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Jaysec blinked the sleep from his eyes, he slipped out from under his covers and grabbed his clothes from his chest at the foot of his bed. He donned his clothes, pulling on his grey tunic, pausing to glance at the insignia on its shoulder, a small black diamond, surrounded by a a circle of jagged lines, like teeth. It was the sign of the Tra'Cor Clan. Jaysec wore it proudly. He finished fastening his belt, and slid his feet into his boots and brushed some dirt off the top of them. He heard someone rap their knuckles on his door. "What?" He asked,
he heard the voice of Ahsoka Tano, of the Clawmouse clan, "Get up Jaysec! You're going to be late for class."
Jaysec grumbled, "I'm coming, I'm coming." He opened the door, not wanting to be the last one to arrive. Lucky for him, a couple of initiates from Bear clan were still coming out of their rooms. He found the rest of the Tra'Cor clan and joined the small huddle that was forming. Tra'Cor was the smallest clan at the moment, when Jaysec was accepted into the order, he didn't have a choice in which clan he wanted to join. He was told that Tra'Cor was home to those who were particularly determined.
Jaysec tapped Yeido on the shoulder, "Do you know what we're going to be doing today?"
Yeido shrugged, "No clue." Kalda chimed in, "I think Master Drallig is going to be teaching us today." Jaysec felt his heart skip, Drallig's lessons were always the best, they usually involved physical activity.
"Drallig? That's great! Maybe we'll work on our velocities again!" Yeido said excitedly.
Jaysec echoed his thoughts, "I hope so! Those are always so much fun."
Kelda laughed, "You only say that because you win all your duels."
Jaysec laughed too, "Well, maybe. But winning makes it fun!"
Kelda rolled her eyes, "Hopefully we can practice outside of our clans. I'm tired of fighting Yeido, he's even easier than Jalek!"
Yeido frowned, "Hey! At least I'm not one of the Heliost kids."
Jaysec nodded and Kelda agreed, "I don't even know why they let them fight. They're so slow and sloppy."
Jaysec shrugged, "If we get to practice with them, maybe we can show them how real jedi fight."
Kelda's green skin twitched into a smirk, "You're not a real jedi."
Jaysec sighed, "Not yet."
Kelda smiled, "So you say."
Before the three of them could say anything more, a voice rose above all the rest. "Silence, younglings!"
The chatter quickly died down and every pair of eyes focused on the voice. Battlemaster Cin Drallig approached the mob of younglings. "Greetings young ones! Today, as some of you may have guessed, we will be sparring."
Hushed excitement was unable to be contained and happy whispers broke out for a few moments before falling quiet again. Drallig continued, "Form into clans, we will be doing a tournament. This is to simulate the experiences of the Apprentice Trials."
Those who had been talking with their friends in other clans quickly returned to their own. Master Drallig turned and the younglings followed, the most populated clans leading with the smaller ones trailing behind. Bear, Dragon, and Bergruutfa always had the most members, totaling about 30 all together, nearly a third of all the initiates. They followed Drallig to the youngling training gym where benches surrounded a large center circle. The circle could be programmed to any type of environment, from the grassy fields of Alderaan to the ash banks of Mustafar.
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