Things is moving along with great spead so we decided to drop an early update. We have had some fun with the crew, and especially fun with Hera and Kanan being "together'. so lets see what happens when it gets a little to weird for some crew mates. will they be able to handle this new discovery about the mom and dad of the crew

Hera and Kanan woke up early the next morning, laying next to each other in a warm embrace. After everyone else had gone home or fallen asleep, the happy 'secret couple' had departed to Kanan's room. It was nice waking up to each others warm embrace.

"I love you," Kanan whispered to Hera.

Kanan was rewarded with a kiss.

Hera than sighed, "I guess we should go clean up from last night."

Hera was about to sit up when kanan place a gentle hand on her slender shoulder,

"Or we could rest a little longer. The kids are still asleep don't you think we should let them sleep in so we can enjoy the morning; just you and me?" Kanan asked with a glint in his eyes.

Hera smiled wickedly and leaned down to start kissing him. After all, who would disturb them? Kanan leaned over and used the force to lock the door to be extra sure as he started to kiss Hera down her neck as he smiled wildly.

SWR

It was much later in the morning when the rebels were in the kitchen getting breakfast out when Kanan noticed that Ezra kept staring at him with an odd look on his face every time he thought that Kanan wasn't looking. Kanan was not sure what was up with the kid. Ezra looked a mix between wanting to ask a question and afraid to say something.

"Ezra you know you can always ask me anything" Kanan spoke up to Ezra.

Ezra looked at him.

"Are you okay?" Ezra asked worried.

Kanan was dumbfounded, "Pretty sure I am. Why do you ask?"

Ezra took a deep breath before he told him,

"Well this morning I woke up, and it seemed like I was having a nightmare, but I knew it wasn't me, so I sensed it coming from your side of the bond. Just as I was about to check on you though, you got happy."

Kanan dropped his spoon onto the floor as he slowly starting to realize what had happened as Ezra continued,

"Then it seemed like your are getting excited about something. It was like a tickle at first but you got more and more excited. Then you seemed to be in a panic, like you were in pain. Then it was like you had a rhythm you were first slow and then it speeded up in between I could sense how happy and exited Hera was as well. The next thing I knew, you were all happy and content, like you just ate or something. Hera also seemed really happy when I sensed her emotions. Like what was going on with you?"

Kanan eyes bugged out in horror. The man felt so stupid for not blocking his bond with Ezra. Hera on his right cupped her hands over stunned appearance; she looked so ashamed.

Ezra then speculated, "Did you have a bad dream and keep waking up to them? Did you and Hera watch a holo-movie? Just seemed like you were going through a lot of horror and joy in like twenty minutes.

Sabine and Zeb seemed a bit confused, at least for a moment before they realized in unison. The shock of what happened was so immense that Zeb began choking on his coffee. Sabine had to do the Heimlich on him. Kanan on the other hand had gotten so red in his face that you could put omelets on it. No one in the crew had ever seen him looking so embarrassed but they all were too occupied with Ezra's question, so much that no one was laughing. Hera had a strong green shade in her face. Ezra looked worried over how everyone was reacting to his question.

Hera got up with an awkward smile on her face.

"Excuse us," Hera said in a squeaky voice as she tugged on Kanan's ponytail (which resulted in the man crying 'owe' the whole time), "we need to go and check on the tanks."

Once gone, Ezra just stared at the closed door.

Ezra shrugged as he was about to get back eating when finally Sabine was able to get Zeb to hack up his toast.

Ezra looked up at them confused as Zeb was able to finally regain his breath.

"What is going on?" Ezra questioned.

Zeb and Sabine looked at each other. None of them wanting to explain the situation to Ezra.

"Well it's …" Zeb started not sure how to continue.

"It is an adult thing. You will understand when you gets older and experience it for yourself," Sabine said not wanting to expand on the subject.

Ezra's eyes was wide in horror.

"I am going to feel like that?" Ezra asked in horror.

Sabine face palmed herself for making it worse.

"It's… it's like I said. You will understand when you gets older" Sabine dismissed.

"Why can't I understand now?" Ezra pondered. Ezra thought this was very strange. the crew has always been so honest with him when he had questions. why were they avoiding this question?

Zeb took over, "Because it would scar you for life.

"I have plenty, what's one more?" Ezra pondered nonchalantly.

