So this story is set in 300 ABY. This is a time of peace in the galaxy and Jedi Praxeum's are located all over the galaxy. This story is set on one on Onderon. Humans make up 75% of the Praxeum with Twi'lek's making up 25% of the Praxeum. The characters are in Middle Praxeum which is ages 12-14.
Our main character's name is Josh Magnus and he is a thirteen year old human male with short brown hair and white skin. He is basically the most popular kid in the Praxeum. He loves speeder biking and the outdoors. He is on the Praxeum dueling team and speeder biking team. He is 5'6'' and is the assistant captain of the dueling team.
Another character's name is Keith Ion and he is Josh's best friend and he is a human male, a little younger than Josh. He has long dirty blonde hair that is down to the bottom of his neck and white skin. He has a knack for trouble and is Josh's mechanic on the speeder biking team and is very good with technology. He is 5'5''.
Cynthia Void is a Human Female with long pure blonde hair and white skin with curls at the end. She is considered the hottest girl in Josh's year and has a somewhat crush on Josh although she would never tell him straight up unless she feels the time is right. She is shy around people but is very loud with her friends. She is on the dueling team and is 5'5''. She is a very nice girl and is a role model for the other girls in the Praxeum.
Silvia Knight is a lightly tanned human female who is 5'4''. She has brown hair which is as long as Cynthia's but the difference being that hers has strands that are curled from top to bottom. She is on the dueling team and is always smiling no matter what. She supports Cynthia however she can and makes sure no harm comes to her. She is also on dueling team.
Well that is an intro to the characters and you will meet more as the story progresses. I am seeing this as middle school/high school for Jedi.
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"You excited for the game against South Onderon? First of the season." Silvia said walking up to Josh and Keith. South Onderon was the Praxeum in the southern hemisphere of Onderon. They were rivals in ways but Jedi didn't have rivals, they had competitors.
"Yeah. Tito says we are using the tight formation." Josh said. In dueling one group faces another in a duel with all players on the sparring field at once. It takes strategy and teamwork to win.
"That's what we've been working on in practice right?" Silvia asked.
"Yes it is." Tito said from behind them. Tito was a Human Male with light brown skin and buzz cut black hair.
"Oh hey Tito. You don't usually walk through year 13 hallways. Why are you here?" Josh asked.
"Because almost all are players are from your year. We worked out the details and it's going to be five versus five and tonight's roster is going to be myself, you, Silvia, Cynthia, and Monte." Tito said.
"Why Monte? Why not Maria?" Josh asked.
"Because Maria is taking another part of the team to Hapes for a ten versus ten game." Tito said.
"Oh so are the teams evened out. We don't want a loss already." Josh said.
"Oh well I forgot to explain. Maria is taking all 12th years to face a team captain and all 12th year's there. It doesn't count for our record." Tito explained.
"Ok makes sense why you have all the experienced players on one team. I was going to feel bad for Maria. Does our 5v5 game still count for our record?" Josh asked.
"Yes it does." Tito said.
"Ok good." Josh said.
"So you forgot to tell me how many kids do we have this year?" Josh asked.
"Fifteen. Nine year 12's, four year 13's, and two year 14's." Tito said.
"So we splitting into teams?" Josh asked.
"Yes. I got permission from the Jedi Council itself to make two teams and we're splitting into teams after tonight." Tito said.
"The Jedi Council!" Josh asked. The Jedi Council had legendary Jedi Masters in them and your chances of becoming a Jedi Council member were slim.
"Yeah well there is going to be an all year 12's team lead by Monte and they are in the Bronze league and are team is going to be in the Gold league." Tito said.
"What's are team?" Silvia asked.
"Myself, you, Josh, Cynthia, and Maria." Tito said.
"Awesome! Sounds like a good team. We won the Silver league last year so I think we'll have a good season." Josh said.
"Well see you guys around I got to get to Flight class in the hangars." Tito said.'
"Yeah ok bye." Josh said.
"I'll tell Cynthia what's going on." Silvia said running off.
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Josh watched the clock tick during Nature class. All they learned about was boring plants and how to identify what species they were. Josh hated it and he already knew how to tell if they were poisonous or not. He didn't have to know what species they were.
"BING…. BING… BING!" rang the bell.
The class was over and Josh was so thankful. He had permission to skip his last class to be prepared for the game. He walked to the locker room and put on a sensor suit which flashed lights until a training saber hit you making you out.
Josh walked around the locker room and sat down with his suit on. The others came in and put there suit on and sat next to Josh. It was a home game and that made Josh glad because he didn't want to go to South Onderon tonight.
