelaus, son of Hyperion and adopted brother to Morgause. The Jedi Order embraces you with open arms and hopes that you will become a powerful and worthy addition as your uncle has done," said the aging Grandmaster moments later. With the ceremony over, everyone was dismissed like nothing had happened though Morgause and Menelaus talked a good long while about what was to come for them.
"What's it going to be now, sis? I mean, Master," Menelaus asked.
"First of all, only call me Master in front of other Jedi. You're free to call me sis when we're alone. As for what it's going to be... I don't know. I guess all that we can do is live, laugh, love, and serve the ways of the Force however we can. Are you ready?" Morgause asked her foster brother. Menelaus thought carefully on it for a moment, walking and thinking at the same time as his sister did.
"Ah kriff it, it'll make pop happy. Plus you're my sister, with our uncle, your aunt, and our parents dead, all we really have in the end is each other," Menelaus said, opening his decision with a joke to ease the tension. Morgause chuckled and placed a hand on his shoulder as they both walked down the hall of the Council to their destiny in the floors below.
"Menelaus, it might be premature of me to say this but something tells me the Force has some interesting plans for us both. You most especially with your power such as it is even at your young age," Morgause said. They traded no more words as they descended the elevator, due in part to other ears around them. When the shaft doors swung open, they stepped out to embrace their new purpose and new lives as Knight and Padawan.
A/N: Hey guys, thanks for sticking with me through this. I grant you that I have cut this one a little short but I felt like there was no more I could do without really stretching the intrigue of this story and it'd help to have material to work with for a new series (if I return to these fan fictions). Now that this trilogy is complete, expect it to be a while before I am back as my priority will now become my paid original works when I write. Thanks for everything guys and see you next time I have a fling for fan fiction writing inspiration! You have been the best one could possibly ask for.