Altar

«Fear? Anxiety?» The black shadow that had emerged from Anakins picture on the wall, scoffed, «Oh, knock it off, Snips. I’ve never heard such a thing!» he was leading the way ahead off her through the darkened corridor.

It was also many other pictures there, which they passed, some off them speaking with crazy insanity;

«Feed the madness, and the madness feeds unto you… Feed the madness, and thy madness feeds unto you!» before chuckling like a chicken.

Ahsoka kept her gaze at the shadow’s back, the mere conciousness that represented Anakin Skywalker,

«You’re not taking me seriously, Master.» she stated, «I said that I have a little anxiety, and…»

«Oh…» he only laughed at her, «Snap out of it… let it go… I will have no such talk!»

Ahsoka drew her breath, shaken by his sudden harsh tone,

«But…»

«No!» The shadow turned around, meeting her eyes. It floated above the floor, moving closer to her, stopping in front,

«If you want me to help you get out off here…»

«I keep my mouth shut…» Ahsoka interubted him, «Got it.»

The shadow stared at her with its yellow eyes,

«And you do exactly as I say. Because you don’t wanna end up like those other pictures here, do you? Doomed to madness forever, talking like crazy?»

Ahsoka blinked,

«What happened to them?» she asked carefully.

«You don’t wanna know.» Turning around, floating above the floor, «Just follow me.»

 

Zilla and Amanda had reached the end off their journey, through the scary woods of Dathomir, and was now standing face to face with Darth Maul, a fearsome lord of the sith, and Zilla’s previous master.

«Show us the altar.» she begged, «If you’ll reunite me with my sister, I’ll become your apprentice again.»

Maul let out a silent growl,

«You’re always been my apprentice.» he chuckled, «Kenobi was only a mere pawn in my game, but you haven’t fullfilled your destiny yet, you haven’t brought him to me.»

«I will do whatever you ask.» bowing her head, «I will get him to you, but first…»

«There is no second chance!» Maul growled, «How dare you come before me whitout Kenobi?»

«He will come… he will come here… he will search after me… and.»

But Maul growled like a wild beast,

«My patience is over! You have failed, padawan!» slamming the book out off her hands before pushing Zilla to the ground.

«You don’t understand!» she said in a broken voice, «I have a plan, and… It’s gonna work!»

«Scum!» turning his back on her.

Amanda grabbed the book from the muddy ground, and with it tucked to her chest, she ran away. Hopeful that she would find the altar, which the book should be placed on.

Freedom

Has fear gotten hold of thee? Anxiety holding you back? Troubled be thou not, the Lord will setteth thine free.

 

Ahsoka now walked slowly through the corridors of what she thought was the Jedi-temple, her face covered with dread. Never had she seen so much death… bodies… blood… and over her head, up under the roof, it thundered with lightning.

Was this really her home were she had grown up? Where she lived? She didn’t want to believe it. For if it was true, if this was her home, then it had suffered a terrible fate.

She came upon a wall, where pictures of Jedi-knights hang. Her eyes searched them, wandered over every one of them, and she found the picture of her Master; Anakin Skywalker.

Her hand touched it, and she looked slowly down at the floor, closing her eyes,

«Thou can no longer chase after me now, Master.» she said silently, opening her eyes again, as she looked at the image, «Thou will not find me.»

But as she was to continue on her way down the corridor, his eyes blinked, which made her gasp,

«Master?» putting her hands over her heart, which was going faster now.

Then she heard his voice coming from the picture, as his lips moved,

«You’re in the wrong dimension, Ahsoka.»

«What?» her eyes widened, as she looked terrified at the picture.

«You should have listened to me, and not entered that portal. But now, you must do exactly as I say, or you’ll never leave this place.»

«Master… how do I know it is really you? Can you come out of the picture?»

The image of him sighed,

«I’m not really here, Snips. Only my consciousness.»

The Padawan looked confused at him,

«I don’t understand… How can you speak to me if you’re not here?»

«Let’s put aside those questions for later. I want you to listen to me, and listen closely.»

«Okay…»

 

Meanwhile in the right dimension:

Having landed on Dathomir, Zilla walked out of the ship with the book in her hand. Followed by Amanda, who kept her gaze down at the ground, weightened by guilt.

Hagar, Isha and Abid decided to stay along in the ship with Hondo.

