The Force shall set me free
Chapter 2
Jaune hated planes.
Scratch that.
He hated all flying things.
He hated birds, he hated dragons and he most importantly he hated the thing he was flying in.
"Keep it down, keep it down…COUGH… oh no, I just tasted my own breakfast"
Jaune was currently in the bullhead that was going to take him to Beacon.
The nervousness of going to Beacon, added with his rather weak resistance to flight where giving Jaune a very hard time.
"Oh here it comes…" just when he felt the bile going up his throat something forced it down.
Jaune gasped in pain as his insides burned.
"It is pathetic for me to see you like this apprentice, a Sith has both control of his surroundings and himself, do not fall to the weakness of the body and remember to always fight nature itself"
Marka Ragnos boomed inside his head.
Jaune felt a shiver run down his spine.
"Sorry master" he muttered under his breath.
"Do not be sorry, be better"
And with that the ancient Sith lord went quiet once more.
Jaune shook his head a little and looked around.
No one paid him any attention.
"Good thing too, I would have embarrassed myself" Jaune said and let out a sigh of relief when the ship landed.
As he walked outside he was fascinated by the Force around him.
All this people.
He could feel them, their emotions.
Fear and anxiety reigned supreme in this area, at least he was not the only one who was slightly nervous.
Jaune walked slowly letting all of this in.
This new way of feeling things was something that he would have to get used to, right now he felt overwhelmed and confused.
So many people, so many emotions.
Gibberish would be a close word to describe it, he could feel them and see them but he could not pinpoint to who belonged the emotions.
So he waited for most people to walk away, hoping that his pounding headache would lessen.
Jaune looked around the field and found a lone figured kneeling in the ground.
Curious he walked next to the figure and looked down on it
"Hello!"
The face of a young (cute) girl stared up at him in shock.
"…hi"
"Sooo do you normally stay on the ground or?" he started awkwardly.
The girl blushed and shook her head quickly.
"No, no I was just recovering…"
"Recovering?" Jaune raised an eyebrow.
The girl pulled her hood over her head.
"Yeah… from the explosion"
"The explosion?"
"The dust explosion"
"Oh… I see"
"…."
Poor girl, Jaune thought so he decided to save her with his mazing socializing skills.
"So what's your name?"
"M-me?"
Jaune nodded and smiled.
"Ruby"
Inside of him something stirred.
Jaune paid no mind to it and continued with his conversation.
"Name's Jaune" he said.
Jaune would usually add more to his introduction but the stirring had grown for some reason and he was getting increasingly worried.
"…So I got this" Ruby said and pulled out a giant weapon.
Nihilus watched with interest at the small silver eyed girl.
His apprentice was talking about weapons or something mundane like that.
Flashy, noisy and utterly useless in a real combat.
A true Sith only relied on the force, even a lightsaber became obsolete when you bended the force to your every will.
"The boy needs a weapon" Markos said as he emerged from the depths of Jaune's mind.
"A Kyber crystal would be required in order to build a functioning lightsaber and this planet does not have the technology for space travel" Nihilus replied with disinterest.
"Indeed, but I have found a replacement for the Kyber crystals, the essence that the natives of this planet call dust, the red one to be precise"
Nihilus shadowy figure didn't move.
"A true sith makes a Kyber crystal bleed by pouring all of his hate and negative emotions into the crystal"
"Attachment to the ways of old halt progress, it was your inability to adapt that led you to become nothing more than a wound in the force, a devourer without purpose"
Nihilus didn't respond.
Marka Ragnos continued when he noticed his companion's silence.
"I invented the ways of old, I will adapt them for this new world"
"You are creating no Sith, rather a Dark side user" Nihilus finally spat out.
Ragnos smirked.
"And that is where you are mistaken, he will grow, small steps and conflicting emotions will ensure his rise as a Sith lord"
"We will see, train him in the ways of the lightsaber if you wish but I demand to train him in the ways of the Force"
"I will grant your wish, only because I am interested in seeing what you will teach, but now our priority is that he acquires a red dust crystal"
Nihilus hummed in agreement and went back to observing Jaune's actions.
Emotions of happiness and curiosity filled the boy as he conversed with the peppy young girl.
Lies of happy future
Jaune tried his hardest to fall asleep but the whispers in his head kept nagging at him.
