The twelve-year-old Togruta walked through the streets of Lothal. Little Adelina, she didn't remember her last name. Barely anything to call her own, and orphaned at five. She's been all alone and hiding from stormtroopers. She didn't have any credits, friends, or even family.
They all left her. Her parents were sith, that much she remembered. She knew that before she had been born, her brother had convinced her family to become sith. Then, when she was little, they knew she wouldn't be a sith, even if she tried. So they left her on Lothal. She hadn't minded. She still didn't, they were never family to her anyways.
So, she lived alone. Without anyone to care for her. She barely understood the definition of care. She was left to fend for herself for seven years. That's a long time for a girl with no family. Still, she learned to look out for herself and not get attached to anyone. Everyone always leaves. That's what she taught herself. That's how she learned to survive the days on Lothal.
But today was different. She could just feel it. Things were going to change. Maybe the Empire was about to throw even more stormtroopers onto Lothal. Maybe things were about to get way worse for little Adelina. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
She could feel a... Presence. Two actually. They were... Male. Young... Ish. And Jedi? No wait. The Jedi were wiped out by the Empire. They couldn't be... Could they?
She opened her eyes and pulled herself out of the trance. She needed to stop doing that! She found herself in front of a booth-type thing that sold food. She looked around it a bit with a sigh of sadness. She soon bumped into a person by accident and fell to the ground.
"Sorry!" She cried, fearfully. The kid (she realized he wasn't an adult as he turned around) had black hair with a blueish tint, an orange jumpsuit with some armor on the bottom part of his pant leg, tan skin, and electric blue eyes.
"It's fine. Just be more careful so you don't end up running into those bucket heads." He nodded towards a group of stormtroopers and then reached down to help her up. She stared at his hand like it was a bomb about to go off. "I don't bite." Adelina slowly took his hand and let him pull her up. "I'm Ezra, what's your name?" He asked.
"Adelina." It had been so long since she had spoken to someone and she wasn't apologizing. Before either of them could say anything, Adelina's stomach growled and she wrapped her arms around herself. "Sorry. I-I haven't eaten in a few days." Adelina apologized.
"That's alright. In fact." Ezra grabbed two fruit off the table and handed one to her. "Here." He then took a bite of the one in his hand.
"Wait. Stealing's wrong." Adelina pointed out.
"Hey, kid's gotta eat." He added.
"But won't we get into trouble?" Adelina asked.
"Trouble? Ha. We're only in trouble if we get caught." Ezra began turning around and was suddenly grabbed by a stormtrooper.
"Gotcha!" He yelled in triumph.
"I'm in trouble." Ezra dropped the fruit and Adelina quickly tossed hers away. Looking around for a way to escape, she saw a couple of crates behind the trooper and got an idea.
She closed her eyes and outstretched her hand. She focused on moving those crates and soon heard crashing.
Opening her eyes, she saw Ezra was free and the stormtrooper was unconscious. Ezra looked at her. "It's you!" He yelled and then they heard running footsteps.
The two looked over to see about five stormtroopers running at them and then they looked back at each other.
"Run!" Ezra grabbed her hand and dragged her away. They ran and run until they were cornered.
"There's nowhere for you to hide." One of the stormtroopers said causing the two to look around hopelessly. Adelina closed her eyes again and outstretched her hand, more crates appeared and positioned themselves to help the two climb onto a roof. Ezra gasped and stared at her for a moment before she opened her eyes.
"What are you standing around for? Move!" Adelina and Ezra climbed up and when Adelina moved the crates back, she realized who Ezra was.
She felt his presence earlier... He's...
"Wait a minute, it's you!" Adelina yelled as she opened her eyes, causing Ezra to turn to her.
"What? No it's you. You're the one Kanan sensed." He argued.
"Your the presence I felt. Who's Kanan? Is he a Jedi too?" Adelina asked.
"Wait. What?!" They then heard banging and crashing and saw the stormtroopers trying to climb onto the roof.
"Hurry they're gonna catch us!" Adelina began running across the rooftop.
"Wait, be careful-what am I saying? Run!" Ezra kept up with the twelve year old girl pretty well. Adelina glanced back and saw red beams zooming towards them. With a gasp she screamed.
