Back to Raxus and A Friend in Need: My Version never happened! The normal A Friend in Need is what took place in this story. However, the younglings that appear in Back to Raxus are in this. Read and Respond! Please!

Chapter 1

A Mission Based on Rumors

Temple life has never been exciting or interesting in any sense of the word. Around here, the most exciting thing to do is clean the graffiti off of the transports, or hide the other Jedi's lightsabers. Other than that, looking through the archives in the library and walking back and forth from the mess hall to your assigned quarters wasn't exactly what I would call fun.

Usually I'm on an assignment with my old master, Anakin Skywalker. Or I'm investigating foreign planets that have had battle droid sightings with my friends Sayda and Yoli. But for about a month now, my friends and I have been stuck inside the walls of the temple. Stuck on a planet that is one giant city with absolutely nothing to do. About a week ago I got so bored I started to research the history of milk! That's a new personal low. And yesterday I tried doing some gymnastics in my quarters and I ended up breaking a lamp and Sayda's transmitter. I received a long talk from her about it. Note to self, never attempt to do flips in a small room with breakable objects. Padmé has even started to worry about her appearance. We all need to get as far away from Coruscant as possible.

Yoli and I were walking to the mess hall, again. We had nothing better to do. When we walked into the crowded room, we sat down at our usual table in the corner. Riyo and Hazel were there, Riyo appeared to be having a conversation with her mother, Senator Chuchi, over holo-chat. Hazel rested her right cheek in her right hand, looking as bored as ever. She was twirling her lightsaber in between her fingers. I sat down next to Riyo. "Hello, Riyo." I turned to the hologram of Senator Chuchi and bowed my head respectfully. "Senator Chuchi."

The senator bowed, "Ahsoka." I looked at Hazel and Yoli across from me.

"Um, Hazel?" Yoli tapped on her shoulder.

"Yeah?" Hazel replied in a dull voice.

"Are you okay?" Yoli asked.

"No. I need to go somewhere! Tatooine, Vanquor, anywhere!" Hazel gave an outburst.

"Whoa, calm down Hazel." Riyo said; she must have turned off the transmission between her and her mother. "We're all suffering from cabin fever, but there's not much we can do about it."

"Riyo's right." I concluded. "I'm sure we'll get an assignment soon." I was hoping this was true, but I was pretty sure it wasn't.

I noticed Padmé walking over to our table. "Hey, Ahsoka? Does my makeup look right?"

My breath hitched. "You're wearing makeup?"

"Yep." Padmé replied, flipping her hair. "And I have to say I've never looked better."

Yoli, Riyo and I all had our mouths open in shock. I stood up and said, "Riyo, come with me." I grabbed Yoli's wrist as we walked past her. "Come on, Yoli."

"Um, where are we going?" Yoli asked as I dragged her out of the mess with Riyo following us.

"To the council, we all need to get out of here." I said, walking down the hall.

We walked down the long, winding hallways until we reached the council room. Riyo and I walked in, but Yoli barged in and said, "Okay, what gives?"

"Beg your pardon, I do?" Yoda asked.

I stepped in; worried Yoli would say something that would get her in trouble.

"What Master Shay is trying to say is why has it been such a long time since our last assignment?" I said.

Shaak Ti spoke in her strange accent, "Actually, we were about to call upon you for an assignment."

"Really?" Riyo perked up. "Where?"

"First we must call upon the others." Mace said frowning. Who am I kidding? He's always frowning.

"Fine." Yoli crossed her arms as she said this. It took about ten minutes, but we finally rounded up the rest of The Jedi Knights. Do they really need all of us?

"We have an assignment for you." Master Windu said.

"We got that." Yoli huffed.

Windu glared at her before Luminara continued. "It is a double mission. We have reason to believe that the Separatists have allied with Deathwatch once again."

I was looking down when he said that, I let out a small squeak. Luckily, nobody seemed to notice.

But I was getting confused, Vizsla would allow that? I thought the soul purpose of Deathwatch was to kill Dooku?

"What do you want us to do?" Hazel asked, there was a wild look in her eyes. Oh no, Hazel's about to go crazy.

"We believe that they are based on Carlac. And we need you to investigate." Mace Windu said.

Why? Of all planets and organizations in the galaxy, why Carlac and the Deathwatch? I thought desperately. I couldn't help but think of Lux. His lush brown hair, his gorgeous green-blue eyes that could pierce through metal. Shut up, Ahsoka!

"Um, when you say, 'Based on Carlac,' do you mean the Deathwatch are based there, or do you mean that Dooku is based there? Or both?" Yoli asked; she seemed less angry.

"The Deathwatch." Obi-Wan replied.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait." Rodi stepped in front of the crowd; her hair seemed more red than usual. "Why do we need that many Jedi for this?"

"Do you question our authority, Master Mer'iss?" Windu asked. You could tell he was trying to sound intimidating.

