Prologue

This is my first try on a Star Wars Fanfiction and it is about Katooni and Petro and maybe a few other characters, that didnt get that much screen time in the tv show. I made them both about eleven years old, because I think they were something around ten in the show and the order 66 takes places about one year later. Disclaimer: I sadly do not own Star Wars or any characters that belong to it (otherwise there would have been a different season six of clone wars).

The temperature in Katooni's quarters began to drop rapidly, while the little Tolothian was trying to shake her dreams away. It was dark in her mind and the darkness was enclosing her and her friends, one after another they were covered with the silk like material of certain death. Only Petro was getting away from it while running towards her. "Katooni", the voice of her friend was silent as if he would be shouting through a wall. "Katooni". A dull but frequent knocking joined her name. The last knock brought her back into the real world.

Awake but with her mind still clouded the little girl pushed the Button to open the door to her little chamber. The rooms for the younglings were all the same, a mattress in the corner a chifforobe in the other. They only had two doors, one towards the hallway and the other leading into the refresher. Katooni pushed the button next to her bed and the hallway-door opened. "Petro what are you doing here, it's close to midnight", the Tolothian touched her headdress ensuring her friend was not able to see her hair. "Get up", Petro's voice was filled with terror and the look into his eyes brought no relief. Usually she could see when her human friend tried to trick her, but not this time. Katooni could just grab her Belt with her lightsaber before Petro grabbed her hand and tore the girl from her bed.

The view when the two left the room was nothing compared to the smell that creeped into Katooni's nose. The combination of both brought Katooni close to throwing up. It was horrible, the corpses of other jedi were lying all around the Floor, the girl knew the Ithorian body that lay in front of a door not far from her own. "What has happened out here?", she asked her friend with a mix of fear and anger in her young voice. Petro forced her to look away from the bodies and together they ran into one of the dead end corridors, before he answered her question, "It was master Skywalker, he came into the temple with the 501 battalion". The boy had to find his breath again. "first we thought he was here for our protection, but then the clones opened fire ans master Skywalker, he had… changed somehow. He began slaughtering the younglings. I was training together with Zatt when the clones came for us, it was hard but briefly we were able to defend our ourselves".

While talking Petro began touching the wall until he found the spot he was looking for. "I forced Zatt to flee through the underground, when he had the opportunity, he made me swear I would go back to get you and the others before he went. Could you give me a hand, it takes two to open this door". Katooni put her hand next to Petro's and reaching through the force she felt the secret mechanism hidden behind the Stone. It was combination of gears which, when turned, opened one of the many secret passages that went just like veins through the jedi temple.

As soon as the two were behind the wall Petro continued, "I was running towards our quarters when I saw master Skywalker piercing his lightsaber through Ganoodi. He had already slaughtered dozens of Jedi as well as Byph, when he wanted to open your door to end you too. I knew I would never stand a chance against a knight like Skywalker, but luckily I didn't have to find out." "Why", interrupted Katooni her friend. By now she was sure her dreams were a reflection of what has happened to he jedi in the galaxy. "Like I sad Skywalker was only a second away from murdering you in your sleep and he would have succeeded if it hadn't been for Master Ti. She faced Skywalker as if he was nothing but a minor thread to her and indeed she held herself very good against him. It was Master Ti who told me to get you and flee through this passage. I think she saved as many as she could before she came to battle Skywalker".

By now the two had passed several big fans indicating the they were heading through one of the temple's ventilation shafts that should lead them to a side way on the upper level. To be honest since the last corner Petro had lost track of the way Shaak Ti mentioned to him only a few weeks before the world, they all came to know in the last years, broke down.

It felt like an eternity before the younglings finally reached the end of the small tube. Neither of them was able to fully stand when they stopped in front of the last fan. "Together", Petro said and they ignited their lightsabers cutting an opening into the rotor blades. Katooni looked down first and realized they must have gone wrong at least once. "We could still go back and try to find another way", she stated but leaving no doubt she liked this idea even less than using the exit they just made for them selves. Petro agreed with her, "I think we should try our luck here, it's better than going back to the temple and risk getting caught by the clones, or worse".

Katooni jumped down first and only seconds later Petro landed next to her gracefully. The reason Katooni was certain they had gone wrong was obvious, as the escape way should have lead them somewhere to the surface. By now the friends were standing in a one of the lower levels of the galactic capital, indicated by the enormous amount of bars, clubs and similar rather questionable locations. "We should try to find a place for the night, do you have any money?", Petro asked his friend. It was then when Katooni realized she was wearing nothing but her lavender nightwear, luckily she always kept a few credits in the pockets of her belt. She opened the little container and started counting the ingots, "all in all we have 236 credits, that should be enough for a room and a meal, at least here".

Ever since she first went into the lower levels of Coruscant, Katooni wondered why it was always wet in these streets, the artificial weather of the surface never reached anything else but the galactic city on the top levels. The night was cold in the heart of Coruscant and a sharp breeze send shivers over the little girl's body. "Hey you're freezing, wait a second", Petro grabbed his cloth and opened the top layer so Katooni could wrap it around herself, keeping at least the wind out. Together they went down one of the alleys stuffed with nightclubs that played noisy music while women and girls of every species danced in the windows. Many of the neon signs advertised rooms that were for rent by the night or the hour.

