STARWARS
The Search for Light
Disclaimer: All elements used are expressed copyrights of LucasFilm Limited and George Lucas Himself. The StarWars
Universe will be his and ALWAYS be his but without his disclaimer or the ideas he has made these short stories would have
never existed.
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Chapter - I
Jedi Training
The day passed by quickly as the moons arose in the pale night sky just above
Tibias' house. He sat in his bed with his arms tucked behind the pillow thinking about
what he was getting himself into. All the thinking about training Darrius put him into a
deep sleep and fell into a dream state once again. The dream thats been haunting him
for the past few months had came back just like the night before. The same saber duel,
the same mysterious Sith, and the same brutal ending. He awoke with the same sweat
in the middle of the night and the same shortness of breath and the same questions about
his dream that he was sure no one could answer.
He soon went back to sleep peacefully for the rest of the night and awoke
bright and early with the suns overhead of his house. He stepped out onto the porch and
rubbed his eyes, without a suprise having already felt his presence Tibias found Darrius
sitting at his feet looking up at him. Tibias went in and shut the door, getting dressed in
some worn clothes and came outside. He looked at Darrius curiously, looking at his
features making sure he was capable for doing a little farm work.
"So you want to be a Jedi?" Tibias said smiling standing above Darrius.
"More than anything in the Universe, Elder.." Darrius replied.
"You see all that hay?..." Tibias commented with a high tone.
"Yeah.." Darrius said quickly.
"Feed the horses, then will see about your training.." Tibias said with a wide grin and
stepped inside the house watching Darrius look at the large stories of hay and back at
Tibias with an amazed look on his face.
To Tibias' suprise, he saw Darrius put down his bag of training gear and roll
up his sleeves and began moving hay, carrying many at a time! He nodded confidently
as he knew Darrius was focusing on his task and using the force to lift the many pounds
of hay that he could not if a normal person, not do at all. He knew Darrius had great
potential but he was worried about the age factor of his training, he knew he was too
old but he was willing to take the sacrifice anyway, for he knew that the Force always
needed more Jedi to defend the galaxy against absolute evil. Then he thought about
the dark path of the force and how easily the great profit Anakin Skywalker fell to it.
All these things rolled by, but the memories and the thinking did not take
much time as Darrius stepped back up to him and dusted off his hands. He completed
the task in less than five minutes and Tibias nodded confidently in his ability. At the
split second that he had to make the decision wether to begin the training his brother
Talan came running down the dusted path screaming for help with his droid under his
as something in the distance was chasing him. He panted as he ran behind the two of
them and ducked down as well.
A couple of older citizens both armed with laser pistols came running up
to Tibias and Darrius. They had their blasters charged and ready to fire at Talan until
Tibias had interrupted their attack with a suprising outburst of volume.
"Halt!!!" Tibias shouted.
The two men stopped and lowered their pistols and started talking to him calmly.
"This boy dented my speeder with his blasted Astromech Droid that got in the road!" The
angry citizen stated.
"I told him to stop, I'm SORRY, it will never happen again!" Talan said crying behind
Tibias and his brother.
"I need 500 credits to fix the damage, either the little boy pays up or he goes on my
wall!" The angry citizen said.
Tibias bit his lip patiently and waved his gentley at the two men before talking.
"You don't need money to fix the speeder, infact, it was your fault, say your sorry to
the young boy and leave..." Tibias spoke to them slowly.
The two men looking like they were blinded replied just as Tibias spoke it.
"I'm sorry kid, it was our fault, hope we didn't scare you" The two men said at the same
time.
Then the men left quietly with little Talan unharmed as for the droid of his too.
"What are you doing here Talan, I told you to stay and watch after mom!" Darrius said
loudly.
"Looking for you, besides mom said I could come and I wanted to show you something
Brother!" Talan said.
"What Talan, What?" Darrius sighed and replied.
"I won another pilot award..." Talan said proudly.
