Star Wars: Among Terror

by RadioBug15

Chapter 11: Jedi Training (Part 1)

I don't own Star Wars or MLP, just my characters.

Day 157

"My Lord, the Death Star is within firing range, might I suggest that we fire on the planet?" one of his advisers asked.

Palpatine responded with Sith lightning until the man died his painful death.

"I will not fire upon this wretched planet, the prize on it is too great," he snarled.

"And what might that be, mi'lord? The planet's resources?" another asked.

"No, the cargo on that ship contained important prisoners."

"But my lord, what shall we do?"

The Emperor looked out thoughtfully before coming to a conclusion, "Send Inquisitor Naero."

"Are you sure my-"

"I am the Emperor and my word is law. Send him to Deimos."

---

Present day

The force of the punch sent Deimos reeling back several feet, knocking him onto his back. Deimos groaned at the pain, he dulled the pain with a Force ability and stood back up on his feet.

Deimos activated his lightsaber, dragging the blade across the ground and looked at the assailant in malice.

It was Shining Armor, Twilight Sparkle's brother.

Deimos kept his lightsaber pointed at the pony, "What the hell is your problem?" he yelled angrily

"Twilight told me about what you did to her and her friends, I'm just returning the favor," Shining glared angrily, ignoring the red blade that was just inches away from his face.

Deimos wiped the dirt off of his sleeves as he deactivated his lightsaber, "Let's not fight just yet, I don't want to fight in an unfair battle."

"Why? Afraid the Elements of Harmony will beat you?" Rainbow Dash smirked.

"No, just my friends," he snapped his fingers and Jeyeva, the T-Legion, and Cera activated their weapons.

He once again looked at the pony, "You reek of fear, stand down and we'll settle this like men later."

Shining glared at the Sith before blinking and reasserting his mission: keeping the Element Bearers safe.

"Are you girls okay?" he asked them, they nodded simultaneously.

"Yeah we're fine," Twilight said.

"If you're fine, then let's get back to your house," Deimos said, examining his lightsaber before putting it back in his belt.

---

A few hours later...

Deimos opened the door for his comrades and the guards, he followed behind them and closed the door behind himself.

Celestia quickly turned her head to see that they returned from their mission.

"Greetings Deimos, what have you learned from your quest?" Luna asked them

"Princess , I can assure you that-" Shining Armor was about to say.

"Celestia and Luna, Sparkle's just fine, her life was not in danger but she was just acting as a conduit for someone special that resides in the cave."

"Tirek?" she asked, Deimos could sense the slight tinges of fear in her.

"No, rather a man who actually fought against him, your old guardian Lord Nekros," Deimos said, waiting for their reactions.

This was what he expected, their jaws almost literally dropping to the ground, trying to contemplate what he said, then suddenly hit him with a very loud WHAT!

He was partially right, "How can Nekros be alive? It's been many millennium and he should be dead!" they exclaimed.

"Here's the kicker, he is dead," he said, his face completely emotionless.

'WHAT!", never mind, there it was, "H-how can- I-"

"Take it easy Princess. Let me explain, when a force -sensitive dies, whether they are either Jedi or Sith, they do not always transcend into the Living Force completely. On some occasions, they are tied to this world for personal reasons or some other, they are known as Force Apparitions. Technically Nekros is a ghost," Deimos explained.

"But that's-"

"Impossible? He was a Sith, we can achieve the impossible," Deimos boasted, Sana put a hand to her forehead in disappointment at the Sith's claim.

"Like when you got punched by Shining?" Rainbow remarked, snickering until she felt something tighten around her throat slightly and saw that Deimos's irises start to redden.

"I wasn't expecting that," he admitted, he released his invisible grip and his eyes faded back to a normal yellow.

"But why Twilight?" Flash Sentry asked.

Deimos stared at him, "Oh, now you talk? Well that has been a while. But to answer your question, she had a run-in with Tirek; Nekros had a run-in with Tirek, see the picture yet?"

Flash nodded, "Both of them fought him and they are somehow linked?"

"From what I can tell, both of them had to have been hurt during their individual fights, possibly with some sort of dark energy," Sana said.

