A Dream

The Force.

My brother once told me it was this all powerful universal energy that flowed within everyone or everything. With it one can do almost anything imaginable. If you know how to use it that is. And if you're born with a lot of it, you have the potential to become what they call...a Jedi.

The Jedi were once powerful warriors who protected the galaxy. How do I know this? Because my big brother was a Jedi. Tadashi was born Force sensitive, which meant he had a lot of that energy within him. And I have it too. I once wanted to be a Jedi like my brother.

But that was before the Empire.

The Republic fell. The Jedi were labeled traitors and killed...including my brother. Without the Jedi things have gotten pretty bad. The Empire does whatever it wants to whoever it wants and if you try to fight back they call you a traitor.

For fear of our safety my aunt Cass took us away from Corellia when the Empire came in search of the Corellian Jedi. Now we live on Lothal. Its an ok place I guess. My aunt and I live pretty good. But I still want to be a Jedi.

But thats easier said than done. I'd always hoped my brother would teach me. I really miss Tadashi. My aunt says that the people we love aren't really gone as long as we remember them. And my brother used to tell me 'there is no death; there is the Force.'

But it sure feels like he's gone.

I wish the Jedi were still around. Then maybe things wouldn't be like they were now.

Maybe I could've actually become a Jedi.

But now? It feels like a hopeless dream.

Hiro Hamada walked around the small Lothal city after another day at the Imperial Academy. He hated that place. But the options for making a future were slim to none on Lothal. So he had no choice. He figured one day he'd go into service for the Empire. Probably the merchant sect as he couldn't stomach the thought of enforcing the Empire's rule through violence.

He made his way home, to the cafe run by his aunt. He entered through the back before running upstairs. Once he was in his room he changed out of his Imperial cadet uniform and activated his nurse bot. The inflatable robot activated.

"Good afternoon Hiro," Baymax said.

Hiro smiled. "Hey Baymax. Ready for more..." Hiro paused to shift his eyes back and forth like he were being watched. Then he leaned in to whisper. "Jedi training?" Baymax of course was all for anything Hiro was, being programmed for companionship as well as healing. Hiro presented his fist to Bayax who bumped it in their familiar gesture. Hiro pulled his hand back while mimicking an exploding noise.

Baymax copied the gesture. "Balalala!" Hiro laughed before pulling the nurse bot down the stairs and out of the house. They made their way through the streets and to a junkyard on the outskirts of town. Thats where Hiro would train in secret, or go to be alone.

"Alright Baymax, watch this," Hiro said excitedly. He stood before a ten foot tall pile of garbage. He breathed in, closing his eyes as she shook out his shoulders and legs. "Alright, breathe. Focus. Feel the Force," he took a few more breaths and then he leapt. Sadly though, he only got a few feet off the ground.

Putting him nowhere near the height he need to land on top of the trash pile. He frowned in frustration. Hiro knew he was Force sensitive. He knew he had powers. But the problem was controlling it. He remembered half lessons Tadashi gave him when he was alive. But they hadn't been quite enough. His powers went in and out. Sometime he could leapt long distance in one try. Other times he'd get nowhere.

"Alright one more time," he said closing his eyes to focus. He tried once more, calling upon the energy he knew he had within him. Then with a crouch he leapt, he knew he'd done it this time as he leapt onto the pile. He laughed in exhilaration and threw his hands up, prancing around on the junk pile in a victory dance.

But the unstable pile of garbage gave a small groan before it collapsed. Hiro yelped as he fell off, landing on his backside while small speeder components repeatedly fell onto his head.

Baymax dutifully walked up to Hiro. "On a scale of one to ten-"

"Ow!"

"On a scale of one to-"

"Ow!"

"On a scale of one to-"

"Ow!"

After hours of practicing Hiro left the junkyard. He was still nowhere close to mastering his Force powers. He couldn't move objects with his mind like the Jedi could. His jumping skills were unreliable. And he wasn't aware he exhibited any other powers. He sighed in disappointment. His dream of becoming a Jedi becoming harder and harder to hold onto every day.

