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Edited: I don't know if this website had a glitch or something but, this chapter was originally posted on May 4, 2017. For whatever reason while the new chapter did appear, the new update date never appeared. This chapter is largely unchanged, but an error was just brought to LadySongbird16's and my attention that needed to be fixed.
Chapter 8
"Alright it's time to resume training," Daughter said "I'm going to teach you a new move, the force teleportation."
"Force teleportation I've never heard of that move nor have I read of any mentioning of it," Ahsoka replied.
"I assure you the technique is real and can be used if you know how." Daughter Explained. "First let us meditate, the key to this technique is to use your emotions as a catalyst Love, Anger, Joy, Sorrow. Incorporate them in yourself."
After meditating for some time the Daughter explained further what to do.
"Picture where you want to go and will yourself to go to that point and focus on the emotion that can connect the best with it," explains the Daughter.
Ahsoka tried incorporating for what felt like hours and she wasn't moving. Eventually she got fed up, and annoyed and angry with herself and next thing she knew, she was slamming into a wall.
"What was that?" Ahsoka questioned.
"That was you using negative emotions to accomplish the job," Daughter explained. "Now that was unfortunately a fluke. You did not do that properly but it showed us that you are capable of it. That is okay though, we will practice that a little bit more until…"
"Wait, wait, wait," Ahsoka interrupted. "Is this a dark side technique?"
"Technically yes it is," Daughter replied.
At Ahsoka's outraged look the Daughter continued.
"Now while it is traditionally a dark side technique," Daughter said. "The fact that you were able to do it in some capacity shows that you are compatible for it. I can understand your reservations about the dark side of the Force, but traditional dark side users use it in a way. I am asking you to look at it in a different way, you know the light side of the Force and you have seen the dark side of the Force. I understand that given how you were raised and trained, this is asking a lot of you; and if you ever get too uncomfortable, I will stop, but the way a dark sider users would use this entails using only those dark emotions, I will never ask that of you. I want you to use all of your emotions. I want you to channel them and use them to help yourself. Both sides of the force make you deny basic things. What both sides make you deny is different, but it is still there. Now if you prefer, you can think about what we said, and we can move on, or you could practice something else."
With that in mind, Ahsoka pulled out some practice dummies so she could practice her lightsaber forms. Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
The next day Ahsoka decided to go and talk to the order. Lux unfortunately could not come as he was needed at the senate, but he gave her full permission to use his ship and Ahsoka promised to keep him updated.
As soon as the ship was out of Coruscant, she set it on auto pilot and pulled out the communicator that the society had given her when she and Lux first found them. She pushed one of the buttons and a holo of Caalin appeared in front of her.
"Miss Tano," Caalin acknowledged. "We were beginning to wonder when we would hear from you again."
"Hello Caalin," Ahsoka said. "The Daughter and I wish to discuss an important matter with you and the council."
"And I assume you would like to discuss this matter with us at headquarters?" Caalin questioned.
"Yes please," Ahsoka said.
"Permission granted Miss Tano," Caalin said.
"Thank you," Ahsoka replied. "We should be there in a little over a week's time."
"Very well," Caalin replied. "We look forward to your arrival Miss Tano."
The halo ended and Ahsoka turned off the auto pilot.
"Well," she thought. "Now all that is left to do is get there."
"Indeed,"Daughter replied.
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It took her a little over a week until she reached Yavin's moon where the Society of the Light's headquarters was. She was given permission to dock and once the ship was fully docked and secured she was escorted to the council headquarters.
"Glad to see that you made it here safely Miss Tano," Caalin greeted.
"Thank you," Ahsoka replied.
"Well now that you are here," Alcina said. "I suppose we should get straight to business?"
"Yes," Ahsoka replied. "The Daughter and myself have been considering your offer to officially become an official part of your society."
"And you have reached a decision I am guessing?" Another female council member questioned.
"Yes," Ahsoka said. "I believe that it would be an honor to be a part of your society; and the Daughter agrees on that matter."
"That is most excellent news," Caalin declared.
