A Jeweled Rose In Clone Wars

Part 9

(WITH THE THREE JEDI)

Ahsoka was trying to fix the ship but realized that some parts were extremely dented and some parts were broken like it was now many pieces. "Well, it doesn't look like we will be getting off this planet anytime soon," Ahsoka said with a sigh, "The ship sustained too much damage."

"It probably is one of these people's tricks to force us to stay here," Anakin snarled.

"And why would they do that?" Obi-Wan asked, "Did you forget to tell us something?"

"The Father wants me as his apprentice because I was the "chosen one"," Anakin said, he made air quotes when he said chosen one, "He wants me to protect the Maidens from his children because he will die soon."

"Well, we could test if it was their fault if we ask for help," Ahsoka said.

"Yeah, let's do that," Anakin said, "Let's tell them that we are stranded here with no way out! All that is going to do is make things worse."

"We might not be able to ask the Ones, but we could ask someone else," Obi-Wan said, "You mentioned something about Maidens right?"

"Yeah what about it?" Anakin asked.

"Well, I saw all of their faces before at your trial," Obi-Wan said, "They don't seem to like what the Father and his children were doing. Maybe they will feel bad from that and help us?"

"Yeah, and Fall is one of them!" Ahsoka said, "She helped us before, and I think that she will help us again."

"Are you sure about this?" Anakin asked as they were walking to the temple Obi-Wan and Sheila was brought to before. "Are we even going in the right direction?"

"I swear it was this way," Ahsoka said.

"No, when the Ones carried us I saw that we came from that way," Obi-Wan protested.

"..." Anakin didn't know what to say. They were most likely lost and arguing was not going to help.

"Hello there!" said a voice behind Anakin. He turned around to see a girl with red hair and green eyes waving at him.

"You are one of the Maidens," Anakin said, "What are you doing here?"

"I wanted to say I am sorry about everything you want through," she said.

"It's fine, but who exactly are you?" He asked.

"The Ones call me Fall," she said, "Excuse me, but I don't think we met. And also, what are you doing in the forest?"

'So they were looking for her?' Anakin thought. "My name is Anakin," he said, then he turned to see that his former master and his passes were still arguing and didn't realize that the girl they were looking for was right there. "Hey your friend is here!" he yelled at them and they stopped fighting.

"This is awkward," Obi-Wan said as he turned around to see Fall.

"Hey Fall. Do you think you can help us with our ship?" Ahsoka asked.

"It depends. I am not the best at engineering, but it depends on what you need," Fall replied.

"I will show you," Ahsoka said.

(BACK WHERE THERE SHIP WAS)

At the ship, Fall was fixing all the pieces using her ability to summon flames to fix the broken parts. It was amazing to watch, to say the least, and they should be able to fly soon. However, something was bothering Ahsoka.

'We barely even know her and she is helping us,' Ahsoka thought, 'Maybe I should talk to her.' "So how long have you been here?" Ahsoka asked.

Fall thought for a few moments. "I think about a month in your time," Fall said.

"What I thought everyone on Mortis has been here for at least a couple of centuries!" Ahsoka said.

"That is true, except for me and your friends," Fall replied, her face looked troubled as if she was trying to forget something.

"What is wrong?" Ahsoka asked. 'Did I say something wrong?' she thought.

"It's nothing," Fall said, "I should be able to fix your ship in a couple of hours at this rate."

"You just admitted something was wrong," Ahsoka stated, "By saying it's nothing, that means something is on your mind, and it is most likely unpleasant."

"It really isn't important," Fall insisted, "How about you go talk to your friends about whatever while I fix everything."

Ahsoka sighed and left the ship to meet up with Anakin and Obi-Wan. She could tell that Fall was sad, but what bugged her is that she didn't know why. "Do you think Fall really wants to be here?" she asked them.

"What do you mean?" Anakin replied.

"She only came here a month ago, and she seems that she wants to forget something. I tried to ask her about it, but she refused to answer," Ahsoka said.

"What do you mean by a month ago these people have to be ancient I can feel it in the force!" Anakin said.

"Everyone but Fall," Obi-Wan remarked, "She doesn't even seem like she is twenty. However, that isn't important. It isn't any of our business, and if she doesn't want to talk about it you should leave her alone."

"What if she is being forced to stay here?" Anakin said, "After all the Father said that she was a replacement because the other Fall died. Maybe these responsibilities are forced on her."

"Then we must respect the noble cause she is doing instead of leaving," Obi-Wan said.

"So we should just leave her here?" Ahsoka said, "We can't do that!"

"We don't even know if she is in trouble!" Obi-Wan replied, "Ahsoka I know you mean well, but we don't know if this position was forced upon her or not." 'I wish that I was with Ruby, Cody, and Rex.' He thought.

(WITH RUBY, CODE, AND REX)

'Oh no... We changed the conversation into something dark,' Rex thought as he heard about what happened to Ruby's school.

It was silent for about ten minutes, so Ruby decided to change the subject. "Do you think the Jedi fairly treat you and your brothers?" she asked them.

"What do you mean?" Cody said.

"I mean that they don't seem to care about your safety," she said.

Cody and Rex started thinking about what she had just said, and they could see why she thought that. Their lives were being wasted so that they could protect people in higher positions than them...Why should they even fight in this war?