Deimos looked at her, "Somebody's getting smarter by the minute," he teased.

"Shut it Deimos," she said.

"What?" he asked, he then turned back to the princesses (excluding Twilight), "Nevermind, Nekros used Twilight as a conduit to lead us here because there's some sort of three millenium old prophecy regarding the Jedi and Sith."

Celestia looked up thoughtfully, "I think I may remember something about that, I need to return to the castle and search for anything that might hold any regard on that."

Deimos raised an eyebrow.

"After I attend to my duties as a princess," she said.

Deimos walked over to the door and opened it, "Then may I escort you to thy carriage milady?"

Both princesses saw through his sarcasm, but Luna was the one that smiled at him for at least being friendly, despite the fact that he was trying to be a jerk.

---

Day 60 in Equestria

"Recite the Jedi Code," Sana said to the three initiates: Sweetie Belle, Applebloom, and Scootaloo.

They each spoke simultaneously,"There is no emotion, there is peace."

"Can you explain what that means?"

Jeyeva watched and studied from afar as Sana was teaching them the basics of the Jedi.

Scootaloo raised her hoof.

"Scootaloo?"

She got up on all four hooves, "It means that we must stop our emotions from getting in the way of peace."

Sana nodded thoughtfully, "Your partially right, it actually means-"

"-That we mustn't conquer or suppress it, but to face it and understand it, emotion is a common trait in almost every being in the galaxy, possibly even the universe, but I will count your answer as correct," Deimos said, walking over to all three over them.

Sana looked over to see him before facing them again, "The second verse?"

"There is no ignorance, there is knowledge."

This time Sweetie Belle raised her hoof.

"Padawan Belle?" Deimos called her out.

"It means that we must know what is around us, even the smallest bit of ignorance could lead to danger," she responded.

"Correct, so if ignorance is a part of life, then does that mean everyone is in danger?" Sana asked.

"Only if they put themselves in danger," Sweetie answered.

Deimos was impressed, she studied more about the Jedi code.

"Alright, next."

"There is no passion, there is serenity."

Applebloom raised her hand before any of the two "masters" could say anything,

"Okay, Acolyte Applebloom?"

"It means that we act with passion, then we will not become Jedi and will be drawn to the Dark Side of the Force."

"And what will you be if that happens?" Deimos asked.

"Sith," Scootaloo whispered.

"Give me an example of a Sith."

"Maul," Sweetie Belle said before quickly covering her mouth.

---

Maul was walking through the town of Ponyville until he got a strange feeling that someone had just called out to him.

"Hmm, must be losing it," he mumbled.

---

"There is no chaos, there is harmony," Deimos said, all of them rose their hands.

"No, this has nothing to do with the Elements of Harmony," Sana said.

They still kept their hooves in the air.

"(Impressive, they seem to know the code better than you think,)" Jeyeva said, twirling his new Saber Pike.

"We'll see. Okay, all three of you, explain."

"That everything happens for a reason-" Sweetie Belle said.

"-That one thing will set off a chain of events and lead to another until it comes to an ultimate conclusion-" Applebloom continued.

"-Where chaos is seen as a jumble of things that just occurs randomly and just come to some unknown end," Scootaloo finished, content with her explanation.

Deimos raised his eyebrows at this, They had been studying!

Sana looked at the expression on his face until she coughed, "Ahem, and the last?"

"There is no death, there is the Force."

"Explain," Deimos said.

"That when we die, we become one with the Force," they said.

"Pretty obvious huh?" Deimos said to Sana.

"I guess so," Sana replied.

"Alright, training dismissed. Off you go," Deimos said, the three fillies left immediately when the words left his mouth.

"Never thought you had students act this professional," Sana remarked.

Deimos shook his head, "They're faking their professionalism, the three are still children, but so far they completed the First Pillar of the Padawan Trials. As for the Second Pillar, I may have to ask Discord to help move our crashed ship here, it contains some stolen holocrons and Imperial datacards on our current star systems, bestiary and whatnot. The Third Pillar would also require the ship, although I will have to postpone that until evolution kicks in and they suddenly grow hands and walk on hind legs; in their current form they can't even perform even the basic moves of Form I."

