Mrrrroooooowww!
The sound of a Lothcat woke Sabine from her sleep. The warmth of a sun swept over her skin, warming and relaxing her. The feel of the grass below her told her something was off. The last thing she remembered was being in the darkness of her sleeping quarters in the cold darkness of space. It had been 3 days since her and Ahsoka had left on their journey to find Ezra, so how had she ended up back on the prairies of the outer rim planet? Sabine's gaze dragged slowly across her surroundings trying to find something, anything, that would tell her where she was, but there was nothing but some rocky outcroppings. In the time she had lived on Lothal, she had always stayed near the city, but there weren't any in sight.
Mrrroooooowwwww!
Sabine head snapped to where the sound came from. A white lothcat sat on a small boulder next to an opening in the outcropping. It's blue eyes seemed to stare straight into Sabine, like it could read her mind. Sabine rose to her feet and slowly stepped towards the almost ghostly looking animal. Sabine remembered Ezra saying something about seeing and following a white lothcat before. He said one had helped him and led him to the lothwolves before the liberation of Lothal.
"Hey, little guy," Sabine gingerly stuck her hand out in an attempt to pet the lothcat,"are you here to help me out?"
Hhhhhiiiiiissssss!
The lothcat's fur fluffed up on its back. It turned and sprang away, running deeper into the rock formations. Sabine chased after it, wary of her surroundings, but trusting the same creature that Ezra had at one point, and hoping this is what she was supposed to be doing.
"Okay then," Sabine slowed as she rounded a corner,"I know you." Sabine stated as she stared into the eyes of the white lothwolf. Ezra had called upon the same wolf many a times when the rebels had been in need. It's knowing eyes stared back into hers as she slowly crept closer to it. The white lothcat appeared on the back of the much larger creature, seemingly relaxed as if the lothwolf couldn't kill it with a single blow.
The lothwolf let out a low growl as it stood, causing the smaller white creature to fall off of it's back. The steps of the larger creature seemed to make the ground shake as it crept closer to Sabine.
"Come" the wolf let out a low growl and laid in front of Sabine and staring at her. She knew well enough that she needed to do what it said, so she climbed onto the back of the wolf. Without much warning it sprang to its feet and started sprinting across the prairies and through the rock formations of the planet. The tall grass skimmed Sabines boots as the long strides of the wolf carried her across the plains.
"Um, mind telling me where we're going?" Sabine questioned as she held onto the white neck fur of the wolf.
The wolf simply let out a low growl in response.
Of course he won't answer me. What was I thinking? Sabine held tighter as the wolf leaped over a small ravine. It somehow seemed like both a short time and forever that they had been soaring across the prairies and through the rock outcroppings of the planet, but they finally arrived at a tall rock formation that stood hundreds of feet above the ground with an opening at the bottom. There were circles engraved in the ground all around the foot of the formation.
"The Jedi temple?" Sabine looked at the wolf as she climbed off of its back. "I thought the empire had destroyed it."
The wolf nodded its head to Sabine and looked back at the temple.
"So this must be a dream, but why did you bring me here?" Sabine continued to stare at the white creature next to her. Who turned its head and looked into her eyes knowingly.
"So, do I need to go in there, why am I here?" Sabine questioned the wolf again. Even though she knew she wouldn't get an answer in words, she really was hoping for one. Instead the wolf simply nodded its head again, before turning and sprinting back the way it came. Sabine stared after the wolf as it disappeared over the horizon.
"Gee, thanks, you're a lot of help" she thought as she turned back toward the temple. She started towards the entrance that lingered in front of her. It seemed to call her and entice her to walk in. Sabine looked at the cave entrance in front of her with hope, which pulled her forward. As she entered, the cave a deep darkness engulfed her. The warmth from the sun outside seeming to disappear as soon as she entered the cave. The darkness seemed to reach into her body, chilling her bones, and seemed to reach into her soul.
The darkness seemed never ending until she noticed a faint blue light coming from farther in the cave. The light grew brighter as she drew closer to it. Finally she reached a massive cavern. The top of the cavern looked like a starlit night sky and around her visions of people shining with the blue light, danced in front of her. Sabine looked around the cavern, trying to figure out what this place was. To her right, a blonde jedi activated an old blue bladed lightsaber and a young girl with her hair pulled into buns looking towards the sky appeared and disappeared in an instant. An awestruck Sabine looked around her as the past and future were presented to her only a few seconds at a time. As Sabine walked farther into the cavern more visions appeared in front of her, but the one that caught her attention was a person in silver Mandalorian armour walking past her. As she turned to get a closer look, it disappeared. Turning back to the center of the cavern, she saw a familiar face. It was Hera and in with her was her droid Chopper, who was handing her something. Sabine tried to get a closer look at what was in the Twi'leks hand.
"Wait, that's Ezra's lightsaber," Sabine gasped. She had no idea that Hera still had it after these past five years. The vision of her friend disappeared from in front of her.
"Sabine?"
The sound of her name made her jump. She knew that voice. The voice which she hadn't heard in so long. Hearing it speak her name made her eyes water. Sabine turned to look at the person who had spoken. Ezra stood there outlined in a faint blue light. His hair long and scraggly and a short black beard was on his face from the years of not having anything to keep it clean cut. His shirt was now dirtied and more brown than orange and a brown cloak hund off of his back.
"Ezra." Sabine whispered as she let out a sigh of relief. Seeing the man standing in front of her brought her more joy than she would have ever thought possible. Another vision outlined in the same faint blue light ran up to Ezra and wrapped him in a hug, which almost knocked him off his feet. Sabine was looking at herself. So I really will find him. The realization of what was in front of her made her smile. She would find Ezra, one day. The vision slowly began to fade, but not before Sabine noticed the vision of Ezra stared directly at her and nodded his head before fading like the others.
The room went dark, no visions appearing after Ezra. Sabine looked up to the top of the cavern at star like sparkles which lingered above her. Suddenly, a darker blue light started to shine from the center of the opening. A tall, dark blue figure appeared in front of Sabine.
"Thrawn. But, how did you survive?" Sabine spoke, a slight fear rising in her voice. Around her the remnants of a long forgotten city began to form with a statue of a reptilian looking species she had never seen stood in the center, towering over everything else. The statue was surrounded by thousands of ancient-looking cylinders. Sabine tried to get a closer look at them, but they appeared too old to be of any use or to be holding anything but dust. The room went black again and the cold darkness engulfed her.
Sabine opened her eyes to the cold darkness of her ship quarters. The memories of her dream flooding over her all at once. Ezra, Thrawn, the statue , she remembered it all. It had all been a dream, but at the same time, it had all felt so real. The door of her quarters opened, allowing some light in and also casting the shadow of the Togruta that stood in the doorway.
"Are you alright?" Ahsoka's question hung in the air for a moment.
"Yes…."
