Hey! It's time to introdues you all to one of my original characters! For more info. on her, just a short story I made a while back, find my story- "Rogue Jedi" under Ahsoka/Rex/Complete/Rated K+/Friendship/Tragedy! Thanks and Enjoy!
Chapter 10: Getting Stories Straight
ERIS:
I glance outside around the tall pillar and suck in a tight breath. They're coming for me. I'd heard the entire conversation and I'm trying to memorize the false story but I can't seem to concentrate when they're all heading straight for me! Rex and One-Shot stand out despite their similarities and it's strange to see them walk side-by- side. So strong and tall. Their white armour makes them look tall and imposing. I find it very hard to accept that I'll be meeting with them face-to-face in a moment-
Especially after my dream...Then I notice the man with the neat brown hair and white clothing. A lightsaber hangs from the belt at his hip and his posture is pinstraight as he walks along side Barriss. This must be Obiwan Kenobi-The Jedi Barriss told me about. Then of course my eyes wander to the man walking next to him-
Skywalker.
Without thinking I duck back behind the pillar and begin walking away, or rather running away, deciding I'd be better off in the forest with Ventress than facing the Jedi; but a firm hand stops me. "Let go!" I say angrily, slapping away the hand and I whip around to face the much taller Jedi-
Or rather Ex-Jedi.
"No! I came all this way to help you and Barriss in any way I can and I'm not about to let you mess this up!" The Ex-Jedi, whose name is Maefaire, waggs a purple/blue finger at me angrily and we stare eachother down for a moment.
"So what then?" I finally ask, not wanting to further challenge this girl. After all, if Barriss thought she could help me I may as well try to get oun her good side-That is if she has one...
"I'm gonna just waltz out there and let them drag me to jail? I don't think so!" I say stubbornly and Maefaire rolls her eyes before moving towardes the entrance of the Temple. "Where are you going?" I call to her, panic rising in my voice. "Just wait here!" Maefaire replies impatiently, waving me off. "Let me talk to them. And if you leave I swear I'll hunt you down! Those Jedi still follow the Jedi Code-But I am no longer obligated to do the same! Now don't come out until I say so!"
"Fine!" I huff and watch her leave, fiddling nervously with the tabards on my skirt-The robes Barriss lent me are torn to shreds from my late night antics and I really wish I had them right now. Even with the skirt covering my unitard I still feel extremely exposed with the revealing top. I am so gonna kill Captain Clicker!
When Barriss said she had a 'friend', coming to help us I thought she actually knew the girl! But it turns out Barriss has only come in contact with Maefaire through the bond the Ex-Jedi and Ahsoka had. From what she told me breifly, they met a few times before and Ahsoka left quite an impression.
Part of me feels sorry I haven't met the girl yet, Ahsoka I mean, but another part of me resents her.
She's so important to all of these people and now here I am-the one person who may be able to find her, and apparently resembles her so much, but I have no idea what I'm doing. It's easy to forget that I don't belong here. I sometimes catch myself thinking of a future here. Becoming a Jedi. Aiding in the war. Something. But I can't. I know how this story ends and I can't interfere with it.
Or can I?
"Well isn't this a surprise!" Obiwan Kenobi says in that haughty tone of his and I peer around the corner once again to watch the events unfold.
"What ever do you mean Master Kenobi?" Maefaire asks innocently, placing her hands on her not-so-innocent hips, one of which has a blaster pistol hanging from it, the other, her lightsabers.
"To be honest youngling, I was not aware you'd be joining us!" Obiwan says shooting a look at Barriss who bows her head in shame and I feel my cheeks grow hot in anger. So far, the Jedi haven't been making a good impression on me-Save for Barriss. "What brings you here?"
"The same thing as you apparently." Maefaire replies with a sigh, sounding quite bored as she examines her nails. "It would seem a dear friend of mine has gone missing. I just wanted to be sure you all wouldn't do what you usually do."
