An Old Truth

Chapter 2.


All three of them, Lim, Ahsoka and Kanan were all in the makeshift lounge of the Ghost as the ship danced across the stars as they loomed ever closer to Lothal.

Lim in his dark robes that looked quite similar to Jedi Master robes was sitting behind the table on the bench, His hands were clasped as he slowly breathed in and out, his eyes were closed as they had been for the last few minutes... He seemed to be gathering himself in preparation for the barrage of questions that his two new friends were about to unleash upon him.

Ahsoka... "So beautiful." Kanan thought as he stared at her luscious curves, he loved everything about her... He had since the moment he saw her, he had kept this knowledge to herself. He watched her chest rise and fall with her steady breathing, her small breastplate concealing her beauty...

Ahsoka turned over and caught him gazing at her, she smiled at him in and inviting way...

Kanan she likes him as well... He just didn't know the extent of her feelings... He liked the streaks of Blue on her Lekku, how they riveted downward through her dual braids, their tips were resting on each side of her skirt... Near her delicate silver Lightsabers that were crafted with a masterful design.

Ahsoka liked the way Kanan looked at her, his eyes were filled with longing and joy at the sight of her... No one had looked at her in such a way for over a decade... He was studying her apparel and what it concealed... With a smile she did the same to him. She liked his broad shoulders, how his green vest clung to his well defined muscles... His shoulder guard matched him perfectly... His Lightsaber, it's shape reminded her just a little of Anakins blade... She looked at his lips then up to his eyes, his breaths becoming slightly faster as did his...

Lim was grinning inwardly, he could see with the force as well as with his own eyes... They were still mistrustful of him and had positioned themselves as guards, one to each side of him as he temporarily rested his eyes... He saw the looks that they were giving one another, he could feel their force auras caressing and twisting themselves around one another... He remembered how it had been with his own wife... He brushed the memory aside for now, he would torment himself later with the recollections but right now he needed to prepare himself, it was his great honor to carry on Revan's legacy even if it had been rejected for the last thirty five hundred years... They must keep their vigil.

His eyes slowly opened, neither of them noticed as they continued to gaze into each others soul... Apparently they liked what they saw, it warmed Lim's heart to see such things... Love was always a pleasant thing to see and know especially after experiencing a lifetime of struggle and pain...

Lim decided it was time to end the lover's contest... He shifted his body slightly which made Kanan and Ahsoka both flinch, they seemed to have almost forgotten he was there...

Ahsoka's eyes became curious but also cautious with repressed suspicion, she asked the first question which would uncork the reserves of knowledge Lim contained in his mind, the cascade was about to begin...

"What exactly do you about me." Ahsoka started in with the questions.

Lim sighed, he knew that it was going to be a very long time before the questions would stop, the corners of his mouth twitched, what was he complaining about? This was the reason he had left the sacred halls of his order, no longer being content with inaction... None them were, the problem was that none of his brothers or sisters had the faintest clue of how to approach the situation... He being one of the oldest masters in the Revanchist order was more easily given the benefit of the doubt... In truth he wasn't sure how to fulfill their duty anymore than the many who had come before him...

"Before I departed to fulfill the sacred duty of my order,,, I applied my heart to learn everything I could about every child of the force that was still alive whether they were Sith, Jedi or other. You Ahsoka, are one that I have been very interested in for quite some time, mainly because many of your actions showed me that your beliefs were becoming ever more similar to those of the Revan Chist, after I learned more of the Sith I planned to find you out and to "convert" you to the truth." Lim replied giving her a look of firm respect.

"You still haven't answered my question" Ahsoka said still feeling hostile towards him, she didn't like being spied on even if it was from a potential ally.

"I know of your feats during the Clone Wars, I know how you faked your death on Mandalore during the Jedi purge, I know of your late master" Anakin Skywalker" now more readily known as Darth Vader, I know of much of your work as Fulcrum and I believe I am beginning to know your heart quite well, I understand that you do not trust me yet which is entirely understandable." Lim said with palpable sincerity.

"You can trust me, My goals are the goals you have not yet realized you even had." Lim added thoughtfully.

Ahsoka's face had softened, not her curiosity was growing.

"What exactly do you think my goals are?" Ahsoka asked.

"You fight for the rebellion to end an evil, and you are correct in your conclusion that the Empire is evil, you now search for a way to save your master as any loving and faithful apprentice would, my goal is much the same but on a much broader scale, a scale that spans the entire and all that exist within it." Lim said exposing more of his own soul to these two lost Jedi.

