A/N: Hello and welcome to another chapter. Thank you all for your great reviews. Now, yes i know Ahsoka's fight seemed one sided, and the reason was the guy underestimated her, as one would underestimate a child picking a fight with you. Ahsoka may seem a bit more 1)emotionally developed, hopefully soon i'll be able to explain that, and 2)Force wise, my explanation look a luke and Rey, the developed quicker after knowing about the force. This will be explained for Ahsoka until the next chapter...Anyways i held too much of your time. enjoy
Chapter 3
A beautiful Angel dressed like a queen, beautiful and fragile her words can heal and destroy. She shines kindly to those in need and are worthy. She burns those who are cruel and spread injustice. She battles with words, her sword a mighty pen.
A brown haired man fatherly and kind wise he guides to the path one must take. His weapons is his mind and the knowledge he carries.
An orange/ red haired man guides us on that path. Brotherly fiercely protective the stars surround them a planet of green below.
A grey ship appears, and begins to grow bigger as the figure before her disappear it get bigger and bigger red and green lights appear around them, the ship swallows them and its inside are made of trees and sunlight resting among the flowers and sunshine her grandmother her eyes are closed and she is not breathing, but she speaks without moving her lips.
"A lake too pure cannot care for life."
Pain spreads she looks down and she feels the blood crawl up to her she can't move and slowly she is growing cold.
"A contaminated lake too cannot care for life. You must find Balance."
Her grandmother's voice echoed around her.
Everything faded the pain receded.
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She opened her eyes expecting to be next to Anakin, why else would she be so relaxed. But she hears the lullaby and she knows it Shmi. Ahsoka feels her hand slide on her middle back Lekku. Making her relaxed.
Her dreams blurring before her eyes, people of light a path a pen, but a message carved into her mind.
The Darkness that seemed to try to consume her would disappear and a path of light will be before her. She doesn't remember much else but that her dream already starting to fade. But she knew that the moment it was necessary she would remember. For now she feelt calm and at peace something that her blood related mother had not been able to make her feel.
Ahsoka has a nagging feeling that she was forgetting something… she tried hard not to think about it instead she relaxes deeper into her the warmth, Shmi and Anakin where like suns of Tatooine warm and constant, brought light and warmth to her. It was why even though Tatooine was dusty and the sand was gritty and coarse and it got everywhere the two sun's and three moons made it all better.
She felt Shmi breath in and out she felt her hear beating, the niggling feeling came back. She was forgetting something….
Where was Anakin? Why was Shmi here? Where was here? She struggled to look around and she felt Shmi tense. She felt her heart rate pick up.
Just like that, that change of emotion brought a fear and a sudden realization of what she had done, What Shmi had seen her do.
She killed that man, she felt his heart beat, thundering in panic under her bare feet, suddenly stop as she broke that man with her teeth.
Ahsoka panic the warmth once soothing felt like it would burn her, she tried to get away and in her struggle she realized she could hurt Shmi, like she had hurt the man. She realized just how much of a monster she was how easily she could hurt those she loved. She was afraid that in her anger she may kill Anakin or Shmi.
She felt Shmi hugged her tighter, unable to help herself she began to cry again, the fear of doing to them what she had done to the man, consuming her with nothing else she could do she cried.
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Shmi held on to Ahsoka as she cried this was the third time she had woken u. In all three times Ahsoka had struggled in her attempt to escape but had stopped in fear of hurting her.
Shmi was afraid that if she allowed Ahsoka to leave, it would be the last she would see her.
Ahsoka was like a daughter to her, she had grown very fond of her. She had the ability to make Anakin smile and laugh out loud. Something she had not seen often before Ahsoka.
Ahsoka began to calm down, and Shmi thinking she had fallen asleep, settled down and was ready to wait for her to wake up again. It surprised her when Ahsoka spoke.
"Don't hate me, please Shmi," she felt Ahsoka grip her shirt in fear of being pushed away her face hidden from her view. "I'm so sorry please, please don't leave, and don't leave me alone, please stay with me."
"Shh, Its ok Ahsoka, I'm not going anywhere we are not going anywhere. " Shmi said trying to calm her.