"You did eh? How old are you Talan?" Tibias asked the boy curiously.
"I'm 11...my birthday is a couple of months from now, my dad is gonna get me a
ship for my birthday!" Talan said excitedly.
"Well that wonderful Talan, who is this droid of yours that almost got blasted by those
men?" Tibias asked.
"This is my Astromech droid I fixed, I found him in a junkyard! His name is R3-C3!" Talan said.
"Nice to meet you R3-C3, I am Tibias Shotokan... as well it is nice to meet you Talan Kai" Tibias said
nicely.
*Droid makes noises and extends his greetings*
"R3 said hello back, and it was nice meeting you sir! Bye Brother, see you back at the house!" Talan said while leaving.
"Bye Talan, be careful.." Darrius shouted to Talan as he walked away back to his house.
Darrius turned back to Tibias and had his ready to go look on his face as the
training was ready to commence. Tibias warned him that there was no turning back, if
he did, he would jepordize his path to the light side and be tempted by the dark side.
Darrius nodded and was ready as was Tibias as he took off his shirt. Tibias took out his
saber and extended it standing infront of Darrius.
"If you can listen closely, The Force can be a power ally for defense against your
enemies, knowing when to duck and dodge can save your life and also wear down
your opponent and make himself lose focus on his objective..." Tibias said.
"So, I can close my eyes and see your attack before it actually happens?" Darrius asked.
"Yes, it is one of the useful tools of the Force... now prepare to dodge my attacks and
keep your eyes closed and stay focused, your life is at stake and remember that"
Tibias commented before he began.
"Ok, I am ready..." Darrius said as he closed his eyes concentrating.
Tibias did a swing at his feet and Darrius flipped backward and dodged it
perfectly. He then continued left and right swings at Darrius watching him duck and
jump dodging everyone last slash. He then stopped and holstered his saber.
"I believe that was too easy.. we need you to use more concentration.." Tibias said.
"I would agree, but what test is there?" Darrius asked.
"We will try using the living Force this time..." Tibias said nodding.
"What's that?" Darrius queried.
"You'll see.." Tibias said.
Tibias gathered some old bottles and set them upon a boulder that was near
Darrius' height. They both walked over a good distance away from these bottles and
Tibias explained the objective.
"You see Darrius, the Force is all around us... we can use it because we know its there..
others simply don't understand the awesome power of it.." Tibias said.
"So how can I use it on this bottle?" Darrius said with a questionable face.
Before Darrius could even finish his sentence he felt some mystical force
around his ears and saw the bottle being pushed off before his very eyes as Tibias
thrust his hand at it before him. Tibias stepped back and looked at Darrius, waiting
for it was his turn.
"Aren't you even gonna tell me what to do?" Darrius asked Tibias.
"No, because I know you can listen to the Force, and I know the Force can listen to you,
this is a simple task for such a Force adept student like yourself..." Tibias commended
him.
Darrius looked at one of the remaining bottles on the boulder and drawed his
hand back slowly getting ready to thrust it foward. He concentrated hard and then
released his hand swiftly. Soon the bottle fell off after his hand thrusted foward and
Tibias smiled at his accomplishment.
"Good work... now while your concentrating you see your bag you left on the porch?"
Tibias asked him.
"Yeah, what about it..?" Darrius asked back.
"Get it..." Tibias mumbled.
Darrius started walking over to his bag and Tibias held his arm.
"Not like that, pull it towards you with the Force." Tibias said.
Darrius sighed and looked at the bag, thinking it was impossible, but Tibias
gave him a strong look of confidence so Darrius concentrated on his bag and reached
out for it. Nothing happened, but just as Darrius began to doubt, the bag started twitching
and moving toward him slowly across the grass. Soon enough the bag was at his feet
and he was relieved.
"Congratulations Darrius, you finished Day 1 of Training but now you must show me
by committing an act of kindness in the city before I am convinced your ready to move
on" Tibias said.