Zeb then shook his head, "I meant mentally."

Ezra then waved his hand, "I have plenty of those too."

"Well we don't want you to have anymore of those either" Zeb pointed out.

"Why? Is it that scary? Kanan seemed happy enough for the most part. Whatever it was he did" Ezra said.

"We will tell you when you are 15; how about that?" Sabine said.

"Grown ups are weird" Ezra said before returning to his breakfast.

Sabine then smiled as she thought of the perfect way to end.

"I say we 'rebel' and we have cake for breakfast."

Ezra was confused, "Is this so I won't ask anymore questions.

Sabine nodded, "Yes it is."

Ezra perked up, "I'm okay with that."

So Zeb got out the left over cake and the three enjoyed dropping the uncomfortable and confusing topic.

SWR

As Kanan was being tugged by his hair by Hera, he knew he was in trouble. Finally they reached the cockpit. Hera finally let go of his hair, but upon see her icy stare, he wished she was still pulling his roots out.

"WHY!? WHY DID I LISTEN TO YOU!" Hera began her rant of frustration, "'the kids are asleep', 'enjoy the morning'. Well while we were enjoying it, we probably re-traumatized an already traumatized child!"

"Come on Hera. Ezra clearly doesn't even know what we are doing. Yes I made a mistake but don't act like it ruined everything. It is still so new to me that we share this bond. Imagine if you constantly had someone picking up your emotions all the wakening hours a day; you might too forget it is happening every once in a while" Kanan protested.

Hera pinched the bridge of her nose in annoyance.

"Kanan, the point being is we cannot let that happen again. Next time you have to block him out!"

Kanan held up his hands in surrender, "I will. besides, from what Ezra said, he really has no idea what was happening."

Hera then became uncomfortable before she asked, "Then how do we explain it to Ezra?"

Kanan sighted.

"I have no idea. Kid is way too young to be telling him such things" Kanan said.

"Yes but someone decided to let him discover it," Hera growled at him.

"I had no intend for that to happen and you know that." Kanan growled just as much.

Hera glared at him with Kanan glared back.

"Perhaps we can write it off as an adult thing - a mom and dad moment?" Kanan asked.

"And how will you do that after he has experienced about every part of our love life?" Hera growled.

"I told you I am sorry Hera and I am trying to solve this what more do you want" Kanan said irritated.

"I want you to be more careful or you are going to sleep in your bed alone form the time it takes the rebels to overthrow the empire" Hera growled.

Kanan gulped at that threat knowing that could take years.

"Look I promise to be more careful, but please Hera like I said. I am still new to being a master. I did not imagen I would ever take on a padawan. The numbers of force sensitive people is astronomically low. Only one out of a billion beings is force sensitive and me not even finish my own education … it is just so new" Kanan replied.

Hera sighed finally accepting Kanan's apology.

"Okay so how do we fix this mess" Hera asked.

Kanan took a deep breath as he told Hera, "We'll tell him that we were having a private moment. One we had no intend for him to sense. We will apologize and tell him we will explain it when he is older; and if he still ask questions I saw we make his favorite dinner."

Hera nodded, "Best plan we have."

Hera then smiled a chilling smile to Kanan, making him gulp, he was in really big trouble if she smiled that way.

"Well now that it has been settled there is only one thing left to decide, you punishment. Since you let him discover it you will also be the one responsible of telling him every bit of piece of what it means to share a morning together when he is old enough" Hera said sweetly.

Kanan gulped, he had no desire to do so but going against Hera when she was in this mode.

"Completely fair, absolutely thirst thing when is old enough" Kanan gulped.

Hera smiled to him and he gulped once more before he became aware of something else.

"We better get back before he makes Zeb and Sabine tell him. I could feel their panic from a mile away" Kanan said making them both hurry out of the room.

SWR

In the kitchen while Zeb went of to take a nap, Sabine has let Ezra talk her into a second slice of cake.

While they ate, Sabine Ezra noticed slowing down.

"You feel okay?" Sabine questioned, worried the kid ate too much cake and it had made him sick.

Ezra pondered for a moment before he put his fork down.

"Is the reason they won't tell me is because the don't trust me?" Ezra finally pondered.

