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Sable made her way out to her hideout after slipping into town for supplies. It was nearing the 3 year anniversary of Order 66, and as far as she knew she was the last remaining Jedi alive. She had been one of the last Padawans to graduate from the temple and she has been assigned to her Master less than 24 hours when she watched them gunned down by the troops commanded by her Master.

She still felt the shame of running and hiding as the Clone Troopers methodically gunned down and exterminated all of the Jedi. Shaking her head she concentrated on moving the large boulder blocking her current hide out. As the rock rolled back into place, she felt something she had never felt before, coldness that seems to come from the deep shadows of the abandon tunnel she called home.

Sitting down her pack she pulled but didn’t light her sabers as she reached out with the force and activated the lighting panels. As the panels started to light the tunnel she heard the unmistakable sound of footsteps moving towards her from the inky blackness.

“Whose there?” She said, her voice echoing off the steel walls rapidly becoming visible in the growing light.

Hearing only footsteps in reply, she quickly lit her twin sabers and took a practiced fighting stance and called out. “Show yourself!”

“Is that anyway to treat a guest my young Jedi?” A female voice spoke as a figure slowly materialized out of the shadows.

As the figure continued to emerge from the shadows and take shape, Sable took a step back and raised her sabers as a warning as the figures red eyes glowed menacingly as she continued to walk out of the shadows casually. The most unnerving thing was the smile the woman had on her face.

“I have to applaud your ability to stay hidden for so long my young Jedi, if it hadn’t been foolish enough to slip into town for supplies you might have remained hidden longer. Allow me to introduce myself, I am Darth Alura. I have come to offer you a chance to join me.”

Sable gave a humorless laugh, “I will never join the Emperor or the Dark Side.”

Darth Alura gave a growl of disgust. “Palpatine is a fool, and his apprentice, the former Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker is weak.”

“NNNOOOO!!! You lie! Master Skywalker was a great man … He would never turn to evil!” Sable yelled as Alura felt the young Jedi’s anger building as her hands gripped her sabers tighter.

“Palpatine follows the antiquated teachings of Darth Bane and his rule of two. I prefer to build a power base. I have come here not to kill you but to recruit you. You will serve as one of my acolytes and learn to embrace the power of the dark side”

“I will never serve the Dark Side!” Sable yelled as she force leaped to close the distance between them.

‘So predictable but with so much potential.’ Alura thought to herself as her saber hilt flew into her hand and ignited with a familiar snap hiss, its blood red blade contacting with the twin emerald blades of Sables and thrown back easily.

“Good, your Master taught you well, but you still have much to learn. Let me complete your training my young Acolyte.” Alura said with a smile continuing her taunts.

Sable continued to attack Darth Alura as they both advanced and retreated as the battle raged. Gouge marks scared the previously unmarred surfaces. As the fight moved into its second hour Darth Alura continued to smile and taunt her with the same soft soothing voice that drove Sable to attack her with barely contained anger.

“Let me show you the true power of the Dark Side Sable.” Alura said starting to grow bored with the fight. Transferring her saber to her left hand and taking a crouched fighting position, her right hand extended and powerful blue lightning lashed out and curled around Sables emerald blades and arms causing her to scream out in pain.

The force lightning taking more out of her than she would admit even to herself, the young Jedi began to look around for ways to escape as her arms and legs ached and her lungs burned with exertion. “I … I will die … before I join you.” She yelled as she used a portion of her energy reserves and threw a blade at her foes head.

Alura ducked her head and lashed out with her own saber cutting the hilt in two destroying the lightsaber. “That was foolish and sloppy, and it will cost you.” Alura lashed Sable with wave after wave of force lightning and drove her back with slashes of her lightsaber until Sable was backed into the far corner of the tunnel. Deactivating her saber as Sable dropped to a knee holding her side and breathing in deep gasps, as she herself called on the Dark Side to restore her strength.

“There is no use to continue fighting Sable, you have lost. Pledge yourself to me and you will be able to rest and heal before we continue your training.” Alura’s voice continued to remain soft and alluring as she used her force powers to further cloud Sables mind.

Sable looked up at the Sith standing in front of her looking as fresh as she looked stepping out of the shadows. ‘You have failed’ the voice in her head scolded her.

‘No, you have survived, where your Master failed.’ A new voice said soothingly.

Sable stood up swaying with exhaustion, and reignited her blade as she struggled to bring the blade up. She watches as her foe simply swept her hand to the side in a casual wave of her hand and felt her saber ripped from her grasp and clatter to the far wall. Sable sagged to her knees in defeat and bowed her head. “You have won Sith … take my life and be done with your taunts.”

Instead of a searing pain and oblivion, she felt a hand touch her cheek as her voice resonated throughout her mind and her body. “No Sable, you have fought well and I have need of your skills. Pledge yourself to me and I will show and teach you things you can only dream of.” Darth Alura smiles and offered her hand. “Take my hand and pledge yourself to me …

Sable looked at her open hand and continued upward to meet her eyes that held the promise of a continued future. Releasing her breath that she hadn’t realized she was holding and lifted her hand and placed it into the woman’s hand before her. “I pledge myself to you my Mistress.”

This is my submission for the May 4th or as we Star Wars fans call it, May the 4th be with you.

Darth Alura is owned and used with permission by

Sable (Blonde Sable) is my OC and can only be used with permission.