Family by Heart - REWRITE(a Star Wars Rebels story)

Apology

An early morning on Bakunyuu meant thicker and cooler fog settling on the planet. The sun provided what little light it could through the constant grey and dreary clouds. A small drizzle barely even noticeable sprinkled through the air.

Kanan's breath was visible as he carefully tread down the Ghost's ramp. At the end, the silhouette of a twi'lek in a pilot uniform.

He stood next to Hera now, looking out from the Ghost to the rest of the camp.

Hera took the cup of caf away from her lips and spoke without turning to Kanan, "She's been at this all morning. I don't know why."

Kanan watched carefully as his little sister stood in the middle of the fog, bright orange streams with the consistency of molasses swirling around her in rings. You could barely see her silhouette, the fog hanging in the air was so intense.

He squinted a little closer as he heard running water in the distance - like a river. To his amazement, a clear stream of water matched the molten material around the girl. Both circled like hoops around her body.

"She should really have a Jedi teacher out here with her, but she didn't want to wake you guys," Hera spoke softly.

"Did she say why she's up again so early?" Kanan asked in a soft voice, as if both of them didn't want to disturb the Padawan's self-training.

Hera lightly shook her head. "I think she just has a general problem sleeping. I found her earlier this morning push-ups in the common room."

"She might still be upset from that whole Ezra thing from last night," Kanan murmured. "Did she mention anything to you?"

"No," she said, watching the girl train with fire and water. "I think this is something else. This kid is certainly complicated, I'll tell you that."

Another set of footsteps descended from the ladder and joined them on the ramp. The two glanced behind them to see the togruta who had just woken herself up.

"Athena is training already?" Ahsoka asked in a hushed and sleepy voice.

"She wanted to get in some of her element practice," Hera said. "I've been watching her for a while. It still gives me chills when I see her do this stuff."

Ahsoka watched as Athena slowly moved with the lava and water, slowly dancing with the two as her bare feet brushed against the wet green grass. The girl had her hair combed back into a ponytail and her clothes were all black once again. Her hair wavered between a brown to a dimly glowing red.

"She's balancing opposites," Ahsoka murmured. "She's learning more control over opposing elements."

"Hey, can Jedi heal?" Hera turned to Ahsoka. "I noticed your burns healed up within the day they happened. Same with Zeb."

Kanan and Ahsoka shared a glance.

Kanan sighed, "To be honest, I didn't even know she could heal others until she healed Ahsoka and Zeb."

"Does Zeb know?" Hera asked. "He just seemed confused as to why his hands healed."

"Probably not," Ahsoka said. "We've been trying to get her to refrain from telling the others all she can do in case the Empire ever wants to know more about her. Even we don't know all she can do."

"Isn't it dangerous if you two don't even know what she can do?"

"She...probably doesn't even know all she can do," Kanan admitted. "Being born and raised on Earth gave her a lot of abilities many Jedi never heard of."

"I don't get why she was so intent on doing this training this morning, though," Hera nodded to the girl. "She could fight a volcano and control a storm yesterday. I don't see why she would want to do this. Seems below her talent."