A/N, I want to thank two special people. First is Shadow Elise Bridger, she makes me happier and is always there to make my life better. Second is AzulaBlue92, I've already thanked her for this but she helped me remember why I started writing in the first place and I wouldn't have met Shadow if Azula wasn't here. Without these two wonderful people, I wouldn't be here today and I want to repay them for everything they did, no matter how far I need to go. Enjoy.

Chapter 7: We're A Family, Part I

Shadow started to wake up, she didn't feel good. Her head wouldn't stop banging and her stomach felt like it was twisted. Shadow sat up slowly and looked around, she was in a bed. The room she was in had white walls and what looked like some sort of firebird painted on the ceiling. Shadow also noticed the symbol on her shirt had changed from the Empire to Rebellion. A groan caught her attention, she looked left and saw a man who had cuts all over his chest and arms laying in a bed next to her. The thing the caught her attention was a scar on his shoulder that was in the shape of a scar, like the one Riley had.

"Hey" a rough voice startled her. "Calm down, it's me, Ezra"

"Ezra" Shadow sighed in relief. "What happened?"

"You'll get your memory back soon" Ezra smiled brightly. "When was the last thing you remember?"

"You asking me to go on a mission with you" Shadow looked over the bed next to her. "What happened? Did I get hurt?"

"Yeah, you did" Ezra said coldly. "That monster over there bashed you around, he didn't even hesitate. Other than that you're just exhausted"

"How did I lose? I always fight back" Shadow looked at her hands, she didn't know what was happening.

"This time you didn't" Ezra sighed heavily. "You didn't even try to fight back"

"Who was it?" Shadow saw the hurt in Ezra's eyes. "Ezra?"

"Riley" he replied quietly.

"He's alive?!" Shadow shot up but was forced back down by her brother.

"Yeah, he is" Ezra stood up. "I've got to go, Kanan hates me being late for training"

"Ok, thanks" Shadow smiled as her brother left.

Shadow looked over to the guy on the bed next to her. She thought he could be Riley but couldn't get a good look, she hoped he was ok. Shadow would occasionally start remembering things, her favourite was in the Med-Bay on the Ghost. The only thing that bothered her was they were both cloned and both the clones died, so how did Riley watch her die? Shadow was brought out of deep thought when Sabine walked into the room.

"You just missed Ezra" Shadow smiled when Sabine walked over.

"What are you talking about?" Sabine looked confused. "Ezra finished his Jedi training over 2 hours ago"

"Have I really been thinking for that long?" Shadow was surprised she passed so much time. "What are you doing here?"

"I came to see Riley" Sabine indicated the bed beside her.

"I knew that was Riley" Shadow said happily, she almost jumped out of her bed just to see how he was. "I hope he wakes up soon"

"He should" Sabine said with depression. "He had surgery yesterday to try and remove the chip from his brain"

"Oh no" Shadow already knew what Sabine was going to say, she overheard the scientists talking once. "If they remove then he dies, if they don't then someone else could"

"Yeah" Sabine agreed. "They're having a meeting right now, everyone. The council of the rebellion want to kill Riley"

"What?!" Shadow snapped. "He hasn't done anything!"

"That's the thing though, he could do something to hurt us" Sabine blinked quickly to try and hold back any tears. "He wanted to die because he was scared to hurt us again, anyone"

"What did they do?" Shadow hung her head. "The doctors I mean"

"They put something else in his head to act as a disruptor" Sabine looked at Riley when he coughed. "He's close"

The two sat in silence while they waited for Riley to wake up. At some point, Whisker came in and waited with them. She seemed to be excited about Riley waking even though he treated her so badly. Sabine was starting to get annoyed and Shadow sensed this.

"Calm down" Shadow broke the silence. "I want him to wake too but it could take a while"

"We've been waiting too long" Sabine looked at the clock, it was 16:37pm Capital Lothal Time. (I completely winged that)

"He should be awake soon" Shadow sighed heavily. "We should get something to eat and then come back after"

"How can we? I can't just leave him" Sabine shouted. "What am I supposed to say when he wakes up and I'm not here?"

"How about letting me sleep?" a rough voice answered. "I could use it after the past year"

"Riley!" the two older girls shouted, they both tackled him.

"I can't believe you're still alive" Shadow laughed.

"I'm a Wren, it's a curse" Riley laughed as he hugged the two back.

"Not for us" Sabine joked through her tears.

"Riley" Whisker said as she joined in the hugging. "If you do that again then I'll have to ground you"

The four laughed as they hugged, they then sat quietly and enjoyed each other's company. Whisker fell asleep not long after, they all moved away so Riley could share the bed with the little girl.

"You should have let me died" Riley said depressed. "I can't afford to hurt anyone else"

"We wouldn't let you die, you're too important to us" Shadow smiled.

"You've changed us" Sabine said as she pulled out her communicator. "Should I?"

"Yeah, they'll want to know" Riley looked over to Shadow as Sabine left, a smile rose on his face. "Did anything happen after you 'rescued' me?"

