This is a completely AU fanfiction of Star Wars, using some of their characters, and some of mine. I am just pretty much pretending the whole "New Order" series doesn't exsist, while I am still using the characters in them, the storyline doesn't quite go the same. I do not own anyone except for Aaralyn Duskshade and Darth Shanker/Corban Spectral.
(AN: I know I set off the group in seperate groups, but this story focuses on the teenagers. So I will mostly have them, at least for now. Just thought I would let you know.)
"Alright.. autopilot on." Ben said, sighing as he pushed the button. He undid his seatbelt, and joined Paron and Anakin in the back.
"Hey. How was it?" Anakin asked. He had already flown half the way there, but decided to let Ben fly some, too.
"Eh, nothing, really." Ben said, gloating.
"Stop being such a guy." Paron said, giggling.
"Ew.. you want him to act like a girl!" Anakin said, joking around. Ben just shook his head and laughed. Yes, they were jedi knights. Yes, they were responsible. But they were still teenagers, and still acted immaturely often.
"Excuse my asking young Master Solo, but is it not your seventeenth birthday this weekend?" C-3PO asked.
"Oh, yeah, it is. I forgot!" Anakin said, laughing. Paron and Ben were already seventeen. Ben was actually nearly eighteen.
"You forgot your birthday? Its more serious than we though, Paron." Ben said, grinning. The ship all of a sudden shook badly, knocking some of Lando's things off the wall of the ship. The three teens flew out of their seats.
"I have a bad feeling about this." Paron said, picking herself off the floor. Anakin went rushing for the cockpit, Ben hot on his heels.
"Oh.. a meteor shower, just what we need." Anakin said, taking it off autopilot. Random beeps were echoing all over the dashboard, and Ben and Paron frantically tried to fix the problems. R2 and C-3PO were doing their best too; R2 was trying to overrun the emergency system, and 3PO.. well, he wasn't necessarily helping, he was actually panicking.
"This is all your fault R2! We are going to die, I just know it! Oh dear!" He cried out.
"Shut it!" Anakin yelled at the robot, rolling his eyes. He turned the handlebars sharply to the left, avoiding a rather large meteorite. R2 had just gotten into the system, and the beeps and alarms stopped, which helped Anakin cool down.
"Were going to have to land and fix the engine!" Ben said, glancing at the 3-D ship model, and the red flashing light on the engine.
"Yeah.. we can land there." Anakin said, heading towards a nearby planet.
"Couruscant, right?" Paron asked. Ben nodded. Anakin flew into the planet, and the black sky became blue, as towering buildings appeared through the clouds. He landed on the airdock of the nearest one.
"Grab your lightsabers." Ben said, "We never know who we will encounter. 3PO, you and R2 guard the ship while we go and find a mechanic."
"But Master Luke said for me to watch you at all times." C-3PO whined.
"Uncle Luke won't care if we aren't under your supervision for twenty minutes. We will be back in no time, we promise." Anakin said. They headed out, while C-3PO shook his head in disaprooval.
The three teens sat quietly in the waiting room at the only mechanic on Couruscant. They were the only ones waiting, but the girl was currently fixing the hyperdrive system on a droid's ship.
"Your all set!" She said, as the droid payed her, and shot off in a flash. "Next?" She said, walking over to the three teens. Ben nearly gasped. This girl was strong in the force, that was for sure. She radiated with it, and it was overwhelming. He glanced at Anakin, who had the same expression on his face, as did Paron.
"Are you a jedi?" Paron asked.
"A what? Oh wait.. you mean those guys with the light up swords? No way.. I have horrible hand-eye coordination!" She said with a laugh, "Anyways, what can I help you with?"
"Follow us." Ben said. They hopped on a taxi, payed the man, and showed her Lando's ship. She began digging around at the enormous engine, while the three teens anxiously sat inside the ship.
"You felt that, then?" Ben asked the other two quietly.
"Yes. It was very strong." Paron whispered.
"It nearly knocked me off my seat... not even Uncle Luke's aura is that strong." Anakin added. The was a cling, and the girl mechanic came up and knocked on the open door to the ship.
"You can come in." Paron said with a smile.
"Thanks. Alright, its fixed, it just had a blown fuse." She said.
"Your bleeding." Anakin said, pointing. She glanced down at a small cut on her arm.
"Oh, I must have scraped it, no big deal." She said, shrugging.
"Well, we have a medical kit, let us clean it up for you." Paron said, "I'm Paron Lighton, by the way." She said, smiling.
"I'm Aaralyn Duskshade. Its nice to meet you." She said, smiling kindly back.
"I'm Anakin Solo, and this is my cousin Ben Skywalker." Anakin said, pointing at Ben. They gathered in the back, and Paron grabbed some supplies. She took a midichlorian senser, and rubbed it on some of Aaralyn's blood, while Ben cleaned her cut and bandaged it. The senser beeped, and Paron's eyes looked like they could pop right out of her head.
