POV: Barriss Offee
I kicked the white dust under my feet before dropping to my knees. It took every ounce of self-discipline to keep from screaming into the sky with anger. I hated this hellhole of a dustball. Worst of all was the fact that I was all alone. There were animals, which kept me from starving to death, when I could catch them. All I wanted was to be with Ahsoka again.
POV: Ahsoka Tano
Asari approached me.
"Soka! There's a ship!"
"Where?"
"In the main clearing."
I grabbed my spear and ran outside. The warriors of my clan had surrounded a ship and were standing, spears lowered.
"Stand down! Stand down! I know that ship!"
"Your Majesty?"
My sister glanced at me.
"Ahsoka?"
The ramp lowered and Padme walked off.
"Padme!"
I ran to her, and wrapped my arms around her.
"It's nice to see you again, Padme."
POV: Padme Amidala
"Bow to the queen," one of the warriors shouted at me, jabbing the tip of his spear towards my face.
"Stand down! She doesn't need to bow. She's an old friend of mine," Ahsoka said.
The young Togruta girl next to Ahsoka glanced at me curiously. She tugged at Ahsoka's sleeve.
"Soka? Who is she?"
"Asari, this is my old friend, Padme Amidala. She's a senator. She's also married to my former Master from when I was a Jedi," Ahsoka replied, glancing down at the girl, then, to me, she added, "this is my sister, Asari."
"It's nice to meet you, Asari," I said kindly, crouching to eye level with her.
I picked her up. She was surprisingly light for her age. She beamed ear to ear. I kissed her lightly on the forehead and set her down gently. She giggled before hugging me tightly.
"Down with Queen Ahsoka!"
A spear narrowly missed Ahsoka. She caught the shaft with one hand and snapped her elbow into the Togruta warrior's face. She flipped him on his back and knocked him to the ground as he clambered back up. She twirled her spear, and spun, striking a second warrior in the ribs and stunning him. She snapped the tip of the shaft into his face, smashing his nose in a spray of blood. I drew my blaster and fired, striking one of the attacking Togruta warriors in the side and dropping him. I slammed Ahsoka to the ground, knocking her away from an enormous boulder that plowed through the dirt where she'd been standing. I heard a blaster cannon fire, and the catapult exploded. I heard the whine of engines and the Twilight II landed beside my yacht.
POV: Ahsoka Tano
Anakin ran off the ship, lightsaber ignited. I reached out with the Force, sending several of the rebel Togrutas flying away from me. He decapitated a rebel with a quick backhand slash. He reached out, pulling a rebel close with the Force. He drove his blade through the warrior's chest, and then pulled it out, before sending the corpse spinning away. Padme fired two shots from her blaster pistol, dropping a pair of the invading Togruta warriors.
"Retreat! Retreat!"
The survivors ran from the clearing and Anakin deactivated his lightsaber.