Dragon Ball Rebels
A/N: This part takes place in my own point of view, but the actual story is third person view. Also all this is Tython055's idea with my own writing involved. Things you read here are closely based off his ideas.
Prologue:
"Ugh... Where am I?" Ezra whimpered as he slowly opened his eyes to an unfamiliar place. He sat up and looked around for his friends and sighed in relief when he saw everybody there. Kanan was closest to him and Sabine was just a few feet to his right. Zeb was about 15 feet from Ezra's feet and Hera... well she was right next to Kanan.
"Kanan," Ezra whispered as he shook his master's shoulder. "Kanan wake up."
"Ugh, Ezra what are you doing in my room?" he groaned in response.
"That's the thing, Kanan. We're not in our rooms," Ezra said, getting an immediate response from the Jedi.
"What? Where are we then?"
"I don't know, that's what I want to know," Ezra said.
"Alright, stay calm, we can figure this out. Get everybody up," Kanan said as he turned to Hera to wake her.
Ezra ran over to Sabine and woke her up easily, though she wasn't very happy at first.
"Ezra? Why are you in my-"
"We're not in the Ghost. I don't know where we are, but that's what we're going to find out," Ezra interrupted.
Sabine grabbed Ezra's outstretched hand to stand up and looked over to Zeb. "I'll leave him to you."
Ezra rolled his eyes, "Thanks," he said, the sarcasm strong in his voice.
"Zeb!" Ezra said, trying to shake the Lasat awake, but also ready to leap away in case he woke up swinging. "Zeb wake up!"
"Kid, haven't I told you not to wake me?" the Lasat growls in his sleep.
"Well you'd be surprised where we are," Ezra said as he used the Force to lift Zeb into the air and then dropped him.
"OOOWW! EZRA YOU'RE A DEAD...man..." Zeb screamed, though his voice faltered when he realized Ezra was right. "Where are we?"
"That's what we're going to find out," Kanan said.
"It's strange, really," Hera said. "We still have our weapons and gear so we couldn't have been captured."
"Unless the Empire is throwing us into some sort of warrior match," Sabine said bitterly.
"Wait," Ezra began, "Where's Chopper?"
Hera looked around frantically, as did Sabine, but Chopper was nowhere to be found.
"What did they do to my droid?" Hera shouted.
"Hera, I'm sure he's fine," Kanan said as he placed a hand on her shoulder.
"How do you know that?" Hera snapped.
That's the thing, Kanan doesn't know that. Nobody does, but there's also no proof he's in trouble either.
"I hate to break up your little argument, but we still have no idea where we are," Sabine said, stepping in between the two adults.
"Sabine's right. We have bigger things to worry about," Ezra said, stepping up behind Sabine. "For example, how do we get out of here?"
"This could be some sort of trap..." Hera began but I interrupted her.
"I assure you, this is no trap. It's my home."
Everybody turned to me, weapons drawn. I can tell they were guessing the obvious facts about me: around 17 years of age, wearing a shirt the same shade of blue as Ezra's eyes, and a black and grey coat, also wearing a pair of dark blue jeans and had short, black hair. They noticed a pistol strapped to my right thigh.
"Who are you, where's Chopper, and where are we?" Sabine shouted, not taking her WESTAR-35s away from my head.
"Woah calm down Sabine," I say. "I'm not here to fight."
"Yeah right," she scoffed. "How do you know us?"
"Yeah, how do you know us?" Zeb asked. "We don't even know you!"
"Believe me, I know pretty much everything about you. I assure you, your droid is safe back on the Ghost. And if you still don't believe me, look to Kanan. He should have probed my mind by now to see if I'm telling the truth."
Everybody looked over to Kanan, who looked a bit pale, "He's right. I sense to intentions to harm us."
Everybody looked surprised at me and I grinned, "See?"
"He could be hiding it," Ezra said.
"Come on guys, if I were against you I would have turned you in by now. As a matter of fact I'm very much on your side," I said.
