A.N: Pablo Hidalgo answered the question if Sabine met Bendu and he said no. I'm not ignorant but i'm just going to say this once, he's lyin. I don't know if I should spoil about yesterday's episode so I'll just say, KALLUS WHY! So ambiguous, yes I am. Also, Ezra in Vents are still a thing, booyah!
I don't own Star Wars, just Nitza.
Eye of Sparta: Yay!
Melissa: I should have known you did your research, thumps up. Yes, Dicer deserved better.
Alejandra: Bendu's a good teacher, but he keeps thinking that's all he is, but he's more.
Strangers
Part 5
Nitza walked with a couple of wondering krykna around the forest. She noticed that they were getting close to High Trees and pacing it. She decided to veer away from the krykna, and the creatures watched her curiously. As Nitza went up the hill that lead to the High Trees, she noticed something about the clearing where the trees grew. She ducked at the crest of the hill, seeing several of the metal sticks planted in a circle lining the clearing of High Trees. She crawled on her hands and knees to hide behind a clump of coral leaves that grew just on the crest. She looked out into the clearing again, then to High Trees. Nitza gasped. Instead of the bare leaves, the strong thick foliage were now supports to hold up… stuff?
It wasn't the best way to describe the large structures that were built on the leaves, but none of them sparked any memory for Nitza to name them. There were a bunch of box shaped items piled on the bottom layer of leaves. The layer above had the smaller ships stationed on them because the larger ones were still too big and had to be stationed in the clearing below. Over leaf layer over the small ship area had people walking around metal structures where they sat down or stood by looking at something on colorful flat surfaces. "If only could remember the names…if only I could…" Nitza muttered.
She looked up again, this time at the people. Much like her parents were, they much older, taller…. Men… women. Though there were more shocking looking people. Some had different colored skin or features on their bodies Nitza could never have imagined someone would have like tails from heads or fur on their bodies. She cocked her head to the side, "Strange, very, very strange." They all wore much more clothing then she did, making Nitza sit on her knees and look at her own clothing. Where as their clothing fit nice, comfortable, and covered almost their entire body, Nitza saw how hers was so much more ragged, dirty, and short. "Hmmm…."
Suddenly, Nitza heard the cry of a convor overhead and she looked up to see one fly overhead and perch far down the hill behind her to a coral tree. There were to others there as well and they watched as someone came near the bottom of the hill. Rounding the edge was a person, and quickly Nitza went to hide. She staid within the clump of coral leaves so that she wouldn't be spotted by the people on High Trees one side and now this person on the other side. Nitza kept down on her knees and peaked over. This person, a women, was one of the strange ones. She had dark almost orange skin, and white marking around her face. She had what looked like white and blue stripped horns on her head that came down into three tails that hung down just past her shoulders. And unlike most of the people Nitza saw on High Tree, this one wore light clothing. Nothing too heavy. She seemed graceful, even if looking tall contradicted it
Nitza wasn't the only one interested. The convor's looking down as the person past them from below were ever so intrigued by her, they're gaze on her never wavering. Bendu always said, if the convor's saw something interesting, it was worth a look. Nitza waited until the person had walked past and continued down the forest that Nitza followed her from behind. The girl would stay low and sneak from one clump of leaves to the next trunk of a coral tree. Nitza remained unnoticed, keeping quiet as she could every time she went from on spot to another.
That is until the person suddenly stopped. Nitza stopped, suddenly frightened of the idea that the person would turn around. Almost as if reading her emotions, the person turned her head around. Instantly, Nitza completely hid behind the trunk of the tree, back to it. The girl waited, feet shuffling and thumbs fiddling. She really hoped that waiting a while would get the person to forget about it and keep going. It didn't.
