She would have done anything to turn back on this mission. Now Ventress was staring into the black hole with only open space between it and her. The droids aboard went about their business without fear. Unlike them, she was self aware of the possibilities that could happen. Being sucked in could kill them all and the droids wouldn't care less. They had no aspirations or dreams to have. This made Asajj feel even more alone inside the ship.

"Incoming transmission from the The Count." the co-pilot called from his seat

"Turn it on." Ventress ordered.

With the tap of a button, Dooku appeared in his usual robed attire.

"Yes my master?" Asajj asked.

"Before you travel through, I wanted you to repeat your orders to me one more time." Dooku responded.

"All I need to do is guard the droids as they work on the teleporter." Ventress said.

"Precisely." Dooku said. "No more, no less." And with that, The Count disconnected making his presence short and sweet.

Now the important call came in. General Grievous appeared in another coughing fit. He then asked if the assassin was ready.

"Yes General. Open the hanger door now."

Slowly, the hangar door opened, showing the black hole. The sheathipede-class transport shuttle was specially equipped with a hyper-drive for the mission. Alongside Asajj was the six B-1 engineer droids who were hard at work with the teleporter.

The shuttle exited the flagship causing the apprentice heart to start racing. "Calm yourself. The jump through will be fine." In that moment, Asajj was scared stiff with a sense of dread. This was either going to be one of the craziest experiences of her young life, or she wasn't going to have one at all.

"Hyperdrive is activating." the droid co-pilot said. "Prepare for the jump."

"May the dark side of the force be with me." Asajj whispered.

BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

The ship zoomed straight into the hole and the crew was immediately met with a blinding light. An ear destroying noise rang through the ship as the instruments flashed blood red. Ventress held her ears as the noise kept persisting. She felt as if the drums inside her ears had exploded and were now bleeding.

As her life flashed before her eyes the white light only seemed to grow brighter. Dooku had lied! This was a metal deathtrap and she was the rodent to test it. Oh how she became enraged at him in her last seconds.

Ventress continued cursing Dooku out when something amazing happened. Everything stopped. The noise, the white light, the ships warnings all ceased at once. For a while, it felt as if time and space no longer existed. Even the ships droids were hypnotized into stunned silence. They were quite literally no where as the outside of the ship showed no stars or planets shining.

Ventress calmed herself as she stared into the abyss. The ship didn't seem to be moving, but in a place like this anything was possible. Watching the blackness of nothing was a scary yet somewhat pleasing way to keep Asajj from screaming in scared agony.

Suddenly, a white light appeared. It was small at first, only being a spec before growing to the size of a ball. Confused, Ventress stared at it intently trying to see if it was far away or really small. As she studied, it the light became brighter while increasing in size moderately quick.

"Droid! What is that!" Asajj hissed at her co-pilot.

"Mistress, I don't even know where we are, I cannot answer that." it said.

"AAAAAAHHHHHH!" she shouted annoyed by the do nothing response.

By now, the light had grown to the size of a movie theater screen and was now starting to make a light buzzing noise. Ventress and her team attempted to start the ship back up with no avail. It was up to the will of the white light if they were to live or not.

When the light fully surrounded the ship, it seemed to swallow it up like someone eating food. Ventress closed her eyes for what she thought was the last time. "Damn!" she spouted.

A couple seconds passed. She wasn't dead. Or was she?

Another few seconds and the girl could still feel her heart beating rapidly.

"Mistress, controls are back online." the co-pilot said out of the blue.

Opening her eyes, the lights were back on with nothing out of place. Ventress sigh happily realizing she wasn't going to end up dead... yet.

Looking through the cockpit window, the assassin noticed many stars with one being exceptionally bright.

Steering the ship around to check their rear, everyone saw the two balls of rock which they assumed were planets.

The smaller one was a grey with craters covering the atmosphere.

"Must be a moon. Seems uninhabitable." a droid stated.

She then looked at the much larger celestial body. The green and blue, much like Naboo, proved that there was already plant life on the planet without even needing to be on the surface. That had to be where the enemy landed. But where?

"Normally we wouldn't be able to scan for a ship that size without a tracker" Ventress said chuckling while pulling a device out of her pocket. "Luckily we have other means." Turning it on, the device lit up showing a red dot to the ships location.

Before the commando droid came to pick up Padme and the jedi, it placed a tracking beacon on the ship just incase something were to go wrong and the crew was able to escape.

