The journey to Naboo was pretty much a silent one for the new Master and Apprentice that was Qurhon and Ayanna. Ayanna was very much within herself, though she tried to listen to what Qurhon had said before about not allowing herself to be consumed by the way she felt. But it was a her thing for her to balance. She knew that she was expected to be truthful and open with her new master but she found it very difficult to be that way with someone that still felt like a stranger to her. Kalin had barely spoken about Qurhon, and the experience she had already had with the Kiffar was less than pleasant. But she was not going to cause him any problems, she would listen and learn just as she did with Kalin.

They landed on the Naboo Lake Country where they would be less likely to come across any trouble. She liked ti here, always did, but it only held bad memories for her now. The first time she had met Alluria and Amelia, which had it's nice points to it, but it almost seemed like the beginning of the end when she looked back on it. They managed to find themselves a small abandoned cottage perched on the side of a lake, there wasn't much to it but it would be suitable for them both, and the perfect surroundings to train in.

Qurhon and Ayanna stayed in the cottage for a while, he wanted to wait with the training until Ayanna was more in peace with herself. He still felt the conflict inside of her. He didn't know if talking about Kalin would make matters better or worse. After all he had a lot of experience with Kalin from his youth, there was so much to tell, but it was unclear if she would be interested in hearing all these tales,

"I heard you are very comfortable with planets that has lots of fauna and flora. Unlike a planet such as Coruscant. You have some unique abilities that can be either used for good or for bad. If there are new powers you wish to learn, you'll have to unlearn some of your others... They would conflict against each other..."

"My best ability is Plant Surge, I never knew it's name until Kalin informed me of it, I didn't even know it was a Force Ability but I have maximum potential in that aspect, since I was a child. I know I will need to unlearn certain abilities.... I don't know what I wish to learn to improve myself. I think it is better to improve oneself before learning perhaps. I think I want to learn more of the Light Side of the Force in general, I am all too familiar with the Dark. But I do know of some Light Side things, kindness, love, caring...." She said before falling a little silent, "And if I'm blunt, I don't know you very well which doesn't make this much easier. I know this is not what you were hoping to happen, you wanted to stay with your friends, now you are stuck here with me."

"No I'm glad I'm doing this. I helping a friend and in a way I'm helping Kalin, which is more than enough for me. I will see my friends again and you're right you should be more familiar with me. That way you'll see how strong the bond of master and padawan can be. If there is something you wish to know about me, you just have to ask. I accepted this mission, your training, because I have both faith in Kalin and in you Ayanna, you have lots of potential and such strength has to be taught in a very careful way. Kalin considered himself to be too reckless in doing so. I don't consider myself to be superior over Kalin, but the fact of the matter is that I have more experience conceerning the light and that is what you need right now. So as I said if you have more questions, fire away..."

"Well, firstly where are you from originally? What have you done and I guess the important question is where do you hope to go from here? There isn't much I can tell you about myself, I've had issues concerning my family, too many to list but Kalin knows all about it. You know my mother was An'ya Kuro, and most of my life was spent on Cophrigin V, where I waited and plotted to kill Darth Vader but not for good reasons I'm afraid...." She sighed, "You seem like a very decent man who is doing right by his friends, I like that. And I hope that above being Master and Apprentice that we can be friends. You said the bond was always strong, well I hope so, I really do. I'm not always this depressing." She laughed slightly, "I'll pass in time, and hopefully I'll forget about him..."

"Are you sure you want to. You know the best thing is not to forget, but to accept and treasure the time you had with him... I won't tell you what to do about that though, that isn't my business. Me I like most Kiffars was born on Kiffex, member of the Vos clan. I was very young when they brought me to the Jedi temple on Coruscant and I was still young when fighting aside my master during the Clone Wars. After Order 66 I could escape, only because of my master's death. I learned there was an academy on Saleucami where I met Kalin and Alluria. Most of my training was almost complete when I joined the academy and I was knighted there. I left with my padawan to unknown worlds, but when I completed his training I learned that Kalin was still alive and had become Vader's apprentice... That's when I started looking for him. Well I believe you know the rest..."

