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Death's Chosen Knight

Chapter 6

Coruscant, 47 B.B.Y.

Asajj looked at the human male that stood a small distance behind her. She saw that he had dark brown, almost black, hair with streaks of gray running through it. He had a full beard that also appeared to have streaks of gray running through it. He wore the usual beige Jedi robes with dark brown boots with a brown cloak. His cloak appeared to have a silver chain clasp across the neckline and his robes looked akin to that of what a politician would wear rather than what a Jedi would wear. His lightsaber was the most interesting as the hilt appeared to be curved.

As Asajj was about to stand and bow to the elder Jedi, he raised his hand and said, "Please, you do not need to stand. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Jedi Master Dooku."

Asajj nodded and said, "It's an honor to meet you Master Dooku, but I am curious as to why you are here."

Dooku nodded and said, "I can understand why it would be confusing to you that a Jedi Master that you have never met has come to talk to you. The reason for that is I sit on the Jedi Council. Right now the council is trying to what to do with you, Master Narec, and your child. From what I have been able to gather, it will not end well. Sadly, some of the council seek to expel both you and Ky. And I truly believe that they will also keep your child, but I fear that will a mistake on the Council's part."

Asajj looked shocked at this, and asked, "Why are you telling me this? I don't get the feeling that you are one to go against your fellow Council members."

Dooku nodded and said, "While that is true, the reason I am speaking to you is because of your Master, Ky. For as long as I have known him, he was not the type of Jedi to take on training a padawan."

Asajj looked concerned at this and asked, "What do you mean that he was not the type of Jedi to take on training a padawan? He found me alone on Rattatak and trained me as his padawan."

Dooku nodded and said, "Ky was always heading straight into dangerous situations and he was afraid of getting a padawan hurt or killed because of this. This is why he did not wish to train a padawan. And while he did find you on Rattatak, he could have easily used local methods or used the pirates or slavers communications to get ahold of the Jedi Temple and let them know there was a force-sensitive with him. Instead he personally trained you because he found you special in many ways. This alone shows that having you leave the Order is a grave mistake."

Asajj now understood why Dooku was talking to her. Her Master had done something he said he would never do, and for that, it made her special. Soon she looked at the elder Jedi and asked, "I sense that you have a plan to keep me here among the Jedi?"

Dooku nodded and said, "Ky and I had discussed possible methods to keep you from being expelled and the best possible chance is for him to formally relieve you of being his padawan and for me to take you on as my padawan."

Asajj looked at Dooku and asked, "Why would you need to take me on as a padawan? Would it not be easier to keep me as Master Narec's padawan?"

Dooku thought about how to phrase his response, before saying, "While normally, it would be easier to keep you as Ky's padawan, your case is different and for this reason, you cannot stay his padawan. Right now, you are pregnant with a child conceived through the force and the Jedi have no record of this happening before in our history. And this alone has many in the Council scared of this child. I believe they seek to fully control this child to do only what they say, and if you stay, then you may be able to stop them from these actions. And even if neither of you were expelled, I doubt you would be allowed to remain his padawan."

Asajj nodded and asked, "So how does having me as your padawan keep me from being expelled?"

Dooku looked at Asajj and said, "By taking you as a padawan, I can use my position on the Council to keep you from being expelled. Also, by normal tradition, any padawan released from training from their Master would be sent to the Agricultural Corps. By going against tradition, it would show that I see something that the former Master did not and you could be safe from being expelled."

Asajj nodded and said, "What will happen with Master Narec?"

Dooku sighed and said, "Ky will impose a self-exile upon himself after he releases you as his padawan. While I do believe that this is a rash decision, I fully believe this is the only option for him. I am sorry that there is nothing more I can do for your Master."

Asajj nodded and asked, "When will all of this take place?"

Dooku looked at the young Dathomirian and said, "It will take place in three days' time."

Asajj nodded and got up from the bench to go find her Master and spend what little time left she had as his padawan. The walk to her Master's quarters felt much longer than it actually was, but she eventually made it to the door. She was about to knock when the door opened and she saw Ky standing there, looking at her in concern. She looked at the man she had called Master for these past few years, saying, "I know what you are planning."

Ky sighed and said, "Please come in."

With that, Asajj followed her master inside and sat on the couch in the sitting room of his quarters. Ky looked at his padawan and said, "I am sure that you have discussed this with our mutual friend and I truly do believe that doing what I plan on doing is the only way for me. I don't think the Council will let me stay among the Jedi otherwise."

Ky sighed and gently sat next to his padawan and carefully pulled her into a hug. As soon as Asajj felt her Master hug her, she began crying as she felt like she was losing a father. Both Master and padawan stayed like that for a few hours until Asajj felt that she couldn't cry anymore. When she finally calmed down, she silently thanked her master and went back to her quarters until the meeting in three days with the Council.

Hello, my lovely readers. Here is Chapter 6. I hope you are enjoyed the chapter and you are enjoying the story so far. Please leave a review on what you think and let me know if any of you find errors in grammar.