"Watch out!" And the two avoided the lasers. "Why would they shoot kids?" Adelina asked.
"They know we're force-sensitive." Ezra gasped.
"We're what?!" Adelina asked as more lasers were shot at them.
"No time, just go!" The two began running once more. They jumped over large spaces between he buildings and ran across the roof tops. "They know we possess the Force. That's why we have to be killed." Ezra explained.
"What?!" Adelina asked. "What do you mean posses the Force?! What force?!"
"There's no time to explain, just keep going!" Ezra yelled and then began pushing Adelina ahead of him.
"Hey, I don't mean to be a downer but, we're gonna die." Adelina pointed out.
"Not if I can help it. Spectre 6 to Spectre 1! I could use some help!" Ezra yelled into his wrist. Adelina was about to tell him that he lost his mind, when she saw a comm attached to his wrist.
"Spectre 6, what's happening?!" Came a voice from his comm. after a few more shots were taken and luckily didn't hit either of them, they heard the voice again. "Spectre 6? What am I hearing?"
"Umm... Yeah. That's the thing Spectre 1, I'm being chased by Imperials." Ezra explained, hesitantly.
"What?!"
"On the upside, I found the source of that presence in the Force." Ezra added, hopeful. Adelina stared at him for a moment in confusion. What is he talking about? Adelina shook her head to focus.
She closed her eyes and reached her hand out towards the storm troopers. She sent them flying back and knocked them out. When she opened her eyes Ezra was staring at her in awe.
"How did you do that?!" Ezra asked in amazement.
"Very carefully." Adelina joked. To be honest, she didn't know. She had just always had this power, even when she was little.
"Spectre 6? What happened?" Came that voice again.
"Kanan. I think we might've found someone even more powerful than you." Ezra said into his comm.
...
After Ezra had convinced Adelina to come with him and meet his master, (which led to a whole discussion on if he was a slave or not) he had ended up dragging her out to the middle of nowhere.
"Ezra. I swear, if you plan on kidnapping or killing me, it is not going to end well for you." Adelina threatened.
"Don't worry. I'm not planning on hurting you." Ezra assured her. Adelina stared at him warily and didn't believe him. Even if he wasn't lying and he was gonna help her everyone always leaves, and there's no changing that. In this world, you gotta look out for yourself.
"That's what they all say." Adelina mumbled to herself. After a little while more of walking and seeing nothing Adelina grew even more suspicious. "Okay, where are we going?" Adelina asked.
"I told you. We're going to meet my master and crew." Ezra answered.
"Uh-Huh. And how do I know I can trust you? You did steal you know." Adelina pointed out.
"To feed you, you know." Ezra shot back. "Look you're just gonna meet my master, maybe show me a couple of tricks and then back to your parents." Ezra explained.
"Back to my parents? They're gone. They've been gone a... A long time now."
"I know. That was a test to see if you would lie. My parents are gone too."
"Really? How old were you?"
"Seven. They been gone for seven years."
"You're fourteen?" He nodded. "You're lucky. My parents left when I was five... I'm twelve now."
"You've been alone that long?" Ezra asked.
"Yup..." Adelina mentally hit herself in the head for telling him. It was just so nice that for once she'd have someone who understands what's it like to be alone. She looked out into the distance and saw a ship. "That your ship?" She asked, quickly changing the subject.
"Yeah." Ezra answered. "C'mon." He began running to the ship and Adelina followed him.
Once they arrived, Adelina saw a man who wore dark green armor on one arm, a light green long sleeved shirt, brown pants, and had a ponytail with a goatee. He looked sort of like a leader of some kind. He had been standing on the ramp into the ship and exited to talk to them.
"Ezra. This isn't funny. I sensed a presence here on Lothal that was powerful with the Force. I didn't sense some kid." Kanan scolded. "Sorry." He added towards Adelina.
"Kanan, I'm telling you. This is who you sensed. Show him what I'm talking about Adelina." Ezra urged causing her to get nervous.
"Umm..." Adelina didn't know what to say or do.
"I don't think that someone this young can hold that much power." Kanan said.
"Just give her a chance." Ezra begged. Adelina stared at Kanan nervously. He didn't seem very convinced that she held any power at all.
