A couple of weeks have passed since the crisis on Naboo and fake death of Master Kenobi. Over that time I've slowly started to talk to Master Kenobi again, but I'm still slightly bitter about the fact that he lied to us, so most of our interaction is mainly on a professional teaching basis. While it was getting better, I wasn't ready yet to go back to being 100% friendly with each other, and I could tell Anakin wasn't either.
It also didn't help that my visions with Darth Revan were only getting worse as they went on, like the one that's happening right now.
The shadowy landscape once again surrounded me, and I grimaced, bracing myself for what was once again going to be another contest of will between me and the ancient Sith Lord. Sure enough, he appeared out of the smoke, clad in his full crimson and black armor and cloak.
"Welcome back," he says under false greetings.
I cross my arms in irritation. "I don't have much choice in these meetings do I?" I ask rhetorically.
He gives off a small chuckle. "No, not really apprentice." he says.
"How many times must I tell you that I will never join the Dark Side with you, or betray the Jedi and the Republic?" I say heatedly.
"I must admit your resistance to ignoring these truths is admirable, so that is why I will give you a test," he says, circling around my tense form. I raise an eyebrow in surprise.
"Test?" I ask in confusion. I narrow my eyes. "What kind of test?"
Darth Revan stops in front of me, his back facing towards me as he stands there in thought.
"A test to see if you are worthy of joining the Dark Side," he states.
I stand there in confusion, unsure of what he could possibly be trying to do with me when I let off a yelp of surprise. Darth Revan had turned around like a lightning bolt with a crimson colored saber raised high in an attempt to kill me!
I just barely leaped out of the way and he charged in my direction, forcing me to scramble away out of his reach until I could finally refocus. I roll backwards into a standing up position and pull out my lightsaber, blocking Darth's blade just inches from my face, and he presses down on my with so much power I'm forced to my knees.
"Prove you are worthy of the Dark Side or perish!" he exclaims.I grimace with a fearful expression on my face before I manage to push back and leap to the side again.
I turn around and Darth Revan charges, swinging his lightsaber at me aggressively and almost too fast for me to react. I just barely keep him at bay, using all of my skills in Makashi to either deflect or move out of the way of his lightsaber. I deflect his crimson blade again and again, never having any time to counter attack when he stops, raising his hand.
Cold-blue lightning streams for his fingertips and hits me dead on. I'm flung backwards with a cry of pain, and convulse on the ground for a moment before getting back up. He fires lightning again, and I manage to catch the majority of it on my blade, the extra bits striking around me with loud sparks.
"Show me your power!" he says, continuing his barrage. I'm already taxed and exhausted from this duel. Sure, I am a Temple prodigy in Makashi, but I'm still a Padawan, and facing off against a fully fledged Master of the Dark Side!
Finally, I manage to slip away from his lightning barrage, and take the moment to recover. I watch as Darth Revan lowers his hand, extinguishing the lightning before pulling out a second lightsaber, which ignites to reveal a cold and dark purple. I swallow nervously.
Darth Revan charges at me now with two sabers, and raise my blade in a defensive position. He swings at me furiously with great speed, and I have to keep dodging and leaping out of the way of his attacks, his strength being able to easily overpower me. He suddenly jabs his lightsabers forwards, and I manage to get my blade under them and direct them upwards, but he takes that opportunity to shove me back with a powerful force push when his hands are level with me.
I'm sent flying across the ground, and my lightsaber falls from my grip. I lay there, gasping in pain as Darth Revan walks up to me, deactivating his lightsabers.
"Pathetic," he says in disappointment. "Your Jedi training leaves you weak, restricted. You don't know the Force like I do!"
He suddenly thrusts his hands forward, and lightning streams from his fingertips over to me. I scream in pain as he continues to electrocute me.
"Your Jedi Order is a failure! They are arrogant, weak and corrupt! And you're no better!" Darth Revan exclaims angrily. He then lets up on his Force lightning and I lay there, grimacing in pain and exhaustion.
"Because of that, your destiny is over here and now." he says promisingly.
I slowly open my eyes painfully. And look up at Darth Revan, who is preparing to shock me again. I look to my side for anything desperately to help myself, and then see it again.
The same white and green convor sits on a branch a few feet away from me, staring at me with unblinking eyes. In the shadows beyond it I then see vague glimpses of Bastila, Light Side Revan, and a woman who holds a strong resemblance to Bastila, but carries a double bladed lightsaber on her belt.
I feel a sense of understanding and look back at Darth Revan, who thrusts his hands forward.
To his surprise, I catch the lightning with both my hands, absorbing it as I slowly get up. He backs away in shock and confusion.
"What? That's not possible... you're a Padawan!" he says angrily.
"You're right," I tell him. "Maybe the Jedi have changed negatively over the years, but there is still hope for the future."
He growls and sends lightning at me again, but I hold my hands out and create a Force shield, blocking the lightning.
"How that hope will come to pass, I do not know," I admit with a shrug. "But it surely won't be through the Dark Side!"
Darth Revan yells furiously, and then the landscape goes completely white, blinding me in a bright light and I fall unconscious.
I wake up from my bed, gasping in shock. What the heck just happened? That vision was so much different than anything else I've ever witnessed. However now I feel as if something has changed in me. I feel more clear, more knowledgeable of how I should be as a Jedi.
Master Kenobi then walks into the room and observes my state. His beard has already grown back fairly well, so he's back to normal basically. He takes notice If my state with curiosity.
"Everything alright Jarik?" he asks me with some concern. I nod slowly, looking at him.
"Yeah, it's just... I think I overpowered Darth Revan," I tell him honestly.
He raises his eyebrows in surprise. He already knew of the visions I continued to receive from Darth Revan and had done his best over the months to help me make sense of them.
"Really? Are you sure?" he asks me.
"I think so. My mind feels so much clearer now, with a purpose." I hen give off a relieved smile. "I don't think I'll be tempted by Darth Revan anymore."
Master Kenobi smiles proudly at me. "That's good. It seems as if you've overcome your temptation then my young apprentice."
I nod in agreement. Things were certainly starting to look up. How the future went however I wa sunsure of.