"Holy shit! We're late!" Anakin explained, looking at the clock on the wall. He scarfed down his hot coffee, burning his tongue. He grabbed Ahsoka's hand, running out the door, syrup dripping from where Ahsoka spilled her food on her clothes.
"I thought you might be late," Obi-wan said with a smirk, leaning against the threshold of the shuttle. Anakin jogged the rest of the way as Ahsoka frantically tried to wipe the waffle off of her skirt.
"Got up late," Anakin confessed, shrugging. He walked into the ship, followed by a messy Ahsoka. Anakin sat down heavily onto a bench, and let his head fall back, and eyes close. He fell asleep almost immediately.
Ahsoka sighed, sitting next to her sleeping Master.
"I believe that the war is getting to him," Obi-wan said, stroking his beard.
"It's getting to all of us. He doesn't like the whole mission-after-mission deal. I'm worried if he gets too stressed, and what will happen to him," Ahsoka replied, closing her eyes, curling up next to Anakin's sleeping form.
Obi-wan walked off to launch the ship, and Ahsoka could hear the engines fire as they lurched forward.
This is going to be a long trip, Ahsoka thought as she drifted off to sleep.
Ahsoka was someplace cold, very cold. The blizzard seemed to sink into her bones, chilling her from the inside out. She couldn't open her eyes, but she could hear the screams of men, the firing of blasters and a single scream she could not mistake: Anakin.
"Ahsoka!" he screamed. "Get out of here! I'll stay behind!"
Ahsoka heard the humming and striking of his blade against metal. She could feel her legs run with all their strength, yet the cries of Anakin ceased with a sharp crack. She heard a thump, a cry, then nothing.
She felt her legs running again, but in the opposite direction. She felt herself kneel down to something or someone. She couldn't control the tears that escaped her eyes or the cries from her throat. She felt alone, yet not why.
"Don't dieā¦" she felt herself say. "I love you."
Ahsoka lurched form the dream, eyes open and brimming with tears. She dismissed the dream. They were on Hoth.
