Before It All Began

Chapter 6

Six years have passed by for the small family. Ezra was now twelve years old; He, Hera and Kanan had begun a rebellion, except now, they had three extra crew members. Chopper - the kid's droid. A sixteen year old Mandalorian girl that goes by the name of Sabine Wren - she used to be a cadet at the Imperial Academy of Mandalore but ran away. Hera and Kanan had met her during a mission and allowed her to join. And then there was Garazeb Orrelios - Zeb for short, a thirty one year old male Lasat from Lasan who Kanan had bumped into at a local bar on Naboo. They got talking and the man ended up offering a place to Zeb upon the Ghost and his crew. They had turned into a family that fought against the Empire...but things were rather stressful. Kanan had begun training the kid when he turned ten years old but ever since, Ezra had turned away from treating the man as a father figure like he used to and more like a Jedi master which was quite upsetting for Kanan. To the twelve year old, he still saw and thought of his master as a father deep down but was too scared to act upon it.  

One day, Zeb and Sabine were both sat watching the master and padawan train...except it wasn't going as one would hope. It appeared the kid was struggling with levitating "focus Ezra" Kanan repeated for the twenty first time and counting "I'm trying!! I just can't!!" the boy sighed, rather irritated with the man demanding him to focus. It didn't help when Kanan shook his head and rubbed his forehead "no you're not!! Or else the bolder would be floating in mid air by now!!" he sighed "this is useless and hopeless!! I just can't teach you". Zeb and Sabine shared a look of worry; they had been rather bored as nothing was happening but were soon concerned by the forming argument. Ezra turned to his guardian "why did you decide to train me to be a Jedi then??" he asked, his anger beginning to show as he yelled "why did you take me in all those years ago if I was going to be such a disappointment?!". Sabine now considered running into the Ghost and find Hera from complete and utter shock, but before she could do so, Kanan responded with a yell of his own that was equally as shocking "you know what?? I don't have a damn clue anymore!! All you've done is bring me trouble ever since I took you in!!" he exclaimed as he allowed his anger to take over his mouth "my life would have been a whole damn better if I have never even found you!! If I have it my way, you'd be gone!!". 

Never before have they seen Kanan lose his cool with a crew member before, especially with Ezra; they were all frozen on the spot from shock. Ezra was the most in shock but he was also a little scared. Kanan had never yelled at him before, and the last time someone had screamed at him like that was when he was kidnapped for six months after his parents were killed by a slave master; those were dark and painful times. "Is...is that what you want??" Ezra asked hesitantly, as if afraid of the answer "for me to leave and stay out of your life??" this worried Sabine and Zeb but they were in so much shock that it was as if they couldn't move or speak; their eyes widened when Kanan stared the kid straight in the eyes "yes". The boy's face filled with sadness as he nodded "okay then...I'll leave" he grabbed his back pack that was near the ship, threw his com link and lightsaber towards the mans feet and then yanked the locket from around his neck and did the same. Kanan had bought it him for his sevenths birthday; he had never taken it off ever since....until this day. Ezra looked over towards his two crew mates "bye guys...tell Hera I'll miss her" and then turned around and began to walk away, not before saying "may the force be with you...always". Soon enough....Ezra was gone.

Without warning, Kanan stormed into the ship until he reached his cabin and locked the door. Once sat down on his bed, Kanan closed his eyes and took a few deep breathes, allowing all of his stress, frustration and anger to melt away from his body...that was when realization hit him like a ton of bricks. "Oh force...what have I done?!". Eventually, everything was explained and discussed, Kanan apologized to his crew mates - Hera was distraught by the fact that the boy who she saw as her son had left. Chopper zapped the Jedi before going on charge. The others left the ship to go out and explore Capital City to find the kid; they were on Lothal so Ezra had the upper hand. The searched and searched for hours but the teen was no where in sight. Eventually, hours turned to days which sadly turned to years, three years to be exact. As much as they didn't want to leave Lothal, the crew were forced to as they needed to continue doing missions; they hated it!! Each and every single one of them, they had one thought 'will we ever see him again??'.