Hera smiled fondly at the holocron in her hand while she sat at the table in the common room. Hera had found it on her nightstand that early morning, and was now questioning why the holocron was in her room in the first place. Hera had been told how important the holocron was to Kanan, as it was the one of his few remaining objects from his time as a Jedi at the temple. Ezra too had taken a strong liking to the cubed item, finding great comfort in having it nearby when he was distressed. So, it was surprising that yet again Ezra had taken the holocron from Kanan's cabin and placed it in Hera's room. While Hera did find it sweet the youngling thought she should have it, it was the third time to happen within the week, and it was getting a little odd.

Suddenly she heard the two coming in from practice, not noticing the twilek's presence until she cleared her throat.

"Hi Hera," Ezra greeted innocently.

Hera smiled at the youngling as Kanan greeted Hera with guilt in her tone of voice, "I know we ran a little late with our Jedi training but…," That was when Kanan noticed the holocron in Hera's hand, "Why do you have the holocron?" he questioned with some amusement.

Hera smiled as she turned to Ezra, who got up to sit next to her, "Why don't you ask young Ezra Bridger here?"

Ezra looked away as he turned red as Hera turned her attention back to Kanan who stood there in some amusement of the scene, "I woke up to turn off my alarm and I find myself hitting this instead for 20 seconds.

"Ezra…" Kanan chuckled a bit as he face-palmed himself. While Kanan found it a little funny, he also found Ezra's action redundant.

Hera, gently placing a hand on the boy's shoulder commented, "Sweetheart, I think Kanan is a little upset you took the holocron, again?"

Ezra pouted before he debated, "But it's pretty and it means a lot to us, just like you. So, you should have it."

Hera could only giggle at the comment with flattery while she handed Kanan back the holocron.

"While that is true," Kanan agreed, "You know better to take things without asking."

Ezra, with saddened look in his eyes, hung his head as he walked out of the room.

"Karabast," Kanan cursed himself as he followed Ezra out of the common room; he could already tell it was going to be a long day.

"Ezra." Kanan called out for him to stop. Once Ezra halted, Kanan got down to his level.

"Alright kid, out with it. What's up?" Kanan questioned in curious concern.

"Just wanted to get something nice for Hera." Ezra commented quickly as he looked away from Kanan, revealing the kid was hiding something

"Kid, you know you can tell me anything, right?"

Ezra nodded his head in agreement.

"So, what's going on then?" Kanan questioned, "This isn't the first 'gift' you've tried to give someone."

This was true; all week Ezra had been finding odd things to give to members of the ghost crew. First, Kanan found an old blaster that Ezra found a few weeks ago. Then Sabine told the other's that she found of few of Ezra's Stormtrooper helmet in her room (which she gladly painted a bright array of colors); and Zeb almost cut his hand off when Ezra placed a kitchen knife that he thought Zeb should have for combat.

Ezra hesitated a bit before he told Kanan, "I just want to get you all something nice, no big deal."

Kanan chuckled a bit at Ezra trying to sound tough "Ezra, it's not that we don't like the thought behind these gifts; but they all seem to be rather…random."

Ezra thought for a moment, "So, what would you get for the crew?" Ezra asked innocently.

Kanan thought for a bit, he never really thought of a gift for the crew.

Kanan then came up with a simple answer, "I guess If I were to get a gift for the crew it would be something the crew could enjoy, like a treat they all like."

Ezra smiled at the idea. "A treat, that's a great idea. Thank Kanan."

With that Ezra ran off to who knows where.

Kanan just rubbed the back of his neck of the stress as he made his way back to Hera. While he knew the kid was trying to do something nice, it drove Kanan almost crazy that he didn't tell him why.

As he reached the common room, he slumped into the sofa.

"Why do you look so worried?" Hera asked as he got them caf.

"Just trying to figure out what Ezra is hiding," Kanan admitted.

"You know he just wants to do something nice for us?" Hera pointed out.

"I don't think it's just that?" Kanan elaborated, "When he hides something, it normally means something crazy or dangerous, or even both. Remember last time he hid something from us he was using a blaster."

"Kanan that was different," Hera pointed out gently, "and it's normal for children to want to try to give something for people they care about. It's how they tell us 'thank you'."

Kanan though just threw his head back in troubled thoughts.

