Chapter 1: Prolog The Gathering

{Greetings from beyond the screen my fellow readers writers, DR4C0, SL17H3R and R3X here with a new chapter with a few things; .}

Qui-Gon(POV)

It's been a year since my padawan Obi-Wan and I arrived on the planet of Mandalore to protect Duchess Satine Kryze. With your mission complete we're about to head home.

As we're about to board your ship home when I feel a disturbance in the force. It's the kind of disturbance that I recognize as a force sensitive infant. I stop at the entrance.

My padawan stops, turns and asks me, "Master what is it?"

The Duchess asks, "Yes, Master Jedi, is there the matter?"

"There's a disturbance in the force nearby," My padawan nods in understanding while the Duchess gains a look of confusion.

The Duchess asks, "What kind of disturbance?"

"I've experienced this kind of disturbance before. It's most likely a force sensitive infant. With your permission I would like to search for the source."

She thinks for a bit, "I suppose it wouldn't hurt to ask the parents."

I nod, "Obi-Wan stay with the Duchess, I'll be back."

I take off...

(Time Skip)

It's been a few days since I left, and I return with the infant in my hands. I found him orphaned with his deceased mother blocking the closet door. His midichlorian count was 12,000 the same as Master Windu. I then notice a metal bracelet on his arm.

"Shan Vizsla," I whisper while the child begins to stop crying. "I'm sorry for your loss but now you have a new family."

I exit the house and back my way back to the ship. As I enter the ship, I see my padawan walk up to me.

He looks at the child, "Is this him?"

I nod, "He is and we must hurry." Obi-Wan nods as we continue inside.

"Master Jedi," I turned to see the Duchess. "I trust you got his parents' consent."

"I'm afraid the child's mother was dead upon arrival," The two of us looked down sadly, without another word I turn back to the inside of the ship. "Captain, prepare to launch."

...

Pre(POV)

I've been racing home since I heard the main rebellion started to lose. I've been trying to get in contact with my wife Zinnia Shan. I've been strong advocates of our warrior past but now we've been reduced to over glorified police. I pray that our son will bring back our warrior way of life. I open the door to find my house has been ransacked. We look around to find all our valuables gone, Bo finds wife's naked bodies in the back of the house but there's no sign of our infant son. I go to the security log and pull up the holograms. What we see horrifies the two of us.

My wife tucked our son away in the closet. I immediately paused the hologram, Bo dashed towards the closet to find no sign of my son. I go back, to unpause the footage. I watched as Zinnia did her best to protect our little boy. She managed to take out several of the bandits. However it wasn't enough and I watched in silent horror as those bandits rape my wife before taking her away, then ransacked the house before finally leaving. The timestamp continued as my grief turned to anger until I heard a new sound until a person in Jedi robes came in.

A figure wearing Jedi robes walks in, he checks my little girl's body only to clinch his fist, as an infant's cry is heard and in short my son was taken by a Jedi.

I stand, "I swear to you my son I will avenge your sister's life, then and only then will I bring you back to reclaim your birthright. I swear in the name of Clan Vizsla I will avenge them so help me my son Shan Vizsla, descendant of Tarre Vizsla and Revan."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Bio

Name: Shan Vizsla

Father: Pre Vizsla

Mother: Zinna Shan

Hair: Black

Eyes: Blue

Personality: Always thinking, Always willing to learn, Respectable to his elders and people(until given a reason not to), Skeptical to new people.

Likes: Tinkering with technology, The Thrill of Combat and Winning

Dislikes: Losing(always gets better), Being disrespected and Being alone

Shan(POV)

It's been roughly ten years since I was brought to the Jedi Temple. My name is Shan Vizsla, first off I'm only ten and I was never told where I was born, only that it was in the Outer Rim.

Today is the day I'm to meet Padawan Flitch Ranger on the loading deck.

I ran out to the landing pad with my class.

"Hurry Younglings."

I look up to see Padawan Flitch Ranger; he does a combination of little combat and force techniques.

Then there are my classmates.