"How did you know who Vader was?" Kanan asked quickly.

"Even most of the Jedi including the masters likely didn't learn the truth for some time." He added.

Lim looked up at Kanan as he subconsciously gripped the old Lightsaber at his belt, the others noticed so he slowly detached the blade and laid it on the table, he stared at it.

"I knew that Anakin was Vader because it is my job to know all things that one can know especially concerning the Force. In my Order I was the head Librarian which is synonymous with the keeper of knowledge, I have studied numerous Holocrons from both the Jedi and the Sith.

It was easy to recognize the pattern when one simply looked at the information, Anakin was on Coruscant during the Jedi Purge, all the Jedi on Coruscant died but even public records disclosed the strong bonds that Anakin had with Chancellor Palpatine... Now known as the Emperor and less commonly known as Darth Sidious to the "inn" crowd." I knew Anakin didn't die on Coruscant because my order routinely infiltrated the Jedi Temple remotely, gaining access to security footage, the information contained within your Library and numerous other things... We saw Anakin killing the Jedi at the Temple, when his face disappeared from the galaxy and in his place the masked menace known as Lord Vader took his place... It was a simple jump in logic to figure out who Vader was."

Lim's words were like a slap to Ahsoka, her chest hurt with the pain of hearing some of the atrocities her beloved master had committed even at the beginning of his false into darkness.

"And how were you planning on "converting" Anakin to your order, or any of us for that matter?" Kanan said truly curious now, his impatience forgotten.

Lim turned to Kanan, reluctantly breaking his stare with Ahsoka.

"You and the Inquisitor share many of the same inquiries, I planned to save... Convert him the same way I plan to Convert both of you." He answered with another smile.

They both stared at him dubiously.

"Oh, don't give me that look, it isn't as implausible or crazy as you might think." He said with a chuckle.

"All that is required for you to join my order is for you to be willing to follow the truth... admittedly it is a slim hope, while most people think themselves to be rational the truth of the matter is that people are rarely rational about anything, peoples heads are full of knowledge and most of it is false yet they still believe that nearly all of is true even when faced with evidence to the contrary... you see a Revanchist must not only battle the extreme religions of the children of the force but he must also combat the nature of life, that nature is to subject to deception and life rarely wishes to remove itself from deception because deceptions give pleasure unto life whereas the truth is often an inconvenience that most cannot be bothered with." Lim said with absolute clarity.

His words rang true and it shocked both Kanan and Ahsoka, the words of this mysterious man lingered in the air like smoke that is slow to disperse.

"Telling the truth is easy, making people hear the truth... Now that is what is difficult. Both the Jedi and the Sith have rooted themselves in delusion since the day they were both created... A long time ago there was no Jedi and no Sith, it was a large community of force users who harnessed both the light and the dark much as my Revanchist brethren do today, over foolish disputes and impartial thought processes that lacked proper logic and clarity there was inevitably a great divide between in the society, it broke into what we know today as the Jedi and the Sith... the original Jedi were nothing like Jedi of even a few decades ago, and the Sith were once a race that embraced the Dark Side but are now extinct yet the name of their race is still applied to those who share their ideals." Lim continued to give them tidbits of truth.

The knowledge flowing from Lims lips had the potential to crush both Kanan and Ahsoka and they knew it, their expressions turned fearful.

"Do not be afraid, one cannot grow unless they learn and one cannot learn the truth unless they are willing to hear it." Lim said with a sorrowful tone.

"I planned to save Vader not by bringing him to the light... but by putting balance in his heart." Lim said.

"Turning him back into a Jedi will not help him a great deal, but showing him the truth of how a child of the force is to be balanced in the light and dark will help him find his true self and thus he will find peace." Lim continued.

"The Dark Side of the force is as consuming as the Light, both of which are delusional in nature because each side attempts to deny their own nature, The Jedi deny their own humanity, their own need for attachment and fulfillment... the Sith indulge in emotion but they resist their primal need for love and acceptance substituting both in the pursuit of power, they replace Love with greed, and the need of acceptance with power, for who can reject one who is all powerful?" Lim's words were said with calmness and passion but they like a sword cutting through layers of the foundation for both Ahsoka's and Kanan's existence.

"Both sides want the same thing believe it or not, both sides want love, peace and acceptance, both desire knowledge and both desire contentment or fulfillment in their lives.

