Hello! This is my first Star Wars Rebels fanfiction. I know I'm not that good at writing, but I wanted to try out an idea. In this AU the events of "Ezra's Gamble" happened two years earlier, and bossk decided to take on Ezra as his apprentice. In the story Ezra is 14.

Disclaimer: As much as I wished it was, Star Wars Rebels isn't mine, it belongs to Disney.

"Time ta get up kid!" Bossk's harsh voice split through Ezra's groggy awakening . The boy groaned as he sat up in his bunk. Putting his hand in his head he thought back to the strange dream he had been awakened from. Ezra had been having that same dream for weeks now. Each time he had woken with a strange urge to go back to Lothal. But the dream never had anything to do with his home planet. "Hurry up kid! We gotta job ta do!" Bossk's growl came from cockpit again

As The blue haired boy got changed into brown pants, a long sleeved grey shirt, and a bantha leather belt he thought back to his dream. The man with the dark skin and stern face was there again. He always wore brown and white robes, and had dark eyes. Ezra got a feeling that he was extremely powerful, whenever the dark skinned man looked in his direction he got a shiver up his spine. But the powerful man didn't seem evil, just serious.

But then there was this beautiful women. She had an aura of wisdom and kindess, Ezra felt safe near her, even in a dream. A glint of humor in her brown eyes showed as well. The women's hair was braided, and she had gems on her face. She wore brown and white, with simple robes and a tunic, similarly to the man. She too gave him a feeling that she was very powerful.

The dream always took place in a plant filled courtyard. Ezra could hear water rushing from where he was in the dream. The air was filled with the rich scent of soil and plants, a rush of nostalgia came to him everytime he thought about it. It reminded him of Lothal, there were some places in the hills that were like that. Far away from Capital City's pollution and ugliness.

The man always passed something to her, it would sometimes be a silver tube-like object, or it would be something that looked like a lock of braided hair. The man would smile with the warmth of what Ezra would say a parent. He had vague memories of his father doing the same to him. The women would take his gift, turn around and kneel in front of a boy, who would appear suddenly.

The boy was about Ezra's age, he wore the same garments as the adults. His brown, messy hair had a braid hanging from it, and his wide green eyes held a thousand questions. The women would take the object and give it to him. Sometimes the boy would bow to her, but other times the boy turned to Ezra and held out his hand to him.

Ezra would reach out to take it, but the dream always ended in a flash of red, and a sense of panic racing through him. Ezra would wake up with cold sweat, his head nearly banging the top of his cabin in The Hound's Tooth.

The strange thing was that Ezra felt a connection to these people. Even though he had never met them in his life. He felt like he belonged with them, and that they would feel the same. The familiar hum in the back of his mind would get stronger, and his instincts screamed at him to take what the boy was offering.

But when the red came it felt like he was thrown into a pool of icy water. The cold would spread through his veins. The hum in his mind suddenly got way too loud, to the point where his head would pound. Lately the red made him feel like he was going to be sick in the dream.

Expelling the thoughts of the dream from his mind, Ezra quickly pulled on his black boots and got up. He went out into the hallway, and walked over to the cockpit. His reptilian mentor was currently steering the ship toward what looked like Nar Shaddaa. No matter how many times they went to these kind of planets, they never failed to amaze him. So many lights, and buildings. Not even the thought of nature existed on them. Lothal was nothing like them!

"It's a hard job. Don't get cocky." Bossk informed Ezra as the boy picked up a ration bar.

"Oh come on Bossk!" Ezra smirked. "You know me, they'll never see me coming!"

"Like that job 'n Gorse? They saw you coming then."

"Hey! That was when you first took me on, I'm a whole lot better now!"

Bossk did the closest thing a Tradoshian could get to a smile without looking like they're about to bite you, and spoke again. "This is important, so listen up. Other bounty hunters will be after the kill, so be careful not ta run into them!"

Bossk handed Ezra a holodisc. Turning it on, Ezra saw a holo of a older man with a snobby face, and fancy clothing. "That's our target. His son wants the company so we gotta take his dad out. He's in the Star Cluster Casino, not much security. It'll be an easy bounty, but we have ta get there first." Ezra nodded as he finished off his meal. He was ready for this.

As Bossk docked into the Nar Shadda Spaceport Ezra got on his armor and equipment. One white shin guard, white arm guards , and light and flexible upper body armor. He tugged on his headgear, an old stormtrooper cadet Helmet that had been tricked out. On his belt he had a blaster, An extra comlink, and some hacking tech. He also had his old slingshot, but he barely used it anymore.

Bossk and Ezra toke the quickest route to the casino through the shining planet and arrived at the back entrance. Ezra usually crawled through the vents and toke care of things blocking Bossk's path to the target. This time they'd be taking the servents back stairs and paths. The didn't want to announce themselves by prancing through the casino.

They had done plenty of jobs like this before, Ezra knew that. But as he followed Bossk through the maze of the casino he couldn't shake off the cold feeling he had searing through his body. It felt similar to the cold he had experienced from his dreams when the red came through his mind. The humming in his head had gotten louder too.

Something was about to happen.

Something worse then just losing a bounty.

I hope you enjoyed it! If I did something wrong on either characterization or something on Nar Shaddaa please tell me as constructive criticism! Reviews are extremely appreciated! Should I continue on? If I do Ezra will eventully join Kanan and the ghost crew. (oh, and I give credit to Shell-Shocked-Ninja-Turtle-Gal for the idea of Ezra hearing the force as a hum, check her out btw)