Hera motioned everybody to stand down, which they did reluctantly.
"I'm sorry for all this. I'm General Hera Syndulla and this is my crew," Hera began but I held up my hand.
"I already know you. I should be the one making the introductions. You can call me FR0ST, and welcome to my home," I said. "I brought you here from your galaxy, or dimension, whichever comes first. As I said earlier, Chopper is safe on the Ghost. What will likely be a few days here would only be seconds back home for you. You see, time here flows differently than your galaxy... well sort of."
"This couldn't get any worse," Zeb groaned and everybody gave him the 'Don't jinx it' look and I just chuckle.
"My friend and I were making breakfast. We have refreshers you can use to clean up if you need to... Especially Zeb," I said pointing to the Lasat. "I don't want you stinking up my house while you're here, alright?"
Zeb groaned, "Jeez this just gets better and better."
Sabine and Ezra laughed and Hera and Kanan smiled.
"Meet me in the dining room in... 20 minutes?" I suggested.
"Sure thing," Hera said as everybody made their way to the refreshers.
"Alright," I say to myself, "Better go tell Tython we have guests."
... 20 minutes later...
"This is really good... it reminds me of our waffles back home, but it tastes better!" Ezra exclaims as he takes another bite of waffle. Sabine silently laughs as she too takes another bite.
"I'm glad you enjoy this. I already ate earlier so eat what you can," I said.
Zeb grinned, "You don't have to tell me twice!" He grabs another stack of waffles and digs in.
"Now, as for why you're here," I say, "There's something I would like you all to read. All Tython's idea of course."
Next to me, Tython nods and seems happy to see everybody agreeing to this.
"Read what exactly?" Ezra asks.
I hand him a book and he reads the title out loud so everybody can hear, "Dragon Ball Rebels?"
Zeb chokes a bit, "A dragon's what now?"
"Seriously? Why does everybody make that mistake?" Tython whines, but I place a hand on his shoulder.
"Chill bro, it's an easy mistake."
"Yeah well it's also an annoying gag!"
"I know, I know. you have a fair point. To clear it up to you, Zeb, it's not what you think. If I tell you it would spoil the story," I said.
"Yup. When can we start?" Tython asks.
"Right now if everybody's ready," I answer.
Everybody nods.
"Good. There will be a reading order for everybody so you all will have a chance to read. Ezra, you'll go first, then Sabine, then Hera, then Kanan, and last but not least, Zeb," I say.
"Why am I always last?" Zeb groans.
"You're not," Ezra grins.
Tython turns around, "Hey sis! Bring in the holoscreen will you?"
"Sure thing!" a female voice calls out from another room.
Moments later Tython's sister walks in with the holoscreen. "Hello," she waves to everybody. "I'm Cara, nice to meet all of you."
Everybody says hello and she walks over to the far corner to watch everything.
"What do we need a holoscreen for?" Hera asks.
"It's so those who are not reading can actually see what's going on in the story," Tython explains.
"I programmed it to follow along with the speed the reader goes. Wherever the reader begins reading, that's when the whole thing begins. Whenever the reader stops, the video footage will also stop," I add.
"You may begin when ready, Ezra," Tython says.
Ezra opens the book and begins reading.
End Prologue
Chapter one begins a few days after the Empire was formed and takes place on Krownest with a Saiyan mother and Mandalorian father (captain of Clan Wren's guard and trusted friend to the Wren family) getting ready to sending away their 2-year-old son to Universe 7 so the Supreme Kai of Time could train him and would one day return to their galaxy to take on the Empire.
The part when the story mentions Clan Wren and shows them a Mandalorian father and unidentified alien mother being the captain of the Wren Clan guard while making preparations of sending their Saiyan/Mandalorian infant to Universe 7 to be safe in a Saiyan space pod. The crew are shocked of this, including Sabine as they have many questions of what alien species the mother is from since she has a brown tail that usually belongs to a monkey and what is Universe 7)
Story Commentators
"Wait are you saying my parents knew about these... people in this story?" Sabine asks, eyes wide in shock.