The truth though is that neither side can ever be one with the Living Force or Cosmic Force because they have alienated themselves from the force by indulging in extremes, the Jedi fetishize the light side of the force and thus they deny their own humanity by not allowing themselves to be part of life but rather they attempt to distance themselves from attachment and by distancing themselves from attachment they destroy their own humanity, life is not meant to be lived like a machine... The Sith fetishize the darkness and thus deny their own humanity by now allowing themselves to have empathy for anyone but themselves, they care for little and are destructive in their pursuit of power.

The Light and the Dark side of the force are manifestations of the emotions contained within the Living Force, however both the Light and the Dark are one and the same in the Living Force and the Cosmic Force even though they each manifest themselves in different ways." Lem said with great authority of one who not only believes but as one who knows.

"The Children of the force were meant to bring balance to the force, not to make the force into something it is not, the force is not polarized." Lem finished, looking at Kanan then Ahsoka.

"And you think that we should both become like you?" Ahsoka asked Lim quietly.

"I think that you should search within yourself to see if what I say is true or not, you can only follow me if you believe in the validity of my words." Lim replied quietly as well.

"You know Ahsoka, you are a grey Jedi already on the path of balance, you have thrown away the petty illusions of both the Jedi and you have embraced things that only the Sith and the Grey Jedi can embrace, you said you wanted to save Anakin yet that would conflict with the Jedi doctrine of no attachment, you love your old master and wish him to be saved... the problem though is that you do not know what you are saving him from... yet.

If you are to save Anakin you must not remake him into a Jedi rather you must bring him into balance with the force and thus he will become one with the Living Force and consequently the Cosmic Force."

A tear rolled down Ahsoka's cheek at the sheer potency of her emotions... Her dilemma... She desired to save Anakin more than anything else... She had indeed forsaken the narrow minded doctrines of the Jedi a long time ago,she had done so the day she left the Jedi Order after their false accusations against her. The reason they had accused her was because they were too cowardly to stand up against the Chancellor... She found it heart wrenching to think of all the suffering that man had caused, why hadn't they seen it coming?

Lim stood up and crossed the short distance between himself and Ahsoka, he laid a hand on her shoulder.

Ahsoka was about to shrug his hand off her when she looked up and saw his face.

A tear also rolled down Lim's face.

"I know your pain little one, I know what it is like to lose someone you love more than life itself." He confessed as he squeezed her shoulder a little bit.

Little did Lim know that this would root Ahsoka in her self appointed quest and give her the resolve she needed to save Anakin...

She looked back down at the table, gasping back her tears, it was incredible... She had spent so many years suppressing her emotions and memory but lately they had grown beyond her control, despair choked her.

Kanan moved over to her too also resting his hand on her back for comfort.

"You see the truth now Kanan?" Lim asked.

Kanan looked at Lim for a moment.

"We were always told that attachment was selfish by the Jedi Council and our other masters... our teachers, but none of us including our masters and teachers could see the damage such doctrines were doing to each of us, and to our order... We feared the Dark Side so much that we suppressed our own humanity under the guise of discipline... When in actuality it was a form of cowardice."

Lim nodded.

He released Ahsoka's shoulder as he walked to the middle of room, gripping his smooth chin in a thoughtful expression, he turned back and looked at them.

"Do you know why I and my order are called "Revanchist's" rather just being called "Grey Jedi" or some other name?" He asked them, opening another page of the mystery.

"I assumed it was because of Revan, but I never learned much about Revan... Did you Ahsoka?" Kanan asked her, glancing back down at her.

"I know precious little about him, his name was always suppressed by the Jedi and only the Jedi Masters on the council were allowed to study the Jedi and Sith Holocrons in the Jedi Vaults." She replied with a bad of anger coming to her eyes as she contemplated what the Jedi had hid from her as she fought the republics war... Risking her life continually as the Jedi hid knowledge from everyone... Even their own.

Lim noticed the look in her eyes.

"I understand your growing vindictiveness towards the council and you indeed deserve vindication, I share your desire... We contacted the Council periodically asking if they would like to be enlightened by our stores of knowledge, that we would allow them to even visit our grand library... They would have none of it though... We even offered to send some of our own to the Jedi Temple to share our knowledge with the Jedi... Again they would not have anything to do with us... The council made it clear that if any of us came near the Temple that we would be arrested... Or worse... Still I was willing to attempt an excursion... But that is a tale for another time." Lim finished, he had a look of anger on his own face.

