TASOO: hey guys!
Ivory: Well I'm grounded.
TASOO: from what?
Ivory: the force! Out of everything, the force!
Elizabeth: how can you get grounded from the force?
Ivory: Kanan gave me a chocolate muffin this morning. But it includes this weird ingredient that makes it so I'm not force sensitive for a few months. Oh and I'm still running out of ideas for pranking people so I used an idea from WoodElfJedi. Basically I got Sabine to make me a glitter bomb and I threw it at Zeb.
Selene: you sure are looking forward to death today aren't you?
Ivory: yep!
Zen: WHERE IS THAT BLONDE PIECE OF LOTHRAT MEAT?! ( bursts into door. )
Ivory: (Yelps and hides behind TASOO.) Maybe I should thought about this thoroughly.
TASOO: ( Rolls eyes ) YA THINK?!
Elizabeth: Zeb, honey, be reasonable...
Zeb: (Picks up Elizabeth and throws her out door.)
Ezra: Oh so now you do that! Where were you when I got thrown off the ghost?!
Zeb: ( Picks up Ezra and throws him out door followed by Selene )
Selene: WATCH THE HAIR!
Zeb: Get out
TASOO: ( Chuckles nervously ) Well, Ivory I will make sure to go to your funeral. ( Starts to leave )
Ivory: Coward!
TASOO: ( Stops ) Uh, excuse me? What- ( Aliza appears next to her )
Aliza: Exactly did you call me?
Ivory: C-coward
Aliza: While I deal with this girl... ( cracks knuckles ) Lets get on with the book shall we?
TASOO: I own nothing of star wars rebels or the images on my books. Now, get her!
I have waited for hours, days, weeks, months, and even years. Lord Vader was my first visitor within my time. I denied every question. Then it was governor Palpitine and I did the same. Next came the Inquisitor, then Minister Tua. Finally agent Kallus. They all wanted information on the Jedi, but I truly knew nothing. They should have killed me by now, but for some reason, they still held me captive. They put a serum in my arm once a month. It never hurt, it was never torturous, but if it came from the newly founded empire, it was bad news. I have waited for a rescuer, waited for my brother to burst through the door and help me to my feet, but as far as he knows, I am dead. And as far as I know, he is too. Something odd is happening to me. When I sleep, I wake up and everything in my room looks like a tornado struck. It has been getting worse and one morning I woke up to many shards of metal torn from the walls, near my face. I gasped and tried to calm down and control what I knew was the force. When I did, the shards dropped. But I knew that now even sleeping was dangerous. Things would explode in my cell every other day. Then it became everyday. Then every hour, then every minute. What is wrong with me?
Chapter two: Three years after order 66.
Isabella sighed and lay down on her bed. She was now eight years old. She didn't sleep that night, so she just relaxed and meditated.
" Control it... Control it... Control it..." She chanted to herself. While she chanted, a fourth of her bed exploded and turned to ashes. Isabella yelped and backed away from the deadly stricken bed. She sighed and looked at her hands.
" I need to get out of here. For my own safety. It wont be long before I blow up the whole star destroyer!" Isabella mumbled.
She looked around and used the force to explode open the door. The stormtroopers immediately appeared in front of her but Isabella was ready. She used the force to shoot them in other rooms and she immediately locked it. The alarm sounded and Isabella ran to an escape pod. She activated it and flew to the nearest planet, Lothal. The star destroyer was on her tail and Isabela rolled her eyes. She concentrated on the engine of the giant ship and with a swipe of her hand, it exploded causing the ship to explode followed by many stormtroopers in it. How Isabella wished that Lord Vader, Governor Palpitine, the Inquisitor, Minister Tua or even Agent Kallus was in that ship. But sadly they weren't. Isabella flew near capital city and smiled. She finally escaped.
" Time to look for my brother." Isabella told herself. She walked the streets of capital city but froze mid step. Around her were hundreds of people. People that could die from the carefully controlled girl. But Isabella knew carefully controlled wasn't enough.
Isabella ran around the people, hoping not to gain to much attention. She didn't want to hurt anyone. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. But the opposite happened when she bumped into two other girls her age.
" Whoa Liz, look at the girl. she looks nice." One said. The girl that must have been Liz, giggled.
" Hello, I'm Elizabeth and this is Ivory. Are you new to Capital city?" Elizabeth asked.
" Y-yeah." Isabella told them.
