Ezra managed to calm me down after a couple of minutes of me sobbing into his chest. Kanan had left the med bay to give me some space, knowing Ezra will be able to calm down my fit. I was still holding onto Ezra as if my life depended on it, which in a sense it did. I don't know what I'll do if something bad happens to Ezra.

"Are you okay now Nali?" Ezra was worried about me, I could hear it in his voice. I nodded, not trusting my voice in case I might break out crying again. "What happened?" I just shook my head, and tightened my hold on him.

Ezra stayed silent, stroking my hair. That was the best way to calm me, being held in someone's arms. I know it's childish, but it makes me feel safe. I usually am the tough girl, but it wouldn't hurt to be spoiled like this every once in a while.

We stayed like that for a couple of minutes before I pulled away, wiping my face with the back of my hand. "Thanks for staying with me Ezra." I whispered as I looked up at him. "No problem Nali, it's what friends do." I didn't let it show, but that hurt and I didn't know why. I cannot comprehend this strange and agonizing pain I feel piercing into my heart. This feeling was alien to me, especially given how I was raised.

"Do you want to talk to me now Nali?" Ezra questioned me. "I-It's nothing that you need to worry about." I didn't want to tell anyone about my vision. I'll protect you no matter what, it's a promise. "I think I do need to worry about it if it made you cry." Ezra countered, frustrated.

"I'm fine and I don't need your help on this Ezra. I need to fight this one alone." I stood up and started to walk for the door, but Ezra caught my hand forcing me to stop. "Nali, I want to help you and in order to protect you I need to know what happened." I could feel my blood boil at his statement. "I don't need protecting!" I hissed before yanking my hand away and running through the open door, heading for the cockpit to find Hera.

Hera was like a mother to me, it was nice to listen to her. I opened the door to the cockpit and saw Hera in the pilot's seat steering the Ghost. "Hera can we talk?" I quietly asked. "Sure love, take a seat." Hera turned and smiled warmly at me before waving a hand towards the seat next to her. I sat down and looked out, seeing a planet coming into view. "Another supply run?" I curiously turned to her, awaiting her answer.

"Yes, Kanan should call us soon to give us the plan." Hera leaned back in her chair, crossing her arms. "What planet is this?" I had a guess, but I needed to hear it first. "Just one of the planets in the Outer Rim." I guess Hera didn't know or she didn't want to tell me. Either way, I'm positive this is the planet.

"Why do you need to know?" Hera wondered. I glanced over at her, with stone cold eyes. "I grew up on this planet." I could hear the venom in my voice, and I could see Hera's eyes widened. I never spoke of my past before, not even to Ezra. It surprised Hera to hear me say something about my past before I met Ezra two years ago.

"I won't be attending the supply run." I stood up and fished a data pad out of my back pocket. Hera watched me type something on my data pad before I handed it to her. "Pick me up on these coordinates. Make sure you're not followed." I stiffly walked out before Hera could protest, or say anything at all about the subject.

I headed towards my room to prepare. I guess my past is finally catching up to me. "Nali!" I turned behind me to see Krenis jogging up to catch up to me. "What are you doing? Kanan called the crew to fill us in on the plan." Krenis looked confused. "I'm not coming." I said before turning, ready to start walking again. But Krenis grabbed my wrist, stopping me. "What do you mean you're not coming? I'll stay behind with you if you want." I raised my eyebrow at him, which sent Krenis into a blushing mess. "N-Not like a date or anything!" He quickly blurted, blushing a deep scarlet color.

I mentally chuckled at his behavior. It was no secret to me that Krenis was trying to spend more time with me. Now, it seems like he has romantic feelings for me. "You should go with them Krenis, besides I'm not going to be on the Ghost." I gently shook his hand off before walking away, leaving Krenis behind. I entered my room, thankful that Sabine wasn't there, before going to my bed. I removed one of my many pillows to reveal a small black backpack.

I opened it and took out two dual daggers. Both of the daggers were identical in every way, both were small and thin, both of the hilts were designed perfectly to fit my hands and were black in color. The blade itself was shiny after being cleaned many times in the past. These type of daggers were rare nowadays, most people preferring blasters or energy weapons.

