Jason sat in his room, meditating when Val poked her head in and summoned them to the great hall. However, he made no motion to move, nor much indication that he'd noticed her arrival other than a curt nod. When she left, he remained as he was, an aura of both dark and light energies flowing around him as he focused on the Force. His mother's instructions, as she'd taken over when his father stayed behind, had been explicit that he remain in his room and meditate until she summoned him. If Val was already notifying the various apprentices that the time had come to head to the hall, than the final test was coming soon because the Council's meeting was done.
As he waited, he walked his memories in his mind, reviewing small things like a flaw in his form, or a flaw in his technique. He also reviewed all the lessons he'd learned over the years as a Acolyte in the Order of the Grey. He knew they were all important and this resulted in him reviewing all of them. It had been about twenty minutes after the Jedi Padawan poked her head in that Jason felt the familiar presence of one of his mother's aide's, Rida, enter.
"Jason, it's time." Coming out of his meditation, Jason stood and bowed to Rida, his right fist over his heart, who curtsied in response.
"Thank you, Rida. I shall go at once." Following behind Rida out the door, while she went left to return to her other duties, Jason went right, to meet his mother in the combat hall. He moved at a brisk pace and, despite there being a considerably amount of foot traffic due to the banquet being held after all the tests, arrived in around fifteen minutes. His mother was already there, meditating in the center of the room. When he stepped in, she stood and unhooked her double bladed saber from her belt. "Before we begin, recite the Order's code." Nodding Jason takes up a position opposite his mother and unhooks his own sabers.
"The light and dark are only aspects of the Force.
One body, one mind, one soul.
There is no light or dark in the Force.
Only one power, one being of Greatness.
The Force is the power, the wielder is it's hand.
Light is peace and tranquility, Darkness is chaos and destruction.
Separate, they are weak, together, they are strength.
The Force will guide me."
The sound of his mother's twin blades igniting, their silver light illuminating her face, confirmed to begin. Igniting his own twin black blades, he thrust forward with his left and had it deflected to the right. He used the momentum to bring both sabers to bear by spinning with it and going for a horizontal slash. She leapt over the blades and back, flipping and landing on her feet and rushing to close the distance. For several minutes, the pair exchanged blows, her mastery over the double bladed lightsaber showing in how effortlessly she parried and deflected his blows.
Jason, on the other hand, showed a natural skill with twin sabers, striking high, low, left, and right smoothly in an effort to bypass or test his mother's defense. Seeing one after about ten minutes, he thrust with the right hand saber again, only to have it deflected upwards by the bottom blade of his mother's saber. Ducking the retaliatory slash aimed at his neck, he sweeps her legs out from under her and pins her arms with his knees, his blades crossed at her neck. Smiling, she deactivates her own saber, but not before letting him know she still could have gotten him by using the Force to levitate her top blade close to his neck.
Deactivating his own sabers, he stands and helps his mother up, bowing like he had to Rida. "You have shown great understanding in all your tests and trials, Jason Je'and. And today, you showed more than proficient skill with your lightsabers. From this day on, you will no longer be an Acolyte with in the Order of the Grey, but a Guardian, one of our guiding stars and a protector of the Order and it's teachings. Rise." Jason did so, a smile on his face, and his mother hugged him. "On a much less formal note, congratulations. Your father would be so proud."
Jason nods and hugs his mother tightly before releasing it.
"I need to get to the banquet hall, but I'll see you there, right?" His mother nods and they part ways, she returning to where ever she was needed and him going to the hall. After a ten minute walk, he entered and saw Val, who was obviously a Knight in the Jedi Order now, and a Jensaari he had yet to encounter before. Still, he had no reason to remain silent.
"Good afternoon, Val, Master Jensaari. I take it your trials went well?"
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