Emira Tang, she is a humanoid with bone white skin, long flowing silver hair, gray markings adorned her face and emerald shade of green eyes. She normally wears a form-fitting dark gray sleeveless top with red trim, the top has a large diamond cut out of the back exposing most of her back accompanied by a smaller diamond-shaped cutout just above her breasts. A pair of dark grey pants that are partially visible under her red low heeled thigh boots with a large cutout on the thighs, large light gray weave detailing around the knees, the boots seemingly reach the top of her pants but it is hidden under her top. As well as a gray waist cincher with red trim that had a black golden buckled belt over it, which fastened a gray pouch on her right hip alongside a smaller rope slanted across it. She's more of a scholarly type and prefers a strange combination of Makashi and Ataru.

Third is Zerd, he's a Gen'Dai and has purple skin, is completely bald, two amber yellow eyes, a flat nose that resembles a bat and a mouth full of razor-sharp teeth. Because of his species he has two large wing-like ears that protrude from the side of his head; Zerd typically tucked his 'ears' under his jaw-line. He's most definitely not a brute and doesn't seem to be the smartest, but in fact he's more of a quite gentle giant. However because of his species he doesn't have a humanoid form so to correct this he wears a biosuit. He prefers a more defensive form of lightsaber combat such as Soresu or Shein.

When it comes to forth there is Ahsoka Tano, a Togruta with blue eyes and blue markings on her lekku and montrals. She wears a dark red bandeau top and skirt with white tights, along with dark red boots and fingerless gloves, as well as a purple sash. She also wore a beaded headdress with a Padawan braid made of silka beads behind her right front lekkuan act for lightsaber combat. She practices Form 4, Ataru with the unorthodox reverse grip of Form 5 Shein; however she also incorporates force abilities such as those in Form 6 Niman.

Fifth is Crell Veern, a Trandoshan with rare blue scales and an almost unheard of tail. He wears topically Jedi robes however with no shoes seeing them as unnecessary. He topically uses Shii-Cho due to his prior experience with bladed weapons such as the heavy curved blade strapped across his chest.

Sixth is Barriss Offee; she is a Mirialan female who had brown-blackish hair and tattoos on her cheeks, blue eyes, olive skin. She wears a hybrid Mirialan-Jedi Padawan outfit including a black robe and a dark blue cape. She honestly prefers to study Jedi texts to fighting to which she is an avit practitioner of Form 3 Soresu.

Finally there's Kira Quilla; she's a rare hybrid species, her mother is a Zeltron while her father is a Twi'lek. She has pink skin and violet eyes. Her lekku hangs slightly past her shoulder blades. As for her attire, Kira wears a practical, albeit somewhat revealing outfit with her rather mature appearance frame for her age. This allowed her to both move freely and show her Jedi affiliations.

Funny thing is they're all the same age as me. As for me I've actually been incorporating and randomizing the standard five forms together and without knowing it I was becoming a practitioner of Niman.

Flitch turns to us, "Younglings you have been regarded as the best of your class." He reaches to his waist and pulls a metallic cylinder, "Today you will be taking your first step as Jedi with finishing the construction of your lightsaber." Padawan Flitch then smiles at us, "As a result, it's time for you to participate in The Gathering."

We all become excited until Kira jumps onto my shoulder and begins to rub our cheeks together, "Padawan Flitch, what's the Gathering?"

He smiles at her, Twi'lek and Zeltron women are naturally more affectionate than most so adding the two species together creates someone like Kira.

He then says, "For a Jedi, there is no greater challenge or honor. For the time has come for you." Padawan Flitch's eyes narrow, "But be warned: this is no simple task, and many perils lie ahead of you. Where we are going, there is no place more sacred to the Jedi."

We sigh and begin to enter the ship until Kira jumps over me and knocks me off balance. However before I could fall onto my back Zerd catches me with a hand to back.

"Thanks Zerd," Zerd smiles with a nod before walking into the ship.

With that we walk up the loading ramp and take off.

(Time Skip)

There are a few unique oddits in my class.

Crell Veern is actually a fifth generation Jedi. His Great-Great-Grandfather was a standard green Trandoshan. However as a Jedi Knight he created a special force ability called Reactive Adaptation. This ability is passed down all the way to Crell. Over the generations this family of Trandoshans not only grew a tail but also a biological fire breath.

