«One flower to me, and one flower to you.» Princess Tamar, the daughter of King David, said as she was having a tea-party with Ahsoka in the garden outside the castle, «And flowers to the unicorns, the fairies and butterflies. And to all that liveth among us.»

Ahsoka smiled back, as she sipped from her cup.

The boys, thus will say, the sons of David, where practising with their swords a stones throw away.

«Mmm.» she said, taking a biscuit.

«How’s it going between you and your master?» Princess Tamar asked.

Ahsoka sighed,

«He’s busy building his castle right now. He’s having the kids from the orphanage to help him out.»

«And how’s it going between you?»

Ahsoka looked down for a moment,

«Since he sent away my sister…» looking up so their eyes met, «He dosen’t wanna talk about it… he dosen’t realize I’m hurt…»

«You want her back?»

Ahsoka stood up to her feet,

«Yes. But that’s not gonna happen when the portals are gone.»

Tamar also got up,

«I think I know someone who can open a portal. Wasen’t that what Anakin did when he sent away Zilla?»

«I… I don’t know… but who do you mean?»

«Someone else from your world, someone that thrives with dark magic?»

«Are you talking about… Ventress?» widening her eyes.

Tamar nodded,

«The underground Queen, yes.»

Ahsoka shaked her head,

«We could never go to her. She will only betray us and can’t be trusted.»

«Are you sure? We should give her a chance. If you want your sister back, I mean.»

«I don’t know.» looking hesistant, «I don’t want to go behind my master’s back. I’ll just talk to him about it.» walking in the dirrection of the gateway that led out of the garden.

«You don’t have to tell him everything you know.» putting her hand on her shoulder, «It seems to me, he’s controlling you, and that’s no good. It’s about time you start living your own life.»

«I am living my own life.» Ahsoka stated as they left the garden.

«Not in the way that I will suggest.» Tamar said.»

«Look. I really should be heading back now.» Ahsoka responded, «I must keep the time.»

The princess shrugged her shoulders,

«Wery well.» giving her a hug, «But if you want my help, come and meet me tomorrow afternoon, and we will find the queen.»

«Maybe.» walking away, «I will think about that.» wawing goodbye, «See ya.»

Tamar returned the wawe,

«Goodbye Ahsoka and good luck on your way.»

Zilla slowly walked through the corridor if the Jedi-temple, feeling sad to her heart.

She couldn’t avoid that everyone turned and looked at her with suspicion. Someone were surprised and other showed confusion, repeating the same question over and over again,

«Where have you been?» it got wispered througout the area, «Where’s she been?»

But Zilla didn’t answer them. She didn’t say a word. All that was in her mind, was to find the book. Because whitout it, she felt lost. Left whith no hope.

She’d almost walked into Obi-Wan because she kept her gaze down, not looking up, and she felt his hands gently touching her shoulders,

«Zilla…» he said in a soft tone.

«No…» she quickly turned and walked past him, «No time.» hastening througout the corridor, «I need to find…» she started to run, and made it to the library, the Jedi arcives, «If I only could track it down. But maybe I can.» looking arround for any clue.

Obi-Wan reached her,

«Zilla.»

«No.» Trying to run again, but he hindered her of it by grabbing her arm, «You tell me what’s going on? Where’s Anakin and Ahsoka?»

«You have no idea.» shaking her head, «And I will not tell.»

«I just want to help.»

«Then you should stay out if it.» freeing herself from his grip, only to run into a child with an axe.

Amanda looked up on her, with eyes as dark as the death itself,

«You!» She began with a recognition in her tone, «I know what you’re looking for, but you’ll never get it!» lifting her weapon, «I burned it.»

Ahsoka woke up where she had been sleeping peacefully in the cave. Only to see that her master wasen’t there this morning.

She stood up from the bed, looking around,

«Master?» she saw some green light coming from the corridor longer inside the cave, and walked towards it, «Master?» she knew she had the chance to just run away now that he was gone, but she also knew that he would only chase her down again. And that was the only thing that kept her staying. She knew she wouldn’t get rid off him untill she became a Jedi-knight herself, and untill that day came, she was doomed to suffer under brutal training-sessions and endless lessons.

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If she only got to convince him that she was ready for the Jedi-trials, he might let her go, but if not, there’s was no escape. His words echoed in her mind,

«Where ever you go, I will always find you. There’s no escape.»

And when she thought about it, it made her cry. Was she afraid of him? Was that the reason she wanted to run and get away?

She put her hand to her face as she slowly walked through the corridor towards the green light,

No. She thought not. But she wanted her own life. She needed a life of her own. Needed to be something greater than a padawan, and wished to prove it to him that she could be, and someday, as a Jedi-knight, she would even have a padawan of her own, but she would never be as wild as him. Never sink down to his level.