"And what of your friend?" Another male council member questioned. "Senator Bonteri."
"Lux would be honored to join the society as well," Ahsoka stated. "He apologizes for the absence, but he was needed at the Republic senate."
"We can understand," Alcina declared. "It would look quite suspicious if the senator was absent from the council for quite some time, wouldn't it?"
"So we are structured in six factions," Caalin explained. "They are stealth, healing, knowledge, fighting, alchemy, and assassination. Being in a specific faction does not mean you do not have other skills, it is just means that the faction you are in is what you are focused on."
"So which faction would you like me to join?" Ahsoka questioned.
"Well," Caalin said. "As the Daughter's vessel, it would seem wrong to simply place you in one of our factions. So, we recommend for now that you recruit people do start your own faction. I can imagine that Senator Bonteri would be a willing potential member already."
"So, you wish for me to recruit people for the society as well basically as well as building my own faction?" Ahsoka questioned.
"Basically yes," Alcina declared.
"If it is not too much trouble Lady Tano there is something that we'd like to ask you," a female councilor stated.
"None at all," Ahsoka replied grimacing slightly at the title. It seemed like that was something that she would have to get used to.
"We have recently received a lot of readings of activity from the Son's Society on a "insert planet name," Alcina stated.
"And we wish to investigate it, but we feel that none of our people would be able to get around without be caught by the authorities or killed by members of the Son's Society," Another male council member said.
"With your Jedi training we feel that you would have better success with getting around the planet and being able to make a quick escape," Caalin continued.
"Is there anything in specific I am looking for?" Ahsoka questioned.
"Any evidence that can confirm our suspicions of their presence and activity would be helpful," A female council member said.
"Very well," Ahsoka said. "I shall send you a message once I find something."
"Be careful Lady Tano," Caalin said. "The son's followers can be very vicious. They won't hesitate to kill you."
"Do not worry about me," Ahsoka said. "I've ran through battlefields with droids firing at me. I think I should be able to handle this."
As the council stood up to exit the chamber Ahsoka made her way toward the exit, only before she could she was stopped in her tracks by somebody calling her name. Ahsoka turned to see Alcina approaching her.
"Is there something else you wished to share with me Alcina?" Ahsoka asked.
"I just wanted to inform you that if you wish to change we have an armory that is available to all of our members," Alcina stated. "Also, it is not mandatory, but it is customary that all wear the ancient symbol of the light side of the force."
"Thank you Alcina," Ahsoka said. "I think I will take advantage of that opportunity."
A short while later
Ahsoka emerged from the armory in her new outfit. She was wearing a maroon sleeveless crop top, gray shorts that stopped at her mid-thigh with a maroon belt, and black knee-high boots. A white cloth with the society's symbol on it was tacked into her belt next to her lightsabers.
"It kind of looks like a flower with little jagged bits in the center," she said looking at the symbol on the cloth.
"That is the ancient symbol of the Light," the Daughter said. "It was on my coffin on Mortis."
"If this is the symbol of the Light," Ahsoka began. "What is the symbol of the Dark?"
"It is reverse of this symbol," the Daughter stated. "The jagged edges take up the outside of the symbol, and the flower you described is much smaller and in the center."
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When Ahsoka reached "insert planet name" she docked her ship and got into a little town with no trouble. She didn't how long she had been wandering, it felt like hours now.
"This is taking quite a long time," Ahsoka said.
"It has only been an hour Ahsoka,"the Daughter stated.
"It feels like it has been so much longer though," Ahsoka replied. "How hard is it to find someone from your brother's Society?"
"Have you been looking for the symbol?" The Daughter questioned.
"Yes," Ahsoka said. "I have found no sign of it on anyone's clothing. Besides just because it is customary for your Society does not mean the same can be said for your brother's."
"We must keep looking,"the Daughter stated.
"I understand that," Ahsoka declared. "I would hate to return to them and tell them that I could not find anything."
Ahsoka continued on until she realized something strange. She stopped in her tracks turned around and noticed a young togruta boy standing not too far behind her.