The red dot hovered above a massive island on the northern hemisphere of the planet. "They're you are." she said with evil joy. "We'll land the ship where I tracked them down to."

"Mistress, The Count gave us direct orders to not engage the jedi. You are supposed to guard us while we set up the teleporter." one of the droids said.

"Yes. My master did say to not fight them, but not anything about putting the teleporter near the crash sight. When the Separatist fleet gets here, I want them to be right over their heads to be eliminated fast."

"Roger Roger." the droid said reluctantly back.

As they followed the beacon, the smile on the Sith's face widened. Sure her master had put her through hell and back, but it would all be worth it. Soon their plan would be in full effect.

(X)

"RING RING"

"Hey Izuku sweety, I think your phone is going off." Inko Midoriya yelled from the kitchen.

Waking up with drool coming out of his mouth, Midoriya scratched his eyes before coming to his senses. "Oh, thanks mom!"

On the dresser his phone kept ringing with a familiar name on it that read Ahsoka Tano.

"Ahsoka is calling me!" he thought. A girl wanted to talk to him? Why?

Taking a deep breathe, Midoriya picked up the phone and said hello.

"Izuku. Hi it's me Ahsoka, how are you?"

"Oh just fine. I w-was just napping." he said nervously.

"My bad" Tano replied. "I'm sorry I woke you up."

"No problem. I was about to eat dinner soon anyway. Midoriya said easing into the conversation. "By the way, why did you call?"

"Well, I know yesterday was crazy with everything that happened, but I was wondering if you wanted to train with me for the sports festival tommorow morning." Ahsoka said.

Izuku's head spun around in shock. She wanted to train with the kid that couldn't even control his quirk. Yeah that was going to end up well.

"Are you sure you want to train with me? I've seen what you can do and to be honest, I don't think I can keep up." he said.

Tano could be heard giggling over the phone, "Don't be so foolish and think that. Come on and catch me at the beach around noon tomorrow."

The girl was really trying to convince him. It would be rude to say no to her.

"Alright, I'll meet you at twelve tommorow." Midoriya finally said.

"Great! I can't wait." she said. "Goodbye."

The phone disconnected letting Midoriya fall on his bed and think. "Why would she want to train with me? Does she like me? No way! What should I wear? How hot will it be tomm-"

"Izuku! Dinner is ready! I made your favorite, Katsudon!" his mom yelled stopping the train of thought inside his head.

"Oh really?!" the boy said excitedly. "I'm coming!"

Twenty minutes later...

The two of them felt so full from the delicious meal. Mrs. Midoriya sure knew how to cook. As they sat drinking there tea, the news on the TV started.

"Welcome everyone to the nightly news. Tonight's top story on everyone's mind, the attack at the USJ." the lady said.

This caught both the Midoriya's attention as they watched intently.

"We now have footage of the events that unfolded inside. Warning, what you are about to see is extremely graphic."

After the warning, security cam footage from the middle of the arena showed the main fight with the nomu. Rex stabbing the creature only to be thrown off and slammed several times into the ground, Midoriya punching the creature, and Ahsoka killing it were among the highlights of the video shown.

"The UA students may have defeated their opponents, but some were injured terribly in the process. One boy by the name Izuku Midoriya had his legs broken when-" the TV was turned off.

Looking toward his mom, her hand gripped the remote as she cried tears into her arm. "I'm sorry honey, but I couldn't watch it. It's to much for me."

Midoriya felt really awkward about the whole situation. He was glad his mom cared but watching her cry over his well being felt wrong to watch. "Mom I'm alive and well."

"I know dear." she said sobbing a little less now. "But what if you weren't okay? I don't think I could live with myself then."

"Mom don't say that!" Izuku said.

"Sorry, that was uncalled for." Inko replied. "I still worry for your well being. Your still my baby." she said wiping away the last of her tears. "It's hard Izuku. I want you to fulfill your dreams but at what cost. Your limbs?"

Midoriya let out a sad sigh. "I understand where you're coming from. But I have to do this." Deku wanted to be a hero, but also he had to. If he couldn't who would replace All Might? The new decade needed a Symbol of Peace to replace Toshinori.

The two sat quietly for a minute before Inko picked up the dishes and started washing them. But Midoriya didn't want to leave it at that.

"Mom. I promise you won't ever have to worry again. I'll become so strong you won't have to."