Sabine was stunned, "Ezra, no of course not. We trust you kid. It's just that some things are better explained when you are more mature"

Ezra though pouted at the statement, "I've lived on my own, I can take care of myself and handle things. I mean I have the force and everything. Plus I was alone for three years, so I know to to survive like a grownup." Ezra said.

"Yes but you are too young to have gone through that. I wish you hadn't." Sabine mentioned as she fell silent in deep thought of what Ezra had to of gone through.

This was strange, upside down really, normally she would have this argument with Hera with her making the argument of letting Hera tell her. How had she suddenly ended up as the 'adult'?
"Well I did. The Inquisitor did a lot of bad things to me. I was his own cadet he could kick around. It was like I was his soldier slave who could not leave the war. Kallus also liked to drag me around bound like I was some dog to be shown off.

But I know it's better now; Kanan and Hera would never hurt me. So I am sure I can handle it" Ezra pressed.

"I know Ezra," Sabine replied solemnly as she looked away in deep thought of her past. Ezra, sensed how uncomfortable Sabine was as the mention of him being a cadet. It almost seemed like, familiarity.

That was when it hit Ezra, "Were you…one too?"

Sabine nodded, "a long time ago I was."

Ezra frowned that someone as nice as Sabine was made to be a cadet.

"Did they capture you and make you a do it also."
Sabine shook her head, "Sadly kid, I signed up."

Ezra eyes bugged out.

"WHY!?" Ezra exclaimed in shock.

Sabine sighed as she told him her tale,

"It was expected of me. On Mandalore you sign up to train to fight with the Empire, to fight for Mandalore. I trained with them for some time, thinking that what I was learning and training to do would help my family, my planet. Over time though, I realized that what they were training me to do was to harm my people, to use what I learned to attack not just Mandalore, but everywhere. I realized that the Empire would only take us down. So, I ran from the academy and family, and...the rest is history."

Sabine looked down and saw how sad Ezra was for her. His big blue eyes shined as tears threatened to pour down his face. Sabine realised that Ezra in fact was the only one who did not know her background and it had no doubt come as a shock to him that someone he liked was once a emperial was not easy. Especially with how Ezra had been introduced to the Empire. Yet here he was trying to comfort her, truly he was a very special child and a little star in their life. Why the Inquisitor's had tried to destroy such wonderful qualities in the boy was beyond her ability to understand.

Ezra then surprised Sabine by hugging her around her waist and weped, "I know what it's like to lose it all. I wish you didn't have to."

Sabine smiled down at the boy as she held him. It had never occurred to her how right he was. Ezra and her both trained under the Empire, with their families being lost in the process. For the first time in all that time since she ran she felt more at peace with what had happened. It was strange that a small child had managed to do what Kanan and Hera had tried (but failed) to do. Both Kanan and Hera had tried to help her cope with her lose but with no permanent success but now with a small child hugging her she felt some of the mourning over her lose leave her.

"It's okay. I know how much it hurt" Ezra said and she hugged him closer.

"I know and I know you must hurt as well. Such pain never really goes away, does it?" Sabine asked.

Ezra looked down and shook his head and shuttered.

"No" Ezra whispered.

"Were they cruel to you too?" Ezra asked softly.

Sabine was unsure what to say. No they did not beat her like they had Ezra but they had deceived her and tried to hunt her down when she ran. Those things made her hurt.

"They were cruel. I can feel you are hurting" Ezra said.

Sabine startled at this, she knew he had the force but Kanan rarely talked about it so she did not know all that much about it. The fact that Ezra just could pick up her feeling was a strange thing to her. But in that moment, it was nice to have another understand.

As the two youngest members held onto each other for support, they did not notice Kanan and coming in and seeing the two. While Hera smiled at the two's 'sibling moment,' Kanan knew what was really going on, he could sense it. Ezra was sensing Sabine's pain and comforting her through the force. Kanan wondered if Ezra was aware that he was doing or if it was just a kind of natural ability for him. Such empathy was amazing to come from one so small and young. Considering how much Ezra had been through it was amazing that the kid still had any empathy left, the Inquisitor's had tried to destroy that part of him. Kanan was proud of his padawan and it was time that he acknowledge it.

SWR

Later that afternoon, Ezra entered Kanan's room where Kanan sad in meditation patiently waiting for his student.

"Hey master Kanan, what did you want me for."

Kanan smiled as he sat down next to Ezra and showed Ezra, a green bead.