She nodded as she listened to his story, "I want to learn to be strong in the Light Side, perhaps I should not be wishing to be strong but I feel that in order to conquer everything that has happened before now, I have to become something more than what I am. I was always a shadow, trying to hide behind someone else, namely Kalin, I don't want that anymore. I want to be a Jedi in my own right. Concerning Kalin, I'll never stop loving him, but you don't have to tell him that. I'll never forget him, but I want to stop hurting the way I do, or better than that, learn to live with the pain and use it to make me move forward. There will be no one else like him in my life, and I know that I will walk alone from now on, I need to learn to be able to accept that....." She said serious but sad.

"That's the way to speak! That sounds a lot better. Just be honest to yourself about your feelings, don't deny them, accept them and work on them. Now you'll have to inform me about other powers you've been training in. I will teach you new ones, purely ones of the light which will help you to free yourself from the Dark Side. As long as you stay open with me, as long as we can be friends, I truly wish to be your friends and I'll always be there when you need me. It's not just my duty, it is my honour..."

"Well the abilities I have are as you know Plant Surge, Force Grip, Force Strength and Deflection, and Kalin was also teaching me Force Storm more recently, I'm not sure if it was good for me. He did warn me about it but I just wanted to learn it, I don't know why. There's something I should perhaps explain to you about my biology, you know I like planets with fauna and flora, you mentioned you knew that, but warm desert planets or planets like Mustafar can kill me quickly if I'm not careful. Mustafar was the worst, Kalin took me there long ago, I nearly didn't survive it. But it's because I was created from plant life, and from The Dark Woman's blood. I can heal myself perfectly, well, almost perfectly, lightsabers can provide damage that I can't recover from and there are other..... Methods which can be deadly for me, but from cuts and slashes I'm good... But I don't know how to heal others." She said wondering.

Some time had gone by. Qurhon told her how the light was as strong as the Dark, but the Dark was more tempting. He learned her how she could transform her dark powers into powers that could be used for good. Basically it wasn't that different. By the thought of compassion, unlike pasion that the Sith use in selfish reasons. Two things were of the essence to use that compassion in a rational way. These powers were meant to use for good, so compassion was necessary to feel for all the people. But rationality was used for judgement. And judgement was necessary. He taught her powers such as Force healing, Force light... They rested, took a break,
"You're doing very well my young padawan. You're becoming a true Jedi. I am very proud of you." Qurhon said, while he propose on more lightsaber training, only now she would try different forms, less agressive and more defending. How to defeat an opponent without unnecessary killing.

"You're a good teacher!" She smiled as she readied her lightsaber, she knew she was skilled in the aggressive tactics, but this was going to be more interesting, "How do you fight and not tap into your passion, do you still use your adrenaline? Or must you focus on something else? Also, is it meant that you only deflect unless the opponent seeks to kill? Or can you kill to avoid grievous bodily harm?" She asked question after question as she wanted to know more and more about the light side, "Also, how do you know when you are truly a Jedi after having walked a dark path for so long?" She said as this was truly something that was of concern to her.

Qurhon had taught her over the past days and she had done her best not to dwell on Kalin, but as Qurhon suggested, not forget about him. She had burned her old Sith attire and gained herself something more fitting for a Jedi padawan. The only items she kept was her lightsaber and the comlink that she shared with Amelia.

"Well sometimes in lightsaber combat, it is inevitable to kill your opponent or at least strike at your opponent with the purpose of disarming him. I remember fighting a few Dark Jedi myself where I couldn't reach for their lightsabers, so I had to cut their arms off. It's still cruel but at least they'll live. Your giving him that chance and life is so valuable, Ayanna. During fighting you don't use your passion, but you use focus. You use your mind to strike the best way you can. We Jedi are less reckless fighters than the Sith are. It doesn't make us better fighters, but if we used our passion to fight, it would defeat the purpose of being a Jedi. I can show you what it takes to defeat a dark Jedi. What I'm going to demonstrate is a Force Illusion. It will create a Sith or a Dark Jedi. from the past. It's not real but your mind will make it real. So keep in mind that you can get injured. It's dangerous but I'll stop the illusion when it becomes too dangerous."
Qurhon focused, meditated and slowly an image of a heavily tattood Zabrak appeared. A Sith that lived before the Clone Wars. He carried a double-bladed lightsaber and back then he was known as 'Darth Maul' a very skilled lightsaber fighter. He ignited one side of his lightsaber and already made the first move to strike at her with his teeth clenched.

