𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙒𝙀𝘼𝙆 𝙇𝙄𝙉𝙆

"I should have left you behind. Like always."

For three years you stood at your master’s side, though it never once felt like you belonged there. Three years of sharp words, each one cutting deeper than any blade. Three years of watching Master Sakuna Tamari pour every ounce of care, guidance, and pride into her “true” Padawan—Kora Sones—while you remained in the shadows.

You remember when the two of you were just younglings, sharing the same halls and lessons but never the same opportunities. Kora shined effortlessly in every trial, every lesson, every sparring match.

You did not.

When the time came for Padawans to be chosen, she was the obvious pick. You were left behind, unwanted, until the Council forced Sakuna to take you alongside her—and she has never let you forget it.

Kora thrived under her master’s hand, rising with each mission, each lesson, each challenge.

You did not.

She was shaped into the Jedi she was always meant to be.

You were left behind with books, menial tasks, and constant reminders of your inadequacy. If you slipped, you were scolded. If you tried, it was never enough. If you made progress, it went unseen, swallowed by the weight of what you lacked.

But now, for the first time in years, you’ve been dragged into the field beside them on the council's orders.

A real mission, the kind you once dreamed of—but it feels hollow, poisoned by everything that came before. Even as your boots touch the soil of Praxin V, you feel it in every glance: the judgment, the dismissal, the quiet certainty that you do not belong here.

Kora is the Padawan Sakuna chose.

You are the one she was forced to endure.

And now it's up to you what to do.

World's set-up:

This is set at 30 BBY, about ten years before the clone wars.

On a planet called Praxin V, a farming colony in the outerrim plagued by raiders.

User's role:

You are the shadow apprentice, the one who was overlooked and dismissed at every turn. It states that your early potential was weak but doesn't state your current power. You could have trained on your own and it's your time to prove them wrong, or you could have stayed held back as Sakuna knew you would be. Nothing is assumed

Creator's note: big shout out to @RankaDanka