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Reality: Death First Seen

"One to save ten, ten to save a hundred, a hundred to save a thousand."

"She's dead."

Arina could only watch as Lina Invra Nanny Ingrida fell to the ground.

Blood splattered the ground.

"Death to the children stealers!"

The X screamed as guards pinned him to the ground.

Arina couldn't hear him.

There was so much blood.

She barely registered it as someone wrapped their arms around her in a hug.

"Nanny Ingrida isn't coming back is she, Ari?"

Lina Invra asked her.

The orange-haired human was still shaking.

Arina silently shook her head.

"No, Lina, she isn't."

Arina sat next to her roommate.

Leaning against the wall she took a shaky breath as she put her arm around the younger youngling.

Arina had dreamed of blood for as long as she could remember.

She thought she was prepared for it.

To see a real death.

She was wrong.

She wasn't prepared.

Dreams and reality are two completely different worlds.

"Why was there so much blood?"

There had been so much blood.

She wished the man had used a blaster.

But he had used a gun.

To scare the younglings away from becoming child stealers.

Hadn't people stopped using bullets decades ago?

"I can't answer that."

She could.

But she didn't want to.

I know its short but I realized I haven't updated in a bit so I figured I should put something together.

I figured that some people wouldn't be happy about the jedi taking force sensitive children to the temple, so I figured a violent radical would be a believable reason for a youngling to see a death so early.

It's not as dark or sad as usual but I figured that having some lighter hearted chapters will make the darker and sadder ones all the darker/sadder.

Do you think I should throw in a happy chapter next? Then crush it with the next? I have an idea for it.

Do you like Lina Indra? I think I might keep her around as a supporting charter in the childhood/youngling chapters.

Thanks for reviewing the previous chapter.

Please review and all that.

P.S

If you have an idea of something you want me to do for a chapter just PM me.