As for Kira Quilla she has two abilities; one biological and the other is a force ability. She can secrete a sweet smelling pheromone. While her force ability is a type of empathic telepathy, where she either tells how someone is feeling or transmit her own feelings to another person.

I'm brought out of my meditation by Padawan Flitch, "We're exiting hyperspace younglings. Be prepared."

We collectively say, "Yes sir."

As we exit out of hyperspace we see a white planet. This is Ilum, the planet that our lightsaber crystals. We all put on heavy arctic gear or double in the case of Crell. We exit the ship only to be hit with a blizzard and walk onto a platform.

Flitch turns to us, "Young ones extend your hands and challenge the force, only together can we succeed."

He stretches out his right hand, the others join in, I raise my left hand and begin to challenge the focus.

The ice begins to crumble, and left standing is a large arc.

Flitch stands, "Now let's hurry before the sun begins to set."

We walk in with amazement as we pass through the entrance to see Grand Master Yoda.

We entered the temple to see a large cathedral-like room. Master Yoda raises his hands and uses the force to position a large crystal in the sun's rays and then a smaller crystal in the path of the refracted light. That second refracted light hits the wall of ice.

{Author's Note: Yoda's speech pattern is extremely confusing for me and would be too difficult for me to write so I'll be correcting that.}

Master Yoda walks over, stands on the stairs and says "A Jedi is the Force made physical. As you know this is a great responsibility. But how does a Jedi protect others? You have already built your own lightsaber but now you must harvest the life of your crystals. For the crystal is the heart of the lightsaber. For it focuses the Force from the Jedi, as you know. You must enter the crystal's cave if you are to become a Jedi. To succeed you must trust yourself. Once you have found your crystal, you shouldn't remain inside."

I can feel the force calling to me. I walk up to the middle of the stairs.

I then feel the Master's hand on my shoulder, "As daylight ends, the door will freeze over again, and you will be trapped."

Emira turns to Padawan Flitch and asks, "For how long?"

Master Yoda removes his hand from my shoulder, "For one rotation. In that time there will be nothing I can do for you."

Zerd turns and asks, "How will we know which crystal to pick?"

Master Yoda addresses him, "Only you can know which one is yours."

I place my hand on Emira's shoulder, "We should hurry."

They collectively nod and we begin to walk up the stairs.

As we walk deep into the cave Crell scoffs, "How does he expect us to find our crystals when the whole place is made up of ice?"

We ignore him until we reach a 3-way fork in the road.

Ashoka scotts up, "Which way should we go?"

Emira adds her two credits, "I think we should split up."

I walk up in front of them, "She's right, we won't find our crystals by going in a group. But how do we decide?"

Emira adds, "How about this? Let's close our eyes, point in a direction and go our separate ways."

I nod, "Emira's right." It seems to shock her, "Let's let the force gain us."

We close our eyes and point in one of three directions.

We then open our eyes. Emira and Zerd are going to the far right, Crell and Bariss are going forward and Kira and I are going left.

With that we begin to split up, "Alright then we'll see you soon."

As Kira and I walk down the path Kira speaks up with, "So what color do you think your lightsaber will be?"

I smile at her and see that she's walking backwards with her head tilted to the side.

It's then a pleasant soft melody echoes into my ear, however I stop and say, "Something as unique as myself, in any case I hear the song of my crystal."

Kira blinks in surprise before smiling at me, "That's good."

FLUMP

I suddenly fall through some loose snow only to hear the singing of my crystal.

"Shan are you alright," I hear Kira yell from the top of the cave.

I sit up and yell back, "Yeah I'm alright."

"Do you need help?" I hear her yell down and can feel her about to jump down.

"No, no it's alright," I interrupt her and I can feel her hesitation. "It's appreciated but you need to find your crystal and the force is guiding me to mine."

I can feel her disappointment radiating off of her in waves and it becomes clear to me what Kira must learn in this trail, Independent.

"Alright I'll see you soon," I hear her conclude before sensing her leave.

With that settled I continue onto my path however I quickly come to a drop. I look around to see a wall that I can free run past. I back up before sprinting forward and jumping onto the run and running along the wall. Before jumping onto the other side of the hole.