"But I can sense his worry over the matter. It's like he thinks if he doesn't get us something we'll be disappointed."

Kanan could tell through their bond that Ezra was keeping something from him, and Kanan just had to know what could be eating at the kid right now. Not realizing he was going to find out in the most odd and dangerous way.


Ezra, in a field of grass was looking at the passing clouds, with Chopper circling around him, began thinking of possible things he could make.

"Maybe I can make a cake?" Ezra suggested. "hmm. But Hera can't eat chocolate and Sabine won't doesn't like sweets that much…. Oh, what about-, no that won't work."

Ezra groaned to himself in frustration. Chopper, in curiosity, asked Ezra why he wanted to make something for the crew, and why he was stressing about it.

Ezra explained, "Tomorrow is O'Hilia Day. I wanted to get them something special.

Chopper then chirped that the town of Coasthal was only a few clicks away.

Ezra was hesitant for a bit, "I'm not supposed to go into towns by myself."

Chopper chirped, "You'll be with me, and local stores could help inspire you."

Ezra hesitated, "Okay, but the others can't know what we're doing."

As the two headed into town, Ezra didn't see Chopper turn off his communicator so Kanan and Hera wouldn't call to ruin the surprise.

The town was overall small, little imperial activity, so no one recognized Ezra. What really caught Ezra's eye though was the decorations; all the local flowers hand up down the streets with banners of two moons were hung up. Seeing all the smiling faces and happy families getting ready for tomorrow's holiday brought joy to Ezra; but it also reminded him why he was town in the first place.

As the boy and droid looked around at the shops, the saw flowers, and baked goods, but nothing that would be great for the whole crew.

"Do you see anything they would like Chopper?" Ezra asked as he was looking at some handmade pots.

Chopper just shook his head.

"Yeah me neither. Hmm…"

That was when Ezra overheard a conversation a few stands away.

"Lothal cafbeans?" asked an elder Rhodanian as he chuckled, "I haven't sold those in years."

The elderly women who seemed to of asked the question smiled at herself, "Never hurts to ask."

As the women left Ezra approached the Rhodanian.

"Excuse me," Ezra raised his voice to get the man's attention.

"Hello young man, what can I get you?" the Rhodanian asked nicely.

"Actually, I was wondering what's so special about Lothal cafbeans?"

The elder man smiled with a laugh before he continued, "Well kid Lothal cafbeans used to be the biggest export on Lothal. It was grown in the sea caves on the coast, and the soil with the sea's salt used to grow the purest cafbeans in the galaxy.

"Used to?" Ezra questioned.

"Huh, sadly cafbeans have not been found in years."

"Can't you just grow it?" Ezra asked

The man shook his head, "Sadly it is not that simple. You see Lothal cafbeans grow in the underground sea caves by the coast and none have been unobtainable in quite some time."

"But there supposed to be by the coast? Like that one?" Ezra asked as he pointed to the nearby shore line about five clicks east form them.

"Indeed." The Rhodanian looked kind of sad, "Huh, I remember this town once strived on cafbean diggers working here. But that was so long ago."

The Rhodanian then eyed Ezra suspiciously, "Don't be thinking about trying to find some kid. Can get dangerous during high tide."

Ezra nodded his head, "Okay, thank for telling me mister." Ezra then bought a yogan with what credits he had in his pockets before walking off.

Ezra had a cunning smile on his face,

"The coast is only a few clicks away," Ezra told Chopper, "and, it doesn't hurt to look. Maybe we'll find them in a place no one else has looked."

Chopper shook his dome in disagreement.

Ezra pleaded, "Please come. I need you to help detect any danger and life forms, which include plants. Even if I find one, I know the crew would love it! They all drink caf, it's the perfect gift,"

Ezra then hung his head and stated in despair, "it's the only good one I can get."

Chopper, looking at his companion's desperation, chirped in agreement. Ezra grinned widely.

"Let's go!" Ezra exclaimed enthusiastically as he headed off towards the coast. Not hearing Chopper beeping, "I gotta make sure he doesn't hurt himself."


In the Cargo hold Kanan and Hera were going over items they needed when Zeb came in looking around a bit before he asked, "Hey guys, is Ezra on the ship? We're supposed to be having shooting practice today."
Kanan felt a little panic attack at the question. Thankfully Hera asked what he was thinking.