Adelina closed her eyes and outstretched her hand. She heard creaking and her arm shook from lack of strength. She heard a gasp and opened her eyes. The ship was a few feet off the ground. She gently put it back down, she could sense other lives on the ship. She didn't want to kill anyone.
Adelina looked at Kanan and Ezra. Ezra had a knowing smirk while Kanan seemed shocked.
"Told ya." Ezra boasted.
"So... What's this Force?" Adelina asked. Kanan slowly recovered from his shock and then began to answer.
"Well... The Force is everywhere. It surrounds us and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy together. And it's very strong with you. What's your name?" Kanan asked.
"A-Adelina." She answered, timidly.
"Okay then. Adelina, if your parents aren't Empire-loyalists maybe they'll let me take you on as an apprentice." Kanan added.
"My parents are gone... They've been gone a long time. I sort of live on my own-" Adelina was suddenly interrupted by the sound of shooting from a far. They looked at the sky and saw TIE-fighters shooting green lasers at them.
"TIE-fighters! Ezra! Get in! Hera get us out of here!" Kanan yelled into his comm. Before Adelina gave any thought to it, she ran inside behind Kanan and Ezra as the ramp folded up and she felt the ship begin to move. They were flying! Kanan climbed up a ladder and left the two alone.
"Ezra! Sabine! I need you two on the guns!" Came a feminine voice from Ezra's comm.
"On it!" Ezra replied and then ran off. Adelina quickly followed him into a room where he climbed onto a chair and put his hands on a weird handle with red buttons. When he pressed the buttons, he was able to shoot the TIE-fighters that were following them.
"Why are they still after us?!" Adelina asked.
"I don't think they're after us. I think they just found our location somehow and decided to shoot us down." Ezra explained.
"Wait. Why are they after you?" Adelina asked.
"Because we're the rebels they're trying to hunt down." Ezra groaned.
"What?!" They then exited the atmosphere and were in space. "Woah." Adelina whispered in awe. "We're in space."
"Everyone, prepare to make the jump to hyper-space." Came the voice again.
"Hyper-space? What's that?" Adelina asked.
"You'll see." Ezra smirked and suddenly they were zooming through space. They could only see a light blue haze through the glass.
"What the..." Adelina trailed off.
...
Hera and Kanan sat in the cock-pit quietly as Hera worked on keeping course and Kanan watched, deep in thought.
"So, did Ezra find that powerful presence in the Force?" Hera suddenly asked, bringing Kanan from his thoughts.
"Yeah, about that..." Kanan began.
"What?" Hera asked with that what-happened-this-time tone in her voice.
"She's just a kid and more powerful than I had anticipated."
"And?"
"She's alone. Like Ezra was. But more powerful than Ezra. Way more powerful than Ezra. Her power will only grow. I can't let her go back onto Lothal on her own. Without guidance, she'll most definitely go to the dark side."
"Well what do we do? We can't leave her on Lothal and she is probably not gonna want to stay with us for very long."
"First, we'll need to earn her trust. Which is most likely going to be harder than earning Ezra's." Kanan explained.
"And how do we do that?" Hera asked.
"I don't know." Kanan answered, going back into deep thought.
...
Adelina wandered around the ship. Ezra had disappeared and told her to just look around and try not to cause trouble so she did just that. She looked around curiously, this ship was interesting. She hadn't wandered into any of the rooms for fear of running into someone so she just glanced at the doors then at the floor.
She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Why was she here? Somebody once told her a long time ago that nothing happens by accident. She couldn't remember that person but always listened to those words. So why was she here? This team of rebels seemed to work fine without her so, what was the purpose of her being here?
She took another deep breath and searched for answers through the Force. She found nothing for a while... But then, she heard a voice.
"Trust in them, you should. Only seeking to help you, they are."
Adelina gasped as she opened her eyes and looked around. There was nobody there. Then, a droid wandered in. He seemed to be built out of used parts of other droids, and he only came up to about her hip. When he saw her, he seemed alarmed and made lots of noises. They sounded like a droid's way of complaining.
"Hey, hey, hey. It's okay. Ezra and Kanan brought me here. I'm not a stowaway." Adelina tried reasoning with the thing. But he zoomed past her, running into her leg on the way. "Ow!" She yelled. "Wonder what's got his wires all in a tangle." She muttered, turning to look at where he had gone off to.