"Yes I do." Rodi replied impulsively.

I bit my lip; she was basically asking to get her head cut off.

"According to Obi-Wan, the Deathwatch are a highly trained group of warriors, and much too powerful for any one Jedi to fight alone." Master Fisto said.

"Yes, but this is not one lone Jedi, this is seven." Rodi said. I don't know why, but she seemed to be getting angry.

"Seven?" Yoda asked. "Eight of you, there are."

"Both of the Padawans amount to one." Rodi said'

Riyo and Layda crossed their arms and glared at Rodi with angry faces.

"All of you will be going, that is final." Windu said. Rodi got quiet.

"Are you positive that Dooku is really allied with Deathwatch again?" Sayda asked.

"Unsure of that, we are." Yoda said, looking down.

"It is a rumor." Windu said. That makes more sense.

"That could be an issue." Padmé said. She was putting on lipstick, observing her work in a small hand-held mirror.

I grabbed the lipstick and the mirror from her with a, "Give me that!"

Padmé crossed her arms and pouted like a youngling. I rolled my eyes. "When will we be leaving for Carlac?"

"Sunrise, tomorrow." Ki-Adi announced. "You are dismissed."

We turned and left. Riyo and Layda ran off to clean graffiti off of transports, and Rodi and Hazel ran off down a hallway with Yoli's lightsabers (Yoli was running after them screaming, "I'm going to kill you!"). And Padmé went back to the mess. Leaving just Sayda and I in the hallway.

"So, what do want to do?" Sayda asked.

"Um, we could go to the training center?" I more or less asked this than said it.

"Nah, I went there yesterday." Sayda said.

"Yeah," I agreed. "And I went there this morning."

I held up the lipstick and mirror, "We could find something to do with this?"

Sayda cringed, "Eew! Where did you get makeup?"

"It's Padmé's, and stop being such a girl!" I tossed the lipstick to her and she flinched. "Man up, Sayda."

"Sorry." She straightened her outfit. "It's just," she shuddered. "Makeup." She said makeup like someone would say dynamite.

I rolled my eyes whatever.

We walked down the hallway in silence, and then Sayda broke it with a disturbing question, "So who's Lux?"

I stopped walking. "Who?" I tried to sound innocent. Did she here my thoughts? I could have sworn I had my mental shields up.

"Lux, who is he?" Sayda repeated.

"I'm sorry, Sayda. I don't know what you're talking about." How does she know about Lux?

"Don't lie, Ahsoka. You talk in your sleep. You always say stuff like, 'Don't choke on your stupidity, Lux.' what's up with that?" Sayda crossed her arms.

I bit my lip; I remember when I told him that. Careful not to choke on your stupidity. "He's just a friend." I resumed walking with my hands behind my back.

"Really?" Sayda asked suspiciously.

I turned to her and stopped walking, "Really."

She eyed me. Buy it, come on, Sayda. Buy it.

She finally said, "Okay."

"Come, on." I said. "Let's go pack."

We walked back to our shared quarters. When we got there I gathered the three possessions I had other than my lightsabers, my Jedi robe (which I wore once in a blue moon), my transmitter, and my Instant Holo-Disguise device.

"Let's see," Sayda thought out loud. "My robe, my Instant Holo-Disguise, my transmitter. . . Oh wait, I can't bring my transmitter. Ahsoka broke it."

I rolled my eyes. She was trying to make me feel bad, it wasn't working. "You're never gonna let that go, are you?"

Sayda smirked, "Nope."

I smiled and resumed packing, which took exactly eighteen seconds. "Done." Sayda and I said in unison. We burst into a laughing fit.

When I caught my breath I spoke. "I think I'll get some rest, we have to get up early tomorrow."

Sayda nodded, "Okay. I'm going to the library to get some research done, I'll see you later." I waved to her and she left.

I stretched and crawled into my bed, but when I fell asleep all I found were nightmares.

I was sitting in my quarters, meditating, as I do almost everyday. But as soon as I opened my eyes the Jedi Temple dissolved around me, creating a grassy landscape dotted with flowers. I recognized the place as Naboo. The wind blew over me, I couldn't help but smile. Then I heard a male's voice behind me, "It's about time you got here." It joked.

I turned around and saw Lux. I ran towards him. But before I could touch him, the plant life around me withered and died. The sky turned a frightening shade of red. And a crack in the ground appeared, separating Lux and me. "Lux!" I yelled.

"Ahsoka!" He yelled back. "No matter what happens, remember that I love you."

For a minute, the terrifying background didn't matter. He loves me? For a moment I was happy, then the ground opened up beneath me and I fell in.

I woke up, drenched in sweat. I was gasping for air. I breathed heavily for a few minutes. I finally came to the realization that it was a dream. I sighed and whispered to myself, "I love you, too, Lux."

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