Battle of the Heroes

As Obi-Wan fought, every cell in his body cried out in rebellion. This was wrong, so wrong.

He wasn’t trying to hurt Anakin. He couldn’t. His body was convinced that this was just another day of sparring. Another day spent training, learning the way the other fought.

He knew Anakin’s every move, and Anakin knew his, the only thing stopping them from decimating each other was one last shred of love.

Obi-Wan couldn’t bring himself to hurt him. This boy who he’d trained, who he’d raised, who he’d loved like a brother and a son.

He thought of Ahsoka, who loved him the same way. What would she say when she found out? How would she feel if he hurt Anakin?

What had happened to them? How had they gotten here?

He had the urge to cry like a baby, but he shoved that feeling down and focussed on the force. How it coursed through his veins like blood, and how he no longer felt that reflected back by the man across him.

Within seconds…it was over.

And then he couldn’t hold it back any longer.

Tears streamed down his face, masked by the sweat he’d collected during the fight.

“You we the chosen one! It was said that you would destroy the Sith not join them!”, he sobbed. “Bring balance to the force, not leave it in darkness…”

He walked away, picking up Anakin’s lightsaber as a reminder of all that could have been…

“You were my brother Anakin,” he said, chocking on the last word, “I loved you…”

He turned his back on his old friend, knowing that nothing would ever be the same again…

It had happened…he’d lost everyone…how was he supposed to go on from here?

Perhaps Anakin’s child would be the one…the one to bring peace to them all…

Obi-wan could barely take another step, yet he hauled himself all the way back to the ship. He didn’t have time to mourn just yet…

His mind was numb with pain, and as he walked he whispered desperately to himself, “A new hope will emerge…”

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Photo Credits: Star Wars Revenge of the Sith

Fulcrum – Part 3

“Sorry boys but we won’t be flying TIE’s today. I don’t wanna leave my ship behind. We’re blasting our way into the next hanger. On my signal, run for it!”

They all shouted in acknowledgement and Ahsoka almost laughed…she hated that commanding troops came so naturally to her…They ran towards the hanger she’d directed them to, following close behind. She’d grabbed a blaster of her own although it felt uncomfortable, and they were making good progress until one of the men was hit below the knee. He crumpled to the floor screaming so she dashed over to him and pulled him behind a stack of crates. “Hey, hey”, she said as she shook him gently. “You think you can stay awake till we get to the ship? I’ll patch you up as soon as we’re on board.”

He mumbled something unintelligible so she took that as a no. She placed his hand hard over the wound and said, “Keep pressure on that ok?”, before running out to join the others. They were pinned down so she reverted to her last resort. She closed her eyes and pushed down all the troopers in front of them with the force, waving her hand in an arc. Cassian and the other man looked like they’d seen a ghost and she had to scream at them about their close-to-collapsing friend to shake them out of it. While most of the storm troopers were still down, she picked up the fallen man and made a run for the ship.

Fortunately, they made it just as the troopers started to wake up. Ahsoka set the unconscious man down in one of the seats of the ship and grabbed her lightsabers before dashing back out again to tell Cassian and his other friend to go start up the ship. She ignited her white blades and started deflecting bullets away from the ship, waiting for Cassian to give her the signal for takeoff. His friend was busy staring out of the side viewport at her display…

“Fulcrum! Time to go!”, she heard Cassian yell from inside the ship so she sheathed her blades and jumped onto the ramp just as it closed, and they took off.

Ahsoka ignored the 2 men’s numerous questions as she worked on cleaning and dressing their fallen comrades wound. It was a bit deep but nothing that wouldn’t heal. She wrapped a bandage around his leg and decide not to wake him up until they landed on Dantooine. Then she walked towards the cockpit and promised to answer all the questions they wanted.

She first told them her name. No more secrets, she had decided. Then they went through the usual stuff about Jedi and the Force and her lightsabers. Moments like these reminded her of the good that the Jedi did, and it made her feel like what she was doing was right.

She’d found people who needed her help, so she would help them, no matter what.

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Photo Credits: Star Wars Rebels

Fulcrum

A week ago, Ahsoka had sent a task force led by Cassian Andor to scout an imperial station in the outer rim. She’d been tipped off by Saw Garerra’s unit that the empire might be building some new kind of weapon there and if they were, she wanted to know about it.

Andor was one of the best spies in the whole alliance and she’d had no doubt that he’d be able to pull this off, but he was supposed to report to her with updates 2 days ago and she was beginning to worry.

She had briefly debated sending someone else to go check on them but she was almost certain that they’d been captured and she had the surest chance of getting them out. And she wasn’t particularly worried about blowing her cover because well…she’d done that enough times already…

Nevertheless, she needed to be subtle. She grabbed her old grey cloak, tucked her lightsabers and rations into a satchel, and set off.

As she emerged from hyperspace at her coordinates, she was instantly surprised by the amount of ships in orbit. There were construction modules, and enormous cargo haulers, and fleets of TIE’s flying around like a swarm of bees. Instantly she realised that she’d stumbled upon something huge. She wasn’t even sure if her task force had made it to the surface. This was a full planetary blockade.