He sometime wondered if it was silly to hang on to such a dream. If anyone knew he wanted to be a Jedi he'd be killed. The Jedi were still branded traitors and practically killed on sight if found. But...

With a sigh he made it home as his aunt closed the cafe. She welcomed them back with a smile as Baymax shut down and deflated. He sat at the table with her as they ate dinner and talked about their day. It was the same as usual. Nothing ever changed. Or seemed like it was going to change anytime soon.

But Hiro didn't know the Force worked in mysterious ways.

The next day Hiro had just finished another day of his 'training'. He knew what he really needed. A teacher. Like a Jedi to show him how his powers worked. What he could do to improve. But its not like there were Force tutors you could hire off the street.

So he kept his head down and directed at the ground in disappointment. Knowing that maybe it was time to give up on his dream. As he went he wasn't watching where he was going and bumped into a cloaked figure.

"Whoops. Sorry about that," he said looking to the person.

From under the cloak the person, a young woman, smiled back. "No problem kid," she said before walking off. Hiro stared after her. Cocking a brow curiously. Something had been weird about her. There were bandages around her eyes. She didn't seem blind however, she'd looked right at him.

He shook his head before turning to head home. He took one step before he felt an odd tingling in his skull. He brought a hand up to his temple. "Weird," he muttered. He was about to keep going when it came back. "What the?" He heard a faint whistling noise. When he turned his eye were immediately drawn to the cloaked woman from earlier.

He furrowed his brows, wondering where this odd sensation was coming from. And almost without a thought he began to follow after the woman. He had to jog to catch up to her. And as he did he noticed she was heading in the direction of a lot more people. Up ahead he could see a crowd gathered.

He continued to follow after the woman. And then she suddenly stopped. He froze, panicking before ducking into an alley, but not really knowing why. He peeked around the corner to see her darting her head back and forth. Then she saw her shoulders bob a bit in a shrug as she kept going. Soon they were among the crowd. Near the front. Hiro kept his eyes on her for a few moments before something happened in the center of the crowd.

There were stormtroopers. And they appeared to be apprehending a local Rodian merchant. An official of the Empire began to address the crowd. "Attention Lothal citizens. This man, this Rodian, is going to be publicly executed for his crimes," he announced. The crowd gasped, some even crying out in protest.

"Silence. He will be made an example of. He refused to comply with the Empire's reasonable policies. He was given time, a fair warning, and now he must pay the price."

Still more people were protesting. The Rodian had his head down as he pleaded for mercy. Hiro watched in horror as the man snapped his fingers, getting a stormtrooper to hand him his blaster. Hiro's eyes widened. He knew he shouldn't be watching this...and yet he couldn't look away. All around people were protesting, but no one rushed to help him. They were too afraid of the Empire. What they would do. What they could do to their lives, families, and homes.

Time slowed down as Hiro watched the man point the blaster at the Rodian's head. He looked to see the man placing his finger to the trigger. Hiro's legs started to move. He had to stop this. Somehow. He realized this was a bad idea. But still...a Jedi wouldn't let this happen.

Right as his foot made it out of the crowd a metallic glint caught his eye. He turned to see a fast moving metal object fly from the crowd, collide with the ground beneath the man's blaster, bounce upward, and hit the bottom of the barrel. The impact made the blaster pitch upward as the man fired. Hiro and the crowd gasped in astonishment.

Then suddenly from the crowd a blue orb rolled outwards and to the stormtroopers' feet. They looked down as it tapped one of them on the side of his foot. They eyed it curiously as it suddenly flashed and burst open, covering the area in smoke. Hiro glanced over and saw the woman he'd been tailing suddenly surge forward, leaping into the smoke. Hiro could hear the sounds of a struggle coming from within.

The smoke eventually wafted away. And when it cleared the stormtroopers were down. And the Rodian was gone.

Hiro gaped in amazement alongside the crowd. Eventually more Imperial forces came to disperse them. Hiro ran home, his mind reeling. Who had that women been? Why had she saved that man? What had possessed him to follow after her?

The questions burned in Hiro's mind. And while he had a million questions he knew one thing.

He had to find that woman.

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