The sight that greeted me was fairly depressing. I couldn't see anything, the sky was empty. Not even a cloud hovered above our school.

With a barley suppressed sigh, I turned around dejectedly just after something caught my eye. It was a small column of smoke spiralling through the air, almost invisible but rapidly approaching. And it was headed right for my house.

Needless to say, I bolted for home.

Let me explain something for you. My high school was on the very outskirts of Barnfield. And my house a kilometre away from that. It was normally close to a half hour walk every morning but right then I was confident I could do it in ten.

As I jogged towards home, the recognizable tower of Raven House was clearly visible. My family had owned this house and the surrounding chunk of land, consisting mainly of grassy hills, long enough that it was named after our family. Though it was worth a fair bit of change, my parents had refused to sell for years, claiming family land should remain family land. I had never been very grateful for this before but now I thanked them for it was an almost certainty that the escape pod would land right here.

Sure enough, less than a minute after I sprinted past my house, I could see the smoke again. The pod had created quite the dent in my land. It was submerged so deep that a large amount of dirt appeared to be covering the shuddering escape hatch. Evidently something inside was trying to get out.

Quickly, I ran to help. I shovelled handfuls of dirt off with my bare hands until I revealed the majority of the hatch. The moment I did so, however, I was pushed backwards as the hatch was literally kicked off its hinges.

Stunned, it took me nearly a minute to sit up and push the metal door off of me. I looked to the pod, only to see a giant durasteel figure stepping out from it. My jaw literally dropped as I watched him step out. I had expected a few battle droids, maybe a magnaguard. But not the fearsome cyborg general of the Separatist army.

"Whoa..." Was all I could get out. After General Grievous came Assaji Ventress. And after her was Count Dooku. I guess all the important people tend to ride in the same pod.

Dooku straightened up and started dusting off his clothes and cape. He scowled at the landscape as if it were its fault he had crash landed. "I suppose we landed on that dust ball we were orbiting. What was its name again?"

"I don't believe the droids discovered its name when they found it floating out here beyond the outer rim Master." Ventress responded almost cheekily.

He scowled at her too. "Regardless, it must have a name. Surely the locals are intelligent enough to do that."

"It's called Earth." I chimed in from my spot on the ground. Three heads whipped towards me. I cowarded back a bit but soon regathered my nerve. "Er, hello!"

General Grievous growled at me. "Who are you? What are you doing here?" He questioned.

"Well, I'm here because it happens to be my land that you crashed on. As for who I am..." I left that thought trail off as I turned my head to the side. A humming sound had invaded my ears, causing me to look. Three black spots appeared on the horizon, heading straight towards us. Helicopters. I guess someone must have alerted the military.

"And who are you child?" Dooku asked. He stepped closer in an effort of intimidation. Instead of backing away again, I looked straight into his eyes.

"My name is Holly Raven. And if you want to stay alive and free, you should probably come with me."

Hello everyone who's reading this story. I'd just like to say a few things. First off, I do not own anything except for the plot and my OCs. Disney and Lucasfilm own the rest.

Second thing is this is mainly a creative outlet for me. It's something I've been thinking of doing for a while but have never gotten around to it. This account is mainly for me to express myself and I cannot hate tee everything I write is going to be worth reading. Though I hope you'll be happy with it.

Thank you everyone who's reading this.