Myrrdin was knee deep in the swamp. rich green vegetation floated on the surface of the water, and Myrrdin was worried about what bloodsucking parasites might be hiding beneath. he took a breathe, and tried not to worry about parasites, or the fact that his leggings were soaked. He had to focus on the test his master had given him. there were spherical training droids orbiting him like planets around a star, ready to open fire at any sudden movement.
This challenge was made no easier by the thick brown clothe that was tied over his eyes. Morgan didn't tell him how many droids when had set up around him, but he was able to sense about a dozen of them. As slowly as possible, Myrrdin raised his arms over his hood and crossed them at the wrist. in both hands he held a metal cylindrical object. he pressed them together, causing the ends interlock. He twisted one of them, and there was a CLICK as his two weapons became one. The training droids too notice, and a hail of red gunfire rained down on Myrrdin.
Two glowing turquoise bars of light extended from the long device he held over his head, and he spun them. The glowing bars became rings of light as they spun around them. He spun the blue-green lights around him so fast that it became impossible to tell how many there were. The barrage of plasma bounced back at the droids. some spheres fell into the water, leaving a trail of sparks in their wake, while others simply burst into balls of flames. In a split second, the round machines went from circling the apprentice in the air to lying still at the bottom of the swamp.
The bars of light slid back into their hilt and Myrrdin took a sigh of relief. Unfortunately, his relief came too soon. As he pulled the blindfold off, a swamp beast lurched out of the water. It looked like a crocodile with twice as many limbs and several rows of teeth, but it was hard to say exactly what it looked like because it kicked up a spray of water as it pounced. Myrrdin flinched, and the beast froze in midair. Myrrdin noticed that all of the water droplets were also suspended in the air, and realized that he had overdone it. the drops of water fell back into the swamp like rain, and the large reptile began to flail about when it realized that it was suspended by an unseen force. Myrrdin sighed and blasted the creature away with The Force. the beast flew backwards, smacked against the water, and flipped through the air several times before coming to rest in the water.
Myrrdin sensed the animals fear, and felt it swim away. He trudged out of the water, wondering if the beast had been part of Morgan's test. using dangerous animals was a part of Morgan's general strategy, and it would have been a good idea to give him a surprise to keep him on his toes. He walked onto the muddy banks and climbed over the massive tree trunk. He looked back at the swamp, and suddenly all of the droids rose from the water into the air, water dripping from their metal shells. then they started to fly towards him. For a second, Myrrdin was surprised, and held his breathe. Then he sensed Morgan's familiar energy signature. The dead droids flew over him and he spun around to see his master, illuminated by a ray of golden light that shone through the trees.
she held a butterfly-like insect on her finger, it's four delicate wings glowed with a the colors imaginable. But to Myrrdin's eyes, Morgan was the only beauty in sight. Morgan frowned. She sensed her Padawan's feelings for her, even if he himself was unaware of them.
She gathered the junked robots into a pile on a floating dolly, and turned to Myrrdin. "well done." she said. "although you could have been more gentle with the Centecroc."
"I was about to break his spine against a tree." Myrrdin joked. he knew his master had an irrational fondness for insentient lifeforms. "was that beast part of the challenge, or did it just come about by chance?"
"What does it matter?" Morgan asked. "what happened happened, and although it was not part of my plan, The Centecroc still attacked you." She began to climb up the hill. "All of life is a test. every challenge you face, either a plan of your teachers or your enemies, or even those caused randomly by nature, is just a part of training. now, be a dear and take that cart of junk back to the temple. I don't like to see litter."