Hey guys I'm back. Thank you all so much for your reviews, they mean a lot. Okay, just to clear up a few things, Karma/Sabrina is supposed to be Kanan's best childhood friend and maybe his future love interest. I say maybe because I don't know what the show's going to do in the future and I am hoping (...and praying...) that they don't put him with Hera so I can accomplish that goal. If not, I will put up with it and leave Karma as a close friend of Kanan's. Anyways, thanks to lilnightmare17, ako94 (I'm sorry it's basically the show with an added character but I'm not a big fan of writing big Aus. Most of my stories have a strict canon background so it's just a habit of mine to do that.), NightOwlFury, Booyahkasha (I know but I prefer to write the names out as they're spoken, other writers do it to so I'm sorry if you don't like it. It's just how I write.), , supersweetangel22, Elven Silver Power Ranger and shiki ryuusaki for reviewing/following/favoring along with all 501 readers! Wow, you guys are amazing, I've only gotten that many that fast with my other Star Wars stories. This is gonna be a short chapter because the episode doesn't allow me to write a lot. But you do learn more of Karma's past as Sabrina, so that's a bonus. And this episode has not come out on DisneyXD yet so if you'd like to avoid minor (literally minor) spoilers, then please avoid reading this chapter until Tuesday at the earliest. Okay, now that that's all out of the way, enjoy!
Karma sat in her and Sabine's room as the Ghost flew. While Sabine was painting the walls, Karma was taking her lightsaber apart, putting it back together and cleaning it, a habit she formed as a child. She looked up as Chopper rolled by followed by Ezra, who then came back when he noticed the younger girl.
"Oh, um, hey, Sabine." He tried to act smooth. "I see your, uh, painting...stuff."
"Well, nothing gets passed you, kid." Sabine stated.
"You know, if you ever need a little inspiration..." Ezra tried.
"Yeah, then I'll be sure to look elsewhere." Sabine stated. Karma laughed slightly at that as she clipped her beloved weapon to her belt. Unless they went somewhere, she usually left it there, after all. Chopper came back and made a series of beeps as he went into Ezra's room.
"Chopper! Stay out of my room!" Ezra cried. He moved to follow the droid before he turned back to Sabine, who had resumed painting and said, "Uh, gotta go." Sabine rolled her eyes at the younger boy. Karma bent over laughing at Ezra's awkwardness. The kid had never acted so strange before and she found it hilarious that she got to finally see it. Sabine smiled back at the older girl as she painted. Suddenly, Zeb cried out and Ezra came running out. "It's not my fault." He said.
"Tell it to my fist!" Zeb cried as he chased after the Padawan. Karma sighed as she stood up. Being Ezra's unofficial legal guardian meant she always had to follow him whenever something like this happened and they happened a lot. She briefly look in the two's room to find Ezra's bed on Zeb's. Looking back, Karma saw Chopper holding up the bolts.
"That droid..." She muttered as she followed the boy and the Lasat. She watched as Zeb jumped over the railing and landed on Ezra in a pile of crates, Kanan standing beside them. Groaning, Karma jumped over the railing and landed softly on the floor. "I'll explain later." She whispered to Kanan as she came to stand beside the confused Jedi when Hera cleared her throat, looking down at the two in disappointment, as was Karma.
"It's his fault!" The two said in unison, pointing at each other.
"I swear you two are children." Karma stated.
"My fault? This is your fault!" Zeb said as he stood up. Ezra followed, saying,
"Don't go blaming this on me!" Karma looked over and noticed the exasporated look on Kanan's face and knew instantly she was wearing the same look.
"Enough." Hera stated as she climbed down the ladder. "This is my ship you're wrecking and I want you off it." As she finished speaking, the Twi'lek opened the ramp of the ship and just glared at the two fighting. The two walked over, pushing each other as they did.
"Hera, be reasonable." Zeb said.
"Come on, you know what he's like." Ezra added in. Karma's glare sharpened and before she could say anything, Hera took out a list. "Uh, what's this?" Ezra asked, taking it.