After few moments, Nitza decided to peak her head out and suddenly she was met with a face. "Hello?" The person said as she stood on the other side of the trunk. Nitza gave a yelp and jumped back, away from the trunk. "No—no—hold on—" the person tried to say, holding her hand out. Nitza ran away as fast as she could. Soon she stopped to hide behind another coral tree. She knew, now having been seen, she had to keep running. Bendu told her not to get caught. But instinct told her to stay, wait, watch. Nitza staid behind the tree, fingers digging into the cracks tensely as she peaked behind the trunk. The person walked slowly towards her saying in a gentle tone, "Hey, hey, it's ok… I'm not going to hurt you."
Nitza didn't know if to be relieved or worried. Was this person telling the truth? Was she lying? What did she want to do with her? Nitza continued to watch the person as they stopped a few ways away from Nitza's position. "You're ok, little one. I just want to know what you're doing here." Nitza didn't know what to do. Should she answer or stay quiet? So many options. She really wished Bendu was here to help her deal with this. The person said, "There are no signs of civilization here, so where do you come from?" Nitza staid quiet, her eyes wide and locked on the person. The person sighed and did something unusual. She sat down, cross-legged, getting eye level with Nitza. "You can come to me. It's ok. I just want to talk."
Feeling a bit more comfortable, Nitza stepped out from behind the trunk letting the person get a good look at her. "Wow, you're young. Are you alone?" The person asked. Nitza stepped back and quickly the person figured she shouldn't ask questions. Just talk. "Don't worry, I won't ask too much. So, I'm new here… if that wasn't obvious?"
Seeing how that was obvious and how confused the person got, Nitza giggled. The person smiled, saying, "I'm glad I got you to laugh." Nitza stopped giggling. "No, no, it's ok, that's a good thing."
Nitza suddenly felt like it was ok to step forward and actually say something to this women, but she didn't know what to say. All she could do was take one step foreword, hide her hands behind her back, and opened her mouth to say nothing. Nitza struggled with herself. She couldn't break Bendu's promise, but she really wanted to know… who was this person.
"Commander?" someone, male, called out from just over there hill, where the clearing to High Trees was. The person looked in the direction, but Nitza made a sprint for trees that grew deeper into the forest just behind her. She kept running until she was two tree lengths in and then stopped behind a coral tree trunk. As she hid, she heard the man who had been calling out call the person again. "Commander? Ahsoka!"
"Sorry, Rex, I was busy."
The one called Rex said back, "With what?"
Nitza poked her head out again to look. The women, called Ahsoka, got up on her feet as she stood to face a shorter, bald headed man with a white facial hair. Nitza noticed this Rex man wore something white and heavy looking all over his body and when he moved in the slightest it would make a light clank sound. Nitza worried the person was going to tell the man about Nitza.
"I was went out because I felt something…." When the women turned her head around, she made eye contact with Nitza. The girl shied a little more behind the tree, but not all the way. She needed to know what this Ahsoka person would say? She really hoped she wouldn't say anything. For the second time, as if she sensed Nitza's emotions, Ahsoka turned back to face Rex and said, "But turns out it was nothing. I just probably needed to come out here and clear my head. After all, we leave for Malachor in a few moments."
Nitza heard it the person's tone of voice change from lightheartedness, to dread. What was this Malachor, and why was it bad? Rex said, also with a tone of dread, "Right, you've got to prepare. Though, I think it's better to prepare back at base than out here with those spiders."
Nitza grunted. What was wrong with the krykna? They did nothing wrong. As Ahsoka and Rex went walk back to High Tree, Nitza took the chance to walk back out towards the hill. She watched as the two strangers disappeared over the crest of the hill, and she noticed one of theconvor's that had been following Ahsoka earlier continued to follow her to High Tree. Nitza was left wondering. The only other being theconvor's ever concerned themselves with following was Bendu. But now this stranger had their attention. There was something special about this Ahsoka.
A.N: Yes, Ahsoka met Nitza face to face. I love writing for her she's so AH! Awsome! And she went to Malachor without telling anyone. Hmmm, and knowing her fate, will Nitza's secret be kept? Who knows… anyway, more fun next. I'm KikaKatTIOI, peace out!
