Hey guys Television1 here with a fanfic for Star wars Rebels.
So I want to get some things out of the way in terms of back story. First off Ezra was never found by the Ghost crew. He was found by Vader and his apprentice Galen Marek. However they eventually turn on the sith and survive the events of the force unleashed which take place roughly four years BBY. Also Ezra only spent one year on the streets. They then seek refuge with Juno Eclipse on the planet of Tython with the goal of becoming Je'daii. Kota is the only one who knows where they are but he opted to rejoin the fight and is currently serving with Mon Mothma's rebel cell. I will also be incorporating my terrible command of the German language as the one of the languages that Galen and Ezra speak to one another, and since German is not a very wide spoken language in Star Wars most won't be able to understand them when speaking it. I will go into detail about their backstory on how they escaped and whatnot later in the story. Also expect to see some very OP things by Kanan, Ezra and Galen. I also want to point out that in this AU the rebels are already on Atollon and it is set in the season three aspect. The pairings will be KananxHera (of course), SabinexEzra, and GalenxJuno. I may make this rated M as that will allow me to be more graphic (no lemons though). So without much further ado here is Brothers Chapter 1.
Tython 4 BBY 18:00 hours
Ezra breathed in and breathed out focusing on his emotions of anger and hate, passion and malevolence. He had been meditating for only ten minutes yet he could already feel himself connecting to the darkside. It was always the easier of the two sides of the force to tap into but he knew that he could not let it consume him. He began to steady himself as he started to resist the full on brute pull the darkness had on him. Ezra tensed his muscles to fight it knowing that the pain would pass. After twenty minutes of fighting with the darkness he began to feel himself balancing out, he had meditated hard on the lightside earlier in the morning at sunrise and needed to balance out. Not draw to close to either side and just follow the force. That is the way of the Je'daii, at least that is what his brother and him were able to piece together from the holocrons they had found over the years. And yet in the waning hours of twilight he could feel himself come into balance.
He felt something, a ripple? No, a disturbance, but from where? He reached out in the force, he felt his brother, roughly twenty feet away from him, meditating also. So he reached further. There he could feel his brother's wife, Juno, the former imperial pilot had wormed a way into his heart. Not in a romantic way by any stretch of the imagination but still he loved her as a sister. But she wasn't in distress. In fact she seemed to be in a fairly content mood. Having taken to being all sorts of things since her time as a top pilot in the imperial navy. Now she mostly kept their ship, the Rogue Shadow in top condition, constantly running maintenance checks or doing supply runs of all sorts. He knew that this wasn't the most exciting life in the galaxy, with a war being fought and all but she would rather live a dull life with Galen, than an exciting one without him. He could already see her arguing with their holo-droid Proxy about the difference of the Ti80-Ch40 power coils versus the traditional Ti20-Ch5 power coils used in imperial hyperdrives and how the Ti80-Ch40 could withstand greater strain and move faster through hyperspace. And of course Proxy would argue back with his own banter. However the disturbance wasn't coming from there either. In fact it wasn't anywhere on Tython.
Ezra could feel the force telling him and Galen to go to the disturbance and help. He wasn't to sure of that though. He came out of his trance and looked over at his brother. The reds of the sunset casting onto his face as he stayed there stoic and unmoving. But Ezra could tell that his brother was not in a trance at that moment, more so in deep thought.
"You felt the disturbance too brother?" Galen said in a hushed whisper.
"Yes, I did, are we going to go help?" Ezra replied with caution, going back out into the galaxy to fight the empire had been a point of contention in the past for the two. Ezra wished to provide help to the rebellion. While Galen, whom had no love for the empire, wished to remain in solitude, as penance for their crimes they committed while under Vader's tutelage.
"No," Galen replied, "You are not. You and Juno will stay here. I can't risk the empire using either of you against me. It will be your job to protect her while I am gone."
Galen rose to a stand and looked down at Ezra, "We cannot be allowed to be turned into weapons again, and don't lie. You still struggle with the darkness, more so than I do. This will be my mission alone." He spoke with an air of authority, even though he was only two years Ezra's senior.
