STAR

WARS

ALTERNATE

UNIVERSE

Enemy Unknown

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One year after the deaths of Darth Maul and Lord Starkiller, an enemy more powerful than anything ever encountered appears to destroy the Republic. Now it is up to the Jedi and the Grand Army of the Republic to stop them, but can they stop an enemy that is more than ten times the size of the clone army and can withstand just about anything the Clones and the Jedi throw at them?

Prologue

There is unrest in the Senate. The Sith are now destroyed, but a new power is arising from their ashes. Rumors of a force unreckoned with has reached the ears of the Jedi Council.

As the Jedi Order and the Republic continue to rebuild what was lost, unthinkable events begin to take place that will generate shockwaves in the Senate.

Intent on rooting out this new evil, the Jedi send Ahsoka Tano and her apprentice Luke, the son of Anakin Skywalker, to investigate claims of the destruction of the planet Tygokor in the Outer Rim.


Chapter One

Taking A Padawan

Meditation. Ever since he first became Obi-Wan's apprentice, he had despised it. In fact, he still did, to a point. It was one of the many things he had in common with his former Padawan, Ahsoka. It had been a year since she had been granted Knighthood, and six months since she had come to live with him, Padme, and the twins, feeling alone, useless and even depressed living in the Temple. Since then, they had taken to meditating together, just as they had when she was still his apprentice, although it was not often then. Now however, it had become sort of a habit every evening just before dinner. They would sit outside on the veranda for an hour and meditate.

This was the first time in over a month that that had actually been able to at least get halfway through their evening meditation, something they were rarely able to do what with the twins practically taking up every waking moment they had. Then there was the missions that the Council which, as much as Anakin had objected, seemed to want to keep assigning her mission after mission with no time for rest. Today, however, the rest of the Council seemed to finally take his advice and give Ahsoka a well deserved break. She now had a full month to rest, though how Anakin had gotten the Council to agree to it she'd never know, because she was in the middle of an assignment and unable to attend, even via holo-communications at the time. There were still things about him that Ahsoka still didn't understand. For one, she had always wondered why one of his hands always had a glove on it. He'd never taken it off around her, or for that matter Master Kenobi. Since the last time Anakin had been severely injured on a mission, she had known his right arm was mechanical. She had tried on various occasions to ask him about it, but each time he had refused to discuss it. At this point, she had tried just about everything she could think of and had just about given up on the question. Of course, thinking of this had broken her concentration, and of course, Anakin had noticed.

"You know Snips, we are supposed to be meditating." he said.

"Sorry, I was just thinking about Bothawui and how I couldn't help but notice about your right arm. You've never really been comfortable discussing it, and I didn't want to ask and then get brushed off on the topic like usual. I just can't see why you don't trust me enough to discuss your past when I trust you enough to discuss mine." she said. It was true, she had pretty much discussed her entire past with him. And she had a point. What was the point of her trusting him to help her get over her past if he didn't trust her to do the same? It was time to stop acting like a child in regards to his past. Besides, he had to confide in her at some point.

"It's not that I don't trust you, Ahsoka. It's just that...well I,"

"You weren't ready." she finished for him, finally understanding. At least she was wrong in thinking he didn't trust her enough to confide in her. Anakin only nodded in response.

"So, you going to tell me what happened?" she asked. In response, he described how he had been unable to save his mother. How he had killed an entire Tusken camp in a fit of rage for revenge, how he had only regretted doing so since. He then explained how he lost his arm to Dooku at the beginning of the Clone Wars because of his arrogance. The same arrogance he had displayed in killing the Tusken camp. It wasn't until then that he had learned to curb this tendency he had, although apparently not enough to keep everyone out of trouble.

"That's some story, Skyguy."

"I'm surprised. I would have thought you'd have some sort of lecture lined up for me on how I should control my emotions."

"You're supposed to lecture me, Master. Lecturing you? Well, that's Master Kenobi's job." she retorted.

"Very funny, Snips." he replied.

"Speaking of Master Kenobi, what did he say when you asked him to train Luke?" she asked.

"Well, umm..." he started, apparently trying to dodge the subject.

"You did ask him, didn't you?" she asked again. This time he didn't say anything. That was all the answer she needed.

"You know, for someone who holds the title Hero With No Fear, you seem to have a lot of it when it comes to asking Master Kenobi a simple question." she teased. Instead, he have her a surprised look.

"I'm not afraid to ask a simple question of Obi-Wan. It's the fact that when I went to ask him this morning I got to find out he already took a Padawan." he told her. Now it was her turn to look surprised.

"Since when?" she asked.

"Apparently since yesterday. You remember Whie Malreaux?" she nodded. "Well, apparently he took him as his Padawan before I got to the Temple." he replied, and told her of how Obi-Wan had convinced Master Yoda that the boy had potential, that leaving him in the Agricultural Corps was a waste of his talents.

"Wait, so if Obi-Wan has an apprentice, and Luke still needs to be paired with a master, then who...?" she stopped short of completed her sentence when she realized exactly who it was Anakin had in mind to teach Luke.

"Me? You want me to take your son as my apprentice?" she asked, hesitantly, with a look of curiosity, wondering just what it was her old Master had up his sleeve.

"Why not? You're a Jedi Knight now. Like Obi-Wan told me the day I took you as my apprentice of Christophsis, its part of a Jedi's responsibility to train the next generation." he said in his best impression of his old Master.

"Has anyone ever told you that you'd make a good replacement for Master Kenobi on a mission?" she replied in a teasing tone.

"All the time, Snips." he answered.

"You're really not going to consider someone else for this?" she asked, still hesitant to say yes.

"Ahsoka, of all the Jedi, you and Obi-Wan are the only ones except for Master Yoda who I'd trust to train Luke. Master Yoda I'm sure doesn't have too much longer to live, and Obi-Wan has an apprentice now. I'll understand if you don't want to take on the responsibility yet." he said, using that same teasing tome she'd used on him only seconds ago.

"I didn't say I wasn't ready. I didn't even suggest it. I was just surprised that you asked me, that all. Of course I'll teach him." she answered.

"Of course, I would expect you to instruct him as well as, if not better than I instructed you." he replied, still in a teasing mood.

"Don't worry, Skyguy. He'll be fine. Besides, if he does anything bad, I can just bring him home and you can punish him for it." she replied. He resigned, beaten. They then went to the dining room, ate, then headed to the Temple for a sparring session, also something they hadn't done in months. It was going to be a good month off, she concluded.

Yeah, I know I said there wouldn't be a proper sequel to last of the Sith, that it was the end of the storyline. Well, I've come up with an idea for a story that MAY sprout some sequels. Anyway, I have a few ideas up my sleeve for sequels to this story when it's done, so YES, there WILL be sequels!

Next Chapter: Ahsoka and Luke get their first assignment as Master and Padawan, to investigate a rumor from a very old and trusted friend of Obi-Wan's that the planet of Tygokor has been completely destroyed, and that it wasn't by anything natural.

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