A FEW MOMENTS EARLIER….

"She's here. I can feel her."

Ezra said aloud when he felt her presence searching for him through the force. He closed his eyes and reached out himself, letting her know he was here and trying to guide them. They were so close, just above the atmosphere. His heart pounding with the anticipation of finally seeing Sabine again. Her face appeared in his mind her brown and purple hair and brown eyes were the last thing he saw before he left the crew to meet Thrawn, and now they would be the first thing he saw when he returned.

He could hear the approach of a coming spacecraft nearby and opened his eyes to see the bright lights of a foreign spacecraft breaking through the darkness of the night. It headed away from him probably looking for a clearing to land in. Ezra's legs carried him as fast as he could, chasing the ship he had seen. The trees and lakes were a blur as the force carried him faster than he ever ran before.

A clearing opened up in front of Ezra. The ship landed in the circle of trees that stretched out in front of him, the turbulence of the engines blowing the plants in many different directions. When the billowing winds finally stopped, all Ezra saw was the purple haired Mandalorian walking out of the ship and standing in the middle of the field. His heart leapt at just the sight of her being there. He froze in place for a moment, unsure what to do.

Five years.

It'd been five years since he last looked into her eyes. Five years since he last heard her voice. All he could do was stare at her from his spot in the darkness.

Finally, after what seemed like ages, he shook his head and stepped out from the brush and though he wanted to say so much, only one word escaped him.

"Sabine?"

At his words the girl turned at simply stared at him. His heart leapt out of his chest as their eyes met for the first time in five years. Time seemed to freeze and all sounds from around Ezra died out as they simply stood there unable to look away or move.

Sabine was the first to move. Her first slow steps turned into leaping strides as she quickly narrowed the gap between her and the Jedi in front of her. Her arms wrapping around him immediately when she got close enough, knocking the two of them off balance.

Ezra fell backward, Sabine falling with him, arms wrapped around each other. Neither of them felt the thud as they hit the ground. All they could and wanted to do was stay in that moment for as long as they could. The sound of each other's heartbeats and breaths all they could hear in. Their surroundings disappeared.

All Ahsoka could do was look on with a smile at the two humans embraced. All she could feel right now was the sense of something bad coming. She just wasn't sure what it was.

ACROSS THE GALAXY…..

Lothal.

Finally, they had made it. Thrawn's small force finally made it back to the backwater, outer-rim planet. It had taken weeks, but the stormtroopers had finally fixed most of the ship hyperdrives and had loaded the weapons they had found.

The tan planet below him seemed to mock him and his past failure. He had been unable to contact other imperial forces to tell them he was back and where he was headed. His plan was unfolding well so far. There was an added plus of there not being any rebel ships in the atmosphere, so landing the ships would not be as difficult as he had imagined.

The city formed below him, light reflecting from the top of the buildings, until his ships flew over top of them. Thrawn could see the Lothalites looking up to the sky to see what dimmed the sun, only to have a horrified expression cross their faces. A slight smile crossed his face at this.

Finally, he would get his revenge.

author's note: sorry for the short chapter this week guys, writer's block was really hitting me this week. hope you enjoyed though!