It was the day forever scarred into my mind. I could see it vividly; there was the sound of a scream cut short by a blaster shot and followed by the steady sound of marching feet. I had heard of the clone warriors but had never seen them in action. There was the distinct sound of lightsabers sizzling and blasts from storm trooper guns. Master Gundu stopped the lesson and ran to the door shouting at his padawan, Jasih, to keep the class safe. The noises got louder and screams rang out, Jasih turned to us, a source of comfort, and as he hurried us to a farther room he grabbed my hand. I was safe with my brother.
The door flew open and Master Gundu came flying in and slammed into the wall. We all got behind the training equipment and stayed silent. Then he came in, the man whose face haunts my nightmares. His face was dark as if it carried its own shadow. He walked in, his black robes rustled, it was then I saw his eyes. My teachers always said a had a gift of understanding others by their faces and what I saw in those eyes made me want to melt into the shadow I hid in. They were dark, angry, and at the same time empty as if his soul had been sucked out by something. I was sure this was some demon come to slay us all when he pulled out his weapon: a blue lightsaber. It was a familiar sight and that was why when it plunged into Master Gundu's chest it seemed unreal. We watched horrified as Gundu's own green lightsaber fell from his lifeless hands. I was nudged back into reality as Jasih shoved me through a hole in the wall. One by one, the others followed into the ventilation shaft. There was no sound as we crawled away I could hear Jasih behind me and the girl in front of me made a stifled sobbing noise.
We climbed out into an empty room. It was the council room near the back entrance of the temple. If we could get out, we'd be safe. We ran down the corridor, a kid stumbled and fell only to be hauled to his feet by my brother. We heard blasts behind us and ducked into a room. There we saw that man again standing over the dead bodies of other students; he was standing there staring at the floor breathing heavily. We snuck to a side door but again someone stumbled. He turned and his lightsaber flashed as he ran towards us. Jasih shut the door with the force and whipped out his own blue lightsaber, slashing through the door's opening mechanism. He ushered the children outside and grabbed me, whispering in my ear "Don't lose me Jani, but run if I tell you." We ran to the speeders but there were troopers behind us; all but three of the student's fell, the rest of us only made it because of Jasih's lightsaber's protection as he deflected as many bolts as he could. The three kids jumped in a red speeder and Kult, one of the older students picked up the wheel. If we can make it to traffic we can get away. Then what? Find help? We didn't even know if anyone was left. Jasih motioned me to get behind him in a green speeder and as I jumped in and we flew off and saw flames flickering out of the west side of the temple, consuming all it touched.
We flew off and the temple grew smaller, I tried to spot the red speeder and instead saw a trooper with a black gun strapped to his shoulder. A blast went off and I followed it to its target. The red speeder went down and exploded, I buried my face in my brother's back "A-are we t-the only ones left" I whispered. He didn't answer. Stern lines were drawn across his face and his mouth was tight in an expression that he wore when he was acting like an adult. But his eyes betrayed him. I saw his eyes, his fierce green eyes that were now filled with anger but behind that fear, grief, and the confusion found in a lost child.