«There is an altar which we will seek up.» Zilla began explaining, «And once we lay the book upon it, a portal will open, and we gain access to the world of Secrecy.»

«Is it really that simply?» Amanda doubtfully asked.

Zilla raised her eyebrows at her, giving her an intense look,

«You’ll see.» turning her gaze forward again, «But first of all, we will find Maul. My former Master of the Sith.»

 

Deserted

Some time had passed in the world of Secrecy, where King Anakin lived with his Queen, Padme, in Hasar-Adar, where they’d ruled over winter-land.

But in their own world, where they was from, almost no time had passed at all, and no one there, had grown older.

Here are a little from his life in Hasar-Adar:

«Wonderous! Conquerous!» King Anakin, former Jedi-knight, exlaimed in front of the mirror where he stood in his chamber inside the now finished castle, «Oh how good and pleasant it is to be king! All power and glory belongs to me. Forever.»

The little twins, on four years old, princess Leia and prince Luke came running into the room,

«Daddy! Daddy!»

Anakin turned around and smiled,

«My wonderous beings. What brings you to thine king today?»

«Mother said you’ll tell us a story!»

Anakin bent down,

«Indeed I will!»

 

Meanwhile, in their own world:

Twelve year old Amanda gasped as she suddenly woke up from a little nap.

She stared around at the others, who also sat dozing off in their seat, an then at Hondo who were driving the ship through hyperspace.

She hurriedly sprinted to his side,

«You’ll have to turn around!» she shouted at him, «I don’t want to go to Dathomir any longer!»

But Hondo only made a mocking sound at her,

«Pfft!»

Zilla opened her eyes, yawned and got up from her seat, slowly approched them in her own special way,

«I didn’t know the pet of Ventress was afraid.» she teased.

«You’re the pet of Ventress!» Amanda protested, «I’m just…»

«Huh! You’re really as much her pet as I am.»

«No! Here. You can have the book, all I want is to go home, okay?» handing it to her.

Zilla narrowed her eyes at her,

«Dathomir was the deal, and to Dathomir we shall!»

 

Meanwhile on Coruscant:

The great light from the portal relized fourteen year old Ahsoka into the chamber of her Master, which kind of looked deserted right now.

Back in her own world, after a long journey through the tunel of light, she looked quickly around, before she rose to her feet and walked out the door,

«Zilla!» but the corridor looked deserted too, where was everyone? «Zilla! Anyone?» and she started running through, as her breath became more and more paniced.

Portal’n up’n go

Zilla started up the engines, while Amanda looked through the book in the seat behind her.

Fourteen year old Zilla turned her gaze at her,

«You know when we arrive at Dathomir, you give me that, right?»

Amanda, who where twelve, looked up at her with a silly smile,

«All right, mother.»

«Stop that!» Zilla barked, «As well as I’m in charge, I’m not…»

«You’re not in charge, silly!» Amanda mockingly replied, «None of us are. We are equals.»

«I’m in charge!» Zilla stated, «I’m a grown up!»

Amanda laughed at her,

«Who’s acting like a kid, now?»

«If you take that tone at me, I won’t drive anywhere.»

«Yes you will.» Amanda stated, «Remember our deal…» before she got to finish her sentence, some other Padawans came into the ship, accompanied with little Abid on five.

«We’re coming along.» Hagar began, as Isha walked to sit by Amanda.

Zilla looked surprised at them,

«No, you are not!»

«Yes, we are! Or we’ll tell Obi-Wan that you’re running back to Dathomir. You think he’ll allows it?»

Zilla sighed,

«Settle in then! Let’s get this ship up in the air.»

Hagar chuckled,

«You don’t know how to fly it, do you?»

«Of course I do!»

«Bonjour! Bonjour!» It suddenly came from the doorway, «Not whitout your uncle Hondo, you can not go!»

Zilla gasped, before looking shockingly, at Hagar, Isha and Abid,

«You telling me what that pirate is doing here?»

 

Meanwhile in Secrecy;

«No, Ahsoka!» Anakin shouted as he came running in the last minute, «Step away from that portal, it’s dangerous!»

Ventress rolled her eyes at him,

«You don’t have to listen to everything he tells you.» she told a worried Ahsoka who stared into the glooming light of the portal, «He’s wrong, you know?»

Ahsoka nodded into the portal,

«I’m allready made up my mind, to give it a try. So here I go.» stepping into the portal, «Sister, here I come.» was the last thing she said before the light enveloped her and she vanished.

