Ezra woke up in the back of Maul's gauntlet

Ezra could hear the sounds of several animals that were not so far away from him

He looked outside the window and saw that he was on a planet and not in space

There were trees all around the ship

"Ah , you have awoken" Maul said as he entered the small room

Ezra looked at Maul and asked

"Where are we?" Ezra asked

"We are somewhere safe, far away from the empire"

Ezra stared at the metal floor as his eyes began to water and the boy started crying out loud

He was still failing to understand the situation, it had been quite hard for Ezra to deal with his parents not being around

Maul moved closer to Ezra as he put his hand on his shoulder, Ezra jumped into Maul's arms as he cried on Maul's shoulder

"This was good !" Maul thought

The boy was beginning to trust and rely on him

"Well, Ezra , i have prepared some food with what i had laying around in the supply crates, please join me" Maul said

Ezra followed Maul outside of the ship and saw 2 crates and a bigger crate which had some burger like food on it with some juice which Ezra recognized was from Tseebo's shop

Ezra and Maul were eating as both of them heard a sound

One of the bushes from like 20 feet away was shaking and making noises

Maul could sense that there was a presence there but was not so sure of what it was

Suddenly an Akk dog jumped out of the bush

It slowly approached their location as Maul and Ezra saw 4 more Akk dogs slowly following

"Ezra" Maul whispered

"Yes ..." Ezra said as he was shaking and was way too scared to even cry

"Run towards the ship and lock yourself in on my command"

The akk dog's kept approaching as Maul yelled

"Now , run Ezra !"

Ezra ran towards the gauntlet, entered and sealed the door behind him

He quickly ran to a window to see what was going on

The Akk dogs were now sprinting towards Maul

Maul activated his crimson blade and summoned the force to push the akk dogs away, separating them in the process

Maul threw his lightsaber at one of them as he used the force to crush the others throat

The other Akk dogs slowly started backing down, because their Alpha had just been killed

Maul roared as a final warning and the Akk dogs fled (Yes, the Zabrak's from Dathomir can roar, or at least Savage and Maul could

The next chapter will take place in a time lapse of 10 years

Yeah , i know that 10 years is quite the jump forward but i could write on forever if i wouldn't

And not to worry, flash blacks of Ezra's training will be seen throughout future chapters