A Speck of Hope~Star wars

Chapter 11 : New Day

Loka's POV

Well, this will certainly be interesting to say the least. My first lesson with these younglings, and I'm nervous as hell. What if I make a fool of myself? Or if the teacher just has a deep hatred of me for no reason? Or my classmates shun me even more? Master Kenobi did tell me I was too young to worry, but that is far easier said than done. Sighing, I pull my short hair into a ponytail, nice and simple. I follow Nadia to the mess hall, she doesn't talk to me, and I don't talk to her. Yep, this will be interesting. "Alright, listen up. You sit with us, and get the same food. The boys will probs already be there. After that, follow us to class, Master Windu is teaching us saber skills today, then Master Yoda will teach us more about the force. A few other Jedi will do fitness and stretches, nothing to worry about." Nadia instructs me and I do as I'm told. 

Breakfast is quick, the food holds little taste, and the water is water. "Let's go guys." Rui says. Rui leads us through a series of hallways, eventually going into a room. Master Windu is waiting for us when we arrive. "Good morning Master Windu." We all chime. he simply nods his head. "Get the training sabers and let us begin." Following the others, I get my saber. "Follow my lead." Together we practise form one. None of the moves challenge any of us, so we do it faster and faster. "Rui and Saul, Nadia and Alema, Acthar and Loka." I have no idea what we are supposed to do, but the others all seem to know. "We're sparring." Acthar whispers to me. He seems to be the nicest out of the three boys. We each take our stances. "Practise all the moves whilst sparring, if you already have a favourite form, use the beginning moves from it." Even though he says it, I can hear in his voice that he doesn't expect any of us to utilise any moves from any of the other forms. "Begin." 

Acthar rushes at me as soon as the words come out of Master Windu's mouth. I bring my saber up to deflect the strike. My main problem is the fact that I am the shortest by far. Rui, Saul and Alema all stand over a head taller than me,  and the other two are about three quarters of a head taller. Acthar aims a blow at my head, then at my chest, he would have to bend down to aim any lower. Using the force to make my blow stronger, I duck under his blow, and aim my own at his unprotected legs. This forces him to bring his saber into an awkward position. I quickly then aim several strikes at his head, using the force to give me more strength. Acthar jumped back, avoiding the strikes rather than deflecting them. Using this to my advantage, I lept towards him, and swung my saber at his face, then his side, then foot. Acthar couldn't deflect the one aimed at his foot, stumbling backwards surprised. Using a basic force push, he fell over, and I ran over, pointing my saber at him, in other words, demanding a surender. Acthar yielded much to my please.

"Very good young one." Master Windu said. I beamed, as Master Kenobi had mentioned that a compliment from Master Windu was a rarity. I watched Rui and Saul duel, they were both stronger than me, but Rui was the better duelist out of the two. Alema and Nadia were evenly matched, but Nadia began to tire, and Alema got the upper hand. 

Mace's POV

The youngling were all skilled, well, they were supposed to be since they were in the top class. I was surprised that the new member of the clan did so well. I could see some moves that Obi Wan must have taught her, given the fact he seemed to know her quite well. Rui was obviously the most powerful, but I wonder whether he is arrogant, a problem becoming more obvious in many jedi. The rest of the lesson, they all studied moves from several forms, they would practise them later. The theory was always easier than actually doing the moves. The younglings also needed to study defence, as the best offence is usually a good defense. Loka seemed to be the one who utilised defence the most, given her size. Tap Tap. "Hello Master Yoda." The younglings all chimbed. "I shall take my leave." I said, nodding to Yoda. 

Loka's POV (again)

"Hmm, gather round younglings, gather round." Gosh is Master Yoda old. "Come, meditate together we will. Hmm, yes, quiet your minds must be, see the force you will. All around us it is." I did my best to follow Master Yoda's instructions, but my mind was too busy. I guess meditation isn't cut out for everyone. I ended up going into my imaginary land. It was quite fun. "Practise this you should young ones. For the force is a jedi's best friend, and is always there." Oh well, I'll get there, eventually. We continued to 'meditate' for the next hour, before another Jedi, called Master Aayla Secura came.

We greeted her, Master Yoda left, then we began the lesson. "Younglings, follow me." Master Secura lead us through a series of halls, until we reached a field. "This Afternoon, you will be doing fitness and stretches. First, we can start by stretching." We all sat down, and followed the what Master Secura did. It was relatively boring, while I was with Mum, she signed my up to gymnastics, so I can already do the splits and a cartwheel to name a few things. We continued stretching for the next half an hour. "While it is boring, younglings, you must all reach a certain level of fitness. She then instructed us to run a few laps, which wasn't too bad. Nadia and Saul seemed a little unfit. 

Nothing else happened for the rest of the day. We went back to the dorms, had a shower, then ate dinner and went to bed. I was ignored the whole time, but I think I'm getting used to it. Loneliness is great isn't it. 

Hi, this is probably a little boring, but, I wanted to show what a day was like, to help build the character. Poor Loka, I have stuff planned for later, and there will be a time skip in the next chapter. No idea when that will come up, but when it does, I sure we all hope that something actually happens. This one droned on a little, but I'm too lazy to fix it. In the future, something will be done to make it better, but don't hold your breath. Thanks for reading, don't forget to comment and vote!

-Alanna