No I'm not dead. Update: I'm going to try to start uploading quicker by writing shorter chapters. Maybe around 1,500 instead of 2,000 words like I usually do. Normally when I hit 1,200, I start to kind of improvise with my writing, and I don't like it. I think shorter chapters are the answer to that. Remember, I still REALLY want to hear your opinions about my next story. On to chapter 14!

On Yavin 4:

The small crew examined the group of soldiers from the cockpit.

"Well, time to introduce ourselves." Hera said with a half convincing smile as she walked out of the cockpit.

"Yea, whatever." Sabine said as she and Zeb followed.

Hera exited the ghost, with Sabine and Zeb behind her. She noticed when she had exited the ship, that the troops weren't raising their weapons. This was slightly assuring.

Out of the temple that didn't look too abandoned anymore, came another character. It was a female Togruta. Her skin was orange and she had crystal blue eyes. Her head-tails were white with blues stripes across. The Togruta girl continued to walk towards the three crew members.

As she walked nearer, Hera figured out who she was.

"Greetings." The Togruta told them. "I am Ahsoka Tano."

"Fulcrum." Hera said in a hushed tone.

"Wait, this is Fulcrum?" Zeb exclaimed.

Ahsoka smiled. "Yes. That is what you know me by. Come, let me show you some things."

They walked to the temple and went inside. What they saw was beyond belief. It was what looked like a whole army, and not just something thrown together. They had star-fighters, engineers, trooper, and all types of lethal weapons.

"This…is amazing." Sabine said as she gazed at the equipment.

"This isn't even a small stockpile of it. Many more abandoned temples on this planet are home to small rebellion cells like this one. And they're many more like this all over the galaxy."

"That's incredible!" Sabine said, still fixed on her surroundings.

"How did all this start?" Hera asked

"It's a very long story." Ahsoka said smiling. She then took them to a common room, filled with seats, computers, and a small amount of other troops.

They all took a seat.

"When the Republic fell, there was obviously people who opposed the idea of the Empire coming into power. The Emperor tried to find them, but it was impossible to find them all. These people, over time, forged this rebellion. But it took time."

"So have you ever beaten the Empire yet, or is all this talk?" Zeb asked, still somewhat unconvinced.

"Most of the equipment you saw were crafted from parts we stole from the empire. As in we attacked imperial bases, stole vital equipment and machinery, and returned safely." Ahsoka said with a smirk.

"Well alright then." Zeb confirmed.

"As I was saying, this rebellion took time to form. We had to convince people it was a winnable fight."

"And how did you do that?" Hera asked

Ahsoka reached to her belt and grabbed her lightsaber. "If they see a Jedi behind it all, they usually are convinced on the spot."

This was a surprise to all of them. "You're a Jedi?" Sabine asked.

"Yes." Ahsoka said

"How did you survive?" Hera asked.

Ahsoka sighed, "I left the Jedi order almost a year before Order 66."

"Why did you leave?" Hera asked

"I was framed for a murder I didn't commit. I was arrested, I broke out, ran, got help from a few people, and proved my innocence." Ahsoka said in a funny and rushed tone.

"You made the right choice." Hera said back.

"Looking back, I did." Ahsoka answered.

"I have a question. What was order 66? I've only heard stories about it but…"Sabine asked.

Ahsoka sat down, "After all this time, I still don't fully understand what happened or how, but what I do know is that it was a massacre at the Jedi Temple. The only Jedi's that survived were the ones who were out on missions for the Republic. When they returned…." Ahsoka dipped her head in sadness.

"I'm sorry, that's awful." Hera said

Ahsoka sighed, "But that is what this rebellion is for. To take down the Empire and prevent something like that from happening again."

"Let's get started. I haven't knocked a storm-trooper around in a month." Zeb exclaimed excitingly.

"Easy…you'll get your chance soon enough, but first you must rest, and then prepare."

"Prepare? I'm pretty sure I can handle myself with a few lousy troopers." Zeb said back.

Ahsoka glared at him, "But what happens when you finish off the storm troopers. What happens when someone more dangerous attacks you? A person with one of these?" Ahsoka said showing him one of her lightsaber's.

Zeb's face dropped from cocky and confident to understandably scared.

"I get the point." Zeb said with a frail voice.

Ahsoka smiled, "Good, I've ordered a couple troopers to ready your quarters for you. We'll move your ship to the hanger and then you can retrieve your stuff from your ship and take it into your quarters."

"Thank you." Hera said, as she stood from her seat and led her crew to their new homes.

"You're welcome. I will talk to all of you tomorrow." Ahsoka answered back.

On Dagobah:

The training had started. The second day was almost over, but Ezra had barely done anything he couldn't've done on his own. All he had done were exercises, conditioning. He hadn't wielded a lightsaber, or used the force or anything he thought he would. Now all he was doing was 'meditating'. Master Yoda was making him sit down on the cold, wet ground of mush, and try and make him find 'inner-peace'.

"Clear your mind. Thoughts of good and bad, they both must go." Yoda told Ezra

"Noise it all is. Unneeded all of it is."

Ezra was slowly losing his temper.
Was all of this a waste of time? Was this guy foreal or was he just an old coot that liked to hear himself talk?" Ezra thought to himself.

"Hmm…Your thoughts, clouded they are." Yoda told him trying to read him.

Ezra lost it, "I'm done." Ezra said standing up furious at the old master.

"I can't take just sitting here while I know innocent people and my friends are at risk of being killed." Ezra said walking off unsure of what to do now.

"Hmm…remind of old apprentice you do. Powerful he was. Always trying to do the right thing." Yoda finished

Ezra stopped, trying to wait and hear more.

"Different he was. To save others, his goal was, but wrong in his actions was he. What, in you I see, is part of him."

Ezra turned back around to continue listening.

"Too much of him, there might be." Yoda said with a stern face.

Ezra was confused, but at the same time he kind of understood. He realized he wasn't the kind of Jedi Kanan had wanted him to be in the past. He didn't exactly fit the description, but he always found a way to make due. Kanan had always taught him the old ways of the Jedi, but what if that was a good thing.

"Different can be good." Ezra said with a smirk.

"It is, Yes." Yoda said with a smile back, in small agreement

Ezra then realized how out of place he was. He kneeled down on a knee. "Sorry master."

Yoda was pleased. This apprentice was strong. Not only with the force, not physically, but mentally. He was smart. Yes, he was young and sometimes immature, but he cared for others. That is what a Jedi must be.

"The lightsaber, yours it is?" Yoda asked changing the topic, and already knowing the answer to the question as well.

Ezra unhooked the saber from his belt and examined it. "No". He answered hesitatingly.

"A lightsaber, a reflection of a jedi it is." Yoda raised his hand and pulled the saber out of Ezra's using the force. It floated in front of Yoda.

Yoda concentrated, and the lightsaber fell apart, leaving only the Kyber Crystal floating.

Ezra was caught off guard by this.

"The crystal, connected to the force it is. Only by the strength user, can the weapon be used." Yoda floated the crystal back over to Ezra as he caught it in his hand.

"The crystal has chosen you, but a new saber, you must create."

"How am I supposed to do that!?" Ezra asked

"When ready, you will know." Yoda told him.

"Follow me." Yoda told Ezra, as he starting walking away.

Ezra followed, deeper into the marsh of Dagobah.

I'm back mother%&$# %'s! And I'm gonna try and keep it that way. My next chapter will probably have a time jump. Only 3-5 months most likely. Oh yea, hope you didn't miss me either. ;). And of course I didn't forget my regular outro, May the force be with you.