Meeting The Dark

by TestyRATCHET13

What happens when you have been chosen by the force to see and learn what the future holds? Ahsoka Tano will figure it out, but when she sees what she's meant to, will she stand strong, or will she Meet The Dark. (I'm horrible at summaries, don't hate me too much)

2. Chapter 2

A/N: Fun times are ahead, your reviews on me doing horrible or fantastic help me to know if I'm doing horrible or fantastic.

Disclaimer: I still don't own Star Wars, Disney does.

Meeting The Dark: Chapter 2

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Anakin POV

It was late at night as Anakin made his to the council chambers. "Hopefully they're still in session, they need to know about Ahsoka." The thought of his Padawan made him frown; he couldn't help but feel somewhat responsible for what happened to her. After all he was the one that told her to start meditating. But he also felt anger towards this Sith, this Darth Teridonis, 'How dare he,'Anakin thought, 'If I ever meet him I swear I'll make him pay for what he did to Ahsoka.'

Stepping into the turbolift that would take him up to the council chambers he caught a glimpse of his reflection in the window, he looked scruffy and a little ragged. "Kriff, I look like I just went three rounds with a rancor." He said trying to straighten out his robes, 'I probably smell like one too.' It had been 4 days since he had a shower, he just couldn't leave Ahsoka while she was out of it.

The turbolift finally came to a stop and with quick swoosh of the doors Anakin strolled through the small waiting room. Before entering the main room where the council would be seated he tried to fix his appearance the best he could. With a final check over himself he activated the door and walked in, the council must have been in the middle of something important because the all gave him a look of annoyance. Except from Obi Wan and Master Yoda, Yoda only shook his head and Obi Wan sighed running his hand down his face.

Sensing their displeasure at being interrupted he spoke up, "Forgive me masters, I didn't mean to interrupt, but I've come with urgent news..." At that Master Yoda interrupted him, "Come to tell us, awoken your Padawan has." It was more a statement than a question.

Anakin nodded with minor shock, "Yes master, but how did you know?" The old little Jedi smiled slightly, "Watching her through the force I have, knew when she awoke I did." Anakin wasn't really surprised; the old Master had a connection to the force that was practically unrivaled. Master Plo Koon began to speak, "And how is Ahsoka? Did she say anything about what happened?"

Anakin nodded, "She's okay. And yes master, she did, in fact that's why I'm here. And it's not good."

Anakin recounted the events that Ahsoka had told him, from her first starting to meditate, to her being pulled out to dark space by the force. "And this master is where it starts to get, well, troubling. She found something out there, well it really found her." Master Mace Windu raised an eye brow and asked, "And just what is IT?" Anakin continued on, telling them all about the voice and it being a Sith Lord, it trying to corrupt Ahsoka and, most importantly, the vision she had and the threat, more like promise, of war.

The council was silent for a moment, trying to process all Anakin had told them. He understood how they felt, he almost asked Ahsoka if she were making it up if it weren't for the pure genuine fear in her voice and eyes when she told him. He looked around at the council and saw multiple expressions at had been said. Shaak Ti had a scowl on her face, Mace Windu seemed to be in deep thought, Obi Wan was stroking his beard in contemplation, and Plo Koon, well he couldn't tell, the Kel Dor's face completely unreadable through the antiox mask. Anakin frowned slightly, 'I hope I never have to wear a breathing mask, I couldn't deal with the muffled breathing.'

Master Yoda had the most troubled look of the masters. It was Master Ki-Adi-Mundi who broke the silence in the room, "How do we know this is true?" Everyone in the room turned and looked at him with inquisitive looks, Anakin however got a little angry at this and shot at him, "You think she would lie? You didn't see her when she woke up, she was absolutely terrified! And yet you think she might be lying?!" Ki-Adi-Mundi's brow furrowed in annoyance, "Check your tone Knight Skywalker. I never said she was lying, I am only saying, should we believe the word of a young girl having just awoken from a Force Coma? She could be delirious for all we know."

Anakin only glared at him, 'Damn cone head.' He was about to retort when Obi Wan decided to step in, "Anakin he does make a valid point. While I believe in Ahsoka completely, she has been out cold for the past thirteen days. She hasn't drank or eaten in that time, she could be delirious." Anakin conceded after Obi Wans reasoning, he looked back to Ki-Adi-Mundi and with a bow of his head he said, "I apologize for my outburst master." Mundi sighed and nodded his head back to him in acknowledgment.

