This is an AU. Some points to be noted:
1. Hera's father is not Cham Syndulla; he is her uncle (on her mother's side). Her father is called Thor and he is a human, making Hera a hybrid Twi'lek.
2. Tarre Vizsla the first Mandalorian Jedi and is over 4,000 years old and not 1,000 years old as mentioned in Star Wars Rebels.
3. Kanan survives and Ezra never leaves aboard the Chimaera.
4. Ahsoka is now a part of the crew.
5. The chapter begins just after Star Wars Rebels ends.
Special Credit to TheLoneRebel2.0 for editing this chapter and encouraging me to write this story. Do read the story re-written by him, I'll Never Forget (original author MaybeImaRebel)
Chapter 2 will be out in a few days time.
Chapter 1- The Recovery
D364/1 BBY
After rescuing Ahsoka and liberating Lothal from the clutches of Governor Pryce and Grand Admiral Thrawn, the Ghost crew decided to return to Yavin 4. In addition, Hera offered Ahsoka a position as a new member of the crew with the callsign Spectre 7 (something that she accepted after some cajoling). Hera also reminded her of the promise she had made a long time ago; (this was before she met Kanan and the Ghost crew was formed) a promise to find her father who had disappeared mysteriously before the Clone Wars started. Kanan, for his part, had done everything he could to find his beloved's father.
On the way to Yavin, Ahsoka felt a connection through the Force to her friend Morai. She showed her a vision where the Ghost crew was rescuing a person from debris scattered in space, and Morai hinted (as well as an convor could) that this man was the key to fulfilling her promise.
Lying on the bed above her new roommate, Sabine, Ahsoka contemplated the meaning of her vision and decided to speak to Kanan and Hera as soon as they made it out of hyperspace. Just then there was a loud noise in the hall outside, followed by Zeb yelling and chasing after Chopper.
"Home sweet Home," said Sabine. "I was wondering when that would happen. Hey Ahsoka, you alright?" Sabine asked.
"Oh sorry, I didn't mean to disturb you, just had a vision that I think might help me fulfil my promise to Hera," replied Ahsoka.
This piqued Sabine's interest, as Jedi (or in this case former Jedi) visions were quite accurate. She asked about the vision and after Ahsoka told her about it, felt very unsettled. "How is this mystery man supposed to help find Hera's father, if he is … well out in space with no survival gear whatsoever?" questioned Sabine.
"I don't know. That is why I want to ask the others as soon as possible," Ahsoka replied.
"Well lets go ask them now."
And with that Sabine and Ahsoka went to the cockpit of the ship where Hera and Kanan were evidently in the middle of something that two people in a relationship are usually in. After the hurried and embarrassing explanations, Hera ordered the remaining two members of the crew, along with the ill-mannered astromech to come to the common area where Ahsoka told everyone about her vision.
Hera was quite visibly excited about the prospect of reuniting with her father. But everyone except Kanan and Ezra asked Ahsoka how this mystery man would survive.
"Well if he is Force sensitive, then there is a good chance he will be able to survive for much longer than the average person," Ezra explained.
Chopper interrupted the discussion with a beeped out, [We are about to reach Yavin 4, my fragile organics.]
"I am going to have a talk with Senator Mon Mothma about this, and tell her how important it is for all of us to investigate," said Hera, to which everyone agreed.
"Well if it is a force sensitive, we need to determine which side this person uses. Ahsoka, Ezra, and I will check the holocron and find information about this guy," Kanan suggested, and went to his quarters to find the holocron.
After the ship landed, Hera and Zeb went to the command centre while Chopper went to his charging bay.
Meanwhile on the ghost, Kanan, Ahsoka, Ezra, and Sabine were finding out information about the mystery guy. After some scrolling, both Ahsoka and Sabine exclaimed when the image of a dark haired man with a French beard showed up. "This is the one I saw in my vision," said Ahsoka.
Ezra, feeling Sabine's shock, asked, "what's wrong, Sabine?"
"His name is Tarre Vizsla, the first Mandalorian Jedi Knight. He was born over 4,000 years ago and is the ancestor of all members of Clan Wren," she explained.
Everyone was stunned by this new information. "He was the one who made the Darksabre?" Kanan asked, to which he felt Sabine nod her head.
Nearly two hours later, the Ghost along with its entire crew were in hyperspace going toward the far reaches of the Outer Rim with no clear trajectory in mind.
Everyone had gone to their own quarters, except for Ezra and Sabine. "So… where do you think we're going to end up?" asked Sabine, desperately trying to avoid thinking of the recent revelation and doing her best to hide it.
"Sabine, talk to me. You know you can tell me whatever is bothering you, right?" replied Ezra.
"Can't really hide my feelings from you, huh?" she joked, and then went on to say, "I just have so many questions. I want to ask him, you know… Where was he during the Clone Wars? Why didn't he stop Maul? And how the hell is he still alive?"