"But brother, the call from the force was for both of us," Ezra said, as he then allowed a smirk to graze his face, "Besides, I doubt Juno will let either of us fly her ship, and if she is flying it then that means there is no point of me being here by myself, when I could be of greater use to you guys out there." At this Ezra's features darkened, "Besides, I feel that we must do something, to try to right the wrongs of our pasts."
"Brother, while that is a worthy cause. There is nothing that we can do to erase the blood from our ledger. Besides, who's to say that when, not if, but when the rebellion finds out about it that they won't just despise us more than the empire?" Galen explained with a tone of sadness. "I won't allow our family to be ripped apart because of that."
"Verdammt Galen! Wir können helfen! Sie brauchen unsere Hilfe!" (Dammit Galen! We can help! They need our help!) Ezra shouted at him. His anger reaching a boiling point, he hated this roundabout that was the topic of helping the rebellion. "Weißt du was? Es ist mir egal, ich gehe, ob du genehmest oder nicht!" (You know what! I don't care, I am going whether you approve or not!) and with that Ezra turned on his heels and left heading for his hut where his gear and extra clothes were. As Galen watched him leave he looked out over the cliff they were standing on in the fading light of Tython's sun and sighed. "Kraft hilft mir Ich hasse es, wenn er so arrogant und so zur gleichen Zeit ist." (Force help me. I hate it when he is so arrogant and so right at the same time.) He gazed out for a while longer and thought about meditating more yet, felt it would not resolve anything, so with a sigh he turned around and walked the opposite direction towards his hut he shared with Juno, maybe she would know of a way to mend things. And in the morning when they both had cooler heads, they could come up with a plan of attack, for while the force told them that their help was needed. It did not specify where.
Galen came up to his and Juno's hut, trying to come up with ways of breaking the news to her. He knew that she didn't particularly enjoy it here on Tython, in fact he would go so far to say that she only stayed here because of him, and that she would rather be out in the galaxy helping the rebellion. But no, she chose to follow him here to this isolated planet because she loved him. He suddenly felt guilty, there were people out there, people with no idea the kind of power they were dealing with and yet they were willing to risk it all, their families, friends, fortunes, just for the hope that an equal and peaceful galaxy could be restored in the future.
"Hey Juno," Galen said, the guilt in his voice could not be hidden despite his best attempts.
"Galen! You're home early. It is only," Juno glanced at the clock, "18:30, did something happen?"
"Ezra, and I had an argument," He replied.
"Oh, and what was it about?" Juno knew that she could elicit answers from the former sith apprentice, however it usually did still take some time.
"We talked about helping the rebellion. And we may have lost our tempers." Galen lamented.
"And what was your reasoning for talking him out of it this time?" Juno questioned.
"Does it matter? I have been a Bantha's ass about the idea, ever since Rahm brought it up two years ago. Sometimes I wonder why you don't just take off and leave me here to just stew in my own self pity." He said as he looked at her, he could see the lecture, beginning to form on the tip of her tongue but he just raised his hand.
"I know you are going to tell me to go fix it and all that crap. But how do I fix it. I want to protect you guys. Yet I don't want to lose you at the same time. I don't know what would happen if I lost you or Ezra. I have worked so hard to try and not be the person I once was, yet I feel that the only way to keep improving will put you guys in danger." Galen finished up and glanced at her, he could see that she was deep in thought and was trying and failing not to lecture him.
"Well first thing is you are going to march right over there and talk to Ezra, Galen he is your brother, I can't claim to know what you two did or what you went through, nor am I force sensitive but I can tell that the guilt still weighs you down. You need to know that no matter what, I love you and I will never leave you. Also, I think it is great that you are finally accepting that we can help the rebellion. As not only a unit, or a team, but as a family." She finished up. "Now you turn around and go apologize to Ezra, he feels the same guilt that you do and wants to help. So go tell him you have changed your mind. And I am certain he will forgive you."
Now came the hard part. "Tell Proxy to start scanning for incoming transmissions, when we were meditating earlier, before the argument we felt a call from the force that our help was needed. And I feel it will be coming soon."
"Is that so?" Juno replied, "So why did you guys argue? I thought that your goal was to follow the force?"
At this Galen knew that there was no avoiding the truth so he just came out with it.