"From what I understand, the concealing of knowledge is part of what made your master fall... A grace mistake by both your master and the Jedi, a mistake for the Jedi because they turned one of their own brightest and strongest against them by denying the truth and living in hypocrisy... And a mistake for Anakin because he acted based on ignorance not on the truth... Such is the lure of the Darkside... the Darkside always promises secret truth but such truths are rarely contained within their hate filled existence...

Anyways, we are called Revanchist because this same dilemma happened to our forefather... Revan."

Kanan and Ahsoka were drinking in his words as if his words had the power to bring them out of their predicament with the Empire... perhaps they could to an extent.

"Revan was once a Jedi, he had numerous teachers but after he had mastered Shien and had learned a great deal about the force he grow bold, he had become close friends with another Jedi known as Alek who later became Darth Malak just as Revan later became Darth Revan. When Revan was in his early to mid twenties he made a fateful decision... After years of observing the Mandalorian invasion of the outer rim the Republic had reached and thus began a decade long conflict with the barbarians from the northern parts of the galaxy though the war was primarily fought in or near the outer rim.

Revan and other Jedi pleaded with the Jedi Council to give militaristic aid to the republic... But they would not.

Revan in an act of defiance to the hypocritical notions and dogmas of the Jedi therefore formed an organization known as the Revanchist's or the Revanchist Movement, this band of loyal Jedi and Grey Jedi would follow Revan into the conflagration of war against the Mandalorian threat, through years of brutal conflict the war neared its ultimate battle"

Kanan thought this story was fascinating, he had always heard tales of Revan but had never really known about him, nor heard his history.

"That's interesting." Kanan murmured.

Lim inclined his head to Kanan encouraging him to continue.

"The Jedi Council didn't turn away from the Clone Wars... Why did the Jedi Council of old refuse to help with the Mandalorian invasion?" Kanan asked looking to Lim for an explanation.

"The Old Jedi Council had suffered grievous losses with a war that had taken place shortly before the Mandalorian invasion approximately 3,972 years ago, before the Mandalortians tempted another war with the Jedi the Jedi had been engaged in a conflict known as the Great Sith War in which a Sith Lord known as Exar Kun who was a fallen Jedi took the helm of a blood thirsty cult known as the Freedon Nad Uprising... Within a single Year numerous Jedi had died but at the end Exar Kun was defeated and sealed away.

The Jedi were not inclined to embark in another costly war...

Revan was not pleased as I previously embellished, He thought that the Jedi's cowardice would cause more damage to the Jedi and the Republic than any losses accumulated in warfare, not facing the threat was worse than facing the threat and losing those you loved.

A band of loyal Jedi renegades followed Revan into battle against the Mandalorian's until the final battle to determine the war took place on Malachor five approximately 3,956 years ago... Revan and his Lieutenant Meetra Surik employed the use of a cataclysmic weapon... The Mass Shadow Device which stripped the force from all life and turned it into a weapon which could destroy worlds... Revan lured the Mandalorian leader to the planet as the Mandalorian fleet dropped thousands upon thousands of troops from orbit... It is said that the use the Mass Shadow Device forever created a rift in the force which to this day has not been mended...

My order is named after the Revanchist for Revan was our father... Both Physically, Spiritually and Politically... Revan married a Jedi named Bastila Shan and her children kept the Revanchist way of life alive, honoring their father in life and death."

Ahsoka finally interrupted him.

"We were always taught that Revan was a Sith Lord..." Ahsoka asked with a dubious frown.

"Yet you follow him knowing that he fell to the Dark Side?" She continued, the look of mistrust was back on her face.

Kanan looked at her with an expression that showed that he shared her doubts.

Lim nodded.

"Indeed he was a Sith... For a time at least he was Darth Revan, the Dark Lord of the Sith... But it is not as simple as you might think, he did not fall as Anakin fell or numerous other Jedi have fallen... Revan had always been a creature of Balance much as Anakin was supposed to be and as you are becoming Ahsoka..." Lim paused and gave Ahsoka a meaningful look.

"After defeating the Mandalorians on Malachor V, Revan felt the pull of a dark influence in the unknown regions far into the outer rim... Revan and his loyal friend Alek who was like his brother decided to take a portion of their fleet and search out the source of the shrouded darkness.

The main Revanchist forces along with the Republic did not hear from Revan for around two years when seemingly out of the blue and without warning Revan returned with Alex at his side... He had an armada of ships controlled by AI technology or being piloted by his corrupted veterans... There were also Sith with him, many Sith as the rule of two had not yet been established."