"And what might that be?"
"Go rushing to the wrong conclusion, wasting much valuable time and effort to pinning the blame on the wrong person." Maefiare says with one breathe eyeing them and I see Skywalker's eyes darken at the comment, sending a rush of fear through me, as though the look were directed toward me and not Maefaire. "Speaking of 'time and effort' you seem to be doing a fine job of wasting your's on stalling. Now if you'd be so kind in telling your friend to come out so that we may speak with her?" Obiwan counters.
I jerk back at this, nearly losing my balance as I'd been practically on my toes, leaning against the pillar like it was my life suport. I glance at Maefiare and Barriss, who looks to the Temple and right at me, then at Maefaire and she gives the slightest of nods. "Of course, Master Jedi." Maefaire says, nodding and she half turns toward me and waves a blue hand to me. I take a breath and straighten up.
It's now or never.
I practically throw myself out of the Temple with my head held high and nearly faint from the many different energies hitting me at once. Suspicion, anger, elation, pain, hate...I blink a few times and take another breath, calming my thoughts and block out some of the energies, which are becoming stronger as I descend down the steps of the Temple. I mostly look to Barriss, the person I'm most familiar with but my eyes wander to Rex and One-Shot, still standing beside one another and offer up a very weak smile but I'm not sure which one of them it was meant for.
I catch sight of Rex giving a stiff nod and One-Shot gives me a reassuring smirk but I don't linger there for too long because a wave of anger washes over me and I look to Skywalker, nearly taking off when I see the anger in his deep blue eyes-
'Does everyone have blue eyes here?' I can't help but wonder, looking from Barriss to Kenobi and back to Skywalker. 'Come to think of it, Ahsoka and Ventress also had blue eyes. What the hell?'-
Anyways, I stop next to Maefaire and everything is silent for a moment. Finally, Obiwan clears his throat and we all give a start at the noise. "Well then, I think it's about time we all had a chat, don't you?"
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BARRISS:
Barriss had never been so nervous before now. Not while on the battle feild, not when she had to force heal a critically injured Clone, not when she was defusing a bomb-
She couldn't imagine how Eris was feeling.
She glances over to Eris, who is fiddling nervously with her tabards and she wishes she could calm her but it' s not her place to do anything but watch and listen at the moment. She's already dishonored her Masters more than once and she doesn't want to do it again any time soon. They're all inside the transport-Well not everyone. Just the Jedi Masters, the Clone Captains and another Clone named One-Shot, Maefaire and Eris and herself.
"So Eris, one of our men, One-Shot, tells us you are not Witch. Is that true?" Master Kenobi asks Eris who gives a start but then recovers with a nod. "It is." She says curtly, glancing at One-Shot before returing her attention to Master Kenobi. Barriss notices that One-Shots' eyes never leave Eris. It's not the first time the two have exchanged such looks. It makes her wonder...
"And you have no recollection as to how you came to be here? Nor where you came from in the first place?" Master Kenobi continues.
"No."
"I see, so you simply, awoke with no memory at all other than your name?"
"That is correct."
"I find this very hard to believe young one." Kenobi says with a sigh, watching Eris warily but patiently. It's always been the quality Barriss admired in the Jedi Master.
"Please, tell us your story. From the begining."
And with one last look to Barriss, she does.
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CAPTAIN REX:
Rex was impressed by how well Eris could lie. Although at times it was a little unsettling. She spoke of how she awoke in a strange place and was taken aboard his ship and questioned. She has no recollection as to where she came from or why she was dressed like Ahsoka and she insists that she in no way is a Witch. She ends her story stating that she wishes to find Ahsoka just as much as the others do.
A silence follows.