"A market list." Hera said, "The town of Kothal is two clicks to the south and I'm sending both of you on a supply run."
"With him?" The two said in unison.
"With each other. Oh, and don't even think about coming back without at least one meiloorun fruit." Hera warned, pointing at the two, "Clear?"
"Clear." The two repeated before they walked out of the ship, pushing each other the whole way. Kanan and Karma walked up to stand beside Hera, Karma giggling the entire time.
"How do you expect them to find mayloorun on Lothal?" Kanan questioned. Hera smiled as she realized why Karma was laughing.
"They most likely won't be able to." Karma managed between her giggles.
Karma sat in her and Sabine's room, trying to meditate. Sabine had gone to Ezra and Zeb's room to paint something but she wouldn't let anyone see it. Karma groaned in frustration as she failed, yet again, to accomplish her goal.
"Rina? You okay?" Karma looked up to see Kanan looking at her. She smiled slightly,
"Yeah, I'm fine." Even though the two had been best friends as children, only 14 years ago, they were still slightly stiff around each other. It wasn't that noticeable, nobody on the ship had noticed, but they did. Kanan sighed and walked into the room, sitting across from the girl.
"Rina, don't lie to me." He said, "Tell me what's wrong." Karma sighed and hung her head.
"I've been trying to meditate so I can unlock my life force." She admitted.
"What?" Kanan asked, confused.
"The med droids told me that if I could unlock my life force, I would be able to defend myself even better and I would be more in tune with the Force." Karma explained, "I've been trying to unlock it for years but I haven't had much success. It only helps me naturally when I absolutley need it, like when I had to hold the Walker back for you." Kanan was silent as he processed the new information. Finally, he said,
"Maybe you just need some help."
"You'll help me?" Karma asked, her eyes wide. Kanan nodded, smiling slightly.
"Yeah, I will." Karma grinned as she sat across from him and both closed their eyes in unison. They reached into the Force and slowly, both reached down into the bottom of Karma's very soul. With Kanan's help, Karma was able to get more than a brush of her life force. She could almost touch it. She reached down farther and grasped her life force. She felt it swirling within her, growing stronger and allowing her to protect herself more. She smiled as her life force became fully unlocked. However, a memory covered her mind instead and took her back to the past.
Sabrina walked through the hallway of the Jedi Temple nervously. She had just been chosen as Master Yoda's new Padawan and was heading to her first meditation, one required by all Padawans. As she entered the room, she noticed only one boy was by himself. He had dark skin and hair from what she could see and he was wearing the traditional Jedi robes they all wear, along with the braid on his shoulder. Curious, Sabrina walked over and sat across from the boy.
"Hi." She smiled at him. He looked up and gave her a small smile in return. Sabrina couldn't help but admire his kind blue eyes. "Who's your master?" She asked curiously.
"Master Depa Billaba." The boy answered after a minute.
"She seems nice." Sabrina smiled, "My master is Master Yoda." The boy looked up in surprise.
"Master Yoda?" He repeated, "Then...you must be special." Sabrina looked down, feeling her cheeks warm up and, unknown to her, turned a light shade of pink.
"You...think I'm special?" She asked.
"If Master Yoda chose you to be his Padawan then you must be." The boy said.
"But you're special too." Sabrina aruged, feeling as though telling the boy her master made him sad. "We're all special, that's why we're here." The boy smiled slightly at her words but before anything else could be said, they were told to begin meditating. Sabrina closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She could feel the Force swirling around her peacefully when she suddenly saw an image. It was...her but she was older and dressed differently. She was fighting with a light purple lightsaber with the boy in front of her beside her. He too was older and dressed differently. He was fighting with an icy blue lightsaber alongside her. Slowly, the image faded away and Sabrina opened her green eyes to meet the blue ones of the boy. By the look on his face, she can tell he had the same vision. "My name's Sabrina, Sabrina Jarrus." She introduced, holding out a hand for him to shake.
"I'm Caleb." He said after a minute, taking her hand in his own. "Caleb Dume."
