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Your whole life you'd been able to hear them.
It'd been your 15th birthday when you'd been able to see them if you concentrated.
A couple of years later you had been able to see glimpses of what they saw.
Now if you closed your eyes, you could see the aura around them.
One was soft, you assumed she was female, the blue that surrounded her was calming and reassuring. She never gave up the light.
But the feelings she feels causes tears to sting at your eyes and hopelessness to pull at your heart. When you focused on her, you were sure she could feel it as well, her surprise at the feeling caused the corner of your lips to twitch into a smile.
The other was nothing but sharp and rough, definitely male, the red aura that surrounded him caused fury and anger to rise inside of you, it made you want to scream.
Everything he felt was negative if you tapped into his emotions the anger would consume you.
Last time you had attempted to be in sync with his emotions, you had torn your bedroom to shreds and he had been proud of you. You were sure he knew you were there.
If you focused hard enough, you could see yourself between them. The perfect balance between the two.
When the first order came knocking, your parents had ushered you out the back door. Shoving a bag of emergency credits and portions in your arms. As you ran, blaster shots rang loud and clear. You didn't look back.
You found yourself hiding in the trees that surrounded your village markets where most ships were stationed. It was then and only then you allowed yourself to feel. Involuntarily, the connection between you and them had opened.
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Sorry
I'm sorry
Can you hear me?
Let me find you
Is someone there?
Come with me
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Sending them both a feeling of anger and disappointment, you looked through the bag your parents had given you.
There wasn't much, just a couple of portions, some credits and a cylinder. Instinctively you looked around when you were sure the coast was clear.
You pulled out the cylindrical object. Turning it over in your hand you studied every ridge and edge of it. Noticing the round button on the side, you hesitated to click it.
Gathering your courage you placed your thumb over the button. Concern and panic flooded your head, the connection had opened up again.
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Lightsaber
a weapon?
Don't let it touch you
Face it the right way
be careful
be careful
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Feeling foolish you sent a quick 'thank you' through the connection.
Checking the lightsaber was faced away from you, which it wasn't, you faced it so it wouldn't impale you. Its was times like these you were glad you had this connection.
This time you confidently pushed the sleek black button, your weapon hummed as a purple blade ignited from the top. To your surprise, two shorter blades emerged from the sides in a diagonal angle.
Your eyes widened as you looked down at the saber. You'd never seen anything like it, and you judged from the surprise your connection felt, they hadn't either.
You turned it over in your hand, giving it a few testing swings before turning it off again.
You'd always known you were strong with the force, your parents had made you train every day for the past decade ensuring that you'd be able to take care of yourself if it was ever needed.
But never had you been given, or trained, with a lightsaber. You'd never even seen one before today.
At this moment you'd felt a sense of calmness, 'you can do this you've been trained your whole life, now you just gotta survive!' you thought to yourself. That confidence was short lived as you heard cries of fear from the markets.
Making a quick decision, you grabbed your bag and saber, then began to frantically run to the surrounding ships.
The screams and blaster shots were growing louder and more frequent, panicking you pushed yourself to run a little harder.
In the distance, you could see a group of pudgy looking creatures hastily loading crates onto a ship. Relief involuntarily swelled inside you and you waved your arms trying to gain their attention. When that didn't work you yelled out a quick "hey!"
Almost immediately they dropped what they were doing and raised their weapons to you.
Coming to a skidding halt you inwardly cringed, fuck I'm stupid, you thought.
With your hands raised, you began slowly walking towards them.
"Please you have to help me, I need to get off this planet" You pleaded.
With their guns still trained on you, none of them made an attempt to converse, perhaps they didn't speak your language? Never the less you continued talking.
"i- I can trade you!, I'll work and I have credits!" You didn't bother concealing the desperation in your voice. Just as you thought you were screwed a gruff voice sneered.
"open the bag"
The surprise you felt was immediate, your eyes opened wide and you scrambled to unlatch the satchel.
The creature's eyes watched your every move with caution, but once the bag opened. You saw his eyes light up, and he signalled for his men to lower their weapons.
"trade us all that and we'll drop you at the next planet," The leader said smugly. You knew he was trying to scam you, the number of credits in your bag was worth much more than he was letting on. It didn't stop you from accepting though.
Everything that happened next was a blur. You were hurriedly rushed onboard the spacecraft and sat up near the cockpit, your credits were taken from you and you were more or less forgotten about as the creatures continued working around you.
Although you were curious, you didn't ask what was in the crates. The thought that they might throw you off for such a question quelled any oncoming curiosity. In this first moment of proper relaxation since this morning, you allowed your eyes to slip shut.
Your hands made their way to your head as you attempted to massage away the abrupt headache you'd been nesting. With your closed eyes, you began to focus on the aura of the two strangers in your mind.
Although you knew you were force-sensitive, you desperately hoped you weren't crazy, it was more or less unheard of to be able to see people in your mind through the force.
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You're not crazy
Oh stars what if I'm crazy
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You smiled to yourself, despite the situation.