"Isn't he and Chopper outside?" she sounded just as worried as Kanan was feeling.

Sabine came up the ramp at that moment, "No, I was going over the Ghost. Didn't see him out there."

Kanan got out his comlink, "Specter six…" However, when he spoke into it, he heard an echo of his own voice nearby, Sabine with a guilty look on her face pulled out the youngest specter's comlink with a newly painted blue flaming bird logo on it.

"Hi." Sabine talked into the comlink guiltily.

"Why do you have Ezra's comlink?" Hera questioned as she withheld her anger.

"I wanted it to look like mine, and so did he, so he gave it to me to decorate, and that's why I have it." Sabine replied in a vain effort to defend her actions.

Hera rolled her eyes as she tried to get a hold of Chopper, but to get no signal.

"Chopper turned off his comlink!" Hera raged infuriated.

Kanan then put the pieces together. "He knows."

Hera looked at him in confusion, "What?"

"Chopper knows what Ezra's up to," Kanan concluded as he ranted on, "So Chopper, being the demon droid he is probably is goading Ezra to do something cray!" Kanan now was angry as he stormed off the ramp.

"Kanan, you always think Chopper is up to no good with Ezra." Hera tried to defend her droid, become a little relieved as she realized Chopper had to be with Ezra.

"Hera, last time we left them alone, he tried to enhance Ezra's observation skills by almost pushing him off a cliff."

The rest of the crew's hearts all skipped a beat at the horror of what Chopper could be making Ezra do.

"Let's see if we can find them." Hera suggested quickly.

"Yeah," the rest of the crew replied in unison as they grabbed their jackets and hurried to find the droid and boy before they got into trouble.


Ezra and Chopper enjoyed the leisurely stroll to the coast. Chopper was rolling along in the tall grass taking holoimages to show the crew later. Ezra was inhaling the salty sea air as the dark blue ocean drew closer to them. Where they were heading was a flat plain of sand; but further down the coast an incline of ocean cliffs that housed the infamous sea caves.

Ezra, seeing the tide being quite out, ventured down the shoreline to the caves.

"Aren't you coming Chopper?" Ezra asked as he headed down the windy beach, noticing the droid falling behind.

Chopper wheeling up to Ezra, beeped his concern that the beach was 'dangerous, and sketchy'.

"But we have to try." Ezra proclaimed with determination to get to the caves to begin the search.

Finally, Chopper had to ask, "What is the big deal about this stupid holiday that you would risk your life for a gift?"

This caused Ezra to stop in his tracks, letting the sea water wash up onto his boots.

Ezra then told Chopper solemnly, "It's a big deal because it's all about family…and last year I didn't have one." Ezra felt his eyes water up as he recalled last year.

One year ago

As O'Hillia Day reached its peak, there was joy for most. Families gathering for a home cooked meal, children showing the gifts they made or saved up to get for the family elders, laughing in their merriment for celebrating such a lovely concept of family, Ezra was not participating in them.

Ezra spend the good portion of the day collecting thrown out left overs and weapons he could sell later in the week. Ezra knew what day it was, and he couldn't help but feel envy for these people who still had loved ones. As he saw a happy family heading inside their house, he knew he couldn't stay in the city any longer without breaking down.

The rest of the day Ezra spend it in his tower, alone in the dark, crying in sorrow for the parent's he could not celebrate with.

Present

Ezra wiped the tears away along with his memory of a year ago, and smiled at Chopper, "But this year I have the crew. So, I can celebrate with them. Even if they don't know it's a holiday, I can finally do something nice for them."

Chopper, now getting some perspective of what fueled Ezra's desire today, snuggled up to Ezra to console him. Ezra, hugging his droid friend, saw a narrow cave that seemed to go in pretty deep to the earth.

"Best place to start is the beginning," Ezra reasoned cheerfully as the he and droid ventured to try to find the rare cafbean.


The worried Ghost crew decided to head to the local town to see if anyone had seen the missing specters.

The crew split up into teams Kanan and Hera checking the town square while Zeb and Sabine investigated the park area.

During their search, they saw the floral decorations, happy groups of people, and signs and banners that said "Happy O'Hillia Day". But no signs of a blue haired boy and cranky droid.