"He's always like that. You get used to it." Adelina turned around and saw a girl who wore a black shirt with graffitied armor over it, brown pants, and hair dyed two different colors.
"Hi." Adelina greeted. "Thanks for the warning."
"Don't mention it." The girl smiled. The two girls heard some clattering from behind and looked back to see Ezra running in.
"Sabine!" Ezra called out breathlessly. When he made it to them, he slicked his hair back (which just fell right back to its natural position again) with a sly-ish smile. "I mean, hey Sabine." He said in a trying-too-hard flirtatious manner (Adelina knew he liked Sabine right then and smirked). "Let me introduce you, Sabine, this is Adelina. Adelina, this is Sabine."
"Hi... Again?" Adelina giggled.
Ezra is trying way too hard. She thought. At least he told the truth and I'm not dead right now. None of them had hurt her, well except the droid but that didn't matter. They were kind of nice. A whole lot nicer than stormtroopers at least. Maybe things were going to get better for her...
What was she thinking? Of course they weren't. Everyone always leaves. This is probably a new gas type thing that causes you to hallucinate made by the empire or a dream of some sort...
When she snapped herself out of thought, Sabine and Ezra were laughing about something. Maybe she could just enjoy this dream or hallucination a bit longer. She sighed happily and sadly. She didn't want to wake up just yet.
...
After a few minutes of the three just talking, a purple-furred lassat came into the room and looked at the togruta.
"What the... Who's this and why's she here?" He asked.
"Zeb, this is Adelina. Kanan sensed her through the Force but I found her." Ezra explained.
"That doesn't explain why she's on the ship." Zeb pointed out. Adelina sighed.
"This might." Adelina glanced around the room and saw the droid coming down the hall. She closed her eyes and reached her hand out towards it. She lifted him into the air and placed him in front of Zeb. When she opened her eyes, Sabine and Ezra were smiling while the lassat just stared at her in shock.
...
Hera and Kanan had been sitting quietly when Hera checked the Ghost's vitals and found something bad.
"Uh-oh." Hera muttered.
"What?" Kanan asked.
"We're running out of fuel. And fast. We've got to stop somewhere and stock up."
"What? There's nothing out here for miles."
"Not true. There is... Nar Shaddaa." Hera hesitated.
"You don't mean..." Kanan stared at her in shock.
"The Smuggler's Moon. I know. But it's the only place that we can get to before we run out of fuel." Hera explained.
"Off to Nar Shaddaa it is." Kanan sighed.
...
"Kanan, are you insane?!" Ezra asked. Kanan had called the crew into a meeting but left Adelina out. The droid (Chopper, they told her he was called. They also had her meet a green twi'lek called Hera) was supposed to be watching her but he wasn't doing a very good job.
Especially since Adelina had been leaning on the door and listening in.
"The kid's got a point Kanan, we can't go to Nar Shaddaa. It's a death sentence." Zeb agreed.
"What's Nar Shaddaa?" Adelina whispered.
"We don't really have choice. There's nothing for miles." Hera explained.
"Nar Shaddaa isn't the most welcoming place but, I bet I could get us some fuel." Sabine piped up.
"You're not going alone." Ezra suddenly argued.
"No. That's why we're sending Zeb along with you...,Someone to watch your back." Kanan explained.
"Umm... What?" Zeb asked.
"Me, Ezra, and Hera will stay here and watch Adelina." This caused the togruta to roll her eyes. I've been on my own for seven years, I don't need someone to babysit me. Unless they don't want me flying the ship away... I don't even know how to fly a ship like this anyways. And didn't they say they were out of fuel? Even if I knew how I wouldn't get anywhere. She thought. "If anything goes wrong, you know what to do."
"Sounds like we've got a plan." Hera said.
"Wait. Why don't I go with Sabine?" Ezra asked.
Ezra. Adelina rolled her eyes with a smirk.
"Ezra. Nar Shaddaa is too dangerous for you two to go by yourselves." Kanan explained.
"Then why don't we all go?" Ezra asked.
"We can't leave that girl here by herself." Kanan argued. I have a name. Adelina thought to herself.