When no reply came from Ezra, Sabine got worried and turned her head to face him, only to hear, "We are here," from Ezra. Then he suddenly dropped the ship out of hyperspace just beside a planet.
Everyone came to the cockpit and saw a large chunk of debris floating towards them. Quickly the two young pilots avoided it. A thud was the sound they heard when the man Sabine and Ezra had talked about just moments ago landed on the window of the Ghost's cockpit. He didn't have any protective or survival gear, but was wearing some kind of partially destroyed (not Beskar) armour, and looked like he was sleeping. Suddenly one of his eyes cracked open and then closed immediately.
After getting him inside the ship, they laid him out on the common area sofa and Sabine commented, "Well it looks like your vision was correct," to a worried looking Ahsoka.
"His body is held together by patchwork and all of his organs are severely damaged. How is he still alive?" Ahsoka asked.
After some minutes of Force healing by the three Jedi present, which took a toll on all of them, Kanan asked Ezra to wake him up.
Placing his hand on the man's head, Ezra said, "Wake".
The effect was instantaneous. The man woke up, yelled, got up, stumbled forward a bit, and turned around to see blasters and lightsabers pointed at him. He had a flabbergasted look on his face and asked, "Who the hell are you?" in a tired but aggressive voice.
"We are the ones who saved your life," replied one of them; a girl who was wearing colourful Mandalorian armour in an equally aggressive tone.
"We don't mean you any harm," replied another; a boy with midnight blue hair and steel blue eyes (which reminded the man of his former, and now dead Padawan, Jaden Montarri). The blue haired boy went on to introduce everybody after they all lowered their weapons.
"My name is Tarre," replied the mystery man. "And I thank you all for saving my life," said Tarre, as he sat down for he felt no threat from any of them.
"You can help us too," said the Togruta woman whose name was Ahsoka. "By helping us find a man named Thor."
Seeing the look of surprise on his face, the Twi'lek called Hera (who Tarre thought was the captain of this ship) said that Thor was her father.
"The only Thor I know of is my master, an Asgardian, and to my knowledge he doesn't have any children," Tarre said.
Hera was surprised and went on to say that her father had told her about Asgard when she was little. "He called it the 'realm eternal.' Never said why though," said Hera.
"That is because Asgard has survived countless wars and is one of the earliest civilizations in the universe," Tarre explained. By this time Tarre had started moving toward the cockpit and was inputting new coordinates in the nav computer.
"Hey, no one touches the nav computer without my permission," said an irritated Hera.
"Apologies, I just thought that we should get a move on," replied Tarre.
After inputting the nav computer, the Ghost crew and the recently rescued Tarre Vizsla were in hyperspace heading towards a planet called Rowanit, in the far reaches of the Outer Rim. The total trip took over 12 hours, in which the Ghost crew attempted to learn more about their guest, but to no avail as he was meditating.
"This is going from eventfully interesting to boring, real quick," said an exasperated Sabine to Ezra.
"I think he is trying to locate Hera's father, Sabine. It would take time," replied Ezra. "Besides, this could be really good for the Rebellion, if we have another former Jedi and a mysterious Force sensitive. Also, Hera and Kanan have been in the cockpit too long."
"Well, Kanan is probably trying to help soothe Hera's anxiety", said Sabine, and then asked where Ahsoka was.
"She is in your room, probably learning more about our friend," replied Ezra, and then turned around to see that the former Jedi Master was no longer meditating, but looking at both of them with much interest.
"I don't mean to be rude," Tarre explained. "It's just that I haven't seen any Mandalorians or a Jedi Padawan in a long time. Especially a Mandalorian who also colours her armour. Besides, we are about to reach Rowanit."
Just as he said that, the Ghost dropped out of hyperspace and its crew saw a giant space station in front of it. There was a docking port towards which the Ghost headed to. Once they were inside and had entered the station, Sabine said, "This has got to be more advanced than any Imperial station," and looked around to see an equally wonderstruck Ghost crew.
"Welcome to the Falcon 1," Tarre said "I have three other stations just like this; all well-hidden. You can use all of its resources in any way you choose, and I have identified our next destination. We can leave in about thirty minutes. JARVIS, wake up," Tarre called.
"Welcome back, sir. I hope you had a pleasant experience after heading out to Mandalore, three hundred years ago and reporting back in any way," said a robotic voice that came from the walls.
Tarre sighed, looking disgruntled from this revelation. He turned towards the shocked crew and said, "That's JARVIS, a program that I created. He runs the place. He will be showing you the way to the ship and will assist you in getting your freighter on board. I will be joining you after getting some of my tools." The warship was quite a unique design (like the ones on Star Trek) and would take half an hour to be deployed.