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Come Little Children - Erutan

Silverbird22: I LOVE THAT SONG! I was literally thinking about doing that!

AU where Mira is an Inquisitor

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"Come little children
I'll take thee away
Into a land of enchantment
Come little children
The time's come to play
Here in my garden of shadows"

Mira used to be a wife. She used to be a mother. She used to be a rebel. But those days were in the past. Her husband is dead, her son is gone, the rebellion shall die. Her name is no longer Mira. Her name is Inquisitor Animus.

"Follow, sweet children
I'll show thee the way
Through all the pain and the sorrows"

She had successfully managed to do what only one other could, capture one of the rebels, and this one happened to be her son, Ezra.

He did not know it was her, not yet. She came into his cell the next day, hoping to convince him to join her. "Why do you resist? It would be so much easier if you were to just join us."

"I highly doubt that," he growled, "The Empire killed my parents, I'd never join them."

The woman smirked under her helmet as she took it off, smiling as she saw her son's reaction go from anger and resentment to surprise so slowly. "Are you so sure about that?"

"Weep not poor children
For life is this way
Murdering beauty and passions"

"Why do you continue to resist us, don't you care about me? I only want what is best for you."

Ezra clenched his eyes shut and turned away, "You aren't my mother, she would never join the Empire."

"Things have changed my son," Animus replied coolly, "This is the way it was meant to be, if you join me, we can be family, we can be at peace, you won't have to suffer alone anymore."

Ezra hesitated and remained quiet for a while, "But my crew…"

"They are not your family," Animus answered coldly, "They only pity you, they felt sorry for you, they could never feel the way I do, to them you are just a person in the rebellion, someone they could easily replace." She placed a comforting hand on his face and moved his head to face her, "Only I could understand you, they know nothing, you been with them for a year, I raised you." Ezra closed his eyes, letting the words sink in, what if she was right?

"I can make the pain go away," she said in a loving voice, her face sincere, "What do you say?"

"Hush now, dear children
It must be this way
To weary of life and deceptions
Rest now, my children
For soon we'll away
Into the calm and the quiet"

Animus was finally making a breakthrough, she had managed to get him to truly listen to her, to consider her offer, just a while longer and he would be hers again.

"I've considered your offer," Ezra said as he stood up, "And… I'll join you."

Animus smiled and she hugged her son, "This is wonderful news, so glad you decided to join us sweetheart. Your training starts tomorrow."

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"Do not hold back my son, think of your enemies, let your emotions give you strength."

"Animus," Ezra started.

"Call me mother," she replied with a small smile.

"…Mom… do we have to kill for them? It's wrong, you could always leave, no one has to know, the rebellion would accept you."

Suddenly Animus struck at the ground near Ezra's feet and glared at him, "I don't want to hear any of that nonsense Ezra, this is way it is, you cannot change it."

Ezra looked surprised at his mother's actions, "I… of course mother…"

"Come little children
I'll take thee away
Into a land of enchantment
Come little children
The time's come to play
Here in my garden of shadows"

Turns out Ezra didn't fall for her convincing, he only agreed to act as a spy for the rebellion, she had found this out when they attack their base and Ezra fought alongside them.

"Now Ezra, go, this is your time to strike!" Animus had ordered pointing to his, what she thought, former master.

He had hesitated, clutching tightly onto his lightsaber, "What are you waiting for?" Animus asked glaring at him, "Take him down!"

"I'm sorry…" he whispered so quietly she almost didn't hear him, but before she could say anything else she felt and searing pain across her shoulder, she dropped the lightsaber to clutch her wound as she collapsed to her knees. She looked up at Ezra with wide eyes, "Ezra…"

"I-I'm sorry…" he blinked and crushed her lightsaber and turned away, running towards Kanan, his true master.

Animus just sat there in surprise, her son had betrayed her, he lied to her, after all she did for him.

She never felt more hurt, the rebellion took her son away from her, her sadness was quickly replaced with anger. She would make they they'd all pay, she would not rest until she had her son back.

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I was so tempted to just have them reenact The Spider and the Lamps, honestly.

I have the honor to be
Your obedient servant,
J. Paint