But he wasen’t evil, though. All he did… he only meant it for good.

«Master?» Ahsoka tried again, reaching the end of the corridor, «where are you?» she looked arround at the open area where she now found herself in, wondering, «What is this place?» it looked like a tomb.

Suddenly she felt a hand on her shoulder, and turned arround, startled,

«Master!»

«You shouldn’t be this far into the cave, Snips. It isn’t safe here.»

She grabbed his robes,

«I’m… swallowed, «I’m ready for the Jedi-trials.»

Anakin looked surprised at her for a moment,

«Ahsoka…» chuckling, shaking his head, «You still got much to learn, but I admire your eagerness.»

Ahsoka looked down, and sighed,

«Let me just take them and be done with it, okay?»

He put his arm arround her, leading her out,

«It’s up to me to decide when you’re ready. And you still got many years ahead of you.»

«No.» she stopped up, «I can decide so myself, and I say that I’m…»

«Patience, Snips.» continuing too lead her out through the corridor, «Patience. When the time comes, I will see to that you will not fail. But for now, you need to keep your ears open, and watch and learn with an open heart.»

Zilla looked arround herself with a feeling that she had lost everything. She should never have threatened the kings life, and now… now she was back in her own world. Separated from her sister. Away from the world of Secrecy. The wonderous world that contained magic.

But here, it was nothing. Not like Secrecy. Here it was no fairy-dust, no dragons… only boring people with politics and lightsabers. She was used to that, had grown up with it. But she had never felt so free that she did in Secrecy.

But sadly, Anakin had pushed her through a portal as a punishment for what she had tried to do to him. And now she found herself here, back in the chamber where it all had started.

Where she and Ahsoka had found the book that brought them to the magical world, but now…

Zilla looked arround herself, noticing that the book that took them there, were gone.

Gone? How? It couldn’t be. Maybe someone had taken it? But whom could that be? Who other than she and Ahsoka would go into Anakin’s room?

Maybe Padme? Or Obi-Wan? but why would they care about a book? If they where the one who had taken it, she needed to get it back, because if she didn’t, how should she ever get to go back to Secrecy?

After flying through a portal of light, Amanda found herself standing in an chamber. and on the floor, laid a open book, which was one of the first things she noticed. She took it up and studied it.

In it was written stories. She saw her own name, and Ventress. Even the Jedi were written in it, who were the new-comers to her world. She closed the book and tucked it to her chest. Now she was in their world, and this book could possibly be her way back, so she wouldn’t loose it.

She stepped towards the door that she saw in front of her, and pointed out her head. What she saw, made her retreat inside the room again.

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It was an corridor in chaos. Children were running everywhere, screaming and shouting;

«It’s my diary!» Hagar pointed out, «And I will have it back!»

«Over my dead body!» a boy replied. He was holding it in his hand, beginning to read aloud as Hagar stormed after him down the corridor;

«I’m in love with…» he grinned at her, a mocking grin that turned to a silly laugh, «with Skywalker, the guy who rescued me. We shall meet him today.»

Hagar roared against the boy, who turned direction, and ran back in the direction of the crowd, where Amanda stood in the doorway of Anakin’s room, as she watched them. Currently hiding.

The boy continued reading, as the other children took hold of Hagar. Holding her fast, preventing her from reaching the book;

«My sister is very eager, but that makes me…»

Hagar managed to free herself from the grip of the other children, and throwed herself at the boy, knocking him down,

«You gonna pay for what you did!» she yelled, giving him a punch to the face, «How dare you read…»

Amanda saw an adult entering the corridor, marching towards the scene,

«What is going on here?» he said in a sharply tone. He wore the same kind of clothes that she had noticed that the Jedi who had come to her world, had been wearing.

And as he walked past the door where she was standing, she retreated back inside the room. But by then, it was allready to late to stay out of sight, he had allready spotted her,

«You there!» looking dirrectly in her direction, but Amanda closed the door, before she looked around the chamber of a place to hide.

The Jedi-master in the corridor, took the diary from the boy who had been reading it aloud,

«I’ll confiscate this. No one will have it.»

Hagar got up to her feet,

«But… sir…»

«Go to you room, child. Or I’ll report you to the council.»

Hagar let out a frustrated sigh,

«You don’t understand… no one does.» the boy whom she had attacked because of the diary, also got up on his feet, but she pushed him down on the floor again, and ran away.

The Jedi-master made his way to Anakin’s chamber and opened the door before stepping inside. He found Amanda standing in the middle of the room, looking arround herself.

When she saw him enter the room, she grabbed her weapon which she carried on her back,

«Do not come closer.» she warned him. «I got an axe.»

