Chapter 1 - The Force
Percy Jackson and Star Wars do not belong to me at all, they belong to Rick Riordan and Disney respectively.
I was made aware of some stuff that was off with the chapters, so just heads up I'm going to be editing and releasing chapters 1-5, after which I'll post chapter 6.
Anyways Enjoy!
Third Person(POV)
The Force is a source of great power.
One that is believed to be the very fabric that the universe is made of, from which the universe was born, this great power that birthed the universe, whilst others believed it to be an infinite source of power from which they could draw upon to pursue their evil machinations.
Yet only a rare few had been wise enough to delve deep into it and discover its hidden secrets. These individuals who had achieved such mastery of the Living Force had become increasingly scarce since the fall of the Je'daii.
The Force, seeking to remind the galaxy of itself and to stop the poisoning that was beginning to grow within her through the conflict of the Jedi and the Sith, she set forth a champion to bring about balance.
But this champion became seduced by the power of the growing poison within her, so the Force restarted and began again.
This time preparing three guides to teach the champion about the balance in the light. But the first of them became neutral in the dark and the light, in fact, he was too neutral in the Force, not taking action against the Dark or the Light. He allowed both the Light Side and the poison which was the Dark Side to flow through him, which soon led to the eldest of his children to choose the calling of the shadow, of the darkness, and the other guide that of the light.
This would lead to conflict between both of the young guides, which drew in her beloved champion as both tried to gain the upper hand.
All the while, their father chose to stand by in a farce of "neutrality" as his children fought, in the end, his neutrality would lead to the deaths of all three of them, condemning that timeline to a terrible end and approaching destruction like all the rest of the timelines.
So as the Force looked upon the countless paths laid before her chosen one, she became saddened for in all of them her Chosen one always Fell, plummeting into the outstretched talons of the Dark.
'To prevent this she decided that she needed a more... personal touch.'
It was then that the Force began looking for one who would be able to guide her chosen towards the true path of balance, compassion, justice, passion, and imbue many such values in him– she required someone who could burn bright in the galaxy and flush out the dark poison spreading within her.
So as she searched and scoured from universe to universe, locating many beacons all of which were essential to prevent the doom of their universe. She was saddened that the removal of one of these beacons would cause a domino effect of destruction, of not just one but the innumerable universe's throughout the cosmos, and for the Force, it meant that if her universe were to fade away for the sake of countless others than So. Be. It.
But then she sensed a light, a burning beacon of such intensity that had not been sensed since her father Chaos still roamed among the cosmos!
She found a young hero whose potential and selflessness was only outmatched by his loyalty and light.
As she peered into the great journey which his life was, she became witness as he grew in power and wisdom, yet never he lost his great loyalty which drove him to conquer his hardships, in fact with every hardship he faced, no matter how large or daunting, it only served to not just brightening but also strengthening his light!
She was a witness as he grew in light, love, and loyalty towards his friends and family.
That is until one fateful day, he was betrayed, by those for whom he had laid down his life on numerous occasions.
Unbeknownst to him, he was set to be executed, and sentenced to the very place from which he had once crawled out from carrying his love.
The young one became broken, and the beacon which once burned so brightly began to quickly fade, and in that very moment, as the bolt fell upon him, she felt the hero's fire fading.
Instantly time around her and this universe seemed to slow to a stop, all was quiet until, with a flash of light and a pop, her nieces materialized before her.
As quickly as they could, they relayed to her how this was never meant to happen, that he was supposed to burn so strongly that one day his light would light the entire multiverse leading it to victory alongside the others like him.
Yet here they were, with his light fading fast, in order to conserve it they set forth a plan before her, an option to take the boy and raise him, as her own for he had been disowned by all but a few, who could no longer protect him so that his light could burn once more.
She accepted, knowing that by saving him she could save and cure herself of that dark poison that had been rooted deep within her own universe, so with great urgency and with the help of her nieces she rescued him from his terrible fate, coming face to face with him she could hear his thoughts as if he was speaking to her.
His thoughts brought a giggle to her lips, his eyes opened, confusion heavy within them, so she reassured him...
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No Perseus you are most certainly not dead...
3rd person (POV)
Percy shut his eyes as he felt the bolt of Zeus slowly inching towards his body.
He felt the weight, not just the weight of his shackles, no the weight of the recent events, the weight of the judgment he was to receive for a sin he had not committed, nor would he ever commit, the slaying of his brother in all but blood Nico di Angelo, and his close friend and ally Frank Zhang.
Through closed eyes, he felt the glare of the master bolt, shining with power and the might of Olympus, within his mind he found it ironic how the weapon for which he had once laid his life down to recover, the one which inadvertently introduced him to this secret world was now the very one which would remove him from it, he felt small tendrils of electricity make contact with his body a tingling sensation journey outward from his chest to his extremities, and then nothing he could feel the chains no longer weighed down on him, it was odd...he felt odd, this new sensation it was as if he were standing on nothing, yet something at the same time.