Inko looked over her shoulder with a blank stare. "Thank you Izuku." It wasn't the proper response the boy wanted, but it was better than having her cry again.

(X)

The old grandfather clock in the kitchen informed Ahsoka it was two in the morning, far passed the time she should have gone to sleep. She needed to stop staring out of the large window next to the dining table.

The view of the city was something off of a postcard. Almost hard to believe superpowered villians causing chaos. The building lights and moonlit sky was comforting. But it still wasn't enough.

War would still wage back home even if she was gone. Tano had to be part of it. Being a jedi was her dream, now it was back on hold again.

"Commander?"

Ahsoka turned around to find Jesse with the pantry half open. She was so caught up in thought she didn't hear him walk through the door. "What are you still doing up?" he asked.

"Could say the same for you." she replied.

Jesse looked at her with embarrassment. "I might be a little too addicted to coffee. We ran out of it on our side."

Ahsoka rolled her eyes. "Go ahead and get some."

Jesse, happy to hear the response, grabbed a bag from the pantry. "So commander, is there a reason you're still awake?"

"Well... nothing."

"Oh come on. Obviously something is bothering you. Is it that boy Bakugo? I've heard you had issues with him."

To be fair, the clone was partially correct. The explosive student was a cause in some of her stress, but she could handle that just by ignoring him for the most part.

"No Jesse." Tano said with a serious tone. We need to get home now, and you know why."

The sentence was a tough one for a clone like Jesse, who used most of his time telling jokes and learning how to be more of a smartass to his brothers. This question hit hard, maybe because he knew the truthful response to the statement.

He put his hand on her shoulder. "Kid... I want to go home also, but it isn't that easy. Now I'm only telling you this because I think you can handle some reality. I don't know how were going to get back."

A knot in Ahsoka's stomach started to form. The truth needed to be said out loud. There may not still be a path home to fly on. A couple tears ran down her cheek as reality settled in. Before the padawan noticed, she had grabbed Jesse and pulled her self into his chest crying. It only helped a little.

The Order had twisted and shoved the ideology that a jedi may never give into their feelings no matter what. But Ahsoka had finally broken, she needed to feel again.

"Jesse?"

The clone awkwardly looked down at the crying teen still gripping him. It was hard to believe this mess of a person led him into dozens of battles. "Yes." he said.

Ahsoka looked up at him with her watery blue eyes. They glistened in the moonlight resembling a sad puppy who just fell off the couch. "Why are we here? Out of all the things that could of happened to us, why did we end up on this planet?"

Jesse didn't have an answer. It was late at night and he already felt bad enough that he told Ahsoka his thoughts on their situation. But the clone needed to make one up quickly.

"We are here because we got sucked through a black hole. Maybe this is our challenge that the force has given us."

Ahsoka knew that he was trying to cheer her up. He didn't believe what he was saying either. But for now, that was the only thing that could be said.

"Why don't you go to bed now. You'll feel much more energized and happy in the morning." Jesse said.

"Okay." Ahsoka said letting go of him and tiptoeing to her room. She still felt miserable, but now was not the time to cry. "Stay strong Ahsoka. We always find a way."

(X)

Ding Dong

"Izuku baby get the door! I think your friend is here!"

"Thanks Mom!" he said while finding the key to unlock the top lock.

In the back of Midoriya's head, he wished she would turn around and leave. He didn't want her to know how awkward he was around girls.

"Calm down Izuku." his conscious spoke to him. "Your friend wants to run a mile or two with you. You did it with Iida last week, why can't you do it now?"

The teen opened the door and greeted Ahsoka. She wore red shorts and a blue shirt. "Are you ready to run toward the beach?" she asked.

"Yeah... of course!" Midoriya eventually spit out. But before they had the opportunity to start running, Inko appeared behind her son.

"Hi! You must be Izuku's friend Ahsoka Tano. He has told me lots about you. Welcome to our home. Now that I think about it, your the first girl that my son has brought ho-"

"Let's start our run Ahsoka!" Midoriya thankfully interrupted. "I'll come home in a few hours!"

"Okay you two stay safe!" she said as they walked off down the apartment stairs.

The jog to the beach was a quick one for the two. They both had a great amount of stamina from they're training.

Stepping onto the beach, the pair sat on the sand. It felt course, rough, and irritating to a degree, probably because they were both out of breath.