Ayanna was rather surprised by this, but ignited her lightsaber nonetheless to prepare to fight this phantom before her. She knew that she should not be the one to strike first, though normally she would have dived right in, she waited until he would make the fight strike. Once he did, she tried her best to deflect the violent and brutal swings that he delivered, she had not realized before the will that was behind them. And for a moment she did think perhaps that the Dark Side was stronger in these aspects. But then she realized finally that it was not. He relied on his passion and his hatred, it did not mean that his will was stronger. She could also use her own will to defeat him. She breathed deeply, ducking and swinging her saber in the air, before she was able to wound the Sith's leg with a flick of her wrist. She was still not sure how she was going to be able to defeat him however.

For the rest of the journey back to Naboo, Amelia had kept herself busy, training with Asané, messing about, playing games and just generally having a good time. She never once uttered a word about what she'd seen or heard from the cockpit, because it wasn't her right to do that. If Kalin and Alluria wanted everyone to know, then it was their job to say...not hers.

AS the ship touched back down in Naboo, however, she was the first off, beaming in delight at her surroundings.

"Home sweet home," she grinned, feeling that familiar feeling wash over her, that she'd quickly come to associate with Naboo...and with home. Making sure to keep her lightsaber tucked well out of sight, she looked to the Palace in the distance.

"There's a sight I didn't think I'd be seeing again, anytime soon..." then she turned back to the others. "So where now then?"

Asané gave a great sigh of joy to see Theed palace again, "Oh my, it's even more beautiful than I remembered....."

Alluria smiled as she saw the two young ladies were very happy to be back on familiar soil, she turned and looked to Kalin, "Well, I guess this is it...." She said with a slight somber expression, "Please don't be a stranger to us Kalin, we'll all be waiting for your return, and more importantly, looking forward to it..." She said before giving him a great strong hug, hoping that he was going to be alright.

Kalin gave a faint smile, "We'll keep in touch..." He said handing over a comlink.
"I won't be far and if you don't mind I'll return here from time to time. I'm not sure where I'm going to go next. Somewhere to think, somewhere to be alone and unspotted. Well you know somewhere out of the Empire's grasp. I have no desire to get in another confrontation with them."
Kalin looked at Amelia, "You take good care of your padawan... Amelia, I know we barely know each other, but I'll miss you. I admired your courage when you handled the cannons, while fighting ourselves though the blockade. You'll make your master proud, I have no doubt of that."
He looked at Alluria again, feeling some kind of sensation. He approached her. He wanted to kiss her on her lips, however Alluria didn't seem to be comfortable with it, though Kalin could tell. He gave a gentle kiss on her lips, nothing too suggestive, just as a friendly gesture. He smiled once again and a tear dropped from his eyes that he had to leave.

"We'll see each other again Kalin, no time at all. You just look after yourself, clear your head, and come back to see us like you said. We'll most likely be in the Lake Country, I can sense that Qurhon and Ayanna are there now.... We'll go to meet with them, and of course I will pass your greetings over to them." She said smiling, "Don't forget about us, the ones who love you." She said finally before walking towards Amelia and Asané.

"You do that, Alluria and I'll never will forget..." Those were Kalin's last words before he boarded the Thranta again. From outside the cockpit he took another last look to Alluria and for some reason it felt it was truly the last look he would ever have from her. Somehow he had the thought he would never see her again. Kalin turned his head and lifted the ship up again, taking it away from the planet, though he jumped the ship into hyperspace he had no idea where he would travel to, no destination. Maybe he would roam space for a long time until he could figure out what was wrong with him, what he was looking for. Then the though of Alluria came back into his mind and he finally had an idea where he wanted to travel to. He set the coordinates and the ship took another turn for a final destination, where he knew he was maybe heading into trouble, but he didn't care. He only cared about the fate of his friends, not his own. It didn't mean anything to him anymore.

The illusion of Darth Maul was very convincing, he fought very agressive, first he only had one blade ignited, meaning he was only getting started. He fought so fast that it becoming too hard to deflect his attacks for Ayanna and he hit her pretty hard by her wrist. Qurhon noticed this and back off a little. Maul stood in an agressive stance, but that gave Ayanna time to recover from his attack. Qurhon was curious if she would fight now because of her adrenaline, the agression she was taught to hold during a fight, or would she fight more like a Jedi he hoped she would become?