Watching her fight a man three times her height and probably five times her weight, had scare Shmi. And although Ahsoka won the fight, she could have gotten seriously injured or died.
Shmi had known there had been more to her story about how she came to be in Tatooine. Her bloodied clothes gave her an idea how she avoided slavery. Considering that she didn't have a single injury on herself, Shmi had concluded that the blood belonged to another.
Shmi had not feared Ahsoka then, and she would certainly not fear her now. If she was given the opportunity to do what Ahsoka did, Shmi would have done it if only for Anakin to be born free.
"Why did you stay?" Ahsoka asked silently, having calmed down with her words.
"Because I love you like a daughter, and when one of my children is sad I need to comfort them as a mother should." Shmi said and she felt Ahsoka relaxed. Not completely but enough. Feeling more confident Shmi asked the question that had been plaguing her since the fight.
"Why did you do it?" Shmi asked not accusingly but in a confused tone.
Ahsoka stayed silent for a long time. Before she spoke.
"I place a bet on myself as the victor, I'm going to use the money to free you and Anakin." Ahsoka answered in a tone as if she had been reading it from a book. She felt Shmi take a deep breath in shock.
"You place your life in danger for this? Ahsoka you could have died! Do you know what that would have done to Anakin and me?" Shmi reprimanded Ahsoka mostly out of reflex. Before stopping herself, as she felt Ahsoka try to make herself smaller.
She decided to stop the reprimanding she would have a serious talk with Ahsoka about putting herself in bodily harm. She instead began to pet the back leku gently. She felt Ahsoka relax under her ministrations.
Although in her heart she wanted to fully embrace Ahsoka as part of her family the fact that she was slave, shmi had to ask Watto for permission, and he had denied it under the grounds that "Not my slave, not my responsibility, not my problem."
Luckily Ahsoka had been wondering the town while Shmi had been talking to Watto, and had rescued Sy Snootles a youngling working for Jabba from captors, entranced with her beauty.
With Sy Snootles endorsement Jabba allowed her to work for him as a cleaning lady for having rescued one of his pride jewels.
When Shmi found out, she was happy for Ahsoka but sad thinking that this would be the last moment she would see her again. Since she was not a slave she would not want to been seen with them.
Much to her surprise she came over to her house every day talking to Anakin building droids, and finally working on the Pod Racer.
Ahsoka was pretty much living there without actually living there. She had her own utensil and plates and cup.
Shmi constantly finding her sleeping in Anakin's room. She would always managed to predict when a sand storm would hit and would coincidentally be at her house right before.
Ahsoka began to make house hold chores into a completion, one Anakin would be able to refuse. How many dishes could she wash than Anakin? Who could clean a certain place a faster. By the time Shmi would get home the house would be neat and Anakin and Ahsoka tired.
Shmi had begun to notice Anakin laughing louder and smiling lounger, she had also notice the same effect on herself, since Ahsoka had entered their lives.
Ahsoka next words snapped her out of her memories.
"Don't tell Ani, please I don't want to hurt him I don't want him to hate me or be afraid of me." Ahsoka said her body relaxed, her eyes closed as a stray tear fell.
"Soka you and Anakin are best friends, someday you will have to tell him, he may resent that you didn't tell him before." Shmi said seriously.
"I'll let future me deal with that." Ahsoka said with a slight smile. Making Shmi laugh and shake her head.
"Oh fine Snips I won tell him, how are you going to explain the sudden influx in money?"
"Simple, I'll tell him the truth, which is: I placed a bet and I won." Ahsoka responded sleepily.
As happy as Shmi was that she and Anakin where going to get their freedom she couldn't help but think what the real price would be, how the darkness she had seen in Ahsoka would manifest itself should she place in a similar or worse situation.
She only hoped that whatever would come in the future Ahsoka would always have both her and Anakin to rely on.
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Shmi left shortly, having to go home and make sure Anakin hadn't gotten into trouble. Ahsoka had been awake since then, feeling her injury heal, she still felt nauseous whenever she thought about what she had done, but was able to push it down. Ahsoka wasn't sure if she could ever look into Anakin's eyes after what she had done.