But these daggers were the perfect weapon choice for a skilled assassin. I set the daggers down and pulled out a completely black outfit. The black shirt was long sleeved and made of leather, along with the pants. Even after all these years, they still hugged my figure perfectly. After putting on my outfit I pulled out a pair of black shoes, made specifically to make no sounds when moving. I put on the shoes and stood up. I turned back towards the bag and took out two final items.

The first item was my belt, which was black of course, and put it on. It had two sheathes made for my dual daggers, which I put in. The second item was my black hair tie. I put my hair in a ponytail and put the backpack on. Time to go say hello to an old friend. I turned towards the door and went to open it. But, to my surprise, it opened before I could even reach for the button.

"There you are Nali! What are you wearing?" Sabine looked shocked at my new clothes. "Did we land?" I avoided her question with another question. "Yes, why-" Sabine started but I interrupted. "Thanks. Tell Hera to pick me up after the supply run." I moved past her and walked down the hall towards the room that was connected to the ramp. I quickly exited the Ghost, not wanting to be stopped by another member of the crew, and looked around. It would take at least an hour to reach my destination. I rubbed my hands together and started walking. It's going to be a long hour.

I ducked down, hidden by the shadows of the boulders all around me, as I looked at the building in front of me. It was only about six stories, tall but hidden by the even bigger boulders surrounded the open space. From a ship's point of view in the sky, it was completely hidden. If you tried to get there by foot, you would most likely fall to your death from the heavy fog covering the area.

But I was no amateur, I was an expert on how to move through the rocky terrain. There were a couple of guards posted, scouting the area. I used the shadows to move closer to the first guard as he patrolled the perimeter of the clearing. I took my daggers out and held them in my hand, with the blade facing down.

When the guard was hidden by the shadows, I took the chance to strike. I darted from behind the rock I was hiding behind and quickly slashed one of my daggers across his unprotected throat. He gave a strangled gurgle before going limp. I caught him before he could fall to the ground and make any noises and dragged him behind one of the rocks. It was big enough to hide the dead body, for now.

I sighed as I looked at my now bloodied outfit. My information better be correct, but so far Sela hasn't been wrong before. Sela Novastar was one of my friends from my past. I bumped into her during one of the supply runs into town to get some supplies on another planet.

I was walking with a data pad in hand, looking at the market stands seeing if any merchant had any of the supplies I needed. I went here with Zeb, but we split up to gather the listed supplies faster. Zeb and I were getting along, liking to see who had the most interesting battle stories to tell. So far, it was a tie.

I accidently bumped into someone, which resulted into me dropping my data pad from the sudden force. "I'm so sorry!" Whoever bumped into me reached down and picked it up for me. "Here's your da-" I looked up when the person, female judging by her voice, stopped talking. I felt my eyes widened as I saw a Togruta girl, around my age, with white skin and red eyes. Her head-tails were past her shoulders, a perfect measure for her age, with black strips. Her lips were a dusty gray color and had gray circles around her eyes. "Nali?!" I heard her exclaim, a little loudly.

I quickly slapped my hand over her mouth and dragged her into an alleyway right next to us. I looked behind us, seeing no one saw the scene and turned towards the Togruta. "Sela what are you doing here?!" I hissed at her as I removed my hand from her mouth. "What happened to you Nali? Everyone was told you were killed during a mission. The Togruta, Sela, gawked at me. "I left the Circle Sela. I learned that killing was not right and now I have a happy life." I muttered.

"B-But the Circle took us in when no one else would!" Sela almost shouted with disbelief. "You're wrong Sela, they only took us in to use as tools." I snorted at her as I crossed my arms. Sela went silent as she processed this information. I waited for her to say something, anything. "A-Are you sure?" Sela's voice was small, I barely heard her question.

"Yes. That's why I left."

"T-Then I guess I should leave too."

"You'll have to go into hiding Sela."

"What?"

"The Circle won't give up and will hunt you down if you try to leave."

"C-Can't I come with you?"

"No." I bluntly said as I stared at her with my old expression, cold dead eyes. Sela gulped at my look, but pressed on. "Why not? I-I promise I won't be a burden." Sela pleaded with me. "I won't let you endanger my friends. I made sure my trail went cold, but you're still a beginner." I glanced away. "Besides, you need to make your own life Sela, not hide behind me."

