Leia was again running in the swamps with Yoda on her back. Yoda gave her
precise directions on where he wanted her to go. After climbing vines that
seemed to never end, and encountering creatures that she didn't even know
existed, she finally reached an open area right in front of a dark cave.
She had just started to show signs of fatigue.
"Is this the place that you said we'd be having my lesson today?"
"The correct place, this is. Time it is, for you to learn the most important lesson of being a Jedi Knight."
Leia was nodding when a deep rush of cold came over her. After a moment, she realized that it was the dark side of the Force that she was feeling and that it was coming from inside the cave. I'm not going in there!
Yoda must've known what she was thinking. "Inside the cave, you must go. Now, the time is, decide what wish you to do. To take your lightsaber with you or leave it behind. For no answers, look to me. All I can tell you, this is."
Leia looked down at her lightsaber clipped to her belt. Even though she had only had it in her possession for a few weeks, she had grown a special bond with it. To go into the cave without it was something that she did not want to do. She looked at Yoda, and wondered what it was that he wanted her to do. She tried to probe his mind to find out. I'm not picking up anything from him. I should've known that I wouldn't be able to probe the mind of someone as powerful as Yoda. She had finally learned that despite his size, Yoda was the powerful Jedi Master who ever lived. Better to have it and not need it, than to need it and be without. She had decided to walk into the cave with her lightsaber.
Leia walked into the cave with lightsaber in hand, ready to ignite and fight whatever comes out at her. As she walked deeper into the cave, she saw the dark silhouette of a figure. Soon, she recognized the figure as Luke. She ran up to him and put her arms around him.
"Luke! You have no idea how much I've wanted to see you again! Master Kenobi came to me in a dream and said that we were twins! I'm training to be a Jedi Knight, like you!"
"Twins? Then that means that we can fight side by side and fight those that stand in the way."
From behind Luke, another silhouette formed. A man in a long flowing black robe. The Emperor!
The voice said, "Join your power to mine, Leia. You have great power in the Force. It's equal even to my own. Together, we can defeat our enemies once and for all."
Leia glared at him and yelled, "Never!" She ignited her violet lightsaber and charged after the Emperor and stabbed him in the heart. He gave out a cry of pain and fell to his knees. A gust of wind blew his hood down and revealed the face of Luke. He stared at Leia in pain of the wound and puzzlement. Luke faded away as he fell to the ground in death.
Leia was silent. She could hardly breathe or move as she slowly turned around to see the other figure of Luke, who was smiling evilly. From what seemed to come from nowhere, he pulled a hood up from his back and pulled it over his head, and he became his true form. The Emperor.
"Excellent! Now we can fight side by side and destroy those who stand in our way."
"I'll never fight with you!"
"Then, you will be destroyed!" With that, the Emperor lifted his hands in the air and lightning began to crackle around his hands and weave around his fingers, as he laughed. He held his hands out toward Leia, and shot the lightning straight at her. She crouched down onto the ground, clenching her eyes shut.
"NOOO!" Just before the lightning hit her, everything went silent. Leia looked up and saw that she was alone in the cave.
She walked out of the cave with her head hanging down. She knew that she had failed in her test. Yoda was sitting near the cave waiting for her with no look of anger on his face. Only patience and tolerance.
"And what learned, have you, today?" Leia stopped for a moment and thought. She believed that she knew the answer to this. She chose her words very carefully.
"To always see things as they really, not how they seem at first appearance. Just like when I first met you, my first thought was of just an old, little creature. But if I had looked through the Force, I would've seen that you were the Jedi Master that I was seeking."
"Very good. Anything else, have you?"
"Yes. The most important lesson that I needed to learn was that the key to unlocking my power as a Jedi Knight is to use the power as little as I have to. To only use it to save my life, or the lives of others. To protect everything that the Force touches, which is every living thing from the tiniest of plants to the biggest of wookiees. Not to use it just because it would be convenient for me."
"Yes, Leia. That is correct. Failed the test, you may have. But lost, the lesson was not. Soon, to get your brother, you will be ready."
