Star Wars the Clone Wars: The Wolf Blood Knight (Fives x OC)

A Secret Comfort

Vetera's POV

I was in my apartment, just wearing my black body glove and a robe on top of it. I've felt a little different lately, I don't know why though and I don't want to consult a Jedi healer, I can't risk my attachment to Fives being found out. Anakin had told me what had happened with Ahsoka while Ralim, the men and I were away on a different battle. I can't believe the Council would turn on one of our own like that and Tarkin...hounding my little sister figure like that....!!! He better hope I don't have to work with him again or he might...disappear on the battle field for hurting a member of my pack. Urgh, the wolf in me wants to hurt him but the Jedi in me knows I can't and the Mandalorian part of me is telling me to go with what the Wolf is saying. Ugh!! I sit on the couch, as my teeth sharpen, my ears turn pointed and my claws grow in, not knowing what to do before I hear the door to my apartment open and smell Fives.

"Cyar'ika? Are you alright?" He asks, probably seeing my clenched fists and hearing my furious growling and snarling, seeing the pointed ears as well.

"Nayc ner kar'taylir darasuum, Ni cuy' not." I reply in Mando'a, I was too angry and upset to speak in Basic right now as tears fell from my eyes and down my face. Fives walks up to me, before wrapping his arms around me, pulling me close to him and holding my close.

"Udesii ner kar'taylir darasuum, bic's alright jii. Bic's alright." He says to me in Mando'a softly, rubbing my back soothingly as I held onto him. Thanks to him, I calm down enough to use Basic to communicate with him.

"Why, ner runi? Why did the Jedi Council turn on one of their own so easily?" I ask him as tears drip down my face, wanting to understand but not being able to understand why the Council turned on Ahsoka like that without confirming it was her first. It just didn't make any sense to me, Ahsoka was a loyal member of the Jedi Order, on her way to becoming a Knight beside Ralim, but now, thanks to them that will never happen.

"I don't know ner kar'taylir darasuum. I just don't know." He replies softly, continuing to hold me close and rubbing comforting circles on my back.

"I...I just can't believe she's gone...She was like a little sister to me...and she's gone...She was the best of us...she was going to be one of the...best Jedi Knights if not the best. I can't leave her out on her own like that." I say softly.

"And we won't. We'll always have a door open for Commander Tano, we'll send her supplies and we'll let her know we're here for her if she needs us." he reassures me, taking my face between his hands and using his thumbs to wipe away my tears.

"And if she still wants to help in this war, I know where I can send her. I can send her to Bo-Katan on Mandalore, Ahsoka can help the most there." I say and he nods, before pulling me close again and allowing me to rest my head on his shoulder. I was still crying due to how upset I still was and he held me close to him to help calm me down and he guides me to the coach and helps me sit down.

"Wait here, ner kar'taylir darasuum, I'll be back with your favorite hot chocolate as soon as I can." He says and I nod as he heads into the kitchen to make the warm beverage. I hear him get the water started on boiling, the fact my husband was here had calmed my Loth Wolf side tremendously. My teeth, ears and nails had returned to normal, but I was still upset, just not as much as before since Fives had comforted me. I think the hot chocolate and some cuddles with my husband will help calm me down enough to try to get some rest. I soon hear the kettle whistle, before hearing my husband take it off the heat. I hear the clinking of a spoon against glass as he mixes it to how I like it, adding in some cream to it as I dry my eyes.

"Remember when Hardcase broke both his legs and Ahsoka and he decided to race his hospital bed down the halls of Anakin's Cruiser?" He asks me as he came back, sitting beside me as he hands me the cup of hot chocolate.

"*chuckles* Yeah, everyone had to press themselves against the walls or jump out of the way with how fast they were going. Then they rolled right into the training room!" I say before we both laugh.

"Jesse got sent into that pile of dummy droid poppers, sending him falling onto his back while trying to keep his balance. While two brothers collided with each other head first and Rex had to jump out of the way, landing on top of Jesse, man Kix was so mad!" he says as we laugh as I sip my hot chocolate.

"Thank you, Fives, for always being there." I say to him.

"You were always there for my brothers and I, even before you and I got married. You have a big heart of gold and a gentle soul. A rare thing in this galaxy now a days." He says to me, making me start crying again as I give him a small smile.

"You're such a good man and soldier, Fives. Why can't people be more compassionate like you?" I ask as he wraps his arms around me.

"I don't know, ner kar'taylir darasuum, I just don't know." He replies.

"Both sides seem to be corrupted in this war, most of the Senators of the Republic don't care about you and your brothers. I can't exactly trust my fellow Jedi and the Republic after what happened with Ahsoka. And the Separatists who started this war in the first place are just as bad if not worse. Why does it seem like neither side is good? I know that both sides are fighting for freedom from each other, but what exactly are they fighting for anymore? This war's been dragging on for so long now, I think people are starting to lose sight of why we were fighting in it in the first place." I say to my husband and he gently takes my face into his hands and gently makes me look at him.

"One day, when this war is over, you can help change things for the better." He says to me, with a reassuring look in his expression.

"And you'll be there by my side to help me change things, ner kar'taylir darasuum." I reply, before he held me close as I start crying again. He uses on hand to rub comforting circles on my back and begins humming a Mandalorian song to help comfort me. I cry from the stress of what happened to Ahsoka, along with the grief and anger I was feeling for what happened. I cry myself to sleep in Fives' arms. I started to dream of the first time I met Ahsoka, when she was young and more like Anakin then we knew back then.

Third Person POV

Fives gently wipes the tears from his wife's eyes, before putting the empty cup onto the table to be taken into the kitchen to be washed later. He then gently picks her up in his arms, holding her close to him.

"Let's get you into bed, ner kar'taylir darasuum." He says softly, before he carries her to their shared room. He carries her to bed, before pulling the blanket back with one hand and then putting her onto the bed and tucking her in. He then gets to bed on his side and gets in. He then held her close to him to comfort her in her sleep.

"One day, ner kar'taylir darasuum, things will get better." He whispers to her, holding her close and she cuddles into him. He tucks her head under his chin, resting his chin at the top of her head. She cuddles into him and he fell asleep, holding what he considered the most precious thing and greatest treasure in the galaxy.