Drowning, eternally drowning. There is little more to say on how Ahsoka felt as she fell asleep, her mind was a labyrinth of thoughts, feelings and emotions. Nothing was certain, everything on the line and her entire life's history put into question. She was drowning in her mind. Water was filling her lungs, reality was taking over and she soon realised that she was drowning in the real world as well. She swam as fast as her weakened arms could manage, swimming desperately towards the surface, if she knew where it was. Soon by a lack of oxygen and strength she drifted back into her sub-conscious, as she was drowning, she was thinking, thinking of a time before.

She suddenly woke up! Her body was fine, her lungs clear and her surroundings peaceful. She was in a very memorable place, the Jedi Temple, her home. She was lying in her quarters surrounded by lush furnishings, smooth fabrics and memorabilia of the clone wars, war trophies and droid parts reminding her of times she thought long gone. But it was not gone, she was there. It was there. She got up and looked out the window to see Coruscant in all its majestic glory; the towers that reached into the sky, the infinite amount of star ships racing across the planet, and the sun. Ahsoka never thought that she would have missed the sunlight, the heat on her face, for the first time in a long while she slowed down and lived in the moment. She could have stood there forever if not for the abrupt knock at the door. "Hello?" she said cautiously still not entirely sure if what she was experiencing was real or fake. "Ahsoka, are you in there!" the voice from the other side of the door was muffled but Ahsoka knew who it was, that soft unmistakable tone. "Barriss?" she jumped at the opportunity to see her old friend, she swung open the door to reveal the Mirialan Padawan, "Barriss!" she cried, last time she saw her was before the clone wars, when her friend betrayed her…

"Barriss what are you doing here?" Ahsoka suspiciously asked as her friend clutched her arm and dragged her out into the corridor "more precisely Ahsoka what are you doing here?" Her mind was unable to comprehend Barris's demeanor; the last time they saw each other Ahsoka was in court, on trial and about to face arrest for a crime Barriss committed. She remembered her former friends' face as the Temple guards took her away. The fear, the hatred, hatred for the order and what they stood for. And yet here she was, just as she remembered her, right down to the markings on her face. It was at this point that Ahsoka realised she had been asked a question "what?" that was all she could muster. "Wow, that last mission must have really did something to you" Ahsoka's face said it all, her eyes screaming i have no idea what in the force you're talking about, Barriss read this and decided to explain "training, we've got combat training in the sparring arena, master Skywalker's waiting for you, you're telling me you don't remember". Ahsoka's joyful dream was becoming a nightmare "Anakin's waiting for me?" Just then fear was seeping through her, could she face him? Was it him? She looked at herself, the ash and dust was gone, her skin was clean but more importantly her skin was soft. On her belt she noticed one lightsaber and a sholto. They were her original weapons back in the clone wars. She was exactly as she was before she left. What was the dream and what was the real world? She didn't care, if there was any chance of going back on her decision she would take it. "Yeah training, right!" there was a pause, she took one last look out the window and then back to Barriss "let's not keep them waiting then". And like two sisters they went off down the corridor.

"I guess i'm going to have to wait until you've finished your jedi training" said a male voice from behind them. Ahsoka couldn't believe it, her best friend and now him?! She turned just to confirm it was him, it was! "Lux!" She ran into him and they exchanged a massive hug. Barriss was slightly shocked at the affection her friend expressed towards him but shook it off, she was glad for Ahsoka. "Lux what are you doing here?" if there's one thing Ahsoka remembers about the boy from Onderon it's that he never was too keen about the Republic, but here he was in the capital. "I was just helping senator Amidala negotiating the peace treaty. I came to see you. And see if the temple was as grand as they say, or rather didn't say cos, y'know separatist propaganda and all" the more she listened the more she learned about this new galaxy, this better galaxy. "Ahsoka We've gotta go!" Barriss was gesturing her to follow, Ahsoka quickly turned to Lux "i've gotta go" she smiled a genuine smile, all thought of prior events were escaping her. She was just too happy with the world she was in "of course, i'll see you later yeah"

She watched as Lux walked off; his presence faded off into the distance, she turned to face Barriss but she wasn't there, no-one was. Ahsoka looked puzzled but then the once bright sunlight turned to darkened night in a split second. Her throat became heavy, she coughed heavily but instead of blood coming out, came a silvery liquid, that same liquid from Malachor. She was drowning from the inside out, she fell to her hands and knees and as she looked down on the floor, slowly getting her breath back, she heard a voice. "Ahsoka, Ahsoka, Ahsoka" like with the many voices before this one too was familiar, but she couldn't believe it, "Ahsoka, Ahsoka!" the voice was getting closer, it couldn't really be him, could it, she didn't need confirmation, because she knew exactly who it was, "Anakin…"