"The rule of two..." Kanan whispered,

"Wasn't that developed by Darth Bane?" He added cautiously.

Lim lifted his eyebrows as his gaze leveled on the Jedi Knight.

"So you do know some of your history... Yet Darth Bane formed the rule of two after researching Revan's Holocron along with the Holocron of numerous other Sith, that does not mean the Rule of two is beneficial for the Sith... Look at the Empire today, there are two primary Sith Lords; Darth Vader and Darth Sidious, yet they surround themselves with numerous Sith Assassins, the old Sith were structured similarly... The Rule of Two may help them survive in desperate times but when the Sith have obtained power... And the Sith have obtained more power presently then they ever have before... Anyways once they obtain power they become lax with the rule of Two and numerous other Sith climb on top of one another with their never ending lust for ascendancy." Lim said in a serious tone.

"And what makes Revan any different than any other Sith?" Ahsoka asked still dubious about Lims allegiance to the man.

"The Difference is that Revan nor Malak chose to be Sith, they found the darkness in the void... That darkness had a name... Lord vitiate, he corrupted Revan and Malak with his Sith Alchemy turning them into his tools to use against the republic as a sort of vanguard for Vitiates own invasion... Some thing that Vitiate had a hand in compelling the Mandalorians to invade the outer rim and consequentially the Republic at large." Lim pondered the implications of such things...

"Force corruption." Ahsoka muttered as she looked away.

"Ah so you know of the technique Ahsoka?" Lim asked amazed.

Ahsoka began rhythmically tapping her fingers across the table as she reflected back on old memories, breathing softly as a crease formed on her brow she glanced up back into Lims aged and creased face.

Kanan stood there dwelling on the information... Secrets that had been laid bare, of course this was assuming Limmick wasn't lying to them or using them... He didn't know why but he trusted the old man, he saw the sincerity in him... He also saw other things, the light and sometimes the dark twisting in his eyes in an eternal balance, it unnerved him to see someone who was at once at peace and at once consumed with the chaos of the Dark Side, but the fact that Lim could control both seemingly with little effort brought great weight to his words and thus his understanding of the force...

He listened to the hum of the engines, the coolness of the air with the slight scent of many bodies which were often confined in the relatively small ship, Ahsoka had her own smell about her which for some reason always attracted him making him look at her with longings, feelings he had tried to isolate and suppress within himself as was the pattern of the Jedi teachings instilled in him since before he could remember, yet now he was learning that such feelings were meant to be acted upon within a respective balance of self control... The Sith indulged in emotion without control and without boundaries thus making them slaves to their own lusts whatever those lusts might be... Lim was showing that combining aspects of the Jedi and Sith would create a powerful being who was at once compassionate and at once fulfilled... Kanan longed to feel whole at this man clearly felt even with the sadness that emanated from him.

Kanan's musing halted abruptly as Ahsoka began to speak once more.

"During the Clone Wars there was a mission that Obi Wan, Anakin and I were charged with, there was a strangle transmission detected in a pocked of empty space or so we had thought. We were all traveling in our personal ship which we had named the Twilight, we approached the coordinates but didn't detect anything on our ships sensors when suddenly out of the blue this massive quadrilateral ship, before we knew it our ships systems were deactivated and we were pulled into whatever it was.

We awoke some time later to find ourselves on this beautiful planet that was in a rapid state of growth and decay, it was like the seasons all happened in a day with the night being filled with death for all the life on the planet... We were encountered by this glowing being who called itself a "one", I didn't know at the time but Anakin himself was a "one" and he didn't even know it.

As it turned out there were three "ones" on the planet ship which was called "Mortis". Lim lifted an eyebrow as he had numerous times that day...

"Mortis, how interesting... We have records in our library of such a place but I like many others always thought it a legend or myth, the beings on that planet were incredibly old considering the age of our records concerning Mortis date back over three thousand years..." Lim confided in them, he was now very curious, he nodded to Ahsoka to continue.

Ahsoka studied the old man thinking of how they could have known of the place... She would have to dwell on this later.

"Anyways, the one which appeared unto us was called "the daughter", there were two others there one called "The son" and the other "The father". The daughter led Anakin and the rest of us down a path by some cliffs when a boulder crashed down barring the way for us, we were separated. Obi Wan and I traveled back and found a cave for shelter as Anakin pressed onward... I had a vision in the cave, a vision of my future self... She told me to be wary of Anakin that he would lead me to ruin..." Ahsoka grinned at the memory.

