Hey guys. This is a new story that I've been thinking of putting together for a while now. Even more so since the trailer for season 7 dropped.

It will be following Ahsoka as she goes into the underworld, but with several different twists and additions later on.

I hope that you enjoy.

Prologue is a recap of Season 5's ending

Disclaimer: I do not own Star Wars. It was the intellectual property of George Lucas and his glorious bearded face, and it was sold off to the franchise killers at Disney.

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It was a dark night.

Storm clouds hung over the horizon, preparing to unleash their thunderous fury.

Republic Star Destroyers lifted off from the massive dockyard to head for the frontline in the galaxy-spanning Clone Wars.

But in the courtyard of Coruscant's military complex, amidst the the militaristic statues, red and black Republic banners, and floodlights, the massive front doors opened up. When they did, they revealed a platoon of white and red armored clone troopers from the Coruscant Guard. In the dark cloudy sky, several gunships were flying around, scanning the base grounds for suspicious persons or activities.

They were on the hunt.

Their prey: Jedi Padawan Commander Ahsoka Tano. Wanted for murder.

Behind them, Ahsoka Tano, who was concealed by a gap between the massive dual layered double doors, stuck her head out to watch the clones walk by. Two of them were holding leashes, which were connected to the throats of the meanest looking Massiffs she'd ever seen. As the heavily armed clones marched, the dog-like creatures sniffed about, trying to pick up Ahsoka's sent.

When they walked passed Ahsoka, she gently snuck behind them. As she made it to one of the columns, which were lined up with massive twenty foot tall clone trooper statues, one of the Massiff's began on growl. It turned around and pulled his handler to look at the statues. It caught a glimpse of Ahsoka and made like he was going to pounce before he barked at her. The clone handler looked at where the dog was looking and saw nothing.

He whistled before he yanked on the chain leash, coaxing the dog to comply with its master.

"Come on Grezer. There's nothing here."

The dog stopped growling and continued to walk with his clone handler, who moved to catch up with the rest of his platoon.

But up above, Ahsoka was perched on top of one of the massive clone statues. She looked down and waited until the coast was clear. But behind her, the base doors began to open again, revealing Clone Commander Fox and several Troopers.

"There she is!" Fox shouted while pointing at her. Ahsoka recoiled in fear, turned around, and force jumped off of the statue. "Quick, stop her before she gets to the ship!"

Ahsoka jumped on top of the 'First Battle Memorial', which was an enormous red-brown slab of stone that was carved from Geonosian rock, which was apart of a memorial that commemorated the names and numbers of clone soldiers that fell in the first battle of the Clone Wars. A quote from Kal Skirata, one of the Mandalorians that was contracted to train the clones, was also engraved on the wall. "It's not enough for us to remember them. It has to be something the whole galaxy can understand."

She ran the length of the sculpted rock wall, trying to put some distance between herself and the pursuing clones, who began to open fire. As she ran, she ducked to avoid the incoming blaster fire. When she reached the end of the wall, she force jumped off of the ledge and into the middle of open ground. But that's when a large turbo-laser turret rotated to face her. It's barrels tracked her movements and unleashed a hailstorm of green laser fire. Green laser bolts hit the ground behind her, motivating her to run towards her ship much faster.

Commander Fox, his men, and the barking Massiffs they brought with them, continued to chase after her. That's when the turbo laser turret stopped firing and aimed at her fighter. It fired another salvo, causing the ship to go up in a green and black explosion that threw Ahsoka across the ground like a rag doll. She looked up to see her ship reduced to smoking debris. She then looked back at her pursuers with fear. She got back up and ran away. She saw a flight of stairs that led down away from the base. She stopped and skidded across the floor and rushed down the stairs, her clone pursuers hot on her heals.

Back at the courtyard, Fox was speaking into his comm.

"All right, don't lose her. We'll be right there."

"What's going on?" A new voice asked.

The clones turned to see Anakin Skywalker and Captain Rex. They parted to let them through.

"We've found her. She's heading towards the industrial pipeline." Fox said, pointing towards the industrial pipelines nearby.

"Set weapons to stun. I want her alive!" Anakin ordered before he, Rex, Fox, and the others ran off in her direction.

Nearby, Ahsoka was running on the catwalks that ran the length of the massive pipeline complex.

The clones were hot on her heals. They stopped, took aim, and fired. Blue energy rings flew in her direction. They flew past her or hit the railings around her. Ahsoka turned and ran along another catwalk.

