The Force shall set me free

Curiosity and the cat


"Nice and quiet, just like Jaune said" Blake muttered as she reached the private place that she was told by the blonde boy.

His golden eyes invaded her mind as she closed her eyes and let out a long sigh, something had happened to her. Something that made her aware of forces far more complicated than anything on Remnant and for the last days she had been running from that.

From him.

"Jaune" she muttered as she remembered that night under the rain, she had seen the ghosts over his shoulders. The white mask and the monster, what was that if alien? She had felt everything at once, the fear, the need and the power.

And as suddenly as it had come it had been taken from her, she was thankful she felt like she had been forcefully dragged to something that was not meant to be disturbed. But now here she was, her fingers traced over the wound inflicted on the ground by Jaune's weapon.

"A lightsaber" that's what he called it, she could almost feel the heat from its weapon, bolstered by the power of JNPR's leader. She closed her eyes as she touched the scar on the land and tried to feel the same way as she had that night, the pull towards something bigger like falling off a cliff. At first nothing happened, and she felt silly for doing it in the first place but then something in her broke.

The poorly built wall that Jaune had built broke, and her eyes were opened to that world once more, she could see it now. A vision from the past, Jaune dancing with his weapon and then a blinding light, red hair and blue light.

And just like that it was all gone.

Looking up towards Beacon she could sense it, someone was coming from the large cloud of people "Sorry for the interruption Jaune" she muttered to the wind as she tried to make sense of the whispers coming from all around her.


Jaune felt his hairs stand on end as something screamed at him in the darkness "There is a disturbance in the Force" Darth Nihilus whispered as he materialized before him, it was a storm uncontrolled and angry at being locked away.

"Oh no" Jaune whispered as he reached into the force and applied Force speed to himself. Running like a mad man Jaune charged outside as he searched for his target, Ragnos chuckled "Tell me young one, do you fear that which you cant control?"

Jaune frowned "She is not like me, she does not have you to guide her, she can hurt herself!" the blonde boy yelled as he ran towards the place where he had been training. "Does she not?"

Nihilus flashed images of Dath Bane into his mind "Two there should be. No more, no less. One to embody power, the other to crave it" the ancient being mimicked the words said by the man that had changed the Sith, Ragnos nodded "While not something that we follow, it might the only way to control this anomaly for the moment and after that, from two it will grow into four, then eight and the entire system."

"I barely know a thing about the force, how do you expect me to…" Jaune stopped himself as he spotted Blake sitting on the grass, she looked calm as she seemed to try to reach him "Is this how you see things? I… I can see you…"

Blake looked up towards him and flinched, Cerberus was what greeted her. The three headed monster, Jaune in the middle as the other two merely observed her "Blake, what happened? What did you do?"

There was a pause as the Faunus touched her heart "Something was pulling me here, to you… I wanted to forget. To pretend that night under the rain never happened" a flash of fear echoed in the force as Jaune approached her, Jaune stopped in his tracks and waited for her to calm down.

"Why did you do that to me? What do you gain from this?"

Jaune shook his head "Nothing… I only wanted to help you. I could feel how much pain and anger you carry, I wanted to help you use it instead of letting you consume it" what followed was a small laugh "And you expect me to believe that?"

"I don't need you to believe, you can see for yourself" Jaune extended his hands "Reach into the force and see if I lie" the blonde lowered his guard and allowed Blake to see him, his worries and his thoughts. Blake pulled at him Jaune felt the pull as the inexperienced girl tried to make sense of what she was experiencing. Lowering her hand Blake looked at him in surprise "I could… I could…"

Jaune nodded at her "See? Yeah, it took me some time to get used to it too. I don't want to hurt you Blake, please let me help. I can try to seal it again" Blake looked at her hands and then back at him "It didn't work the first time, what makes you think it will work now?"

"I… I don't know, but I have to try"

Blake gave him a look "No, I don't want to live my life trapped like this. Knowing that I am denying a part of myself" Jaune blinked as he watched the darkness surround her "If this lets me make them pay for what they have done, to make it right and save others there is no harm in using this right? Is just a tool"

"That and so much more… I could teach you, I am no Master but what I know is yours" Jaune extended his hand towards her, Blake hesitated but in the end she reached out to him, Nihilus and Ragnos appeared behind him as their hands touched and the Dark Side of the Force hung heavy on the air.

Blake felt electricity run all over her as the whispers stopped and the only thing, she could sense was him "Then… help me Jaune"


A/N: Small chapter to let you know that I am not dead, Jaune now has an apprentice and its none other than Blake. I think a lot of you saw this coming because out of the cast I think she is the one that fits the most with the whole Sith aesthetic, thank you for reading, see you soon!