This Chapter is for Isabelle Ashmore who forced me out of my break from this story :)
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Ron was panting "Why do these stairs keep going up?" he huffed in-between breaths.
Hermione sighed "It's a tower Ron, the stairs are meant to travel high."
Harry paused "We've reached the summit… who wants to go first?"
Hermione, once again, sighed, as she pushed past the two boys. She marched in and stopped in front of the bars that separated the room. The man looked up "Who are you?" Hermione quizzed. The man glared at her and she almost melted under his gaze. "Who are you?" she bravely repeated.
"Jedi Master Mace Windu." The man finally replied.
Harry spoke next "Why are you here? Do you work for Voldemort?"
The man looked slightly confused but he still spoke "I do not know who this Voldemort is and I will not be needing to tell you what I am doing here as I sense the arrival of my rescuer."
The trio looked at one another, now they were the ones who were utterly confused. Suddenly two blades that shone with a green-ish light ripped through the outer wall of the tower. The blades spun until they created a circle, which was then kicked into the room by a hooded person. Harry tried to peer under the hood, but their face was masked.
The man, Mace Windu, stood up "They took my lightsaber, otherwise I would've gotten out by now" The masked figured nodded then, using their blades they sliced through the bars acting like they weren't even there.
The figure turned towards the three friends, Harry decided that they were probably female. "Stupidify!" Hermione yelled, flinging the spell at the stranger. She moved faster than Harry would've thought possible, bringing her blades up and blocking the spell.
Ron then tried the stunning spell again and the figure raised her blades to defend herself however, the spell was not aimed at her and Mace Windu crashed to the ground.
The figure looked down at the unconscious man. Her body language screamed indecision and Harry wondered if she was debating on whether to leave him. After a few seconds of the two groups glancing warily at one another the figure leapt backwards, falling out of the hole she had made in the wall. Harry raced to the edge and looked down. She was using her blades to slow her descent by jamming them into the tower.
"INTRUDER IN HOGWARTS!" Harry hollered, and the cry was taken up by other students and teachers. Various spells were sent after the escaping figure, although she redirected them all with ease.
Professor McGonagall rushed into the room. "Is the prisoner still secure?!" she yelled, she then paused and took in the unconscious man, the hole in the wall and the three students. Her gaze darkened "I'm taking that from the guilty look on all of your faces that you came up here to talk to our guest and then someone tried to break him out, correct?" the trio nodded "What were you thinking?! You could have been killed!" McGonagall shrieked "Five points from Gryffindor for each of you."
"Professor," Hermione said "The attacker was most likely female and was carrying two swords of light. Do you know who, or what, she was?"
Professor McGonagall sighed "I don't know who she was but I sure hope that that was the end of it," she turned towards the newly created window and the three friends heard her mutter "for the sake of us all…"
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Ahsoka silently cursed herself as she scurried through the undergrowth, heading back to where her fighter had landed. As soon as she reached the fighter she opened a transmission to the Defender, a hologram of Obi-Wan Kenobi appeared. "Master Kenobi," Ahsoka greeted "I regret to inform you that my attempt to forcefully extract Master Windu has… has failed."
Obi-Wan stroked his beard then nodded "Very well Ahsoka, switch to Plan B. Infiltrate the building in anyway you can. May the force be with us both." He nodded as the sound of explosions echoed behind him and then cut the transmission.
Ahsoka sighed "Looks like they're still fending of the Seppies. Apparently, we're on our own, R7" she laughed "I wonder what my mas- Anakin would say to that." R7 beeped sadly when she tried to cover up her slip. "He's probably up there waiting for us to arrive with Master Windu, he's going to be so disappointed to hear that Plan A failed," she turned to the little droid "and that's why we're going to make sure that Plan B succeeds. Stay with the ship R7, you never know when we might need a quick getaway." She stroked the droid atop it's domed head then turned back to the castle.
Suddenly she paused, she had just remembered that everyone she had seen on this planet had, so far, all been human. She would need a disguise. R7 beeped and used a clamp to pass her a commlink. A pre-recorded message of Master Kenobi sprung up. "Ahsoka," he said, "this message was given to R7 in case Plan A fails, It has the necessary tools for you to infiltrate the nearby populace without raising suspicion." The hologram faded and R7 handed her a smooth, black case. She palmed it open to reveal holographic technology.
"Good old Master Kenobi," Ahsoka chuckled, "he really does think of everything!" R7 beeped in agreement.
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By holographic technology I'm talking about the technology Cad Bane used in a couple of episodes in the Clone Wars when he and that group of bounty hunters tried to kidnap the Chancellor. Hope that makes sense!
Hope you enjoyed, and thank you for reading!