"Hey my dear are looking for company?", an obviously drunk Anzati laid his arm around Katooni. His breath was heavy on alcohol and probably some things worse. "Keep your dirty hands from her", Petro knocked the Anzati's hands of his friends shoulder. "Sorry", he coughed badly, "I'm sorry, I didn't know she's already assigned, buddy". With a last glare towards Katooni the man vanished around the next corner. "You know I can take care of myself, do you", Katooni reminded her friend still grateful and with a strange feeling of happiness floating through her head. "I know, I just tried to be kind". The younglings decided to walk into one of the hotels and just try their luck.

"Fifty credits per night and you get a five credit voucher for the bar", the Moogan owner stated, "but if she dances for us you can stay for free" "I don't think that's going to happen", Katooni returned harshly before she threw the credits onto the counter, "you're coming?". Petro was literally dragged into the elevator by his friend and the button for their level did not receive a better treatment, when Katooni hit it with almost brute force. Only a second later the cabin moved down. This was one of the special things about the underworld hotels of Coruscant, as soon as you left the surface levels the elevators went down but up reasoned by the expense of building upwards. A synthetic bell rang when the numberplate stated they were on level seven of nine. "We have room number twenty one", Katooni let go of her friends hand when the doors slid open.

Katooni got a key in form of a bangle by the Moogan, which she had to hold in front of a little area next to their room's door, causing it to slide into the wall. The room was nothing special but it had a bed, a refresher and a news display. The latter was instantly activated by Petro as he was just as eager as his friend to find out what happened to the world they lived in. "The Jedi hoped to unleash their destructive power against the Republic by assassinating the head of government and usurping control of the clone army", the pictures of the chancellor were horrible, his face was scarred and bloated, but the real shock came with the words he said. The Jedi were no enemies of the republic they were peacekeepers and even if they had been charged on loosing their no one would have doubted that, at least not in the world the young jedi woke up in. Nut this world was gone now. The republic ceased to exist and was replaced by the first galactic empire. The jedi were gone and replaced by the sith, who had infiltrated not only the senate but also transformed the shining knight Anakin Skywalker into the sith lord Darth Vader.

"It suddenly becomes so real, our friends, the jedi, they're all gone", a tear ran over Katooni's cheek, soon followed by others. Petro did his best to stay strong, but holding the crying Katooni in his arm and realizing the loss himself, his eyes too watered forcing him to shed a tear. "We've got to get ourselves together now, for our friends, for master Ti", Petro sobbed while he was talking, "We should sleep and meet with Zatt tomorrow". Katooni nodded and even if it was hard for her she left the embrace of Petro's arms. "I think I saw a dress replicator on the floor outside", she too sobbed, "I'll go and get some nightwear for us, 'cause I don't think I can wear this for sleep any more". Katooni was right her formerly beautiful ornamented lavender nightdress, was covered with stains of the dirty water and worse things, even the formerly tight fitting top had loosened itself down a little bit. When she stood in front of the replicator she chose a simple and tight fitting grey suit for herself and a pair of olive green boxers for Petro. The machine charged her twelve credits for the clothes.

Petro was coming out of the refresher when Katooni came back into the room. "It is a wonder that you are supposed to shower in there, the space is rarely enough to stand", he had a towel tied around his hips and his robe was scattered over the floor. "I'll try my luck anyway, turn around", Petro obliged his friend and even resisted the temptation to peak. Katooni giggled feeling the troubles her friend was facing through the force. She allowed the silk fabric to fully slide down her shoulders before she stepped into the actually pretty small refresher unit. Even the one in her quarter in the temple had been bigger and the jedi live a life in asceticism. The girl sighed before she pushed the button that activated the shower function. The water was clean and hot, which was exactly what she needed. It felt as if Katooni could wash of the horror and trouble the day brought her using the soap and the brush Petro must have left earlier.

Soon Petro could hear the sound of splashing water out of the refresher, he hoped the shower would help Katooni as much as it helped him, as the two friends would have to live a new life from now on. The jedi were hunted enemy of the empire now and that meant they would have to hide their lightsabers and wear non jedi clothes, in further addition that meant they would have to start stealing everything they needed, as the two were short on money, when they wanted to stay in a clean room for longer. The boy looked at the boxers his companion had bought for him, they were a little bit small but would fit him. He quickly changed and collected his robe, maybe he could get the replicator to accept them as payment or at least change them to look less jediisch. He lay down onto the bed and tried to keep his thoughts away from the events of the day and the terrible pain he could feel in the force, caused by the death of thousands of jedi.

The refresher door opened with a hiss and Katooni stepped out of the little cabin. Instantly Petro turned around so she could change into her simple nightdress. She lay down beside her friend, which was no problem as the bed was surprisingly big and the two of them didn't need a lot of space. "We'll find Zatt tomorrow and together we can leave this planet", Petro almost whispered as he told his friend about his thoughts about the next day. "Maybe we should try and find one jedi who can help us to finish our training", it was a certain jedi Katooni was thinking about, one she grew very close with and one she never believed to have betrayed the jedi order, not even when others accused her. The only problem was, the Tolothian had no idea where her friend could be.

AN: I hope you like this story and if you have any minor or major characters you'd like to read about in here let me know. Thank you for reading and have a nice day. Sadly I'm not sure when I'll be able to upload the next chapter, thank you for your understanding.

Best Regards

-Alicia