"Like what?" Shadow already knew what he meant.

"Did I say anything?" Riley rubbed the back of his neck.

"You said you love me" Shadow watched Riley's face turn red.

"Oh sorry if I made anything awkward" Riley said with embarrassment.

"Don't worry about it" Shadow walked over to Riley and hugged him, she whispered something into his ear. "I love you too"

Riley hung his head and all expression dropped, he didn't know how to approach this. Shadow pulled away when she felt his sorrow, she smiled hoping for a result.

"What's wrong?" Shadow watched as Riley's eyes slowly came into view, they looked broken.

"I can't" Riley sighed heavily. "I shouldn't even be alive"

"What are you talking about?" Shadow's smiled disappeared slowly.

"I'm too much of a danger, everyone I meet either gets injured" Riley's voice died down to above a whisper. "Or killed"

"That's war Riley, we both had the same kind of past" Shadow turned towards the door. "Everyone's already outside, I'll let them in one by one. Then we can talk"

"Thanks" Riley smiled, the grey in his eyes turned lively. Shadow knew this was because he was glad people still cared for him. "You Jedi always jump ahead"

Shadow glared at Riley before walking through the exit. Moments after, Snow bursted through the door with relief and Joy showing on her face.

"Riley?" Snow hoped it was him and not the other thing living inside of him.

"They haven't got me yet" Riley smiled as Snow tackled him into the bed, he heard her laugh through tears.

"I was scared" Snow sat next to Riley. "It's been difficult since you disappeared"

"It wasn't that bad" Riley smiled sheepishly, with a hint of regret behind it. "Does she know?"

"Not yet" Snow's smile grew bigger. "She won't be too happy but I couldn't care right now"

"I'm sorry about all those years ago" Riley felt Snow's finger against his lips.

"Don't" Snow hugged Riley tight, what she was feeling is beyond anything describable. "We were young and without worry"

"That's not the point" Riley said sternly.

"I know" Snow didn't lose her grip on Riley. "I knew you from somewhere when you found me, I'm just stupid enough to not remember you were my brother until the week before you left"

"I'm not anyone's brother" Riley's voice deepened, obviously showing he was hurt.

"I know you were thrown out, but that doesn't change anything" Snow kissed Riley's forehead and let go of him. "You've been through many families, all of which abandoned you or you ran away from. I still can't figure out why my parents hated you but I can see it wasn't because you're you"

"I don't think that made any sense" Riley joked, he understood perfectly.

"I don't care, you've been there for me even though you were weren't" Snow's eyes gleamed, her green eyes were calming. "I still remember what you said the day you left when we were 4"

"Not matter what, a person will always be with you, as long as you never forgot who they truly were and who you truly are" Riley smiled as he said the words.

"I still go by that every day" Snow stood up and walked towards the door. "I'll leave so other can speak to you, we don't have long but I expect to have a chat later"

"Of course" Riley smiled as Snow skipped out the door. "I still can't believe I didn't know you were my sister"

"It's not your fault" Snow shouted through the door.

Riley was in deep thought, he was thinking about what happened, or at least what he could remember. He didn't hear the next person walk into the room.

"Riley?" a sweet voice called him. "Riley?"

He looked up and saw a black haired girl smiling brightly at him, she hugged him tightly and cried into his shoulder.

"We only knew each other for a few weeks and you already risked your life to make sure I lived" she pulled back and their eyes connected. "I want to repay you"

"You don't have to" Riley smiled and watched as Moon sat next to him.

"I do though" Moon started tapping her fingers on her knees, she obviously nervous.

"Why are you nervous?" Moon only stood up and looked straight at Riley, she sighed heavily. "Moon?"

"I have a sister" Moon blurted, she relaxed as she said it. "She's older than me and went to the same academy a few years ago, she told me something I'll never forget"

"Should I know something?" Riley sat up more.

"It was originally built to detect any rebels, there was no information and I didn't know if I should tell you" Moon walked around the room frantically. "They die Riley! They don't capture them, they give them tasks so hard they die!"

"Don't blame yourself" Riley stood up, his body was against it but he didn't care. "I'm fine, see"

"You should lay back down" Moon tried to push Riley down but he took her in a hug. "It wasn't your fault Isabelle, you were scared"

"But you trusted me and I let you down" Moon cried into Riley's shoulder again. "You would have been with us and we all would have been happy"

"Hey, you're forgetting something" Riley watched as Moon lifted her head, her eyes glistered with tears. "I'm here now, we can be happy now"

"Let's just hope" Moon wiped away his tears and kissed Riley on the cheek. "I'm sorry, I know you haven't heard about Anne and you have feelings for Shadow, I just got ahead of myself"

"It's fine" Riley pulled away and started coughing violently, he stumbled but Moon caught him.

"You should probably sit back down" Moon helped Riley back to his bed. "I'll leave now, I expect to speak to you later"

"You and everyone else"

A/N, this is a chapter I previously typed up and forgot about. I hope you enjoyed it. Goodbye and stay strong