Galaxy of War || A clone wars fanfiction

Chapter 29

I'm running through a forest. It's dark and I'm barefoot. I can't see what I'm stepping on, but I don't care, I have to get away. I don't know what I'm running from, but I know I have to go. The noises behind me are getting closer and closer, catching up. I can't run much further, I can't get away. Sweat is dripping from my forehead and my breath is superficial. If I just knew what I was running from, then maybe I could fight it.

"Keep running, keep running." A voice keeps coming. It's familiar. It's the same voice I heard back on Mortis. "Keep running."

I shoot up from my bed with a scream. My skin is sparkling in the moonlight as it's showered in sweat. The door gets thrown up and my master comes rushing in. I'm trying to get my breath under control, but I feel my head getting lighter. He sits down in front of me and takes my hands.

"Breath, It's alright. I got you," he says as I'm still panting. As it gets better, I'm overwhelmed with a wave of tiredness and I let my head fall against his chest. He places his hand on the back of my head to comfort me. "This is the sixth night in a row, dear."

"I know," I whisper.

"At first I thought it was about Ahsoka, but she's been back for multiple days. Is it still the same dream?" He asks and I nod. Ahsoka was kidnapped last week for a disgusting hunt. We searched for days, but it was her that ended up contacting us.

"I think you should talk to Master Yoda," he says.

"I know. I will. I will do it tomorrow," I tell him. He looks me in the eyes to tell me to do it now. "He's sleeping, I won't wake him up for such a silly thing."

"Lora, it's not a silly thing. You can't sleep anymore. The entire day you're exhausted. I've tried everything, so have you, but nothing works. I'm scared to take you out on a mission, because I'm scared you're not up for it."

"Fine, I will do it now," I give up.

He gets off my bed and stretches his hand out for me to take. I take it and pull myself off the bed. I put on my shoes and my outer robes. I walk into the living room where my master is making himself a cup of tea.

"Do you want me to come with you?" He asks me. I shake my head. I need to do this myself. "Okay. I'll be here when you get back."

The first night I had the nightmare I woke up bathed in sweat and ended up throwing up in panic. I still don't know why the nightmares are making me so scared. Obi-Wan had bursted in and held me as I cried. The second night it was mostly similar, except for the throwing up. He ended up staying with me the entire night, sitting in a chair beside my bed the entire night. He would tell me a story every night until I fell asleep after I began to refuse to sleep. Knowing I would wake up in the same state. I have spent the past days trying everything to sleep a full night. Spending my day reading and studying in the library, exhausting myself by training for hours on end. Obi-Wan even forced me to meditate on it. The last mission I was on was three days ago. I ended up in a very dangerous position because I couldn't think clearly. I look up and see that I'm standing in front of Master Yoda's quarters. I swallow and knock on the door. For a while, nothing happens.

"He's probably sleeping, like I said," I mutter to myself as I turn to leave.

"Padawan Lora," I turn around at his voice.

"Master Yoda, I'm sorry for disturbing," I bow.

"Disturb you did not, a need to talk to me, I sense," he steps to the side to let me step into his quarters. It's a bit bigger than the usual Jedi rooms. He is the Grandmaster.

"Yes," I admit. He gestures for me to sit down on the floor. Which I do. He sits down in front of me and waits for me to say something. I take a deep breath before I speak. "I can't sleep. These past days I've been having the same nightmare. I wake up in cold sweat, panicked and unable to breathe or go back to sleep."