She hissed at the pain of her wrist being damaged, and though usually she would've attacked immediately with the hope of slicing the illusion's head off to teach it a lesson. She waited a moment, counting to five until she gathered herself before she then began to fight again, not thinking of her wrist anymore, but merely thinking of the battle itself. The fight between good and evil. And the good had to succeed, she had to fight for that, otherwise he would win,; and darkness would rule. She struck her lightsaber to and from, clashing off Darth Maul's blade and dodging his attempts on her. She recognized him in a way, but she didn't want him to recognize her, she did not want to be known for the darkness that was within her, she wanted to move beyond that to a place she used to only dream of. Feeling the valor in her heart she continued to fight until she ultimately slashed the illusion across his chest, leaving a deep penetrating wound. She backed off, this was enough, though she could have done more, beheaded him, stabbed him again, she didn't think it was necessary and instead backed off and looked to Qurhon. Wondering if she had made any dark mistakes during her training.

The illusion of Darth Maul dissolved in thin air. There was no blood except from Ayanna's wrist, no head lying in the grass, no corpse. Qurhon stood up and clapped his hands together,
"Well done Ayannna, though you were a bit aggressive in the end. A Jedi's priority is to disarm his oponnent, not to kill them. Only if really necessary should go for the kill. And remember this was just an illusion. The real Darth Maul was probably much stronger and more dangerous. But you defended yourself well and we're making fine progress. I'm not sure what else you want to learn concerning lightsaber fighting but..." Qurhon had a strange feeling. He felt his friends nearby, but he also felt Kalin, which didn't mean much good as he didn't know how Ayanna would react on that, though his presence was very faint, so he wasn't sure if she could sense him at all. He sensed his friends were on their way to meet them. He found it a bit stupid that Ayanna and him had to find their own way to Naboo while they like his friends could have gotten a lift from him just as the others, though he didn't know if that would suit Ayanna though she was now much more calmer, much more stable. You would never guess that such a dark creature could come from her mind such as Zaria.

She smiled, "Well, I was a little ticked off with my wrist but I tried to hold myself back a little from that." She said as she sucked a little of the blood from her wrist, though the wound was now already healed, "What skills do you have Master? I know I need to learn more for myself but I'm interested in which you have specialized in? You seem like someone who is a very good fighter, from your character, physique and such, though not someone who necessarily enjoys it. What are you trying to excel in?" She asked as she clipped her lightsaber back onto her belt.

From what she was saying, it seemed Ayanna hadn't noticed Kalin's presence so he just quickly answerd, "Well as any Kiffar I'm good at reading objects. as a Jedi I'm trying to develop that even if it's not really a Force power, I can enhance that ability with the Force. I can have visions of memories when I touch object, memories of the one who touched it and yes I even learned to read from human beings, even dead bodies to be honest even if it's not so honourable to do. It's often how I tried to find Kalin or see what happened. I read the bodies and saw how he fought them. It's not the most honourable thing to do, but it was necessary to hunt him down. There are a few other powers I'm still training on. I also learned myself to master Vaapad, a very agressive form which I wouldn't teach anyone. Kalin knows it, but he didn't master it, luckily. I only use it when necessary. It's too dangerous to use it as a constant technique. Well you know other Force powers from what I thought you I know about."

Ayanna had felt something familiar when her and Qurhon were talking, for a moment she realized what it was but chose not to dwell on it, there was little point and it would not help her now, so she continued, "I do not know which lightsaber technique I should master. Though I believe that the technique will find the master in the end, I should become what I am comfortable with, rather than trying to fit into a specific group. That's the way I look at it anyway. I think it's interesting what you said about the Kiffar, I'm ashamed to say that I don't know very much about the people from there. I led a rather isolated life up until a few years ago I'm afraid. So I'm still very much learning, trying to better myself. I know I hit a bumpy road along the way but, things are going to change now." She said with a determination in her voice as she knew Kalin was on the planet but continued to speak, "I'm not going to fall down the dark path again, it's not what I want, not what I truly wanted ever. It was only because I felt dependent on Kalin, but now.... I don't want that anymore. I don't want to be dependent on anyone."

"There's not much to say about my people, you would get easily bored... I mean there are millions of worlds I don't know about so why would it be ignorant that you don't know much about my race, my people. Lightsaber techniques I would have to think about what I would like to teach you and most important what you want to learn. I agree that you shouldn't hold yourself to one only. I learned several techniques and tried to combine them to find my own fighting style, so I could fight the best way possible. I believe Kalin did the same. He learned Vaapad aswell. We trained together, though I was better than him, "Qurhon said laughing, "I know you've trained in Shien, but I think it's time you also learned the style of Soresu... It's a very defensive form. It teaches you to defend yourself in any kind of circumstance. I think since you already know very well how to attack, it is now time to learn to defend yourself in a not to agressive manner."