He then turned to face Jeyeva, who stood straight and tall while clutching the Saber Pike in his hands.

"But you, my new apprentice, will be a perfect candidate for the trials," he said, activating his lightsaber.

Jeyeva activated his Saber as well.

"Let's start with your abilities in a duel," Deimos challenged.

"(I accept this challenge Master,)" Jeyeva said as the two charged at one another.

---

While the Master and the Apprentice fought, Nekros' spirit watched from the cave.

"Do you think he'll do it?" he asked.

Another form appeared, this one was Discord, who was already aware of Nekros' presence.

"It's Kane, who else would it be?"

Nekros raised a brow, "Deimos may not be the Chosen One for the Force, but for Equus, he will be either it's savior or it's destruction."

Discord floated up to Nekros', "He'll do it, I know he will. After all, he's rebuilding the Jedi Order, right?", and with that, the misshapen being disappeared.

"Not exactly, but if he saves this world, it'll be the day I forgive you for our battle."

Discord returned, but only as a head, "Hey! I won that battle fair and square!"

"Hmph, you used a parody of my lightsabers and used trickery as your advantage."

"Whatever floats your boat gramps."

This time both beings disappeared as the fight ensued between the Sith and the Kaleesh.

---

There is no ignorance, there is knowledge.

Author's Note:

This one took some time, but it was just for filling in the gaps without using a major life-threatening fight.

Comments

[rikusorasephiroth]

5517233 I'm just trying to do the math here.
Considering at the end of Force Unleashed the mk1 Deathstar was roughly equal to where the mk 2 was in ep 6, the frame was done at the end of ep 3, I default young Starkiller to 12, so roughly ten years between the frame and half-finished.

Sound about right to you so far?

[RadioBug15]

5517324 Star Wars the Force Unleashed 2 takes place in 1 BBY, so this is a few months before all that.

[rikusorasephiroth]

5518299 Again, I'm trying to find a parallel of official SW canon.
You've already had the Starkiller clone escape, and added an obedient one, so I'd place this right before Starkiller-clone learned where Kota was being held prisoner.
...
Now that would make an interesting addition. Kota.

[RadioBug15]

As I stated in my blog, I may consider restarting and rebooting this fic.
I know that there comments that compliment this fic as well as constructively criticize it.
But that's not the point, I came up with better ideas for this fic, to remove and add some characters in the mix and maybe even make this a whole lot darker than Deimos being the not so bad Sith.
As I'm saying, it's not you guys, this felt more experimental than an actual fic, like a test run before actually making it.
And if you guys like this one, and if I go through with the idea, then you'll love what I have in store for the reboot if it happens.

[ponyclaws]

5542654 OK I havnt read this fiction yet just the description, but I'm going to nit pick just a bit,

Trying to experiment with the Dark side of the Force can and will result in the creation of a Sith.

, this is untrue those who dabble in the dark side of the force as well as the light side are called Grey Jedi.
No form of jedi is inherently evil it is quite literally mearly a point of perspective, jedi often strive for peace or co-operation through any means, whilst sith strive for stability or power.
When one changes from a sith to a jedi or vice versa it's because their world view has changed in a significant way. Gray jedi are like the third party votes of an election, those who find they cannot agree with either side, and so make their own, a good example is Qui-Gon Jinn (he is not however a grey Jedi simply because he has never used the dark side) as he was often know to express disagreement with the Jedi counsel on their decisions.

[ponyclaws]

5542654

The Rule of Two doctrine, known as Chwayatyun in Sith and also called the Banite system, was the guiding principle of the Order of the Sith Lords after the internecine New Sith Wars. It replaced the practices of Lord Kaan's Brotherhood of Darkness, which claimed equality among Sith Lords and forbade the use of the title "Darth".

I was an apprentice of Lord Sidious while Count Dooku was his current pawn, so technically I was a secret apprentice of sorts, breaking the Rule of Two and making way for irony given Lord Vader and Starkiller.

Good job not using an absolute there, too many people make that mistake.

[Jonny Bench]

Please tell me there is either more or a sequel. Very fun story

[Jonny Bench]

Why did you have to cancel the story? It was so awesome! pose do more or are a sequel