It was very deep into the night when a voice finally silenced them.
"Jaune is time"
The voice was of his master, Marka Ragnos.
"What were those whispers, I thought I was going insane" Jaune replied as he rubbed his eyes in exhaustion.
Ragnos chuckled "The thoughts and ideas of your fellow humans, you hear them as whispers because you do not focus on them, but that will be expanded upon in our first lesson, now my apprentice you need to find a red dust crystal"
Jaune frowned.
"Dust, why would you… I mean we, need it for?"
"Your weapon Jaune, that is no weapon worthy of a Sith"
Jaune felt a little insulted but didn't comment on it.
He knew his weapon was garbage compared to the one of his companions.
The scythe of Ruby was an example, it converted into a gun and it was extremely versatile.
His shield was also not much to look at.
"I will see what I can do, as soon as I can head into the city I will…"
"Tonight Jaune"
Jaune frowned.
"Where the hell would I find dust at this hour, in my school no less?"
"Ah but you know who has dust, you talked to someone who gave you information"
Ruby did mention something of dust, he was not aware of who it belonged to but he was sure he could find it.
"I remember"
"Indeed you do, listen to the force and you will find what you seek"
Ragnos went silent again and the whispers returned.
"Red dust" Jaune said quietly as he stood up.
Jaune breathed deeply and focused.
He focused on the red dust crystal.
Slowly but surely the whispers faded and he started to see the path he had to follow.
Just like before he felt the pull of the force towards another room.
He avoided the people inspecting the halls and waited patiently for the cameras to turn so that he would not be noticed.
Jaune breathed slowly as he arrived at the lockers, he knew it was here.
He swallowed as he started to search the lockers for the artifact.
Jaune stopped at a particularly large locker and smiled he had it.
"How do I…"
Jaune said as he studied the lock.
He extended his hand and focused on the door.
With a small flick of his wrist the door opened for him.
Jaune smiled widely.
"That was cool"
Jaune started to search inside of the locker and he soon enough found what he was looking for.
A shining red dust Crystal.
Jaune felt bad about stealing from this person so he reached into his pocket and left a crumbled Lien inside hoping it would cover for the crystal.
Satisfied he turned around and closed the locker.
"Good Jaune, now find some metal your Lightsaber is almost complete"
Jaune nodded and exited the room quickly.
The force guiding him.
Ruby yawned as she woke up from her sleep.
That had been a rough night.
Sleeping on the floor was not something that appealed much to her.
But she bolted from the ground when she remembered what day was today.
"INITIATION DAY!"
"SHUT UP, some people are still trying to sleep!" the mean white haired girl yelled at her.
"Sorry" she muttered under her breath.
She looked around and to her surprise Jaune was awake.
'Should I go talk to him?' she asked herself.
They were friends…right?
She didn't know for sure but.
Yang said to trust her instincts and that was what she was going to do!
"…hi" Ruby said in a small voice, a small blush firming on her cheeks.
Jaune snapped out of his trance and looked up to her.
"Oh hello there Ruby, good morning" Jaune said as he put something on his belt.
"What was that?" Ruby asked with curiosity.
Jaune blinked and looked down at his belt.
"Oh that, it's… it's my secret weapon, I thought I left it back home but its here with me… I am so relieved hehe…" Jaune said awkwardly as he scratched the back of his head.
"Oh that is fantastic Jaune! Can I see it?" Ruby asked oblivious to Jaune's slightly panicked look.
"It's...not really safe for using here, but I promise I will show it to you today"
"Oh at the initiation! Awesome I look forward to seeing it, see ya later Jaune I think I heard my sister wake up"
Jaune let out a sigh.
"I messed up"
A/N: Small chapter I know, but I didn't want to go into the initiation without explaining how Jaune got a Lightsaber.
And yes Jaune will use his lightsaber, I feel that without it a Sith lacks their very familiar rage. Loosing themselves in battle and then cutting their enemies in half is their motto.
Also I would like to thank all the people who reviewed and offered their ideas, I really appreciate it.
Now addressing what type of Sith Jaune will be, I am still undecided but I think he will be more Force focused thanks to Ragnos, Nihilus and Bane, all of them powerful force users (Star Wars legends Bane moved a moon out of orbit).
Thank you for reading, I will see you on the next chapter!