Ezra Bridger: Moments With His Family

School Lockdown #2

The lock had broken from the gun shots; everyones eyes widened in terror. The door was slammed open as the crazy man stormed in, aiming the gun in the scared classes direction once he saw them. "Found you" he cackled, his voice sounding like he had smoked fifty times a day for fifty years; he wore rugged clothes that seemed to be dirty, muddy and ripped all over, along with no shoes. He had crazy longish hair that seemed to be more greasy than a freshly cooked pizza, and a horrid stench that couldn't be described shot off of the intruder; he clearly hadn't had a bath or shower in a while. "Wh...what do you want??" Mr Jones asked, trying to hide his own fear for the childrens sake "shut up!!!" the man yelled, pointing the gun at the teacher who immediatly did as told...or yelled. The crazy man scanned through the children before his eyes landed on a certain blue haired boy who made eye contact with him; the man aimed his gun at Ezra "stand. Up" he demanded. Ezra slowly did as told, prying Kayley's arm and hand from his to do so "why aren't you scared like everyone else??" the intruder asked; he didn't see any fear in the boys eyes, only calmness, sadness and slight worry. The teen kept the eye contact "I didn't know I had to be" Ezra stated, his cockiness showing; it angered the man a bit "why!? You've got a gun aimed right at your head!!" he yelled. Somehow, Ezra was staying calm which confused everyone in the room "yeah I know, but it's not the first time I've had a gun aimed at my head" he stated, telling the truth "oh really??" the crazy man cleary didn't believe him so Ezra moved his clothes to show his a scar on his shoulder. It was a bullet scar "age 10, left to die but luckly got back home and healed myself" it shut the man up. "Sit back down" he demanded, but Ezra didn't "no" the man was taken back for only a second before screaming "sit back down!!" the boy was still somehow unfazed "I said no!!". Kayley grabbed her friends hand and tried to pull him down, but Ezra shook her hand off "why do you want to kill all of us?! Why are you doing any of this?!" he asked. Everyone officially agreed that Ezra had more guts then anyone else on Lothal, including the Empire!! "You've got guts kid, I'll give you that" the intruder stated "...I know what you're all secretly doing" now they were all confused "you're hiding them!! Helping them!!" he screamed, not helping everyones confusion. "Helping who??" Mr Jones asked, crazy dude began to...talk to himself?! "Why do they have to help them?! They're evil!! Why does no one see it!?" it was so confusing and alarming; he was mentally insane!! "Look, you're clearly not well" Mr Jones stated "put the gun down and we call all walk out of here" the crazy man didn't like what the teacher had said "no!!" he raised the gun and was about to shoot. Ezra saw this and ran over to the man, tackling the man to the floor as the gun shot was fired, but luckly into the roof so no one was hurt. Ezra wrestled with the man as he yelled "go!!" to his other class mates and teacher; they didn't need to be told twice before sprinting out of the room. Mr Jones was going to help his student, but Ezra told him to help get everyone to safety.

The crazy man managed to punch Ezra right in the face, knocking him back and onto the floor "you son of a bitch!!" he yelled as he scrambled up to his feet before kicking the teen in the stomach; he was looking for the gun after that. Ezra was weezing and gasping for air as he held his stomach; he knew he needed to get his backpack then get the hell out of there. Luckly from his street days, Ezra was used to moving when injured or hurt, so he got back onto his feet before running for his cupboard; he grabbed the bag and put it over his shoulder. "You're not going anywhere!!" the man yelled as he tried to tackle the teen like Ezra had done to him a minute ago, but Ezra was much quicker than the crazy man, even when hurt. The kid bolted out of the room and down the many halls; the man was a few feet behind him. As soon as Ezra made it outside, there were men with guns surrounding the enterance; one officer led the teen to the meet up point where the rest of the school were. Ezra's whole school ran over to their class mate and hugged him, patted him on the back and thanked him "you saved us!!" Kayley exclaimed as she tightly hugged him "well I wasn't gonna let him kill us now was I" he joked. The head teacher shook the teens hand as many news reporters tried to talk to the teen, but Ezra rememebered who he was and said no; he did let others talk for him which was amusing. The boy was called a hero. They all suddenly heard screams and yells come from the front of the school; it the the crazy man. He was in handcuffs, being taken to a van to be taken to prison. "That's the last we'll see of him...I hope" Kayley stated; they all agreed. An officer spoke to Ezra and explained who the man was "he was an escapee from a mental asylum, he had a major thing against schools, teachers and students, believing they were helping some none existant beasts" he explained; that explained a LOT. The head teacher said they could return to their classes when an imperial transport van arrived "what are the Empire doing here??" Mr Jones wondered out loud; Ezra cursed under his breath "karabast". And to the boys annoyance, it was....the Inquisitor!!! "I heard about the attack and wanted to see for my self" he stated, everyone was nervous as he passed them "now, where's this 'hero' you all speak of??" he asked, his cold voice never nice to hear. Ezra tried to stay hidden, but his class mates moved so the inquisitor could walk over 'need a plan!! Need a plan!! Need a plan!!'. Ezra kept his head down, but it didn't do much "you!?" the Inqisitor was actually slightly surprised to see the Padawan. Ezra backed up before running away, the Inquisitor right behind him "get back here rebel scum!!" he yelled; all eyes widened "Ezra's a rebel!?". Ezra felt his enermy roughly grab at his shoulder, so he turned around and force pushed him away as hard as he could; the Inquisitor fell to the ground with a thud. Everyone gasped in more shock; Ezra ran until he could see his speeder. Once is eyes landed on the bike, he made a B-line for it, jumping onto it and riding away as fast as he could go; troopers shot at him but it was no use. The Imperials eventually left the school, and the student and teachers were allowed to return to their class rooms to grab their things and to go home for the day. When Ezra's class returned to their class room, they grabbed their bags before leaving; Mr Jones stopped Kayley and handed her an envalope "I found this on my desk, it's addressed to you" was all he said before saying goodbye. Kayley opened the letter and read it as she walked out; it was from Ezra.

