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At first Ahsoka screamed her denial into a pillow then she cried.
What drove you to the Dark Side Master?" She asked silently.
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For the next few days Ahsoka walked around in a daze.
She barely spoke and ate little.
Luke had advised the Jedi give her space and time to heal.
A few days later he spotted Ahsoka near an ancient freighter with a tool kit. He was tempted to tell her to leave the poor freighter alone but the way that she looked at it told Luke that the freighter was special to her.
She had the ship repaired in a week.
For the first time in his career as a Jedi Luke wished that the Jedi had Soul Healers since a regular psychologist wouldn't fully understand the pain Ahsoka was going through.
Luke and Mara gave her some emotional support but they really didn't know Anakin.
Finally he decided to assign her to the same mission as Jacen and Ben. Checking out reports of a weapons factory.
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Ahsoka had never fully trusted Jacen and she felt vindicated when she saw how he handled the situation in the weapons factory.
He used too much force and the few deaths weren't necessary.
She told the Council that.
Whether they agreed with her or not she had no idea.
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Ben approached Ahsoka's quarters, suddenly nervous. His parents had asked him to go ask her if she wanted to join them for supper at the Solos.
Ben pressed the clime and waited. The door opened a short time later to reveal Ahsoka. "My parents want to know if you would join us for supper at my Aunt and Uncle's." Ben said.
Ahsoka blinked.
"I would very much like to go." She answered.
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The dinner with the Solos was a strained affair.
In fact in Ahsoka's opinion Han was down right antagonistic. Which was strange since he hadn't been that way when she met him a few months back.
She was glad when dinner ended. She didn't care for the Coreillian food at all; too spicy.
Once they were outside on the balcony she asked a question that had been praying on her mind. "Is your droid's identification See-Threepio Human Cyborg Relations?" She asked, curious. Leia smiled. "Of course, he used to belong to Luke and my mother Padmé Amidala."
"Was his memory erased?" Ahsoka asked. Luke nodded. "Total memory erase.""Skyguy must have been ripped. He told me if anyone messed with either R2 or 3PO's memories then he would personally break their necks, with his bare hands." Ahsoka commented.
"Skyguy?" Ben asked. "My nickname for my Master," she explained. "He called me Snips, because I was snippy."
Everyone chuckled at the thought.
A comfortable silence followed.
"Do you have any children Jacen?" Ahsoka asked. "Why do you ask?" Jacen asked. "Just trying to get to know you." Ahsoka answered. "I'm not married." Jacen answered. "You don't have to be married to have children." Ahsoka pointed out.
An uncomfortable silence followed.
"Jacen, do you have a child?" Leia prompted. "It isn't important." Jacen said, dodging the question.
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Ahsoka knew that there was trouble between Corellia and the GFFA but she never imagined that it would come to a battle.
But at for now both sides were talking.
She had her suspicions that someone was behind it: a Dark Jedi perhaps.
She mentioned it to both Master Skywalker and Master Jade Skywalker. She could tell that both of them were troubled at the thought but they didn't dismiss her suspicions as irrational or anything like that. They might have had suspicions too.
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Luke had no doubt in his mind that all of this was being orchestrated by a Dark Force User but the question was who and for what purpose.
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"You destroyed it?" Jacen demanded.
Ahsoka nodded calmly.
"Why?" he nearly shouted. "It was soaked in the Dark Side. The Jedi are taught to destroy all Dark objects like that before they can cause any trouble." Ahsoka explained.
"It could have led us to whoever was behind the assassination!" Jacen snapped. "And led to you or someone else being corrupted by the Dark Side?" Ahsoka asked. "There is no Dark Side." Jacen stated. "So Count Dooku cut my Master's arm off for no reason?" Ahsoka asked. "Besides I met a creature that allied with the Dark Side."
Ben watched the exchange growing more and more uncomfortable.
On one hand he admired Ahsoka and thought that she was brilliant. On the other hand he respected Jacen and looked up to him.
"Enough!" Luke stated. "You are acting like a child Jacen. Ahsoka is right; that thing was saturated with Dark Energy. Whether she should have destroyed it or not I will not discuss at this time."
Silence fell for several moments.
"Ahsoka return to Coruscant with the other Jedi. Jacen and Ben I want you two to investigate some disturbances on Rangosa." Luke said.
Ahsoka nodded and left the room for the transports. Jacen lingered for a moment more.
"Jacen, even though you would like to think you know more than some girl that was frozen in carbonite she just might know something when it comes to the Dark Side." Mara said.
Jacen nodded.
"Now please hurry to Rangosa." Luke said.
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Back on Coruscant Luke paced in the Sitting Area.
"I want to prompt Ahsoka to the level of Jedi Knight but she told me that she isn't ready and won't be ready for another four years at the least." Luke told Mara. "I feel that she is ready and so does many other members of the Council."
"Maybe you should assign her a Master." Mara suggested. "I thought of that but I am worried about certain things." Luke said. "Like would she be more experienced than her Master or if she would listen to them because of their lack of training."
Mara stood and walked over to her husband.
"You need to stop worrying." She told him.
"Tell you what, let's call a Council Meeting and discuss who should be Ahsoka's Master." Mara said. Luke turned the suggestion over. "Alright." He said.
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So please vote on who you think Ahsoka's Master should be.