Hello! I'm really excited to post this new chapter. I had a long morning today, so I'm posting new chapter to pretty much all of my ongoing fanfics! Anyway,enjoy!
I really wasn't sure about what I was doing when I actually thought about it. Kanan was right, if this idea failed, Kasari could go down the wrong path, or get even more hurt, or something could happen. What if something bad did happen, and this time I couldn't get her back? I'd barely pulled it off last time.
I shook my head as I braided my hair back, which messed up the braid, making me start over. I groaned, I had to stop physically expressing my thoughts when doing my hair. Anyway, back to my thoughts: I couldn't allow doubt to cloud my judgement. I was sure that I felt the Force itself tell me to do this. Besides, I already told Hera that we'd be going off today, I didn't want to back down. That just was not my personality.
The door to my room slid open. Kasari stood there, she seemed happy. Her face held an excited glow, as did her Force signature, but there was some fear buried within it. "Hi, Dunan." She said, breezily. "You said that we'd be solving the problem and all. What are we doing, exactly? Where are we going?"
I'd never heard her call me by my name before. I assume she picked it up from Ezra. I knew that they'd been hanging out together a bit, but she'd kept a large distance between them. I couldn't say why, she never seemed like one to keep people at a distance. I mean, she latched onto me instantly since she found out that I was a Jedi. I guess it was because she felt weak, maybe even vulnerable, and she didn't want any possible rival to see that. I shrugged it off, in any case, I thought it would be good for her to connect with the other padawan.
"Well, after we separate from the fleet, you're telling us where to go." She tilted her head at this, it was a common questioning gesture for her. "Look," I began. "The Jedi may be mostly gone, but there is still the Force. Back before I was born... Back before Master Yoda was even born probably, the Jedi built temples. All of these temples are special in some ways, they are all surrounded with the Force." She looked at me, wide eyed. I sensed some confusion, she didn't get my reference to Master Yoda. I probably should have seen that coming.
"So, how do I figure out where to go?" She asked. I jumped into the pilot's seat as she slid into the copilot's seat. "The Force." I answered simply. "Use the Force. The Force is stronger around the temples. Focus." She shut her eyes in concentration. I pressed my lips together, hoping that the Force would lead her to a temple. If this didn't work, really I wasn't sure what I'd do or how she'd get over her fear.
"I found one!" She said victoriously. "I can feel it. It's cold, not like the feeling I got around the Inquisitor kind of cold, but like the feeling I get when Winter rolls around cold. I don't know the coordinates, but I can tell you where to go." I straightened my posture in the seat. Kasari came up from behind me. "Can I fly?" She asked, her hands reaching toward the steering mechanism. "Forget it." I replied, pushing her hands away. "You're too young, and you are far from ready to fly."
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The flight was long, but Kasari kept herself very focused the whole way. I was impressed. We landed on Ilum. "The Force led us here?" I said as I looked around at the icy terrain. Kasari shivered, even in her heavy, heated vest. "Yeah." She said staring at what she figured to be the temple. "What's wrong with it?" She asked.
"Nothing," I began. "It's just that I know that the empire destroyed a lot of the temples. I don't sense anything here. I didn't think that they would forget this one. I mean, how can you forget something that was in an episode of Clone Wars?" (A/N: So sorry! I just had to make a fourth wall break at some point!) My padawan turned to me. "Episode of Clone Wars?" She questioned, her head at an angle. I waved a hand, dismissively. "I'll explain later."
I didn't want to tell her that this place was really a crystal cave. If I did, I got the feeling that she would concentrate on only finding a crystal and nothing else. I noticed how she stared at Ezra's lightsaber when she thought no one was looking. "In here, you will face what you need to face. Fears, challenges, past, ect." She gulped, she was no longer looking forward to this. However, she was strong-willed, and she wouldn't let her anxiety get in the way.
Together, we used the Force to break down the door of ice. She walked in, with little hesitation. "Come on!" She called to me. If memory served me correctly, this cave was meant for younglings to face their fears and obstacles, so that they could fully amount to Jedi. This was a task for them alone.
I shook my head in response to her. "This is a challenge that you have to face alone." It pained me so much to say it, but not as much as the stunned look on her face. "You said that I didn't have to face things alone anymore." I cringed.
She began to come back, changing her mind about facing her fears in the caves. "I think I'll be okay with some therapy for a little bit. I don't need to get over everything with this." As she took a step closer, she found that she couldn't get any closer to me. Her eyes glazed over in panic. "Stay calm." I instructed. "You need to go. I'm really just playing this by ear, but as far as I know, you have to go in and face your fears. This place won't let you come back until you do this."
"I don't get how I'm supposed to do that!" She yelled.
"Look, go where the Force leads you. I know that you'll find out what to do. But bare in mind, you have a limited time." I pointed up at the growing layer of ice at the top of the doorway. Her eyes widened in fear. The force that was separating us grew to be opaque. "May the Force be with you!" I said as parting word. She slammed her fist against it as I could no longer see, hear, or even really sense her.
"Well, that wasn't in the books." I said to myself. I didn't like what just happened, in fact I hated it. But the Force led her here, so I was sure that this was meant to happen. I tapped my hand against the wall now dividing us and sighed. There was nothing I could do at this point. She was on her own for a bit.
I know, I know. That was a bit inconsistent with how it was in the Clone Wars. I had to figure out some kind of plot, and I wanted to be original, so I made them go to the crystal caves rather than the Lothal temple. I don't want Kasari to be too similar to a certain blue eyed padawan... Anyway, reviews would be very much appreciated. I toiled over this chapter, well not as much as I toil over math tests, but you get the idea... May the Force be with you!
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DeviLSPR- Yeah, she's a bit freaked out right now, but she'll be fine, hopefully. We'll see how the next chapter goes.
