Hello! I'm not dead. But I did finish what I have down on paper for this story, and started another project I have that I will tell all of you down the road. I will bother you more at the end of the chapter.
"So then it's settled." Ahsoka's words were right along the line of both, a statement and a question. She looked at everyone in the room, but her eyes stopped on me.
I lifted my chin more, and nodded once. "Yes," I stood taller, as all eyes came to me. "If this doesn't help Haken, then it will still help others." I looked around the room. I could see a smile in Ahsoka's eyes, but only for a second.
"Then it is agreed. This discussion does not leave this room. Not even anyone of your crews can know unless we get them involved. You all may leave." Hera was right ahead of Kanan, and I, as we were the last ones out.
"Kanan, Ara. A moment please." Hera stopped and looked back at us, but Kanan signaled it wasn't important. Once the door closed Ahsoka looked at me, then to Kanan. We stayed a little longer, discussing possibilities, and strategy. The three of us walked down the hall, when Ahsoka noticed my eye.
"How is your right eye lighter than the left?" She asked.
"A bolt grazed over it. I'm lucky I'm not blind, and that it missed my nose." I saw Kanan, on my left, lower his head a little. "I can still see out of it. Everything is just really blurry, but I can still figure out what I need to." I paused, "I don't want Orin to know about this." The brightness of daylight hit me as we exited the ship. I could see just slightly, that Ahsoka was trying to figure something out. The air around us, was silent until she broke it. I saw her blurred outline turn in Kanan's direction.
"Ara? Would you walk that way?" Kanan asked, pointing diagonally to the left. I tilted my head down, but glared at him out of the corner of my left eye. Something was up. Then I started walking in the direction Kanan had pointed.
"See. She's already figured out something's up." He mumbled as I walked further.
"Smart girl." Ahsoka replied, before I was fully out of earshot. I saw a gray blur coming toward me out of the corner of my right eye. I ducked just in time, as it flew over my back, and curved to the ground. I figured out this was a test, as I stood and examined the rock. It was to see how I functioned with my right eye. I sensed another coming at me.
She'll get a show, I thought, reaching to the back of my belt. I watched out of the corner of my right eye , as another rock flew through the air at me.
One….Two...Three.. Four..
I grabbed my lightsaber, reflecting the rock, and keeping my stance. I turned on my heel facing Kanan. He was closer now. I lifted my chin, winked, and taking a deep breath, I closed my eyes. My eyebrows furrowed as I focused. I only opened my right eye as I blocked another rock. There was another right after it, as Kanan threw them as fast as he could. Then I spotted a blurry metallic orange next to him.
Chopper, the name came to me, as it was just him who threw the rocks at me.
I choked back a laugh as I came up with an Idea. Chopper tried to mess me up by non stop throwing, but it worked more in my favor than theirs. The next thing I hear was Kanan yelling, and Chopper's complaining, as I pelted them with whatever was left of the rocks after they hit my lightsaber. I could hardly hold back a laugh as Kanan rubbed his arms, chest, and face after Chopper stopped throwing the rocks. My own face hurt, as I felt it turn red. I couldn't hold it back anymore. I hunched over laughing, along with a few others, at Kanan's look. I was sucking in air, but it was getting hard to breathe. I fell to my knees, tears lining my eyes, as my face reddened more. I felt to my side, right as a rock hit me. I found me breath again as I calmed down. I instantly sat up, and threw the rock at Chopper. It hit him, but it bounced off of him and hit Kanan. I walked over to them. Kanan rubbed his head, and pointed to Chopper.
"You know he did that."
"I don't care. I got payback."
"What did I do?" Kanan's reaction caused me to start laughing again.
"I'll… I'll figure that out later." I stated through my laughter.
I spent the next few days adding, and adjusting my lightsaber. My symbol was engraved into the hilt. That happened after I put it together. Now I could twist the hilt to make it smaller when I didn't need it. It automatically went back to it's full size if I turned it on. With my lightsaber double sided, when the hilt was smaller, it just looked like a harmless capsule. One side was a full blade. the other was shorter, almost dagger like.
By the last day, I was in my room examining the changes I made to my lightsaber, and twirling it in my hand, when the door opened.
"Are you ready?" Kanan asked, trying to hide the concern and worry in his voice.
"I know now is the time to change my mind. But I won't. So quit your worrying, 'cause I was born ready." I slowly smiled as I walked next to Kanan. I took a deep breath as we stepped out of the ship, at the edge of a city. We walked into its boundaries, and watched as all hell broke loose. There was quite a few storm troopers, led by a sith. Ezra and Zeb ran in front of Sabine. While she shot back at the troopers in their retreat.
I looked over at Kanan. "Don't over exaggerate this." I warned.
"Me? Over exaggerate? I don't know what you're talking about." Kanan said jokingly. We laughed, but things quickly got serious. "Don't die on me, alright?"
"No promises." Although I meant it as a joke to keep things light, the truth of it hit us both like a knife. Then the sith looked at us. "See ya' on the other side." I commented, making it look like I was arguing.
"You too." Kanan did the same, but then used a foot to trip me, and slightly pushed me. I tumbled down a small slope, and crashed into a large stack of crates. Ezra stopped, and started to run toward me.
"Ara!"
"No Ezra! Go! I'll catch back up. I promise!" I hated making promises I couldn't keep. Even if it was a lie. I didn't like it. Ezra looked from me to the troopers, then back again.
"Go!" I urged. Ezra closed his eyes and ran for the ship, nearly dodging a bolt. I glared up at Kanan, who glared down at me. He winked, and ran back to the ship. I stood up as the Ghost started to fly away. I walked through the scattered crates, walking to the dead end of an alley. One of the crates were slightly opened, and I found a powder like thing that acted like clay. It was the same color red as my shirt, so I wiped it over my symbol. I made sure it stained, then I waited till the footsteps got closer. I let out a sound, in anger, and punched the wall, making sure they saw. I put my back on the wall, and slip to a sitting position. It wasn't until the footsteps stopped, that I acknowledged them. I looked at the group out of the corner of my eye. The sith was the closest to me.
"Hiya." I said greeting them, forcing a small smile.
Alright, soooooooo. Cliffhanger! Alright, I did let writing get in the way of uploading, and I'm sorry. No I can't give up on this series, because I have plans for it people! I got plans! I may not upload as much, but, crossing my fingers, my mom is getting my laptop fixed. If it can be rescued, I'll start using it to write with, and I will be able to upload more (possibly) If I do. I'm writing another series with a friend of mine Exploding_ Tardis, which is her name on Wattpad. NO its not gonna be Star Wars Rebels. It's gonna be a Merlin fanfic, for any of you Merlin fans ready. Also that's going to be taking some of my time as well. A shout out to my other friend CountryGurl28 (Also on wattpad) Who was the first person to read this and my other story! So go bug em if you want to. Just giving a heads up that I won't be posting everyday, but I will when I can. I will probably be posting Exploding_ Tardis's story and mine sometime here, and on Wattpad (Again for any Merlin fans)
I don't know if she reads my story, but since I'm doing shutouts, one of my favorite authors StarWarsRebelsCrazy9090 is going through a rough time right now. Truthfully, I kinda know what she's going through. Not fully, but it was last summer that I had to deal with the whole mess my parents when through, so please, everyone, just send her a kind word or two. A kind smile or nice gesture goes a LONG way.