Finally, after a long and tiring hour, the crew met up in the market place.

"No Luck?" Kanan asked as he tried to catch his breath.

"Nothing." Zeb reported just as tired as Kanan.

"Not quite," Sabine chimed in as she took off her helmet.

Zeb glared at her in puzzlement, "What are you talking about? We still have no clue where the two are."

Sabine rolled her eyes at the Lasat's naïve nature, "But we have a good clue as to why Ezra has been acting so weird lately."

Both Hera and Kanan starred at the Mandalorian, intrigued by what she found out.

Sabine waved her hands at all the decorations the brightened up the streets, "Have you guys not noticed the holiday decorations?"

Hera shrugged her shoulder's, "It's a holiday, what about it?"

Sabine felt like she was surrounded by nerf herders as she shouted, "Guys, put the pieces together! We're on Lothal, it's a holiday…"

The rest of the crew were slowly understanding what was on the youngest member's mind lately.

"He was trying to get us something for the holiday." Kanan concluded.

"Exactly!" Sabine exclaim that Kanan got it, "Don't you know what O'Hillia means?" Sabine questioned with a little superiority in her knowledge of the planets language.

Kanan and Hera simply shrugged their shoulders as Zeb just rubbed the back of his neck that showed no he did not either.

"O'Hillia is a Lothal word," Sabine pointed out before she revealed, "It means 'family' guys."

Now the crew realized how ignorant they were the past few days. None of them had thought much of what was going on with Ezra. What seemed like childish behavior was really the kid's desire to get his 'family' something for the special day.

"I told you something was up with him!" Kanan pointed out to Hera.

Hera defended, "I didn't say something wasn't up, I just wanted you to wait till he said something. He wanted to surprise us! Isn't that obvious?!"

"What's obvious is that if I had just probed him on the topic, he wouldn't be missing now?" Kanan argued, more out of fear than anger.

"Guys," Zeb roared at the two 'grown ups', "Are we going to have brawl, or are we going to ask if anyone has seen Ezra."

Kanan and Hera decided on the latter and ended the bickering. The crew had split up to go to different venders; though it did not take long, as Kanan found a Rhodanian at a cafbean shack.

"Um excuse me," Kanan spoke up to get the man's attention, "Have you seen a boy around here? He's about eight, has dark hair that almost looks blue."

"Bluer eyes that can pierce through your soul?" The Rhodanian asked

"Yes! How long ago?" Kanan exclaimed, getting the attention from the rest of the crew to come over.

"Oh, almost an hour ago. He was asking about Lothal cafbeans." The man told them casually.

"Cafebeans?" Hera asked as she and the other's approached the vender.

The Rhodanian explained, "He heard a woman asking about them and got curious about where to find them. Poor kid probably went on a fruitless mission to go find some.

"Why fruitless?" Sabine asked.

The man sighed, "Well Lothal cafebeans, while a luxury beverage, hasn't been found in years due to the insane tides off the coast."

The rest of the crew was lost, and the vendor could tell.

"Lothal cafbeans grow below ground off the coast in sea caves. But no one has been crazy enough to dig for them in years."

"Why?" Kanan asked, "Empire illegalized them, have become toxic…?" Kanan questioned.

The Rhodesian shook his head and answered, "The tide."

Sabine voiced her confusion, "You got me, why would the tide matter?"

The Rhodanain explained, "In recent years with the droughts on Lothal, the tides have been rather random. Low tides can last for days, then as quickly as you can blink, it's back up to shore. Like it has a mind of its own. Only the insane have dared to attempt access to those caves. Too bad too, would be nice to sell them again."

The Rhodanian then returned to his work as a twi'lek man approached his stand

Every one of the crew member's hearts skipped a beat at the news. If the crew knew anything, it was that with Chopper and Ezra, anything crazy could be attempted.

They began to run towards the shoreline, ignoring the yelling from the Rhodanain wondering where they were going. They were focused on trying to reach Ezra before he did something suicidal.

"What do you think the odds are the tides going to come in soon?" Zeb yelled as they sprinted.

"Pretty bad, Look!"

As the rest of the crew looked closer at their destination, they saw numerous waves crashing onto shore; closer and closer by the second.

"Ezra, you better know how to swim!" Kanan thought to himself for his young padawan.