"My mental projection of my older self turned out to be far from reality, I look nothing like the vision now... After day break we were both kidnapped by the Son and Daughter and brought to large pedestal, the Father threatened Anakin telling him that if he didn't control his children that he would have his children kill Obi Wan and me.

Anakin displayed incredible power as he used the force to control both the of the children and thus secured our freedom... I was captured by the Son shortly after and held in his Monastery... Prison you could call it." Ahsoka grimaced at the memory.

"He shape shifted into this little monster, we got into an altercation... He bit me then, and it was like I lost all control of my mind and body, I was in control but I was not myself... I felt alive, emotions ran through me like streams from many fountains, whatever I desired I sought, whatever felt good I did but I was bound to the one who had corrupted me.

He encouraged me to fight with Anakin and Obi Wan, Obi Wan had acquired a blade which had the ability to kill the ones... Nothing we used could hurt them as far as we knew, I stole the blade and gave it to the Son as I was bonded to him by his force corruption, he told me I was no longer useful as he laid his finger between my brows... I don't remember much of what happened during those moments."

Ahsoka felt empathy thinking of Anakins pain.

"Anakin told me I was dead, and that he had transferred the life force of the daughter into me and that I came alive after he did so..." Lim had folded his arms across the table and was looking at the hallway which led to the crew quarters, he was deep in thought as he listened to her words... Likely he was mixing her words and his knowledge into a complex formula that would make sense to him.

Kanan didn't like the thought of her falling to the Dark Side... He liked the thought of her dying even less.

Lim nodded to Ahsoka for her to continue, she did.

"None of us ever talked about it, but I am pretty sure that what Anakin did was not only give me my life back but actually make me a "One" like himself since the daughter was a "One"." Lim made a noise in his through.

"Hmm, that is possible, the force is like energy and it can be transferred into a susceptive host, there are many abilities one can use to distort or transfer force energy, you can do this with people and even with objects, the force is like an eternal source of power which can be harnessed and dispersed if one understand such things that is." Lim told them confidently, showing that he had experience with such things.

"The force can do many things to a person, kill them, erase their memory, control their minds, corrupt them... It can also heal people, restore memory and free those from themselves and from corruption, it is a powerful thing not to be underestimated at any time, not to be abused by the foolish." Lim said with authority as if he was teaching a class of younglings.

Kanan held up his hand stopping Lim and Ahsoka.

"Are you telling me that Ahsoka is now some kind of force demi god or something?" Lim smiled at his terminology.

"If the Daughter was indeed a "one" and her life essence was transferred into Ahsoka then yes Ahsoka is very likely a "One". Lim explained with reasonable emphasis.

Ahsoka leaned back, she drew one of her legs up cross it over her opposite knee as she stretched, she had been cooped up for awhile Kanan thought.

Ahsoka asked another question as she yawned.

"So what exactly is a "one?" Kanan smiled, she had stolen his question... The phrase "great minds think alike" popped into his head.

Lim paused for a moment as he collected himself preparing to delve into another taxing explanation.

"A "One" is someone who has incredible force potential, the force energy contained within their Midichlorians is far above average, they have the ability to accomplish feats that most would think of as being magic.

A "One" is stronger in the force than any Jedi, Sith or other force sensitive, it is like the difference between a bug and a Jedi Master concerning force potential." Lim suddenly tapped his fanger on the table.

"You said that the "One's" on Mortis cold shape shift?" Lim questioned her intently.

"Yes" Ahsoka responded truthfully.

"The more force energy the more force knowledge is contained within your body, all life is an expression of the force thus the more force energy you have the more potential your physical form contains... A "One" can transmogrify themselves into nearly any shape, for all life is merely a physical manifestation of the Living Force, but "One's" unlike most life, can alter the physical form they take on."

"The possible uses for the force were nearly infinite" thought Kanan, with enough power you could accomplish nearly anything.

"We are getting off track." Lim's words pulled Kanan from his thoughts.

"I enjoy talking with you both to be quite as enjoyable as teaching my apprentice the ways of the force." Lim's face glowed with joy as he memory was clearly playing in front of his eyes.

Lim sighed, suddenly mournful again.