In the world of Secrecy, Zilla, as a bird, landed on the outside of the cave of the spaghetti-monster, which were in winterland, and where Anakin and Ahsoka were sleeping for the night.

As she stepped inside, she transformed into herself again, just as Ventress had predicted.

She grabbed the dagger from her belt, as she silently sneaked up to the knight bed. The Jedi whom had oppointed himself to be king over winter-land, laid in a deep sleep.

She held the sharp blade of the dagger right over his chest, clutching her fist tight arround the hilt.

«I’m sorry, Skyguy.» she wispered as a tear escaped her eye, «But I have to set Ahsoka free…» She closed her eyes, and were about to drive the dagger in to him, but just as she hurled it down, it didn’t enter his into his heart. It stopped. Because Anakin had oppened his eyes, and were now holding his hand over the handle of the dagger, looking at her with intensity.

Zilla froze,

«I’m sorry.» suddenly she was out of words, «I’m sorry… my king…»

But Anakin rose up, squeezing the knife out of her hand,

«We were looking for you, thinking you were in danger.» forcing her over to the wall, placing his hand to her throat, «Yet you show up, all in one piece. Trying to kill me?»

«I’m sorry…» She had closed her eyes tight, «I just wanted to save Ahsoka… from you!»

Anakin looked over to his sleeping padawan for a moment, who laid at the other side of the cave, before returning his gaze to Zilla,

«Maybe it is the opposite.»

Zilla opened her eyes again, and looked at him,

«What?» tears streamed down her face.

«Maybe it is you we need to get rid of. Because I know, that Ahsoka needs me.»

«Not from my point of wiew.» Zilla protested, «She is perfectly fine whitout you. Because you’re too hard on her.»

Anakin’s eyes darkened, before they got a glimpse of yellow,

«Then we’re perfectly fine whitout you too.» he grabbed her arm, dragging her over to a corridor longer inside the cave, which looked both dark and scary.

«No!» it came from Zilla, but Anakin covered her mouth with his hand, «No!» she still mannaged to say, «Please… I’m… I’m…»

«I told you that every action you take, will have consequences.» Anakin said harshly as he forced her into the dark, «And that’s exactly what’s gonna to happen now: consequences.»

It was Christmas Eve, and Amanda ran through the snowy landscape of winter-land, towards the mountains, were the dragons had their place.

She had heard something about a portal, that led to another world, and she wanted to find it.

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Nearly out of breath, she reached the dragons cave and called for her friend,

«Absalom! Absalom! Come on out.»

She waited a few seconds, before she heard heavy steps. The ground rumbled as the mighty dragon made his way to the outside.

She could she him point out his head from the caves opening.

«Amanda.» he said with a deep voice. «What brings you here?»

The child approched him, laying her hand onto his big nose,

«I’ve heard about a portal. You know where it is?»

«Yes. How so?»

«I want to check it out.»

The dragon exhaled, letting out some smoke from his nosetrills,

«That portal is unstable and dangerous. It’s not a place to be… You shouldn’t come anywhere near it.»

Amanda looked down,

«Please. Please fly me there. I’m not afraid… and maybe I can see where those Jedi come from, or whatever they call themselfes.»

The dragon gave a sad look at here,

«Their world is not like here. It’s a world whitout magic… If you enter the portal, it is most likely that you would never return again… Is that what you want?»

«I’m not afraid… magic or not… I don’t care.»

The dragon stepped out og the cave, looking mighty and wonderous with his beatiful, stale, red skin. He lowered himself down to here so she could climb onto his back,

«I can no longer protect you if you go to another world.» flying up into the air.

«That’s okay. I don’t think I would need protection if there’s no magic.» She closed her eyes as she hold onto his horns, the wind blew in her hair, and before she knew it, they had landed again.

Absalom lowered himself down again, and she climbed off and landed in the snow on her barefeet.

The dragon moved his head towards the green light that were only few meters away,

«There’s the portal. But it could dissapear at any moment. It’s very unstable.»

«I just want to check it out.» Amanda said, walking closer.

«I won’t be able to help you if you get sucked into it.»

«That’s…» as she neared it, she felt a invisible force-power taking hold on her, dragging her into the portal.

«If that’s is what you want…» was the last thing she heard the dragon say, before all became light arround her, and she were floating through a tunel of light, surrounded by lightning.

Ventress made her way through the darkened corridor, before she stopped at Zilla’s cage

The little Padawan were sleeping now. Her little pet.

She took up her key and opened the door that held her inprisoned.

Zilla awoke with a start, staring questingly at her with tired eyes.

Ventress removed the chain arround her hand with her magic,

«I’m back, my pet. And I have a mission for you.»