Sela looked a little scared at the thought of being alone, then sighed. "I guess you're right Nali, I'll try and make my own life away from the Circle." I nodded to her, then turned to leave. "Wait! Nali I have some information that I think you should know." I glanced back at her with a raised eyebrow. "What is it? I need to get going." Sela shifted her feet as she looked me in the eye. "I overhead Taphan talking one night a couple of weeks ago." I felt my blood run cold. Taphan Obath. That was a name I wished to never hear again.

"What was he talking about Sela?" I prayed that it was nothing to worry about, but her next sentence made my heart drop. "He was talking to someone, one of the higher ups. He was asking how his 'undercover assassin' was doing on his mission. The other man said that the assassin left a couple of days ago, and recently found the target. Taphan laughed then said, and I quote, "Nali would pay for leaving the Circle with her life!" and the other man joined in. I quickly ran, hoping that no one noticed me." I let my arms drop to my side and clenched my fists so tight they turned white.

"Thanks for warning me Sela. I'll see you around." In the past Sela was a good information source since she was able to hear things like that. She was never wrong about information in the past, so I doubt this was fake. I waved goodbye before leaving to gather the rest of the supplies.

But I couldn't get rid of the feeling that made my blood turn to ice.

I quickly scaled the perimeter, killing the rest of the guards and hiding their bodies. At this time of day another set of guards won't come for another hour, giving me plenty of time to get in and find Taphan.

Taphan's office was in the sixth floor, heavily guarded. Wait, heavily guarded. I face palmed. It'll be too risky to try and get to Taphan, and he is the leader of the Circle, he'll make a hell of an opponent and I can't risk losing to him. One of the teachers here knows about the assassin, and there's only three teachers. Last time I was here, Zulia Annix was his favorite teacher. She might know and her office is easy to get too. I quickly got inside and looked for a vent.

There was a vent to the left of me that was reachable. I went over and removed the covering using my tool, and crawled in. There wasn't enough room to turn around, so I had to leave the covering off. Hope no one walks by for a while. Zulia's office was on the third floor, which meant a lot of climbing through the vent system.

I squirmed through the many turns and twists as I made my way up. When I calculated that I was now on the third floor, I crawled through the vent system, looking through the coverings seeing where I was. Here it is. I looked below me into the room I was above. It had a few bookshelves, no doubt full of books on how to kill a living being, and a few weapon shacks full of small bronze daggers.

The daggers meant your rank here. Bronze was a newbie, silver was a student now able to take on assassinations, and gold were the teachers. I could see a desk in the middle of the room, with a middle aged human woman sitting at it. Her red hair was pulled up into a neat bun and her sharp blue eyes were scanning a data pad. No doubt about the progress of the students in her class. Lucky for me, I was behind her so I can get the element of surprise.

I quietly removed the covering's two screws and slowly let it hand loose, without making so much as a squeak. I quietly, but carefully, lowered myself to the ground. I took out my one of my bloodied daggers and held them with the blade facing down, since that was the most comfortable position for me. I quietly moved across the space between me and the assassin. When I was right behind her I quickly brought my blade in front of her and pressed it against her neck and slapped my hand across her mouth.]

"Scream and you die. Refuse to answer my questions truthfully, you die. Try anything, you die. Agreed?" I hissed into her ear as I pressed my dagger against her throat more forcefully, drawing a little blood. Zulia nodded repeatedly. I slowly lifted my hand from her mouth and took out my other bloodied dagger. "Now, about that assassin Taphan sent after me. Who is it?!" I growled at her. "I-I don't know." Her voice was weak, suggesting a lie. "Wrong answer." I quickly brought my dagger down and cut a long, deep line down her arm from her wrist to her elbow.

Zulia gasped, as she saw blood dripping down onto the floor. "Tell me." I hissed more forcefully. "I never met the assassin before. Only Taphan met the assassin before, I don't even know the species or gender! I only get sent messages that is heavily encrypted that only Taphan can decode now that the assassin found you." Zulia gulped as she tried to angle her head away from the dagger at her neck. "That's the truth?" I said with clear darkness in my voice. She nodded.

"Alright, is all the messages in your data pad?" I looked at one of the data pads on her desk. "Y-Yes but I put a password on it." Zulia whispered. "Open it for me." I let her pick up the data pad and watched as she typed something in. But when she finished typing, the data pad short circuited, destroying everything on it. "I-I don't understand." I could hear her mutter as she stared at the now destroyed data pad. "Game over." I whispered, right before I cut her throat. I watched as she gurgled, much like the first guard, then went limp. Her head hit her desk and her blood was pooling on her desk and dripping to the floor.

