Chapter One – Felucia

Felucia. According to the Clones it was the worst planet in the system to be assigned a mission on. I had heard many stories from people at the temple about the dangerous terrain and the unpredictable native creatures; nonetheless I was as excited as ever. Having just been promoted to Jedi Knight I was incredibly overconfident; at the time I thought that just because I'd earned the title of 'Jedi' I was invincible, boy was I wrong.

The LAAT gunship groaned painfully as we entered the planet's atmosphere. "What was that?" I asked curiously

"Relax sir, it was just a little atmospheric turbulence" replied one of the clone troopers "We'll be landing soon, so I want you all to keep your heads" It became apparent to me that this trooper was the leader of the squad. This was a rushed backup mission so we hadn't had the time for introductions, nor would we. A sudden shudder pulsed through the ship, causing the side doors to whoosh open.

"Sir!" shouted the pilot "It was some kind of E.M.P, the engines are out!"

"Alright men" ordered the commander, grasping tightly on to the safety rail above his head "It looks like we're gonna have ourselves a little crash landing, nothing to worry about – You know the drill"

"What!" I howled "I don't know the drill!" Before I was graced with a reply, a lightning fast ray of bright blue laser collided with the front of the badly damaged LAAT gunship, almost ripping it in two. The pilot and co-pilot were killed instantly along with the commander who, unlike the gunship had been ripped in two. The wreckage hurtled towards the planet's surface in a ball of flames and, for the first time in my life, I was overwhelmed with fear. The five remaining clones began to dive from the ship one by one, only to be slaughtered by hordes of the separatist battle droids awaiting them on the ground below. I was finished. The ship was now falling completely vertically, I was surrounded by raging flames, still grasping what was left of the safety rail.

A sudden blast of invisible force pounded into my back, flinging me forward through the fire and bringing me to a graceful crouch on the soft Felucian ground. I turned and watched as the hurtling fireball became an explosion, leaving a giant crater right before me. There was however no time to dwell on this as I had just landed in the centre of a battle we hadn't even been informed of. A very sudden disturbance in the force alerted my to oncoming laser fire, unsheathing my glowing green lightsaber I blocked the four red shots, sending them hurtling back at the droids from which they originated. Things became a lot more complicated however, as laser fire was now coming at me from all sides. There was no other alternative but to flee to the crater. As this thought crossed my mind a familiar figure leapt over my head and destroyed the majority of the droids by throwing wreckage from the LAAT at them with the force. The beautiful blue Twi'lek Jedi Master then flung her equally blue lightsaber, spiralling into the remaining battle droids and then returning gracefully into her hand. She looked at me worryingly "Are you going to slow me down this much for the entire mission eh Spartus?" she followed, her frown becoming a more cheeky smile

"Sorry Master Secura, I wasn't concentrating it won't happen again" I replied

"Shouldn't that be, thank you Master for saving my life twice in the space of two minutes?" she joked

"Twice?"

"You didn't think that the wind pushed you out of that ship did you?"

"Oh, right erm thanks"

"Come on, we need to hurry and get to Commander Ro, I sense he needs our help"

Upon our arrival Commander Ro was laid on an embankment surrounded by at least ten dead clone troopers, when alerted to our presence he opened fire on us. Aayla reflected the blue lasers with her saber.

"Ro what are you doing?" cried Aayla

"General Secura, Commander Spartus I apologise" he replied, his voice quivering with terror

"What happened here?" I asked examining one of the bodies

"We were attacked... by a Jedi"