12 The Gathering 3

Slipping under the closing ice door with both Laila and Ashoka. We are met by Yoda and a few other members of the clan that have already collected their cyber crystals. The atmosphere was tense at the moment since the younglings weren't sure if everyone would make it out before the door freezes over.

This just goes to show how daft these younglings are, they can do some magic with the force but the can't use their brains, shit like this makes me think that they should've incorporated a common sense class into the youngling training as well. They only had us studying every other thing in the galaxy.

Another thing I was wondering was how the fuck Yoda's not froze to death already, the man's not even got a jacket on for fuck's sake. He's just chilling out on the ground not giving a fuck about the temperature. Respect where respect is due though, that's some hardcore shit.

A few moments later I saw Knox get under the almost closed door, making it out with his crystal just before the entrance freezes shut behind him. Standing up Knox comes over to greet the rest of the clan with a smile on his tentacled mug.

With Knox being the last one out Nahdar Vebb calms everyone down and turns to Yoda so he can say some mad sagely shit.

"Lessons, you have learned" he tells us, and then proceeds to go round the younglings one by one pointing out what we gained from the cave. How does he even know what happened. maybe the Master's stream the gathering so they can all get a laugh.

Slowly pacing past me, Laila, Ashoka and Knox he sluggishly spoke "Trust in others, trust in yourself, Humility and flexibility" gaining nods from each one of us.

"Make your lightsabers, you will. Follow your escort to the crucible, you must" waving Vebb back over to take us to the crucible for make our lightsabers.

Leaving yoda at the temple all of the clan make our way over to the the old republic ship, on the way over Knox was basically wanking over the thought of building a lightsaber, Like mate chill out a bit we're all excited but no need to get your tentacles in a twist.

Seeing the Crucible again I have to admit that star ships are cool as hell. I mean who wouldn't like a flying laser spraying death machine that can just into hyperspace at a moments notice. The Crucible was a beast of a ship, one of the biggest ones I've seen since I came to the temple at Coruscant. It was a paladin-class corvette, 99 meters long, has 5 sub-light thrusters and still works after a thousand years too boot. If that's not good maintenance I don't know what is.

Reaching the ship Vebb presses a few button on his wrist-controller which allows the landing ramps to unfold and extend from the ship. He then tell us "Youngling, find a seat on the ship and wait for us too leave the atmosphere. Once we leave I will introduce you to someone who will aid you in making your lightsabers" earning a cheer from the still overexcited younglings.

Strapping myself in next to Ashoka, Knox and Laila Knox your can't hold his excitement in any longer. Exploding with a flurry of questions "Do you guys know what kind of lightsaber you want? What colour do you think the crystal will turn? What about the person Padawan Vebb said he'd introduce us to? Do you think he's a jedi?".

Fucking hell that's a lot to take but in thankfully before more questions were asked Ashoka wacked his head and said "Calm down Knox you'll find out soon enough, If your too excited it'll be harder for you to create your lightsaber".

Knox calming down a bit but still having a fanatic twinkle in his eye told us "Sorry, I'm just so excited. I've been dreaming of this day for year"

Looking at Knox "Aye and so have we, but you don't see any of us being a ballhair off having a heart attack" getting laughs from both Laila and Ashoka.

Still though Knox was jittery as fuck until Vebb cam back through and began to introduce the person who's going to help us, "Younglings of the Clawmouse clan, I introduce you to Huyang" on cue a droid that loosely resembled an old man with a backpack.

"I really am getting too old for this, I wonder if can get a replacement so I can retire." Huyang thought out loud.

No fucking way man, the droid actually sounds like David Tennant. While I was trying to hold back my laughter Huyang explained to the younglings who he was. "I am Huyang, a Mark IV architect droid that has been helping jedi build their lightsabers on this ship for over a thousand years."

Damn makes me feel bad for the guy, imagine doing the same shit for thousands of years. I'd be gagging for someone to cut of my power supply.

Vebb tells the younglings "Now everyone is acquainted, we shall start the lesson now. Please place your kyber crystals on the table" as we do that Huyang uses a holoprojector that is build into his body to show us many different lightsaber hilts that have previously been made.