However I didn't stop because during my wall run I saw an underpass that I can't just crawl under, I would have to use my momentum to slide under it.

As I land on the ground I have to barely reaggest myself to keep my balance however I keep going and drop to my knees. I lean myself back to the point my back is almost parallel to the ground, it's quite painful.

Coming out the other side I flop to the ground, "Aw."

"Having trouble Youngling," I hear a deep voice ask before a figure appears over me.

I roll over onto my stomach before jumping onto my feet. Almost mockingly the figure turns to me slowly, it's then I notice what he's wearing. On top of his head is a helmet with the eyes to his chin open, he wears metallic armor on his arms, chest and legs but what stands out the most is a gray cape over his shoulder.

He places his hands behind his back and stands proudly, "You haven't even started our journey as a Jedi and you're already failing."

I glare at him and say, "What are you talking about?"

He's silent for a moment before answering, "Manipulating the hybrid of course."

I stop at that, "I never manipulated Kira, she needed to learn independence."

He looks to the side and says, "Yes, I suppose you're right." He suddenly thrust out his face.

A blast of force energy hits me into the adjacent wall and as I slump down to the snow covered floor I hear a sharp whistling of a lightsaber ignition. I look up to see a strange starless black blade however what caughts my attention the most is the handle; it has an angular crossguard and an extended blade emitter.

"Defend yourself Youngling," With a flourish he enters a standard Misaki stance before jabbing at me.

I panic and lean back in shock. Only for the tip of the blade to stop in front of me.

The stranger pulls away and returns to the Misaki opening stance, "You may have the promise of a warrior but you must learn to act in spite of your fear. I won't be pulling my strikes."

He raises his saber and strikes. Out of panic I thrust my hand out and sent him back into the ajestent wall. He takes a knee and begins to chuckle.

He looks up at me with a grin, "Excellent Youngling, you're already a better version of your former self."

"What do you mean," I say as I stand in determination.

He scoffs and says, "Think about it, in this crucible of life you'll constantly be tested, hardened and improved yourself."

"That is profound," I honestly couldn't help but to agree with him.

He smiles at me before standing and saying, "Combat is like fear, it serves to indicate the limits of individuals' physical, mental endurance and serves as a means by which your limits can be tested and ultimately transcended."

I couldn't help but think that, that was even more profound. The man smiles before turning away.

He begins to disappear into nothing but before that he turns back to me and says, "Ask Huyang about your last name."

With that he disappears into the darkness.

I sigh and slump to the floor however it's when my finger brushes against a crystal buried in the snow. I brush the snow away to see a bright blue crystal. I try to pick it up but it's locked in place so I twist it and it comes apart.

I pocket the crystal before thinking, 'Perhaps Master Yoda could enlighten me about these events.'

I make my back to the cave entrance.

Flitch(POV)

We wait outside the cave entrance waiting for Shan, he's the only one who has yet to exit and he's running out of time. The ice has almost sealed off the cave.

"Master Yoda," We turn to see the Youngling Emira step forward. "Is Shan going to make it out?"

Her voice is full of consideration.

Master Yoda says, "Faith in your friend, you must have."

Crell then speaks up with, "Master with all due respect-"

He's interrupted by footsteps and we can only assume it's Shan. The wall froze over and we felt him using the force, with a single burst of the force the wall scattered.

Shan walks out confidently with a crystal in his hand, but what got our attention the

most was the very noticeable limp.

He begins to fall and Emira and Kira are the first to act, "Shan!"

The two of them rushed over but it was Emira who caught him and Kira helped her place him on the ground. We quickly rushed over to him to see sprained ankle and several bruises, it's as if he ran into multiple things at multiple times.

Master Yoda walks over to us, "You should carry young Vizsla, Flitch."

I nod, pick him up and carry him to the ship with Emira right next to him.

I just hope he's alright…

(Time Skip)

As the Younglings begin to create their trusted lightsabers, I go to the medical bay to check Shan. He has been recovering ever since we left the planet.

I enter to see Master Yoda meditating beside him, "He should be awake soon."

