A Jedi Christmas Wish
Part 3
"So why where you and your padawan on a forbidden planet in this vision?" Mace asked.
"We had been sent there but we failed our mission." Caleb answered.
"Does any of this make sense to you?" Ezra whispered to Depa hoping his master wouldn't hear.
Caleb gave his padawan who was standing behind his Depa's chair a look that told him he had heard him.
"I'm still getting over the fact all but four of us are dead in this vision of his." Depa replied. "Visions seldom make sense though at first."
"An alternative universe life you saw." Yoda said.
Mace looked at Caleb with a concerned but serious look. "I'm not so sure if you are mentally well though. I recommend we observe you for a while before we make a decision."
"He seems fine to me." Anakin said with a shrug. "It just seems like he had a vision."
"A vision had he. Stuck in it mental he was. Come out of it he has." Yoda said.
"Yes that's all it was." Caleb said.
"I'd still prefer if we didn't go anywhere just in case it was something else." Ezra said.
"I agree with Padawan Bridger. I think Caleb is fine, but just to be safe we keep an eye on him." Depa said.
"Then it settled. Caleb Dume you are assigned to the temple until farther notice." Plo Koon said.
The rest of the council nodded in agreement.
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A week passed before Caleb had been cleared to go back into the field with Ezra at his side. Over the next month the two had been assigned to missions on Ryloth, Mandolor, Lasan, and the lower levels of Corasont. They ended up working with Hera, Cham, and Chopper on Ryloth. Caleb left the mission happy after seeing his love. On Mandolor they worked with Sabine and her family. Ezra didn't want that mission to end because he had developed feelings for Sabine. In the end he honored the Jedi code. The mission to Lasan was to help the Lasat Honor Guard find a missing Royal so they worked very closely with Zeb. The mission in the lower levels was a convert mission with the assistance of Ahsoka who had also been on Mandolor.
Things had been going pretty well so far for Caleb. He had not forgotten the AU life he had seen though. He returned to it every night but would wake up fine.
Then disaster struck. Ezra and Caleb had been assigned to help Depa on a mission to Kaller. Since Depa and Caleb had been so familiar with the planet they had been assigned to deal with the current dispute there. The Twi lek youngling Ava was assigned to tag along as part of a training assignment.
Caleb had a bad feeling about the assignment that he couldn't shake.
"Are you sure about the plan?" He asked Depa.
"Absolutely Caleb. I thought you grew out of your curious mind. It's nice to see it's still there." Depa said.
"It's always been there. This is his protective mind questioning the plan." Ezra said.
Caleb gave Ezra a look. "Show a little respect padawan."
"Your concerned about the mission?" Depa asked.
"I have a bad feeling about this." Caleb replied.
"I do too." Ava said.
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Caleb had been right to be considered. Depa and Ezra had both had been severely injured. Both were in Bacta tanks. Ezra wasn't expected to live though.
"Kid you have to wake up." Caleb said.
Ava came up behind him.
"He's not going to pull through. You know that right?" She asked.
"He has too. Masters aren't supposed to out live their Padawans. Ezra's too young to die." Caleb said.
"Well what happens in your other lives?" Ava asked.
Caleb suddenly collapsed. The medics came running in. The atmosphere of the room became very hectic. The other Jedi started to panic.
Caleb Dume was trusted in between the universe where he was Caleb and the universe where he was Kanan. Both angel Ava and Twi lek Ava were standing next to him.
"So which universe do you prefer?" Both Ava asked.
"Caleb's?" Young Ava asked.
"Or Kanan's?" Angel Ava asked.
He was going to have to choose between being Kanan or Caleb.
"Once you chose one you stay in it for the rest of your life." Both Ava said.
He thought about it.
"I prefer being Kanan. I might have been through a lot of horrible things, but I wouldn't trade it for the past." Kanan said.
Youngling Ava disappeared as well as the view of the temple med bay. Kanan was back in Ezra and Zeb's cabin on the Ghost. He couldn't see anything but Ava and Ezra's force signature.
"You chose wisely." Ava said.
"Have I? There were benefits to that other life." Kanan said.
"There are many alternative lives you and your padawan could have lived. Several he could have lived. That was just your ideal one for him." Ava said.
"What's his ideal?" Kanan asked.
"It changes as he grows, but one where the empire never existed is the one common element in each." The angel answered.
"That's all I wish. I can't imagine a life without him." Kanan replied.
"Some you two are together, others you never meet." Ava said.
"What happened in the universe I saw after I passed out?" Kanan asked.
"I can't tell you." Ava replied before she disappeared.
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Kanan woke up the next morning in his cabin.
"Love, it's time to wake up Ezra for Christmas. I'll go get Sabine." Hera said.
The two left the cabin. Rex and Zeb were already up and in costume. Hera went into Sabine's cabin. Kanan went into Ezra's.
"Kid wake up. There's something special waiting for you in the common room." He said gently shaking his padawan awake.
The two Jedi went into the common room where Ezra saw a room decorated in bright colors and a decorated tree in the corner. Zeb was dressed as an elf and Rex as Santa. Rex had a bag full of gifts. He passed them out to everyone. After they all opened them they ate breakfast.
Everyone was happy.
In the other universe there was a feeling of loss. A double funeral was held for Ezra and Caleb. Both had been reported to die of injuries they received during the mission on Kaller. Depa had healed enough to attend the funeral. She was deeply depressed afterwards and spent several days isolating herself from everyone afterwards. She blamed herself for their deaths. It had been her plan after all.
"I would have traded my life for theirs." She said to Mace when he finally got her to talk to him.
"Their loss was a great loss to all the Jedi Order. If it meant having them I would have traded mine as well. Most of the order would." He said.
"Then why did they have to die?" She asked.
"Master Windu, Master Billaba, I have some unfortunate news." Another Jedi said.
"What is it?" Mace asked.
"The assignment Masters Yoda, Obi Wan Kenobi, and Anakin Skywalker went on with the help of former padawan Ahsoka Tano was a complete failure." The Jedi said.
"How big was the loss?" Mace asked.
"A hundred percent dead on arrival." The young Jedi answered.
"What?" Depa asked in disbelief.
"All of them and the two Padawans they went with?"Mase asked.
The young Jedi nodded.
"Was anyone still alive?" Depa asked.
"Master Yoda died shortly after we got there. He said 'this life meant for none of us were.' " the Jedi replied.
"It's reversed of Caleb's vision now." Depa said looking at Mace with concern.
"I see. Perhaps we where wrong. Maybe that was how things were supposed to be, and this happened instead." Made replied.
"They died here so they could live on in another universe." Depa said.
"Then we must move on so they are not forgotten in this universe. They might be doing the same in theirs." Mace agreed.
That's exactly what Kanan did in his universe. He kept the memories of the Jedi alive by training Ezra.
•So Christmas is over and I know this is late. Twelve days have done past and so has New Years. It's 2017 and this is my first post. I've got some news though.
•First I'm now on Wattpad and I have a few stories up. Find me Cassturn93
•Second I finally got my associates degree in Art and in Science and I've transferred to a new university to get my bachelors in Education.
•The bad news is that I'll probably be updating less often. I've been busy lately. A lot of things have changed for me.
•May the force be with you always
•Cass
