Ashla

Chapter Eight

Happy New Year everyone!

Two days later, Ashla was walking down the corridors. Since in designated "master", as they were called, was in the infirmary, Ashla would have to wait to be trained, while Hedala was training with Kanan. During that time she would wander along the corridors and exploring her new home. While she was walking, she saw the guy that took her letter.

"Hey, you!" she shouted.

Rex was just making his rounds when he heard a voice.

"Hey, you!"

He turned around and saw a torgruta, the one who called herself Ashla, walking towards him. "Oh, hello... Ashla, is it?"

"Yep, and I believe you have something of mine."

Rex noted the impending snippiness in her voice, so he decided to be careful with what he was going to say next. But before he could say anything, Ashla spoke again.

"My letter?"

"Oh right." Rex thought for a moment, trying to remember where Hera was, because he had left the letter with her. "Follow me please."

Ashla didn't know what this guy was up to, but she followed him anyways.

"Have you ever heard of the Clone Wars?" he asked.

"Yeah," Ashla anwered,. "Why?"

"I fought with your mother in the Clone Wars."

"You knew my mother?"

"Yep, she was a fine commander, and a good friend."

"Was? What happened to her?" It was just then that they went into the command station. The command room's walls were white, with a huge hologenerator in the middle, wit holoscreens surrounding it. To her left, she saw that a certain area had commander desks that lined the walls. Above those were huge windows that showed the landscape.

"Hera?" the man asked.

At one of the command desks, a green twilek, the same twilek that Ashla had seen on her way here, turned around. "What is it Rex?"

"Ashla wants to see her letter," the man whose name seemed to be Rex stated.

Ashla observed Hera's facial expression as it showed surprise and... a hint of sadness?

"Ashla, why don't you come here?" Hera said, though it seemed more like an order that as question. Ashla walked over to Hera's desk, starting to think that there was more to this conversation than just the letter. She looked back to see Rex following behind her. Once she got to Hera's desk, Hera handed her an envelope. The envelope said:

Fardi

Ashla looked up at Hera, who gave an encouraging nod, took her letter out of the envelope, and started to read it.

Dear Mr. Fardi,

It is with a heavy heart that I leave my daughter with you. I am doing a bit of undercover work, and I can't take care of a baby at the same time. So, I'm leaving her with you until the day the Empire has been defeated. Then I'll come back for her. I trust that you'll take good care of her.

- Ashla

P.S. My real name is Ahsoka.

"My mother's name is Ahsoka?" Ashla asked.

"Yes, she was also in the rebellion, about a year after it began to take root," Hera said.

"After that she got me to join," Rex said.

"Where is she now? Can I see her?" Ashla asked.

Hera and Rex looked at each other, then Rex knelt down. "About six months ago, she went on a dangerous mission with Ezra and Kanan. While she was there, she met Emperor's second in command: Darth Vader."

"Darth Vader?" Ashla asked in fright. She never heard of him before.

Hera put her hands in her lap. "Your mother fought so that they could escape, but she never made it out. It's very likely that..." Hera paused. "She's gone."

Gone? Her mother can't be gone. She had already started searching, but... Hera and Rex said some things, but Ashla wasn't paying attention. Instead, she just ran out of the room.