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Chapter 1: New Path
Somewhere in Coruscant…
It was nearing sunset on Coruscant. The city was still in business since night was when it came alive. Nightclubs and restaurants opened for business, some small marketplaces were closing up for the day, and bars and pubs were filled to the walls with customers. On the darker side, bounty hunters, smugglers, black market dealers and running fugitives were beginning to come out for their nightly businesses.
Many people of different species were wondering the streets. One particular Togruta teenage girl was wandering without a purpose in the streets after she exiled herself from her former superiors.
Ahsoka Tano, former Jedi Padawan to Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker.
Because she no longer felt needed on Coruscant since she lost her status, she has been wandering the streets aimlessly. She had seen many sights that she had not seem before, both good and bad, but still felt like she didn't belong with them since she was once a Jedi and interweaving with non-Force folk would be difficult.
'I'm glad that I left that Jedi Temple. I didn't need those Jedi traitors. I'm better off by myself anyway. ', though Ahsoka angrily, remembering the hearing and the imprisonment that rattled her.
But Ahsoka regained her senses and shook her head with a slight discomfort. "Jeez, where did that come from? I'm not good by myself now that I've left."
Her stomach suddenly gave a low grumble, telling her that she was hungry. And a sudden smell of delicious food from a nearby restaurant made her sadder as she had no credits to purchase anything.
"Should've thought about my future ahead before I left, though. Without credits, I'm not going anywhere or getting anything.", she said to herself with a face of foolishness at her poor planning.
"And how does one get a job in a city like this? There's got to be someone that can help me.", asked Ahsoka to herself under her breath.
Once she reached an alleyway, she turned into it. Feeling tired, she slumped against the wall and slid down until she was sitting down. She covered her eyes with her hands.
'What can I do now? Who do I turn to? Where do I go? What is my miserable fate now that the Order has abandoned me?', thought the sad young Togruta.
Tears in her eyes formed themselves and ran down her face. They came from the feelings of betrayal, misery and… hate. Hate towards the Jedi for what they had done to her. She sobbed, knowing nobody was going to help her with her predicament.
'Forget it all, then. Forget the Jedi. Forget the Order. Forget Skywalker. Face the facts. You're free to do what you wish. Heck, you can go back to Shili and see your parents again. You can go home, where you belong.", Ahsoka's dark inner voice told her.
'My parents might not recognise me. Or they might even be dead. Maybe the Separatists got to them and destroyed everything.', thought Ahsoka to herself in retaliation as she cried even harder at the thought of her dead loved ones.
"You are misguided, Ahsoka. Do not let the actions of the Jedi or your isolation bring you down. Strike back at them with your anger.", said a voice out of nowhere, "Make them pay dearly, especially Skywalker."
Out of nowhere, she heard that voice. It was different and more masculine. She quickly looked up from her knees and looked around for the source, but she couldn't find it. It was the sound of a man. But it was also… familiar. Like she had met its owner somewhere before.
"Who's there?", asked Ahsoka, getting up on her feet once again in an alert manner. She swung her head around in desperation.
"I'm warning you. I'm…", Ahsoka reached for her lightsaber, but she felt nothing, suddenly remembering that she left behind her lightsabers at the temple, "… armed."
"I am not your enemy. I am peace that you seek. I am your salvation.", said the voice again softly.
"What? What do you mean by that? What do you want with me?", cried Ahsoka with more anger.
"Join your inner darkness with your growing power. And declare the song of everlasting victory.", said the voice.
She couldn't see the owner, but she was strangely hearing it from deeper within the alley. A small puddle of water rippled, grabbing her attention. Fearful and curious, she walked over to it and looked into it. There was nothing but a reflection of her. Miserable, teary-eyed, angry, rejected and hateful. All that on a sad face. A single tear came off her face and dropped into the puddle, rippling it.
But when it cleared, there was a different image. It was still Ahsoka, but she looked different. Black veins stained her face and her eyes were closed, and there was a sinister smile. When she opened her eyes, Ahsoka saw in horror that her reflection now beared a pair of golden yellow eyes, staring right back at her. Ahsoka gasped in realisation of the owner of the voice.
"Oh, no. It can't be you.", cried Ahsoka in shock as she stumbled back from the image.
"Hello, Ahsoka. Did you miss me?", said the yellow-eyed Togruta reglection with a smile, "I missed you."
Suddenly, everything around her changed. The voice in her head, the reflection of her darker self, the heartache and the sadness was all too much for her to bear.
"But you're dead. My Master killed you.", said Ahsoka as she recoiled back from her shock.
"He is no longer your master. You have no masters.", replied the yellow-eyed reflection, "There is more to the Force than you think."
Her vision blackened, turning even the streetlights dark. Her body weakened from the strain and hunger, and her legs gave away. She collapsed in the alleyway on her side, falling into a deep sleep.
