The Lost Blade

by Deathstrike

The Padawan

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Arvikang stared in utter shock at The Padawan. It was impossible! By all rights he should be dead.

The Padawan just looked at him in confusion and asked " Do I know you?"

Arvikang made what sounded like choking then managed to answer "I killed you... you should be dead."

Slowly realization dawned on the Padawan's face "You! The Sith Apprentice who attacked us!" he spat. "But wait if your here than that means..."

Arvikang was practically glowing "Yes you fool I killed your master." he said triumphantly.

Suddenly, Arvikang activated then swung his lightsaber hoping to cleave the Jedi in two. Fortunately Celestia's spell must have only applied to ponies, as nothing unfortunate happened to Arvikang. Calmly, but quickly the Jedi pulled his own blade from his belt barely deflecting Arvikang's lightsaber. The two were about to start hacking away at each other, but then a strange humming sound filled the air. Suddenly both Jedi and Sith were enveloped in a purple energy shield and suspended in mid-air. Arvikang was having some very evil thoughts towards whoever was doing this and of course it had to be a pony. So the shield momentarily flickered and sent Arvikang crashing to the ground.

"You two should be ashamed! Fighting when you should be becoming friends!" Twilight said in one of those "I'm your boss and you must listen to me!"voices.

Arvikang rolled his eyes and said sarcastically "Yes mom."

Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Twilight gave both Arvikang and The Padawan two hard slaps.

"Now listen here both of you! You will both be friends, you will both be nice to each other and you will not cut each other up with your glow-stick/sword things. Do I make myself clear? Good! Now so help me if either of you step out of line I will... I will..."Twilight trailed off obviously unused to making threats.

Arvikang let out a low chuckle and said "Fine I won't try to kill the Jedi. For now anyway."

"Same here." the Jedi agreed.

Eyeing them both Twilight left for her home. There was something strange that Arvikang had said. He had called the other human a Jedi, like from her book...

--Meanwhile

"So Jedi, since we are going to have to put up with each other for a while, lets start with names. Mine is Arvikang." Arvikang said hoping the Jedi would give him reason to attack.

"I am Tenron Lightvoid. Though you can call me Tenron. Everyone does." Tenron replied.

"Well I can't say its nice to meet you, because that would be a lie."

"Likewise."

"I don't know about you Tenron, but I feel strange. You know being in the same room, no same planet as a Jedi and not trying to kill them."

"I feel strange because your not attacking me at the moment."

"To be honest, part of the reason is because Twilight told me if I step out of line, than Celestia would punish me."

Arvikang and Tenron just sat there for a while both of them meditating until Twilight burst through the door again yelling something incomprehensible.

Tenron held up a hand to calm her " Twilight just tell us whats wrong."

"Your a Jedi! Your a Sith! I thought you guys were just legends!" she burst out.

"Yes doesn't everyone know us on sight."

"No! Here on Equestria Jedi, Sith, and Humans are just myths! See." Twilight rambled before shoving a large textbook into Tenron's face. He almost immediately beckoned Arvikang over to look at the book. It told of a time when in short the Jedi and Sith the Republic and the Empire came to Equestria, but were driven off the planet hundreds of years ago. Apparently the ponies had no idea of the current galactic war. Arvikang flashed a glance at Tenron who slightly nodded.

"Twilight listen I'm about to tell you one of the worse parts of the galaxy. In this galaxy there are hundreds of sentient species. There are two main factions, the Republic and the Empire. Both groups rely on there own order of force users to maintain balance and to command troops. Now the force is the energy that comes from all living beings, everything gives off its own field. Like a coin the force has two aspects, the light-side and the dark-side. The Jedi and Republic serve the light. The Empire and the Sith serve the dark."

Arvikang then proceeded too give Twilight a full history of the Jedi and Sith. This truly amazed Tenron, for he had no idea that a Sith was capable of delivering such a detailed and unbiased history of both his and Arvikang's respective orders. Moreover Arvikang was extremely patient with Twilight, especially when he would slow down or stop for Twilight to take notes. It was something Tenron never expected from a Sith.

After finishing Arvikang told Twilight to go home and get some rest seeing as it was almost midnight. He also told her to come back the next day if she had any questions.

"So Tenron was that a fair and accurate history and description of both our orders?" Arvikang asked with a questioning glance.

"Everything was accurate and unbiased, giving the faults and good things of both the Jedi and Sith. Only someone who has been both could have given such a description."Tenron said while giving Arvikang a hard stare.

"Guilty. I used to be a Padawan like any other. However while on a mission with my master-I can't recall his name unfortunately- we were attacked by a band of pirates. They insisted on trying to attack us, so we killed them all. As my master congratulated me on a job well done, one of the pirates I thought I had killed shot my master in the back. Grabbing his lightsaber and my own I killed the pirate in a frenzy of rage. Several days later a lone Sith arrived. It seems the death of my master and my rage caused a ripple in the force, attracting the Sith. Back then he was a lord. He took me as his apprentice. Thanks in part to me he is now a Darth. I became his... enforcer, his assassin, the coordinator of his forces. He trusts me enough to give me much freedom of choice in planning. And he has good reason for as long as there is things he has not taut me he has nothing to fear." Arvikang finally paused for a breath. "I'm tired, so Tenron if you want to talk more you must wait till tomorrow. That is if I don't kill you in your sleep." he chuckled.

"Very well, but I sincerely hope you're kidding. Your not that bad for a Sith." Tenron replied giving a small half smile.

"Same to you Tenron, same to you."...


Author's Note

I'd like to thank ShadowFall who gave me the idea for the part where Twilight bitch-slapped Arvikang and Tenron. Also the name Tenron Lightvoid was his idea. I highly recommend his story Tears of War, It is amazing. See ya later everypony!

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