She had decided to take a U-wing rather than a small fighter with the hopes of going unnoticed but with these many ships around she doubted anyone could get away unnoticed. If she let herself get captured then maybe she’d be able to figure out what had happened to Andor and his team, but they would confiscate her lightsabers and she didn’t want to attract unnecessary attention…

She deliberated for a moment, finally deciding that if she got onto one of the cruisers she could find Andor and check the ships manifest and logs to see what they were up to.

She flew into sensor range and was instantly hailed and arrested for trespassing. Perfect. She hid her lightsabers on the ship hoping that it would take the stormtroopers a while to find them…if they found them at all. She was taken to a a regular cell block with minimal security and no ray shields…how nice of them to make this easy for her. She allowed them to detain her, and search her, but before they could enter the prisoner log she knocked 3 of the soldiers unconscious and convinced the 4th one to remove her bonds and point her to a terminal where she could access prisoner logs.

As she scrolled through the logs she started to get a sinking feeling that her people weren’t here, then at last she found a name she recognised. She dashed to the level there terminal had pointed her to and to her relief she found all 3 rebels holed up together.

“Fulcrum?”, Cassian said in disbelief. “What are you doing here?”

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View from the Moon

For as long as Rey could remember, she’d wondered what her dusty old planet looked like from its moon. Was it as bright as the moon looked like from Jakku? It must be bigger, she thought…it’s definitely bigger…but by how much? Did Jakku have phases like the moon or can you always see all of it? Did it just look like an orangish orb?

She longed to fly away, just to see it and come right back…but would she come back? When she’d learned how to fly a ship, all she could think about was flying away from that desolate place, but then she’d realised that the day she left could be the exact day that her parents returned. And so she trapped herself. Buried herself in her work. She learned to scavenge, and to fix things, and she made herself useful with her feet on the ground.

And every day as she worked, as she roamed the sandy wastelands of her home world, she looked up at the moon and the stars and wondered what her life would be like if she’d made a different choice.

*****

Years later she met a man who claimed to have travelled the stars and lived all her wildest dreams, and before she knew it she was flying away with him. And even though she was escaping certain death, she couldn’t help stealing a glance at Jakku, to finally see what it looked like from the moon.

And as she hurtled through the stars, feeling freer than she ever thought she would, she still feared that she might never find her family. Except she had found her family, just not in the way she’d expected. She had found her family on that ship, and she was never going back.

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Photo Credits: Star Wars The Force Awakens

Together Again

A few days after she met Luke, Ahsoka saw a force ghost. She wasn’t sure what it was at first, but then the apparition spoke, and her heart filled with warmth, which quickly turned to a raging fire. She turned to face him. Her jaw set and eyes boring into his. “Ahsoka”, he said, as he hung his head. “I don’t deserve to be here. I don’t deserve your time, or your forgiveness. But you must know that I am truly sorry…for everything…”

Ahsoka could barely manage to get the words out. “You…”, she choked, pain pouring through her voice. “You were my brother, Anakin. Where have you been!?”. Her voice was slowly rising to a growl as she continued, “I spent years beating myself up for your decisions. I’ve had sleepless nights, refusing to believe what you’d become. What do you want me to say to you now!”

She breathed deeply, trying to steady herself. She felt like a 14 year old girl again…lost in emotion, and confused. “You’re right”, he said softly. “You always were. And your hope is the only thing that ever kept me going. Thank you for that…I’ve never been able to hope like you, and I’ve never been as strong as you…and I know I hurt you, so I ask you for nothing. You don’t have to say anything…Just know that if you ever need me, look through the force, and you will always find me. I will never leave you alone again. I promise.”

He disappeared, and Ahsoka let go of the sobs she was holding back, and smiled.

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Photo Credits: Star Wars Rebels

“It’s Time to Bring him Home”

She stared at the holo-transmission, transfixed. Fulcrum? Ezra and Kannen said she was killed on Malachor.

“Hello,” she said tentatively, “This is Sabine Wren, Spectre 5 of the Ghost. How can I help you?”

A voice crackled to life on the hologram and then she saw the hooded figure again. There was no mistaking her tall montrals and tattooed face. It was Ahsoka Tano.

“Hello Sabine. It’s good to see you again. I understand the rest of the crew is busy on Endor at the moment, so I wanted to speak with you. I’ve received word from an old friend…Ezra Bridger.”

It was a moment before Sabine stuttered… “Ezra!…where? How? How did he contact you!? I’ve been trying to raise him on every channel I could think of! For…forever! I can’t believe you found him!”

Ahsoka smiled, “Well, it wasn’t in any way I’d expected. And I wasn’t really looking for him. I…I had a vision.” Sabine gave her a sceptical look so she elaborated. “I saw him through the force. He’s stranded on a planet somewhere in the western reaches. Beyond the outer rim, in unchartered space. And…somethings happened. He needs our help.”

Sabine couldn’t believe her ears. Was this it? Was this what Ezra was counting on her for? She couldn’t help smiling. Her little brother had made a mess again and needed her to come and clean it up for him…What a Lothrat…

She nodded and said, “It’s time to bring him home. Meet me at the old Republic building in Capital city on Lothal…I’ll be waiting” She smiled, and ended the transmission.

This is it, she thought. This is it.

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