Some clones followed her on that catwalk, or they ran along an adjacent pipeline to continue firing on her. Stun blasts continued to fly or land all around her. She activated her lightsabers, turned around, and blocked three of the bolts that were right on target. She then turned back around to start running away again, her sabers still ignited. She found another staircase and jumped on the railing, sliding down it until she reached the bottom before she ran across to another staircase that led up to another catwalk. As she rushed up the steps, the clones began to fire on her again. She jumped over the railing and turned to face her pursuers. She was met by a wave of stun blasts. Ahsoka held up her blades and began to gracefully and expertly block the oncoming blasts, their blue energy crackling off of her green blades.

The clones stopped firing and began to run after her again, causing her to run away deeper into the industrial area.

On an airfield near the military complex, clones were piling into a pair of gunships. They turned their searchlights on and took off in the direction of Ahsoka's position. They flew into the rain that began to fall onto the area. On the ground Anakin and his men, who were running towards the pipeline.

Anakin spoke into his comm as he ran.

"Do not shoot to kill. Do not shoot to kill! Try to box her in. Don't let her escape. Tell me what you see, Oddball."

Ahsoka kept running.

The clones fired as they pursued.

Ahsoka knew it was coming. She swung her blades behind her back to block the stun blasts. She then turned around and crossed both of her blades in front of her face to stop more shots. When she saw that they were aiming for her feet. In response to this new tactic, she deactivated her blades and began to somersault backwards several times, the shots hitting where her feet used to be.

She reactivated her sabers and began to run again, blocking as she went.

The Gunships began to fly along the pipeline she was on.

"She's moving west along the central viaduct," Oddball said.

Ahsoka kept running on the catwalk. She was coming up on a tall conduit that divided the pipeline into sections. She stopped and turned to see the two gunships flying towards her. She turned around and force jumped into the air. She back flipped and spun in the air before she landed feet first onto the catwalk of the next pipe section.

The gunships flew alongside her.

"All right, we got her now." Oddball said. He flew his gunship alongside Ahsoka, before he opened the side hatch, revealing a squad of clones that fired on her as she ran. She was blocking with her sabers, and front flipping as she ran to dodge the shots she couldn't block.

"This will knock her off her feet." One of the clones said as he picked up a rocket launcher.

He aimed it near Ahsoka. He fired. Smoke shot out of the back of the launcher and propelled a projectile in her direction. It hit the pipeline and sent her flying. She dropped both of her sabers. One fell onto one of the pipes and fell to the ground. The other landed on the catwalk which she was hanging from with her fingertips. As she hung there, she saw the clones from earlier firing on her behind. Stun blasts flew past her. Ahsoka pulled herself up and force jumped onto another conduit that allowed her to increase her field of vision. She turned around and used the force to summon her one remaining lightsaber blade. It flew into her hand and she activated it before she jumped away.

But when she tried to rush up to another catwalk, a gunship ascended right in front of her.

"Not so fast, Commander." The pilot said over the loudspeaker.

She tried to run back, but was blocked by more clones and snarling Massifs.

And there she was. In the middle of a spotlight from two gunships and surrounded by her own men.

All around her, more clones began to gather on the pipelines above her or rappel down from the gunships above her. She saw Anakin and Rex on one of the catwalks. They looked at each other, with horror written on their faces.

Before the clones could move to subdue her, she looked to her left and jumped onto on of the pipelines.

"Ahsoka!" Anakin shouted.

She landed on the pipe as the clones began to fire a storm of stun blasts at her. But she swiftly cut a whole into the pipe and jumped in, disappearing from sight, and leaving the clones baffled.

Later, Ahsoka moved through the pipeline and went into a storm drain that went underground. She avoided the clone patrols that were in the drain with her. She could hear their comm chatter and their feet splashing through the water.

She eventually came across the hole that overlooked one of the massive holes that led from the surface down into the Coruscant underworld. The wind gusted into the hole creating a breeze that was quite unsettling.

Before she thought of jumping in, a voice called to her.

"Ahsoka, what are you doing?"

She turned to see Anakin. He was alone.

"You didn't even try to come and help me."

"They wouldn't let me in to talk to you."

"You could have if you tried."

"How would that look, Ahsoka, huh? Forcing my way in would've made you look even more guilty."

"I'm not guilty!" There was sad desperation within Ahsoka's voice, as if she was begging her master to believe her.

"Then we have to prove you're innocent. The only way we can do that is by going back."

"I don't know who to trust."

"Listen, I would never let anyone hurt you, Ahsoka, never. But you need to come back and make your case to the Council."

