Old Friends

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Rex had just barely gotten off his ship when he saw Luke. He smiled as he took note of just how much the boy looked like Anakin.

"Hey Rex, thanks for coming." The ghost crew all say.

"Nice to see you all again. That's Luke over there." Rex replies.

"It is." Ezra confirms. Rex pushes past the crew and passes Leia to get to Luke.

"You must be Luke." Rex says. "I'm Captain Rex of the 501st clone battalion. I served as your father's first in command during the clone wars along side Ahsoka."

"I am. The others told me you could tell me more about him." Luke says.

"I can. What do you want to know?" He responds.

"I don't even know where to start." Luke responds.

"That's fine I have lots of stories about my time serving under him. I can tell you one anytime you want." The clone says.

"Can you tell me about the first time you work with him and his Padawan?" Luke ask.

"Oh I can tell you more than that." Rex smiled. "Obi Wan, Cody, you're dad, and I had sent our supply ship back for supplies and the coms were down. We needed support but couldn't get ahold of anyone. The Jedi council was trying to reach Obi Wan and your dad. Being the coms were down they sent a messenger to give them our next assignment. It was Ahsoka. At first they thought she was Obi Wan's new Padawan but she had been assigned to your dad. Your dad hated it at first but the girl proved herself to him." Rex went on to tell Luke about the clone wars. (He told it in order of the tv series. At least everything he remembered or was part of.) Luke actually sat there and listened to him for hours.

The next day Leia woke Luke up.

"Kanan and Ezra want to do some Jedi training. They wanted to know if you would like to join them." She says.

"You couldn't wait until I woke up to tell me that?" Luke ask throwing his pillow at her. Lando and Chewie just bust out laughing as Leia dodges the pillow.

"No, there beginning in five minutes." She says.

Luke jumps out of bed and uses the force to grab his clothes. He runs to the fresher to change. With in six minutes he's out and down the ramp.

"Sorry I'm late guys." Luke says.

"Not the first time I had to wait on a late Padawan." Kanan says looking straight at Ezra. "At least you didn't completely miss training."

"That wasn't always my fault. Some of those missed trainings were because you and Rex wouldn't stop fighting." Ezra says.

"So what are we doing?" Luke ask.

"Do you think he's ready?" Ezra ask Kanan.

"For what?" Luke questions.

"I think we should try the Holocron test first and see which one calls to him more." Kanan replies.

"There's more than one Holocron!" Luke says shocked. The other two Jedi nod.

"One belong to my master. She passed it to me just before she died." Kanan says.

"The other is the Sith Holocron. If it calls to you then you are more prone to fall to the dark side like I am." Ezra says.

"So what do I do?" Luke ask.

"Tap into the force and follow it. Here take these incase you need them." Ezra says handing Luke both of Ahsoka's old lightsaber.

"I don't know how to double welded." Luke says.

"It's not much different." Ezra says.

Luke sits down in a meditative position. He taps into the force.

"I see two places. One is a dark metal place. The other looks like a cave in the sand. There's lots of spider like creatures in it." Luke says.

"He sees them both." Ezra says.

"Let's see which one he choose." Kanan says.

Luke just stands up. He starts to head for the ghost but just before he gets to the ramp he turns around and heads to the fence around the old base. He paces back and forth between the two. Never being able to go farther than the ramp. On the other side he makes it to the mouth of the cave before he stops and turns around and heads back to the Ghost. He fights off a few Krykna past the fence but they never stopped him. Ezra and Kanan just stood there watching him for about an hour.

"I think they both call to him equally." Ezra says.

"Should we stop him or just enjoy this?" Kanan says as his head turns to follow Luke's pacing. Ezra goes into the ghost and comes back out with the Jedi Holocron. Luke walks right to him then starts to turn.

"Luke you can stop." Ezra laughs. Luke stops in his tracks. "He's ready alright."

"Ready for what?" Luke ask finally out of his force induced daze.

"Another test. One that can could determine your fate." Kanan says.

"You guys had to take it already?" The blonde male questions.

"I did, that's how I got my lightsaber." Ezra says.

"What do I do?" Luke ask.

"You're going to be looking for something." Kanan says.

"Looking for what?" Luke says confused.

"Not sure but you'll know it when you find it." Ezra says.

"So I'm just going to start looking for something without even knowing what it is." Luke says sarcastically.

"Once we leave yes, just meditate and tell us where to go." Kanan says.

"This is ridiculous." Luke says rolling his eyes.

"Maybe it is, but you're still going to have to do it." Ezra says.

"Or you'll never get your lightsaber or be a Jedi." Kanan adds.

"Ok I'll play along. When do we leave?" Luke ask.

"Tonight. We have a social call to make." Hera says.

"Pippy and Alora." Ezra and Kanan both say. Hera nods.

"Two force sensitive four year olds we saved as babies. We check up on them every once in a while. Maybe one day they can train to be Jedi too." Ezra says answering Luke's question before he even asked it.

"I'll be ready by then." Luke says.

"You're giving him his test? Isn't that dangerous?" Hera asked.

"Yoda said he has already taken it once but failed. This time he's ready." Kanan says.

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