"How do we know you're telling the truth? How do we know you're not a threat? And that you aren't reponsible for Ahsoka's disappearance?" General Kenobi asks gently, leaning forward for her answer and everyone looks at her expectantly. Eris's eyes meet Rex's and gives what he hopes is a reassuring nod to her, something that's not uncommon for him. He used to do the same for Ahsoka whenever she was worried or afraid-
"You'll just have to trust me." Eris says quietly but honestly and Rex knows she's not lying. "All of you. I don't know why all of this is happening-I just want to find out where my home is. I'm just as much of a victim as Ahsoka is. Maybe that's why I seem to have this connection with her. All I know is, finding her may also mean finding where I belong. And believe me, I want to be out of your way just as much as you do-But until we find Ahsoka, we don't have much of a choice."
Eris finishes sounding somewhat out of breath. Rex could see how distressed she is, her olive skin pale in contrast to her black clothes-Which are far too revealing to have been picked out by Barriss. He'd have to ask Captain Clicker about that later-
Not that he was complaining at the moment...
"I sense you are being sincere." General Kenobi says and Rex can't help but notice how uncharacteristically General Skywalker has been acting. He hasn't said a word since they left. "Although some of your story is a bit strange, I do believe you are not to be blamed for Ahsoka's being missing." He says and Eris's face lightens a bit. "We will help you find your way home if you help us find Ahsoka."
"I'll do whatever I can. I've never met her before but-I know what she must mean to you-" Eris says pausing and gives Rex a pointed look. her lips tightening slightly and the sadness in her eyes is unmistakable. "All of you." SHe says in a voice so soft, holding Rex's eye and as soon as the moment came it ends; And before Rex can analyze the look she gave him Eris stands and the Jedi do too. Rex stands as well, eyeing General Skywalker wearily. It doesn't take a Jedi to know his thoughts are still hostile towards Eris.
"Padawan Offee," General Kenobi says and Barriss answers, "Yes, Master Kenobi?"
"Anakin and I would like to have a word with you and Maefaire, in private." General Kenobi adds and Barriss nods, casting a glance to Eris and Clicker. "Come." General Kenobi waves his group inside their transport after nodding to Rex. Rex understood he meant for him to watch over Eris. No problem. He'd been hoping to speak with her since she left all those weeks ago.
Of course he can't really do that with One-Shot and Clicker still here. "Ahem, I think it would be best if the two of you briefed the men. They're getting a little restless." Captain Rex tells them and they nod, snapping to attention and leave-One-Shot with some reluctance. Rex wonder's what that's about but doesn't ponder it too long.
Rex turns to Eris who is looking down at her hands clasped delicately in front of her abdomen; But now that they are alone, he can't think of anything to say.
"I was-"
"Rex, I-"
Rex stops realizing that he'd started talking at the same time she had. "Go on." Eris says with a nervous laugh, her cheeks blushing slightly and Rex finds it a little more difficult to speak, clearing his throat anxiously. "I, ah, was hoping I could speak with you."
"Yes, I um, wanted to talk to you to." Eris says, looking up a bit of a distance to meet his eye. Rex never realized how short she was until now. It pained him to look at her so closely. She reminded him so much of Ahsoka. Although her dark brown eyes are not as round and Togrutan, and obviously not blue-which isn't such a bad thing, but theres' that spark in her eye that Rex'd always admired about Ahsoka. There were other things too. The shape of her face, the small button nose and then of course there were her full lips-
"But not here. Come, the Temple should be empty." Eris resumes, and Rex gives a start. How long had she been talking? Apparently not long he realized after a moment. Had she been watching him the same as he had her? Immediately, Rexs' face heats with embarrassment. What was he thinking comparing her to Ahsoka? Ahsoka. She seems to be the only thing he can think about now.
How many times has that girl been kidnapped or gone missing before? Lot's of times! And he always felt responsible for her. But he never realized that he'd made a secret vow to protect her. Long ago. And he'd failed. He never knew how much she meant to him until she was gone.
Unable to do much else, Rex nods and follows as Eris leads him to the Temple.
'Shab, where are you Ahsoka?'
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