I nod and wait for him to wake up, lucky I don't have to wait long.

He suddenly sits up gasping and yells, "Ah!!"

I'm illegitimately surprised at his sudden action, Master Yoda seems to raise an eyebrow. He pants for several seconds until he turns to us.

He asks, "Master where-"

Master Yoda raises a hand, "Calm young one, explain first."

He nods and shifts his legs over the medical table, "We decided to split up at the fork in the road, Kira and I went down the same path until I fell through some little snow, I continued on until I had traversed a chasm, I fell onto the ground and then a phantom appeared over me. He was clad inside some type of ancient armor."

Master Yoda interrupts him, "It's possible that the force is trying to tell you something." Shan nods, "Meditate on this we will at a later time, we will." Shan nods again, "Now then to the hall of the ship, you should go."

Shan stands and goes to the hall.

Shan(POV)

What did I experience in that cave and what does Master Yoda think?

"Shan," My train of thought is cut off by Emira.

I hadn't realized I reached the hall.

"Hey Emira, how is the construction goin-"

I got cut off when a pink blur slammed into me, "SHAN YOU'RE ALRIGHT?!" Kira's voice rings out as she cries into my shoulder while rubbing her face.

I sigh as I pat Kira on the head, "Yeah I'm alright Kira but can you get off of me?"

Kira does get off of me but not from her own volition, it's because of Zerd.

He pulls her with his own nerves, "Kira I know you'll been holding in your emotions but you must hold yourself back at least a little."

Kira looks down sadly, "Yeah I know but I can't help it."

I get up, go over toKirra, pat her head and say, "Thank you Kira, I really appreciate it."

She smiles at me, "Thank you Shan."

I then walk over to Ermira, "So…"

She smiles, "Good I've only managed to assemble mine." She frowns with an eye roll, "Barriss was the first to finish."

We look to see Mercer smiling at her saber however when she tries to ignite it. It doesn't however.

I hear metal footsteps beside me. I turn to see a robot walking towards me.

He looks at me with his yellow eyes, "Greetings young one, I am Huyang and it is my job to instruct you to the point that by the time you leave this ship that you have all the knowledge to construct your lightsaber young warrior." He walks over to a counter, I follow and he finishes by asking, "So what is the tool that will make you strong?"

I look at my hand, think back to the fight with that phantom and say, "Something truly different."

I reach into my pocket and pull out my blueprints.

Huyang looks at the blueprints before suddenly steps backwards slightly, "Ah, this is the weapon of a warrior." He quickly activates a hologram and slides through several diagrams of different lightsabers before I stop him at one similar to the one on my blueprint and Huyang speaks up again, "Ah yes the Darksaber created by Terra Vizsla, the first Mandalorian to be inducted into the order."

"Vizsla that's my last name, is there a possibility of some relation?" I ask breathlessly.

Huyang puts a finger under his chin and says, "He left the order over thirty years after he was inducted into the order so it might be possible that there are some distance relations."

Huyang then turned around and spent several minutes gathering the components for my saber. He places the box on the counter.

I look over the lightsaber parts before turning back to Huyang and asking, "Why are there so many of the same parts?"

Huyang straightens up his back and says, "During his time he expected many other Mandalorians to show force for sensitivity so we created more."

With that I begin to lift the components into the air and allow the force to guide me. The pommel cap enters and locks into the main shell which includes the main hilt, the grip and the switch, the inner workings lineup and the blade guard slips over the focusing lens and the blade emitter over that all of. Everyone begins to walk over to us. As I use the force to place the crystal in its proper place and with one movement it all comes together and locks into one object. Everyone stares in awe as I grab it and ignite it. The blade-shaped blade ignites in a starless black with a very soft humming sound.

{Author's Note: If you're wondering, think of the Lumos sound effect from the Harry Potter movies.}

(Time Skip)

We eventually land at the Jedi Temple, on the way to find Master Plo Koon waiting for us.

Master Plo Koon steps forward and says, "Younglings you have taken an important step in your journey in becoming Jedi."

We ignite our sabers and point them in a circle.

Our journey to become Jedi has just begun...

{And that's the chapter let me know what you think and remember to Like, Follow and Favorite.}