"Let me help you Master, I have a lightsaber now, I'm not weak!" I said. Master Marbwor sensed trouble once we left the academy. He told me to stay put, there was zero chance I'd let him face the enemies alone.
Marbwor just smiled looking at me, "There will come a time when you are strong enough, for now you are too young and have had no training." he said quietly as if he was hiding something. I got angry when he said that, what he really meant was I'd just get in the way, well I wouldn't.
"Stay, I'll be back" he stated. I grunted as he walked out to the blizzard that was going on outside of the academy leaving me by myself, as he walked farther I could see less and less of him.
"Have you seen him fight the droid Hal? It was so hard to watch him lose to a level 1 protocol droid, and we thought he'd be as strong as his brother!" the kids joked and laughed with each other. I was just walking over to the training halls when I heard them laughing at me. I would hear the same thing over and over again, "He's so weak" "God I hope I'm never like him, he is such a disappointment!" they all joked and laughed.
I growled at the jokes and laughs. I went up to one of the leaders of the group who had short blonde hair falling to his left side of his face. As I walked over he turned around and his face dropped into fear. Why would he fear me? He said I was weak and a disappointment why woul-
"That's enough, don't ever speak about him like that again you hear me? Jedi don't laugh at other Jedi." said a deep booming voice from behind me.
I turned around and saw my brother looking mad at those kids not even realizing I was in front of him. The kids ran away and my brothers features softened. He looked tired and worn out, his brown long hair glistened of sweat, but his eyes still had the fierceness everyone loves and admires. I hated that.
He smiled at me and looked down at me "Hey Charles, don't listen to them you'll be str-" he was cut off by my harsh but high pitched voice "I don't need your sympathy Brandon, you're the reason I get made fun of, if I didn't have a brother who always showed off how powerful he was I'd be a kid with a bunch of friends and have no trouble with the droid." I yelled.
My brother still had a smile on his face but his eyes looked like the opposite. "Charles, I just want to help you. I know it hasn't been easy but once you get your lightsaber I can teach you so many things. It'll be awesome!" he said as he tried to give me a fist bump. I just kept looking right into his eyes until he put away his hands.
"Stop trying and leave me alone, better yet fuck off." I said in a lone tone. My brother just looked like he got shot by a blaster. Why is he so sad, he loves when I get made fun of and gets all the attention.
"Sorry to be a bother brother, but if you ever need me please don't hesitate to ask." he said in a sad tone, and turned away.
I gritted my teeth in the memories, I will prove to everyone that I can be of use! I don't care if he said no I ran after Marbwor footprints until I was right behind him. He just groaned, "Go back now or else I'll have to worry about yo-" just before he could finish a large explosion happened right next to me, and then of course darkness my favorite thing.
"Damn this kid is heavy" grunted a deep voice. I opened my eyes to a Trandoshan tying my hands. I freaked out and jerked my hands free, before he or the Twi'lek could react I pulled out my lightsaber and pressed it on the, color of grey clouds gleamed, before he could shoot me I swung absentmindedly at him.
His upper body fell before his lower body, I cut that Trandoshan in half.
The Twi'lek saw me and could have easily stopped me from killing her partner. I turned around to her holding two blasters. "Drop it kid, I know you're too young to know how to deflect em." she said.
She was right there was no way I could. "Your worth more alive then dead, and I owe you one for making me even more richer for killing him, so I'll let you live so drop the cool lightsaber" she said.
"No, I will not be captured you stupid bitch, shoot me see what happens" I said. She looked surprised but didn't shoot instead just stood her ground and I could see the tense on her fingers itching to shoot.
I needed some distraction, something so she will look away, "I'll give you 5 seconds to apologize and drop that lightsaber kid." she just said.
I needed the force if I wanted to get out of here alive and uncaptured, and I needed to get to the ship. Then I thought occured to me, if these two were going to capture me does that mean.. does that mean Marbwor failed? He would not go captured, he'd die before that. Anger flushed through me, this stupid merc killed my Marbwor, he was a good man. A great one.
I threw my lightsaber at her and she shot me in the leg before it sliced her leg. "Ahh" she screamed in agony. My leg was hurting so bad it felt as if it was dipped in the lavas of Mustafar. She was screaming as she tried to see if her right leg was still attached but when she didn't she looked at me with pure anger and went to aim at me in the head, but before she could even pull the trigger my lightsaber came back to me, but she was in the way so it went right through her body killing her in an instance.
I was about to jerk my body so it wouldn't cut me in half as well but it just landed right into my hands, like the force. Somehow I used the force without even thinking. The force was a powerful thing and I just killed two people, I didn't feel bad they were both mercs who killed my master and was going to sell me for some credits.