"Guys.." She mumbled, "Excuse us for a moment, Aaralyn!" Paron said, dragging the boys to the cockpit.
Aaralyn sat quietly, until a gold droid came up to her. "Hello, I am C-3PO, human-cyborgs relation. I am fluent in over 800 languages.." He began.
"I'm Aaralyn Duskshade." She interrupted, having a feeling he wouldn't have shut up if she didn't do so.
"Look at her midichlorian amount!" Paron exclaimed to the boys up in the cockpit.
"Thats.. thats more that Dad..." Ben said in awe.
"27,400.. wow. Hey wait.. isn't that more than the late Emporer?" Anakin asked, shocked.
"It is! And wait.. Grandpa Anakin's was 27,700... she is only 300 off from having the most midichlorians a Jedi has ever had." Ben exclaimed.
"What are midichlorians?" Aaralyn asked, startling them. They hadn't realized she wandered over.
"They are like, these little cell type things that measure the power a person has. One must have at least 7,000 if they want to be trained as a Jedi..." Ben explained.
"Wow, 7,000 is a lot. How do you get them?" Aaralyn asked.
"You are born with them. The more you have.. the more force you have inside yourself. Its up to your mind in what way you use it." Paron answered.
"Your Jedis?" Aaralyn asked, glancing at the lightsabers strapped to their hips.
"Yes. Jedi Knights." Anakin answered, "Did you ever consider training to be a jedi?"
"No, I have been too busy working here. I never gave thought that I could be eligible." She responded.
"Well.. your midichlorian level is nearly off the charts. Its 27,400." Ben said.
"So.. thats a big deal, to have a lot? How much do you have?" She asked, confused.
"Yes, its a big deal when someone has that many. Me, and Ben have 13,700. Paron has 11,000." Anakin explained.
"Wow.. I never knew.." Aaralyn mumbled, shocked.
"You should come with us. We are jedi knights, and we could help you train. You could become a Jedi, and I bet a Jedi Knight within no time. You could be one of the most powerful Jedi alive." Anakin said, giving her a pleading look. Ben glanced at Anakin.
"But its not about power, its about feelings and what is good and pure." Ben said to Aaralyn. He didn't want her thinking Jedi's were all about power. Why is Anakin worried about power? Why is he worrying, for that matter? Ben wondered.
"I don't know.. I mean, I honestly have nothing here. I just don't want to be a burden. And I'm afraid.. I'm afraid I won't be good enough.. that I will mess it up." Aaralyn said, biting her lip.
"You shouldn't worry about messing it up. You don't have to prove anything to anyone. Just do what you can limit yourself to, and don't think of it as impressing someone." Paron said, giving a reassuring smile.
"You have to know this, though.. Jedi's can not be afraid.. they can not worry. See.. there is the good side.. the Jedi's, which is what we are and stand for, but sometimes a Jedi begins to worry, fear, use anger to fuel their fighting, they start to seek revenge, and they hate people. This leads them to the dark side of the force. The dark side contains wicked people, who are ruthless as they are cunning. They try their hardest to get more people on that side. It is not the right road at all though, so the Jedi Council constantly has trainings to ignore tempatations." Ben said.
"The Jedi Council is the highest rank of Jedi's, and they gather at the Jedi Temple located in Cloud City. My uncle Luke, Ben's father, is the Master of it, and my mother, Leia, is also on the council, along with Ben's mother, Mara. My older brother and sister, Jaina and Jacen, also are on the council. Eventually, once we are of age, me, Paron, and Ben will be as well." Anakin said, beaming. He couldn't wait for the day they granted him to join the highest ranks.
Aaralyn hesitated. "Alright, I will do it. It sounds very intruiging.. and if I don't want to waste all the potential power I have by not at least trying.." She said. With that, Ben closed the ship's door, and Aaralyn stared out the window, looking at Couruscant as she left her home. It was busy, filthy, and was full of smugglers. She was excited to be rid of it. "Hey Paron... when I first walked up to you guys when you were talking about me, you guys were saying something about "Grandpa Anakin" and me being only 300 off from him or something like that?"
"Oh.. Paron.. take the wheel, me and my cousin should explain him to her." Ben said, smiling at his girlfriend. She smiled back and hastily sat in the pilot's seat. "Alright. My dad is Luke Skywalker, and his," Ben said, pointing to Anakin, "Mom is Leia Organa. They are twins, seperated at birth. Apparently, their Mother was a Queen, and then a speaker in the Republic. Their father was a bit younger than her, and a struggling Jedi. He wanted power, and he was scared and worried constantly. These things made him go on the borderline of the Dark Side of the force."