«Ahsoka!» Anakin shouted, looking angrily at Ventress when he realiced he was to late, «What have you done?» stopping up.

Ventress chuckled evily,

«I got a present for you.» grabbing the Senator who where still lying on the floor, dragging her to his feet, «Behold; Your wife.»

Anakin widened his eyes,

«What?»

The Senator suddenly opened her eyes, looking confused up at him,

«Ani?»

Anakin slowly breathed out in relief before he took her hand to help her up,

«Padme.»

Guarantee

They stared at one another. As one Apprentice, to another.

«Okay.» Amanda finaly said, I’ll help you, on one condition.» lowering her axe.

«And what’s that?» Zilla wondered.

«Let me… look arround…» sighing, «I’ve heard of that place; Dhathomir, I wanna see it.»

«Okay.» holding out her hands, «We’ll show you. But then you give us the book, right?»

«Yeah. But only if you keep the deal.»

«Deal! Come on, let’s tell it to my master.»

«No!» Amanda shouted, «He’s not coming along on this journey. I don’t trust him.»

«But…»

«It has to be only between you and me, or I’ll gonna burn the book, and you never get it.»

 

Meanwhile in Secrecy:

«Anakin didn’t open a portal, Ahsoka.» Ventress mockingly laughed at her, «It was there all along. But it’s light only became brighter when he sent your sister through, before it dissappeared.»

Ahsoka stared shockingly in front of her,

«That’s why I saw it…»

«Yes.» chuckling evily, «How unfortunate that I can not help you.»

Ahsoka fixed her gaze at her,

«I believe you can. Is there any other portal left that I can go through?»

«No. And unless someone come in from our world, it wont come any.»

Just as she had said that, a bright light emerged out of nowhere, releasing out a human being, who rolled out to the floor, before laying still, eyes closed.

Ventress and Ahsoka studied her,

«Senator Amidala!» The Padawan shouted.

Ventress looked at the remaining portal,

«I think you can use this one, to get back to your sister, but I can’t guarantee it will be safe.»

«I’ll take my luck.»

Frail dog

«What think ye of Christ? Huh?»

«I think he’s my Master.»

«Good answear.»

«I do love the heavens… you feel any better?»

«What?»

«He he.»

 

Amanda had run for some minutes now, but she had come to a blind-gate. And she looked around herself, as she walked closer to the wall in front of her. Hoping that her followers should have lost her trail by now. But she only realiced how wrong she was, when Zilla jumped down from a roof-top, and came walking up to her with confidence, holding out her hand in a pleade,

«The book, if you please.» she began, «Or am I gonna force it from you?»

Amanda shouted back at her,

«No! You don’t know what you’re trying to take from me!»

Zilla laughed,

«I think I know exactly that, dearie.»

Amanda looked at her,

«You’re right.»

«What?» stopping up

«You really are the pet of Ventress. You’re even acting like her.»

«I known her my entire life! You expect something else?» coming up close.

«I just thought you were one of the good ones… seeing that your sister is good.»

Zilla grabbed hold her tunic,

«I’m trying to be good. Ahsoka is the reason for that.»

«You wanna go back there? To Secrecy?»

«Yeah. So give me the book.»

«Never!» pushing her back before taking up her axe, «That book means a lot to me, and I am not gonna give it to an enemy!»

Zilla drew her breath,

«But we don’t have to be…»

«Stop!» looking at her in distress, «You don’t know what Ventress really did to me… she took me away from my family… poisoned our relationship!»

«Is that true?»

«It is as true as you being dead!»

«No, you don’t want that.» looking at her, «Let me help you.»

 

«I look unto the sky, and what do I see? A frail dog?»

«I sorry, I’m sorry, my queen.» the messenger apolgized,

«I dosen’t have time for your mistakes!» Ventress roared, «Now get out before…»

«Asajj?» it came from the corridor.

«What?» she turned to see the Padawan of Anakin walking in.

«I need your help. Could you get my sister back?»

«Well, well well.» chuckling, «See what the cat dragged in!»

 

Dark woods

«Every nation! Every tongue! Come and witness history unfold! Behold the moment when John eats a new bug.»

Ahsoka where about to walk past the the twelve apostles when she stopped. Listening to their jokes and their laughs.

They were sitting on the side of the road, having a picnic, and she decided to walk over to them,

«Hello? Could you guys tell me the way to the dark woods?»

