Ben Watts
I Am No One
Alderaan
How long had it been? A few days? Maybe a month? Ben had lost count of his stay on Alderaan but he had not lost sight of his goal. The Jedi Order, at least what was left of it, was in shambles. In the wake of the virus that had plagued the galaxy for so long the Jedi Order lost sight of its goals. It was small at first, but eventually, it was nothing but a shell of its former self. Ben had become a Jedi when he was a child, it was all he knew. But he was around right at the end of the Jedi. He reached the rank of Knight, but once there, there was little he could do to fix things.
His promotion to Master was nothing more than the Jedi reaching for help that they did not have. While Ben was a tried and true Jedi who adheared to the code to the best of his abilities, he felt like his promotion to master had been a bit hasty. But he had not faultered in his duties and he took the title with pride and he wore it much like a badge. Now he felt like it was his duty to help reconstruct the Jedi from the ground up. He knew there were others out there whom he could reach out to, but his quest started with one person, Teferi Efreet. He was a Jedi Master, much like Ben, but he brought to the table something Ben could not: experience. His wisdom would go far in Ben's initiative.
But he was proving rather hard to track down. Ben spent every day, from dawn until dusk, searching for him. Looking for any sliver of a sign, asking anyone who knew anything, and following any trails he could get his hands on. For the most part, it had been an empty journey, but Ben was resiliant. He was not going back to Coruscant without Teferi. Today, though, felt different than any other day. At the end of his search from the previous evening he caught a glimmer of hope. For a brief moment he felt the presence of the other Jedi and Ben felt like he had pinpointed his location.
The walk had been a long one, through the mountains, and to a cave where he thought he would find him. Ben was not sure why he was hiding, or if he was even hiding, maybe he was not even on the planet. But he would not abandon his search until he was one hundred percent sure he was not on the planet. He tried not to let those thoughts flow through his head, doubt was not an emotion he wanted to experience because it lead to darker thoughts. Sure, he could handle it, but he preferred to keep his thoughts positive and on his goal.
The cave appeared within his line of sight and he stopped just outside of the entrance. He closed his eyes and he searched, with the force, the entrance of the cave. He tried to find something, anything, that would let him know that he was in there. Then, he felt something, and the hope welled inside of him. He opened his eyes and he walked to the entrance of the cave. "Master Efreet?" Ben shouted into the cave.
How long had it been? A few days? Maybe a month? Ben had lost count of his stay on Alderaan but he had not lost sight of his goal. The Jedi Order, at least what was left of it, was in shambles. In the wake of the virus that had plagued the galaxy for so long the Jedi Order lost sight of its goals. It was small at first, but eventually, it was nothing but a shell of its former self. Ben had become a Jedi when he was a child, it was all he knew. But he was around right at the end of the Jedi. He reached the rank of Knight, but once there, there was little he could do to fix things.
His promotion to Master was nothing more than the Jedi reaching for help that they did not have. While Ben was a tried and true Jedi who adheared to the code to the best of his abilities, he felt like his promotion to master had been a bit hasty. But he had not faultered in his duties and he took the title with pride and he wore it much like a badge. Now he felt like it was his duty to help reconstruct the Jedi from the ground up. He knew there were others out there whom he could reach out to, but his quest started with one person, Teferi Efreet. He was a Jedi Master, much like Ben, but he brought to the table something Ben could not: experience. His wisdom would go far in Ben's initiative.
But he was proving rather hard to track down. Ben spent every day, from dawn until dusk, searching for him. Looking for any sliver of a sign, asking anyone who knew anything, and following any trails he could get his hands on. For the most part, it had been an empty journey, but Ben was resiliant. He was not going back to Coruscant without Teferi. Today, though, felt different than any other day. At the end of his search from the previous evening he caught a glimmer of hope. For a brief moment he felt the presence of the other Jedi and Ben felt like he had pinpointed his location.
The walk had been a long one, through the mountains, and to a cave where he thought he would find him. Ben was not sure why he was hiding, or if he was even hiding, maybe he was not even on the planet. But he would not abandon his search until he was one hundred percent sure he was not on the planet. He tried not to let those thoughts flow through his head, doubt was not an emotion he wanted to experience because it lead to darker thoughts. Sure, he could handle it, but he preferred to keep his thoughts positive and on his goal.
The cave appeared within his line of sight and he stopped just outside of the entrance. He closed his eyes and he searched, with the force, the entrance of the cave. He tried to find something, anything, that would let him know that he was in there. Then, he felt something, and the hope welled inside of him. He opened his eyes and he walked to the entrance of the cave. "Master Efreet?" Ben shouted into the cave.