First I'd like to apologize for my delay on this chapter. This is because of two reasons: one is that I am trying to make these longer as my reviewers have asked; fan satisfaction is my most important goal. My second reason is my unfortunate addiction to World of Warcraft, which leads me to my second statement to a specific reader. Cayel, a.k.a. Konowa, thank you very much for your help on brainstorming chapter three. without further ado, Chapter 3 of the Arca-Knight Chronicles!
Ahsoka began to flutter her eyes open, finding that her escape pod has crashed into the planet's surface. She raised her head to see out the window. Her view was blocked by what looked like a mound of dirt four yards away. She couldn't make out anything over the horizon. She turned her head to see the fate of the clones; all of them were dead and she knew it. One lay in his seat like a puppet whereas another appeared with his face slammed into the wall. The third and most horrifying to Ahsoka was the clone laying face down with his neck in a pool of blood.
The youngling felt such sorrow towards the clones but also a great pain, a physical pain. Her right side hurt very badly. She looked down to find a very large bruise and a very thin line of blood just under her ribcage.
"I must have hit my side hard," ahsoka said to herself; she needed to find help soon. She reached she reached for the window, which fell the moment she touched it. She crawled out of the hole to be greeted by the dry, hardened, desert surface. The mound of dirt that Ahsoka saw turned out to be a crater from the crash. She clearly saw most of the planet's surface; it was nothing but desert for miles. The ground was hard and there were no plants or animals that she could see. Large scraps of metal surrounded what was left of the pod.
Ahsoka checked to see if her comlink was working, only to find it missing. Judging by how hard the pod crashed, it could have landed anywhere. Luckily she still had her lightsaber; she learned to keep her lightsaber close after loosing it once. She didn't have time to look with her comlink because of her wound, so she searched for any signs of life. To her right, she could see buildings; they were miles away and looked abandoned, but it was her only option. She began limping in the direction of the buildings when she heard a hiss behind her. She turned around to find some kind of animal with large teeth, leathery skin, and the size of a Ewok. The beast continued to hiss at her and Ahsoka could sense the aggression; the animal was about to attack.
The padawan reached for her lightsaber immediately to defend herself. The beast jumped back and hissed at the Togruta wielding the green blade. Ahsoka was slightly relieved; as long as the lightsaber was on, the beast would stay back and she was safe. Suddenly, the lightsaber flickered on and off by itself and finally deactivating. Ahsoka was defenseless as the hairless beast prowled closer to her. It began growling at her as it started getting closer and closer to its prey. Ahsoka tripped on a rock behind her and fell on her back. She felt a huge surge of pain from her side wound and screamed from it. The strange creature made an even stranger gurgling roar. Ahsoka held her side and crawled backwards until her back hit a large wall of scrap metal.
The beast stood viciously in front of her, preparing to attack. Ahsoka never felt so afraid in her life; a barricade behind and her killer staring right at her, eye to eye. It started growling very low but soon grew louder as it opened its mouth. It was like a countdown, waiting for it to hit zero. The beast stood on his hind legs and continued to growl louder; this must be it, she thought. Suddenly, there was a loud thud and a metal bending noise above Ahsoka. The beast immediately dropped down on all fours and made the similar roar as before. Then Ahsoka heard a loud bang, louder than anything she ever heard before. She covered her ears and closed her eyes when two more of the same sounds came out. Afterwards, another thud came from the ground in front of her. She opened her eyes to see the back of a person covered by a black robe and hood decorated in golden threads. The strange creature was dead in front of the figure with three huge holes in its body. The loud bangs Ahsoka heard must have been from some kind of weapon.
The mystery person turned to Ahsoka and pulled off the hood to reveal him as a boy that couldn't be much older than her. He had long brown hair straight and combed back. His face was blank and emotionless as he stared at Ahsoka. Finally, he spoke: "What exactly are you?"
Before Ahsoka could even answer, the two of them heard another growling above the crater. A group of those hairless monsters suddenly began rushing down the side. There was about eight or nine of then growling, hissing, and hungry.
"Oh great, more mole rats," the boy said; at least Ahsoka finally knew what these things were. The boy pulled the robe off himself to fight much easier against all of these enemies. He was wearing a black sleeveless T- shirt with a rectangular design and black pants with white lines everywhere. There was some kind of silver pistol in his pants wrapped in a belt tied in a knot. His black fingerless gloves was holding a lightsaber in his right hand so Ahsoka thought he was a jedi but when he ignited it to reveal the black saber, her fear reawoke.
He was one of the hooded people that tried to fight the jedi from her dream. Ahsoka had it all flash before her eyes; the planet, the city, the man trying to kill her in her sleep…wearing a robe…a black and golden robe! Was this supposed to be the same person the same person? Ahsoka didn't know what to do with this so ordeal. She soon snapped out of her daydreaming after she heard the boy charging towards the mole rat pack.
Holding the saber shili style, he kicked a rat off the ground and cut it in half like it was butter. Blood spattered in his face but that didn't stop him from doing a cartwheel and slamming his feet on two mole rats' spines. He wiped the blood from his eyes with his left hand. He opened his right hand and the weapon just turned in his hand on its own. He held it in a normal style over his left shoulder and sliced two more mole rats that jumped in front of him. A third mole rat jumped to him and he punched him in the air, obviously using the force. Ahsoka was shocked at how quickly he was able to defeat six enemies and so easily. But Ahsoka could have sworn there were nine of those rats. In an instant, the boy turned around to unleash a chain of lightning on the final three that were sneaking behind him. Ahsoka's amazement turned to fear; the only people that she knew to use the force like that are Sith.
Out of nowhere, Ahsoka began to feel dizzy and her sight started to fade. She felt a slight pain from her wound that she completely forgot about. Her bruise grew and there was blood covering her entire side. Ahsoka held onto the wound and held onto consciousness as hard as she could; she did not want to fall asleep while that boy was near her. Remembering the boy, she looked up to see only his feet running towards her until her sight turned black from closed eyelids.
Again, I'd like to apologize for the delay; these next next chapters might take longer. I felt like I half-assed the first two, and probably this one still, so I'm going to work on the next chapters very hard. But this is a perfect time to announce the greatness in this story and any continuing fanfics I might put up. Put it simply, I'm going to allow the readers to choose the outcome. On certain times, I'll put up a question at the end of a chapter that can change the next chapter I'll write. Here is an example and if there are any answers, leave them in reviews. The winner, or the answer that most interests me, will be written in my chapter. Here is the question:
Should this new boy Ahsoka meets show hostility or kindness and why? The boys reasons for this, in my opinion, are as followed: Hostility because from his understanding, they were about to attack their planet. Kindness because she is the first space contact this planet has ever seen and it is just his ways to show kindness to strangers.
On Another note, I might think about uploading an actual story I've been working on in my Deviantart account. If any are interested, Search in animeluver1694 frequently; I may or may not because I might publish it myself when complete.