Yoda took this break in conversation to speak, "Perhaps from Skywalker hearing this, we should not." Master Shaak Ti was the first to speak, "Are you proposing we have Ahsoka tell us herself?" Anakin's irritation grew at this proposal, 'Is my word not good enough for you?' "I'm sorry masters but she won't be able to speak with you for some time, she's going to need several days to fully recover."

Everyone nodded in acceptance. Mace Windu stood up and said, "Then it is decided, once the Padawan Ahsoka has recovered we hold a meeting and she will report to us herself. Council dismissed."

And with that the room emptied of its occupants, Anakin was about to follow suit when Yoda spoke up, "A word with you, I would have young Skywalker." Anakin grimaced, whenever the old Jedi wanted to talk with him alone it usually wasn't good. Anakin turned around and said while bowing slightly, "Of course master." He walked over to the chair next to Yoda and took a seat. Yoda sighed, "Anger I sense in you young skywalker. For Master Mundi or for something else?"

Anakin took a moment to breathe before answering, "My anger master comes from this Sith trying to turn my Padawan and threatening us with war."

Yoda made a quick nod, "Understandable that is, but your emotions, control over them you must have. A troubling time this. Around every corner the Dark Side is, vigilant we all must be. Chosen your Padawan was to bring us this warning," Anakin eyes went wide at this and was about to comment until Yoda cut him off. "Believe in her I do, as do the others sure I am. But careful we must be, still at war we are until Dooku and Grievous have been defeated."

"And we still have to find the Sith Lord we've been hunting for, they might be connected to this Teridonis." Anakin mentioned, "Master, if war comes and if it's going to be as bad as Ahsoka says, then we have to double our war effort and start building for the next fight." Yoda breathed and closed his eyes, "So eager for conflict are you?"

Anakin was quick to calm himself of his excitedness, "No master, I am only saying that we won't be ready for the next war if we don't start preparing now." Yoda opened his eyes and looked to Anakin. Anakin looked at his eyes, they were sad and tired. Yoda sighed, "Share with the chancellor then we will, once Ahsoka reports to us, to him we will go. Prepare for this "Emperor" we will. Now, late it has become, go and rest."

Anakin stood and with bow he said farewell to the old Jedi. Walking back into the turbolift he stretched and popped his neck. 'It's been a long, long night. I need a shower and to lay in bed with my wife for the first time in days.' Stepping out of the turbolift he headed for the Temple hangars where he'd get into his personal fighter and head to 500 Republica, to home, to his wife, "To Padmé."

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Ahsoka POV

Ahsoka laid in her bed, she had gotten up earlier and made her way to her and her masters Apartment in the Jedi Temple's Living Area. She just didn't feel right sitting in the cold and sterile med room she had been put in. It was just too "Clean". As she laid there she thought back to all that had happened, she was still shaken up from her encounter with Darth Teridonis. His threat of war echoing in her head 'My wait is ending; I am coming, tell them, tell them their deaths are coming.' She shook her head trying to make the echo of his voice go away.

"Why me?" She asked to no one. A yawn escaped, even after being in a practical coma for thirteen days, she was exhausted. She sat up and used all the energy she had left to strip her clothes off and bring the light sheet over her. It didn't take long for sleep to steal her away, but her sleep wouldn't grant her the bliss she was hoping for.

Her dreams would be haunted with images of death, fighting, a world of fire where blue would clash with blue. And a man in a black suit and a skull like mask, whose mechanical breathing filled her with fear. All the while a small but powerful voice whispered to her in the back of her mind, 'This is your fate if you deny me.'

"NOOO!" She screamed as she jolted bolt right up. She was panting and drenched in sweat from head to toe. She put her face in her hands and just tried to breathe for a few moments. "It was just a bad dream, just a bad very vivid and horrible dream." It was then her stomach rumbled jolting her from her shock. She looked down at her stomach, "Oh right, thirteen days without food, maybe some food will make these dreams go away."

She got up and made her way to the small kitchenette to try and find something to quell her hunger. She headed straight for the fridge and grabbed the first slab of raw meat she could find and tearing into it hungrily, "mmmmmhmmmm, thus is sro grood." She moaned with a mouthful of food. She ate three more pieces of meat before finally feeling full for the first time all night.

With a very un-lady like belch she walked back into her room and flopped on the bed. Flipping over she stared at the ceiling and thought about her dream. 'This is your fate if you deny me.'