No-one was there to see the young Togruta collapse. No-one came to her aid. She wasn't just forsaken by the the Jedi. She was officially forsaken by the entire galaxy as it seems. She was as useless to anyone as she was to the Jedi.
Almost everyone.
Out of the shadows came out a rather tall figure. He was over two meters tall with a black outfit and a strange metal collar of few layers. His skin was white and his eyes were black with red pupils.
It was the very embodiment of the Dark Side of the Force, the Son.
He ran over to the teenage girl and knelt to her. Picking up her delicate hand, he pressed his thumb against her wrist and felt for a pulse. He smiled when he felt the blood flow, but it was a little slower, meaning that she was tired, weak and hungry.
'Good, I sense that the Dark Side of the Force within you is getting stronger following your unfair trial. It is making you stronger and it heals you, but it is time that I taught you how to bond with it better. In time, you will become an unstoppable Sith Lady.', thought Son.
He moved his hands under her and picked her up in his arms. Because of his strength, she wasn't heavy at all and her malnourished state made her slightly lighter. He carried her into the shadows of the alleyway and went through one of the many forgotten passageways of the city. It led the both of them straight towards an old landing pad where a small captured Separatist Shuttle was waiting for them. He walked up the ramp and placed her down on the cushioned bench carefully.
A medical droid came from out of the cockpit to assist master. It was light grey 2-1B Surgical Droid.
"Good to see you back, Master. Are we to leave?", asked the droid.
"I'll pilot the shuttle. Our young passenger is unconscious and malnourished, however, so I need you to give her anything that will help her get her strength back. We need her in good health by the time we reach Kortas.", responded Son calmly.
"Yes, Master.", said the droid as Son activated took the controls and activated the ship's engines. It rose up into the air and flew up into the sky.
The medical droid scanned Ahsoka and activated one if its nutrient syringes, piercing it into Ahoska's arm and plunging the liquid into her body. She only made a brief flinching move in response to the needle, but she soon relaxed again and continued to sleep.
But all this time, the light side of the force didn't wake her up from the danger. The Force didn't wake her up because it was already too late for her and the light was fading away from her.
In the alleyway…
A team of five City Patrol Clone Troopers rushed to the alleyway where their target was supposed to be. Instead, they were rewarded with nothing but an empty, littered alleyway.
"Damn it. The target isn't here.", said one of the clones.
"Secure the area and keep looking. The girl couldn't have gotten far, so she's got to be close. I'll inform General Windu of the situation.", said the leader, a clone with red detailing with a kama, red pauldron and red sun visor.
He activated his handheld holo-projector and a small hologram of the Jedi, Mace Windu, appeared in his hand.
"General, we lost the target. We followed her to her last known location, but she's gotten away somehow.", said the clone with an apologetic tone.
"Call in any other nearby patrol squads and tell them to secure the entire area of the city. We must find her before she gets too far away.", said Windu in response.
"Yes, General.", said the clone as his switched off his holo-projector. He then activated his helmet's communications.
"This is Coruscant Patrol Clone Leader Trax broadcasting to any nearby clone patrol forces. Stay alert and look out for a young Togruta female. Name is Ahsoka Tano. If she is located, arrest her as she is a former Jedi Padawan with a threatening potential.", told the clone leader.
Soon, at least twenty clone trooper patrol units were on high alert and constantly patrolling the streets for their prey, completely oblivious to the fact that they couldn't find her because she is no longer on the planet and far away from the the Jedi.
And towards a new future that could mean the end of the Jedi Order.
Chancellor Palpatine's Office…
It was just another work night in the office of the Republic Chancellor Sheev Palpatine, who also posed as the sinister Dark Lord, Darth Sidious. As his so-called duty to the Republic and his duty to keep his identity a secret, he was reading over some contracts and papers for upcoming meetings with the Senators.
It was like that until, for a brief second, he felt a disturbance in the air around him. Or to be more precise, a disturbance in the Force.
He felt that something, or someone, was beginning to rise from the depths of the Dark Side. The power of this being was still very low, perhaps in the developing stages, but enough to tell the Chancellor that something had just happened out of the ordinary.
Right then was he able to make out the name of someone that he spoke in his own voice. It was a slight vision into the future. The vision was pitch-black, but it sounded clear.
"Arise, Darth Raiya.", said the Emporer.
It sounded like he himself was going to make a new apprentice of the Dark Side, not very soon, but at some point in his plans to purge the Jedi and eradicate the Republic. Even though the moment was brief, he cracked a small smile.
"How very interesting.", said the Chancellor amusingly.
What do you think of the first chapter? I'm a big fan of Ahsoka and thought she would look really good as a Sith since the three-episode arc of Mortis. I've read other Sith Ahsoka stories, but I want mine to be as different as possible.
If anyone is surprised that the Son is back, I think that the events of those three episodes were a dream/premonition/vision and the events never actually happened. And they never met the Force Wielders in person, so I brought the Son back.
See you at the next chapter.
Delta.