"Then Padme.. thats Luke and Leia's Mother, well, she got pregnant. And Anakin.. not me, but Luke and Leia's Father, secretly married Padme, because back then it was against the law for a Jedi to get married. So they kept their marriage private, but then Padme was walking around with a big belly.. so suspisions rose. Anakin Skywalker's master was Obi-Wan Kenobi. He found out, but wasn't upset, but wanted to help. But by then Anakin was so mixed up in the dark side and his own confusion that he battled Obi-Wan, and nearly killed his pregnant wife. Obi-Wan had no choice but to stop Anakin, so he faught him, and won. Anakin was presumed dead, but the old Emporer, Darth Sideous, had resesitated Anakin, and put him in an intensive care unit suit type thing, that kept him alive." Anakin continued.
"Although Padme lived, Sideous lied and told Anakin that it was he who killed his wife. So he hated himself, along with everyone else at that point. He had 27,700 midichlorians. More than any Jedi known to man thus far. He was too powerful for his own good. Padme delivered twins.. and then died because she lost the will to live. Luke was the first born.. he was sent to his family on Tatooine, Owen Lars, who was Anakin Skywalker's step brother. Leia was adopted by a friend of Obi-Wan and Yoda, who was the master of the Jedi Council back then. She was adopted by Bail Organa, a key speaker in the Republic, so she grew up a pampered, princess-titled life. Then fate came, and Luke and Leia met, and met Han, and then Obi-Wan revealed to Luke that he once trained his father. He continued by training Luke, and then was killed by Anakin, who was then known as Darth Vader. In the end.. he turned good, killing the Emporer, and then dying himself." Ben concluded, catching his breath.
"Wow... so this Vader guy.. your Grandfather... I have almost as many midichlorians as him? What if I let power get to my head?" Aaralyn asked, worried.
"Don't worry. Worrying is a sign of the dark side. Just follow your feelings, do what they are telling you to do, and you will be just fine." Paron said from the wheel.
"So that sucks, marrying was forbidden back then?" Aaralyn asked, full of so many questions.
"Well, its sort of forbidden for a Jedi to wed now, too. Any Jedi that marries someone else, whether they be jedi or just an average jo, have to get permission from the Jedi Master.. Luke.. and the council. Because they don't want another situation to disrupt the peace they faught so hard to obtain. So pretty much you get permission to marry who you want. The rule makes sense, though." Ben explained.
"I think its a dumb rule, in a lot of ways. The only reason they want to give you permission is so they know who you are making offspring with." Anakin said with a snort. Ben jumped up.
"Alright, first lesson of training. Using a lightsaber and following your feelings." Ben said, handing Aaralyn his lightsaber and a tinted helmet. "My Dad was trained this way once by Obi-Wan. I was trained this way too, it really works. Now, if you put the helmet on your head, you can't see a thing. But Jedi learn to trust their feelings, sort of go with the flow. I am going to put a test droid up, and it will shoot lasers.. they don't hurt.. they sort of tickle. But you will have to guess where it is going to shoot you, and block the shots with the lightsaber." Ben explained.
"Okay... I hope I do good!" Aaralyn said with a grin as she plopped the heavy helmet on. She heard Ben turn on the droid, and it swishing around her. Okay, focus. Your feelings, use your feelings. Where do you think it is going to hit? Hmmm...Wait.. I hear it behind me...I hope it doesn't hurt... Aaralyn thought. As her mind began to wander, the droid shot a beam at her. She giggled. "Aww man, I didn't get it.. but your right, it does tickle."
"Don't rush it. Be patient." Ben said to her. It was hard to hear through the thick helmet, but she knew that is what he said. Aaralyn took a shaky breath in, and blew it out. She closed her eyes, even though she couldn't see with them open anyway, and patiently focused. Behind you. She heard herself think, as she turned on the lightsaber, and blocked a shot successfully. "Good job. But keep going, you need more than one block." Ben said, muffled by the helmet. She kept the lightsaber on this time. It wasn't as heavy as she assumed. She heard the buzzing of its power even through the thick helmet. She felt her heart skip a beat. She had a feeling there would be a combo. Right, left, diagnal left, front, behind, right. She heard herself think. As she thought of the direction, she felt her hands slide the lightsaber smoothly in each direction, as she heard a direct block each time.
"Wow! Awesome! Now...destroy it." Anakin said in a cheery, muffled tone. She raised the lightsaber above her head, and slammed it hard down on the droid, hearing it break as the saber sliced through it. She turned it off, and took off the helmet.
"How was that?" She asked, grinning. It was such a rush.
"Very good!" Anakin said, clapping.
"I couldn't have done better!" Paron praised.
"Good job, but next time.. don't destroy it. Its not in the nature of a Jedi to destroy something just because we can." Ben said, giving Anakin a look for telling Aaralyn to do so. Aaralyn sat down happily, excited for everything else she would learn.
A/n- So, what do you think? Please leave positive reviews! Thank you very much!