His mind began to wonder if this was what death truly felt like, if so it was quite confusing- a giggle burst through the silence...a very soft and feminine giggle. he took a peek through his right eye, seeing the most beautiful woman he'd ever seen, other than his own mother, of course, she was clothed in a white robe, with twinkling stars of many colors shining on it.
Closing his eye, and opening his both eyes this time he was reassured it wasn't an illusion, he was definitely dead, only to hear her say "no Perseus you are most certainly not dead." 'oh, shit...It- she was an immortal and by the look of it a very powerful one!'
'Why am I here, how am I here...where even is here?!'
He looked around in utter shock for a couple of minutes before realizing 'wait how am I even here I thought I died?! then again the lady in the cloak of stars did say he wasn't dead, but then how-'
"-You are about to die in your world," the star cloaked woman answered, "but before you pass on I brought here, and I brought you here because I have a proposition for you."
Percy was stunned, "wait, wait, wait... first thing's first, who even are you?!" Hand drifting to his pocket where Riptide rested, one could never be too sure with immortals, of course, never one to be impolite especially to a woman, his mother would kill him if she found out...even though she died during the war, he was sure she'd crawl out of her grave and get to him... "And what is your proposition?"
The Force giggled once more at his antics and answered as simply as she could, "young Perseus I am the Force, an entity that watches over and powers one of the many universes that my father Chaos created." She took a momentary pause to allow him to process the information before she continued, "now two choices are before you, either I can allow you to die at the hand of those who wish to cast your soul into the deepest depths of Tartarus for a crime we both know you did not commit, or I can give you a new life and a new mission, to aide and guide my chosen to restore balance within my universe, it is your choice."
Percy began to process all of the new information, 'they weren't going to let him rest, they were going to toss him back down there, back into Tartarus, after everything!' His mind soon slowed to a stop as his pondering was concluded, "I choose the second option." Percy replied not a single ounce of hesitation in his voice.
"Good choice," the Force smiled.
"Now what?" He asked.
A smirk broke through as she replied, "now it's time to train."
He had a bad feeling about this.
TIME~SKIP~5 YEARS
Percy (POV)
My real name is Percy Jackson, but many people in the outer regions and very few in the mid rim now know me as Epizon, the only Mandalorian bounty hunter to come equipped with "mysterious powers," or better known as the Force though no one knows it's the Force, I used to be a demigod son of ol'barnacle beard, now I am the son and champion of the Force, and the mentor of Anakin Skywalker, the Chosen One.
"What do you mean Percy?" You might call out in disbelief, "you are a mentor!?" Well yes, I am a mentor, and I am here to guide and train "The Chosen One" until he gets a proper Master so that he may bring balance to the Force once more, at least that's the plan, who knows what'll happen, but by the Force hopefully everything goes as planned...
Now listen, it wasn't my choice to train him, ok!? Well, it was, but not really... You see, it was either this, or I got to meet my great grunkle in a literal hell, and yeah, no thank you!
Been there, met him; not a pleasant guy, nor a pleasant sight zero out of five stars on my part, but anyway I'm getting off-topic. The point is, today a curious pair showed up at Watto's shop.
Ah, right you don't know who Watto is, who's Watto? Oh, he's just the slimiest scam artist who employs Anakin, his mother Shimi, and even me on certain occasions, like today!
Back to the mysterious pair! I can feel the light emanating from the man, he's strong in the Force, a Jedi, and his companion, a beautiful girl a bit younger than me by the looks of it.
"Hello young one, we're searching for parts with which to fix our ship, would you be able to help us?" The Jedi asked pulling me from my thoughts.
"Sure what parts do you need?" I asked, jumping over the counter.
The Jedi pulled a holo-projector from somewhere within his robes, switching it on the image of a J-type 327 Nubian Royal starship.
"We need a T-14 Hyperdrive generator, along with some extra parts for the engine."
I felt myself wince; those hyperdrive generators are expensive, and we only had one, "luckily for you we've got one of those, unfortunately, it's gonna cost you..." I'll admit I feel an ounce of pity for them, knowing Watto's prices it's going to cost them a fortune.
The Jedi shifted, "how much exactly?"
"I'd say around two hundred peggats-"
"Which is roughly eight thousand credits." He finished for me.
"Exactly, except we don't accept credits..."
The Jedi shifted position once more, his hand extending forth from his cloak with a wave, "you will accept our credits." I felt the Force wash over my mind without any effect, "a commendable attempt, master Jedi, but you will find that my mind is beyond even your grandmaster's strength so please let us not try that again."
A shocked look crossed his face.
"Unfortunately if you guys don't have any Peggats, Truguts, or Wupiupi I'm unable to assist you at the moment, the shop isn't mine, the Trodorian who owns this shop is a bit of a scam artist, and adding to this set of unfortunate events you caught me owing him a favor, so I can't pull any strings with him."
This seemed to deflate them both a bit.
"Well, we thank you for your help, we-"
"-Though...that isn't the only way I can help you..." The plan beginning to form in my mind, it would work spectacularly, I just needed to get them on board with the plan, "there is a podrace coming up, biggest one of the year if I remember correctly, the money will be enough for all the parts you need, now I've got the pod and the racer, we don't really need anything from you lot except one thing."