"You see... My order has been sending in the most experienced, the most compassionate, the most empathetic of our own into Republic space since our beloved forefather left us. We have kept his ways in his absence to the best of our abilities... Our goal is the same goal Revan had, which was to end the eternal conflict of the Jedi and Sith and not to do so by war if possible but to do so with knowledge, love and understanding..." His deep voice felt like it emanated from every corner of the room as if multiple people were speaking with him.

"I have taken on the sacred duty of my order... my brothers and sisters... our fathers and mothers... my family." A tear dropped from his eye.

"Nearly twice every century one is sent to the Jedi and Sith in order to attempt to bring them into the fold, to bring balance to the force and to end the blood shed that never seems to cease... While it is true that the Sith armies and invasions have been halted for a millennia, that does mean by any degree that the Sith have not been active in Republic space and other domains in the galaxy..." His words made Kanan feel shame, he didn't know why.

"Nearly all of whom we have sent has not returned, most have died, some were lost and some we never heard from again... But all who left were changed forever..." His expression changed to a look of fury.

"The Jedi Sentinels would kill us on sight regardless of our benevolent efforts to save them, the Sith hunt us down knowing that we have the potential to reveal them to the Jedi... Both the Jedi and Sith have known of us for eons and our call has gone unanswered, our words have returned void... We have kept our vigil, sending our masters or those of us with a will to aid our lost siblings of the force, we send them in times of dire need..."

Weariness replaced the fury that had burned brightly in his eyes.

"I have come bearing the burden which has been placed on many shoulders, many of my brethren for the last four thousand years... We keep our vigil... We keep our promise, we have come again to bring balance and now I am here... And I shall serve." Lim finished with absolute conviction.

Ahsoka's barriers broke, she began to trust Limmick as Kanan clearly had chosen to, this was no Sith... Yet he was no Jedi either.

She scoffed at herself, who was she to judge? She had turned her back on the order two decades ago and it had been the right decision, if Anakin had left with her he would have undoubtedly remained Anakin and the Jedi would have undoubtedly been spared, her thoughts turned vicious.

"It was the Jedi's fault that Anakin fell." She thought within herself, remembering how the council had betrayed her, how they had betrayed the trust of Anakin... But when she had left, she had done the same thing to him... But that had not been her intention, she was left the order to save herself but in so doing she abandoned the person she loved most in life. Since the day she had arrived on Ryloth her world had revolved around one man, her brother of the heart, every day she had been separated from him she had thought of him nearly endlessly...

She hadn't asked him to leave because she knew about his love for Padme, asking him to leave would have been selfish... Staying herself would have been unbearable.

"I accept you Lim, you are a wise master and you will be a valuable asset to our rebellion." She said both from the perspective of Ahsoka and Fulcrum.

"I too accept you, we can use all the help we can get and it seems that your knowledge of the force far exceeds mine... Hell, it might even exceed master Yoda's..." Kanan said the last part hesitantly but it was the truth.

"Thank you my friends." Lim responded, he seemed relieved to be accepted.

"It has been many centuries since any Jedi or Sith have accepted any of our number in their counsel, in their home, in their affairs..." He confided in them, sharing the significance of their acceptance.

The console started to beep, the ship suddenly decelerated from hyperspace, Lothal shone as a gem in a sea of black... It was good to be back...

"We're here." He alerted them in a relieved tone.

Ahsoka looked over to Kanan.

"We went hoping to bring back good news, but I think we have brought something far more valuable back..." Ahsoka said softly as she glanced back to the old man.

"And what would that be Ahsoka?" Lim asked with a curious expression.

"Hope." She said as she rose to her feet.

Ahsoka walked to the cockpit and sat down in the pilots seat, Kanan used the opportunity to tell Lim some things.

He walked over to the bench and sat where Ahsoka had been moments before.

"Lim... I have an apprentice, he is a bit... Ambitious." Lim smiled at this.

"I was much the same when I was an apprentice, drinking in knowledge but lacking the wisdom to use it properly." Lim stretched his arms across the table as he clasped his hands together, he popped his shoulders... He had been in that cage for a year, Kanan remembered with grimace at the thought of how that would feel, especially if he was an old man.

"Yes..." Kanan started to respond.

"I think we can both use your teachings and guidance especially concerning combat, we already ran into an inquisitor..." Lim nodded at that.

"Yes, I discovered that you and your apprentice... Defeated him... He was once a Jedi Sentinel you know?" Lim gave him yet another secret freely.

"I... I didn't know that he was a Jedi..." Kanan suddenly felt sick at the thought, were all the Inquisitor former Jedi as well?