"No." She snapped. 'I'm not going to take the fall for something I didn't do!" She said assertively.

"I am ordering you to put down your lightsaber and come with me now! Trust me."

They heard voices close by. And splashing. The clones were approaching.

"General Skywalker, where are you?" One clone called out.

"I do trust you. But you know as well as I do that no one else will believe me. Anakin, you have to trust me now."

"Ahsoka, I do trust you."

"I know you do." Ahsoka said before she turned around towards the entrance to the underworld. "Wish me luck."

She looked over her shoulder and shared one last look with him before she jumped into the hole. Anakin rushed to the edge just as Rex and the others arrived. They watched as Ahsoka descended into free-fall. She stopped when she landed on a freighter that slowly descended into the underworld.

She looked at her master one last time before she descended into the next phase of her situation.

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Ahsoka went underground, trying to avoid Clone Trooper patrols, while on a quest to prove her innocence. With the help of her friend Barriss Offee, and Asajj Ventress (painfully long story), she came across the lair of the real bomber.

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Level 1312, abandoned Warehouse.

Ahsoka walked into the old abandoned warehouse that Barriss pointed her out to earlier. She walked inside and began to inspect some of the rusted out containers and shelves that collected dust.

"How am I supposed to find a clue when I don't even know what I'm looking for?" Ahsoka asked herself as she ran her hands along one of the containers.

Suddenly, she heard the unmistakable sounds of lightsabers being ignited behind her. She turned around and saw a cloaked lightsaber wielding figure jumping down on her from above.

She activated her own saber just in time to block her attackers blades. Ahsoka tried to push back, but the attacker shover her back. Ahsoka grunted as she was shoved against the containers behind her. The assailant swung both red blades at Ahsoka. But she ducked and slid under the figure's strike. She then stood up to face the cloaked figure.

They swung their blades against each other, while being sure to block and parry each others blows. Both fighters crossed their blades again. But Ahsoka was able to use her green blade to force both red blades into the ground. With the figure's defenses dropped, Ahsoka delivered a kick to the attacker's gut. But the attacker did the same, kicking Ahsoka's gut in return. They pushed each other back until they were a few yards apart.

Both duelists stared each other down. Then, the figure held a blade in front of its masked face. It was the same mask that Ventress wore earlier. It was her blades as well.

"Ventress! I see you've had a change of heart." Ahsoka said.

That's when 'Ventress' used the force to pull a large metal beam down from the ceiling. Ahsoka looked up at the falling beam and back-flipped out of the way just in time. The metal beam hit the ground, kicking dust up everywhere. Ahsoka coughed when she was engulfed by the dust cloud. Ahsoka waved her hands and fanned the dust away. Through the disbanding cloud, she could see 'Ventress' climbing up multiple shelves to get out of the warehouse. Ahsoka rushed forward and began to climb up as well.

She jumped over the top of the ledge and growled as she assumed a fighting stance. But to her surprise, no one was there. She looked around. She was on another level of the warehouse. She could see stacks of containers everywhere. But no 'Ventress'.

"Why bring me here? Answer me, Ventress. Why?" She kept calling out. She kept her guard up, scanning the area with her eyes and listening to the sounds around her with her Lekku.

She saw a pair of pipes clang together on the ground, causing her to tense up in fear. She looked at the pipes, completely perplexed. But then she heard the sounds of sabers igniting behind her.

"Ah!" Ahsoka exclaimed when she turned around and blocked 'Ventress's' attack.

'Ventress' kept attacking, striking with her blade. Ahsoka was forced to block as she moved back deeper into the warehouse. She was forced to open up her defenses in response to one of her opponent's forceful strikes. Her opponent then kicked her in the torso so hard that she flew back through a pile of crates. But despite the wind being knocked out of her, she got back up and saw her opponent circling the crates between them. Ahsoka stepped out and limped towards 'Ventress'.

Their blades were ignited. Ahsoka stumbled towards 'Ventress', who was walking back. Then she rushed up a few steel beams and jumped up to another level of the warehouse. Ahsoka followed. But then she saw several pipe pieces rolling down towards her from the level above. She grunted as she rolled to the sides and avoided them. She then rushed up the vertical beams, jumped, and then back flipped onto the upper level.

She was standing right next to 'Ventress'. 'Ventress' lunged forward, but Ahsoka vaulted over her back. Then she turned around and swung her blade down into 'Ventress's' back. Or she would have had 'Ventress'not dodged. Ahsoka swung her blades at 'Ventress' until she stabbed her blade in 'Ventress's' direction. But she dodged it, forcing Ahsoka to plunge her blade into a metal column.

