Tython Siege Series Chapter 1
Searing Vision
Night in Tython's Jedi Temple was quiet. Most of its residents sought meditation and sleep as the restorative path to the Force. Others were not so easily lulled.
In a darkened training hall, lit only by the blue fire of a lightsaber blade, Gavin Tor practiced the movements of Soresu. Each step was a fluid parry, every movement further opening the link between the Force and Gavin. It reached into him, granting energy, direction, and purpose. As he flowed through defense after defense, the light illuminated the path of time from the here and now to a when that hadn't happened... yet. Blurred lines of light and dark called to him, and Gavin felt the Force pour sight and hearing over his mind.
A cave closed over his vision. Its walls were jagged rock marred by fire and the smell of blood and sweat filled his nostrils. From the other side of that jagged wall the screams of the dying, the battle cries of the living, and the roar of turbolasers all fought for supremacy.
In a blink Gavin snapped back to the present.
The ghost wind of the Force's warning continued on to blow sleeping minds into unsettled alertness.
"Master?", a boy's voice asked.
Gavin turned to find a youngling, no more than seven years old, standing in the training hall. His green eyes reflected the blue light of Gavin's blade. With a flick Tor switched off his saber and a deft touch of the force activated the hall's lighting.
The boy's eyes were wide in fear as he gazed around. As he turned back to Tor he said," I had a bad dream, Master."
"Me too," Gavin replied.
"Is someone coming?", the boy asked.
Gavin looked up at the ceiling and his brow furrowed in concentration.
When he looked back at the child he replied," Many someones, but don't worry, I'll make sure you and the others stay safe."
"You promise?"
"Promise.",Tor vowed.
"So what now?"
"Now we get out of here."
"Right now, Master? Why?"
As Gavin herded the boy out of the training hall the roar of a turbolaser blast heralded its searing radiance as it's shattered the room they'd just been standing in.
"Any other questions?" , Tor dryly asked.