Living with Jedi
Test Day
Kanan:
"Hera, why do we have to do this?" Sabine and Ezra both protest.
"Because you're kids." Hera says handing them both data pads.
"Come on! It's not like I grew up on the street without any education. I ran away from the imperial academy. I'm one of most educated people on this ship. Maybe even on this base." Sabine argued. Ezra elbowed her for that first part. She turned to him. If looks could kill! "Sorry Ez, I forgot. Please don't kill me." She says sheepishly as she catches his glare.
"Then you shouldn't have any problems." Hera says.
"So I seriously have to be homeschooled on top of Jedi lessons, soldier training, missions, and chores. You do realize I don't have any free time." Ezra says in an annoyed tone.
"Well this is basically the early temple training. So if the Jedi order still existed you would already have completed this part." I say. I kinda agreed with the two teens. They were both two of the smartest people in the rebellion.
It wasn't Ezra's fault he never had a proper education. His parents homeschooled him for seven years before they were arrested. Apparently they didn't waste any time. The kid knew a lot for someone who's education stopped at the age of seven. It wouldn't have been a shock to any of us if he would have been illiterate. The shock was the kid was a genius. If This had been the republic Ezra would have finished his temple training two years ago. That's a full year before Ashoka or I finished our's and we both finished earlier than most.
Sabine actually attended more school than I had. She's even knows more languages than I do. I really can't believe Sato is making them do this. Ezra I might understand but not Sabine.
"It's orders. Trust me we tried talking Sato out of this. Nether one of you finished school, so being your still children you have to at least take this test." Hera says.
"But we're not the only ones who never finished school." Sabine protested. She looks directly at me.
"I finished this part. Besides it's not my fault anyways." I say. Rex walks in but hearing the argument quickly ducks out of my sight. I don't continue with what I was going to say next.
"Not my fault either. So once again I can blame the empire for something." Ezra says. I guess that's who I could blame as well.
"Ok, you two. Hand over the coms and your helmets. You both have to do this on your own." Hera says.
"I'll keep an eye on them." I say.
Both teens do as instructed. They both grab their data pads and began their test. I know that Ashoka wrote both test. She told me that Ezra's had a extra section just on Jedi training and the code. Besides that every subject had it's own section. It was a long test. I'm glad I never had to take a test like that. There was even an essay part.
While I was waiting for them to finish I decided to mediate. I sat down and closed my eyes. I could sense what everyone was doing. Sabine was doing pretty well. She was half way through the math section already. Ezra was flipping through the test reading different question. He wasn't answering many of them yet.
"Ezra, what are you doing?" I say. Looking at him.
Ezra doesn't look up to answer me. His mouth doesn't even move when he answers, but I still hear it. "Sorry master. This wasn't the type of test I was expecting. Take a look." He lowers his mental shield to let me in.
I enter like he ask. I'm shocked by what I see. Quickly I exist and use the force to pull his data pad to me. I look at it.
"What in the world is going on." I say. Sabine looks up from her test.
"There's no way you're finished already. I'm not even a halfway done." She says.
"Sabine let me see your test." I say. The teen hands over her data pad with a confused face. It's completely normal. Exactly as Ashoka showed us her test would look like. Why was Ezra's test different.
"Can I see it?" Ezra ask sensing my confusion.
"Do you mind? There's something wrong with his test." I ask.
"Sure, may I see how?" She answers.
I hand the the two of them the other's data pad. Then grab my com.
"Specter 1 to Fulcrum. I need to talk to you about Ezra's test."
"What's up. The kids not doing good?"
"No, it keeps changing. There were questions about his force visions and what happened when he got his Kyber crystal. Ashoka I didn't even know this stuff. There's no other subject. It's all about different aspects of the Force."
"What? How is that even possible? I wrote both test. The only thing different was Ezra's including the forms, and different force tricks you said that the two of you work on."
"I don't know but when I took it from him it changed to different events from my temple training."
"I'll be there in a second."
"What the heck is this? How can this possibly be on his test? There's no way he would know that. How is Ezra supposed to know what color my armor was when I first forged it?" Sabine says.
"It changed for you too?" I ask.
"Is there something wrong love?" Hera says coming in. "Why do they have each other's data pad?"
"My test asked questions about events that happen to me before I even met you guys. It's also asking about my visions and what happened in the temple." Ezra says.
Hera grabs the data pad from Sabine and gasp. "What? Zaluna on Gorse, but how would Ezra know that? How does Ashoka even know that?"
I look over her shoulder to see the questions. "Name the blind informant and her home world." The test had changed for Hera as well.
"I remember that. That's from when we meet. I'm shocked it was asking me about the question I asked Master Kenobi about the emergency signal. Why is it asking you about when we meet?"
Rex comes in and grabs the data pad. He drops it with only a few words. "Tubs, Fives!" He gasped. The look on his face as he says this is of pure pain. Then he drops to his knees. "I'm sorry Fives. I tried to stop it. They gave the order before I could remove it from everyone. I didn't want to see anyone else die because of that chip." He mumbled.
I look at the clone. Is he talking about what I think he's talking about? It can't be. "They were your brothers weren't they? Other clones. They didn't make it to the end. What happened?"
"Tubs shot and killed a Jedi in front of our entire troop. Not our general of course. It was like he was in a trance. After that he got very sick. We took him back to Kamino. Fives stayed with him. When doing a brain scan Fives discovered the inhibitor chip. He had a droid scan his own head as well as some of the clones in earlier stages of life. They all had it. Tub's looked different from the others. Fives removed both their chips. Tubs died there. Fives was assassinated in front of me and our general. Not before he warned us that it could and would happen to the rest of us if we didn't remove the chips. He told me what happened to Tubs would happen to all our brothers. It wasn't long before the galaxy learned he was right."
At this point Ashoka was here. She picked the data pad up looked at it. "Sabine, Ezra if anyone asks you past the test. I'm expecting you both. I don't know why I even let Sato go through with this."
"What did you see? What's going on?" Ezra ask.
"Somehow the test is being effected by the force. It's almost as if it's connected with a Holocron. It could be." Ashoka answers.
"The Holocron is giving him a test?" I ask.
"No, it's giving us all a test. Otherwise the test wouldn't be asking me about Baraus." She says.
Rex looks at the data pad with anger. "What is it asking you about that traitor?" Look who's talking
I think.
"Geonous and those brain worms." She says.
"I don't even want to know the rest." He responds.
"I'm just glad I don't have to take that test anymore." Ezra says.
"Me too kid!" Sabine adds.
* Sorry guys I'm in the middle of finals so this is just wishful thinking. I hate finals week. On the bright side I only got two more days of school. Then I can do what ever I want for a few weeks. Yeah I just want to get out of my test. As always
May the force be with you always
- Cass
