She was in pain. She didn't know, whether it was the physical or the mental pain that was worse. Her shoulder caused her immense pain, her lekku and montrals, too. Her back ached but she felt a little relieved when she found out that her spine wasn't broken. Her right ankle was sprained. But despite these awful injuries, her mental state was worse. Or she thought so. The woman remembered what He had done. He had almost killed an unarmed boy. "How many Jedi younglings did he kill this way" she wondered. And He and Maul had almost killed the three of them. The last of the Jedi opposition. These thoughts led her to the second wound in her mind. Why had Yoda sent them there? Did he knew of Maul? Of Vader? If yes, does that mean he want them dead? The Togruta expected to be angry, to yell but she found herself empty. If Yoda didn't want them to fight, why did she even fought with the Dark lord? She could have let him kill her and her pain would have ended. Why had she struggled to survive? Then she heard a voice.

"For your team." the voice was familiar. She turned around and came face to face with a Force ghost. It was Padme. She was smiling broadly and her light was pushing away the despair that Ahsoka felt.

"P-P-P-Padme?" she asked weakly, unable to hold her tears. "How are you here? You are not..."

"Yes, I am not a Force sensitive. But this is because of my husband. "She smirked and waited. Ahsoka's eyes widened and her face managed to express a surprise.

"A-A husband? You had a husband? Who was he? "Then it dawned her. "Anakin!?"The Senator's smile grew wider. "How? When?

"Just after the start of the Clone Wars.R2 and C3PO were witnesses." then her face became serious and a bit sad. "It is time you learn the truth and the secrets. "And she told her about the marriage and the fear of revelations. Then she told her about the time after Dooku's death and about Skywalker's dreams. But Ahsoka almost got a heart attack when Padme told her about the twins and their identity.

"Leia is your daughter!?So she is a Jedi! And where is Luke?" she asked, a smile appearing on her face.

"Obi-Wan is taking care of him. He lives on Tatooine, with Anakin's step-brother. He is a very economical man and I can't say, Luke is having a great time there. But he is safe. We separated them so the Emperor can't feel and find them. And because Leia doesn't know, she is a Jedi, Vader couldn't find it."

"Master Kenobi is alive!?"

"Yes, he is." Padme shook her head. "Now you understand why Yoda sent you there. He hoped Ezra would hold himself and the three of you would defeat Maul. But he didn't know that Vader will come. Nor that he will sent Inquisitors. He is glad that you are alive. He wanted to pay you back by telling you all. Now you must listen to me. I always loved you like a daughter. But you should not interfere in Luke and Leia's fight. They have to pull through it on their own. "Ahsoka wanted to argue but the Senator knelt and hugged her. The Togruta was surprised that she could feel her embrace, warmth and serenity coming from it. She hugged back and felt her mind regaining strength, recovering from all the terrible things that had happened. "They won't be alone. Others will help them. But you must survive and tell all this to Ezra and Kannan. You must try to defeat Maul again. If you don't, he will destroy Luke, Anakin and Leia." then she smiled and pulled her once again. "I know you can do it. And you won't be alone. You will meet old friends and new allies. I can't say you more but I will say you that all Masters that are now one with the Force are proud of you. And they all wish you success."

"How am I going to survive? I have no food, no water, no transport and no friends in this part of the galaxy."

"The Fourth Brother's ship is untouched. There are some supplies in it. And your last statement is not true. The people who have fought and still fight for freedom and peace always have allies and friends. Your first test will be to accept them as such. "Ahsoka felt her pain calling again and tears swelled in her eyes.

"Can you stay, Padme? I can't handle it alone. Please, I need support! Will you stay?" she expected her to shake her head, to deny her politely and fade. But the Force ghost smiled and gave her a hand. Ahsoka stood up and felt her back warming up, the pain decreasing and fading. But her shoulder and her lekku were too bad. And although the pain decreased, she understood that Padme couldn't heal them.

After a brief time she found the Inquisitor's ship. It was bigger than a TIE and there were some supply packs, some tubes of water and a medibag.

"See? It is not that bad." encouraged her the Senator and pulled out the medibag. There were only bandages inside and some antibiotics but no pain killers or bacta patches. The Togruta looked at Padme. "Remember how they are taught Ahsoka. Pain is power. Fear is power. That is why they don't carry pain killers or bacta. The bandages are here, so he could close his wounds and not bleed to death. If he had survived."

Ahsoka shivered and bandaged her bruises. Then she used the Force to free the ship from the rumble. Padme was helping her, giving her energy and strength. And soon the Togruta was ready. Or she thought so. The only thing she missed was to check the underlight engines. The Senator hoped that her friend will survive the crash. She couldn't warn her because the Force prevented her. But she knew the meeting that would come afterwards and calmed down.

"Go now, Ahsoka. And may the Force be with you." With one last hug Padme faded and the Togruta took a deep breath. Despite the returning of the darkness after the Force ghost vanished, she didn't feel lonely and betrayed again. Ahsoka boarded the ship and took off.