"Looks like it. I think they met before the Clone War ended," Ezra said.
"But what type of human is she?" Sabine asks. "I've never seen humans with tails before."
"They're not human, though they do indeed look like them," Tython explains carefully. "They are 100% alien. No offense, Hera and Zeb."
"None taken," they replied.
"But what race are they then?" Sabine asks, her curiosity growing.
Tython, Cara, and I all smile, "I'm afraid we can't tell you that either. You're going to have to read the story to find out."
"Sabine, it's pointless to ask them. Besides I'd rather find out this way. More fun this way," Ezra says.
"Alright, if you say so," Sabine mumbles. "But only because you asked nicely."
Ezra grins, "What, you don't want me?"
Sabine blushes and can't form an answer. Instead she just stares into Ezra's sapphire eyes.
"Sabine, you listening?" Ezra asks then, snapping Sabine out of her little trance.
"Y-Yeah. Keep reading," she says. 'Kriff, I really want him right now.'
She blushes at her thoughts and everybody, except Ezra, notices and I smile.
"Hey," I whisper to Tython, elbowing his arm, "Check that out. You hear what she's thinking?"
"Yeah. She's already falling for him. This could be easier than I thought," he replies quietly.
Back in the Story
However (Ezra continues to read) the boy's space pod crashes into a different planet called Earth and a woman finds him around the crash site. She eventually adopts him and brings the young boy into her home, naming him Jacen Ryder. As the years go by, the boy grows up into a strong young teen, keeping his tail wrapped around his waist like a belt to hide it from the other children. But the sudden death of his foster father and brother to a powerful evil changes him, potentially either for good or for worse. Eventually he is able to control certain powers that are usually unable to be controlled. Also discovering he is a Saiyan instead of a human, he teleports to Universe 7 at the age of 12 and is recruited by the Time Patrol, a group that fights evil doers all throughout Dragon Ball history.
(The screen the others are watching shows the story title, a sign that the story is about to officially begin.)
Once again back to Real Time
"Ezra wait," Sabine says, grabbing Ezra's shoulder. She turns to me and Tython.
"You said you know all about us, right?" she asks.
"Maybe not literally everything but yeah," I answer.
"So... do you know what would happen to us in the future?" she asks then.
"Sabine," Ezra tries to warn her but she ignores him.
"I uh... I guess so yeah," I say.
"FR0ST, don't do it," Tython's sister, Cara, says to me.
I turn to Tython and Cara and the three of us turn our backs to the Ghost crew in quiet debate.
"I wasn't going to, but when I think about it, just bringing them here alters their timeline," I whispered.
"Then you just ruined their timeline!" Cara hissed.
"Actually, I think this just brings in an alternate timeline," Tython says.
I think a moment and remember the scene in Star Trek where Spock explains the ever so complicated facts of Nero's actions in their timeline and how he was from the future, and how his very presence created an alternate reality.
"I think you're on to something, Tytho," I say. "Just our very presence to them altered their timeline, but that doesn't mean their original timeline is ruined. Think of it as an alternate reality."
Cara stares at me, "You stole that from Star Trek didn't you?"
I shrug, "Maybe."
"Alright, then go ahead," she says.
"Alright," I begin as I turn around towards the Ghost crew. "We know what your future would have been like, but bringing you here alters your future dramatically so from here on out... we really don't know. That being said, in your original timeframe, pretty much everybody except for Hera and Chopper dies at the hands of the Empire. Sabine nevers gets a chance to confess to Ezra and he dies before she could."
Cara punches my shoulder, "You just said a bit too much."
"Ah alright I'll shut up," I shout.
Sabine looks terrified and Ezra is just confused.
"We... we all died?" she asks me.
"Unfortunately yes," I say. "Come here for a second, will you?"