Tibias slipped on his obligatory cloak and covered his face, concealing his light
saber at his side as Darrius and him walked into town. They looked for a person in need of
help. Sure enough it only took a few moments to find a girl in need of assitance, it seems her
speeder had tipped over from another person while she was in the local store. She tugged and
tugged while she could no longer try to move it. She breathed harshly and soon spotted Darrius
walking up to her and his eyes focused on her then the speeder.
"Are you having some trouble mam?" Darrius asked kindly.
"Well as a matter afact I am.." The helpless young women answered.
"Darrius Kai, nice to meet you" He said as he extended his hand.
"Angel.." She said as her hand met his and they seemed not to be able to break apart from eachother's
eyes for a moment and finally snapped back to reality.
"Uhhh right...well..." Darrius looked back at Tibias and he nodded back, he was ready to do this.
Darrius stepped back for a moment and reached out his hand toward the speeder, the local
people wern't really watching closely, but Darrius didn't care...the fact that he could even accomplish
such a task with only reaching out to it and concentrating was most rewarding already for him. He
continued reaching out toward the speeder and it not moving at all, he closed his eyes concentrating
to the fullest and still no give. He looked back at Tibias standing there silently, still nodding to the fact
that Darrius can do it, he is just not letting the force flow. Darrius finally fustrated cleared his thoughts
with Angel starring at him biting her lip, he lifted his hand again with his eyes closed and concentrated
on the moment and the task at hand. The speeder twitching at first, slowly righted itself so it was on the
ground sitting. Angel smiled and clapped for him most pleased. She kissed him on the cheek and got
in her speeder and moved down the street with her hair flowing in the wind.
The padawan Darrius looked back at Tibias and smiled warmly as he took his first steps into
a larger arena, that of becoming a powerful jedi. They moved back to Tibias' house in the fields and
moved slowly as Tibias told stories about his father, an old guardian of the Republic who died honorably
not so long ago...
The Search for Light
Disclaimer: All elements used are expressed copyrights of LucasFilm Limited and George Lucas Himself. The StarWars
Universe will be his and ALWAYS be his but without his disclaimer or the ideas he has made these short stories would have
never existed.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chapter - I
Jedi Training
The day passed by quickly as the moons arose in the pale night sky just above
Tibias' house. He sat in his bed with his arms tucked behind the pillow thinking about
what he was getting himself into. All the thinking about training Darrius put him into a
deep sleep and fell into a dream state once again. The dream thats been haunting him
for the past few months had came back just like the night before. The same saber duel,
the same mysterious Sith, and the same brutal ending. He awoke with the same sweat
in the middle of the night and the same shortness of breath and the same questions about
his dream that he was sure no one could answer.
He soon went back to sleep peacefully for the rest of the night and awoke
bright and early with the suns overhead of his house. He stepped out onto the porch and
rubbed his eyes, without a suprise having already felt his presence Tibias found Darrius
sitting at his feet looking up at him. Tibias went in and shut the door, getting dressed in
some worn clothes and came outside. He looked at Darrius curiously, looking at his
features making sure he was capable for doing a little farm work.
"So you want to be a Jedi?" Tibias said smiling standing above Darrius.
"More than anything in the Universe, Elder.." Darrius replied.
"You see all that hay?..." Tibias commented with a high tone.
"Yeah.." Darrius said quickly.
"Feed the horses, then will see about your training.." Tibias said with a wide grin and
stepped inside the house watching Darrius look at the large stories of hay and back at
Tibias with an amazed look on his face.
To Tibias' suprise, he saw Darrius put down his bag of training gear and roll
up his sleeves and began moving hay, carrying many at a time! He nodded confidently
as he knew Darrius was focusing on his task and using the force to lift the many pounds
of hay that he could not if a normal person, not do at all. He knew Darrius had great
potential but he was worried about the age factor of his training, he knew he was too
old but he was willing to take the sacrifice anyway, for he knew that the Force always
needed more Jedi to defend the galaxy against absolute evil. Then he thought about
the dark path of the force and how easily the great profit Anakin Skywalker fell to it.