"Then we'll take her with us." Ezra countered.
"What? We can't take her with us!" Kanan yelled.
"Why not? You did with me." Ezra pointed out. What does he mean? The togruta furrowed her brows as she continued to listen.
"Yeah but that's... That's different." Kanan argued.
"How?" Ezra asked. Things then got eerily quiet until she head a sigh of frustration and defeat.
"Fine. But she's your responsibility. Meaning, you're making sure she doesn't do anything." Kanan added.
"Anything how?" Ezra asked.
"Just don't leave her when we get back onto the Ghost." Kanan explained.
"Hey! That was not my fault!" Zeb yelled. Adelina grew confused again. Is that the name of this ship? And did they leave someone by accident?
As she began giggling slightly at how they had left someone, she heard footsteps. They were almost silent and very close. She jumped back from the door and turned to the droid as if he had made her giggle. When the door opened she turned around and saw Kanan with the others behind him.
"Looks like you're coming with us." Kanan confirmed. Adelina made herself look confused.
"Coming with you where?" She asked.
"Nar Shaddaa." Kanan answered as he stepped out of the room. Sabine and Zeb had walked off but Hera and Kanan stayed there to talk to Adelina.
"What's Nar Shaddaa?" She asked.
"It's the smuggler's moon, where the bad people of the Galaxy go to do bad things." Hera explained.
"What sort of bad things?" Adelina asked.
"Every bad thing." Kanan answered causing Adelina to gulp nervously.
"And why are we going there again?" Adelina asked.
"We need fuel and that just so happens to be the only place close enough to land without running out." Kanan explained.
"Okay... And how do I know you won't just trade me for the fuel? I don't have all the human rights like you and we don't know each other well." Adelina pointed out.
"Because we don't sell or buy slaves. We free them." Hera explained.
"Right and I'm just supposed to trust a handful of strangers?" Adelina asked.
"For right now, yes." Hera answered.
"At least until we get you back to Lothal." Kanan added then he and Hera walked off. Adelina stared at them nervously as they left. How do you trust people you don't know?
...
They had landed and were leaving the Ghost. Hera and Chopper had to stay on the Ghost to make sure no one touched it while everyone else had to go (thanks to Ezra's dumb idea).
Adelina had asked why she couldn't stay with Chopper and Hera but Kanan had only said that she was too strong with the Force and couldn't be trusted. So, here she was, on the most vile and unruly planet in the galaxy. With your anything to protect herself with.
Adelina walked between Ezra and Kanan and kept her eyes on the ground. She knew that togruta were slaves on many planets and didn't want anything to happen so she kept her eyes down and made sure to stay out of everybody's way.
She didn't want to become a slave. Again.
She was pulled from her thoughts when she felt someone tug on her arm. She looked back and saw it was Ezra. She realized that she had walked ahead of him and quickly backed up and stood beside him. Glancing up, she found Kanan was talking to a pirate about getting enough fuel just to get back to Lothal.
The pirate for some reason, kept glancing at her and she looked away terrified. Don't get any ideas, pirate. She thought as she nervously pulled at her left lekku (head tail). She looked to Ezra and he smiled at her. She smiled a small smile back but still couldn't ignore the terrible feeling in the pit of her stomach as she looked away.
She glanced back at Kanan and the pirate, she could tell that the pirate was considering something.
"My price is..." The pirate locked his gaze on Adelina and her heartbeat quickened. "Her." He nodded towards the togruta and her eyes widened in panic and fear. Kanan moved in front of her with his arms crossed.
"She isn't an option." Adelina looked up at Kanan confused. You kept your word? "C'mon Ogaas, there's gotta be something else that could work for you." Kanan begged.
"Nope. In fact, something tells me she is very, very, important and somebody will pay an outstanding price for her." Adelina began trembling and gulped.
"Okay. We're done here." Kanan turned around and began walking, being sure to push Adelina ahead of him.
"Not quite, my lost friend. Fellas?! Get them!" Before any of them could react they were grabbed and thrown to the ground. All except for Adelina. Who was being forced to hold her hands behind her back and watch as Kanan, Ezra, Sabine, and Zeb were forced to stay on the ground with boots on their backs.
