Running Down a Lightsaber Chapter 3: A Lesson Learned is a Lesson Earned, a star wars: the clone wars fanfic

CHAPTER 3: A LESSON LEARNED IS A LESSON EARNED

Back in their quarters…

Being in trouble and waiting for your punishment is never a fun feeling. Ahsoka's stomach churned at what Anakin might do. The longer she had to wait, the more miserable she felt. She paced back and forth clutching her arms and doing her best to stay calm. She finally decided that sitting would be her best bet. Moving towards her desk, she sat down on the metal chair and tried to center herself. This however, only resulted in her thrumming her fingers on the legs of said chair. Before she could try and stop herself, she felt something. Something ominous making its way towards the room.

Ahsoka stood up from the cot as she sensed her Master approaching their quarters. She could feel the fear running up and down her spine as she awaited the annoyed Jedi Knight. Her breathing and heart rate sped up as she tried to figure out what she would do. This was it, no chance to go and turn back time. Time to face the music.

I have to tell him. It's not fair of me to do this to him. She paced back and forth trying her best to calm herself down. In the back of her mind she could imagine Anakin screaming at her for losing her lightsaber. She could imagine the anger and the disappointment he would feel towards her. She could sense him as he approached the door and without waiting stormed inside their quarters.

"Start talking" he said in a no nonsense tone. Ahsoka jumped at his raised voice, her face was filled with fear as she looked at her Master.

"Master-I…I don't have it" she said simply.

She braced herself for him to scream at her, but instead, Anakin was silent. Why wasn't he jumping down her throat like she had anticipated? This alone made her worry that he was gonna do something she wouldn't like.

Anakin could feel the anger rising up the back of his neck. Was she really lying straight to his face? Before he could let himself go off at her, the young Knight decided to test his padawan and see if she was really lying and just how long it was going on for.

"What do you mean you don't have it?" he said slowly. Ahsoka knew that it was now or never.

"I…lost my lightsaber Master…" she said softly. She could feel his anger explode as he stalked up to her. He stood only an inch away from her and used his height to his advantage. She looked down towards the floor and refused to make eye contact. Mostly out of shame and also because she was afraid to see the anger or worse yet, the disappointment in her Master's eyes.

"Look at me" he said sternly.

She kept her gaze down which only caused Anakin to lose his grip on his small reserve of patience left in him.

"Look at me!" he repeated with more irritation in his voice.

She finally turned her gaze towards his face. He was definitely not happy. This was already making Ryloth look like a cake walk. He looked and sounded angry, but beneath she could sense something else. Doubt? This left her confused, but not long enough for her to realize

"You lost your lightsaber? So you didn't leave it here like you said you did?" he asked angrily. Ahsoka shrunk back from his glare. She slowly shook her head.

"So, you lied to me this whole time? You lost your lightsaber while you were standing outside the bar didn't you?" he said with an annoyed tone. She merely shook her head trying not to cry.

"I'm sorry Master…I got knocked down by the crowd when they ran out of the bar. One of them grabbed it and ran with it. I tried to catch them but they disappeared in the crowd. I was going to chase them but you came out with Affa and I was afraid of what you would say if I told you…" Ahsoka said shamefully.

"I'm sorry I lied" she said honestly. Anakin however, wasn't impressed.

"So you lost your lightsaber and you lied to me the whole way here. I'm disappointed Ahsoka. I honestly can't believe you lied to me about this. What if someone uses it to commit a crime? What if it ends up on the black market? I'm very disappointed in you Ahsoka." Anakin said harshly. Ahsoka stood there, she was barely holding back tears at hearing Anakin's words, considering how true they were.

"The first thing you're gonna do is go out there and find it. I don't care if it takes you a year to find it. You WILL find your lightsaber and you WILL learn to take responsibility for your actions young one. Now, I'm going to show you what happens when you think it's ok to lie to me." Anakin intoned darkly. Ahsoka looked up in fear, she knew what he was going to do, and it was going to hurt just like the last time…only now it would be worse.

Anakin grabbed her by her upper arm and pulled her with him towards a chair from the desk in their quarters. Ahsoka's gut was immediately filled with butterflies. He sat down and quickly pulled her across his knees. She looked down at the floor and could feel the intense embarrassment at having to be disciplined like this.

"Master, please! I'm sorry. I know I was wrong. Please don't do this" she begged.

"Why shouldn't I? You lied to me Ahsoka. This is not something I'm just going to let you walk away scot free on. Last time we were here you chose to disobey a direct order and nearly destroyed our chances at liberating Ryloth. You got exactly what you deserved last time, just like what you're about to get now."

He quickly brought his hand down on her upturned backside.

SMACK – SMACK

Ahsoka gasped at the heavy swats on her bottom. Her tears finally flowed from her eyes as she felt the full brunt of her actions weigh upon her.

SMACK – SMACK

"I'm sorry Master! Please I'm sorry!"

SMACK – SMACK

Anakin's hand rained down swat after swat. The stinging pain in her bottom quickly turned into fire as he began to pepper her with rapid spanks. This was definitely worse than the last time.

SMACK – SMACK – SMACK

Anakin began to lecture her as he spanked her.

"I – SMACK – don't ever – SMACK – want to see you – SMACK – without that lightsaber – SMACK – on you – SMACK – again – SMACK!

Ahsoka could feel the sadness and anger rolling off Anakin, which caused her to simply cry out not only in physical pain, but emotional pain as well. He had hoped that Ryloth would be the only time he would ever do this to her, but as just as he had suspected last time, it wouldn't. Anakin momentarily let up the swats as he could hear and see the distress his padawan was in.