She nodded, smiling a little, "Well I'm willing to learn that. It's never something I was comfortable with I must admit. I always felt more at home, at ease when I could merely attack and not hold myself back to anything. I tried to do this though when fighting the illusion. Though I had to hesitate myself in order to do that, I counted to myself to learn the patience not to strike down an enemy who had already fallen under harm's way. But in a real battle, I would not be given the time to hesitate like that, otherwise I would be open to attack myself...." She said, showing her awareness to what she had done, "But perhaps through this Soresu technique I will be able to learn more about that. The patience and the skill of defense rather than of attack. Then if I can find a balance between both of them, that would be the greatest thing...." She then paused for a moment, "I also had another thought, it is about my lightsaber. Though I am proud to have this one of my mother, it is not truly mine and I did not build it as a reflection of myself. So I was considering constructing one of my own, I would still use this one, but I would like one that was truly my own creation, something different." She said finally as it had been something that had been on her mind for a while.

"The honour of building a lightsaber is very important when somebody ascends from the title of Padawan to Jedi Knight. Not everybody kept themselves to that rule and I respected that, however the honour you feel gets doubled when you do become a knight and get to build your own lightsaber, so you will build it at the same time I build my own. I was forced to build it due to the war, but you don't have to worry about that, though I admit circumstances aren't that great now, we still live in a dark time. But I want you to wait with building your lightsaber. But that shouldn't stop you from thinking of its design. It's the experience you go through with your training that will ultimately decide and will make you vison the lightsaber that suits best for you. But if I may ask what kind of design do you already have in mind?"

She smiled slightly at being asked this question, "I'm not really sure, but I think I know the blade colour I would choose. Though I adore the purple of my mother's lightsaber, and as I said I will still treasure it and use it, but I think in my heart I will choose a blue blade. Though I cannot be certain yet. Like you said it is better to practice on other things. I want to feel more of a unity with the Force, I can only feel that way when I use Plant Surge." She said before closing her eyes, and from around them many petals from different flowers began to lift in the air and fly around them gently. This was the only skill Ayanna was able to embrace with more ease than almost anything else she could think of. It always gave her a sense of peace, but she had rarely used it when she was a Dark Jedi. She opened her eyes though the petals were still floating around them, "This is when I feel one with the Force, when I feel calm and peaceful."

The petals then lost their direction and began to fall to the ground like snow flakes around them. She took a deep breath, looking to Qurhon, "I want to be unrecognizable when all this is over. Perhaps I will not even keep my name, after all, that is what my mother chose to do. I want the Ayanna Nyx who did so much damage and brought so much hate, to be dead and gone, not just Zaria. Now I feel the way like I was when I was a child, when I was with my father. I was peaceful and stable, it was my mother who encouraged hatred, well, she wasn't really my mother but.... My sister. It was her who pushed me to hate. The man I knew as my father wasn't even that but he was a good man. I took his name and he raised me as a daughter, but there is no Ayanna Nyx, there was only Ayanna Kuro, and I don't think I wish to be called that either. Do you think it is wrong to wipe yourself of that past? That identity and seek something else? Perhaps a new name would reflect what I wish to become, something that I aim for....." She said as she thought about it all carefully.

"I don' see any problem with changing your name. It actually reminds me of An'ya Kuro, your mother, who didn't want to bear a name at all. She just wanted to be known as the Dark Woman. Strange choice for a Jedi but we respected it. Well at least in the time I knew her. I only saw her briefly on some ocassions. Mostly she fought in the outer rim. I was fighting in the outer rim too during the Clone Wars, but I think I was almost at the other side of the galaxy. I respect that you want to change who you are, but don't be ashamed of your past. You made mistakes and you've learned from them, and that is valuable. That is what matter now. I hope Kalin will do the same. However I doubt it. Not saying he will make new ones, but he'll never become a Jedi... At least that is what he said to us. However he also said he would never become a Sith again so that's the best we can hope for. You on the other hand do want to become a Jedi and I admire that. These days not many Dark Jedi want to convert to our ways...."

