Heya! Because people asked, I'm doing another novella for them of Iko and the gang going back to Araluen. Ok, but this is kinda fun writing. Review please! Luv ya! -RK

(P.S. in this Lili is still at the camp. Not taken. This is still going to be separate from the new Clone Wars fan fic. Ok? Ok. Also, if any of you now how to get rid of an account please tell me, i have an account I don't know how I got and I really wanna get rid of it. Please help me! Luv ya!)

XXX Iko's POV XXX

I looked over at Obi. "Ready to go?" I asked and Obi nodded.

"Almost. The coordinates need to be put in for hyperspace. Also, how goes training my former Padawan?" He asked. I nodded and lightly hit Obi's arm.

"It's good. And technically I'm still your Padawan Obi. I'm just mostly training with Yoda these days." I said. Obi nodded right as Snips and Anakin walked onto the ship. Obi nodded and I sat down in the co-pilot seat and we took off toward Araluen. I smiled happily at the thought of seeing our friends again.

We come out of hyperspace and I look at the planet beneath us. "Beginning descent." I call back to Anakin and Snips who were in the back. I bring the ship down down and look for the forest clearing by Castle Araluen where the Rangers are. I finally see it and change directions to land there.

I land the ship and power it down. We then walk to the ramp and I open it up. As it opens I hear yelling and cheering.

XXX Lili's POV XXX

I smile when I see that a ship, with the Republic symbol, makes its slow descent. I walk over to the ship with Reed behind me. The ramp come down and I saw four figures coming down. I wait for them and they come forward. People around us, Rangers and Assassins alike, cheer and yell as they see them coming out.

I smile at them. When I see Iko, my smile falters a little as I see that she's changed a bit. Instead she has a short, blue-gray shirt that only covers her chest. Her stomach shows and I see scars mar it and deep gray leggings. Her boots and arm guards are the same. Her left hand is different also, made up of what appears to be gears.

She has a second lightsaber, this one a gray with midnight blue, vertical stripes on it and a horizontal strip also. Her hair is shorter and and pulled into a ponytail, a small strand was on her shoulder in a braid. She was smiling though as if nothing was wrong and she wasn't wearing darker clothing.

"Hey, Iko. What's with the clothing change? And what happened to your hand?" I asked once she was closer. She bowed her head after looking away sadly. Obi looked at her with sympathy and also a little sadness.

"You see, I fell to….t-to the Dark Side for a time. That's why. I keep the lightsaber to remember, and when you fall but come back, you tend to wear darker things than usual," She continued looking down. Obi patted her shoulder. "As for the hand, it got cut off while we were on a weird planet and had to be replaced."

She removed the arm guard and pulled the cloth down. I gasped as I saw her arm was gone all the way to before her elbow. "I know. That's how I reacted when it happened," she put the cloth and guard back on. I stepped forward and gave her a hug. I felt her arms go around me and I gave a reassuring squeeze.

"No one will think differently of you from it," I said stepping back.

"And I still don't know who did it to you!" Snips called out and Iko turned to her.

"And we still won't tell you because….it'll be too much for you," Iko replied with Obi and Anakin nodding.

"What's new?" I asked as we walked toward the center of the camp.

"Well, Obi married my aunt so now he's my uncle and kinda father-figure. The Clone Wars ended finally and I'm training to become Jedi Grand Master. How 'bout you?" Iko asked smiling again. I sat down on a log by the fire and Iko sat down next to me. The others sat down on the other logs by it.

I take the pot from the fire and pour two cups and put some honey into it. I then hand one to Iko and she takes a few sips. "Well, we got Sieve a Lieutenant for Foldar and his boss is the Grand Master Templar. Altaïr is interrogating him right now." Iko nodded and continued drinking her coffee and we sat in silence. "I see that the wounds you got earlier healed nicely."

Iko nodded. "Ya. Though I do have a scar from one or two of them." She chuckled a little at that.

"To be fair though, some might not be from that incident. A couple were already there from when I got saved and a few others from…." she stopped and looked into the flames, swallowing a lump.

"What happened?" I asked and the others leaned forward slightly. She wrapped her arms around herself and looked forward. Obi settled a hand on her shoulder and looked at her and she nodded.

"While she was recovering from a mission, I sent her back with her aunt to her home world. It was overtaken by a sith that wanted revenge on me. He took Iko prisoner along with Satine, but she was tortured badly. She went through a week of torture before the council came up with a plan to save her and her aunt," he explained.

People around the fire gasped at what they heard and Obi wrapped his arm around Iko's shoulders. I looked at her sadly and placed my hand on her arm reassuringly. She looked over at me and gave a small nod.

"Is….is there anything else you want to get off your chest?" I asked hesitantly. Iko looked away with a look of regret and pain. "If it's too painful you don't have to tell."

"No." She turned back to the fire. "I need to get it off my chest, the time I fell to the Dark Side," she said and everyone who didn't know, including me, leaned forward, intrigued by what could have happened. She took a deep breath and looked into the flames. "It started with the temple docking bay exploding…"

XXX

Next chap will be the flashback. And boy it'll be long. Review! Luv ya! -RK