Disclaimer: I do not own any characters from Star Wars Rebels. The only character I do own is Ash Dume (AKA Kanan's sister). All character rights go to their proper owners.
Ezra's POV
"Did you ask her what Kanan's most embarrassing moment was, kid?" Sabine asked, giggling slightly. I pulled another spoonful of porridge up into my mouth and said "No, but I'll ask her next time." Kanan was sitting next to me and nudged me slightly with a smile on his face "No you won't… you'd better not!"
"Yeah, not if I beat you too it!" Zeb laughed.
Everyone kept eating for a moment. A serious thought came to my mind. "Can blindness be fixed?" Hera looked at me with a sad expression and said "No." Everyone was silent for a moment until the kitchen door opened. Everyone turned to see who it was and we were all surprised to see that it was Ash. We left her to sleep a few hours ago so I was genuinely shocked to see her. "Ash?!" Kanan asked, almost chocking on his coffee. She snapped back into reality and nervously asked "Yeah… um, I smelt food…and I was wondering if I could join you?" Hera nodded and said in a motherly voice as she pulled over a spare chair "Come sit." I was about to stand up and help her over to the chair but she casually walked over and managed to step to the side when Chopper came past. She sat down and I asked, a bit confused "I thought you were blind."
"I am, but that doesn't mean I don't have other ways to see… I especially would expect a force sensitive padawan to know that force sensitive beings can sense their surroundings," she finished, with a smile aimed at me. I rolled my eyes "Well Kanan never told me that…"
"Sure sure blame it on me why don't you," Kanan said sarcastically while giving me a nudge. He seemed a bit more playful lately. Usually he would have just gave me a glare but he seemed genuinely happy for once. Hera placed a bowl of porridge in front of Ash. She almost leapt on it like a wild animal but Kanan put an arm in front of her. "Wait. When was the last time you ate?"
She was still staring at the bowl. "I don't know… a few days maybe," but her stomach let out a loud growl. She gave a worried smile to Kanan and said "correction…a few weeks maybe." Kanan's joy seemed to disappear for a second as he gave a concerned glance to Hera. He looked back to Ash and said "It's not good for you to have nothing for ages and suddenly eat heaps. Your body won't know how to react and it might come back up. Eat it slowly okay." Ash didn't seem to be listening and was staring at the bowl of hot food intently. "Yeah, yeah… let's eat!" she said, about to dig into the porridge but Kanan pushed her back and took the bowl with his free hand. "Ash! Listen! Don't make me feed you!" Kanan said with his usually, forceful voice. She sighed "Ugh… fine, I'll eat it slowly. But just put yourself in my shoes for a second! I haven't eaten in weeks! Having a bowl of something other than liquid food in front of me and forcing me to eat it slowly is like torture!"
He gave her a small grin and said "Then you should be used to it."
She opened her mouth but closed it. She didn't seem to have a response. Zeb had just finished his breakfast but decided to stay for a bit longer. "So, we've been wondering Ash. What's Kanan's most embarrassing moment?" Ash looked at Sabine with a confused look on her face. Kanan sighed and said "My real name isn't Kanan."
Every one gasped. "What?!" Sabine yelled.
It didn't come as a shock to me. I had already asked Kanan and he told me that when the Empire took over, they had a record of all the jedi names so he changed his and became a new person with a new identity. Seemed reasonable to me. "It was Caleb when I was young but I am Kanan now. Everyone calm down," he said, trying to act as reasonable as possible.
"So, do you want me to call you Kanan now?" Ash asked, still slightly confused.
"No. I want you to still call me Caleb… but everyone else calls me Kanan. Got it everyone?" Everyone nodded. I pondered why he wanted Ash to call him Caleb while everyone else called him Kanan. Maybe that way he felt there was still a bit of his past life with him since Ash was from his childhood. I remembered the original conversation and said "So, what was Kanan's most embarrassing moment?" Kanan's cheeks went pink as he tried to say "Nah, we don't wanna hear tha…"
"Well the time you rode a speeder bike for the first time was pretty funny…" she started but Kanan clamped his hand over her mouth, his cheeks glowing a bit more. Ash lifted her hand and did some strange movement with it towards Sabine. She nodded and put down her empty bowl. "Well I'll be in my room if anyone needs me."
"Me too," said Zeb.
Before Sabine left, I grabbed her wrist and asked quietly "What was that thing that Ash did?" She came closer and said "Sign language. She said 'talk later'." I grinned and so did Sabine as she walked out of the Kitchen, along with Zeb and Chopper. Kanan had removed his hand from Ash's mouth and had taken a spoon and dipped it in the bowl of porridge. "You need some retraining sis'." He lifted the spoon and put it near Ash's mouth saying "Here comes the spaceship"sarcastically. Strangely, she smiled and opened her mouth. Kanan seemed to be taken back by this and put the spoon in her mouth. He pulled back the spoon and there was nothing on it. Ash gave him a cheeky smile and like lightning, punched him in the stomach, not to hurt him but at least knock the wind out of him. It worked as he gasped and bent over, holding his stomach. I laughed and I could see Hera trying to hold back a giggle.
"I guess you never lost your speed sister," Kanan said, though it came out unusually high pitched.
"I guess you never lost your arrogance brother," Ash giggled, taking the bowl and spoon and eating some porridge. When Kanan finally recovered, Hera and I looked away, still laughing slightly. After a few spoonfuls of porridge, Ash's stomach decided it still wasn't ready for food and she started to do that cross between burping and vomiting. Kanan quickly grabbed her wrist and pulled her over to the sink. She started to vomit and Kanan looked at the sink and a worried expression came on his face. He patted her back and signalled Hera to come over. Hera walked to the other side of Ash and looked at the sink. She gasped and came over to me, urging me to leave the kitchen. I walked out but just before they closed the door, I saw Ash, vomiting a mix of breakfast, mucus and blood. I could see why they wanted me not to see it.
I felt sorry for her. She went through so much and managed to keep positive but her injuries still prevented her from things she desperately needed, like food. I guess we were her guides on her road to recovery, and we will do anything to help her…
So how was it? I know it doesn't progress as much 'story wise' but this fan fic is basically about Ash's road to recovery and Kanan and Ash's bond. I also really wanted to get out a chapter because I came on today to see 3 more people had started following! To me that was a big honour so I hope you liked this chapter! May the force be with you, always!
-Superherotiger