"I walked the Dark Path, and it did not bring me any kind of satisfaction or completion, the only thing I gained was knowing Kalin, and look how that turned out. I was born out of love and tenderness, but I had believed I was born out of the very opposite, out of revenge, but it's not true. Adanna was not my mother, An'ya was, and she is who I will strive myself to follow after. I will always bear the name Ayanna, for it is the name An'ya gave me, but Nyx, Kuro, I don't know if they hold any meaning for me anymore. They are not my own, so perhaps I should choose something more fitting, I do not know. Rune, the man I thought was my father, always called me Anna....." She sighed, "I'm not going to forget the past in the way you think I will, but I'm not going to become a slave to it. I depended on Kalin to get me through so much, but now.... I no longer need that. I have a good head on my shoulders, strong body as well as mind, I can do whatever I set myself out to do. No one can give that to me, only I can. I still respect Kalin, and I'll always love him. But he's not infallible, which was what I thought before."

Qurhon thought that after only a few days of training Ayanna had improved herself not only in skills but character aswell. There was no trace of the Dark Side to be found anymore. She was now more a free woman to make her own choices instead of a woman enslaved to the dark side or a woman who was too attached too dependant on the man she loved, namely Kalin. But even though she still loved him, she didn't necessarrily need him anymore which Qurhon thought to be a huge improvement, though he wondered if she did it all by herself or that Kalin after his decision pushed her in the right direction. He would never know, but it didn't really matter. He was not worried about Ayanna and had more faith in her than he could ever have in Kalin. He doubted his future while he was more sure of Ayanna's as a Jedi. And rightly so cause who could ever foresee the Dark future Kalin was heading to, though he believed that even though he claimed he never would return to the Dark Side, he would still stay a good man, so he hoped

"I'm looking forward to seeing Amelia again, I never really had the chance to speak with her properly, I know they are on Naboo, also the other girl and Alluria. I still have a lot to make up for concerning Master Starfire, I mean.... I behaved terribly in the past, though I can't remember much of what happened on Onderon, it's as though I was half asleep, and every time I almost woke up I caught an enormous fright in my heart that sent me back to sleep, it was strange but it's now in the past. I hope in time she will not look down on me for the person that I was. I think that everyone can be redeemed, I just hope that she thinks the same." She said feeling a little ashamed of herself, "There is one thing I gained from learning the Dark Side in the past, and I'm not sure whether it's a good thing or not. But I don't fear it anymore. I don't mean in an embracing manner, I mean I'm not afraid of encountering it again, I don't fear that I will fall because I already did once, and I know the signs. But I'll never underestimate it.... Not anymore...." She said serious, looking to Qurhon, "What do you think will happen to all of us? You, me, Kalin, Alluria, Amelia......"

Qurhon sighed cause he didn't know what he could say about Kalin, his future was unstable. "I don't know what I can say about Kalin, he's out there on his own. I don't even know, cause no doubt you know that he was actually on Naboo for a short time, recently, what he will do next. Maybe the others have an idea where he is heading too. But no matter... He's on his own, he is exposed more to the Dark Side than we are, he's in a fragile position, yet he did prove to us that he is able to use the Dark Side for good. We never believed that to be true, yet he proved otherwise. However I still believe that if he keeps using the Dark Side, he'll eventually fall to it again, though he doesn't always use it anymore, which is good. I can't say much about Alluria, me or you... Amelia. We are all training to become Jedi, we want to resurrect the order and help the alliance to figth the Sith and the Empire. Maybe it's wrong to train padawans. It might get them killed, However we must try..."

Ayanna smiled, "I'm not going to die on you, at least not unless it's for a damn good cause." She said hopefully, for she now did not mind to die for something good than be slain in the midsts of evil.

"How long do you think it will be until my training is complete, don't get me wrong, it's not that I want to speed things up or run away somewhere. It just makes me curious. You're a wonderful teacher, you seem more..... Devoted I hate to say. Not that Kalin wasn't, but everything else always had to come first and I knew that. But you are more focused on the Jedi as a whole rather than trying to please either yourself or someone else." She said, hoping that he would take it as a compliment it was meant to be, "Can I ask you something personal? I hope you don't think me pushy or rude or anything like that, it's just I'm curious is all. Have you ever been on love Master? I know, it's awfully nosy, but I had to ask. You already know pretty personal details about me and I think in order for me to understand you better I need to know more personal things about you. Nothing too detailed though." She grinned slightly, "You don't seem like the romantic type, no offense, you just seem like someone who's very determined and devoted to the Jedi ways, the Jedi way of life."

