What up guys! So Thanksgiving is in a week and Christmas is in a month and its cold outside so thought now would be the perfect time to post my new story! *cheering* Alright well let's get this party started before I have to disappear for a while for finals.

Chapter 1- The Shadow

"This sucks,' Jac complained as they walked through one of the forests on Malion. "Why do we always get the lame missions?"

"Would you rather go to Umbara like Master Obi-wan and Master Anakin?" Sasha commented as she adjusted the strap of the satchel she was carrying.

"Honestly, I would," Jac said. "It would be better than playing delivery boy."

"Hey I thought that was pretty dangerous going through an old temple that had several booby traps and was practically falling apart on top of us," Cayden said.

"Yeah only to get a stupid trinket that's about the size of thermal detonator," Jac groaned.

"Hey this thing weighs a ton," Sasha commented as she once again adjusted the strap.

"Here I'll take it for a while," Cayden offered.

Sasha smiled and handed him the satchel that had the trinket in it. Cayden slung it over his shoulder. She then stretched her shoulder.

"Come on it wasn't that heavy," Jac stated.

"That's coming from the guy that works out every single day and never skips arm day," Cayden said.

"Hey don't forget leg day too," Jac said.

Cayden face palmed. Sasha laughed.

"Is this what it's always like on missions with you two?" Sasha asked.

"When it's just the two of us? Yes," Cayden stated. "When more than one other person is with us? We are mellower, not by much, but just enough."

"That explains so much," Sasha said.

Cayden smiled and sent a wink her way causing her to blush. Jac didn't notice this. He was too busy leading the three of them out of the forest. He was more anxious to get back to the city and give the villagers the trinket then go home more than anything.

Honestly Sasha didn't blame him. This was a pretty lame mission, and the fact that both she and Ahsoka were ordered by the council not to go with their masters to Umbara. They were pretty bummed not to go, but at the same time the risk level was so high that padawans were not regulated to go. So instead they sent Ahsoka on a mission with Plo Koon and Sasha was assigned to go with these two weirdoes. She loves them, but they are weird.

Soon they reached the end of the forest. The city was visible at the foot of the large hill that the forest was on top of. Jac sighed in relief.

"Finally," he said. "We made it back. Let's get this over with and go get some grub, because I'm hungry now."

"You're always hungry," Cayden commented.

Everyone chuckled. Suddenly Sasha stopped. She froze in place as a chill went down her spine. Cayden noticed her sudden and strange mood change.

"What's wrong?" he asked concerned about his girlfriend.

"Something is watching us," she stated as she paled slightly.

Jac looked around the perimeter. "I don't see anything, but trees." He looked back at Sasha. "Are you sure someone is out there?"

"Yeah, I'm sure," Sasha said.

She then turned to looked at the trees behind her. She spotted a shadow object of some sort fly by one of the trees. Her eyes went wide.

"Hey I'll meet you guys in a minute. I want to check this out."

"Alone?" Cayden asked.

She looked at him nodded. Based off the look on her face, there was no swaying her. He nodded.

"Alright, but five minutes,' Cayden said. 'And if you don't come to the foot of the hill in that time, we are coming back for you."

"Aye sir," Sasha said with a hint of sarcasm in her voice.

He narrowed his eyes at her with a smirk. With that the master and padawan duo, headed down the hill to the edge of the city. Sasha watched them go then suddenly felt that shiver again. She turned back to the forest and with a deep breath, entered. She walked through the trees and looked at all the shadows using the force to help point out which one was watching her.

The five minutes were almost up and this had become a pointless search. With a sigh, Sasha decided to head out and meet up with the rest of her team. However, as she was walking a shadow crossed her path. Sasha whipped her head around and followed the shadow. However, it was no ordinary shadow. It looked like figure.

Its body was thin and seemed to have a slithering motion about it. It also seemed like it was made of mist, but could also seem solid to the touch. It reached a snake like arm out. What looked a hand appeared and reached for Sasha. Out of instinct, she reached for her saber. As the hand grew closer and closer to her, she realized that it was reaching for her chest. After that everything went black.

"What's taking her so long?" Cayden moaned.

"You gave her a five minute dead line padawan," Jac said as he leaned against a wall. "And she's only a couple minutes over. You know how girls are. They say five minutes, but they really mean twenty."

Cayden looked at his master. "Not Sasha. If she is late, it's no more than a couple minutes."

"So there. You see," Jac said. "Then she should be on her way any second now."

Cayden glanced up to the top of the hill. It wasn't that he was impatient. It was just that he had a really bad feeling about all of this. He waited one more minute before he took off in a run back up the hill.

"Cayden!" Jac called as his padawan sprinted up the hill.

He reached the top in no time and looked around. He called out Sasha's name. No answer. Worried, he started back into the woods.

"Cayden!" Jac called again as he had followed his padawan.

He didn't turn or budge to his master's call. He just kept moving forward. As he passed a set of broken branches that were not there before, he found Sasha resting against a tree. She looked more like she was sleeping. Cayden knelt down beside her and started to walk her up. She yawned as she woke up.

"This is no time to be taking naps," Jac commented as he found them right as she woke up.

'Naps?" Sasha asked. 'What are you talking about? I was following that thing and then…"

"And then… what?" Cayden asked concerned.

"I think it touched me and then everything was black."

Both male Jedi looked unnerved by that. They exchanged a glance with each other.

'Alright, well… we will talk about this later," Jac said. "We still have a bit of a dead line to meet."

"Right," Sasha said as Cayden helped her up. "We better not keep the governor waiting."

Cayden nodded even though he seemed concerned still by this. Sasha didn't blame him. She was just as confused as he was.

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