"Well, I may have suggested, or rather, said, that you guys would stay here while I took the shadow and did this mission solo." He sheepishly responded, reaching up and scratching the back of his neck like he did when he knew that he was about to get a tongue lashing. And when he looked up he could see the anger in her features. She calmly grabbed her comlink and said in an eerily calm way "Proxy get the ship prepped for takeoff and when you are done can you come to the hut's and help us prepare for a mission. And while you are at it, scan for incoming transmissions."
"Will do Juno." Cam the mechanized reply from Proxy. At this point Galen felt fear. Pure unadulterated fear. For when one pisses off Juno, even the emperor would cower at her wrath.
"Now you are going to go and talk to Ezra. Then when you get him to stop being angry with you, you are going to stay with him. I don't even want to see you for the rest of the night. Understand!" she finished with a raised voice.
"Crystal clear honey," Galen winced out, "Love you, and goodnight." He finished off as quickly as he could and turned around and walked out of the door.
Galen tromped through the woods with his head down in shame. He couldn't believe he was so stupid, not only had he managed to piss off Ezra, a person whom he had gone through thick and thin with and came out the other side, but he pissed off the woman he loved. All in the matter of a few hours as well. He looked up and saw Ezra's hut a few yards away with the lights still on in the windows and a silhouette moving in one of them. He could still feel Ezra's anger, and it was not diminished, in fact it seemed to be at higher levels than before. So he quietly walked up to the door and knocked three times against the Tython oak door, and waited for a response.
"Galen if you have come to talk me out of going then you are and idiot," Ezra said, and continued rambling, "Now where did I put those extra power cells for my sabers?"
"Did you check the cabinet by the sink?" Galen called out. "And Ezra can I come in we need to talk."
He heard everything go silent inside the hut. He knew Ezra was contemplating his offer of peace.
"Fine, but don't expect to change my mind." He said with a voice of finality.
Galen opened the door to the small hut and gazed around, while the huts would be considered small, barely the size of a cheap apartment on Coruscant. His and Juno's was slightly larger, with a separate bedroom and washroom. Along with a small kitchen and a living room. But Ezra's was smaller than that. He only had a washroom and a living room/bedroom/kitchenette. Yet he actually liked the size of it. Stating that it was perfect for the most wanted bachelor on Tython.
Galen carefully picked his way through the mess of strewn clothes. As he sat down on the bed and waited for Ezra to talk.
"So did Juno send you here to patch things up or did you come on your own accord?" Ezra asked.
"Yes, and no," Galen started, "I was going to come in the morning to apologize, but she kicked me in the ass and told me to do it now."
"I always knew I liked her." Ezra replied with a small smirk. "So are you here to apologize or to chastise me?"
"To apologize," Galen said. "Ezra I have changed my mind. You are right. In fact, you were always right. We should have been helping, but I just had to be a Bantha's ass and decide what I thought was best for us. And for that I'm sorry Ezra."
"Well, must have been one hell of an ass whooping she delivered to you, to get you to come here and apologize." Ezra said, "But nonetheless. I accept."
"Good, because I want to set some ground rules for the upcoming time," Galen replied, "First things first, grab all of your lightsaber power cells, I don't know when we will be able to get more and Tython is probably going to be far away from where we are going. Next, we keep it a secret about are training under Vader. Force knows that he is bound to have more than a few enemies in the rebellion."
"Are you sure about that? I mean. If we become permanent members of the rebellion, they will find out eventually, don't you think?" Ezra replied.
"Well, we'll cross that bridge when we get there." Galen said. He then looked sheepishly at the floor. "Mind if I clear out a space for me to sleep here tonight? Juno is kind of pissed about the whole ordeal."
"I can't imagine. Yeah go ahead, I am almost done packing up over here if I could just find those extra power cells." Ezra replied.
"You know, Juno won't let you be this messy when we are on her ship, also, there will probably be girls out there in the rebellion. They probably won't want to go to bed with a guy who keeps his dirty underwear and socks on the bed." Galen teased.
"Yeah, I know, but when they see me naked they will-" Ezra started
"Be repulsed?" Galen interrupted
"Ja, fuck dich auch Bruder"(Yeah, fuck you to brother) Ezra responded with a laugh.
Okay so there is Chapter one. Please read and review. I have a general idea for how I want events to proceed, but any comments/criticisms are welcome. Until next time.
-Television1