Hi! I'm finally back to writing! I'm so sorry it took me more than double the time I said it would to update this. I will try to update more regularly now. Please leave a review, they mean a lot to me! Also, I read some stuff about dealing with seizures online, and I am not 100% sure it is correct, so if any of you have any corrections or suggestions they would be greatly appreciated. I will try to update 'forced return' next, but I probably won't be able to for at least a week.

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COUROSAUNT, JEDI COUNCIL CHAMBER

"Know why we called you here yet, do you, Skywalker? " Yoda asked, sitting peacefully on his chair.

"No, master." Anakin answered truthfully. He had already been grilled about Ahsoka's location several times, and he had already been forbidden from leaving the temple so he couldn't assist her.

Yoda cleared his throat and began speaking. "Cleared, you have been, of helping Tano escape from republic custody. And a mission, the council has for you."

Anakin was caught completely off guard. "What?"

"It seems you have a friend in the chancellor," Saesee Tinn said to Anakin. " he has pardoned you for helping your former padawan escape. Now, you will accompany me, master Koon and master Mundi to track down your former padawan and bring her back into republic custody.

"With all due respect, master, it could take weeks, perhaps even months, to track down Ahsoka, and even if we did manage to find her, how do we know she won't run somewhere else? She still does have the force, so she might be able to sense us coming. I believe any search for her would be pointless." Anakin was a surprisingly good liar when it came to protecting his padawan.

"Well then Skywalker, it is quite beneficial for us then that the jedi issued comlink you have been using to communicate with your fallen padawan is trackable." Master Tinn replied, his eyes boring into Anakin's skull.

Anakin froze.

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He didn't know how much time had passed, but once he was aware of his surroundings again he found himself on a small ship headed to Naboo, sitting in one of the passenger seats in the back.

Immediately, he stormed up to the cockpit and burst through the doors.

"What the hell?!" He asked angrily . "Why the kriff can't you just leave her alone?! Wasn't it bad enough that you already tried to execute her for crimes she didn't commit?!"

Plo Koon looked at him again, eerily calm. "We were getting concerned. I am glad you seemed to have snapped out of it, Skywalker. We were on the verge of taking medical action."

Anakin didn't even bother to acknowledge him. "Why are we even bothering her? I'm sorry, but was abandoning her and executing her for crimes she didn't commit not enough? How long are you going to try to make her life a living hell?"

Master Mundi spoke up. "Well it doesn't matter now Skywalker. We are nearing the Naboo atmosphere and will be retrieving Tano soon. Please, try to remember that your duty as a jedi knight is to help us capture Tano, not assist her escape. You are sworn to serve the republic and its interests, which now means returning former padawan Tano to the temple for treatment."

Anakin snarled at him and stormed in the back of the ship. The three jedi masters exchanged uneasy glances.

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Anakin Skywalker, Although he was deemed necessary to retrive Ahsoka, was wisely not trusted by the council. Therefore, while he was to go talk to Ahsoka, he would be accompanied by Jedi Master Plo Koon.

Naturally, this pissed him off. Not only was he being forced to betray his 'little sister', his lightsaber and comlink had been taken away, so there was no way to help her.

The entire speeder ride to the ton was filled with Anakin throwing various insults at Plo and Plo's deep sighs. The anger of Anakin and the regret and remorse of Plo were strong in the force surrounding the speeder, creating an air of hopelessness that even non force sensitives could feel.

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Pash, Marvin, Ian, and Ahsoka were walking down the street to Noah's bar when Ahsoka started to get the tell tale twitch that meant she was about to get seizure. Quickly, her brothers pulled her over into an alley way and Pash held her in a hug as he waited for it to pass.

After she stopped, he helped her walk down the street, but about twenty feet from the bar she stopped him.

"I can sense Anakin and Master Plo," she said panicked . "If they catch you with me we'll all be arrested and executed. Go to Noah's and stay there, that way if they catch me they won't catch you guys ."

Her brothers protested immediately. Ahsoka tried her best to silence them, but it was hard.

A few minutes later, when they had screamed, yelled, reasoned, begged, and in Ian's case, cried their hearts out, Ahsoka finally got a chance to plead her case.

"Guys, I know you've already done so much for me, but please do this one last thing. I can't let you get hurt because of me!" The desperation was written clearly across her face, her eyes pleading for them to leave her.

"No way in hell, Ahsoka! Family takes care of family, no matter what! We can't leave you at their mercy!" Marvin yelled at her, frustrated that she would willingly put herself in harm's way.

"Then let me take care of you!" Ahsoka answered him, " you're my family, I can't drag you into this with me! I could never forgive myself! Please, I was proven innocent, I can probably escape Corosaunt, I can get back here before you know it! "

"No!" Ian interrupted her. "You can't! If-"

"Ian, shut up a sec. If we don't let Ahsoka go with the jedi, we'll all be arrested. If Ahsoka goes with them now, though, we can meet her on Corosaunt somewhere, then hide better next time." Pash cut Ian off. " it's not ideal, but it might work. "

Ahsoka spoke up as all her brothers were nodding and agreeing to the plan. "I don't want you guys to be in danger at all! I can take care of myself!"

Her last statement was ignored as Ian and Marvin wrapped her up in a hug before tearfully saying goodbye and going into the bar. Pash quickly hugged her too before he followed his brothers, leaving Ahsoka alone to fend for herself.

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The speeder turned down the street to find a tired and hopeless looking togruta standing in front of a hardware store.

"You sensed us," Plo Koon said to the young girl.

"Yes," She replied, completely emotionless.

"Why didn't you run, snips? Or at least hide? " Anakin asked her. He had at least hoped his former padawan cared enough about her own life to stay away from him.

"Where the hell would I go?" Ahsoka asked, shrugging.

"Get in the speeder, Ahsoka," Plo Koon told her. " you have been offered sanctuary in the temple, and I suggest you accept. "

Ahsoka snorted as she hopped over the side of the speeder in the backseat. "Not like I have a choice."

As soon as the trio got back to the ship, Master Tinn snapped a pair of handcuffs on Ahsoka and led her to a small room in the back of the ship.

Ahsoka looked around the "room". It was a cell. It was the size of a small closet, and the only things in there were a bench and a glass of water. Ahsoka moved the water to the floor before she sat down and attempted to meditate.

It could have been days, hours, minutes or seconds before Ahsoka heard the door open. Opening one of her eyes, she saw the large form of Plo Koon in the doorway. The two awkwardly stared at each other for a minute before Plo began talking.

"Little 'soka, you have my deepest apologies. The council is granting you a sanctuary while you fight to clear your name. I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me, and the rest of the council, and one day rejoin us as a knight."

Ahsoka glared at him. "I really hate you, Master Koon. And I don't think anything will change that now. I really just hate you."