Order 66
The younglings were about to go to bed when it happened. A clone burst through the door and shot at them. Luckily the younglings dove to the side so none were hurt. Sky lunged out and bit into the clone so deep it killed him.
"What's going on?" a youngling asked.
"Yeah. They're supposed to be on our side." Another added.
Sky didn't have an answer to that. She went out and peered down the long winding paths of the Jedi temple. There were more clones lower down fighting the experienced Jedi. She backed up so she was back in the room. "I don't know." She replied. "But there are more where that one came from and this isn't a great place to hide."
"What are we going to do?" Rose asked. She looked at Sky with her big blue eyes. They really were unnaturally large for a human.
Sky debated with herself for a while. The front entrance was so full of fighting there was no way they would get out. However the fighting hadn't gotten much closer. They could still find a place to hide. "Follow me." She told them. "I'll keep you safe."
She went outside. The younglings followed. They went up to the room for the Jedi council. No one was in here and hopefully no one would be for a while. "Hide." She said. The younglings scampered off behind the chairs. Sky hid next to the door. If anyone tried to hurt them, she'd be ready. Sure enough someone did try to hurt them. Several someones actually. More clones had entered. Sky jumped on them, clawing and biting them until they died. They shot at her and the bullets bounced off. If one of those hits the younglings they could die. She rammed a clone over with her horns and he fell outside the room. She took the fighting out there and closed the door with her tail. There. Now they'll be safe, at least for now.
She kept fighting the clones. Some actual damage was being done to her now. She managed to get rid of the ones fighting her. Then she stopped and panted, trying to catch her breath. She'd never fought so hard before. Then a small metal thing hit the floor near her and started beeping. She had just enough time to figure out what it was and say "Oh no." Then the floor blew up and she was flung aside.
Sky woke up with a groan. The wounds on her were feeling worse than they had earlier. There was one in particular, close to her eye, that was swelling. She tried to get up and quickly realized that wasn't going to work. Rubble was all around her, practically burying her.
I don't have the time or the energy for this. She thought. She took a deep breath and hit her horns against the rubble with all her might. It cracked and fell down. She had a feeling some of it had fallen on her, but she barely noticed.
Sky looked around. It was early morning and light was coming into the temple. It didn't reveal a pleasant sight. There were bodies strewn about. Some of them were storm troopers, but a lot of them seemed to be Jedi. I've got a bad feeling about this. She looked around. There was no one in sight. "Hello? Hey! ANYBODY!" There was no answer to any of those so she started calling out names. "Anakin! Obi Wan! Padme! Younglings!" still no answer.
Sky forced her-self to calm down and think. She'd left the younglings in the council room. They might still be there. She ran up the stairs, or what was left of them. When she got to the top she saw some rather small bodies clumped together. Her eyes widened and she ran toward them, already knowing what she'd find. Sure enough, when she got there it was clear they were all dead. Sky walked through them and jumped back in shock. There had been to huge blue eyes staring at her. She crept over. It was Rose. Sky put her head on Rose. She remembered what she'd said that night. I promised to keep them safe, but I couldn't. They died. Everyone died. That means Anakin and Obi Wan did too. And who knows what happened to Padme.
Dragons don't cry, it's not good for them so they really have to be miserable to do so. But Sky got about as close as she could to doing so. In the end, she lifted her head up to the ceiling and let out and ear splitting roar. Not that it mattered how loud it was, no one heard.
Then she turned around and walked back toward the way out. There's nothing left for me here. My friends are dead and I don't even understand what happened. There were clones at the entrance. That was no problem for Sky though. She climbed above them and left without them even noticing she was there. Shortly after, Obi Wan and Yoda arrived.