Zilla rose to a sitting position,

«What’s that?»

«It seems Anakin and Ahsoka are still looking for you, but…»

«What?»

Ventress pulled up something from her sleeve,

«Take this dagger, return to the cave, and take care of Anakin.»

Zilla rose up to her feet,

«Take care of him?» she stared confused at her, «What do you mean? He’s my friend!»

Ventress walked closer up to her, gently grabbing her cheek,

«He’s not your friend, deary. And haven’t you noticed how he treats Ahsoka?»

«He… he means it well, he…»

Ventress narrowed her eyes,

«What he truly means, is to rule… and… he want’s his Padawan become like himself, so he is continuing to…»

«I don’t believe you…»

«Yes you do… Your mission is to sneak into the cave while they’re asleep, and then you’ll end him. With this dagger, you will put his days to an end, and set Ahsoka free. And then you both will come and live here with me, like princesses. No one should be meant to…»

«Anakin is a good man.» Zilla shouted, «All he want’s is… it’s only good thing’s. He’s just a little arrogant and stubborn, but…»

«All I ask of you, is to free Ahsoka from his influence.» Ventress repeated, handing the dagger over to her, «Are you up for the task?»

Zilla sighed,

«If you want me to take his life, isn’t it easier to just use my lightsaber?»

Ventress shaked her head,

«No. Because then, he will wake up by the sound of it. But this dagger is enchanted. And it is silent.»

Zilla took it from Ventress hand,

«Okay.»

«I will take you both under my wings when all this is over, if you only remain loyal to me. Now go.» giving her a gentle push out of the cage. «Fly, my friend.» transforming her into a bird, «Only when you reach the cave, you will become your old self again.»

And Zilla flew out on her wings, out into the Christmas night.

«But I will watch you, pet.» Ventress said, staring into a globe, «I will watch you.»

«Crazy John saw Jesus on the shore, and said; Behold… I’m eating a new bug!»

Ahsoka gave a weird look to the twelve who were having a picnic on the side of the road, before looking at Anakin who walked beside her,

«So… What will you call the castle you are to build?»

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Anakin looked back at her,

«Hasar-Adar.» looking forward again, «Majestic village.»

«Hasar-Adar?» She tasted the name in her mouth, «Hasar-Adar.»

They came to the end of the forest, in this beatiful summer-landscape, and a woman came over to them,

»Hi.» she said, «I’m Santa. Want some saffron buns?» holding up her basket before them.

Anakin grabbed Ahsoka’s arm before shaking his head,

«No thanks.» trying to drag his apprentice away, but she just stopped up, looking down at the baked goods with water in her mouth, «They look delicious.» looking up at her master, «When someone offers you something, you take it.» reaching out her hand to take one bun, but Anakin slapped her hand hard, causing her pain, «No, Ahsoka!» forcing her away from there, «They are poisonous! And she is not Santa, but a wich!»

Ahsoka looked madly back at him,

«How can you say something like that? You’re just being rude! What is up with you?»

«I just want to protect you.»

She shaked her head in upsetness,

«By humiliating me? This was only embarassing.»

«It’s for the best. We can’t have any distractions. Let’s just continue on searching for your sister.»

In the meantime, in the underground-palace Zilla tried helplessly to break free from the chain that were attatched to her hand. She hauled hard, trying to drag it off it’s root, but it was no effort. The chain didn’t become any weaker even how hard she struggled to come loose from it.

Frustrated she sunk down on the floor, feeling tired of the labour.

Ventress, the queen of the underground-land, walked over to the cage where Zilla had been kept for the last hours,

«Save your strength, pet.» using a soft tone, «I will need it for tomorrow.»

Zilla looked up on her, as sweat were dripping from her forehead,

«You gonna keep me here untill tomorow?»

Ventress nodded with an evil smile, before touching the bars with her fingertips,

«Tomorow I’ll let you go. And by then, you will be fully convicted to the dark side.»

«No I won’t. I won’t fail my friends.»

Ventress laughed,

«You really think so?» stepping away from the cage, laughing even more.

Santa walked in on their conversation, placing the basked with saffron-buns down at Ventress feet,

«They didn’t buy it.» she proclaimed with seriousness.

Ventress lifted the basket to her side,

«Then I will go out there, and see to that they will.» walking out of the room.

«You can’t harm them!» Zilla shouted after her, «They’re stronger than you!»

«Hallowed be thy name, thou kingdom come…

Zilla walked through the forest of winterland, untill she came to the landscape where it were only summer.

She stopped and rested by a tree, leaning on it against her arm, looking down at the ground, where the snowy terrang went over to a dusty road, a forest trail with green bushes and healthy trees filled with leaves.

