Chapter 5: Preminisions of the Force

Sim Nam stood on the hill with his arms folded across his chest as the wind blew past him. His cloak whipped behind him as his faced watched the darkening horizon. A storm of massive proportions was coming and he knew it. But this storm wasn't natural, it was a storm made by him. It was one of Leia's tests in if she had obtained enough training to use the Force to control the environment. All was going as plan.

Leia walked out of her quarters as she went to stand by her master. She looked at the horizon and gasped at how dark it was. It reminded her of the pitch-blackness of space and it was only 1:00 in the evening.

"Master, that storm. Its coming straight for us. What shall we do," asked a slightly frightened Leia. Sim just kept watching the horizon as he answered.

"That is for you to decide, young one. This is your last test, my padawan learner. In the old Jedi ways we used to have a series of tests to promote a learner to Knight status, but the Jedi are gone and this will be a far more effective test," replied Sim with no expression in his tone but just darkness and staleness Leia had never seen in her master.

"But master, this storm is so huge. How can I stop it," asked Leia with fear in her eyes at the daunting task her master was asking her to do.

"That is for you to decide. Just remember the force. Remember what I taught you, there is no dark or light side of the force inheritly, only a single force. Thinking that there are two sides of the force and shunning the darknesses will only give you half of the force and you will never be powerful. It is one's actions that determine if the force is dark or light my young apprentice. But beware of the Sith's powers. They allow themselves to be guided by their passion. The Jedi should guide their passion instead. This was a fatul flaw of the Jedi of the Old Republic, but do not make the same mistake. Passion is not evil, it is how you use it. Remember to guide it and do not allow it to guide you or you will journey to darkness," said her master with a twinkle of wisdom in his eyes. Leia just nodded as she saw her master depart her.

"Where are you going, master?" asked Leia.

"This is your test, not mine. I will sit on this rock. It is your duty to stop the storm and not anything hurt me or disturb my meditation. My life is in your hands young one. Just remember the force and you will succeed," said the Master as he sat upon the rock cross-legged and closed his eyes to meditate. He knew that his padawan would pass as he had seen it in his visions. She was much like her father before her but not as rash, something that would indeed help her when it was time to face her father.

Leia watched for an hour as the clouds began to get darker around her until she started feeling water fall on her. She saw as the snow began to fall and hit her. At first it was gradual before it began to get harder and harder until it was impossible to see. She cried out for help but she knew no one would answer. There was only one help: the force. She picked herself up as she took a breathe. She closed her eyes and felt the force come to her. The light around her began to get brighter and brighter until she could feel it surrounded her and ran through her. She raised her hand as she began channeling the force into the sky. She was attempting to dispurse the clouds. She could see it was working as the light began to penetrate the darkness and the snow began to lighten. With that she brought both hands up and with the full power of the force within her she used the force to suddenly make the clouds disappear as the snow began to stop falling. She took a deep breathe and called on the force once again. The wind that was beating against her began to cease as she directed the force to stop the wind. She smiled until she began to let the force slip away from her that she had gathered. Slowly it began spreading until the darkness of the storm began to retreat and the light began to filter through. The winds broke apart from her show of power.

Finally as the storm disappeared, she collapsed to the ground in exhaust. She opened her eyes and saw her master perched on top of a rock with his eyes still closed and still in deep meditation. She began to crawl toward him as she had temperarly almost losted all her power so she could walk. As she got near she collapsed at the base of the rock, but not before muttering, "How did I do?" She immediately fell asleep and peace surrounded her.

Vader's grip grew tighter as the force rushed through him with anger and a hiss. His officer was grabbing his neck in a futile attempt to suck in the air but Vader wasn't allowing that. Knowing it was over, he closed his eyes and collapsed, dead on the ground. Luke stared at the now dead body of former Captain Netta. "What a shame to see such a bright man go to the dead end," he thought. But that was none of his concerns. He turned to look at his father as he saw a large smirk form on his face.

"You see son, you must keep your crew in line or else they will not follow your commands, perfectly," said the smirking Sith Lord. He was full of joy at what he had done. It always immused him to kill those weaklings that disobeyed him with the force. He turned around and climbed the stairs to his throne and sat down gently.