His skin was green, and his facial makings were white just as hers were, but his were more focused around his eyes.
"I have the strangest feeling that I saw that boy earlier," she said.
"Just keep moving Ahsoka,"the Daughter said. "The only way to find out is to see if he will continue pursuing us."
"It sounds dangerous," Ahsoka replied. "But you're right. It's too soon to jump to conclusions."
So Ahsoka continued through the streets, glancing over her shoulder every so often to see if the togruta boy was still following her."
"He is still following," Ahsoka said. "I believe it is time to act."
"Can I help you with something?" Ahsoka said turning around and looking right at him.
The boy stopped right in his tracks and looked at her. It was only then that Ahsoka noticed something on the sleeve of his shirt.
"The symbol," Ahsoka thought.
"You're one of them," Ahsoka said.
"What the Kriff are you talking about?" he exclaimed.
"Just stay away from me," Ahsoka said reaching for her light saber.
"Hey you two," a voice said.
Ahsoka noticed two police offers approaching them.
"What's going on here?" the other officer questioned.
"Oh force," Ahsoka groaned.
And on pure instinct she began running in the other direction. Only the boy was following her and the police were still on their tails.
"Oh great," Ahsoka said. "Definitely not the situation I wanted to get into today."
"Just keeping running Ahsoka," Daughter said. "The sooner we lose them, the better."
"What about this boy who is clearly from your brother's Society and still chasing us I might add?" Ahsoka stated.
"We'll worry about him once the police are gone,"Daughter stated.
So Ahsoka kept running and running as fast as she could and as she reached the outskirts of the town she picked up her pace as best she could. Soon she realized that the police were now out of her sights. Only the boy was still following her.
"Alright," Ahsoka thought. "That is, it. Time to slow him down."
So Ahsoka used her force abilities on the objects he passed, knocking tree branches, and boulders in his path, many of which he was able to dodge.
"I came here to find evidence and now I'm being chased," Ahsoka said. "I could take him, but I don't know how big the consequences for that could be."
"Yes," the Daughter agreed. "It would be far too unpredictable."
"So, I'm just going to let this boy keep chasing after me?" Ahsoka said. "And rely on chance to help me escape."
"I would prefer to think of it as relying on the Force to help us," the Daughter declared.
"I still say it sounds more like chance," Ahsoka said.
"Just keep running,"The Daughter said.
"Stop!" The togruta boy yelled. "Get back here!"
"You know, I really don't understand that," Ahsoka said. "Why would someone trying to escape stop running?"
"You do realize that he doesn't actually expect you to stop," Daughter declared.
"Yeah, but still," Ahsoka said.
Suddenly though Ahsoka noticed things were beginning to fall in her path as well, and she heard shooting noise.
She dared a glance over her shoulder.
"Oh great," she said. "He has a blaster, of course he does."
Ahsoka pulled out her lightsaber and turned around slicing through any obstacle that came in her path.
Eventually she found herself standing at the mouth of a cave. She turned around to see that he was still behind her, his blaster still in hand.
He began blasting at the top of the cave sending small rocks flying down toward them, which she had to stop with the blade of her lightsaber.
"I refuse to let myself just here and be blasted at," Ahsoka declared.
She began backing up further and into the cave, but she was still being pursued.
She was so focused on blocking his shots that she didn't realize until the walls of the cave started to shake and soon, the entrance of the cave was blocked by more than a dozen large rocks; and this stupid boy was still with her.
"Oh Kriff," Ahsoka said. "See what you've done now? We're stuck."
"How is it all my fault?" he asked. "You made the rocks move too."
"Oh, so it's my fault for trying to defend myself?" Ahsoka said.
"I wasn't trying to hurt you," he declared.
"And why should I believe that?" Ahsoka asked." You're with his Society."
"I know who you are," he began. "Ahsoka Tano."
"How?" She asked. "How do you know?"
"He made sure we all knew what you look like," he declared. "So that we would not try and kill you."
"He doesn't want me dead?" Ahsoka questioned.
"Ahsoka remember," the Daughter said. "If you die than I have no vessel."
