WOOOO STAR WARS AU. I've always wanted to try writing one of these.

Chapter One : Prologue

"There is no Dark Side, nor a light side, there is only the Force.

A young man whispered. The wind began to accelerate.

I will do what I must to keep the balance as the balance is what keeps me together.

Two light sabers, disassembling before him, revealing two white crystals. The sign of a fallen student. Clouds formed above him.

There is no good without evil, but evil must not be allowed to flourish.

Out of his pockets rose two more crystals, a dark green crystal, and an unstable purple crystal. Thunder clapped in the distance, lightning flashed behind him.

There is passion, yet peace; Serenity, yet emotion; Chaos, yet order.

Rain began to pour, showering the man with freezing rain. The wind howled, the storm growing stronger as the man reassembled the legendary weapons with the force.

I am the wielder of the flame, the protector of balance.

I am the holder of the Torch, lighting the way.

Instantaneously two blades erupted, one of purple, one of green, from the hilts of the sabers.

I am the keeper of the flame, soldier of balance.

Fog and mist, obscuring him from view.

I am a Guardian of the Balance."

Everything but the wind stopped. The young man appeared, meditating atop an ocean plateau, his eyes were closed, auburn hair flowing in the wind. The third year of his expulsion, three years since he was framed for the explosions. For the deaths. Three years in hiding, as now the Jedi and Sith had a bounty on him.

But that changed when the Order was destroyed, in a single week. Thousands of jedi padawans, knights, and masters, killed. He felt it, never before experiencing such pain until then. The heartache, the depression, the emptiness. Thousands of lives that were connected to him suddenly were… gone.

The Light fell to The Dark. Serenity forgotten, as the Empire grew stronger. Peace gave way to oppression, as surrendered planets were now exploited for their wealth and resources. Order, in the name of slavery. Chaos, as crime rampaged.

A disturbance in the Force. The galaxy has fallen to the dark side, away from peace, away from the Light.

Fallen from the light, and risen from the dark, a hero, with the heart of a chief and soul of a dragon, returns.