She then ran after 'Ventress' and crossed blades with her again. She then forced her red blade into the ground, allowing her to deliver a kick towards 'Ventress's' head. 'Ventress' leaned back to avoid it, and Ahsoka swung at her neck. But 'Ventress' jumped over and behind Ahsoka. Ahsoka then turned to face her, but 'Ventress' slashed the barrels behind her, causing compressed gas to spray out and hit Ahsoka in the face.

Ahsoka screamed when she was temporarily blinded. That's when 'Ventress' jumped back and force pushed a pile of steel pipes at the leaking gas. The sparks ignited the fuel and began to burn brightly.

Ahsoka noticed this and ran. Just as the fuel tanks exploded, she vaulted over a piece of sheet metal to shield herself from the blast. But the blast sent her and the sheet metal flying.

Captain Rex and Anakin were flying in a Gunship that was flying through the underworld. That's when Rex heard a message on his comm.

"Calling all units. Suspicious activity on level 1315."

Rex turned to Anakin, who was listening. They nodded to each other and told the pilot to turn around. They were soon flying towards the warehouse in question.

Ahsoka was pinned by the metal shield and somewhat disoriented. She could barely move. But then she felt the metal being lifted off of her. She began to crawl away when she saw 'Ventress' standing above her, who tossed the metal sheet aside with the force.

She bent down and lifted her up be her shoulder and threw her face first into the wall.

Ahsoka grunted in pain.

But she managed to stumble to her feet and activate her saber, holding it between herself and Ventress as she stumbled backwards. 'Ventress' kicked a pair of crates out of her way to get to Ahsoka. She then summoned a force push that sent Ahsoka flying through another pile of crates. She landed near a ledge, where her lightsaber landed next to her and rolled off of the edge.

But despite watching her blade fall away from her, and feeling groggy and sore, Ahsoka wasn't done. She got back up and stumbled into a fighting stance. She raised her fists to 'Ventress' and twirled around in a circle, delivering two circular kicks into the figure's direction. But the figure got under her attack and elbowed her in the ribs. Ahsoka grunted in pain and stumbled backwards. That's when the figure delivered a mean kick to Ahsoka's forehead. Ahsoka grunted and screamed as she fell off the ledge and crashed through two stories of wooden floor until she landed in a room full of crates. She groaned in pain as she tried to get back up. Her head was throbbing, her bones ached, she was covered in bruises, and she was fairly certain that she suffered a concussion. But still, she managed to get up on her hands and knees.

That's when she saw the crates in front of her.

Her eyes opened in shock and surprise.

"Nano-droids?"

She looked up to see the figure, that she'd just fought and assumed was 'Ventress', looking down at her from two floors up. They stared at each other. But then the figure walked away.

Ahsoka was confused. Why was she walking away?

She got her answer when she turned around and saw several clones led by Commander Wolffe cornering her. She put her hands up and desperately tried to explain herself.

"No, Wolffe, let me explain-"

But it was too late. The wolf-pack commander fired a stun blast that overloaded her nervous system, before she collapsed into a crumpled heap. The clones went to subdue her. They soon started investigating the crates as Anakin and Plo Koon walked in.

Anakin kneeled down next to her and held her wrist. Sadness was written all over this face.

"Explosives," Wolffe said as he picked up a canister of nano-droids to examine it. "These are the same types of nano-droids that were used to blow up the Jedi Temple".

Anakin was surprised.

"I can't believe it".

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Ahsoka was captured and sent to the temple to be put on trial, where she was kicked out of the order and the military, and then sent to a Senate trial after Admiral Tarkin pressured the Jedi to do so. Only Anakin believed her to be innocent. Even Plo Koon, who brought Ahsoka into the order when she was three, was forced to follow the council, while in deep sadness.

Then she was put on trial in front of the senate and she was about to be sentenced.

But during the trial, Anakin was trying to clear her name. He went to the underworld to speak to Asajj Ventress, the last person to speak with Ahsoka.

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Level 1312.

Jedi Temple.

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Courtroom, Republic Military Complex.

Chancellor Palpatine looked out over the chamber. On either side were senators and military leaders of the Republic. They were voting on Ahsoka's verdict. The chancellor was given a data pad with the final vote. He looked at it and spoke. Ahsoka's defense, Senator Padme Amidala, looked defeated.