"Right," Ahsoka replied. "Look, let's make a deal, help me dig up these rocks."
"And then?" He asked.
"Then we can both get out of here alive and I'll let you leave unharmed," Ahsoka stated.
"Are you threatening me?" He questioned.
"No," Ahsoka replied. "I'm allowing you a chance to get out of here alive."
"Fine," he said.
So, they both went over to the entrance and started moving the rocks out of their way.
"Why?" Ahsoka asked.
"Why what?" The Togruta boy asked.
"Why are you even a part of his society?" Ahsoka questioned. "You enjoy bloodshed that much?"
"I was born into it," he declared. "Do I need to explain anything more?"
"Well your "deity" if you even want to call him that," Ahsoka said. "He's certainly doesn't care about you or anyone else that follows him."
"How do you know?" he asked.
"He's the embodiment of the dark side of the Force," Ahsoka confirmed. "Things like compassion and love are not at the top of his list."
"I do not care," he replied. "I have the opportunity of being one of his future hosts."
"Do you have any idea what that is going to do to you?" Ahsoka questioned.
"Why do you care?" He questioned. "And, why should I? It is one of the highest honors in our society."
"What about you?" He questioned.
"What about me?" Ahsoka countered.
"What's so special about you?" He asked. "Why does he want you to be kept alive?"
"Shut up and keep digging," Ahsoka declared.
"Not one to share, are you?" The boy questioned. "Why should I? I don't even know you. You haven't even bothered to introduce yourself."
"Why should I?" He asked.
"I never expected you to," Ahsoka declared.
As the minutes went on, Ahsoka found herself stealing a few glances at the young togruta. It was rare for her to be close to a boy her own age, other than Lux that was, but it was especially rare to be around someone of her own species. There was something strange about him, something, attractive. He was kind of nice to look at now that she thought about it. He was a little taller than her and seemed to be physical fit.
"Wait," Ahsoka said in shock. "What am I thinking?"
"Ahsoka,"the Daughter began. "You went through puberty did you not?"
"Yes," Ahsoka said.
"These feelings are perfectly normal for someone your age,"Daughter declared.
"I can't help it," Ahsoka defended. "They're so unfamiliar."
Several minutes later they finally removed the last stone. And they were able to walk out of the cave. So, they made their way through the forest back through the town and back to the docking area.
The whole trip back Ahsoka was expecting him to blast her or try to grab her, but he never did such a thing.
As she boarded her ship, he watched as he disappeared on another ship and fly off. Ahsoka did just the same.
OooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooAs Ahsoka plotted her course back to Coruscant she thought she should tell the council what had happened on the planet.
So, she sent a signal to the headquarters, and soon a holo of Caalin and the council was right in front of her.
"Lady Tano," Caalin greeted. "Good to see that you made it off the planet alive. I trust you have news?"
"'Yes Caalin," Ahsoka stated. "Not the most pleasant news though."
"And what is this news Lady Tano?" Alcina questioned.
"I ran into a boy on the planet," Ahsoka declared. "A togruta, like myself, he told me he was a future host for the Son."
"And his name," a male councilor asked.
"He never said," Ahsoka stated. "The point is, he knew exactly who I was, and he told me that every single member of the society has been told who I am and what I look like. All so I do not get killed."
"And he did not say why no one must attempt such and act?" Another female council member questioned.
"Only that the Son had told them specifically not to and that all of them know what I looked like."
"I see," Caalin replied. "We cannot put your safety at risk like this."
"Perhaps we should not send her on any major field missions," a male councilor suggested.
"I agree," Alcina said. "At least until she is older and her markings expand."
"Yes," Caalin said. "Then hopefully by that time they will not know exactly who you are and believe that you can be any togruta women in our society."
"I would appreciate that," Ahsoka said. "In the meantime, I will be returning to Coruscant."
"Very well Lady Tano," Caalin said.
"We shall contact you if we feel you are needed."
Ahsoka nodded to the holo.
"Ahsoka Tano out," she said before ending the transmission.