Chapter Four
"So, Padawan Tano, your dreams, please explain them again." Ahsoka and her master stood before the council, explaining her dreams. "Well, Master Yoda, I saw-I-saw…." Ahsoka saw nothing but darkness. It was another dream, she was sure of it. She heard a sinister laugh, and the hooded figure returned, his yellow eyes sparkling with pure evil. He showed her more images of death, all of people she had met. "Get out of my head! Leave me alone!" She cried in agony, as she felt his powerful lighting surge through her. "You have…. No power… over…me." She collapsed, exhausted. The thing stood over her, laughing. "Just kill me! Kill me already, please!" She begged for death, but it wouldn't come. "No, my child… that would be too easy. Your mind is MINE! The Jedi will fall, and you will fall at the command of me!" Ahsoka screamed, as the sinister sith lord tortured her with his powerful force. She cried out, desperate for someone to hear her screams of anguish. "Please! Help me!"
Meanwhile, in the meeting room, where the council has gathered around Ahsoka, unconscious on the ground….
"There has to be something we can do to help her! Listen to her cries of pain!" Anakin was frantic. Before Ahsoka could say anything about her dream, she screamed, grabbing her head and collapsing to her knees. She had been screaming, "Get out of my head! Leave me alone!" and just collapsed, unconscious. She had continued to cry out in pain, and had been shaking uncontrollably. There were several medical droids around, one of which had put a blanket over her. "She's not cold, you stupid machine! That thing is doing something to her!" Yoda put his hand on his shoulder as he knelt next to Ahsoka. "Wake her, we must not, for damage her mind, we might. A dark presence in the force, I sense in her." This only made Anakin furious. "So now you're saying she's gone to the dark side! Are you insane?" This had shocked everybody in the room, including the droids. Nobody ever shouted at Yoda, much less asked if he was insane. "Anakin, calm down, that's not what Yoda, is saying at all! You panicking is not going to help her, now is it? Let's just take a walk outside…" It was Obi-wan. He knew that this was going to be a struggle, for both him, and Ahsoka. "Fine, let's go." Anakin was frustrated. The fact that his master had dragged him away from Ahsoka when she needed him most was the most upsetting. Meanwhile, Ahsoka was taken to the medical wing, and was place in a room where she could be observed. The droid had given her plenty of morphine, so she would sleep peacefully.
Ahsoka woke up in a… meadow? There was a creek, with some Anoobas grazing peacefully beside it. She hoped this dream would end happily. There was a splash, and the water parted aside to reveal a Togrutan woman floating above the surface. "My dearest Ahsoka, how good it is to see you! It has simply been too long!" The woman looked a lot like Ahsoka, but with different facial markings. "M-mother, is that you?" The woman chuckled. "So sad, a young girl doesn't recognize her own mother. You look awful!" "I haven't had a decent night's sleep in a while." The lady placed a hand on her shoulder. "Ah, yes, I know all about the dreams. Why do you refuse him, dear? He only wants what's best." Ahsoka was shocked. "He tried to kill me! Are you seriously in allegiance with that monster?" She heard a sinister chuckle. "Monster, I wouldn't go that far. I have my ways." The voice, she recognized it the moment she heard it. She tried to run, but was brought back by the force. Her mother emitted a thick, lustrous fog, paralyzing her. "You should have listened…" And then the electric shock came.
She awoke several hours later, confused. "Where am I?" Ahsoka heard Master Plo-Koon's voice. "You are in the Jedi temple, safe and sound." "I'd like to speak with my Master, please. Alone." A few minutes later, Anakin walked into the room. "Ahsoka, you're alright!" He ran up to her bed, and hugged her. "Master, I don't know what to do. My dreams keep getting more and more specific, and all the while… more painful. I fear I might never stop having them." Anakin put his hand on her shoulder, and smiled. "Well Snips, you just have to wait and see what the future brings, and take it as it comes." She stood up, a very angry look on her face. "Do you think this is some kind of joke? Do you have any idea what those dreams are doing to me? I have been through torture, and you just take this like a stupid joke! You don't understand! You'll never understand!" She pushed past him, and stormed out of the room. Anakin ran after her, bewildered. She never yelled at him like that. Even when they got into arguments, there had always been a friendly twinkle in her eyes. But now, that twinkle was gone. What had happened to his little Snips?