Before Karma could open her eyes, a new memory surfaced and she couldn't push it away, no matter how hard she struggled to.
"Caleb! Caleb!" Sabrina cried as she ran through the Jedi Temple and up to her best friend. They were 14 and had been friends for several years now. They were inseperable, some Padawans even joked they would change the code so the two could get married. Of course, they were all jokes, after all. Sabrina was grinning widely as she stopped in front of Caleb. She was now an official healer and she couldn't wait to tell him. She looked up at him, hating how he already was taller than her, and started, "Caleb, guess what! I'm-"
"Rina, we can't be friends anymore." Caleb interuppted, not meeting her eyes. Instantly, Sabrina's face fell and she felt like the whole world, no, the whole galaxy was crashing around her.
"W-what...?" She stuttered, something she never did.
"We can't be friends anymore." Caleb repeated.
"But...Caleb, why not?" Sabrina asked as tears welled in her eyes. Why is he doing this? She thought, He's my best friend, I can't lose him!
"We just can't, Sabrina." Caleb stated, but to the girl he was talking to, it felt like he stabbed her in the heart.
"But...but..." Sabrina stuttered, not able to form a single word.
"Goodbye." Caleb whispered before he walked off. When she was alone in the hallway, Sabrina dropped to her knees, held her head in her hands and broke. Tears poured down her cheeks and sobs slipped through her clenched teeth until she was crying out in the empty hallway. Nobody came to her except her master that night. Yoda returned her to her quarters, as she was practically sleeping where she knelt. The next morning, Sabrina Jarrus left the Jedi Temple. That was the last time she would see Caleb Dume for 14 years and when she returned to the Temple next, she would lose everything.
Karma gasped as her eyes snapped open, tears slipping from her eyes as she did so. Kanan was staring at her as well, having seen the exact same memories from his own point of view.
"I'm so sorry." Kanan whispered before he walked over and held Karma tightly against him. Karma allowed her tears to slip but she didn't sob like she used to. He was here with her now, that was all that mattered.
Karma sat watching Kanan and Chopper play some kind of game, though she wasn't really paying attention. She was focusing on the fact that her life force that was now rushing through her blood had made everything sharper, clearer. Her senses had been hightened and her connection to the Force felt stronger, though she wasn't stronger in itself. When Kanan won, Chopper left as Hera sat beside Kanan while Karma was sitting on his other side.
"Have to admit, it's a lot more peaceful aboard with the kids gone." Kanan said, leaning back.
"Yeah, but I'm feeling guilty for sending them-" Hera started.
"On a wild meiloorun chase?" Karma finished with a smile.
"Spectre 4 to Ghost." Zeb said over the comm just then.
"Right on cue." Hera sighed before she said into the comm, "Go ahead, Spectre 4."
"Right, well, we've had a bit of a problem." Zeb said.
"I thought you might." Hera smiled, "Well, look don't worry about the meilooruns-"
"Yeah, meilooruns." Ezra cut in, "Ugh, we found some, then we lost them, then we found them again, but we smashed-"
"Ugh, just cut to the chase, kid." Zeb said when the three rebels heard a distinct sound.
"Wait, what am I hearing?" Kanan said.
"It sounds like..." Karma started.
"Yeah, about that, see, um, well, we stole a TIE fighter!" Ezra said.
"You what?!" Karma and Kanan yelled in unison.
"I never told you to do something that stupid, Ezra!" Karma added, wishing she could smack the kid upside the head.
"They're taking it better than I thought." Zeb muttered, thinking the rebels on the other side couldn't hear him.
"Get rid of it!" Kanan ordered.
"Do we have to?" The rebels in the stolen TIE fighter whined. Kanan sighed, covering his eyes with his hand while Karma cried,
"Yes, you idiots!"
"At least tell me you dismantled the locater beacon?" Kanan asked. Zeb chuckled nervously.
"Of course, we're not fools." He then proceeded to mutter, "Under there. The red wire. No, wait, the blue."
"Well, which one?" Ezra whispered.
"It's the red and the blue!" Kanan and Karma interjected.