"Ok Monte and I will go in the middle. Silvia and Josh will be to our rights but a little behind in our tight formation. Cynthia you're going to use your pike saber to poke at the people we distract. It's all about keeping Cynthia alive tonight like we worked on." Tito said. A pike saber was a special lightsaber Cynthia designed and specialized in using and she so far is the only one who wants to use it.
"Sounds good. But say you guys fail and they somehow kill me without you guys dying. What do you do?" Cynthia asked.
"We do a double up shield like we worked on. You know the one where you go in pairs and let people come at you." Tito said.
"Right. I heard from my buddy in Hapes that South Onderon isn't very good. They are unorganized and don't practice much. I mean everyone knows South Onderon specializes in force techniques which aren't allowed in a match unless it's bringing a lightsaber to your hand." Josh said.
"Nevertheless we should still go all out. If they are bad then it is good practice sticking to our routine." Monte said.
"I agree." Josh said.
"Let's head out to the arena then." Tito said getting off the bench they were sitting on and walking towards the doors.
The team walked out into the stadium and were met by cheering fans. People were chanting Onderon to salute the fact that they were on the same planet and should respect each other. Games against South Onderon we're always fun because the fans didn't care who won it was just about having a good time.
"Duelers please step into the middle of the arena!" said the announcer.
"Let's go." Tito said leading them to the edge and jumping into the large arena. It was maybe seven hundred meters long.
They landed in the arena and went to the middle. The referee signaled lightsabers to be ignited. Josh turned around and watched Cynthia ignite her unique lightsaber. She had a pink blade on it and its design was brilliant. With the push of a button she could make it a regular lightsaber. The hilt would fold up and the saber would shorten.
"Duel!" the ref said throwing his hands in the hair and jumping out of the arena part.
Josh saw a big Twi'lek come at him and he stood ready. He blocked the Twi'lek's strike and held his lightsaber up, a common mistake for anyone playing them because Cynthia came in and hit him in the legs knocking him out of the match.
"Good try." Josh said. The Jedi Masters appreciated it if you congratulated an enemy for trying and he stuck to that routine.
He went over by Tito and helped him with the double bladed human female. She was very good with the lightsaber and he was impressed with her skill at fighting two people at once.
"JOSH!" Cynthia yelled.
Josh looked behind him and saw a Pau'an fighting Cynthia and Cynthia didn't have the chance to change her blade he back flipped away from where he was and threw his lightsaber at the Pau'an's blade and he recoiled which gave Cynthia enough time to switch her blade to short. He caught his lightsaber and ran to Monte who was fighting a male Mirialan and they worked together to overwhelm him. Monte distracted him and gave him enough time to jump behind him and hit him in the hip. He gave the Mirialan a high five and ran to Cynthia to help her with a Female Togrutan.
Josh jumped and spun and came down by her head with the lightsaber and swung hard crushing her lightsaber with every blow. It wasn't hard because she was only 4'10'' but regardless he made sure to take her out. He ducked under her blade and swung at her arm knocking her out of the match. He looked behind himself and noticed everyone else had defeated there opponents.
"North Onderon is victorious!" the announcer said.
The crowd screamed and shouted. It was nice to beat South Onderon, a real confidence booster. They lined up to shake hands. Josh went first. At the end was the Togrutan girl almost crying.
"Hey. You did well and you actually really impressed me. Your obviously only a year 12 and for you to survive that long against an experienced team like us. You have nothing to be ashamed of." Josh said trying to comfort the girl.
"Yeah. Josh is a good duelist and he is far more experienced than most kids so don't worry." Cynthia said from behind him.
"Thanks. Good game to you to." The Togrutan said smiling a little after that.
"You did great." Josh said smiling at Cynthia.
"Thanks. You saved me a couple of times though." Cynthia said.
"Only because your lightsaber isn't great in close combat." Josh said.
"Maybe you and Keith could help me modify it sometime." Cynthia said.
"I'd love to help you with your lightsaber sometime." Josh said. Getting to go to the girl he likes chamber would be the best.
"Well you want to walk back to the locker room now?" Cynthia asked.
"Yeah let's go." Josh said.
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What does everyone think of the story do you like it? I am open to any ideas and please give me some that I can use in future chapters. Also do you think the Cynthia-Josh thing is being handled right? I'm trying to make it so that Cynthia is pushing him into herself if you know what I mean. Anyways, I will do Imperial Force Order next and then right back to this for chapter 2.