"What's that for?" Ezra wondered.

Kanan smiled as he spun his finger around, indicating for Ezra to face forward. Ezra was glad his master and the crew had stopped acting so weird and happily stepped forward.

Kanan explained as Ezra moved to sit next to him, "This morning, you displayed such compassion that is beyond your years. Therefore I have decided you have achieved the skill of healing and deserve this green bead to be woven into your padawan braid" Kanan said.

Ezra looked confused "But all I did was to talk to Sabine" he said.

Kanan shook his head as he started to add the bead, "You helped Sabine face her demons by opening up about your own. By sensing her despair, you were able to help her. It shows how far you have come since starting your training. I am so proud of you.

Ezra was shocked as his heart filled with joy, "I haven't heard that in a while."

Kanan finished the braid as he turned Ezra look up at him.

"Well then remember this kid. I am very proud of you and I am glad you managed to help Sabine. I have tried help her and the same for Hera, but none of us could reach her but you could" Kanan said.

"I could sense her hurting, she needed help" Ezra said softly.

Kanan finished and Ezra looked at his newly braided bead and smiled.

"What does green represent master?" Ezra asked.

Kanan smiled as he told him, "Green represents peace and harmony. Calming those in the most troubled time."

Ezra smiled as he shot up, "I'm gonna show the other's."

Kanan smiled as he saw Ezra race out of the room.

Kanan had never felt so happy then when he saw that smile on the child's face. It made this rebellion just a little more righteous. Teaching Ezra had also helped himself grow as he started open up about his heritage and found a purpose for it. Every time he saw the braid on Ezra he could not stop smiling at what it meant to both Ezra and him. The fact that the force had allowed him a padawan was something he never had thought he was worthy of one or would get one. Yet now it had happened and he would not trade it for anything else.

In a small amount of nostalgia Kanan brushed his hair where he once had have a braid himself. It had been first thing to go when he found out that jedi was hunted wildly yet he still missed it on rare occasions. After he had woven the braid into Ezra's hair he had realised it was a chance to redeem himself from his shameful action of leaving Bilaba behind to be killed while he had run and shortly after had forsaken his jedi heritage. Even after all this time, even after having seen Bilaba in the temple he was still feeling guilty. Most of the time he tried to live with it or ignore it but it was always there. A painful reminder of his failure and display of his coveredness. Kanan had secretly been relieved when Bilaba had not mentioned it in the temple. How could he ever excuse that to her? It was not something he liked talking about, he had never told Ezra, Sabine or Zeb.

Only Ahsoka and Hera knew and only after practically having to drag every little piece out of him, it was not something he was open about. Hera had made him promise to tell her the story 7 month after he had moved into the Ghost. They had been in deep space flying along a hyper speed lane when he accidently had used the force. Old instincts had kicked in and he had almost tried to detach the Phantom in flight and fly away in pure panic. That had resulted in Hera locking him in the bunk and held a shouting match with him for 3 days before she had let him out on the condition he would stay and over time tell he what had happened to him. Ahsoka knew because Hera had told her. It was possible she had told Sato and Organa as well. It was not something he was overly happy about but if he was correct. Kanan prefered to keep it with as few people as possible but he could not do much about it if she had.

Kanan brushed his head trying to vanish the unpleasant memory and started wondering what would be the next part on the braid would be, that boy kept surprising him. It was with these happy thoughts Kanan smiled and followed as he could sense Ezra beaming with pride as he no doubt showed off his new part of the braid. Suddenly he could feel Sabine happiness as well and left his room and sneaked closer wondering what was going on.

"I got it thanks to you" Kanan could hear Ezra's voice.

Kanan sneaked forward and saw that Ezra was standing in the common room showing the new part of his braid to Sabine. Sabine smiled wildly to Ezra. None of them seemed to have noticed him all though with Sabine you could never to be to sure.

"No Ezra you earned it because you helped me" Sabine said.

As the two hugged Kanan could feel how Sabine was letting go of her guilt, she was finally starting to heal. Kanan walked out silently allowing the two to have a moment of privacy. It would seem he was not the only one who had benefited from Ezra being on the crew. They all were getting better. All thanks a child and a braid.

A/N So that happened. Will things get weirder, maybe, but don't worry we do have some fluff for the crew next time