Qurhon smiled, "I was once in love with a woman. However it was clear that I could not have her for several reasons. She was and maybe still is in love with someone else and I do think attachments are dangerous. I don't like to lecture people about it, but if you look at all the Jedi who had attachments and look what happened to them. Take my other clan member for example, Quinlan Vos. He knew he couldn't stay a Jedi because he did fall in love and he did walk on the Dark Path, so he knew if he stayed a Jedi it would only have ended badly. About myself being more devoted to Kalin... I don't know... I can't compare after all I try to teach something totally different than him. How long it will take? Not long, you already had a good training and experience. We only have to show you how to use those powers you gained for good... For the light, so your training will probably be much shorter compared to other padawans."

"Will there be a trial? I know everyone must face something, maybe not in a ritual sense but, a test of oneself if you are truly a Jedi, or worthy of being named a Jedi Knight. I know there are some things about me that will never be perfect, especially in relation to love. I love Kalin and that won't change, but.... I think something about it has changed. I love him for the person he is not the things he does, for I think they are two different things. I overlooked his actions before but now I will not, just as I expect no one to overlook the things I have done, good or bad. I think I would be the perfect Jedi if I did not love one person but loved everything else. I do in a way but I will always have a special place for Kalin. But I won't follow him anymore, even if he asked me to...." She said the last sentence with great reluctance, as though she never wanted to admit it to herself but forced herself to.

Amelia had watched the farewell between Alluria and Kalin, not sure what to make of the situation. She'd found herself beaming like an idiot when he'd paid her that compliment about the cannons and such, and as he'd left, she'd bowed her head to him in respect, kind of wishing that he didn't have to go, though she knew he was only following the best interest of them all.

Watching the Thranta vanish into the distance, she sighed and turned back to Alluria, wondering how her Master was feeling now that he'd gone.

"You alright, Alluria?" she asked, choosing to refer to her Master by her name, rather than title this once. It was her way of showing that at that moment in time, she'd rather be a friend to Alluria than her pupil.

Then she turned to Asané. "Glad to be back home?"

"Well it surely is a vast improvement, but I think we're focusing on Kalin too much... I mean I've seen that you have overcome the anger of being rejected by him. But you still dwell on him a lot. You should really try to let go of it. I'm not saying you should forget about him, but when you're focusing on your training you shouldn't be thinking about him at all, at least not much. Remember that you're doing this for yourself and for the greater good. Remember that you will become more of an individual rather than a slave. That is where the difference lies between the Sith and the Jedi. We serve the Force yet we are not slaves. We choose to serve it and the Sith rely on their passion, which allows them to be consumed by the Dark Side, becoming slaves of their own doing. I'm not sure I can say the same about Kalin but with most cases this is so. You've been a slave, you've finally freed yourself and as long as you keep continuing with this mentality that you are free... Free to make any choice you want and that you are willing to serve the Will of the force, then you become something honourable, something that keeps you going, keeps you fighting..."

Alluria looked to Amelia, "Yes I'm fine, I just hope he'll be able to take care of himself is all. Common, we'd better head out to the Lake Country." She said as she tried to get them a taxi to take them there.

"It's so wonderful to be home again, I can't even begin to tell you...." She said smiling, "I really didn't think I'd make it back here in one piece...." She sighed sadly at the thought of it.

Alluria managed to get them a taxi quickly which was something she was happy about as she did not want the three of them to be spotted. She could sense where Ayanna and Qurhon were and so took them straight to them.

She looked surprised as they walked over the grassy fields towards them, seeing how changed Ayanna was in appearance and also attire. She smiled seeing Qurhon,

"Long time no see, my old friend. Ayanna, you look very nice. I sense a great change in you." She said almost proudly.

Ayanna couldn't help but blush, "Well, Master Qurhon seems to think so as well. Hi Amelia, and hi...."

"Asané, nice to meet you!" She grinned as she was finally introduced to her, she almost looked at Ayanna as a completely different person to the one she had to deal with on the Thranta when they were leaving Onderon.

"Hey Ayanna," Amelia grinned. "You look great!"

Then she looked back to Alluria, then to the others. "I guess, now we're away from 'civilisation' so to speak...I can finally show you something that Asané helped me to make a little while ago...I just never got the chance to show it off yet..."

She un-clipped her brand new saber from her belt...the one that she'd built herself...then she handed it to Alluria to see what her Master thought of the weapon. She was proud of it...having made it from scratch herself, so she was hoping Alluria would be too...