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“Hey do you guys feel that too?” Ezra asked as he walked closer to the strange rock. The grass crunching under his feet. They were sent to find the missing cargo on the planet.
Zeb groans, “Oh great, not another force thing.” He moves closer to Ezra. “What is it this time kid?”
“I don’t know.” Ezra touched the rock feeling as if something was engraved on it but faded from exposure. “Something is here.”
Kanan also places his hand on the large rock. “Another temple?” With an eyebrow raised he looks towards Ezra with a serious look.
Closing his eyes Ezra breathed in the warm air. “Maybe.” The force sings to him as he starts walking with a hand still on the rough rock. Suddenly the force screams at him to stop and he does.
With a strange pull he begins to lean on the rock. The force with its gentle hum starts to feel warm around him. Without warning he falls down face first into a pit. “WOAH!”
“Ezra!” Kanan screams and comes in as well. The wall is still there but now passable. “Are you alright?” He holds out his hand.
Ezra takes it and stands up. “Yeah.” He starts dusting himself off. “But what is this place?” He looks around. The rock was filled with glowing rocks similar to his kyber crystal, but yet different. Each glowing a different color in a variety of brightness.
It felt like he was looking in one of those kaleidoscopes. The kind his parents got him when he was younger. Along with the force singing so happily around this place made it far more beautiful than the toys.
“Hey you guys okay?” Sabine sticks her head through and gasps. “Whoa this is beautiful.” She looks around and joins them on the sunken floor.
“Sabine is everything alright!” Hera’s worried voice breaks through.
“Yeah!” She sticks her head back out of the rock. “And you need to see this.”
Soon Hera, Chopper, Zeb, Rex, Wolffe, Gregor, and Ahsoak with her Convor all stepped in taking in the strange beauty. Even they could feel the slight hum of the force in here. “It’s stunning.” Sabine turns around, getting every angle and hugging herself. “That humming sound is so beautiful.”
“Oh wow this is far more beautiful than the mirror mines of Chida.” Gregor laughs as he says this.
“Wait, Sabine, can you hear it?” Kanan looks at Sabine.
She nods, taking off her helmet. “Yeah. Is this what the force sounds like?”
Before they could answer, all the crystals started glowing brighter. The force soon became like a buzzing feeling on all of their skin. “What’s happening!” Rex tried to grab on to Ahsoka but he couldn’t feel his hands.
None of them could feel anything but themselves and the force as it soon turned bright white and then nothing.
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Waking in long grass was nothing new to Ezra. He used it from his time on the streets before he found his tower. Sitting up this grass was not the same as Lothal. This grass was a very pale purple.
The sky was a shining shade of deep blue with a small sun.
Looking around he could see large pale pink trees surrounding this clearing. With a heave he stands up looking around. “Kanan?”
Reaching out in the force for them brought back nothing. “Hera! Sabine!”
No one responded but the call of wild birds chirped at him. Looking around he could sense someone. “Kanan?” He pulls on the force signature. It felt so familiar to Kanan but different somehow. A bit more dull and in a lot of pain. “Kanan!” With a jolt he ran towards the signature afraid he was hurt. The trees all blurred together as he ran. The pink leaves and brown trunks didn’t help him at all.
“Kanan where are-“ he nearly trips and falls as he skids to a stop.
Where there should have been Kanan was now a boy wearing strange robes. His hair was spiked on the top, a braid hanging down the right side of his head, and big blue eyes that looked alot like Kanan’s. “Who are you!” The boy jumped to his feet holding out a lightsaber that looked just like his master.
Putting up his hands Ezra backed off. “Hey easy their kid! I’m just looking for my master.”
“Your Sith master?” Igniting his lightsaber he points it at Ezra.
“What no I’m not a Sith- Wait are you a Jedi padawan?” Ezra looked at the kid taking in a deep breath.
“Yeah.” The kid glares hard at him. Clenching his fist fight Ezra can sense he is in a lot of pain. Especially in his lower right leg. “What’s it to you? Are you going to turn me into the Separatist?” He slowly scoots to the side.
“What? No, I’m a padawan like you.” Slowly Ezra takes off his lightsaber and ignites it, pointing it straight up. “See.”
His eyes scan over Ezra like a predator examining prey. “Then why aren’t you dressed like one? Where’s your braid?”
Ezra blinks a bit confused. “Well let’s just say Jedi robes are hard to come by where I’m from and a braid is pretty much a death sentence if you get caught.” Unighting his lightsaber Ezra clips it back on.
With another look up and down the kid does the same. “I’m Caleb. Caleb dune padawan to master Billaba.”
“I’m Ezra Bridger padawan to knight Jarrus.” He holds out his hands and Caleb shakes it.
“What are you doing all the way out here?” Caleb looks around. “I didn’t think they’d send us reinforcements so soon into the battle.” Caleb bits the inside of his cheek.
“I’m not your reinforcements.” He sadly shakes his head. “My crew and I were looking for some lost cargo and came across a strange force place. All of a sudden it started glowing and now we're here.”
“Oh.” Caleb winces and collapses back under the tree holding his leg.
Ezra quickly gets down. “Are you alright?”
“No. A blaster grazed my leg and it hurts so much.” He whines a bit holding it tightly.
Ezra quickly pulls out a bottle and bandages. “Here I have some bacta.” Rolling up the burnt pants leg he sprays on the bacta and wraps it up. Ezra looks around. “Where’s your master? Shouldn’t they be here.”
Caleb looks to the ground. “She got captured by the droids. She along with the rest of the men where.” He pulls his legs closer together. “I think I’m the only one to escape and I have no way of contacting anyone.” Caleb blinks at the tears starting to form on his eyes. “I’m worried they’re going to kill her.”
“Don’t worry I’ll help you break her out!” Ezra smiles a bit boldly.
“How?” Caleb takes some calming breaths to try and center himself.
Ezra looks around. “If you can show me where they’re holding her hostage I might be able to make a plan of escape. Think you can take me there?”
With a nod they both stand up. Ezra putting Caleb’s arm around his shoulder. “It’s west about six clicks from here.”
“Then let’s get going.” With a determined nod from Ezra They both begin their Trek through the woods.