But now the pain in my leg was unbearable, for the first time in this planet I felt hot, mostly in my leg. So I did something probably stupid and I started to put a pile of snow onto my leg. I needed help but no one could help me. Maybe the force could help? I tried to clear my mind of the harsh cold of my upper body and the most agonizing pain in my left leg. I put all of my attention on my leg as I closed my mind, hoping to heal. It felt as if I was trying to grab the force and throw it onto my leg hoping it would heal.
What can I do? The only way I can live if I used the force, I tried to remember my learning and thought only the force healing, but how do I do it. For the fourth time on this planet I tried once again to control the force that was flowing within me hoping to help. Heal, heal, heal me! I thought.
I don't remember how many times I had to think but after awhile I realized that my leg felt better, much better than before. Enough to make me walk, not run. The pain was still there I wasn't a master at the force healing technique but I did it! I wonder what my brother would be thinking if he saw me do what I just did.
I got up onto my feet and winced as I took a step with my left leg looking for Marbwor's dead body. I past the mercs until I saw another body. It was already frozen with frost everywhere around him. His eyes still open with no fear.
But something caught my eye next to him was one of his hands detached from his body and holding his lightsaber. I took it in honor of him I will return this to the council, I'm sorry Master.
I really hope he didn't die because of me.
"Morning Brandon." both guards of the Jedi temple said in unison. I just nodded with a smile. They always say the same exact thing, I used to find it creepy but I don't question it anymore. I was on my way to the Jedi council as they have urgent news for me. Rumors say that soon I should become one of the youngest Jedi master, sometimes it's crazy that everyone knows who I am and respects and admires me. I do love it to an extent but it also causes pain in others.
Especially my brother. I know that people make fun of him and laugh at him because of me, they all think he is a disappointment. I don't want to admit it out loud, but I get so angry so passionate when it comes to that. I will never admit it to the council they may doubt me.
But when my brother comes back I'll make sure to train him. I want to become his mentor, I want to bond with him. I don't have many memories of my parents but I know they would want me to teach him. I know he has great power in him but he needs to control it, to harness it.
As I was walking the halls I could hear the teachings of Jedi while I passed, it was nice and soothing to know that the Jedi order is getting stronger and stronger everyday, but the sith as well. Any one of these Jedi could become a sith.
As I saw the door to the council my Master Tray, he was looking my way smiling. He had long black hair hanging at the end of each side, a handsome face with kind eyes. "Good morning Master." I said. He was a powerful Jedi, and an intelligent man.
"Hello Brandon, they instructed me to wait for you." he said. Weird these must be important to want both of us at the same time. "Alright lead the way master." He nodded and the door slide open.
We both walked in to all of them sitting in their respected chairs and all of them actually present. They all nodded at our entrance.
"Let's get straight to the point, we are all here today to discuss the disturbance in the force Master Marwbor said before he left to IIum." said Master Zef.
They all looked very sad, almost sick to the stomach. This has to be bad. Master Timpo spoke up. "Us in the council have all felt something in the force, something terrible has happened in IIum, we fear Master Marwbor has fallen."
As he said those words my whole body started to have chills. Charles was with Master Marwbor. They seemed to see and probably feel the distress of me. "We have contacted the ship and no one responded, just static." continued Master Viera. I felt an urge to punch them all for not informing me any sooner.
"Send me to IIum please Masters, I need to save my brother." I said already fearing the worst. "We cannot allow you to go, we will not risk you, we will send a crew of soldiers to make sure all is right." said Master Bezor.
Deep down I felt hate towards them, I made sure to bury it deep into me so they could not tell. I gritted my teeth "With respect Masters, this is my brother. You cannot keep me from saving him"
"What about the other padawans or the pilots of the ship? Are you forgetting them? This is not all about your brother here Brandon. You are strong, very strong but you lack institution. You need to see it out, without your involvement, we have respect for you so we made sure to tell you. Do not make us regret our kindness for informing you. You are dismissed Brandon." said Alli
My blood was boiling with resentment to these Masters I respected, just like that all the respect washed away like the oceans of Naboo.
I turned around without even looking at Master Tray and left. I don't care what they say I'm going to save my brother.
"We feared Brandon would do that. But he deserved the truth, don't you think Tray?" said Bezor. I smiled "Of course he deserved it Master, but you could of handled it better I fear." I said. These council members were idiots, they all think they are smart and know all the consequences. They don't even know what I've been doing right in front of them for so long. They just made Brandon even easier to obtain. "What do you need from me council members?" I questioned.
"We feel we have more distressing news, we feel as a great darkness coming, sith to be exact." said Timpo.
So they finally felt me working under the shadows to crush the republic, took them long enough. "We feel as we can trust you Tray, as one of our best." said Zef. "I will not disappoint you council members, I will help in anyway I can." I said.
They will soon learn there trust in me was a big mistake, what do you council members have in plan?