"Right, got it." Ezra said, "I-I mean, got it a long time ago. You know, back when we first boarded, right away, immediately."
"Stealing the TIE attracts unwanted attention." Kanan scolded, "Rendezvous at Shadow Side 2, fly straight there, do not stop. And don't do anything."
"That includes anything stupid!" Karma added for good measure. It was her usual lecture with Ezra and a promise he was getting it when he got back.
"On our way, Spectre 4 out." Zeb said before they cut the connection. Karma groaned as she leaned forward, her head in her hands.
"At least I didn't teach him this." She muttered.
Later, Karma, Kanan and Hera stood outside the Ghost, waiting for the two rebels. Hera stood on the ground, Kanan on the ramp and Karma leaned against the side of the ship, twisting her braid between her fingers.
"Ugh, they should've been here by now." Kanan said.
"Over there." Hera pointed after a minute. Sure enough, the Lasat and boy were walking up to them. The three older rebels walked off the ship to meet them. Zeb held up a meiloorun fruit and gave it to Hera.
"One meiloorun as ordered." He bowed.
"Thank you, kind sir." Hera smiled. It was then Karma noticed Ezra held a TIE fighter clone's helmet.
He must've taken it from the TIE. She shook her head.
"Team effort." Zeb said, knudging Ezra.
"Forget about the fruit." Kanan interjected, "Where's the TIE fighter?"
"Ugh, crashed it." Zeb answered, looking down.
"On purpose." Ezra added, "We didn't want to it to fall back into the Empire's hands." Kanan thought about it and smiled,
"That's what I like to hear."
"You're off the hook this time, Ezra." Karma said, "But you're explaining everything later." With that, the three oldest rebels walked back into the ship. As Karma walked past Zeb and Ezra's room, she peeked in and smiled when she saw what Sabine had painted. A comical painting of Ezra falling onto Zeb. "Nice job, Sabine." She commented.
"Thanks Karma." Sabine smiled, "But it's not quite finished yet." Karma shook her head at the younger girl and smiled, her eyes twinkling.
"Call me Karm." She requested before she made her way to where Kanan and Hera were. Minutes later, Ezra and Zeb crashed into crates...again. But this time, the two pointed at Chopper and cried,
"It's his fault!"
"At least they got rid of the TIE." Hera and Karma said in unison as Kanan sucked in a deep breath in order to remain calm, something he had picked up from Karma when they were younger. Karma, on the other hand, found the whole scene comical and was laughing at the two at their expense. Later, she got the full story as to why the two showed up late and she couldn't have been more proud of Ezra. Not only did he use the Force for the first time, at will that is, but he used it to help keep some friends away from Tarkintown. He really was one of the best kids she knew.
"Hey Karm?" Ezra asked later that day. "I was just wondering...why didn't you ever tell me you used to be a Jedi Knight?" Karma sighed and looked down at her hands.
"Ezra...I couldn't." She whispered, "I was so broken that...I didn't even think telling someone I was a Jedi Padawan mattered. Besides, being a Jedi was a crime when I found you. If you had told anyone, I would've been killed. Though, at the time, it didn't sound too bad."
"You mean..." Ezra trailed off as Karma nodded, tears falling from her eyes.
"Yeah...I wanted to die." She whispered.
"But...why?" The boy asked.
"I lost everything, Ezra, in the span of two days." Karma explained, "I was going to kill myself when I found you. Then, I had a vision of you meeting up with Caleb. You saved me, Ezra, and I thought...if I didn't tell you I was a Jedi, the memories would stay away and I could...live. And because of that, we're here, where the Force wants us to be." Slowly, Ezra walked over and hugged the older girl, just like he did whenever she had a nightmare when he was a kid. Karma smiled and held Ezra close to her. He was the little brother she never had and she would cherish him forever.
There's the chapter! Sorry if I just ruined an entire episode for you but I feel as though I can't do these episodes enough justice, I never do whenever I write a story like this. The actual episode is the funniest one I've ever seen so go watch it on Monday, I highly recommend it! Okay, I think that's everything so may the Force be with you, always.
