I should probably say right now, I already have this book finished. And 30 Chapters of the second book finished too. It's all posted on Quotev, but I wanted to edit it before putting it up. Even the Authors Notes and contests and little recommendations of my other stories. If you all are on Quotev, I'm Sola Haze, and probably the only one on there, so you'll have no trouble finding me.
Arez and Kanan trained together for a while longer, Arez finally feeling she was making some progress. Then Arez trained on her own. She had been trying at the bowl for at least ten minutes, Chopper had been watching her all the while, beeping discouraging comments. She chose to ignore him. And finally, she got the bowl to float a foot off the table.
"I...I did it!" She exclaimed, her voice bubbling with excitement. She looked over at Chopper, almost expecting him to be impressed. He gave her a few grumpy robot noises. The bowl suddenly dropped down onto the table, the bang-sound echoed through the empty room.
Arez groaned, dropping her head into her arms. "Seriously?"
More grumpy robot noises.
Rolling her eyes, she stood up, leaving the bowl and Chopper behind. Who cared about him? She headed to check on Ezra. He hadn't come out yet. Maybe he'd finished his soup and she could collect it. But when she opened the door, she couldn't suppress a gasp. Ezra wasn't there. Then... where was he?
Arez turned and opened the door to the room she shared with Sabine. He wasn't there either. She walked, almost ran, into the Common room, where Sabine, Zeb, Marina, and Kanan were.
"Have any of you seen Ezra anywhere?" She asked in the doorway.
Kanan shook his head, Zeb shrugged, and Marina just looked at Arez silently. "Maybe he's in the cockpit." Sabine suggested.
Arez nodded, and ran off. She opened the door to the cockpit, and that was then she lost it. Ezra wasn't there. "Ohhhhh no, no, no, no!" She whispered. Hera turned to her in surprise.
"What's wrong?" She asked.
"Ezra." Arez whispered, barely able to force the words out. "H-he's... gone..."
Ezra ran faster than he ever had before. He had to get far away before they realized he was gone. He didn't want to leave, but he couldn't bare the thought of hurting Arez. So far, he had ran far enough that he couldn't see the Ghost anymore. But that wasn't far enough.
He ran far from the ship, far from Capital City, far from everything. Suddenly, it began to rain. On Lothal, it rained seldom, but heavy. He had to find shelter soon, but the only thing he saw was an old abandoned building.
It was very big and dark, completely empty except for some big crates. It probably had once been part of another building, but something had happened, and the building disappeared. He ran inside, out of the rain. It took a few minutes for his eyes to adjust to the darkness, and he hid behind one of the crates, huddling in on himself.
"I'm going after him." Arez stated, and everyone stared at her in astonishment.
"We're coming too." Sabine said, already on her feet.
"No." Arez shook her head. "He's my brother. I have to do this alone." And before anyone could argue, she was out the door.
For the next ten minutes, Arez ran blindly through the rain and fog. Her hair was dripping with water, and her clothes were soaked. But she didn't care. Ezra was all that mattered.
She eventually came to the abandoned building. Small, dilapidated, barely holding up against the rain. Ezra couldn't still be traveling in this rain. Even Ezra knew Lothal's rain was partially toxic. He must have taken refuge, possible here. And if not, she had to get out of the rain anyway. She ran into the building, her arms still over her head. She looked into the darkness, "Ezra?" She called out, hesitantly.
At the back of the building, crates were stacked and scattered at random, from things like spare parts and other things. As she stepped forth, a figure peeked it's head out from behind one of the crates. Even in the dark she could tell, it was Ezra.
"Arez." He said, quietly. "You have to leave."
He sounded younger, somehow, scared. She shook her head. It didn't make sense. "Why did you run away?" She asked, completely ignoring Ezra's warning.
"I didn't want to."
"Then why did you do it?"
Ezra swallowed, shrinking away as Arez came closer. "I...I'm sorry Arez. But I can't control it anymore. The Force might be just a little... too strong with me." It sounded like a joke, but his voice was grave. "I don't want to hurt anyone..."
Arez was stunned for a moment, but shook her head. "You'd never hurt me, Ezra."
He looked down. "Not intentionally."
Arez pursed her lips, offering a helping hand. "I can help, Ezra. I really can."
"Arez, please just go!" His eyes were shut tight, and filled with tears.
Arez felt something close to sad anger. How could he expect her to just leave him like this? "No! I'm not leaving without you, Ezra!"
"Just go!" Suddenly, a sound came from above Arez's head. A loud crack, a crumbling noise. She looked up, only in time to see the building roof collapsing.
Ezra's eyes snapped open to see the roof was gone, and a pile of crumbled rock laying before him. No... no, no, no... Arez... He felt tears brimming in his eyes.
"Arez!" He ran forward, he fell to his knees, digging and clawing through the rubble. He found a piece of cloth. He dug faster. He finally uncovered Arez, her eyes were closed, and a little blood dripped from the corner of her mouth.
"No..." Ezra whispered, watching his sister's face. This couldn't be happening... "What have I done?" He held Arez in his arms, devastated and soaking wet, as the rain crashed down on them both. He felt very cold inside. This was exactly what he had wanted to avoid, and yet, here it was, coming true before his eyes. He stared at her blank face, looking for signs of life. Nothing...
He hugged her close to him, tears fell from his eyes, "This is all my fault..."
Now to thank my only commenter so far.
Annabel says: Love the story so far please write more!
I will try. I love receiving long, detailed reviews, so let's try for those! Thank you all, and keep reading~ May the Force be with you, always