Ch. 2

The Beginning of the End: Part 2

In Al'riti's quarters, Al'riti was trying to get some sleep while his padawan, Greth, worked on his manipulation skills on a small lizard.

"Why are you acting like this, Master?" Greth asked him.

"Because, young one, it is the true path to power! I never believed in Skywalker's philosophy to begin with. I only followed it so that I could learn how to control the Force!"

"Oh."

Greth looked down at his feet and let his master sleep. When he was sure that his master was asleep, he snuck out and went to Master Skywalker.

Before he could open Master Skywalker's quarters, he heard Master Skywalker talking to Jaina. Greth wanted to find out what they were talking about so he tried to mask himself in the Force. 'What better training for infiltration than this' he thought.

"Uncle Luke, I'm worried about Al'riti. He's been acting strange lately." Greth heard Jaina say.

"I know, Jaina. I sense it has something to do with Aarma training Ben. Also, his power has made him arrogant. A trait more and more common among Jedi. Even the older, more experienced ones."

"Yes. I also sense that he is jealous. What do you think we should do Unc-", Jaina stopped there.

'I guess I need some more practice'

"Come on in, Greth." Master Skywalker said.

Greth cautiously entered the room. 'I wonder if I'm in trouble' he thought. Greth stopped in the middle of the room. He looked at Jaina, then at Master Skywalker.

Jaina was the first to speak.

"You're getting better at hiding, Greth. I'll admit, you had both Uncle Luke and I fooled into thinking we were alone!"

"How much did you hear, Greth?" Master Skywalker asked, showing some false anger, though inside, he was proud of the young child in front of him.

Greth was not easily fooled.

"Just enough to know why my master is acting the way he is. But I think that I know something else. I came here to tell you that he only followed your teachings so that he could learn to control the Force. He said that his actions were the only path to 'true power'!"

"Thank you Greth for telling me this. Also know that I will have to be extra careful when speaking about personal things now. I only noticed that you were here after Jaina sensed you!"


Greth went back to Al'riti's quarters only to find that his master was gone. All of a sudden, the alarms went off! Though he hadn't learned all of the patterns for the alarms yet, he did know that this was an "Unscheduled Liftoff" alarm.

His master had left him. Part of him was rejoicing that he wouldn't have to learn from someone who would obviously teach him the wrong things. Another part was weeping and distraught at the fact that his master had actually left him and the Jedi Order with absolutely no regrets whatsoever!


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