Author note: hey I now this is short but I wrote this this evening and I will try to write ca 1000-2000 words per day and therefore upload more often but a bit shorter chapters Also I feel my inspiration for the story has been reignited a bit after my exchange semester in USA that went super well and I'm going to take the time to watch the new season of rebels that I haven't seen yet.
"hahaha are you shitting me, that is a great joke" Caleb started laughing hysterically and even had some tears go from his eyes, he even had to sit down for a while for laughing so loud and hold his stomach as if he were in pain. Then after that he proceeded to start rolling on the floor in laughter uncontrollingly.
Ezra only looked on passively while crossing his arms and huffing oh seriously, id he have to find it that hilarious. Ezra was dead serious, although to be realistic wasn't this the reaction I was expecting, hehe no one would believe me coming from the future. Ezra uncrossed his arms and went forward to Caleb.
Kicking him in the side he then said "hey are you finished, I'm actually serious here" Ezra said irritably almost verging on angeringly. Caleb rubbed his side and glowered at him a bit surely, but hey it did it job and made him calm down.
"Oh yea and why should I believe a tall tale like coming from the future, no one has ever done that and frankly it is a really poor excuse for how weird you are" Caleb raised a eyebrow on him and told him frankly. Then Caleb got an unreadable expression on his face before he blurted out "hey wait are you on drugs" Caleb looked at him expectantly and waited for an answer.
"WHAT, no, why do you think I'm on drugs" Ezra said indigent and shied back.
"really isn't that obvious" Caleb said with a deadpan expression "first I found you with little memory of Coruscant and looking quite lost and then you started go all freaky when you saw Palpatine and then you all of a sudden show up here in the temple, so yea Drugs" Caleb started listing things on his fingers and did bring up good points but it all only made Ezra start to bristle more.
"Well I am telling you the truth, I am really from the future, ca 14 or 15 years in fact of the future" Ezra said somberly and looked hard at Caleb.
Caleb plucked his head and shook his head in disbelief "well I still think you are Nutz" Caleb said stubbornly and turned away from Ezra. "and if you will excuse me I need to go back to my training and to tell the guards to escort you out" Caleb still shook his head while walking slowly towards the door.
"WILL YOU PLEASE LISTEN" Ezra shouted towards him which froze Caleb in his tracks and turned around "this is really serious; THE WHOLE JEDI ORDER WILL DIE IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING, BELIEVE ME I HAVE SEEN THE AFTERMATH" Ezra shouted and looked furiously and sadly at Caleb while tears gathered in his eyes. "the empire is everywhere and we rebels try our best but, but they have total dominance I the galaxy and most people are to afraid to raise a finger to help" Ezra muttered and looked down on his shoes, then he turned his back on Caleb and rubbed his eyes furiously to erase the evidence of crying. Oh please let Kanan be okay and NOT DEAD, I really hope the team managed to rescue him or that he escaped Vader, especially now when I'm stuck in the past. Ezra managed to make his tears under control and glanced back towards Caleb who looked stunned all over again but he also seemed to have a growing seed of belief in him
"But if you really are from the future, you must have some kind of evidence right, I mean how do you expect me to believe you otherwise" Caleb walked to a chair and a table and sat down, interlocking his hands while looking at Ezra expecting answers.
"I don't know there was a fight and…." Ezra rubbed his head and thinking furiously on how he would produce evidence of his future since he had very little personal affects. Then it dawned on him, OH WAIT, I can use the crystal. Ezra started to rummage in his back searching for the Jedi holocron that Kanan had given him of obi-wans speech and as a knowledge source from the deceased Jedi temple that he had used to improve his lightsaber combat. Then he brought it forward with a flourish and showed it to Caleb.
Caleb´s eyes widened "Where did you get that, only Jedi are allowed to handle those" Caleb made a grab for it but Ezra stopped him with a hand
"just watch what it has to show you" Ezra closed his eyes and reached out with the force, trying to find obi-wans speech that he wanted to show, ahah there it is. Then the holocron lighted up and both saw the older visage of obi-wan that started to speech
"This is Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, I regret to report that both our Jedi order and the Republic has fallen with the dark shadow of the empire rising to take their place. This message is a warning and a reminder for any surviving Jedi, trust in the force, do not return to the temple, that time has passed and our future is uncertain, we will each be challenged, our trust, our faith, our friendships, but we must persevere and in time a new hope will emerge, May The Force be With You Always!"
Ezra couldn't help but be moved by the words and though again of Kanan and that the future may look bleak but he will od everything he can to prevent the empire form rising and to protect both thy who can't protect themselves and if he ever can find his team again to also do his best to protect them.
Caleb just sat there with big eyes still staring at the spot Obi-Wans hologram had just been.
….
"I, that is, how is that even possible, Obi-Wan looks so old, no way…. I wow" Caleb started sputtering inchoherably and shaking his head to and fro. He obviously believed Ezra now but it was a lot to take in at once.
"WAIT you can't mean that the Jedi order really died, ALL OF THEM" Caleb shot up and looked around wildly, all of a sudden, he had a lot of pent up energy that made him start to pace back and fro.
"Unfortunately, yes, I'm so sorry, the Jedi were taken by surprise and didn't see it coming, I was born on the day the empire was created" Ezra said lowly.
"But some Jedi must have survived, please tell me some survived" Caleb went towards Ezra and started shaking him and looking at him imploringly.
"Yes some did survive, but Caleb they were really few, the Clones had a program and when it was activated they became machines with no free will and turned on all Jedi, they had no chance" Ezra said sadly and looked down. They both started to understand the magnitude of problem they had on their hands.
"so the clones will betray us" Caleb said softly and looked like someone had physically stabbed him in the back
"NO they won't be the clones you know anymore because of the Order 66, that Palpatine will engage or should I say the emperor" Ezra spat that last word like it was poisonous.
"So the clones have a program that would brainwash them and did you say that Palpatine was the emperor of this empire that wiped out all the Jedi" Caleb looked at Ezra numbly and his hand started to inch towards his lightsaber in an urge to destroy something.
"yes I'm afraid so" Ezra looked at Caleb lost and he didn't really have more answers than Caleb "that is why I snuck into the temple, I need more training and info on Palpatine and the Sith in order to take them down, it doesn't help that no one would believe if I said who Palpatine really were especially since he is the darling chancellor that have the Jedi council trust" Ezra said bitterly and felt stung by the whole situation. how could a kid save the whole galaxy and the Jedi order to bot, I'm not even a fully trained Jedi yet. Ezra started to despair especially since he didn't really know where he should start to prevent the raise of Palpatine especially since he was so powerful.
"Caleb I must be honest with you I really am a padawan from the future but my traning isn't complete and I really don't know where to start to take down palpatine." Ezra decided to be honest with caleb and hopefully he could come up with some ideas for action or to give him some advice and knowledge about the jedi temple.
"Well then I'm in the same boat as you, but one thing is for certain, you can't do this alone so I will help you" Caleb said resodely and held out his arm for a handshake.
"Really oh thank you so much" Ezra was sagging with relief of having someone believe in him and giddy with happiness that he would have someone that would help him rock the fundations of the galaxy
They shook hands and then caleb said
"Lets do this, we can take down Palpatine together"
"yes together" Ezra said happily.
Authors Note: Ezra hasn't realized Caleb and Kanan is supposedly the same person, but honestly Caleb and Kanan may be the same person but they have vastly different experiences and personalities so it will take a LONG time until Ezra makes the connection. Probably not until caleb gets Billbala as a master. But even then I will treat caleb and Kanan as different but similar characters were Ezra remembers Kanan as his mentor and Caleb is his friend.