" Whats going on over there?" A boy with blue hair and matching eyes asked. He looked about eleven as he approached the girls. When he saw her, his gaze softened.
" Hello, whats your name?" The boy asked.
" I-Isabella." Isabella stuttered. She was nervous in front of the strangers, yet there kindness and calmness told her not to be.
" Isabella, I'm Ezra, its nice to meet you. So, you new around here. Hope you find your way around capital city swell." Ezra told her as he began to turn away halfheartedly.
" Ezra!" Elizabeth gasped and punched him in the shoulder.
"Elizabeth, we already have Ivory to deal with and there is something about this girl I dont like." Ezra whispered to the girl seriously. Isabella heard his hurtful comment and thought it was for the best that she leaved. But Elizabeth wasn't done yet.
" Still, its rude. Cant we at least show her around?" Elizabeth pleaded.
" We have the empire to thieve from. Not babysitting two young girls that cant even fight for themselves." Ezra responded coolly.
" Ah, so you are the Loth-rats that thieve from the empire." A stormtrooper responded as he approached Ezra. He grabbed his arms and lifted him into the air, as Ezra kicked the air. Isabella blinked and saw herself in Ezra's place, back at the Jedi temple. Anger edged her as she raised her hands and shot the Stormtroopers away. Ezra looked at her wide eyed.
" Who are you?" Ezra asked through squinted eyes.
" I already told you, Isabella..." Isabella stated. She was about to say Dume but then she stopped. She was a criminal, running from the empire. It was already bad that he knew her name was Isabella. She decided to change it for her safety.
" I'm Isabella Mandale." Isabella told him happily. She smiled and turned around to see a squad of stormtroopers. Isabella chuckled nervously.
" Wait... your the fugitive that just escaped!" The stormtrooper exclaimed as he finally got a good look at her.
" Escaped? I think of it as... taking a walk." Isabella told them.
" Stand down." Another said as Isabella was surrounded.
" Well it was nice meeting you! But we gotta go so bye!" Ezra told her and grabbed Elizabeth and Ivory's hands. The girls protested but couldn't do anything but walk with him.
Isabella stared in horror but quickly shook it off. The image of her brother appeared in her mind. Anger clawed at her as she charged at the stormtroopers. With just the slightest touch, the stormtroopers shoot yards away into building. The building creaked and sloped down on the streets of capital city. Many people screamed and ran as fast as they could to get away. Isabella was the one they backed away from. Whisperes filled the area. Isabella couldn't take it, she had to get away. Isabella ran with all of her might. Her secret was exposed. Everyone now knows she is force sensitive. Isabella wished she took her brothers advice years ago, she never should attack stormtroopers with the force. Isabella sighed and ran away, the hair whipping in her face. She held her head down as more building tumbled down on capital city. Isabella ran as fast as she could for more than a hundred miles. She had to get away, she needed to. Her muscles screamed fro her to stop as she couldn't breath. But Isabella kept running. She needed to get away from everything that lived. Isabella's legs gave out once she reached three hundred miles. She collapsed to the ground, her mouth indescribably dry. She sighed and looked up to see a circular rock. Isabella got up and limped with her tired legs. and appeared inside the cave. She sighed and sat down, feeling the cement like floor. She smiled, this is where she belonged. No friends, no family, no company. Isabella was wrong.
" Wow, you sure like to run away from your problems dont you?" A girl asked. Her voice echoed around Isabella as she yelped in surprise.
" Where are you?! Show yourself!" Isabella yelled fearlessly.
" Why are you so challenging?" The girl asked. She dropped down from what was the roof of the cave right in front of Isabella. Isabella yipped and jumped back. The girl was Ivory.
" Oh, Hi. How did you get here?" Isabella asked.
" I rode a Loth-cat!" Ivory told her happily. Isabella raised an eyebrow. She didn't believe the girl rode such vicious animals.
" Do you want to talk? We managed to get away from Ezra. He is a nice brother, but he can be selfish at some times." Elizabeth told her.
" No, I dont. In fact, its best that you should go." Isabella told them.
" Oh come on! You were as angry as a Fymock that woke up from her nap! Which frankly dont do. Ever. In fact, I did that once and it wasn't a pretty sight. Then I figured if you feed it meilooruns then it goes back to sleep within an hour! How fun! Then there was another time where-" Ivory kept rambling on and on skipping around the room.
" Is she always like this?" Isabella asked.
