I watched everyone eat the food that I had bought from stolen money. I know stealing is wrong. But in this world … The only way to survive.
"You're not hungry, huh?"
"Hm? Oh, I ate on the way back."
"You should stop stealing, honey." Emara told me.

Emara was the woman who helped me through the hardest time in my life. She made me strong she trained me. Thanks to her I could help people again. I could steal without anyone notice. She had cared about me like the mother I never had.

"And let you and the other starve? No thanks."
She smirked and took the next plate of food.
We all, the whole family, sat at this table. A small but long table. We were 7 women and a young boy. He was now almost two years old. This isn't a normal family. We are a mix of well … Everything.

We weren't related. Except Emara and Kiara. They were mother and daughter. Kiara also became sort of my little sister. We all were thrown out of everything we have ever known. And starting a new life down here in the slums of Coruscant wasn't quiet easy. I sighed and looked out of the window.

I lost myself in my mind … This life down here, changed me completely. I'm not the person anymore I once was. Down here you don't fight Droids or Seperatists. You fight against hunger and poorness. It is truly a daily struggle to survive. I don't even want to know how many people die every day in these slums.

I had to ways to go. To care less about me and more about other, like I used to do, or let me get corrupted and turn into the complete other side. No. I wouldn't let myself turn selfish. That's just not me. I could never walk pass starving children.

I sighed and stood up.
"Where are you going?"
"Watching the stars." I said with a smirk.

"Yeah, but what kind of stars?" asked Emara and smirked herself.

"Funny." I said and left.

The city was bathed in dark, grew, brown colors. The dirt hung heavy in the air and it was hard to breathe. I pulled my hood over my head, which covered my tails so perfectly and made it look like I was human. My black outfit made it easy for me to escape in the shadows of the slums.

I know, being a thief is wrong. But these people need me. They would live on the street without me. They now at least have a real ceiling over their heads and it was warmer in the winter. I kept my face in the shadows of my hood as I walked passed two police droids. I climbed up an old building to have a better look and sat down on it's edge.

I used my sences to search for someone who was rich with a lot of money in his bags now. No. I would never steal from poor people. I steal from those who have too much and give it to those who have too less.

Soon I saw a man. He was 'good' build and gave another man a little purse. This was my chance. I quietly jumped from roof to roof and followed that man. He carried the purse at the side of his belt.

I jumped down to the ground and used the shadows to hide.

There. A patrol. They stopped him and asked him after his ID. He gave it to them and as they checked the card I used the chance and sneaked close to the man and took the purse gentle from his belt ad sneaked back into the shadows without anyone notice.

I got up on a roof and started counting the credits. 5600 Credits. Well, that's actually not much, but down here … A warm lunch for two weeks. The others will be happy. I put the money in my jacket and walked back to my so-called home.

I heard steps behind me who seemed to get faster so I walked faster two and walked in an alley as the steps were really close. But they walked passed. I let out a sigh. I looked out of the alley and kept walking. I saw Clones trying to help. At least a few of them. I bet they are send from the Senat.

I walked passed them. They looked after me and seemed to remember me. I smiled a little as I thought of the last time they tried to catch me. They shouted at me to stop walking and other to make me stop walking. But I walked into the crowed and they soon lost my track as I hide in the shadows in a nearby alley.

I walked the last few meters home and locked the door behind me. I saw the most of us sleeping in their parts of this big room. I walked over into the kitchen and met Emara.
"Hey. I got enough money for the next two months."
She did not even looked up from the ground.
"Hey, what's wrong?"

I saw tears in her eyes as she looked up at me.
"They have her. They have Kiara."
I went up to her and let her hug me.
"Who has her? The … Jedi? Or did the police caught her by stealing?"
"The Jedi."
"What do they want with her?"

She just looked at me sadly.
"No. I won't let them get away with this. She isn't even force sensitive."

I pulled myself out of the hug and hold Emara back as she tried to stop me.
"Kiara is like a sister to me. I cannot leave her alone."
"Ahkova, please."
"No. I'll bring her back."

I left before she could say anything else. She was my little sister. I have to help her. I called an old friend of mine. He was a really good hacker and he owned me one.
He hacked the system of the shuttle with which the Jedi had taken her. I followed and saw it landing at the temple.

I thought about it. Maybe … Maybe she was really force sensitive and saver at the temple as down in the slums. But I saw Master Windu coming out and looked down at her. They normally do the test outside, so I waited. But they did no tests. It was strange. He knelt down to her and moved his hand in front of her face and made her fall asleep!

"That's enough." I whispered to myself and got ready. I had to sneak in and save her. This wasn't right. This whole stuff does not seemed right to me. What do they want with her. I have to sneak into the temple. But how? … After all this time. I never wanted to get ever close to that building again ...