Ahsoka didn't have long to contemplate those thoughts before she heard the telling noise of heels that let her know Snootles was making her way in the hall way.
Sy Snootles opened her door and walked in. Making sure that Shmi had left, she walked over to Ahsoka's bed and sat on the end.
"Jabba is pleased by his earnings." She said. Sy snootles was not affectionate, at least not to anybody but her target. Although she was older now from the first time Ahsoka had met her at the age of 14 the following three years of their acquaintance she had recently gotten popular due to her voice.
Jabba had her trained in the "Night Arts", whatever that was, and liked to use her as a weapon of seduction, whenever someone had something planned.
One of the few things she had learned from being so close to the Hutt's was that they weren't as stupid as people thought, how could they with the way they avoided falling under the Republic, and how big their crime empire was.
Sy Snootles was Ahsoka closest friend, aside from Anakin, and she used the term friend on her loosely. She liked doing what she had been trained to do, saying it gave her pleasure to see men fall putty unto her hands.
"The Great Jabba the Hut has a proposition for you, he wishes to negotiate a new deal, and give you a sponsorship."
"I'll hear him out" Ahsoka said as she stood up.
Snootles then place a box on the bed next to Ahsoka, "This is a gift from me. It'll make you look presentable before Jabba."
She then stood up and walked out of the room.
Snootles, and Ahsoka's "friendship" was a mutual benefit one, the more recognition and fame Ahsoka got the higher Snootles rank rose.
If Jabba was looking to sponsor Ahsoka that would mean a higher position for Snootles as well.
Opening the box Ahsoka peeked at the contents, a simple but backless dress, and thighs with squares on the side, red boots and a pair of gloves.
Snootles knew that Jabba only took you seriously if one looked good, to keep the attention on yourself.
Ahsooka quickly changed before making her way to Jabbas palace.
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"An Assassin? Me?" Ahsoka asked incredulously, she was barely 9 years old.
"Who would suspect a child for an assassin?" Jabba asked her Huttese.
"Well I would guess your guest that just saw me kill that human!" Ahsoka responded, as an idea came to mind. "Look Mighty Jabba what if perhaps I become not an assassin but a body guard?"
"Explain."
"Your guest have seen my skills but they don't understand it. As a Togruta I can see without actually seeing, by using my montrals. You must have assassins trying to kill you. What if I were able to see sense their attacks/intentions before they actually attacked?"
Ahsoka counter offered.
"And why would I not just find a much older Togruta that can do the same?" Jabba asked
She knew it was dangerous to do so but she also knew that it was one of her only few cards she could play.
"I have something those Togrutas don't, I have 3 years of experience and loyalty, I come recommended by Snootles, and if you release the people who I call family you will have my eternal gratitude."
"The slaves owned by the toydorian name Watto I presume?" he asked. Before nodding slowly, "you carry truth in those words, but what is to ensure that you won't betray me, run off with them?"
That gave Ahsoka pause as she thought it out. It was then that Jabba made and offer that had those in the chamber literally let mouth drop open in shock.
"I know that to Togruta kind family is everything, once a Togruta considers someone a family member it is near impossible for them to betray them. It goes against instinct. Instead of a sponsorship I will adopt you, but you not will inherit a thing, and this way will ensure any of my children will become a brother and you cannot betray a brother. I shall never treat you as my child, but you will be bonded to my family, secretly. You will become a unofficial Daughter, under the guise of sponsorship."
"W-what?" before shaking her head in an effort to clear it. She felt a pull of her instincts telling her to think. The Hutt name held power, even if she didn't stand to inherit or even truly acknowledge as a full Hutt, The name alone would act as a shield of protection. "I am willing to agree but I would like to add something else to that offer."
"Speak"
"It will not be required to change my last name, and I wish for the rest of my family to be liberated from the chains of slavery." Ahsoka finished.
"Agreed."
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Jabba wasn't a fool He knew what Ahsoka was, she was a Jedi, and even better she was a Togruta Jedi. Having one adopted into his family, would ensure that any of his children would be protected by her in the future.
Whether she was trained to be a Jedi, and become a medium between them, or not trained, if he played his cards right he knew he held a great weapon, he could mold.
He wasn't willing to easily slip from his hands which is why he fully intended to adopt her into his family.