'Dear Kayley, I just wanted to say thank you for being my school friend; I've never had good experiances when it comes to school. Today, I got to have a new experiance thanks to making friends with you, having a nice class, and a good teacher. Please tell everyone that I really enjoyed being apart of their class. Sadly I can't return to the school, I was there for a certain reason that I cannot say. I hope you don't change your thought of me due to me being a rebel; I have good reason to be against the Empire. The Empire killed my parents when I was really young, forcing me to fend for myself. That's all I can say. I most likely won't be able to see you again, for your own protection. I wish you all the best and hope you have a good life. From your school friend, Ezra Jarrus'.

Kayley was saddened that she'd never see her friend again, and about his past. Her parents didn't really follow the Empire, but they weren't rebels. Neither sides had done anything to hurt them. Kayley was the same, but she knew the Empire did bad things. She began to smile "so...there's hope yet" she said to herself before reaching home.

With Ezra, he reached the Ghost after a 30 minute ride. His stomach still hurt, as did his split lip, but not as bad. He parked the bike up in the cargo bay before climbing up the ladders and walking into the common room where the rest of the crew were sat. "I'm back" he announced, making them jump "you're early, school ends at 4 O clock" Sabine stated, looking at the clock. They looked to the teen, their eyes widened as they gasped "Ezra!! What happened!?" Hera asked as she stood up and sat him down "calm down, I'm fine" Zeb rolled his eyes "yeah, that's why you have a split lip". Ezra didn't help himself when he said "and possibly broken rips" they were now seriously worried "you guys have no clue why I'm back so early like this, do you??" he asked, earning 'no' "so you haven't watched the holo-news??". After he said that, they quickly turned to holo-net on and put the news channel on; all the news reporters were talking about was the lockdown and then about a certain blue haired rebel. "Oh my god!!" Sabine exclaimed; they listened to everything, including what the students and Mr Jones had said about Ezra, as well as everyone hugging the camera shy boy.

"He saved us!!". "Ezra saved our lives!!". "He tackled the guy like there was nothing to it!!". "It was Ezra's first day today and if he wasn't here, I don't know what would of happened!!".

They were the main things that were said by the students and teacher, but at the end of the news report, all of the students were huddled together with Mr Jones, all smiling before yelling "thank you Ezra Jarrus!!". Ezra's eyes widened as he smiled; he never saw that happen. "Are you okay Ezra??" Hera asked earning a nod "I'm fine" they all went to the med bay so the kid could be properly checked out. "So...Ezra Jarrus??" Hera asked with a smile, Ezra help his hands up "I didn't give myself that name, I just said I was new to the woman at the front desk and she called me Ezra Jarrus" he stated; they all chuckled before Kanan spoke up. "I said your name was Ezra Jarrus incase I had to go in for some reason" he explained, making a good point "I hope you didn't mind" Ezra shook his head "nah...it has a nice ring to it" they all smiled at the teen. Once Ezra was patched up, he handed the disk over to Hera who locked it away. They sat down so the teen could explain exactly how his day had been; they had all hugged him at some point.

When it came to bedtime, Ezra embarressingly asked Kanan if he could sleep in his room; Kanan understood and nodded immediatly. To be honest, the man wanted Ezra to sleep in his room to keep his eye on his Padawan. The two lay down on the Jedi's bed and hugged one another; Ezra asked if the small lamp could stay on, so it did. "Night bud" Kanan said as he closed his eyes "night Kanan...Kanan??" Ezra spoke, the man opened his eyes again "yeah Ez??". The teen seemed slightly nervous to ask the question "....nevermind, night Kanan" the man wanted to know the question, but didn't push "good night bud". In Ezra's head, he wished he had asked but just fell asleep in his fa....masters arms. The question ringing in his head 'can we tell people my name is Ezra Jarrus more often??'.