AN: HIYA! DID YA MISS ME? SO OLUKE IS READY TO LEARN WHOOHOO. YEP SO THREE MONTH TIME SKIP BETWEEN THIS AND THE LAST ONE. LUKE'S STILL A LITTLE 'S NERVOUS SO THIS MIGHT BE BAD. CROSSIN MY FINGERS…Honestly gonna switch to first person views like I did blah blah blah… At least I think that's first person. ENJOY!
CHAPTER 1
MISTAKES
Kanan
"Concentrate, Luke I'm talking to you!" I growled. I was getting tired of this kid! He just wasn't himself today. Sure it was the day before Empire day, yes we were all a little off. But Luke, nothing ever seemed to REALLY bother him. At least it never affected him like this! "I'm trying! This is so stupid!" he yelled. Really it was more like a scream since it was so loud and high pitched. Ezra's eyes went wide as Luke lost his temper. I really wasn't supposed to have two Padwans, but times had changed. Luke had a scowl on his face. It reminded me of when we had first met three months ago. Which was a red flag that something was up. "You don't understand I'm trying! I can't do this! Not today…" he says it little less angrily but I can see past it. "Luke…" I start but I'm cut off. "I said NO Kanan!" he yells his eyes are brimming with tears and I'm in shock. Luke is one of the brightest people I've met, but he is also the darkest. If he can't rein in his temper… I hate to think of what will happen. He runs off and I know I have to follow him. Doesn't mean I want to though.
Luke
I run. Run away from the ghost, from Kanan, from a past I wish I could have avoided. My tears are free falling down my face and I hate myself for it. I don't cry. I never have. Except I do today. This is the day it happened, this is the day I lost them. The day an attack started at ten and ended at one in the dead of night. The day a Jedi fell. The day my guardians died. The day I received a scar across my mid-section. It's too much to think about and I sink to the ground gripping clumps of Lothal's grass in my fists. My eyes are scrunched shut but tears just keep coming. I see it now. See them die for me when I never wanted them to. A choked sob escaped my lips and it is the first of many. I don't hear Kanan sit down beside me. I barley feel his hand on my back. Instead I just sob harder. "Luke?" he's tentative, afraid I'll go off on him again. Well he can rest at ease I'm past being able to yell. "Go away! Please!?" I choke it out. I don't want anyone to see me like this. I'm the boy who survived Tatooine on his own since he was seven! "Luke please talk to me!" he begs and I sit back on my legs to look him in the eyes. "It's just not a good day for me…" I know he won't buy it. "Tell me." He demands. I sigh and run a hand down my braid. Ezra had refused it, I had taken it because it made me feel like I belonged somewhere. Though Zeb rather throw me out. ( Zeb and hating kids!) I look him in the face and try to gather my thoughts and block them. Kanan has a bad habit of always getting an answer one way or another. I taught myself to pitifully block when I was on my own. "They died today Kanan, I lost them." It comes out weak and I'm shaking. I spent the very first birthday alone the next day. I'd never woken up alone before. I sure got used to that. It's all he needs to know. He pulls me into an embrace and it feels good. I'm safe and I have a family. But there is a cold there that I cannot place. It's somewhat unnerving.
TIME SKIP TO THE NEXT DAY (LUKE'S AND EZRA'S BIRTHDAYS and or EMPIRE DAY.)
Kanan
We stand in ready position once more. Funny this is Luke's first mission. Also it's Ezra's uncelebrated birthday. Such a weird day honestly! Luke and Sabine went to place charges on the newest toy of the empire and Zeb and Ezra went on distraction duty. That left me with watch out duty. Typical. I can see Luke from where I am. His mouth is settled in a thin hard line of determination. It has been all day. Poor kid really was having a hard time. Suddenly all reason left me as a cold presence washed over me. A Sith! It was all I could think about. I had just dragged my two undertrained Padwans in to a trap. We had to leave and now. I might last a few minutes but Ezra and Luke… This Sith lord was openly threating us. A Sith can cloak their presence. By revealing himself he was challenging us. He must have seen Luke or Ezra one, or felt them. I should have taught Luke to cloak. Then I felt Luke throw shields up. They were small, flimsy, and vulnerable, but there all the same. Were had he learned that?! The shields faltered and I knew I had to get to them. Somehow I had to.
Luke
To say I was terrified was an understatement. I was going to die! My heart was pounding against my chest. I had felt a presence like this only once. The woman that had scarred me. I shut my eyes and tried to calm down. It was no use though the overwhelming terror ran through my veins. "Sabine, we have to go NOW!" I cried desperately. "Hold on Luke! Sheesh, what's your hurry!?" she answered. I feel sick to my stomach this is really bad. I reach through the Force looking for Ezra. Kanan didn't know about our bond yet. It had happened yesterday while I was in my room. (I don't think anyone has a spare right I mean really where do I put him!?) He had come in to see what my problem was. Yep he had been mad, then I spilled everything to him. Every detail that Kanan didn't know, everything from today being my birthday to my scar. It had been then that I got a lot of confessions out of him as well. We shared a birthday. I found it odd, but we bonded. Finding the small thin string that was a bond I began to contact him.
UMM HEY YOU FEEL THAT?
HMM, YOU MEAN THE WEIRD DARKSIDE THING? OF COURSE I FELT IT LUKE!
OKAY NO NEED TO BE MEAN ABOUT IT!
SORRY GUESS I'M NOT IN THE BEST MOOD TODAY.
UNDERSTANDABLE. CAN YOU GET THROUGH TO KANAN? I CAN'T CONCENTRATE ENOUGH. EZRA I'M FREAKING OUT…
CALM DOWN WHATEVER IT IS ITS PRETTY POWERFUL. AND SCARY. BUT WHY WOULD IT UNCLOAK? I MEAN MAYBE WE STILL HAVE A CHANCE TO GET OUT OF HERE?
I JUST BURST OUT LAUGHING AND SABINE SMACKED ME CAUSE OF WHAT YOU SAID! NO WE WON'T BE ABLE TO LEAVE! THIS ISN'T AN INQUISITER EZRA! WE CAN'T FIGHT THIS! AND NOW I LOOK LIKE AN IDIOT IN FRONT OF SABINE SO THANKS!
OH GOSH MAN SORRY! SHE'S GOT A HARD BACKHAND! ALSO WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THIS ISN'T AN INQUISITER?
TOO POWERFUL…DARK…HATE…FEAR…I'M UP…SORRY…RUN KANAN…THIS IS TOO POWERFUL… NEED RUN…REMINDS OF LONG AGO…WHEN I KID…YOU KNOW TALKING ABOUT!
And like that I lost connection to my lifeline.
Darth Vader
I intercepted the whole thing. These were children. Terrified children. But there are no children in war. I could see the first boy. He actually wore the braid! It was high treason to be a Jedi, (Nah!) but to wear the braid! Was the master stupid? Or did he wish the young man dead!? He was blond and wore black. He was young did he know what his apparel meant in the world of the Jedi? More than likely not. I had seen the Ghost team before, but never with this young boy. His face betrayed pure terror as he tried to get the girl's attention. "SABINE!" he cried "LISTEN TO ME!" Though she didn't. I found this situation amusing really. Why was he so panicked? Surely I had not caused it all on my own. Never mind that I thought. A thin smile played on my face as I gave the attack order.
AN: I'M GOING TO LEAVE YOU THERE SORRY… WELL LUKE IS GOING TO MEET HIS DAD… THAT SHOULD BE FUN! (NOT FUN AT ALL!) SO THE ITTALICS WAS EZRA AND THE BOLD WAS LUKE. BYE GUYS REVIEW!