AVATAR ALEX

AHSOKA TANO

FAITH

SKY

AVATAR: THE EARLY YEARS

BOOK 8: TRICKSTER'S BRIGADE

Chapter 1: Raising Spirits

She found herself drifting through an endless dream. Not a dream she thought, more like a vision. That was it. Ahsoka Tano had found herself in a terrifying vision of the future, where the Force and Nature were out of balance. Nothing except sports and two people could be seen for thousands and thousands of miles.

What a dark and desolate place. But Ahsoka thought that this was only in her mind "this can't be real" visions of the force were not always clear. She could be imagining these things happening years from now. Only she got the sense that these things would happen sometime in her future.

She watched helpless as her lover Avatar Alex and his half brother Sky were locked in a confrontation over the dead body of their old friend Darlene Turner. Alex had told her Sky's plan and how it was just the first step into bringing about the end of the universe as they knew it.

She tried not to watch as Alex and Sky fought over two silver like gloves on the side of an altar where Darlene's body lay, she thought that she had to do something. But couldn't this vision was preventing her from doing so and unlike other visions that she had had. This one was far too unpleasant to watch.

Sky had hit Alex and she watched helplessly as he crumpled to the ground. Half out of shock and anger, she couldn't believe that this was happening. After hearing about the dark prophecy for ages she never thought it would come to pass. How wrong she was. This was just too far.

She was angry and hurt. And the only way to stop Sky was the use of the Gauntlet however that seemed impossible as Sky now held the pair smiling evilly "finally" he said softly and he turned to face the dead corpse of Darlene "after so long, I finally get to enact my plan."

"Sky" Alex coughed getting very weak, however he was too powerless to stop Sky from what he was about to do "please" he pleaded and even Ahsoka had to get scared at this nightmare. Yes this was a nightmare, no vision could be this powerful to make her lover so very scared "you don't know what will happen"

As usual Sky ignored him and pressed the gloves close together, a shock of electricity and ancient powder kickstarted in them and at this Sky simply laughed "all this power." He muttered to himself "it's like I'm God." He turned to face Alex and say "look at this, your greatest weakness" he pointed at the corpse of Darlene and smirked "you might wanna right this down. I doubt you'll live long enough to see it"

"Sky No!" Alex called out but too late, Sky had placed the gloves under Darlene's head and in the split fraction of a second. Her eyes opened wide and she gasped for air. Ahsoka didn't see what was so bad about this as Sky finally had his girlfriend back. However looking again at the glint of hatred in Darlene's blue eyes.

That was scary, Ahsoka had never seen Darlene like that before "I'm alive" she gasped and she looked at Sky who smiled and laughed.

"Yes" He chuckled and he patted her on the back "I brought you back" he looked at Alex and smiled "I did what you could never do" he then looked at Darlene and smiled "I saved her"

"You" Darlene said in her usual kind voice "saved me" she repeated Sky's words and they sounded creepy coming out of her own mouth. She looked Alex with hatred "you did nothing" she said in an angry voice "you could've saved me"

"Darlene" Alex said trying to get a hold of his old friend "I was trapped, there was nothing I could've done. You died saving Ahsoka!" He tried to let that event sink in but his plan wasn't going so well.

"I died saving Ahsoka" Darlene repeated and then she looked straight at Ahsoka which creeped her out "an action I now regret" she walked forward to Ahsoka smiling evilly, ok this was not the Darlene, Ahsoka knew. This wasn't her. The Darlene, Ahsoka knew was usually kind and filled with a great sense of humour. This Darlene was full of bitterness, rage and bloodlust.

Had she really been feeling that, when she died? Ahsoka never knew because when Darlene looked at Sky he nodded in approval and then Darlene produced something that shocked Ahsoka to her core. Her own Lightsabers, Darlene was going to kill her with her own Lightsabers.

"Darlene" Alex begged "don't do this!" Darlene ignored him and prepared to strike.

"You should have saved me" Ahsoka heard Darlene say before she woke up screaming. Safe and sound in Alex's bedroom in the TARDIS...