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Zilla walked among them, untill she noticed an old lady sitting by the side of the road, dressed in old robes and with a basket of apples with her.

The lady raised up when she spotted her, and walked up to her with her basket,

«Ho, ho, ho.» The lady said, «Would you be so kind to take an apple from an old Santa?»

Zilla smiled at her,

«But I have no money, I…»

«But these are for free.» the old lady said, «Take the whole basket.» handing it over to her, «A gift for you and your loved ones.»

Zilla gratefully recieved it from her,

«Thank you wery much, but I…»

«Merry Christmas, child.» the lady said, squeezing her arm, «Ho, ho, ho.»

Zilla continued on her way away from the winterland and further into the land of summer.

She had no plans to go back to the cave where Anakin and Ahsoka was. At least not yet.

She stared down at the red apples in the basket. There was so many of them, and she wasn’t even sure if the other two from her own worlds even liked apples.

She sighed. What kind of weird lady gives away a whole basket with apples? For free?

She looked back over her shoulder, but the old lady was gone. And it was no trace of her. Like she never had been there.

Zilla shrugged her shoulders, and reached down with her hand into the basket. Taking up an apple and took a bite.

It tasted sweet, like… sugar…

She stopped, looking around at the circumstances. All of a sudden she began to feel dizzy to her head.

The apple she was holding on rolled out of her hand, and she sank down to her knees. Suddenly she couldn’t see a thing as everything became foggy for her eyes.

«Zilla!» Ahsoka’s desperate voice, «Zilla!» she ran through the snowy forest inside winter-land, «Zilla!»

But she was chased by Anakin who quickly haled in on her, before grabbing her by the shoulders and pushing her against a tree. Covering her mouth with his hand,

«Sssjjj!» He wispered, «Not so loud!»

Ahsoka stared at him, wide-eyed, breathing heavily,

«Master…»

«You can awaken the trolls. You need to keep your voice down.» taking his hand away.

She stared confused back at him,

«The trolls? Do they even exist? Or are you only trying to scare me?»

«The trolls are frightening creatures who dosen’t want to be disturbed, so we need to be cautious around here.»

«Okay…» she jerked free from his grip before pushing him back.

«Ahsoka…»

«I need to find my sister!» she snapped, «It’s your fault she’s gone…»

«My fault? She’d ran away all by herself, and…»

«Because you’re so…» she cursed through gnitted teeth, before marching away.

Anakin followed after her, clearly upset,

«Ahsoka!»

Zilla awoke, looking around. She didn’t even remember she had fallen asleep. But…

The apples! She remembered the apples, but…

She was no longer in summer-land she thought. And nor was she outside anylonger either.

She tried to raise up when she shocked noticed a chain around her hand. She quickly got up on her feet and stumbled backwards, as if she wanted to run away from the chain. And she looked around herself in panick,

«Hello? Anyone there?» She were in a cage? She began to breath heavily before she hurried forward to the bars, grabbing them. «Hello?» She saw a figure suddenly appear from nowhere, and stared towards it untill she recognized it. Startled and alarmed, she let her hands fall to her side and backed away,

«Ventress?» fixing her gaze at the which who comfortably walked up to her, «You’re in this world too?»

«Yes.» The nightsister smiled, «I just returned from a fight with a king so arrogant that…»

«You’re talking about Anakin?»

«So you know about it?»

«Why shouldn’t I? But… Why am I captured? Who where the old lady at the road?»

«It was Santa, of course.» Ventress began laughing, «You’re my pet, Zilla.» she explained, «I’m only taking you back.»

«Please, your Majesty!» The two fairies, Hasar and Adar who were the parents to Abigail and her brothers, begged the Jedi-knight, who had become king because of their magic, «Please don’t take our star-dust. That’s the most precious that we have.»

But Anakin just laughed at them,

«Yes I would take it.» he said, «It belongs to me now.»

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Zilla, the sister of Ahsoka, sat on a tree stump with her gaze fixed on the snowy ground when Anakin pointed at her,

«Padawan.» he addressed her, since she was the Apprentice of Obi-Wan, «Begin to cut down trees in this area, while I go back at the cave to check on Ahsoka.»

Zilla sighed, looking up at him,

«Why?»

Anakin turned to her as his expression changed,

«You dare ask questions?» coming closer, «I’m your king now, and you do exactly as I say.»

Zilla rose up from the tree-stump,

«What if I dosen’t want to?»

Anakin raised his eyebrow,

«Exuse me?»

Zilla cleared her throat, and straightened up,

«What if I dosent want you to be my king? I thought we were going back to our homeworld before the portal closed.»

«Well the plans have changed.» grabbing her shoulder, «We are staying here. And we’re going to build a castle. So start cutting down trees, and gather up as much star-dust as you can.»