She failed to defend Ahsoka.

To defend a friend.

To defend the padawan of her secret husband.

"Ahsoka Tano. By an overwhelming margin, the Senate has voted to..." he paused, looking past Ahsoka at the entrance. "...What is this?"

Everyone looked at the main entrance to see Anakin Skywalker and two temple guards escorting a Mirilian girl.

"Your excellency. I bring you the real Temple bomber," Anakin said, pointing at Barriss.

"Barriss?" Ahsoka asked under her breath.

All eyes were on Barriss, and a torrent of whispered conversations erupted from the chamber.

Camera droids floated near her, projecting her image across Republic space.

"I did it. Because I've come to realize what many people in the Republic have come to realize, that the Jedi are the ones responsible for this War. That we've so lost our way that we have become villains in this conflict, that we are the ones that should be put on trial, all of us! And my attack on the Temple was an attack on what the Jedi have become: an army fighting for the dark side, fallen from the Light that we once held so dear. This Republic is failing! It's only a matter of time," Barriss said.

Everyone was stunned to silence. Ahsoka looked like she would feint and tear up at the same time.

Palpatine stood up. "Take her away," he ordered.

Barriss was pulled away by the two guards, leaving Ahsoka, and everyone else in the chamber, stunned.

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Council Chamber, Jedi Temple.

Back at the Temple, Ahsoka was meeting with the Jedi Council.

"Ahsoka, I am so sorry about everything," Anakin said.

"You have our most humble apologies, little 'Soka," Master Plo Koon said. "The Council was wrong to accuse you".

"You have shown such great strength and resilience in your struggle to prove your innocence," Master Saesee Tiin said.

"This is the true sign of a Jedi Knight," Master Ki-adi Mundi said.

"This was actually your great trial. Now we see that. We understand that the Force works in mysterious ways, and because of this trial, you have become a greater Jedi than you would have otherwise," Mace Windu said.

"Back into the Order you may come," Yoda offered.

"They're asking you back, Ahsoka," Anakin said as he held out Ahsoka's silka beads, which were taken from her before the trial. "I'm asking you back".

Ahsoka looked from Anakin to the silka beads and back again before reaching out. But instead of grabbing the beads, she closed Anakin's hand around the beads. Anakin had shock and hurt written all over his face.

"I'm sorry, Master, but I'm not coming back," Ahsoka said before she walked out. Anakin was stunned. Moments later, he ran after her, leaving a saddened council behind. Obi-Wan tried to follow Anakin, but Plo Koon placed his hand on his shoulder, causing Obi-Wan to stop and let Anakin go after Ahsoka on his own.

Outside the temple on the west exit, facing the setting sun, Ahsoka was preparing to walk down the stairs. But Anakin was right behind her.

"Ahsoka, wait! Ahsoka, I need to talk to you!" Anakin called out

She stopped and turned, just as Anakin caught up to her.

Anakin sighed.

"Why are you doing this?" He asked.

"The Council didn't trust me, so how can I trust myself?" She asked.

"What about me? I believed in you. I stood by you," Anakin said.

"I know you believed in me, Anakin, and I'm grateful for that. But this isn't about you. I can't stay here any longer, not now," she said.

"The Jedi Order is your life. You can't just throw it away like this. Ahsoka, you are making a mistake," Anakin pressed.

"Maybe, but I have to sort this out on my own, without the Council and without you," Ahsoka said.

"I understand. More than you realize, I understand wanting to walk away from the Order," Anakin said, almost on the verge of tears, as he thought about his secret wife, who was Ahsoka's defense.

Ahsoka looked at him with a sorrowful expression on her face, knowing exactly what (or who) he was talking about.

"I know," she said, much to Anakin's surprise, as she turned and began walking down the stairs.

Anakin watched her with a surprised look on his face until she disappeared down the steps of the Jedi Temple, out of his sight.

She continued walking towards the sunset... towards the future.

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Author's note:

Well Damn. I almost cried writing the latter half of this chapter.

But I'm Man enough to keep it together during scenes from my favorite TV show. (*Sniffle*, *Weep*, uncontrollable sob.) Okay I lied! DON'T JUDGE ME!

But anyway, back to the chapter.

I know what you guys are all thinking: "But Grubkiller, why are you ripping scenes from episodes that we already watched?"-confused/crybaby reader.

I'm glad you asked dear reader. This chapter isn't really apart of the main story, per se. It's more like a prologue that sets up the story.

Anyway, I'll see you all next time. Grubkiller out.