The Hunt.

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June 4, 16 BBY

The Imperial 2 class star destroyer Executrix orbited over the planet of Eriadu, like a giant wedge shaped moon that stood guardian over the world. There were many similar ships as this one patrolling over the planet , a dozen to be exact , some maintaining law and order as one unbroken line of starship traffic moved towards the planet in orderly line while the second line moved just as orderly away from the planet , but what differentiated this star destroyer from its other counterparts , was that it was the flagship of none other Grand Moff Tarkin or (Govenor Tarkin), that currently holds the highest rank in the imperial hierarchy other than the Emperor and his apprentice Darth Vader.

The moff made many trips to and from his home planet; but today was a special day, today his younger son william shall prove his right to own the tarkin name just like all male tarkin's before him. The wilds of eriadu were very dangerous, more dangerous than even pirates and smugglers . It was no place for the weak , and if the young tarkin can't tame the jungles and wilderness just as the elder moff or his elder brother garoche and his ancestors did long before him then he didn't deserve the tarkin name.

But this test would prove to be effortless for the second son, for he had something, that neither his father nor his brother possessed . He had the force, this unnatural and cosmic energy shall give him strength, speed and power that would outclass any normal human beings and some alien species.

After so many trials and errors. Over the years william had tried to learn force techniques used by the ancient sith and jedi a thousand years prior to his birth , most of these techniques he remembered from his knowledge of the star wars comics and movies . But knowing was far different from doing, and it proved difficult during his first years to learn, especially the very complex techniques such as force concealment which he still hasn't even mastered , force speed , thought shield , force healing which he could do , but only through prolonged meditation and was still a slow process to complete and lastly the infamous jedi mind trick. He refrained from learning more techniques for it would draw suspicion, and though he learnt such techniques he still lacked fluency in they're use and used them brashly more like a hammer than a sword that was focused. Obviously it was no fault of his but he lacked what many jedi and sith had , he lacked a teacher, but that was out of question for the young tarkin. The emperor could sense Jedi and force sensitives millions of light years away if said force sensitives did not conceal themselves or their other counterparts in the force, just as obi wan , yoda and many jedi survivors did, it was either that or they were too far away for palpatine to exactly pinpoint their location. Plus william concealing himself within the force was suicide , the emperor knew he was force sensitive for years now and could sense and see his force potential as if he was looking through transparisteel, concealing his presence now meant that someone powerful or experienced did it for him or he did himself both would involve him having a teacher and for what the emperor knows there were only two sith , himself and the apprentice , and the mostly likely answer would be the jedi, and if I should remind you , such force adepts were being hunted down by the emperor's enforcer/ apprentice Darth vader and his band of inquisitors.

If william wasn't the son of moff tarkin , then he would've been in the inquisitorius before he could say sith spit, but alas the emperor favored the grand moff , and forcing his younger son to join the inquisitorius would breed resentment. So of course leaving william would be the most probable option, if he had no teacher then he was no threat to him or his empire , at least that's what the old fossil believed. Always underestimating the weak and overestimating his power, but even a pawn could defeat a king.

Carrion Plateau

William Pov

I can sense them, I can feel their presence in the force, like a burning beacon in the darkness, dozens if not hundreds of predators and preys alike, all within a square mile .

The rodian hunters who were hired by father to secretly oversee my trials hid well from my sight , but it was futile hiding from me , the force made me sense and feel very far and wide , their efforts of hiding from me were worthless but I didn't call them out , for it wouldn't serve any purpose . They were hired to oversee my trials, but to also ensure my safety if any thing 'unexpected' was to happen.

Plus there were a lot of unpredictable dangers out here, including poisonous plants , poisonous insects , harsh rocky terrains and sinking mud pits that could swallow a small starfighter. But the most prominent danger on the carrion plateau were the Eriadu wildcats , these predatory creatures loved to hide in tall grasses to surprise their prey as they passed by or hunted mostly during the night when it was harder for other animals to see. They are as large as lions from my old world with long sharp claws than could tear a man to shreds and a strong bite to go with it. Big creatures they were yes, but not very smart ones. The trials was all about surviving and proving myself worthy of the tarkin name and i didn't need the force to survive, my own knowledge and skills needed to survive taught to me by father other over the years was more than enough to survive the wilderness of eriadu.

And what better way to prove my skills in hunting , than killing some of the most ferocious beasts on the planet. Armed with only a large hunting knife and the clothes on my back , My hunt begun.

The first thing I started to do was look for a hole, a hole in the ground that was deep enough to prevent even a tall man from escaping if he fell in , this would seem futile if i was on earth , just finding a hole such as that would seem stupid yes, but here on eriadu there were many naturally made sink holes caused by rainfall or felled trees and my hour of searching , proved fruitful , I found a hole 7 feet deep and 10 feet wide , a good hole indeed . My plan was to fill the hole with sharp wooden stakes then cover it with leaves and grass to hide it from sight, lure the wildcats in the direction of the hole and done, a simple pit fall trap would be good enough the kill 3 dumb overgrown cats or seriously injure them for me to finish them off. It seemed so simple.

