Post by Subrey Au-San on Dec 13, 2003 14:21:29 GMT -5
I'm only starting so bear with me.
As I set foot on the planet Naboo, staring at the lush green forest in the distance, I couldn't help but wonder if the field I was standing on was the same field where many Gungans fell. Where the Trade Federation army was defeated. Where the Naboo and the Gungans beared arms together to fight for freedom. I was only a child then, training to become a jedi knight.
Master Adi Gallia discovered me one day on the streets of Coruscant. She felt my presence as I did hers. She took a mediclorian count and took me before the Jedi Council. They decided that I'd be trained in the ways of the force. I was only three then, unaware of what I was to become. I'd been lucky to be accepted into the school, most jedi were trained since infancy. I had never heard of many things, including the force, but somehow I felt it. It was in my blood.
By the age of six I was well aware of what I was becoming, what it was I was meant to do. I was to be a Jedi Knight. I was already training with lightsabers, though building one of my own was still a task I would not accomplish until years later. As I aged I watched Jedi Knights and Masters come and go on missions. I saw many Padawans become knights and many children like myself become padawans.
Finally at the age of nine I knew how to use a lightsaber with caution. I had only to wait a few more years, four to be exact, to become a padawan learner. I kept in close contact with Master Adi Gallia, to me she was a mother figure. I never knew my parents, at least I don't remember them. And if I had to choose a father figure it would have to be Master Qui-Gonn Jinn. He and Master Gallia were very close and always together when to oppertunity arose. She watched over me, tought me things, I always wanted to be her Padawan.She was a good teacher and passionate fighter.
I'll never forget that day, the day she learned of Master Qui-Gonns death, she was heartbroken. She'd lost her dear friend, and I'd lost the only man I'd ever known as a father. She was very sad and quiet when she left to Theed for Qui-Gonns funeral.
After all the comotion on Naboo had ended, and all the Jedi had returned to Coruscant, Adi Gallia seemed back in the routine of things, although I could sense she missed Qui-Gonn very much. She had returned with Master Windu, Master Yoda, Jedi Knight Obi Wan Kenobi and the boy who would be his apprentice, Anakin Skywalker.
I met the boy and had stood by him in lightsaber class. He was talented but a bit defiant. I have to say I fancied him, but I was still in many ways a child, and being a future Jedi, I had to keep my feelings in check. But how he did fascinate me. I always wondered how he dealt with the things being said about him. How he felt about being called the CHOSEN ONE. I think it must have been a lot for a child to bear, at least in my eyes.
As the years passed I learned the Jedi mind trick, and I wielded the lighsaber with grace and appreciation. I was also gifted with Jedi healing techniques. I'd built my lightsaber at the age os twelve. My blade was rare I think, it was the color of the suns of Tatooine. I was a padawan now, my master was Even Piell. Master Adi Gallia had decided a better teacher for me would be the man who saved the lives of her own parents. I accepted her decision, though I'd have preferred her as my mentor.
I spent much time in the Jedi library when I had no classes to attend or training to do. I learned many things about the history of the Jedi. With strong interest in the Sith War and how the Jedi Order came to be. Since my master was a member of the Jedi Council he was rarely out on mission, and so I was always within the confines of the Jedi Academy on Coruscant. I was always in my quarters improving my force push and perfecting my skill with the lightsaber.
I don't regret having a Council member as my mentor, I only wish I could've gone out on more missions and gained knowledge through experience. By now my feelings for Anakin had converted from attraction to admiration. I saw how his skills were growing and how his destiny was coming together. He WAS the CHOSEN ONE, I could sense it. He was fearless and great at all he did, but I have to admit I did frown on his disobedience. It seemed to me that Master Kenobi had his hands full with Skywalker. I'd hoped one day I'd have a padawan as gifted and talented as Ani, only hopefully not so headstrong. But Ani really was a great person and was on his way to becoming an even better Jedi Knight.