At the mention of this, a warm glow came over Leia. She could literally feel her strength coming together inside of her.
"Is this the place that you said we'd be having my lesson today?"
"The correct place, this is. Time it is, for you to learn the most important lesson of being a Jedi Knight."
Leia was nodding when a deep rush of cold came over her. After a moment, she realized that it was the dark side of the Force that she was feeling and that it was coming from inside the cave. I'm not going in there!
Yoda must've known what she was thinking. "Inside the cave, you must go. Now, the time is, decide what wish you to do. To take your lightsaber with you or leave it behind. For no answers, look to me. All I can tell you, this is."
Leia looked down at her lightsaber clipped to her belt. Even though she had only had it in her possession for a few weeks, she had grown a special bond with it. To go into the cave without it was something that she did not want to do. She looked at Yoda, and wondered what it was that he wanted her to do. She tried to probe his mind to find out. I'm not picking up anything from him. I should've known that I wouldn't be able to probe the mind of someone as powerful as Yoda. She had finally learned that despite his size, Yoda was the powerful Jedi Master who ever lived. Better to have it and not need it, than to need it and be without. She had decided to walk into the cave with her lightsaber.
Leia walked into the cave with lightsaber in hand, ready to ignite and fight whatever comes out at her. As she walked deeper into the cave, she saw the dark silhouette of a figure. Soon, she recognized the figure as Luke. She ran up to him and put her arms around him.
"Luke! You have no idea how much I've wanted to see you again! Master Kenobi came to me in a dream and said that we were twins! I'm training to be a Jedi Knight, like you!"
"Twins? Then that means that we can fight side by side and fight those that stand in the way."
From behind Luke, another silhouette formed. A man in a long flowing black robe. The Emperor!
The voice said, "Join your power to mine, Leia. You have great power in the Force. It's equal even to my own. Together, we can defeat our enemies once and for all."
Leia glared at him and yelled, "Never!" She ignited her violet lightsaber and charged after the Emperor and stabbed him in the heart. He gave out a cry of pain and fell to his knees. A gust of wind blew his hood down and revealed the face of Luke. He stared at Leia in pain of the wound and puzzlement. Luke faded away as he fell to the ground in death.
Leia was silent. She could hardly breathe or move as she slowly turned around to see the other figure of Luke, who was smiling evilly. From what seemed to come from nowhere, he pulled a hood up from his back and pulled it over his head, and he became his true form. The Emperor.
"Excellent! Now we can fight side by side and destroy those who stand in our way."
"I'll never fight with you!"
"Then, you will be destroyed!" With that, the Emperor lifted his hands in the air and lightning began to crackle around his hands and weave around his fingers, as he laughed. He held his hands out toward Leia, and shot the lightning straight at her. She crouched down onto the ground, clenching her eyes shut.
"NOOO!" Just before the lightning hit her, everything went silent. Leia looked up and saw that she was alone in the cave.
She walked out of the cave with her head hanging down. She knew that she had failed in her test. Yoda was sitting near the cave waiting for her with no look of anger on his face. Only patience and tolerance.
"And what learned, have you, today?" Leia stopped for a moment and thought. She believed that she knew the answer to this. She chose her words very carefully.
"To always see things as they really, not how they seem at first appearance. Just like when I first met you, my first thought was of just an old, little creature. But if I had looked through the Force, I would've seen that you were the Jedi Master that I was seeking."
"Very good. Anything else, have you?"
"Yes. The most important lesson that I needed to learn was that the key to unlocking my power as a Jedi Knight is to use the power as little as I have to. To only use it to save my life, or the lives of others. To protect everything that the Force touches, which is every living thing from the tiniest of plants to the biggest of wookiees. Not to use it just because it would be convenient for me."
"Yes, Leia. That is correct. Failed the test, you may have. But lost, the lesson was not. Soon, to get your brother, you will be ready."
At the mention of this, a warm glow came over Leia. She could literally feel her strength coming together inside of her.