All these things rolled by, but the memories and the thinking did not take
much time as Darrius stepped back up to him and dusted off his hands. He completed
the task in less than five minutes and Tibias nodded confidently in his ability. At the
split second that he had to make the decision wether to begin the training his brother
Talan came running down the dusted path screaming for help with his droid under his
as something in the distance was chasing him. He panted as he ran behind the two of
them and ducked down as well.
A couple of older citizens both armed with laser pistols came running up
to Tibias and Darrius. They had their blasters charged and ready to fire at Talan until
Tibias had interrupted their attack with a suprising outburst of volume.
"Halt!!!" Tibias shouted.
The two men stopped and lowered their pistols and started talking to him calmly.
"This boy dented my speeder with his blasted Astromech Droid that got in the road!" The
angry citizen stated.
"I told him to stop, I'm SORRY, it will never happen again!" Talan said crying behind
Tibias and his brother.
"I need 500 credits to fix the damage, either the little boy pays up or he goes on my
wall!" The angry citizen said.
Tibias bit his lip patiently and waved his gentley at the two men before talking.
"You don't need money to fix the speeder, infact, it was your fault, say your sorry to
the young boy and leave..." Tibias spoke to them slowly.
The two men looking like they were blinded replied just as Tibias spoke it.
"I'm sorry kid, it was our fault, hope we didn't scare you" The two men said at the same
time.
Then the men left quietly with little Talan unharmed as for the droid of his too.
"What are you doing here Talan, I told you to stay and watch after mom!" Darrius said
loudly.
"Looking for you, besides mom said I could come and I wanted to show you something
Brother!" Talan said.
"What Talan, What?" Darrius sighed and replied.
"I won another pilot award..." Talan said proudly.
"You did eh? How old are you Talan?" Tibias asked the boy curiously.
"I'm 11...my birthday is a couple of months from now, my dad is gonna get me a
ship for my birthday!" Talan said excitedly.
"Well that wonderful Talan, who is this droid of yours that almost got blasted by those
men?" Tibias asked.
"This is my Astromech droid I fixed, I found him in a junkyard! His name is R3-C3!" Talan said.
"Nice to meet you R3-C3, I am Tibias Shotokan... as well it is nice to meet you Talan Kai" Tibias said
nicely.
*Droid makes noises and extends his greetings*
"R3 said hello back, and it was nice meeting you sir! Bye Brother, see you back at the house!" Talan said while leaving.
"Bye Talan, be careful.." Darrius shouted to Talan as he walked away back to his house.
Darrius turned back to Tibias and had his ready to go look on his face as the
training was ready to commence. Tibias warned him that there was no turning back, if
he did, he would jepordize his path to the light side and be tempted by the dark side.
Darrius nodded and was ready as was Tibias as he took off his shirt. Tibias took out his
saber and extended it standing infront of Darrius.
"If you can listen closely, The Force can be a power ally for defense against your
enemies, knowing when to duck and dodge can save your life and also wear down
your opponent and make himself lose focus on his objective..." Tibias said.
"So, I can close my eyes and see your attack before it actually happens?" Darrius asked.
"Yes, it is one of the useful tools of the Force... now prepare to dodge my attacks and
keep your eyes closed and stay focused, your life is at stake and remember that"
Tibias commented before he began.
"Ok, I am ready..." Darrius said as he closed his eyes concentrating.
Tibias did a swing at his feet and Darrius flipped backward and dodged it
perfectly. He then continued left and right swings at Darrius watching him duck and
jump dodging everyone last slash. He then stopped and holstered his saber.
"I believe that was too easy.. we need you to use more concentration.." Tibias said.
"I would agree, but what test is there?" Darrius asked.