Before I even got my crystal I was already sure of what I wanted my lightsaber to be like. Even if they somehow didn't have the correct pieces to make it the Jedi's at the temple will have the gear for me to finish it.

Huyang goes round everyone and asks what lightsaber they want to build before taring he ship apart trying to find the pieces for the saber the youngling wanted.

This droid needs some help, can the republic not send a couple of cleaning droids to help the guy out. It must be a pain in the ass having to clean an entire ship yourself.

Eventually Huyang gets round to asking me what I wanted "Wow such a big youngling you are, I've never seen one of your species so large at this age. Any what do you desire your lightsaber to be like". I gave him the run down of what functions I wanted my saber to have.

The base forms going to be a dual bladed saberstaff but they will also be able to split into two separate weapons easily, so you can change between the two states at a moments notice. Being able to change my weapon quickly will make my form 7 fighting even more unpredictable, while also giving me the option to change to dual weapons when in tight areas where a saberstaff would be too long to use properly.

"My, my that's quite the lightsaber you intend on making. Luckily I appear to have something that would do the job" leaving for a minute Huyang came back with two boxes and said, "You will have to take some materials from this second box to modify the base design of the dual bladed lightsaber to allow for the quick transition from staff to dual blades. But don't worry I'll help you with that to make sure you don't blow yourself up."

Nodding at the droid I gratefully say "Thank you" and bring my kit over to a work station to leave it before going back to the main table with the other younglings. When everyone finished with their preparations Huyang asked us a question about our kyber crystals.

"Now do any of you younglings know how to awaken the force within a kyber crystal" getting no answers the droid then explains, "What you have to do to awaken the force within it is channel the force through your body and from there to the crystal. Not hard right, sadly I can't give you an example since as you can see, I'm a droid".

Doing what Huyang said I place a crystal in each hand and begin to let the force flow from my body into the crystals. As this is happening, all around the room the previously plain crystals began to light up in several different shades of blue and green. Continuing to channel force through my crystals they both began to light up in a brilliant purple colour. Opening my eyes I get a look at my awakened crystals.

Impressive was the only way to describe them, a neon purple sheen permeating through the smooth surface of the crystal. Purple then eh, honestly I've never had much of a preference for lightsaber colours, as long as it wasn't green it'd be all good.

Huyang eyed everyone crystals before looking at mine, "What a rare colour you have there, it suits a strange one like you" he spoke intrigued at the purple crystal. "Now youngling go back to you workstations with your crystals and follow the instructions to create your lightsaber.

Sitting down at my workstation I begin to modify the design but not before checking to see what colours everyone else got. Ashoka and Knox both ended up with the green and blue lightsaber that had in cannon, while Laila ended up with a slightly rarer yellow crystal that wasn't given much context. I'm pretty sure Plo Koon has one though.

Modifying the parts that needed to be changed I call Huyang over to check, giving me the green light I finally begin to use the force to piece together my lightsaber.

Around half an hour later I finished and got the professor to give it a final check before igniting it. No chance I'm risking dying here after waiting this long.

"Well done youngling, this is impressive work right here. You may ignite it but make sure your careful, there's not a lot of space here on the ship so don't go about swinging it willy nilly"

Nodding I reach for my freshly build lightsaber, grasping the hilt I then ignite my saber for the very first time. With an audible buzzing noise the saber staff ignites and purple layer of plasma extends from the hilt, lighting up the surroundings in a purple glow.

Admiring what I made for a bit longer I twisted the hilt in opposite directions with my two hands causing the staff to split into two separate weapons. Giving them a few quick swings, I must say they felt great. Having a real lightsaber feels totally different from those training sabers. Just the fact that I knew what I was holding was mine gave me a sense of euphoria, felt like I finally accomplished something meaningful after all the training I went through.

Turning to look a Huyang who was still watching me with my weapon, I extinguish my blade and reconnect the hilts together. "Cheers for helping me make these, I appreciate it" prompting a laugh to escape the droids speakers, "Don't worry young one it was my pleasure to finally see someone make something other than the typical jedi weapon". Giving him one last nod of thanks I leave the room to find a seat and await my return to Coruscant.

With a large grin on my face I thought about how I was going to get some real saber combat at the youngling tournament.