3 Weeks Post Netherworld.


Feel the force....

Aiden moved across the small platforms with a better timing and precision than he had on the previous run throughs. It wasn't a need to run that drove him, but something buried deep down within the Padawan's soul and heart. That feeling, that pain would always be there, but it was something he had to move past. The netherworld was a victory for the Shiraya Order and for Naboo, but at great cost. Aiden wasn't gong to assume how the others had felt weeks ago, but he knew how he did. It was a great cost to him, yet he couldn't mope around forever. There were many that spoke to him afterwards, a lot of it helped. It may have seemed that he was shortsighted with it during those talks. That was the pain and fear getting in the way.

The Force flows through you....

Beads of swept rolled down the face and brow of the Jedi Padawan, moving swiftly up the gauntlet. Reaching the top of the cliff, there were several Vanguard members there, Lorn's best ones. Brothers he had trained night and day with, they knew him just as well as they new themselves and vice versa. Aiden reached on his back for the wooden staff strapped to him. Aiden took a deep breath, as the five each in turn moved, surrounding him. They were meant to disarm Aiden, and Aiden was just meant to defend, it was meant to push to the physical limits that he could. Trust in the force and fight for as long as he could. He didn't know which one was going first, as they got into position and the first once moved forward. Brandishing is own staff and charging the Padawan.

Don't hesitate.....

Don't let doubt set in...


The sound of staff deflecting one another, a very audible and loud sound that had echoed throughout the area as rain began to fall lightly. Aiden was tired, he had been at this training sessions for five days already with only little rest in between. There were quick and precise exchanges, as a quick chant shot out from his opponent signifying that he was backing up into position. Then the next Vanguard member charged forward. Precise strikes from his opponent and almost near perfect blocks as he had to be even more careful not to lose his footing among the now watery surface.

The light is more stronger than you know. Embrace it, let it shine through you. It will dismantle what fear and doubt is in your heart...

Over the course of the next twenty to thirty minutes this went on. Aiden had taken a few hits, yet he did not fall. The group of Vanguard members stepped back finally and gave the Jedi Padawan and polite bow, one that Aiden returned in kind. In between his labored breathing, he would look to keep under control. More steps to take, more obstacles to go through.

Remember to trust to hope, it will see you through...