«You mean there is star-dust inside the trees?»

He nodded,

«Everything is filled with star-dust in this world.»

«You know what?» a rebellious Zilla complained, tossing her lightsaberhilt at the ground«I don’t wanna obey you. I only stay true to Obi-Wan, because I’m his Padawan. And why should I listen to someone who isn’t my master? Huh?»

Anakin stared at her,

«You wanna be rebellious?» his eyes darkened, «Then go and be rebellious.» pushing her back so she fell into the snow. Before he turned «Just remember that every action you do, comes with a prize.» beginning to walk away.

But Zilla slowly got up on her feet again, staring intensely at his back as he was walking away, then she cried out in anger and rushed forward to attack him by surprise,

«I’m not afraid of you anymore.»

«I know.» he responded, before a fight with lightsabers started «Seems like you gone back to your previous way.»

«I haven’t done that.» Zilla snapped, turning on her sabers who shot out from the hilts she now held in her hands, «I just want to make sure you dosen’t do anything foolish, which is exactly what you’re doing now. And Obi-Wan told me to keep an eye on you.»

«Of course he did.» Anakin replied calmly, «But that isn’t easy for a simple padawan like you.»

«Don’t insult me!» Zilla yelled.

In the meantime, inside the cave, Ahsoka exhaled slowly. She slowly breathed in, before letting her breath go out again.

She had closed her eyes, trying to focus on something different than the crazy girl before her; Amanda with the axe. But it was helpless. And when she opened her eyes again, the black cat jumped down from her arms and onto the ground, where it rose up on its back-feet before it began to grow taller and taller before it transformed into a woman. But not just any woman. It was the wich: Ventress the nightsister, who in this world, called herself an angel. A angel of death.

Ahsoka gasped at the sudden sight of her, were she was standing, pressed up against the wall, with no weapon to defend herself with. And the fairies, Abigail and her brothers, were of no help.

«You know,» Ventress began, letting her fingers glide down across Ahsoka’s chinn, «That your precious master, considered to bind you up before he left, so you wouldn’t go anywhere, but the fairies hindered him of it.»

«You are only making it up.» the padawan responded, «Anakin would never do anything like that.»

The wich laughed,

«Perhaps you dosen’t know him then.» stroking her leku that went down from her head; Some head-tails that were instead of hair.

«I know him more than you do.» Ahsoka protested, causing the nightsister to laugh even more,

«No you don’t.» she banged the defensless padawan in the head, so she fell into a stupor, and slowly sank down onto the ground, unconscious. «Now we’re playing.» she looked down at Amanda, her newest pet, «Help me lift her back to the table, we gonna…»

«You gonna what, exactly?» a voice came from the caves opening as Anakin walked in to stand in the middle of the room, «What are you doing with my padawan? And why are you here? Haven’t I told you to stay away?»

Ventress turned her gaze at him as a smirk came across her lips, and she noticed the royal crown, on his head,

«So you’re king now, Skywalker?» laughing as she rose to her feet and slowly walked over to him, «You expect me to bow in the dust for you, your majesty?»

«You could stop with the teasing.» he responded, «I will give you a choice. Either you shall run away right now, or I arrest you.»

«Sounds thrilling!» she grinned.

«Go!»

But Ventress shock her head,

«Oh no, your majesty.» she said in a mocking tone, «I’m not the one who are going here. You are.»

Anakin drew his breath in irritation,

«If you wanna play a game…» grabbing his saberhilt from his belt, «Let’s play a game.»

Ventress lips curved up in an ugly smile, and she turned her head to her newest pet,

«Amanda?»

The girl walked forward, holding on to her weapon, as she grinned,

«I got an axe!»

«Shalom aleichem, child. Shalom aleichem.»

Ahsoka woke up and felt the taste of blood in her mouth. And she remembered that she and her master had happened to have a fight when they had walked from the orphanage.

He had abused her, yelling,

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«You’re terrible at following orders.»

But Ahsoka had yelled back at him,

«Your orders suck.»

And after that, she couldn’t remember much. Even if she tried. She couldn’t remember how she had gotten bruise under her left eye, and why her mouth hurt so much. She only recalled that Anakin had stunned her with a blaster so everything became black. And so she had waken up here, in this… she looked around at the circumstances… this cave. And there was these fairies circling around her. They where… four?

One of them landed on her knee,

«Hello, child.» it was a girl, and she seemed kindly enough, «I’m Abigail, and these are…» the other three joined her on her knee, «My brothers; Shadrak, Meshak and Abed-Nego.»

Ahsoka smiled at them in return,

«Nice to meet you, but…» she looked around at the otherwise so very empty cave, «Where are my master, and my sister.»