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Watto parted with Anakin and Shmi angrily and unwillingly, unable to much but accept less than what he would have sold them for.
Having extra money meant that she could invest that money into a business. She bought a small two story shop. And converted the second floor into a small house for the three of them.
Anakin knowledge of mechanics and parts combined with C3P0'S extensive languages, they would be able to handle the shop, Shmi assisting and supervising whenever possible and Ahsoka taking over, when she got back from work and Shmi would go to prepared dinner.
Ahsoka plan was to use the excess of money to start buying out their friends from slavery.
Ahsoka often times would be so tired that she couldn't spend a lot of time with Anakin, but she was also avoiding him afraid that he would be able to sense or smell the blood of the men she had killed…
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Anakin was at his wit's end. Ever since Ahsoka announced his freedom, and her sudden adoption into the Hutt's family, that apparently needed to be a secret, she had stopped coming at night to his bed, she had stopped grabbing his hand. Often times she couldn't even look at him in the eyes. She had even stopped talking to him, except to say good morning and goodnight.
He was worried that something bad had happened to her, he was angry that she wasn't telling him.
Frankly after a month of that Anakin had had enough. As Ahsoka came back to the house after her work Anakin took her by surprise and grabbed her hand and pulled her into his room closing the door behind him
Anakin stared at her, seeing her warily look at him before looking away trying to pull her hand away. Only for Anakin to grip it tighter. He saw dark circles around her eyes from exhaustion.
"I'm not letting you out until you tell me what I did wrong." He said quietly, he watched her face turn to look at him her eyes widen and her mouth opened in shock.
"You didn't do anything," she said her hand that he wasn't holding, moving to touch him but she pulled it back.
"Then why are you acting so strange?" his voice got louder her eyes going back to where he was gripping her hand.
"Just tired." She said silently, suddenly sensed his anger and sadness spike causing her to once again look up. He had tears on his eyes his eyebrows furrowed, she saw his shoulder tremble and his hand begin to shake.
"Soka, your my best friend, if your hurt… if something happened-"he couldn't finish. Feeling is tears sliding down his cheeks. Being a slave he had seen how the prettiest girls once so friendly and happy began to change the lights in their eyes begin to fade, eventually they would disappear. He didn't know what exactly happened to them, his mother only said that beauty was a curse for people like them. He didn't want Ahsoka to disappear…
Almost as if reading his thoughts Ahsoka pull him into a hug. "I'm fine really just tired from using my montrals for long periods of time. It makes me cranky." Ahsoka said as Anakin returned the hug
"Don't avoid me Soka that makes me sad, and I feel lonely.
"I'm sorry Ani."
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The following two months since their talk Ahsoka adjusted to a new pattern consisting of sneaking into Anakin's Bed early in the morning waking up in the early in the afternoon and going to the shop spending time with Anakin fixing and building droids, and sometimes even working on their Pod Racer..
It was 1 week before the Bontha Classic Eve, Jabba had given her the week off so that Ahsoka could prepare for the race.
As Ahsoka had made her way back home. Early in the morning. Ahsoka climbed the stairs to the second floor where she saw Shmi and Anakin had fallen asleep on the couch.
The sun barely rising illuminating them, they looked like angels. So peaceful and warm, Ahsoka couldn't help herself.
Smiling Ahsoka rushed to her room found a nice blanket, she covered them and snuggled on to Shmi opposite of Anakin. Instantly she was enveloped by their scent and she felt warmth spread, after having walk early in the morning in the cold dessert.
She felt Shmi move her hand and felt it slide against her middle back lekku. She was slightly awake having heard Ahsoka come in.
"Welcome home Ahsoka." She murmured sleepily. Ahsoka closed her eyes feeling comfortable, feeling peaceful surrounded by the people she loved, heart lighten for what seemed to be the first time since that fight. She fell asleep, her dreams filled with, an angel in trouble escaping a world of green and blue.
two men with swords of light, the protectors of the angel, who would guide her and Anakin to their destinies.
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Also next chapter has a few time skips, and i'll try not to bore you with things from the movie, unless they are from Ahsoka's point of view or there are changes to the script.
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