The First cave the two scanned for showed no signs of life. As did the next cave, and the next, and so on. As they searched several more caves that stretched for many kilometers, Ezra was beginning to suspect that what the man said was true, and there really weren't any cafbeans in Lothal.

"Huhhh!" Ezra exclaimed as he flopped onto the sand, "On this whole beach, there has to be at least one cafbean in these caves."

As Ezra began to doubt his words, he heard Chopper chirping and spinning his chrome all around.

"What is it?" Ezra asked in anticipating as he got up and ran towards the droid.

Chopper then showed a holo-image of a small cave layout where bright blue blobs blinked, indicating life down there.

Ezra ran his way to the cave and made his way carefully down the slippery rocks. As Ezra felt through the dirt, he felt a large object; and as he pulled it up, and in his hand, there it was. A moist root, softened by the sea water, and littered all over…

"Cafbeans!" Ezra exclaimed loudly to himself. They were in a dark casing and littered the root. As the boy pulled them up, his smile grew as he saw the root was connected to a whole network of them.

"Chopper! Get my back pack ready! We have a whole punch of them to bring back." Ezra ordered the droid.

Soon Ezra filled the bag with cafbeans. Chopper then decided they need to harvest as many as possible. So, Chopper would bring them down to where they arrived, making a pile of them so they could bring them all to the crew. Neither noticing the waves crashing into the shore closer and closer to the cave.

When Ezra made his way back down for what was supposed to be the last trip down, he got a sudden felling; he could tell from his training with Kanan that it was the force, and from the hairs on the back of his neck standing up straight, that it was a warning. Ezra then noticed the floor of the cave was covered in water. Not just puddles, the floor was covered in sea water and coming up fast.

When Ezra looked up to where he came from, he saw the dark rocks forming a waterfall down to the cave floor.

Ezra knew that his time in the cave was up, he tried to maneuver his way up the rocky cave entrance, but hadn't even made it a meter up when a huge wave crashed into the cave and down onto Ezra, sending him painfully to the bottom.

Poor Ezra ended up soaked with salt water burning up his nose.

Ezra coughed up as he tried to yak up the salty sea water.

"Chopper!" Ezra called out with fearful desperation. When he got no response, he began to question if Chopper could even reach him.

Ezra knew that he had to get out. So again, he climbed back up out of the cave. As the waves became more frequent. Ezra, remembering meditation with Kanan, kept his breathing calm so he wouldn't be breathing in the crashing water that was pounding onto him.

After what felt like forever, the now shivering and drenched Ezra finally made his way out of the cave. Only to see the ocean was now crashing all around him.

"Chopper!" Ezra shouted again. Ezra was trapped between crashing waves and rough cliffs, the beach being kilometers away. To make the matters worse, Ezra couldn't swim.

Ezra was tempted to cry, but he knew that wouldn't help him. Ezra saw no other option and began to climb the side of the cliff to the beach.

Slowly Ezra shifted to the side, watching his footing and grabbing what he could.

Ezra began to focus on the force, helping him keep a calm mind. But began to freak once again when the waves crashed onto him, threatening to take him into the cold ocean.

With the force though he kept thinking of the crew, reminding himself he needed to get back to them, to his family.

"Ezra!" that was when heard a voice in his head that sounded familiar.

"Kanan?" Ezra questioned as he looked around for if he was nearby.

"Ezra!" shouted Kanan, and not just in his head, it was loud, it was close. Ezra looked up the cliff, and saw him, the distant silhouette of Kanan.

"Kanan!" Ezra shouted in both a cry of joy and a cry for help.

But by losing his focus on the cliff, the wave that crashed into him, washed him into the sea below.

He swirled around in the rapids, unable to coordinate his way to the surface. Ezra heart was going at rapid speed he feared it would come out of his chest. Of not his pounding heart then his lungs would soon collapse from having no air. The lack of oxygen was quickly replaced by salty water. As he began to black out, he could have sworn he felt the force lift him into the light, only to be met with darkness.


As the crew made their way to the coast, they saw the beach now flooded with the sea, but no Ezra.

"Split up! If anyone runs into trouble, radio the others!" Kanan ordered.

While Zeb and Sabine investigated down one end, Kanan and Hera ventured up the other end and onto the cliffs.