«Oh,»Abigail smiled, «About that, we where going to tell you.» walking up to her chest, «They are away to gather some woods to make a fireplace here. And in the meantime, Anakin instructed us to keep you safe and sound here in the cave. And you ain’t getting anywhere on our watch.»

Ahsoka widened her eyes,

«I have to find them.» raising up from the stonetable where she was laying, or was it a stonebed? Maybe a Stonebench? Whatever… it had nothing to say anyway. She walked to the caces opening looking out at the snow, «They can get lost out there.»

«No they wont.» Abigail protested, dragging in her clothes to pull her back, «No they wont, because they have our parents with them. And they are wellknown in these woods.»

«Well…» Ahsoka sighed, «You are really putting my worry at ease.» she sarcastically said.

«Yeah.» Abigail responded, flying up to her face, «Look. We all wish; Me and my brothers, that we could grant you a wish, but we spent all our magic on your Master, who used all the wishes on himself.»

Ahsoka slowly went to sit down at the stonetable,

«You are granting wishes?»

«Yeah. But your Master took your wish, including you sister’s, and he used it all up on himself. Because his own wish, clearly wasen’t enough for him.»

Ahsoka furrowed her brow,

«So someone can take another persons wish? Just like that?»

The fairies nodded,

«Yeah. If he has authority over you. And it seems like Anakin have.»

«But…» Ahsoka looked down at the ground, «I don’t understand why he must be that greedy.» she let her hands rest in her lap, «What did he wish for?»

«For honour and glory.» Abigail slowly went to sit on Ahsokas shoulder, «For kingdomship, eternal life, and happily ever after.»

The apprentice snorted,

«There is no such thing as happily ever after.»

«Well…» suddenly a black cat entered through the caves opening, followed by a twelve year old girl. The cat jumped up on Ahsokas lap, purring loudly. And the girl followed it, walking up to stand before Ahsoka with a curious smile.

Ahsoka stood up, lifting the cat in her arms,

«Who are you?»

The child smiled even more at her,

«I’m… Amanda… and…» she took the weapon from helt belt and held it up, «I got an axe.»

Ventress, the Nightsister walked through the snowy landscape of the world which was called Secrecy. It was almost Christmas. Only a couple of days left.

She was thinking on how that Jedi, Anakin had just abandoned here in this world a long time ago. Just left her for dead when he had rushed through the portal before it closed.

But now, she had felt his pressence here again, which meant he was back. And that also meant that the portals would be open for a while. But Ventress didn’t care. She had no intentions to ever leave Secrecy. She was beginning to like it here. But all she needed now, was a companion who could join her in her evilness. So that was what she was looking for right now.

She came to a little, cozy house, in the evening night, and walked up to the door, knocking.

Amanda sat by the kitchen-table, doing some home-work when she heard the knock, and her mother Chassandra went to open, with the baby-girl tucked to her chest, only four month old. Who could possibly be out this late? she thought

«Hello?» looking up at the face of the evil wich. «And who could you be?»

Ventress let her hood down, looking down at the young woman, and the baby in her arms,

«What a sweet creature.» she smiled, reaching out towards it. But the woman responded by slapping her hand.

«Do not touch my child!» she responded in a defensive tone, «I asked you a question: Who are you? And what do you want?»

Ventress strightened up and cleared her throat,

«I’m the angel of death and I couldn’t help but notice that you haven’t covered your door-way in the blood of the lamb.»

Chassandra cast a worrying glance back towards her oldest daughter, Amanda who sat doing homework at the table. Only twelve years of age.

She looked back at the wich, before she screamed at her,

«Get out, you…»

But Ventress pushed her aside, so she fell to the floor, still with the baby in her arms.

«I have come to get what’s mine. Now let me in, and give me a soul to keep.» walking past the horrified woman, towards the twelve year old.

«Amanda, run!» Chassandra yelled, «Get out of here, now! Hurry!»

Amanda turned her gaze towards the frightening nightsister who made her way towards her in a quick march.

The child closed her book and rose from the table in such a hurry that the chair which she had been sitting on, fell to the door.

Then she made her way to the window and leapt right into the glass so it broke and shaddered everywhere. But Amanda made it through and landed in the barefeet in the snow. She cast a quick glance back at the remaining frame of a window, which carried sharp pieces of broken glass, before she looked down at her legs, noticing that she was bleeding. She saw Ventress quickly make her way through the hole, and started to run away from her.

«Come here…» the wich yelled, before chasing after her in a rage.

But Amanda was quick. Quicker than the wich was, but the only bad thing was that she didn’t know where to hide, which made her very uncertain and she ran from three to three, seeking after a hiding place.