"Kanan... I came to save the Sith as much as the Jedi, my priority is to bring both of you into the way of the Revanchist which is very similar to Ahsoka's self chosen path of the grey Jedi... I did not come to kill the Sith for you, nor did I come to help the Sith either... I am choosing to help in your rebellion because it will serve the purpose of bringing balance to the force, at least in this galaxy..." Kanan nodded, he knew this as Lim had already described it in great detail.

"I still think that it would help us if you taught us more about using the force..." Kanan pleaded with him.

"I will teach what I know, know that some things cannot be mastered over night, many of my abilities can only be mastered by one who is in harmony with the force, one who balances on the knives edge... And that is what it will be to you at first, when I first guide you into the use of the Dark Side your footing will be as perilous as the knives edge but the more you learn and grow the thicker that foundation will become until you are dancing across a widened blade as you sing the song of joy, having found your true self.

It is not a religion I bring, it is merely the truth of the force. The force is not something that dictates what you should or should become rather it expands your knowledge and the potential use of that knowledge to serve your own ends, the reality of the situation is that even though forcing yourself to use both the Light and Dark while being difficult it is also the more freeing path for a force sensitive, in finding balance you and and your apprentice will find yourselves and you will be better for it regardless of your fate..." Lim's words were both comforting and encouraging, it was like having Yoda here, he had always known what to say and what to do in nearly every situation.

Kanan folded his arms as he stared at the opposite wall, they began to feel the gravity of Lothal as they descended into its atmosphere.

"Lim... I am... afraid to use the Dark Side." Kanan said no more as no more was necessary to relay his question to the old man.

Lim responded in a low voice, one worn down with age.

"One should always be wary of the lure of the Dark Side, we Revanchist's know this better than anyone else... It will tempt you, it will call to you and sing the song that pleases your heart... You must resist the temptation to delve into its dark succor, when I begin to teach you and your apprentice you shall both test your metal... You shall know whether you are strong or weak... But fear not, if you fall into the darkness I will be there to pull you out of his dark embrace." Lim reassured him.

Kanan's eyes widened.

"How can you do such a thing?"

Lim studied him for a few moments.

"Do you remember the story Ahsoka just told us? The "Son" used the Dark Side of the force to corrupt her... I can use the Light and Dark in the same manner, I know how to remove force corruption... But it only works if the soul is willing to relinquish the darkness... Since you have been a Jedi nearly your whole life I doubt the light within would be vanquished in so short a time, it takes years for a Sith to extinguish themselves and most lack the will to truly cut themselves off from the light... Once a Sith travels that far down the path of destruction there is nothing anyone can do for them... The only one who can save them at that point is themselves." He said in a grace tone laced with warning, a warning to guard his heart from the darkness.

They felt the Ghost suddenly settle onto the planet, Kanan stood subconsciously scratching his beard.

"Are you ready to meet the rest of the crew?" Kanan asked him, the eagerness to be reconciled to his proxy family overcoming his serious expression.

Ahsoka walked out of the pilots nest.

"Are we all ready?" She asked pointedly at Lim.

"Hard to contemplate that it's been over a year since my feet traversed a planet..." He said jokingly.

"Yes I think I am ready to meet the rest of your family." Lim said with an eagerness of his own... As if he missed his own family and the loneliness was about to be replaced by the presence of friends.

Kanan and Ahsoka looked at each other as Lim walked down the hall towards the ramp, they smiled. Ahsoka went over and hugged him unexpectedly, he suddenly put his arms around her, caressing her shoulders.

"You just couldn't keep your eyes off me today." She said in a false tone of admonishment.

He grinned at her words.

"No sane man in my position would have done any less, my lady." He teased her with an exaggerated roguish tone.

"I had already been thinking some of the things Lim made known to us... How that attachments define who we are whether they are selfish or not... Ahsoka I want to be selfish with you." He confided in her, his voice contained a small trace of lust.

She tightened her arms around him.

"I like you Kanan... I like you too much... I never thought I would feel this way about anyone else ever again... I didn't expect that..."

He let her cling to him.

"I think we have gained more today than I had at first imagined... Or could have hoped for..." Kanan chuckled, his deep voice resonating in the cramped access.

Ahsoka laughed in a lilting manner as she finally released him, he left his arm around her shoulders as they followed Lim down the ramp into the cool fresh air of a bright new day, a new day for them, for the Ghost, for Lothal and perhaps even for the Galaxy itself.