"Ugh, what does that mean? Who was that in that suit? I know it wasn't…Teridonis," she shudders at the name, "But I know I heard his voice, it's like he's haunting me, *sigh* I can't let him or these dreams get to me, I have to be strong for everyone, especially for my master." She decided she'd try and go to sleep again, so once more she pulled the sheet over her, closing her eyes and slowly but steadily falling into the void of sleep.

She stayed asleep this time, but she wished she had woken up.

She was walking in perpetual darkness, there was nothing around. She walked and walked and walked until she came across a mirror. Ahsoka felt, drawn to it, as if it were calling her. She walked up to it and stood right in front of it, she saw her reflection but, it wasn't her, well it looked like her, but the reflection was so dark. The reflection had yellow eyes, the normally invisible veins that ran throughout her body were black and visible. She had her head tilted to the side and was smiling an eerie and crazed smile. The reflection spoke to her in a twisted and crazed voice, "It feels so good, no longer having to hold back. I can finally be the warrior, the Predator, I was meant to be. Don't you want this? To be free of obligation? To do what you want when you want how you want? To be able to strike down any enemy that opposes your power!?"

Ahsoka's anger piqued at the fake version of her. "No,' Ahsoka said back to the reflection, "that isn't what I want! What I do want is for you to shut up!" She got even angrier when the reflection only stood there and snickered.

Suddenly another figure appeared behind the reflection, they were tall, at least 6'3 and wearing an all too familiar mask with three yellow lines across it that made up the visor. And in that instance her anger turned to fear. She felt her skin crawl and tingle as he spoke in that terrifyingly golden voice, "You feel it don't you little one? The darkness rushes through you like a flood. Is it not everything I promised and more my apprentice?" He said while putting his hand on the reflections shoulder. Ahsoka screamed when she suddenly felt a hand on her shoulder, turning around she screamed even louder seeing him towering over her.

He grabbed her by the throat with one hand, silencing her scream and lifted her up into the air. She struggled against his grip but he was to strong, all she could do was squirm and gasp for air. "Why do you fight?" His question reverberated throughout her, of course she knew why she fought, she fought for the republic, for democracy. "Why do you fight?" He asked again only angrier. "I f-fight for the rep-public." She choked out, his hand still tight around her throat.

"Why do you fight?!" He yelled at her, tightening his iron grip further. She was barely able to breathe but somehow she answered, "I fight to save people from scum like you!" If it were possible it got darker and he got angrier, 'Why is he asking me over and over.'

"WHY DO YOU FIGHT!" She felt herself slipping into darkness, the air in her lungs growing old. But his question bore straight into her, and she was compelled for some reason to answer. 'Why do I fight?' So many answers flooded through her, but one stood out the most. She fought for recognition; she wanted others to know she wasn't weak and needed help all the time. That she could handle anything sent her way by herself. She wanted her master to respect her and her strength. But she could never say that, she could never confide that in someone, it was the one thing about herself that she kept the most secret, that she tried so hard to bury. For it was want for power, and Jedi aren't supposed to want for power.

And in a show of defiance she lied and insulted him, "I fight for the republic, because it will beat you. The Jedi will break you and win, just as they always have won." He wasn't satisfied with her answer, not one bit. He threw her on the ground and put his boot to her throat.

"WHY. DO. YOU. FIGHT!"

Ahsoka had had enough, she couldn't fight the pain anymore, her resolve and will was being shattered like glass. To make the pain stop and to free herself from him she spoke the words she thought she'd never speak to single soul "I fight so they will all know that I am strong and powerful!" And just like that he removed his boot from her neck and stepped back. She sat up and gasped for air, she looked at him with tears in her eyes. She felt both broken and free at the same time, she wanted to get up and attack him for having assaulted her like he did. But she was completely drained of energy, so she stared at him with growing anger. He just stood there for a moment a said in a low voice, "Then you will have what you fight for."

And instantly she woke up, she was on the floor, the bed sheet clenched in her hands. She only laid there, sobbing, it was all becoming so much for her, the dreams, the visions, she just wanted them to stop. She hadn't even been out of a meditative coma for more than five hours and already she felt battered and beaten. But in all her sorrow and self-pity she took solace in one thing, one thing she felt both good and bad for wanting. And in a voice that was hers but wasn't at the same time she said,

"I'll have what I fight for."

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A/N alright now a few of you might be saying "why is Ahsoka eating raw meat? And what is the meat she's eating?" Well here's your answers. 1: she's a togruta, they are carnivores and only eat meat and can eat raw meat. 2: I don't know what meat she's eating, I looked for something lore friendly, couldn't find anything so just pretend she's eating like raw steak, or if you like she's eating space meat.