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Chapter 17

(Tristakine) Ahsoka POV

Six months after that, no one else had figured out what Ahsoka could do. She practiced in secret at night while still keeping her normal routine of working during the day.

She didn't know what she was doing was called exactly. She wanted to call it magic, but knew it wasn't that. It felt like magic though. The way she controlled whatever she was moving was enchanting. Since Ahsoka started using the gift, she also started meditating. When she meditates, it's as though she's at a new level of peace. She can feel things on a different level.

It made life more bearable.


"That's it. I do so much for this household and for this family. None of you respect me. Let's see how you do without me."

The door slammed behind Kiytam Tano and all Ahsoka and Chance could do for a minute was stare. When their eyes tore away from the door they connected with each other's. The smiles on their faces were irreplaceable.

"I guess that means we're having Mixed Pasta tonight," Ahsoka didn't stop smiling and neither did Chance.

You see, the siblings looked forward to the days that this happened. It started with their father drinking in the morning. This led to him getting mad earlier than usual but it was a different kind of mad. In these situations, he just left. Ahsoka figured he went out and gambled all his money away for a few nights and then came back.

In those few days when he was gone Chance and Ahsoka celebrated. They celebrated her not getting beaten for a few days. They celebrated no yelling in the house. They celebrated what it was like to be surrounded by just love and no evil.

That meant Mixed Pasta.

Mixed Pasta was Ahsoka's signature meal. It was the best thing she could make and had everyone who'd tried it to stand behind her. It was a recipe she'd once made with a bit of fooling around years ago.

So when Chance went to school and Ahsoka decided to fix the roof they knew that night was going to be wonderful. What they didn't know was that it would forever change the family's balance of things.


(Tristakine) Plo Koon POV

Plo Koon was on Shili just for a checkup. The Jedi did it occasionally. Every once and a while Jedi would be sent to a planet just to check in and see to it that nothing illegal was happening. Plo Koon stepped up and offered to check on Shili. It was less dangerous than other planets and easier to check in on.

His intention was just to stay on the planet for a few days. After that he would head back to Coruscant.

Problems arose and instead of landing in a popular city of Shili, they had to stop early and land in a less crowded town. It was a small place and Plo Koon didn't expect for them to have a mechanic. He had to try though. His ship wouldn't get back off the ground without some help.

After asking around a few times, the residents of the small town pointed Plo Koon in the direction of a farm a few clicks out. He threw his cloak over his shoulders and headed off that way, not knowing what the future held.


(Tristakine) Ahsoka POV

Ahsoka was fixing the roof. Or at least, she was going to. She'd just started.

She had the ladder set up and climbed to the top of it. She then hopped onto the roof. Only once she was at the top did Ahsoka realize that she left her tool box at the bottom. She sighed at the thought of going down again to get it and silently scolded herself for forgetting it.

Her eyes warily looked around to see if there were any bystanders. Of course there weren't. Her house was pretty secluded being where it was.

She only worried for a second before using her mysterious gift to lift the tool box up into her hand. Ahsoka then went to work on the roof.


(Tristakine) Plo Koon

Plo Koon had seen everything. He was hidden behind a bush (not one of his proudest moments) watching this mysterious young girl use the force.

Questions flew through his mind as if it were nothing. Who was this girl? How could she use the force? Why wasn't she recruited by the Jedi as a youngling like she should've been?

He wanted to reveal himself and go talk to the girl. Instead he stayed hidden. He wanted to see if there was anything else she could do.


(Tristakine) Ahsoka POV

The roof was a simple fix. Ahsoka just had to adjust a preexisting panel. It didn't take more than 10 minutes to patch up. When she was done she grabbed the toolbox and made her way over to the ladder.

Right as she was about to climb down a panel underneath her shifted and her foot slipped. She lost her balance and was unable to regain it. She couldn't stop herself from falling off the roof.

The world blurred. She couldn't remember if she screamed. In the second she had to contemplate she thought that this was it. This was the end. She didn't want to die.

Seconds went by and there was no crash. She wasn't dead. Her eyes warily unclenched themselves to observe her situation.

She was on the ground. Or at least, it looked like she was. The roof was above her, but the ground wasn't beneath her. Her body wasn't on anything. It was as if-

Ahsoka turned her head to look beneath her. She was floating. Her body was at least a foot off the ground, completely intact.

