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The force felt hectic, but at the same time peaceful. Your master had spoken that the clone wars was coming to an end. Peace was finally arriving and you could feel the balance of the force appearing.
At the prime age of 10 years old, you were one of the youngest padawans to get a jedi master. The council had repeatedly spoken highly of your swift learning of the jedi teachings.
You sat on the battleship, meditating and waiting for your master to arrive back from a nearby planet. Your master gave you strict orders to sit and wait upon their return.
However, after a grumble from your stomach a small break couldn't hurt. You peeked one of your eyes open, scanning your surrounds. You found R5 patiently also waiting on your masters return.
"R5, how about we grab some food?"
Beep-bee-boop
"We won't be gone long, R5"
You stood and made your way to the cafeteria as R5 rushed to follow. You were greeted at every corner by clones.
" [Y/N], sneaking off again are we?"
You spun around, red faced at being caught.
"Commander Keith! I was just about to get some food. Would you like to join me?" You smiled and kept your eyes averted from Keith's mischief expression.
Kieth chuckled at you and decided to let you slide.
"As much as I love our lunches together, kid. I just received a notice to meet in the command center."
Your face contoured to seriousness immediately.
"Don't look like such as adult, kid. We received an update from the general a few minutes ago. They are returning now to meet with you." He smirked as he watched the seriousness wash off your face.
"Alright, you better hurry before the general returns. I never saw you"
"Deal" You couldn't help but to smile as you practically skipped away from captain Keith towards the the cafeteria. You should probably sneak him extra treats for having your back. You sneaked a peak behind you just as Keith was entering the door to the command center.
"I wonder what the meeting is about? Probably next steps on ending the war", you assumed.
Walking into the cafeteria was uneventful with the same old food. You commonly ate whatever was at the temple and military rations. Sometimes your master would buy you food from local towns in nearby planets and all the clones would join in and have a nice meal. You smiled hoping you can do that again soon with everyone. You grabbed a handful of ration bars and stuck them into your robes.
Beep-boop!
"Oh shush, R5. I'm bringing extra for my master" You smirked at the nosy robot and began walking out of the cafeteria. You began venturing to the landing bay, hoping to see your master arrive. Right when you opened the doors to the landing bay, you feet wavered. You clutched the nearby wall as your force bond opened.
"Padawan! Where are you?" Your master spoke through your bond.
"Master, I am waiting for you in the bay area."
"Reach the star ship. The clones have betrayed us. Do not hesitate to defend yourself, Padawan. Have R5 take you to UNKNOWN-5. I will meet you there"
"Yes, Master" and with that the bond closed and you turned to R5. "We must move quickly R5! To unknown-5!"
R5 spoke loudly in his droid language before speeding off across the landing bay towards the jedi starfighter. You ran behind him. You could hear shouts and doors opening behind you.
"Theres the jedi!" A clone shouted as a squadron of them began shooting towards you. You pulled out your lightsaber and began deflecting the blasts. You breathing became elevated and remembered your masters words. Do not hesitate to defend yourself. You began deflecting the blasts towards the clones, taking them out one by one.
You ran towards the ship, jumping onto the ship, turning off your lightsaber as you did so. You were able to get into the pilot seat when you heard your name.
"[Y/N]!"
That was Keith's voice. You turned your head and saw him with a blaster in his hands, but his arms were shaking. You stared at him for what felt like an eternity.
"KEITH! Please, stop this!" Why would he betray you? Betray the jedi? What changed?
"DIE, JEDI" Keith roared as he shot his blaster at you.
The blaster tore through your shoulder making you fall into the pilots chair. R5 dropped the overhead door and started the engines. You felt the familiar pull of the hyperdrive as you clutched your right shoulder. You positioned yourself into the pilot seat, grief beginning to carve itself into your body. Attachments were forbidden in the jedi, but the betrayal of the clones, of Keith, felt so incredibly wrong. The pain in the shoulder was forgotten for a moment as the force began to be filled with sorrow and grief. The jedis were dying. You let go of your shoulder and clung to your chest. It was overwhelming. You mind ventured to your master and your fellow jedis. The prayed to the force that your master was okay. You thought of all your fellow jedis. You thought of Ahsoka, hoping she was far away from all of this. You couldn't stop the sob that tore through you as you rubbed your eyes trying to stop the tears from streaming down your face. You didn't know where UNKNOWN-5 was, but you trusted R5 to take you there.
You awoke to R5 beeping and some strange talking. You opened your eyes, bright white light searing in through the opened overhead door. You looked above you and saw a humanoid man standing above you. Your eyes widened and you let out a small screech before lifting your arms and force pushing him away from you. You stood from the pilot seat, your small body just peeping over the top of it. There was others, weird creatures. Some looked to be humanoid, while others did not. R5 was shouting, lifting himself from his droid seat on the ship. A humanoid woman with ebony hair approached, her hands raised in a surrender position. She spoke in a strange language as she got closer. You ignited your light saber and jumped away, giving yourself distance from them.
"Where am I?" Your words were rushed and the strangers had confused looks upon their face.
A creature dressed in all back approached, his cape following behind him. He carried a small device in his hand. Then he spoke into it, his voice was very gruff and intimidating.
"Don't be frightened" A robotic voice spoke, it seems he has a translator device. "I recognize the symbol on your ship. You must be a jedi"
"I am a padawan. My master said they would meet me here, have they arrived?" Immediately the device spoke in their language and the strangers all sighed, happy they were able to communicate with you.
"No," the man in black said, "I see that you are wounded. Come with us and we can help you." The man removed the device from his face, leaving no room for you to argue with him and began walking towards a door. You hesitated for a moment. Not sure if you could trust these people. The humanoid that you forced push glided to the door seemingly following the man in black. He turned to you and gave a gentle smile before following suit. You looked towards R5, they gave you all sorts of beeping noises before following as well.
Traitor, you thought. You followed the strangers, clipping your light saber to your side. You scanned the hallways, memorizing them for an escape route. You entered a large white room and an exam table in the middle. They stared at you waiting. It made you uncomfortable, you stood by the door refusing to get closer. The humanoid woman entered behind you, placing a hand on your shoulder. She spoke softly, but you didnt understand her. She looked up glaring at the two men by the exam table. She spoke sternly to them and you watched the humanoid man try to argue with her before pouting and leaving with the man in black following behind him. As they passed, the man in black handed the translator device to the woman before leaving.
She walked to the exam table, "Come," She said, her eyes soft. "Lets look at that wound"
You looked to R5 and sighed. You walked towards the exam table and plopped yourself on it.