Luke followed him up as he bowed to the Sith Master. Vader put his hand on his son's shoulder. It was time to test the boy's skills in the force. With that, Luke stood up and walked to the bottom of the stairs and closed his eyes. Vader immediately with a wave of his hand picked up a mammoth cannister from the wall and threw it at Luke. Luke sensed it without opening his eyes and brought his hand up. With his anger flowing through him, he threw the cannister away and resumed his posture. Vader was pleased, alright.

Immediately, a bar went flying at look along with other objects like the railing, stairs, other cannisters, computers, droids, and anything else in the room. It all went straight to Luke he still had his eyes closed. But he knew they were coming. With a reaction that mere mortals would not see, he brought up his hand and stopped the objects were they were. He could feel his father was gently nudging them toward him. Anger began pouring into him as his feelings burst into fire. All he could think about was his anger for the Rebellion, for his sister not joining him, and most of all, for not killing the man responsible for his father's defeat on Mustafar. He couldn't take it and with that he exploded in rage as the full power of the darkside of the force ran through Luke who used it to completely destroy all the objects. All of them were instantly crushed and exploded from his power. Anything made out of glass shattered into pieces as the room shook more violently than ever before. The metal doors bent and disinegrated with his full fury. The reinforced walls bent and cracked as they crumbled too. Even the window glass began to crack, though, it was reinforced with many layers to prevent Luke or anyone from destroying the glass, even with the force. Finally, Luke's anger began to simer as he looked around the room, or what was left of it, which wasn't much. This was the most damage anyone had done to anything with just the Force Scream, except of course Anakin who could destroy entire ships if he was incredibally furious. But within the rubble he could see was his father grinning largely at his son's power and destruction capability. He walked over to him as he patted his son.

"You have done well, Luke. The darkside is growing within you as I speak. You will one day be able to rule this galaxy with an ironfist so powerful, no one would dare try to stop you," said Vader proudly.

"Thank You, Father. I wish only to make you proud," said Luke he looked down and was kneeling.

"Because of your capability, son, I have decided to officially give you a Sith Lord name. Henceforth your name will be Darth... Inhalitor," said the Dark Lord with obvious evil and darkness in his voice.

Luke just looked at him with awe and a smirk that could only show evil at its root. He bowed slightly as he accepted the name with honor.

"Thank You, master," replied an overjoyed Luke. He had been waiting of this moment since he had turned to the darkside and shunned the lightside. Inhalitor... it had a ring to it of course. He would no longer be called Luke but Darth Inhalitor.

Leia slowly opened her eyes as she jolted up to see light streaming through the window into the room. She couldn't believe it. She had thought she had died in the storm at her Master's rock. She pulled her hand to her face and touched herself. She was no doubt real. She jumped out of bed as she raced out and found her master and Han playing a game of Sabaac. They were both obviously having a hard time but it was kind of funny.

"You lose, Solo. Check it," said Jedi Master Sim Nam as he showed Han his deal. Han's mouth fell to the floor. The wise Jedi had defeated him. He was a pro while Sim was just a rookie. How was it possible? Than it came to Han.

"Hey, you cheated. I bet you used the force to see my hand!" replied a desperate Han. He had bet over 2,000 credits on the game thinking he was earning easy money. But he was wrong.

"My friend, using the force for such pitiful things would be a waste of it and my power. I played fairly and it seems that I have won, my young boy. I wish to see those 2,000 credits you now owe me," said Sim as he smirked. Han gave him a glare as he pulled out his credits.

"Here you go. I don't know how you won, but wasn't it the Jedi way not to ever bet," said Han with a slight grin in his face. It was possible that he could get out of this.

"Your right. It wasn't allowed in the Jedi Code. But then again, when did I ever listen or pay attention to it," replied the ecentric master. He was obviuosly finding kicks out of tormenting the smuggler.

Leia finally found the courage to come out into the open. Sim turned toward her and flashed a smile.

"well, well, well. I see sleeping beauty has finally awoken," said the master as he collected his credits.

"Thank You master!" said Leia as she narrowed her eyes at him. All she got was a smug look from him.

"Your welcome. By the way, congratulations, you passed Jedi Knight Leia Skywalker," said the Master as he got up and hugged her with a big grin on his face. She hugged him back as tears strolled down her cheeks.

She was finally a Jedi Knight, like her father and brother before her, long ago.