" Yes. Now why don't you tell us what happened?" Elizabeth asked. Isabella took a deep breath.
" Okay, but dont tell another living soul got it?" Isabella told them. The two nodded and so Isabella sprung into her story, from beginning to end, not leaving out a single detail. Tears went down her face as she talked about her brother and described the pain she was in. When Isabella finished her story to the part where she escaped the star destroyer, Elizabeth gave the girl a big hug, Isabella was taken away by the sudden movement but hugged her back.
" That was... SUCH A SAD STOOORRRYYY!" Ivory cried dramatically as she blew her nose. She threw it away in a pile that had over a hundred snot rags in it and pulled out another. she fell to the floor dramatically and blew her nose again, her eyes pooling with tears. Elizabeth rolled her eyes at Ivory's quirkiness.
" Honestly Ivory, Isabella should be the one crying." Elizabeth told her.
" Isabella cry's on the inside Elizabeth!" Ivory yelled.
" Uh, that's incorrect." Isabella told her logically.
" Well, however you cry, just know were beside you." Elizabeth told her.
" I have never had such nice people treat me like this sense..." Isabella's voice trailed off when she once again thought of her brother. She rested her head on Elizabeth's shoulder as tears pooled down her face. Ivory began crying again and rested her head on Elizabeth's other shoulder, screaming her cry's louder than Isabella's. Elizabeth just sat there, playing with her thumbs awkwardly. A few hours passed and Isabella sniffed as her tears stopped she looked up to see Ivory, collapsing to the ground, still crying her heart out.
" How many tears does a girl as tiny as her hold?" Isabella asked curiously. Elizabeth just shrugged as the silence between then increased as they watched Ivory laying down on the floor bawling. After ten minutes, she finally stopped.
" Better?" Elizabeth asked soothingly. Ivory gave a final cry then smiled like it never happened.
" Better." She assured.
" Well, we better go before Ezra gets mad. Are you sure you dont want to come with us?" Elizabeth asked after there was another half an hour of silence. The image of Capital City crumbled appeared in Isabella's mind and she shook her head.
" You dont worry about me. I will be fine as long as you visit from time to time." Isabella replied with a smile.
" Of course. What are friends for?" Elizabeth asked
" Hugs, playtime, a shoulder to cry on, mischievous behavior..." Ivory rambled on the list.
" Its a figure of speech!" Elizabeth told her with a roll of her eyes.
" Were... friends?" Isabella asked.
" Of course!" Elizabeth told her.
" Best friends till the end!" Ivory told her with a smile. They all hugged each other and nodded, leaving the cave. Ivory skipped along side Elizabeth and Isabella took a glance at Ivory as a tooka came up and Ivory hopped on it. They scampered off, Elizabeth running beside them. Isabella smiled. She lay down on the ground and let sleep engulf her.
Isabella opened her eyes to see pitch blackness eveywhere. There was no one there, but a figure with a red light saber.
" Such an unfortunate child. You dont know what is happening to you, do you?" The man asked calmly. Isabella stepped back, knowing who that was. That was the Inquisitor.
" No, can you give me answers?" Isabella asked.
" Yes, but I dont think you will enjoy them."
" I dont care! Just tell me! I need to know, I have to know!" Isabella begged.
" Did you really think of all these years we thought you were gonna speak to us? No, we went for plan B. We saw the connection you had toward specific people. Code name Master Obi Wan. Or even your brother, That boy you love most." the Inquisitor told her.
" What was plan B?" Isabella asked through clenched teeth. She knew it involved the monthly serum.
" I believe you already know." The Inquisitor stated.
" The serum."
" Yes, that liquid changed you. Don't you see how anger gets to you easier? How sadness effects you more? Or maybe the one you notice most, the force?" The Inquisitor boomed.
" What did you do to me?" Isabella asked as she looked at her hands.
" I simply transformed you into a weapon. Something that is strong with the force and can take out many Jedi." The Inquisitor replied.
" Coward! Your just forcing me to do your dirty work!" Isabella said through clenched teeth. She charged at the Inquisitor with nothing but her bare hands. When she was Inches from him, Everything went black and Isabella sat up, gasping for air in her cave. It was all a dream. A dream, or a vision?
Two years later...
Isabella, now ten, had the same dream each night, for two years. Her new friends came to her cave every once in a while to play for a few hours. They talked, played games, and Isabella even found connection with a tooka Ivory presented to her. It was all going well until one day. They were playing tag in the cave, having a blast.