"So... what were you planning... we do?" Midoriya gasped as he took sips from his water bottle.

"Well... are you up for a challenge?"

"Of course I am Ahsoka!"

"Fantastic." she said getting up and walking toward the water. "Follow me."

Standing at the edge of the ocean, Tano removed her socks and shoes leaving them on shore. Midoriya still not sure what was happening did same. The soft muddy texture of the sand that had been getting repeatedly covered by the waves felt soft and warm under his feet.

"You see that over there?" Ahsoka asked pointing into the water.

Midoriya searched the horizon before seeing a solid object's head sticking a few inches out of the water. A refrigerator! Memories of last year flooded into his head. Just thinking about lifting tires, washing machines, and wooden tables made him take another sip of his water.

"There is a dumpster four hundred meters that way." she pointed over toward the seawall. "Let's push this fridge until we can at the least place it next to the dumpster. I'm sure the garbage men will take care of the rest."

"Alright!" Midoriya shouted stretching his arms out. Let's do this."

As the two students dived into the water, Izuku wondered how the refrigerator got here. At the same time, Ahsoka secretly cursed All Might for giving them a water training exercise on a chilly day.

The waves rocked them back and forth and at one point knocking Izuku off his feet.

"Come on." Ahsoka said extending her hand. "We started this now lets finish it!"

Midoriya smiled at her as she lifted him up. Tano really seemed to show good leadership capabilities. He made a mental note to write it in his journal later.

After a grueling eight minutes, The fridge was finally on land again. The exercise was far from over still.

"How you feeling?" Midoriya asked while moving the fridge over the soft sand.

"Wet and cold for the most part." Tano joked while wiping her forehead.

Unsure how else to strike up conversation while pushing, he asked the important question that had been on his mind. "So how do you know the teachers?"

Ahsoka looked at her classmate suspiciously wide eyed. "What do you mean?"

"The teachers with the white armor, I heard from Uraraka that you had previously knew them."

"Well... yes. Back at my old school in... Seattle." Ahsoka had almost forgotten her cover up city name. "They were heroes there too. Brave guys I'll tell you that."

Midoriya looked at her like she was from another planet. It was such an awkward way to answer a simple question. "Okay. That's interesting. I'm glad they were here to help us when we needed it most."

Ahsoka smiled. "I'll make sure to tell them you are."

Slowly but surely, the fridge inched closer to its destination. It continued to leak sea water from its holes making the push a bit lighter for their sore muscles.

"Push through Midoriya! Almost there!"

"Yeah!" the boy shouted. "Plus Ultra!"

Tano had heard that saying before several times. It seemed to resonate mostly from All Might during training but classmates would also shout it. She didn't know what it exactly meant, but she wasn't going to just ask Midoriya. He might become suspicious. Instead, she shouted alongside him. "Plus Ultra!"

The sun beamed down on them but they were pushing harder than before. Salty sweat ran down their backs but moral was high. Fifty yards... twenty yards... ten yards... finally! The only obstacle that separated them from finishing was the staircase that led up to the street.

Midoriya collapsed onto the ground breathing heavily. "Give me a minute to breathe, then we'll push this thing up the stairs."

"Not to worry." Ahsoka reassured. "I can finish this."

"Wait... are you going to use that quirk of yours?" Izuku asked.

"I don't want us to get hurt right before The Sports Festival from something silly." she said "Plus we worked hard enough to get this piece of metal all the way here with just our muscles."

With that said, Tano turned around and raised her hands up in front of her. Rather quickly, the refrigerator lifted from the beach, leaking waterfalls of sand that had worked its way into the grooves. For Midoriya, it was spectacular to watch. The classmate hovered it over the stairs with such grace that he almost forgot to blink.

Reaching the top, Ahsoka let it settle onto the ground with a light thud. She stood tall like it was no effort at all.

"Wow Ahsoka!" Midoriya said excitedly. "What's the heaviest thing you have ever lifted?"

Ahsoka froze for a moment. Her eyes watered while her body tensed up. Oh how she wish Midoriya didn't ask such a sensitive question. The past week had been so kind to her. Fighting to save her fellow classmates was better than fighting for the clones, because at least she knew she could save all of them.

...

During a skirmish on Felucia, One of the landing craft carrying a squad of clones was shot down over the front line onto a walker. Dozens of clones were crushed by the gunship and AT-TE as fires started raging around the crash site.