Kanan was sprinting as he looked frantically down the beach, keeping an eye out for his padawan. That was when it happened. The force came ringing in his ears; as he closed his eyes to calm the ringing, he saw visons of pounding waves, Ezra holding onto the side of a cliff, and the undertow of the waves.

Once he opened his eyes and the ringing stopped, he bolted up the cliff, leaving Hera in the dust. As he got as high as he could, he saw the waves crashing onto the side of the cliff. That was where he saw the opening to a sea cave, and almost beneath where Kanan stood was Ezra, clinging onto the side of the cliff for dear life as he waves crashed onto him.

"EZRA!" Kanan screamed at the top of his lungs that it hurt his throat.

Kanan smiled when he heard the faint shouts of Ezra calling his name. Kanan was about to figure a way to get Ezra when he saw the humongous wave come and wash Ezra away!

"NO!" Kanan screamed in his head as his next act was both a sign of Kanan's bravery and insanity; jumping from one ledge to the next at lightning speed, Kanan managed to get down to the ledge Ezra was on and scanned for any signs for Ezra. That was when he Ezra sinking into the ocean. Kanan dove into waves.

Kanan wasn't thinking of the cold water or the chaos of waves that were all over him, all he cared about was getting his padawan. When he saw Ezra sinking to the ocean floor, he took a big breath and dived down. As he swam closer to Ezra, he saw that the kid wasn't moving. Once he wrapped his arms around Ezra however, he could sense through the force that he was still there.

As Kanan's head crashed up to the surface and gasped for air, he immediately crashed into the side of the cliff. Luckily the waves helped as they lifted Kanan and Ezra up high enough to reach a nearby edge.

Kanan held onto the rocks with one hand and hauled him and Ezra up onto the ledge.

As Kanan gasped for air, he turned to his padawan and saw the kid not moving, not breathing.

Kanan was now more scared then he was jumping off the cliff. With shaky hands, Kanan placed one on the boy's chest and head. Just as he was about to connect with him though their connection, Ezra began to cough up sea water. Hearing Ezra gasping for air was the most wonderful sound.

"Ezra, are you okay?" Kanan questioned as he examined the boy for any injuries.

Ezra continued to cough up some water when he replied, "Yeah, I'm okay?"
Kanan laughed as he wrapped the kid into his own embrace, with relief his child was alright.

"We leave you alone for five minutes and this happens."

Ezra laughed a little too, "It was more like a couple of hours." Both males laughed off their insane near-death fiasco.

Kanan had Ezra get on his back to get back up the cliff side. As they reached the top, they were greeted by the rest of the crew.

"We saw you dive in! That was beyond crazy" Hera exclaimed in panic as Zeb helped the two humans up onto flat ground. Hera then looked down at Ezra, checking him for injuries, "Are you okay? Are you hurt?"

Ezra smiled as he shook his head and replied, "I'm okay."

"Oh, okay then," Hera replied calmly before she began to grasp Ezra's shoulder's and shake him like a doll screaming, "What in Forces sake were you thinking!"

"Woah, Hera," Kanan was able to calm his love a bit to get her from shaking Ezra, "He was just thrashed around by waves, he doesn't need a repeat of it."

Ezra then began to sneeze, as did Kanan.

Hera rolled her eyes in irritation, "Come on, let's get you two dried up."

Kanan, not wanting to let Ezra get away again, carried the youngling in his arms.


Back on the Ghost, Kanan and Ezra were able to dry up and get some new clothes on. Ezra was sitting in the common room as the other's lectured him.

"Ezra Ephraim Bridger, what you did was pure insanity!" Hera exclaimed.

"Karabast kid, you didn't tell us where you were going. You know that's not okay." Zeb pointed out his own disapproval.

"Not to mention how dangerous that was! You could od died!" Sabine berated the child as well.

Kanan then asked, "Do you have anything to say about this?"

Ezra then looked around and realized something the crew hadn't realized, "Where's Chopper?"

The rest of the crew looked around and immediately face palmed themselves as they realized they needed to go back out for the droid.

"Also, Ephraim isn't my middle name." Ezra corrected Hera's earlier statement.

Hera glared at Ezra, who got the message that his middle name was the last thing on their mind, and remained quiet as he rode with Kanan.