At least that's what I thought then. Before he turned to the dark side. Before he became Vader.
As I set foot on the planet Naboo, staring at the lush green forest in the distance, I couldn't help but wonder if the field I was standing on was the same field where many Gungans fell. Where the Trade Federation army was defeated. Where the Naboo and the Gungans beared arms together to fight for freedom. I was only a child then, training to become a jedi knight.
Master Adi Gallia discovered me one day on the streets of Coruscant. She felt my presence as I did hers. She took a mediclorian count and took me before the Jedi Council. They decided that I'd be trained in the ways of the force. I was only three then, unaware of what I was to become. I'd been lucky to be accepted into the school, most jedi were trained since infancy. I had never heard of many things, including the force, but somehow I felt it. It was in my blood.
By the age of six I was well aware of what I was becoming, what it was I was meant to do. I was to be a Jedi Knight. I was already training with lightsabers, though building one of my own was still a task I would not accomplish until years later. As I aged I watched Jedi Knights and Masters come and go on missions. I saw many Padawans become knights and many children like myself become padawans.
Finally at the age of nine I knew how to use a lightsaber with caution. I had only to wait a few more years, four to be exact, to become a padawan learner. I kept in close contact with Master Adi Gallia, to me she was a mother figure. I never knew my parents, at least I don't remember them. And if I had to choose a father figure it would have to be Master Qui-Gonn Jinn. He and Master Gallia were very close and always together when to oppertunity arose. She watched over me, tought me things, I always wanted to be her Padawan.She was a good teacher and passionate fighter.
I'll never forget that day, the day she learned of Master Qui-Gonns death, she was heartbroken. She'd lost her dear friend, and I'd lost the only man I'd ever known as a father. She was very sad and quiet when she left to Theed for Qui-Gonns funeral.
After all the comotion on Naboo had ended, and all the Jedi had returned to Coruscant, Adi Gallia seemed back in the routine of things, although I could sense she missed Qui-Gonn very much. She had returned with Master Windu, Master Yoda, Jedi Knight Obi Wan Kenobi and the boy who would be his apprentice, Anakin Skywalker.
I met the boy and had stood by him in lightsaber class. He was talented but a bit defiant. I have to say I fancied him, but I was still in many ways a child, and being a future Jedi, I had to keep my feelings in check. But how he did fascinate me. I always wondered how he dealt with the things being said about him. How he felt about being called the CHOSEN ONE. I think it must have been a lot for a child to bear, at least in my eyes.
As the years passed I learned the Jedi mind trick, and I wielded the lighsaber with grace and appreciation. I was also gifted with Jedi healing techniques. I'd built my lightsaber at the age os twelve. My blade was rare I think, it was the color of the suns of Tatooine. I was a padawan now, my master was Even Piell. Master Adi Gallia had decided a better teacher for me would be the man who saved the lives of her own parents. I accepted her decision, though I'd have preferred her as my mentor.
I spent much time in the Jedi library when I had no classes to attend or training to do. I learned many things about the history of the Jedi. With strong interest in the Sith War and how the Jedi Order came to be. Since my master was a member of the Jedi Council he was rarely out on mission, and so I was always within the confines of the Jedi Academy on Coruscant. I was always in my quarters improving my force push and perfecting my skill with the lightsaber.
I don't regret having a Council member as my mentor, I only wish I could've gone out on more missions and gained knowledge through experience. By now my feelings for Anakin had converted from attraction to admiration. I saw how his skills were growing and how his destiny was coming together. He WAS the CHOSEN ONE, I could sense it. He was fearless and great at all he did, but I have to admit I did frown on his disobedience. It seemed to me that Master Kenobi had his hands full with Skywalker. I'd hoped one day I'd have a padawan as gifted and talented as Ani, only hopefully not so headstrong. But Ani really was a great person and was on his way to becoming an even better Jedi Knight.
At least that's what I thought then. Before he turned to the dark side. Before he became Vader.