Sabine shakily stands and walks over, and I wrap my arm around her shoulders to speak to her privately. "I know you have feelings for Ezra. We're doing this to give you a chance to confess to him about it."
Sabine stares at me, "I-I don't know what you're talking about."
"I know you don't. You never realized you had feelings for him until it was too late. But that was the original timeline. You about went insane after Ezra's death so we're here to spare your sanity," I say. That was mostly true.
"Alright," Sabine says. I know she didn't realize her feelings for Ezra and she thinks I'm just teasing, but I also knew what was going on in her thoughts.
She sat back down next to Ezra, avoiding his gaze and I motion for him to continue reading.
Story
Jacen returns to his home just 2 years after joining the Time Patrol and just one year later, finds his way into the Star Wars universe where this all begins.
...
"I find it remarkable that you think you can defeat me, boy," an ice cold voice says during the cold Tatooine night.
"I find it annoying that you never stop talking," Jacen says. "You're not leaving this planet alive, Thrawn. I swear on it."
"And why do you say that?" he asks.
"I'm going to kill you, duh," Jacen replies, annoyed. "I thought you were smarter than that."
Thrawn looked annoyed at that very moment. "You annoy me. Guards, you may fire at will."
The death troopers around Thrawn aim their weapons at Jacen, but before they could fire, they suddenly disappeared for a few moments, only to reappear in pieces.
"What sort of trickery is this?" Thrawn asks.
"I told you, you're going to die tonight," Jacen says with a smirk. Suddenly, with a loud yell, he activates his Super Saiyan power and begins his duel with Thrawn who was surprisingly able to keep up with the speedy Saiyan.
"As you can already tell, killing me won't be as easy as you think," Thrawn sneers. "It is truly remarkable that you think you can defeat me."
"Think? I know I can defeat you," Jacen says, a fire in his eyes while the Admiral of the Empire also stared, though his eyes had more of an icy look to them.
Thrawn attempted to shoot Jacen with his blaster pistol, but Jacen disappears from in front of Thrawn and reappears behind him, an attack already being carried out. Somehow Thrawn barely manages to evade the attack and they keep fighting for another minute until...
KABOOM!
The smoke clears and Thrawn is standing over Jacen's form, his blaster pistol aimed at the Saiyan's forehead.
"I told you, I can not be defeated easily," he says, but Jacen only laughs.
"What sort of pitiful attack was that," he screams, laughing uncontrollably.
"What? How are you still alive?" Thrawn shouts, completely dumbfounded.
"You're not the only one who's hard to beat, but nothing you have can even hurt me... at least not too badly," Jacen chuckles as he stands up, powering back up to Super Saiyan. "Now, where were we?"
Thrawn stares in complete and utter shock as the Saiyan punches right through his abdomen, mortally wounding the Admiral.
"ACK!"
Jacen disappears once again for a second and reappears behind Thrawn once again and throws him into the air, then jumps up to meet him face to face.
"Bye bye, Thrawn. You will never hurt any more innocence again," Jacen says as he draws his sword (Similar to Trunk's sword in the DBZ series). He continues to slash at Thrawn until he explodes into billions of pieces, not even a drop of blood touching the ground. Thrawn was completely vaporized by the quick and powerful attacks.
(Sabine, Hera, and Zeb all cringe at what they watched, but Kanan cringes at what he hears, and Ezra cringes at what he just read.
"That's very dark," he said but he continued to read.)
Jacen leaves the planet by stealing Thrawn's shuttle and flies off into space, and checks his list.
"Huh, next is that T-7 Ion disruptor mission? That's a little ways away so might as well find something to do in the meantime," he says to himself as he sets the shuttle to hyperspace.
...
"So uh... that was the prologue and first chapter?" Ezra asks me.
"Pretty much. I believe it's Sabine's turn to read," I reply.
"Actually, can we take a small break if that's alright with you? I'm still trying to wrap my mind around all of this," Sabine said.
"Sure thing. Take as much time as you need," I say as I leave the room. "I'll go get everybody something to drink."