Anakin was fighting resistance a few clicks east when the crash happened. Without him, saving the men that might be trapped under it would prove to be more difficult.

"Rex! Continue our offensive push! I'll be back!" Ahsoka ordered.

"Yes sir!" he shouted back.

Ahsoka sprinted off as quickly as her body would move. Dodging cannon fire and laser bolts, she ducked behind cover spitting and coughing dirt out of her mouth. "C'mon Tano, were almost there."

When the crossfire stopped focusing on her position, she jumped from the cover and ran the rest of the way.

The crash sight was a mess. Thanks to the fires burning around, enemy clankers had been directed toward them. A few medic clones attempted to dig under the AT-TE while others covered them.

"Commander Tano!" a clone near the tank shouted. "Lift the wreckage with-!" a laser bolt cut through his neck instantly decapitating the unfortunate soldier.

Ahsoka began trembling at the headless man. The world had begun to slow down and become quiet. Still shocked, she continued staring at the helmet which held the severed head. She recognized the markings painted it. Sergeant Ryder! Just yesterday, Tano had a conversation with him discussing whose gunship had the best nose art. Now he was dead.

For some reason this felt different. Sure she has seen her other clone friends die, but now she thought about the larger picture. Why was she fighting in this war?, Why are they here? Why are the Separatist here? What is the meaning of all this?

"COMMANDER!!!"

Ahsoka returned from the la-la land to see Kix shouting at her.

"Lift the wreckage! Hurry!" he continued shouting.

The padawan had little time to muster up the will power. She concentrated on the wreckage lifting it up only for a second before dropping it.

"Commander!" Kix yelled over. "I don't know how the force works but you need to make it work now!"

"C'mon Ahsoka!" she said to herself. "What's that thing Master Yoda always says? Do or do not, there is no try."

The young girl lifted her head up again and took a deep breath. Using her will power to the fullest extent, The tank and gunship started to raise above the ground. The padawan was doing it, but at a snails pace.

At last, Ahsoka pushed the wreckage aside with one last exhausting force push.

The clones immediately jumped into the hole the impact had created. It didn't take them very long to come back out.

"One survivor." a medic said dragging the limp body of the AT-TE driver.

Tano huffed and puffed from exhaustion. It had taken a lot out of her to lift it all. But she needed to find out if it was worth it.

Using her lightsabers to block, Ahsoka ran through the open and leaped into the crater. She immediately regretted her decision.

A dozen bodies laid bloody and crushed. Nothing was here to be saved. It was a graveyard. The way the clones had died most have been excruciating. The force of the metal slowly stabbing their insides until there wasn't a single drop of blood yet was not exactly a heroic death.

Ahsoka wanted to cry. But there was no time for such nonsense. Every fiber of her being wanted to stay and mourn, but the battle droids needed to be dealt with.

"Ahsoka!"

She turned around to find Kix standing in front of her. But something was off. "Ahsoka!" he repeated.

Why wasn't he addressing her as commander?

"Ahsoka!" he shouted again into her face.

The padawan opened and closed her eyes quickly. When she looked again Midoriya stood in the clones place.

"Ahsoka!"

...

"Ahsoka!" Midoriya shouted into her face again.

"Midoriya!" Tano shouted back confused of her surroundings.

Izuku took a couple step backs wide eyed and with a look of dread. "What the heck was that? I asked you what the most amount of weight you ever lifted was and you zoned out for like a minute?"

All of a sudden she remembered she wasn't on Felucia, this was Earth.

"I'm sorry Izuku." Tano said in between deep breaths.

The boy still held a look of worry. "Is there something wrong? Do you want to talk about anything? I noticed Bakugo seems to be irritating you. If you want me to-."

"No. I'm fine." Ahsoka calmly interjected. "Listen I think I should go."

"Go?" Midoriya said somewhat shocked. "We haven't been here for that long."

"I'm sorry to leave you like this, but good luck with your training for the sports festival!" Tano yelled down to him has she hustled up the stairs and crossed the street.

"You to." he said weakly.

Deku looked down at himself. "What did I do? Is she going to be alright?"

(X)

Hey guys I'm back. I think the worst part about this late update is that I worked on this chapter the whole time. Just very slowly. Anyway I hope you guys aren't too mad. I haven't quit this story and don't plan to right now. Hope you follow and leave a comment. I love reading what you guys have to say.