Taking the speeders, the crew scanned the beach for their droid, finding him near some rock formations.

Chopper was spinning his chrome, racing up and down the beach like he was having a meltdown. When he saw the speeders coming towards him, he wheeled up to Ezra.

Chopper began berating Ezra about going missing like that.

"I'm sorry Chopper, just got out of hand." Ezra then realized something, "Chopper, where are the cafebeans?"

Chopper then wheeled towards the rock formation with Ezra following close behind.

The rest of the crew was stunned.

"Wait, you actually found cafbeans?" Zeb questioned with skepticism.

Ezra explained, "Yeah, their we're hundreds of them in that cave down there. Chopper brought them in by the loads so we could harvest a bunch."

That was when the rest of the crew saw the pile of cafbeans that reached up Kanan's height, and was wider then Zeb. "Woah!" was all what came out of both Hera and Sabine in astonishment.

Ezra then became a little bashful, "I wanted to get them for you guys for…" Ezra realized he almost let it slip.

"Kid, we know about the O'Hillia Day. We saw the decorations in town." Sabine revealed.

Ezra face the fell from disappointment.

Kanan then began to realize why Ezra was hiding the importance of the holiday from them.

"You wanted to surprise us." Kanan concluded.

Ezra nodded his head in confirmation as he explained, "Kids are supposed to get something for the family and present it to them in the morning." Ezra then frowned as he realized the surprise was now ruined. "I'm sorry, I ruined it."

Kanan chuckled a bit as he sat Ezra on the speeder to be eye level with the boy, "No you didn't. This was a very thoughtful idea."

Ezra then frowned again, "It was till I caused you guys more trouble again."

Hera asked what the rest of the crew was wondering, "What's that supposed to mean?"

Ezra looked to the ground as he explained, "You guys don't have to do all the amazing things you do for me; you didn't have to save me from the Inquisitor but you guys did, you didn't have to take me in but you guys did. Now you're all teaching me all these cool things like shooting, flying, Jedi and force stuff, and how to read." Ezra looked at the pile of cafebeans and smiled, "I thought I could do something nice for you guys for once."

"Oh Ezra," Hera hugged the boy as she explained, "Having you on the ship is nice enough."

Kanan then placed a hand on Ezra's shoulder, "Yeah kid, you make life on the ship way more interesting.

Zeb and Sabine nodded their heads in agreement.

Ezra smiled that the crew felt this way about him "So, does this mean I'm not in trouble because I was doing something nice?" Ezra asked hopefully.

Kanan shook that hope away, "No way kid! You're grounded for a month for scaring the crap put of us and nearly dying, starting the day after tomorrow!"

Ezra sighed at the punishment but then asked, "Why after tomorrow?"

The rest of the crew smiled as Hera pointed out, "Well we can't have you grounded on a holiday." Ezra smiled at the logic.

The rest of the crew began to bag up the cafbeans.

"Hard to believe one kid and droid found so much in one trip." Sabine exclaimed how impressed she was.

"Is it enough?" Ezra asked naïvely.

Hera smiled at the pile, "It's enough for a pretty good idea."


The next day was a great O'Hillia day for the crew. They not had enough Lothal cafbeans for months. They also had decided to sell the rest of the cafbeans to the local stores, bring them in some extra money they could use for all they needed for supplies, and a little extra for the holiday.

Most of the day consisted of relaxing while eating some treat Ezra had helped Hera and Sabine cook (with only one batch burning).

At the end of the evening, Sabine needed to have some fun so she and Ezra set of a load of fireworks, so many that even the citizens of the local towns could see them light up the sky.

Ezra though was not focused on the food or the fireworks, what he smiled about all day, was seeing his family so happy. Unlike last year, Ezra was not alone, and he was happy.

A/N: Finally, an update. Sorry it took so long, lots of good craziness was going on in my life. I was hoping to have it up yesterday but fell asleep. So, Happy Late Independence DAY!

Also shout out to Mistress Malica for supporting me on this chapter. I hope to get more up soon.

Pop Quiz now:

1. O'Hillia is a conjoined word for family, what two languages inspired the name?

2. one of these scnese was inspired from a fanfic comic, who drew that comic?

anyways hope you all enjoy and hope it was worth the wait.