But it only slowed her down when she didn’t know where to go, and Ventress tailed in on her and assaulted her from behind so they both fell down into the snow.

«Let me go!» Amanda shouted out in panic and fear, trying to get away from her. But Ventress grabbed hold if her, before she made it up to her feet, tossing the child against a three with a knife against its throat,

«You wanna live?» she asked.

Amanda looked back at her with eyes wide of fear,

«Very badly, yes.»

«Then do excactly what I say. No running from now on, okay?»

Amanda nodded instantly and Ventress then tok the knife away.

«You know Snips,» Anakin said as they were walking off.

Zilla was flying above them, doing some twist and turns in the sky, being a bit annoying to the Jedi-Knight, but he chose to ignore her,

«You know, my very young Apprentice, that where ever you go, I will always find you.»

Ahsoka nodded,

«Yes. Of course I know, my Master.»

«And there is no escape, no hiding.» he continued as he held his hand on her back, between her wings, «Wherever you are, I will search you up and I will get you. I will always come for you. There’s no escape from my grasp.»

Zilla flew down and landed on the ground,

«Are you trying to sow fear into your Padawan? Because…»

Anakin held up a dismissive hand towards her,

«Be quiet, Zilla.» He scolded, «You have no say in this matter.»

«But…»

«Husj.»

Ahsoka lowered her eyes to the ground as her master gently led the way they were going, holding her close to his side. And her sister just walked behind them in silence.

His Apprentice raised her head when she heard a song coming from a building in the distance, which they were going to get past,

«It’s the hard-knock life, for us. It’s the hard-knock life for us…»

She looked questingly to her Master,

«What’s that?»

Anakin sighed,

«That’s just an orphanage, Ahsoka.»

«Can we check it out? Please?»

He shaked his head, looking frustrated,

«There’s no time for that. There’s along way to the portal. And if we don’t get to it in time, it will close, and we will be trapped in here.»

Ahsoka sighed sadly and lowered her gaze to the ground once again.

Anakin had cautiously explained to them that they couldn’t enter back into the same portal which they came through in the first place, because of a traction force that would just pull them away from it. And therefore they had to find another portal which Anakin knew where was because he had been in this world before. But it was a long way. A wery long way. Fortyfive hours, maximum.

«But…» Ahsoka tried, carefully, «It wouldn’t hurt anybody to just check it out?»

Skywalker inhaled slowly,

«Okay… I guess a little look wouldn’t be bad.»

«Yess!» she lightened up, before turning to her twinsister, «Come on, Zilla!» and then the two off them went running in exitement towards the orphanage.

Anakin just shaked his head as he walked after them in an quick march, mumbling to himself,

«Children…»

Ahsoka and Zilla reach the door to the orphanage and stopped to knock,

«You think we get shown inside?» Ahsoka asked.

Zilla shruggered her shoulders,

«I don’t know, maybe.»

A high lady dressed in a dark gown, opened up. She stared down at them before she narrowed her eyes,

«And who might you be?»

The twins looked back up at her. Ahsoka tried in her curiosity to get a look at the inside and focused her eyes at the hall behind the lady.

«I’m Ahsoka.» she said after a!while, «And this is my sister Zilla. Is it you who run this orphanage?»

The lady’s lips turned to a narrow line,

«Yes.» she harshly said, «What do you want?»

Just then the girls heard a call from behind,

«Padawans!» as Anakin caught up with them.

The lady’s face changed as she saw him,

«Ah, a gentleman.» her lips curled a little up, and she set up her best expression, thinking he was interested to adopt a child or something. But Anakin just grabbed Ahsoka’s arm. Scolding in a whisper,

«What do you think you are doing?»

His Padawan looked back at him,

«I can feel their sorrow, Master. The kids here. I don’t think they have it so well…»

The lady in the door exhaled,

«I can ensure you that the Orphans is getting the best treatment and the best toys. They just love being here.» stepping aside in the doorway, «Want a tour inside?»gesturing with her arm as her eyes were fixed on the Jedi-Knight.

But Anakin just shaked his head,

«Thank you for the invitation, but we have no time.» placing his hands on Ahsoka’s shoulders and moving her away, «We have to go. Sorry for the interrubtion.»

«But Master…» Ahsoka protested, «Maybe we can help the Orphans here. That’s an opportunity we want let go away, is it?»

«We can’t help everyone, Snips. Now come on.»

Zilla stood her ground as she saw the other two slowly leave the area. Ahsoka looked at her in wonder as she gazed with confidement uo at the lady,

«I’m not leaving before I know exactly how the children are.» and then she ran past the lady and into the building.

«Zilla!» Ahsoka shouted, before she broke free from Anakins grip and ran after her.