One of the diciples, looked up,

«The dark woods huh?» the one named Andrew.

«Why would you want to go there?» Simon-Peter asked.

«I tell you one thing.» John joined in, «Don’t go there. Stay away from the darkness.»

Ahsoka sighed,

«I will find it myself.» putting her hood over her head, «Thank you for your advice, but I know that I must do this.» beginning to walk away from them.

Simon-Peter got up on his feet, to catch up with her,

«Why is so important for you that you will go there? It’s nothing but dark there!»

«I know someone there who might help me get my sister back.» looking at him.

«Oh. Well we can’t help you with that, but…»

«I don’t need your help. I only need your prayers.»

«We could arrange that.»

«Bye, bye.»

 

Prince Solomon opened the door when Ahsoka knocked, giving her a comoassionate look,

«Is princess Tamar ready to go?» she asked, but  Solomon gave her a grieved look,

«She can’t leave now. Something terrible has happened.»

«What?»

«Amnon. He was in love with her, but now, he’s not.»

Ahsoka stared confused at him,

«I don’t understand. What have the mission to do with love?»

«Amnon abandoned her, after he had…» he hung his head and sighed sadly.

«What?»

Solomon looked at her again,

«I think you should go.» closing the door, letting her stand there.

Ahsoka angrily cluthed her fist together and growled before turning arround,

«Very well.» she said to herself, «I go alone then.» marching away from the castle of David, in the dirrection of the dark woods that were surronded by a fog. And it was easy to find, when she only seeked after it.

She was going to speak to Ventress, the underground-queen, who lived under these woods. Hopefully she would be able to open up a portal so that she could get her sister back.

But she had to hurry, so Anakin didn’t find out where she was heading, because he would’d allow it.
He never would.

Zilla versus Amanda

«Blessed art thou, Lord our God, King of the universe, who layeth forth the way to walk.»

Hagar looked upon her sister Isha who had her gaze raise towards the sky. She herself, put her eyes on the ground, saying,

«Barukh ata Adonai Eloheinu, melekh ha’olam… Shalom.»

The two sisters where on they way to Padme’s appartment, to look for Anakin, carrying little Abid on five with them.

When they got there, they found that the door was open, so they just went straight in. Noticing that the whole place was a mess, amd finding Zilla, and the new girl Amanda, in an intense fight with each other. Rolling arround on the floor. Punching and hitting each other.

«Happy new year to you two.» Hagar began saying to them, as she, Isha and Abid went to stand next to their battle, «Is this how you want to start the new year? With a fight?»

But none of the girls responded to them. Zilla only roared to Amanda,

«Just give me the book!»

«No!»

Hagar and Isha sighed, before Isha proclaimed,

«I do love a good fight, though.» throwing herself upon them to join in on the fighting, «En-garde!»

But instantly, whitout warning, a Jedi-master stood in the doorway, wathing the event unfold before stepping in,

«I knew I sensed a disturbance in the force and that it was coming from here. What is really going on?»

Hagar turned, looking at him,

«Obi-Kenobi-Wan.»

He raised an eyebrow at her,

«Why do you split up my name like that?»

Isha decided to leave the fighting, as Zilla and Amanda continued, and she raised up when she heard who was there, and walked over to him, with easy steps, gripping his tunic,

«Obi-Kenobi-Wan!» greeting him with a kiss. Hagar pushed her away from him,

«Stop it Isha! You don’t have to flirt with every man you meet!»

Obi-Wan stepped closer to the fight that were going on, before he took out an blaster from his belt, and shot three times into the roof to get them from hurting each other.

Zilla and Amanda looked terrified at him. They haven’t even realiced that he was there.

He grabbed hold of Zillas arm,

«Get up! Now! Give me a reason to not report you to the council!»

Zilla was trying to catch her breath, as she let her gaze sweep over Hagar, Isha and little Abid. Before letting it fall to the master’s feet,

«I’m sorry, Sir.»

«Look at me!»

«Sir.» turning her eyes at him, «I was just trying to get my book back, and…»

«Fighting with a twelve year’old, is not what I expect of you.»

Zilla looked over the room, before she gasped, breaking free from his grip,

«Amanda! She’s gone!»