I turned around and put my daggers back into their sheath on my belt. I jumped up to grab ahold of the vent, and lifted myself in. No point in wasting any more time here. I started to crawl through the vents downwards, to get out of here. I calculated I spent maybe ten minutes crawling through the vents, and five minutes with Zulia. I could still get out of here with no detection and make it to the coordinates I gave Hera in maybe an hour or an hour and a half. In about another ten minutes, I made it to the first floor right to the spot I first entered the vents. I crawled out and turned to put the covering on. I then looked around, making sure no one was in sight, then exited the hell I was raised in. I sprinted across the clearing, since I hated being in the clearing for too long, and dashed behind the boulders.

I started the journey on making my way to the place where I'll be picked up. I stopped randomly and searched the area around me, making sure I wasn't being followed. I guess I need to find Sela again and try and see if she knows anything else about the assassin. No doubt the Circle had blocked all existence of the assassin from their files so I couldn't figure out who it was. I glanced up at the sun, I still had a couple of hours left of sunlight, better pick up the pace.

The supply run must've ended already so everyone would be waiting for me. I looked down at my outfit, and groaned when I realized I had blood everywhere on me. I had no time to stop and attempt to clean it off, so I would have to come up with an explanation. I just hope they don't notice my daggers, which would be hard to explain.

I exited the forest of rocks and came across a meadow of roses. This was my favorite place when I was still in the Circle and I liked to come here after an assassination mission, wanting to clear my mind. No one else knew about this meadow since it was very hard to reach. I could see the Ghost in the middle of the meadow, with the ramp open. I could see the crew out in the meadow, Hera and Sabine talking about something while sitting on the ramp. Zeb was standing next to Kanan as he instructed Ezra how to hold the lightsaber that was in his hands. I guess Chopper was inside, along with Krenis since I couldn't see either of them anywhere.

Hera was the first to notice me as I walked out of the forest of boulders. She stood up and waved towards me, which I returned with a smile. She froze as her eyes widened. I guess she noticed I was covered with blood. Hera shouted something, I couldn't hear it, which caused the others to stop what they were doing and turn to look at me. I could see fear and shock on Ezra's face, probably scared that I was hurt. I started walking forward, when I heard some footsteps behind me. It was light footsteps which meant that the person was light in weight or was trying not to be heard.

I turned towards the sound, my hands slowly reaching for my daggers, when someone exploded from behind a boulder right next to me. It was a human girl, a year or two younger than me, with brown hair and green eyes. She held a silver dagger in her hand as she raised it to strike me. I quickly brought my daggers up to block her attack, when I realized my mistake.

The girl had another silver dagger in her other hand and used it to stab me in the stomach. I gasped as I felt pain explode from my stomach and crawl up my spine. That was an amateur mistake! I scolded myself as I shoved her away using my daggers. I could hear shouts behind me and quickly approaching footsteps. I quickly stepped forward and swung one of my daggers upward and the other downward. Her first instinct would be to block the first attack and dodge the other, but I was fast. I dug my dagger right where her heart was, since she wasn't wearing heavy armor but light armor for stealthy movement.

I brought my dagger out and watched as she fell limp to the floor. I turned to see that everyone were trying to reach me. I put my daggers into the sheath on my belt and pressed a hand to my wound. "Nali!" I heard Ezra shout as he finally reached me, the others following him. "Are you okay?!" Ezra glanced at the blood pooling around my hand on my stomach. "Just a flesh wound." I nodded at him and started to walk towards the Ghost. I could hear whispering behind me, and someone speed walking to catch up to me.

"Nali I'll help you." Ezra picked me up bridal style before I could protest. My face heated a little as I protested, which fell onto deaf ears. I sighed as I leaned into him and closed my eyes. I hope I find the assassin so I can protect you Ezra. I don't want you more hurt then you already are from your own past, I thought before sleep overcame me from my long day.

I hope you liked this chapter 'cause I was a bit unsure about this chapter, but it was to fill all of you on Nali's past before she met Ezra. Please write a review about what you thought about this chapter. Thank you all my loyal readers! Also I'm following the episodes so chapter 7 will be on the same episode as this chapter.