" Your It!" Elizabeth told Ivory with a laugh. A mischievous grin spread across the blonde girl's face as she bolted up the wall. She held her feet on the ceiling to get her a boost down to the floor. She then touched the top of Isabella's head and did a back flip over her.
" Honestly, Ivory your like a spider!" Isabella said with a laugh.
" Didn't those things go extinct years ago?" Elizabeth asked.
" What? I love history!" Isabella told her and bolted chasing Ivory.
" ENOUGH!" A boy yelled causing everyone to freeze, mid step. Isabella looked to see Ezra, Now twelve and very angry.
" ELIZABETH!" Ezra yelled causing the girl to shrink. Isabella ran away to the far side of the wall, scrunching in the darkness.
" I told you to NEVER go near her! And you did it anyway!" Ezra told the young girl.
" But were all friends now!" Ivory protested.
" You stay out of this. In fact, I think you should go home." Ezra told the blonde. Ivory hung her head sadly.
" Bye Isabella, Elizabeth..."Ivory told the two and ran out of the cave.
" You shouldn't interfere. Were all the best of friends!" Elizabeth told her brother.
" Friends? With this beast... this monster?" Ezra asked her.
" Shes not a monster! You hardly know her!" Elizabeth spat back.
" She killed hundreds of people!" Ezra yelled at her.
" Because she was scared!" Elizabeth pointed out.
" Your the real monster, Ezra." Isabella told him sternly, rising from her place.
" Excuse me? But who killed hundreds of innocent people just because she was scared?" Ezra asked and pushed Isabella to the ground. Once the impact of the ground and her back intercepted, there was a rumbling sound. The ceiling above them began cracking and a chunk of stone was shooting down above Ezra's head. In the nick of time, Elizabeth tackled Ezra and they both fell away from harm. Isabella scrunched back and watched the scene. Ezra got up and grabbed Elizabeth's hand as they jumped away from another boulder.
" Lets get out of here!" Ezra exclaimed as he ran toward the entrance, clenching the hesitant Elizabeth's hand while doing so.
" Not without Isabella!" Elizabeth decided and ran the opposite direction. But Ezra was quicker, On her feet or not, Elizabeth was getting out of this cave.
When they finally got to the entrance, Elizabeth turned back to see the dazed Isabella at the back of the cave. Elizabeth sadly turned away and followed her brother. Once they were out of sight, the boulders stopped and returned to their places in the ceiling. there cracks disappearing. For two years, Isabella tried to figure out what The Inquisitor meant by her being a weapon, and now she truly understood. She was a monster used to destroy and send people to their knees, in the ways of the empire. She was a weapon, forcing innocent people to reveal their secrets on the missing and undead Jedi. Isabella realized one thing. If she was alone, she didn't have to do these cruel acts to people. No one must go near her. Not even her friends.
TASOO: And that's it for Isabella's past! Now I'm gonna claw Ivory's eyes out! ( Tackles Ivory )
Zeb: Leave some scraps for me! ( Tackles Ivory and TASOO )
Selene: ENOUGH! ( Uses force to separate everyone )
Elizabeth: Your better than this! Apologize Ivory!
Ivory: ME?! THEY NEARLY KILLED ME!
Ezra: Which I wouldn't mind if Zeb continued with that act.
Elizabeth: Silence!
Ezra: ( mumbles ) who put you in charge
TASOO: Fine I'm sorry Ivory. Can I get down so I can list my announcements now?
Selene: ( Drops TASOO )
Zeb: Karabast Sorry. There I said it now can I go take a shower?
Selene: ( Drops Zeb and he leaves followed by Ezra)
Ivory: Fine. Sorry TASOO and invisible Zeb.
Selene: ( Drops Ivory ) Now was that so bad?
TASOO/Ivory: Yes
Selene: I hate you all.
TASOO: Okay, now people I want your thoughts on how you think Kanan, Ezra, Elizabeth, and Ivory will help Isabella. Cause frankly, I'm stumped and I dont know anything.
Ivory: And include some pranks too!
Elizabeth: Nothing that would fall under T-M only K-K+.
Ivory: One more thing. ( Holds up camera ) I'm playing spy on Ezra for a while. Tell you in the next chapter if i found anything juicy.
TASOO: That's all we have to say for this chapter. So see ya later!