 

Pet of Ventress

«Want some tea, dearie?» Padme asked the Padawan in despair, who sat with her head down, and her hands resting in her lap,

«I…» looking slowly up, «I shouldn’t be here… I really shouldn’t… It… it was wrong of me to come… I’m just in the wrong place…»

«Where else should you be if not here with me?» setting the jug down on the table, gripping her shoulders, «You are exactly where you are needed to be.»

«You really think so?» blinking, «After what I’ve tried to do… I don’t deserve your kindness.»

«Everyone makes mistakes, Zilla.» pouring water into her cup, «But what really matters afterwards, is that you regret it when you realize you done wrong.»

«I…» drawing a shuttered breath.

«Now tell me everything you know about Anakins whereabouts, and we might find him together.»

«I… can’t… I’m sorry.» having a saddened look, «You won’t even believe me.»

«What makes you think that? Tell me, he’s my husband, and I should really like to know where he is. If he’s in trouble or something.»

Zilla stared down at her hands, and could almost not bear herself. She had a heavy weight resting on her shoulders, and she wanted it to go away,

«He’s… He’s…» but there her voice stopped, and she couldn’t say a word more.

Padme looked shocked at her,

«Zilla… what did you do?»

Suddenly the window broke, and pieces of glass scattered everywhere. Amanda came leaping into the room, with the book from Dathomir in her hands, she opened it in front of Padme, and said two words,

«Mazel Tov!» and great light erubted from the pages of the open book, sucking Padme into it. And she vanishes into the book, who worked as a portal to the holy world of Secrecy.

Amanda then closed the book, putting it back inside her tunic, before looking at Zilla with a blood-thirst in her eyes. She gripped her axe, and howled it at her. Growling.

Zilla hurriedly backed away, as shock and fear came across her face,

«What did you do?»

«Grrr.» moving towards her.

«I thought you said that you burned the book, but you had it all allong?»

«I’m the pet of Ventress. That’s what I do.» reaching her axe and taking it up.»

«But I’m her pet too.» Zilla tried, «You don’t have to attack me.»

Amanda snarled, taking up a rock.

«She can only have one pet! And that’s me!»

Confrontation

«Shalom aleichem… Shalom… Shalom… Shalom aleichem…» looking down at the ground, saddened, closing her eyes.

«Whatever you want, my wonderous Padawan,» Anakin began, startling her. She haven’t realized he was there, «Will be given unto you. So what’d you wish for? I’ll give you what you desire.»

Ahsoka slowly raised her gaze, looking back up at him,

«What about my sister? Could you bring her back? I really do miss her.»

Anakin stared shocked back at her,

«No!» he shouted, before lowering his voice again, «No, Snips. No.» gripping her arm as she took a step back, terrified, «Listen,» he said, «In this castle we’re building, You’ll gett your very own room, and I will bring you every book you desire, so that you can study and learn whatever you want. You’ll live like a princess, Snips.»

Ahsoka lowered her gaze,

«I only want my sister. Whitout her… I can’t be satisfied.»

«Forget her!» King Anakin shouted, «She wasen’t good for you anyway! Only bad influence!»

«And that you shall decide?»

«I only wants what’s best for you. And as long you’re my padawan, I can’t let you to have any realationship with her any longer.»

Ahsoka looked up at him, struck with tears in her eyes,

«What?»

«I will give you the very best, if you stop focusing on her, you’ll live like a champion.»

«I dosen’t want that, Master. I only want…»

«Ahsoka… I’m very greatful to have you as my Padawan, but it has to be your choice to be that.»

«It is my choice!» looking confused, «I… I want to become a Jedi-Knight, and… You…» her voice became a broken whisper, «You’re the best!»

«You really mean that?»

«Yes! Of course! What’s your point?»

«Good!» clearing his troat, «Then I will continue teaching you. When you want’s so yourself. But you shall know one thing;» gripping her shoulder, as his tone got harsh, «If you ever quit, if you throws in the towel… then you will not live long enough to see the dawn of day.»

Ahsoka gasped. She opened her mouth, but it came no words out.

Anakin turned to walk back to the cave, where the children were working for him,

«Keep it up everyone!» he commanded, «You’re doing well so far!»

Ahsoka stood there, like frozen, watching him as he walked away,

«Do…» she drew her breath slowly, «Do you want me to do anything, Master?»

He turned back around, looking at her,

«Go and be with your friend in the summer-land as you said you would.»

Ahsoka looked relieved back at him,

«Thank you.» doing a bow before him, «My Master.» and then she went into a running state. Running ahead to the forest.