They both gained a puzzled look, "what might that be?"
"Safe passage off-world for my charge and his mother, along with Jedi training for him."
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Percy(POV)
Anakin crossed the finish line, slowing to a stop. He'd done it! The impossible, he'd won the race, the first human to cross the finish line, a child nonetheless, which meant Anakin would finally receive formal training, and at last, find his master.
From of the corner of my eye, I caught sight of Master Jinn moving in my direction stopping beside me where we had a clear view of Anakin being celebrated by those within our entourage,"I have decided that I will bring both you and Anakin with me to meet with the Jedi high council at the temple, honestly I'm surprised to see and meet a trained Force user who is neither Jedi nor Sith teaching another the ways of the Jedi, I'm not sure who trained you, but I the Force is telling me that you two are highly pivotal in what is to come."
Oh, he has no idea.
"Well, Master Jedi, if all has been said and done I believe it's best we leave, now." the elder Jedi nodded in agreement, and we began walking towards the rest of the group which was still celebrating Ani's win.
"Stop right there, Wren!" and there he is, exactly who I didn't want to run into, a sigh of exasperation escaped my lips, "what do you want now, Watto?"
"You scammed me, Wren, you told me the child and his mother were nearly worthless, yet here we are, with the kid winning the Boonta Eve classic, with a Podracer that he built, so tell me, does that sound like a deal worthy of only ten Peggats!"
Feisty little Toydarian.
"Ok, I'm gonna stop you right there Watto, we," I emphasized moving my arms between him and me, "had a deal which you accepted fair and square, for which you even signed a contract might I add, but if you truly have a problem we can always take it Hutts."
At the mention of the Hutts, the slimy Toydarian backed off a bit grumbling under his breath about tricky Mandalorians and whatnot.
"Now fly off before I inform the Hutts of the Toydarian that doesn't uphold his bargains with one of their most trusted Bounty Hunters."
With one last scathing glare, he finally turned and flew off, thank the Force.
[YET]-[ANOTHER]-[MAGICAL]-[TIME]-[SKIP]
Percy(POV)
We rushed aboard the ship Anakin and his mother ahead of me and behind Padme, the parts for the ship between us.
Quickly with the Anakin, and the astromech R2-D2's help we were able to replace the Hyperdrive and reboot the entire system, but just as we were finishing the maintenance, I felt a cold shiver wash over me, the Force flared to life around me in a warning.
Anakin looked up in fear from his place next to the engine he was covering back up, he had felt it too, a dark presence was approaching, it was fueled by the poison, the "Dark" side of the Force, a Sith was approaching, growing closer, fast.
I rushed to the ramp sliding down it onto the sandy dunes of Tatooine, ready to engage the Sith, only to notice Qui-gon was already there, halfway between the ship and the Sith waiting, his emerald lightsaber ignited, in the distance, I could see the Sith, clothed in black robes, a hood covering his head, he sped towards Qui-gon on his speeder, and just as he was but a few mere feet away he jumped, igniting his own crimson lightsaber.
They met I'm the middle clashing sabers, beginning a deadly dance, exchanging blow for blow neither losing ground, neither deterring, for a moment there it appeared that Qui-gon would be able to defeat the Sith, but as time went on and minutes began to trickle by, it all soon began to go south.
With each clash of their sabers, it seemed that the dark Zabrak warrior grew stronger and Qui-gon grew weaker, it didn't add up, so I extended my senses through the Force and sensed Qui-gon was beginning indeed tiring.
His energy was draining, and it was draining fast, which again didn't make sense. Qui-gon was drawing strength from the Force, which was being drained too...I felt it...the Sith was leeching off Qui-gon's power, he'd sunk his teeth deep within Qui-gon's core and was sucking it dry.
I heard my comm beep it was R2 informing me that the repairs were finished, "tell the pilots to get this bucket of bolts off the ground now!" R2 whistled in acknowledgment, my comm went silent. Breathing in, I pushed the Force to brush against Qui-gon's mind, asking for permission. I felt his shock as he opened up to me: "Be ready to jump."
I felt him acknowledge me and drew back, climbing back on the ramp of the ship just as it lifted off the ground, planting my feet I drew upon that power that I had been granted by my adoption, and just as we were high enough of the ground I raised my hand I let off the strongest and most powerful Force push I could muster, launching the Sith meters into the air, he flew away from Qui-gon, giving him time to turn and jump aboard the ship just as we took off into the sky.
Reaching Tatooine's atmosphere, the pilots double-checked to make sure we weren't being followed while I checked up on Qui-gon, with the Zabrack's hold no longer over him his core began to replenish itself, once the pilots were sure we weren't being tailed they set our course to Coruscant the long way this time, we could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
And that's chapter 1 remade, you're welcome, anyways you guys might ask; wait why didn't Percy step out to face Darth Maul himself? Well simply put he doesn't have a lightsaber he'll be getting that later on, and the Force alone wouldn't stop Maul from changing course and attacking the ship, plus...I couldn't change such an awesome duel between Qui-gon and Maul! Though as you may or may not have noticed there are some differences from the canon source, anyways, CIAO!