Alayna shot up in her bed, looking around the room. Something was wrong. Something, or rather, someone was in her room. She couldn't see the presence, but she could sense it, standing a few feet away.

"Who's there?" She asked, reaching for her lightsaber.

The temperature in the room seemed to drop, becoming cold enough to make her shiver. This was something bad, something dark. Suddenly, everything began turning black, as if her room was filling was a thick black smoke.

She could hear screaming, blaster fire, and the sound of clashing lightsabers.

A giant hand began to form out of the smoke as she activated one side of her lightsaber. She lunged for the hand, yelling as she slashed it in half.

"Alayna!" He father's voice cut through the smoke.

The smoke and the hand vanished, and Alayna found herself standing in the middle of her room, both sides of her lightsaber activated. In the blueish green light, she could see the sweat dripping off her forehead, and she could tell the shirt she was wearing was soaked as well. She looked at her father, his face illuminated by the white glow of his own lightsaber.

Ezra deactivated his lightsaber and slowly stepped toward his daughter.

"Alayna." He said softly "Put down the lightsaber." He had sensed something dark from his room down the hall, and had come running, lightsaber drawn.

Alayna did as she was asked, shutting off her lightsaber.

"What was that?" She asked.

"I don't know." Ezra replied, putting his arms around her. As he did, Alayna realized she was shaking.

"What are we gonna do?" She asked.

"I don't think there's much we can do." Ezra said. "Whatever it was, it seems like you drove it off." They stood there for a few more minutes, until Alayna calmed down enough to go back to sleep.

Two nights later, it happened again.

But this time was different. This time, there was a hooded man in the smoke, and he spoke to her.

"Alayna Bridger." He said as she jumped out of bed and activated her lightsaber.

"Who are you?" She asked. "What do you want?"

"I want to help you." The man said "I want to build you to your true potential."

"What are you talking about?" Alayna asked.

The man waved a hand, and part of the smoke surrounding them turned into a picture. It was her, a few years older, standing on a mountaintop like she had just won some great victory.

"What is this?" She asked.

"It's what you want." The man replied. "To be more famous than either of your parents. To be powerful."

She knew what the man was talking about. All her life, no matter where they went on Lothal, everybody knew who Ezra and Sabine Bridger were. They were heroes, the ones who had driven the Empire back and saved Lothal. Even some places outside of Lothal, you could find people who recognized the name, if not the individuals.

Over the years, Alayna had unintentionally developed a jealousy of her parents fame.

"Come with me." The man said, stretching out a hand. "It make you more famous than anyone, more powerful than the Emperor. You could rule the Galaxy, and then the truth would be what you made it."

She liked the sound of that. More famous than her parents? That was her dream. She had just started to reach for the hand when a white lightsaber appeared in the man's chest. There was a wild, fading howl of pain as the smoke and man vanished. In its place stood Ezra, his eyes wild, looking for another target.

With a start, Alayna realized what she had almost done, and her legs gave out from under her. Ezra caught her as she fell, dropping his lightsaber.

"Why is this happening to me?" Alayna asked as she buried her face in her father's shoulder and cried.

"I don't know." Ezra replied. "Obviously something out there has its sights on you, and is willing to do whatever to get you."

"But why?" Alayna asked, "What did I do?"

"You didn't do anything." Ezra replied "You're just getting older, and you're getting more powerful. But at your age, you're also prone to temptation. That means dark things will try to influence you to get what they want."

"How do I make them leave me alone?" Alayna asked.

"Training." Ezra said. "Training and meditation. I think you need to spend some time with Kanan."

Alayna nodded, wiping her eyes. "When would I go?" She asked.

"Tomorrow." Ezra replied.

The next day, Alayna said goodbye to her parents, then boarded the Phantom, which Kanan had arrived in to pick her up. As Sabine watched the familiar little ship fly out of sight, Ezra walked past her carrying a supply pack.

"And where do you think you're going?" She asked as he headed for their ship, Knight Hawk.

"Something or someone out there is hunting our daughter." Ezra replied. "I'm going to track it down and run my lightsaber through its kriffing heart if it has one."

As he fired up the ships engines, he looked out the cockpit window and saw his wife running towards the ship, carrying her own pack.

"You didn't think you could just leave me, did you?" Sabine asked as she sat in the copilot seat. "Also if we find this guy, you're gonna have to fight me to kill him first."

A/N: Thanks for reading and stay tuned for more!