"We will try using the living Force this time..." Tibias said nodding.
"What's that?" Darrius queried.
"You'll see.." Tibias said.
Tibias gathered some old bottles and set them upon a boulder that was near
Darrius' height. They both walked over a good distance away from these bottles and
Tibias explained the objective.
"You see Darrius, the Force is all around us... we can use it because we know its there..
others simply don't understand the awesome power of it.." Tibias said.
"So how can I use it on this bottle?" Darrius said with a questionable face.
Before Darrius could even finish his sentence he felt some mystical force
around his ears and saw the bottle being pushed off before his very eyes as Tibias
thrust his hand at it before him. Tibias stepped back and looked at Darrius, waiting
for it was his turn.
"Aren't you even gonna tell me what to do?" Darrius asked Tibias.
"No, because I know you can listen to the Force, and I know the Force can listen to you,
this is a simple task for such a Force adept student like yourself..." Tibias commended
him.
Darrius looked at one of the remaining bottles on the boulder and drawed his
hand back slowly getting ready to thrust it foward. He concentrated hard and then
released his hand swiftly. Soon the bottle fell off after his hand thrusted foward and
Tibias smiled at his accomplishment.
"Good work... now while your concentrating you see your bag you left on the porch?"
Tibias asked him.
"Yeah, what about it..?" Darrius asked back.
"Get it..." Tibias mumbled.
Darrius started walking over to his bag and Tibias held his arm.
"Not like that, pull it towards you with the Force." Tibias said.
Darrius sighed and looked at the bag, thinking it was impossible, but Tibias
gave him a strong look of confidence so Darrius concentrated on his bag and reached
out for it. Nothing happened, but just as Darrius began to doubt, the bag started twitching
and moving toward him slowly across the grass. Soon enough the bag was at his feet
and he was relieved.
"Congratulations Darrius, you finished Day 1 of Training but now you must show me
by committing an act of kindness in the city before I am convinced your ready to move
on" Tibias said.
Tibias slipped on his obligatory cloak and covered his face, concealing his light
saber at his side as Darrius and him walked into town. They looked for a person in need of
help. Sure enough it only took a few moments to find a girl in need of assitance, it seems her
speeder had tipped over from another person while she was in the local store. She tugged and
tugged while she could no longer try to move it. She breathed harshly and soon spotted Darrius
walking up to her and his eyes focused on her then the speeder.
"Are you having some trouble mam?" Darrius asked kindly.
"Well as a matter afact I am.." The helpless young women answered.
"Darrius Kai, nice to meet you" He said as he extended his hand.
"Angel.." She said as her hand met his and they seemed not to be able to break apart from eachother's
eyes for a moment and finally snapped back to reality.
"Uhhh right...well..." Darrius looked back at Tibias and he nodded back, he was ready to do this.
Darrius stepped back for a moment and reached out his hand toward the speeder, the local
people wern't really watching closely, but Darrius didn't care...the fact that he could even accomplish
such a task with only reaching out to it and concentrating was most rewarding already for him. He
continued reaching out toward the speeder and it not moving at all, he closed his eyes concentrating
to the fullest and still no give. He looked back at Tibias standing there silently, still nodding to the fact
that Darrius can do it, he is just not letting the force flow. Darrius finally fustrated cleared his thoughts
with Angel starring at him biting her lip, he lifted his hand again with his eyes closed and concentrated
on the moment and the task at hand. The speeder twitching at first, slowly righted itself so it was on the
ground sitting. Angel smiled and clapped for him most pleased. She kissed him on the cheek and got
in her speeder and moved down the street with her hair flowing in the wind.
The padawan Darrius looked back at Tibias and smiled warmly as he took his first steps into
a larger arena, that of becoming a powerful jedi. They moved back to Tibias' house in the fields and
moved slowly as Tibias told stories about his father, an old guardian of the Republic who died honorably
not so long ago...