After 2 hours she arrived. She had tried to remember which planets were near Malachor. But the only planet that shined brightly in her memory was Zygeria. After she exited hyperspace, the ship shook and she cursed. Ahsoka accelerated and prayed that she would reach the atmosphere before the steering broke down. Alarms sounded and she felt the TIE vibrate. The good news were that after a moment she was in the atmosphere. The bad news were that she was heading towards a desert. She tried to turn to the city, which was visible in the distance but she couldn't. The ship contacted hard with the sand and she lost consciousness.

When she woke up her throat was dry, her shoulder pained and she was hungry. Walking out of the ship, she calculated the distance to the city. It was around 5 miles and drinking the last of her water, she set off.

It was a long and painful journey as her shoulder and lekku still ached and in the crash, bits of glass had pierced her palms. She saw a group of Zygerians, looking at her. Using the Force to release her fear and pain she walked to the nearest house. But it was empty. Ahsoka looked around and spotted a young woman walking towards her.

"Do you need help?" Too weak to answer the Togruta nodded and stumbled. The female caught her but Ahsoka fainted again.

She awoke in a bed and saw 2 people, standing near her bed. The first was a Tholotian and Ahsoka remembered that she was the one who had found her. The other was a human male. They were both smiling. The Togruta smiled back weakly and tried to stand up.

"Where am I?" she asked, looking at her wounds. To her surprise most of them had vanished and only her lekku gashes remained but they hurt a lot less. She gazed at the duo before her. "How long have I been out?"

"Five hours. And you are in the house of the medics. We live here along with our tutor."

"Five hours!?But all my wounds are healed. How?"

"Well, you must know how Master Tano." answered the man and laughed along with the woman when they saw Ahsoka's confused expression.

"How do you know who I am?"

"How can we forget you when you saved us from pirates and droids? And fought a cyborg general to protect us. "The young woman smiled and smirked. Then Ahsoka's face lit up.

"Katooni!?Petro?!"She ignored her wounds and hugged them. "I thought, you had died in the Purge. How did you survive?"

"The Emperor called us before Order 66 and kept us. He planned to make us Inquisitors but with some help, we escaped." Then Petro's face darkened."Gungi and Byph died. Ganodi and Zatt went even deeper in the Outer Rim and we didn't hear from them but they got together."

"And why did you stay here?" asked the Togruta, glad that most of her group had survived.

"Our mentor stayed here and we decided to stay with…."Katooni halted and looked down.

"What is it? He will have a problem with me?"

"Uhm, she isn't he." said the Tholotian. "Anyway, how are you feeling?"

Ahsoka was tempted to ask more, to press but gave up. "I am feeling great. My wounds don't hurt. Actually most of them have disappeared. "Then she widened her eyes." You know Force healing?"

"Yes, but not much. I am still training."

"You have done incredible with me."

"Oh, I didn't heal you. I may be good but I can't heal such wounds for hours."

"Katooni!" yelled Petro and frowned. "You were supposed to tell her that you healed her!"

"I can't lie to her! I just can't!" The Tholotian turned back to Ahsoka, who was staring at them in confusion.

"Then who healed me? If it wasn't you that means your mentor is a Jedi!?"They both shook heads.

"We didn't want to tell you but some of us just can't follow a plan." said Petro and glared at Katooni.

"Calm down, Petro. She can't lie to her friends." The voice was female's and the speaker appeared behind the couple. Two dark amethysts met Ahsoka's crystal blue gaze. She took a deep breath when she recognized the woman.
"Hello, Ahsoka. I am glad we meet again." said Barriss Offee and smiled softly. "I think we have much to tell you..."before the Mirialan could finish her sentence, her friend knocked her down in a hug.

"You are alive! I can't believe! "She tightened her embrace as if she was afraid that Barriss would vanish. "I missed you so much!"

"You don't hate me!? But I almost got you executed!" asked her friend in disbelief.

"I forgave you then Barriss. When I heard about the Bota." The Togruta broke the hug and smiled broadly. "You don't know how much times I had wished you were alive!" she hugged her again and Barriss answered.

"Me too,Ahsoka. Me too." said the green woman. Katooni and Petro joined.

"This is a new beginning for all of us." Ahsoka stated. At hearing this several hundreds of lifeforms in the Force world smiled. This was a new beginning for the whole galaxy. Because several thousands of light years away,a desert boy started his journey. His name was Luke Skywalker.

For note, Ahsoka and Barriss are like 34 and 38. Katooni and Petro are 31 and 32. I decided to change chronology a little. I hope you don't mind. And there will be, maybe, 2 more chapters only for Ahsoka and her "new" friends. Oh, and one of the versions about Barriss' deeds was that she became addicted to the Bota narcotic, which she accidentaly injected herself with. That caused her to obtain incredible power but lured her to the Dark Side. When she was in the prison, she freed herself of the dependence. This was announced on the Holo 3 days before Order 66.