10 hours later

Moff Tarkin Pov

It's been 10 hours now since william entered the Carrion Plateau the sun was setting and night was encroaching by the second , he had no doubt his younger son would complete his trials, for william has proven time and time again to be more 'talented' than garoche or propbably even himself at the age of 16. Of course he could use the force just like the jedi or sith like his emperor and vader, but he hardly saw william using such power and he forbid him from using such powers ,he wanted his son to rely on his own physical and mental prowess to complete difficult tasks and not plying for easiest route once it presented itself.

The emperor himself always inquired about his younger son and it was no secret between the former chancellor and his apprentice vader that his son was force sensitive and it was best if william remained untrained, for if he was trained by some secret master then , suspicion would be brought on the tarkin family and neither his favor nor political backing will save him from the emperor's wrath. Palpatine wasn't a forgiving man and he wouldn't test his limits.

Speaking of the boy, here he comes, and like a snake emerging from grass, he emerged from darkness of the forest , his face showed no emotion as if he was a robot , an expression hardly worn by his son, and if shown it mean't william would do even the unthinkable in order to survive or protect his family and his possessions. He'd seen it many times , william would change from the nice snarky, quick witted and mischievous teen he was, to a cold ,slightly sadistic and calculating person, it was as if he possessed two faces and right now it was very clear he had it harder than he initially estimated , his clothes were torn in different places there was a claw wound on his chest, it looked very deep but somehow it was not bleeding , 'the force', there was no other explanation for such abnormal phenomenon , there was even a vertical cut stretching from the top of his left eyebrow right down to his cheek and said eye remained closed to prevent blood from entering . Scars were good , he had many all over his body to prove of the life threatening battles he survived and now william will too, william shall always look in the mirror and be reminded of how he got them and never forget that amidst the danger he came out alive because of his strength and mental fortitude but alas, he expected him to face difficult challenges but it seemed his son went to tackle one of the largest predators on the plateau, this wasn't survival for william this was clearly a game and he wanted to prove his might . At his age he didn't dare attack a adult wildcat let alone 5, if the heads in william's hands were any indication.

He felt proud,another son that shall show the world the results of years of culmination and the tarkin family strict education and discipline.

pov end

"Father , I have returned. " william grumbled out as he threw the large heads at his fathers feet .

Which got him a cold smile from the moff.

"They've proven to be harder to kill , than i thought" william uttered in almost disgust .

" It seems that was the case " said his father arms folded behind his back as he looked at his son's blood stained body

flashback

"Roooaarr!"

Damn cats ,he thought.

The creatures have proven to be smarter than he initially believed , the pitfall trap worked for the most part when two of the large lion like creatures fell in and were impaled immediately, bodies thrashing around like headless chickens , but the other two wildcats who were five meters behind their counterparts came to an abrupt stop as they saw their fellows fall into the 7 feet deep pit filled with wooden stakes, and surprisingly it threw them into a rage and ferocity like never seen before , and before he knew it , he was being chased again by the bloodthirsty creatures .

This wasn't apart of the plan, he only wanted to lure two probably three max , but as he showed himself to two of the wildcats they made some strange noises which called another pair of the large predators into the chase, father never taught him about their pecuilar way of communication , 'unless' , he knew and wanted to test my limits, damn him.

He had no choice, he had to use the force in order to survive .

He came to an abrupt stop and turned to his attackers , knife now held in a reversed grip and ready to fight the ferocious beasts.

As the first wildcat approached the now unmoving william it uttered out a roar and leapt towards his prey , claws and teeth bearing ready to tear william apart, but in one swift motion william sidestepped the wildcats attack then made a quick stab in the wildcats neck as it was about to pass him.

It seemed that the lion like creature didn't even feel what had happened as it landed and readied itself once again to charge , only for it to stagger seconds later, blood now flowing out it's neck like water flowing from a river .

William didn't have time to watch his first attacker die of blood lost, for the second wildcat had already pounced onwards, charging madly like bull .

William weighed the knife in his hand for a second , and using the force he enhanced his speed and strength and in another quick motion, unseen by the eye he threw the hunting knife which buried itself in the skull of the wildcat Instantly killing it.

The dead corpse came to a skidding stop right at his feet.

The first wildcat now laying down in it's own pool of blood huffing , grunting and groaning as it slowly fell into death's grasp more and more while blood continued to flow from its opened neck. William wanted to end it's suffering , so he pulled the knife from the second wildcats head and made his way over to the first , the creature that was once ferocious and bloodthirsty was now as docile as a deer.

'Was this acceptance, did it know it was going to die and accepted its fate?' william pondered as he stared the beast in its eyes , which also stared in his , and after a few seconds that seemed like eternity , he brought his knife down on to the creature , stabbing it right in the head killing it cleanly and instantly .

It was the law of nature , the strong shall always rule over the weak.

"I will shed no tears for my enemies or those that wish to harm me or my family" he muttered in almost a whisper .

He had disciplined himself a year if not two years ago, he believed that there was no true death but only the force, he lived by that one sentence for years and for all the deaths he was about to cause in the future , that one line made him be at peace, for any man or women that died by his hand or his orders, then let it be know their deaths shall not be in vain and will serve a higher purpose .

As he was about to walk away another roar bellowed behind him.

Turning he saw the blue fur of another wildcat emerging from the shrubs and bushes , but this one was twice as large than the previous ones he killed.

He took a deep breath and readied his knife again, preparing for an attack from his greatest opponent of the day.

Flashback end

"I see" his father said, sounding very intrigued and impressed.

"Then lets go my son you have clearly passed the test