"Ahsoka, I want you to understand that even though I'm angry right now, I don't hate you. I understand that you made your mistake, but it doesn't excuse you for lying to me. I forgive you, just promise me you won't ever lie to me again." Anakin said sternly, though with a soft undertone.

The crying padawan turned her head towards her Master's face and could see the conflicting emotions on his face. He was also in pain. That much was clear from the disappointment etched on his features.

"I promise Master. I promise not to let you down again or to disappoint you." Ahsoka said through a sob.

"I'm sure of it Snips, but it doesn't excuse you from lying to me. Remember this the next time you think it's ok to do so." Anakin said as he once again began to pepper Ahsoka's backside.

SMACK - SMACK - SMACK - SMACK

"Oww! Master please! I said I'm sorry! Please stop! I've learned my lesson!" Ahsoka wailed. The crying Togrutan tried to block his blows with her hand, but Anakin simply pinned her arm to her lower back.

"Oh no you don't! You earned this Ahsoka. I don't take any pleasure in doing this, but if it makes you feel any better, this hurts me as much as it hurts you." Anakin said as he momentarily stopped.

"Easy for you to say, you're not the one who's getting spanked!" Ahsoka ground out indignantly.

Hearing her sass only made Anakin start up again in earnest.

"If - SMACK - you - SMACK - hadn't - SMACK - lied - SMACK - in the - SMACK - first - SMACK - place - SMACK - then we - SMACK - wouldn't be here!"

Ahsoka gritted her teeth as those last heavy swats lit her backside on fire. Not only did she feel the pain of the spanking, but she felt the disappointment intensify from Anakin. This was definitely not going to end anytime soon.

At this point it was clear to him that simply repeating the punishment she had received during the Ryloth campaign would not be enough this time. Anakin decided he had to make this one stick in her mind for a LONG time. He stopped, stood her up and with relative ease, slid her skirt and leggings down to her ankles. Ahsoka panicked, this hadn't happened the last time she was over his knee.

"Master! What are you doing?!" she said as her lekku darkened out of embarrassment. He didn't grace her question with an answer as he sat her back down over his knees. If this was the only way to get through her stubborn and immature attitude.

"Since you think it's ok to give me an attitude like that for spanking you, you're going to learn a lesson about respect and dignity right now" Anakin said as he once again started up.

SMACK - SMACK - SMACK

"Oww! You hypocrite! You're one to talk, you wrote the book on being cocky! No one ever says anything about you showing any humility! You wouldn't know what it means to be humble if it hit you in the head!" Ahsoka said angrily through her tears.

"You know what Snips, maybe you're right. But guess what? I'm the Master and you're the padawan. And since you still insist on giving me an attitude, I'm gonna spank you on your bare bottom" Anakin said as he yanked down her panties to her ankles.

"No! Master, please don't! "Ahsoka said in an exasperated manner. Her lekku turned an almost black color as she felt her underwear sliding down her legs. Her orange backside was already a medium shade of red despite the barrier her clothing offered. With her bottom fully exposed, Anakin decided that 10 heavy swats would more than be sufficient to teach his wayward padawan humility.

SMACK - SMACK

After delivering the last two painful swats, Anakin stopped. His heart hurt as he looked down upon Ahsoka and felt her bawling across his knees. He slowly rubbed circles on her back and spoke softly to her.

It's alright Ahsoka, it's over ok?" Anakin said as kindly as possible. The sobbing Togruta merely nodded her head as she continued crying. Despite the fire raging across her backside, she felt more pain and sadness from having to be disciplined in such a manner and the fact that she was half naked across her Master's knees.

The crying padawan looked up towards her Master's face and could still see the conflicting emotions on his face. This really wasn't easy for him. This made 2 occasions where a brief reprimand or 5 minute lecture had not been enough to curb Ahsoka's impulsive nature.

"I promise Master. I promise not to let you down again or to disappoint you." Ahsoka said through her tears.

He let her cry herself out and regain her composure. He gently rubbed circles on her back, doing what he could to alleviate a portion of the emotional pain. She wiped at her eyes and sniffled softly.

After a few minutes, she pushed herself up from his knees and redressed herself. She winced as she pulled her underwear and leggings up. Her crimson colored backside protested even as she quickly redressed. She stood there silently, still sobbing softly with her head hung low and the occasional hiccup from her crying. Feeling sorry for his well punished padawan, Anakin embraced her.

Although she was a bit perplexed by his sudden gesture of kindness, Ahsoka gladly returned the embrace as he patted her back. Realizing at that moment how hard Anakin was trying to show he cared for her, she hugged him even tighter. This was a side of her Master that she never saw. It felt good to know he still wanted her to be his padawan. Ahsoka looked up towards him and smiled softly.

"Thank you Master for forgiving me. I'm sorry I lied to you." She said sincerely.

"It's alright Ahsoka. I'll always forgive you, you're my padawan and my friend."

Anakin finally released himself from their embrace and made his way towards the door of their quarters. As he was about to leave, he looked back towards her.

"I still expect you to find your lightsaber Snips" he said evenly as he exited their quarters. Ahsoka sighed as the door closed and looked outside their window into the nighttime sky of Coruscant and mulled over the task ahead of her.

"I will Skyguy, I promise." She said to herself while formulating her plan.

Finally Updating the Story after leaving it in mothballs for 2 years. Hope to hear from you guys!

~Sovereign2016