When she screamed her body fell the foot to the ground. It hit with a plop that silenced her scream. Part of her wanted to get up and just walk on her own two feet again. She wanted to convince herself that she was in charge of her body again. Instead she just lay there on the ground. She didn't move. Her mind tried to figure out what just happened.

After a minute and still nothing could explain what she just experienced, Ahsoka got up. After she straightened herself out, she used the gift to get the toolbox off the roof. Then she brushed herself off and went back to work on her garden as if nothing happened.


(Tristakine) Plo Koon POV

Plo Koon witnessed the entire thing. This girl, who was no more than 13, had just used the force at a level he'd only seen a Jedi Knight use. She obviously wasn't trained by someone. So how could she do this? How could she use the force like that?

He hid for a few more minutes and then couldn't take it any longer. He had to meet this mysterious young girl.

The Jedi Master carefully walked over to the girl and tried to make it seem as though he'd just arrived.

The girl seemed a bit on edge, but welcomed him once he got close to her. "Hello traveler."

"Hello," Plo Koon nodded in a welcoming way. He wanted an excuse to talk to this girl. That way he could build up to asking where she learned to use the force from. So he sat down next to her and tried to help her weed the garden."Does something about me give away my reputation as being foreign?"

The girl pulled one more weed and then turned her full attention to him. She had a small smile on her face. "It's a small town. I know most people. But yes, you do seem foreign. May I ask what brings you here?"

Plo Koon didn't want to come right out and ask about the mechanic he was actually searching for. He wanted to talk to this girl. "What brings me to your planet or your farm?"

She shrugged, "Either I suppose. I'll take what I can get. It's been a while since I've heard a good story."

"It's quite a long story," he lied to lead away from the topic.

The girl nodded, accepting his answer. "You looked like you might need some help with your garden. I'm sorry if I'm intruding."

She didn't look away from her garden. "I like the help. And I know you're avoiding the subject of what brings you here." She turned to him. "It's alright. You don't have to say. I just don't see that many travelers often."

"There's not much to my story except that I'm traveling."

Plo Koon didn't know why he didn't just say that he was a Jedi. He should have. That would've been the right thing to do. But something inside of him said that that wouldn't have been a good thing to do at the time. The force drew him to this girl for a reason.

The girl looked into his eyes and Plo Koon got his first good look at her. Her face was young and beautiful. Her eyes glimmered in the light. She was young and should have been full of hope, yet Plo Koon saw a different emotion in her eyes. He saw struggle. "I'm surprised you know how to garden." She looked back down at her plants.

Plo Koon smiled. "As am I. I don't quite recall where I learned from."

The girl let out a small laugh.

The Master Jedi decided that if there was any time to ask questions, it was now. He started small, "I'm surprised a girl your age has a garden. Isn't your time better spent in school, or maybe just with others your age."

"I'm old enough to be married, I should be old enough to be gardening."

Plo Koon was taken back. It hadn't occurred to him that this girl was wed. He remembered Shili culture. It's possible she could even have a child at her age.

She saw his expression and laughed whole heartedly. "There's no need to look so frightened. I'm not married. I've been putting that off for a while."

"Aren't you supposed to be married though? Mind me asking, but what is your age?"


(Tristakine) Ahsoka POV

Ahsoka wondered what she was doing as she brushed her hands on her shirt to rid them of dirt and went back to weeding. She was talking to someone she'd never met before. Yet something told her to trust this man. He had a strange feel to him with the cloak he was wearing and his attire underneath. It was strange.

"I'm mid into my thirteenth year."

"Isn't that past the normal age of being wed?"

"Yes, but I have more important things to do than getting married."

"Oh? What are some of those?" Plo Koon raised an eyebrow.

The girl sighed and spoke up. "I run the house." She didn't want to say more than that so she changed the topic. "What are you doing on our small ranch in the middle of nowhere?"

"I'm looking for a mechanic. Some people in town sent me this way saying her name was Ahsoka Tano."

"Oh… that's me."


A/N-It's not much of a cliffhanger at the end. So Plo Koon finally made his way into Ahsoka's life and I'm betting you can all guess what happens next. Still I'll tell you though. I was iffy about this chapter so sorry if you don't like it. I know there isn't really anything exciting about it. -Saraphine