Adelina tried pulling her hands away but they had already been cuffed. She kicked the pirate (who had been holding her back) and caused him to fall down. She jumped up and pulled her arms underneath herself so they were in front of her (kind of like in Tangled) when she landed. She began fighting the pirates off until Ogaas pulled a blaster out and pointed it at her.
"Oh..." He clicked his tongue three times. "Did your plan not work out for you?" Adelina glared at him as the other pirates grabbed her.
Adelina looked back at the others and saw that they had been tied up and tied together in a circle with each of them facing outwards. Kanan was towards her and she tried to think of a way to get them out but couldn't.
As Ogaas began monologuing, Adelina came up with a plan and let her hand outstretch towards the ropes on Kanan's hands and slowly they began to untie.
Ogaas noticed this and stared at her. "A Jedi? The Empire wiped them all out." He said and then slapped her across the face.
"Ah!" Adelina cried in pain and stopped as Ogaas gripped her jaw and made her look at him.
"Meaning the Empire will pay handsomely for you." Ogaas smiled evilly.
"Yeah? Well they would also pay handsomely for a thieving, murdering, ugly, smuggling pirate. If you give me to the Empire they'll take you as well. I suggest you have a warrant out for you. There's probably bounty hunters looking for you as we speak." Adelina growled.
"Ooh, a feisty one. I like it. But you make a good point. I will just sell you to the highest bidder." Adelina wasn't going down without a fight though. She kicked and screamed and fought them until she felt a course of electricity shoot through her body causing her to collapse onto the ground.
"Ah." Adelina kept feeling electricity course through her body and realized her vision was getting dark. She couldn't go out just yet though. She outstretched a sunset pink hand out towards Kanan and the others and untied them.
Quickly, they jumped into action, each of them pulling out their weapons as quick as possible and firing rapidly. It became a battle, and honestly Adelina would barely remember it. She kept coming in and out of consciousness. At one point she was out for a few minutes and when she woke up, she was in Kanan's arms.
"I-is it over?" She asked, weakly.
"Yeah, and don't worry we're getting you to the Ghost as soon as possible." Kanan assured her. Adelina then realized they were moving.
"But, what about the fuel?" Adelina asked.
"Turns out, Hera found some and salvaged it. It isn't mug but it'll get us back to Lothal." Kanan answered.
"I'm tired." Adelina mumbled as things became fuzzy.
"Just go to sleep Adelina. Everything's going to be..." His last word was blurred out as darkness consumed her once more.
...
Adelina woke up in a white room and gasped as she sat up. Where am I? She wondered. Glancing around the room, she saw an orange robot and suddenly the day's events came back to her. He made beeps that sounded like complaints and she ignored them.
"Chopper? Where are the others?" Adelina asked. Chopper beeped a couple of times and then left. Furrowing her brow, she climbed out of the bed and almost collapsed from lack of balance. After she regained it, she slowly made her way out of the med room.
She could hear Chopper whirring through the hallways and followed him. He led her into a room where Sabine, Ezra, and Zeb were sitting around a table where two holographic monsters were battling. Ezra glanced at her, then back at the game, then back at her.
"Well, look who's awake." Ezra smiled at her and she smiled back. The other two looked at her and seemed slightly surprised, but then they went back to their game.
"How are you feeling?" Kanan asked as he walked into the room.
"Okay, I guess. My head and muscles are a bit sore but other than that I'm fine." Adelina explained.
"Good enough to train?"
"Train for what?"
"To become a Jedi. Your powers are growing at a rapid rate and you have a lot to learn." Kanan explained.
"I don't know. I don't really think I'm right for all that Jedi stuff." Adelina shrugged.
"If he has the potential." Kanan nodded at Ezra. "Then you do too."
"Hey!" Ezra defended.
"Alright, I guess I can train for a bit." Adelina agreed. "When would we meet?" Adelina asked.
"If you're gonna train to become a Jedi with me, you have to stay here." Kanan explained.
"Hm. Fine, but if you ask me it's just an excuse to keep me around." Adeline smirked as she sat down beside Ezra and began watching Sabine and Zeb play.
A/N: Okay! I know I sort of rushed it around the end but I've been writing it for a month okay?! Anyways, tell me what you think and uh... I'll try and update when I can. Bye!