Ezra knew Star was right. Luca was a great leader, he was respectful, he cared for his team, and he would do anything to protect them...just like Kanan. Star was caring, she would stand up to the entire Empire to buy enough time for the others to escape...just like Hera, Star would advise coming after any team member left behind. Mersaides was tough like Zeb, nothing but death and destruction could bring her down. Dhara was like Sabine, friendly but also a bit explosive and definitely smart. And Max...Max was a lot like Ezra himself. Max was lost and upset with himself for his sister falling to the dark side when it wasn't really his fault. Max still needed guidance from someone strong and sure...like Luca, and for Ezra that was Kanan. Ezra knew that he still needed Kanan...and Kanan still needed him.

He entered the control/cargo/common room of the Aelita where the others, and Code sat waiting. Today was the day that he made his decision known. Today was the day that he decided if was a part of the Ghost or a part of the Aelita because he surely couldn't be both.

Luca stood, eyeing Ezra with uncertainty. "Well?" he asked seemingly a little too eagerly.

Ezra let out a hesitant sigh, "To be honest, I don't know...I don't know if I'm meant to stay here on the Aelita with all of you or if I'm meant to on the Ghost...with..."

"Kanan and Hera, and Sabine and Zeb,...and even Chopper." Star finished quietly for him.

"But," Ezra continued reading videos glanced from the others, they didn't expect that he was going to continue. After all, what else was there to say? "But, I- I'm going to go back to the Ghost."

Luca and Star nodded in approval, Max and Dhara didn't seem to know how to react, and Mersaides smirked, stood, and walked over to Ezra.

"Good riddance, Ezra!" she exclaimed shaking a hand on his shoulder, "I'm not going to miss you at all...Actually, who am I kidding? Of course I'll miss you! Who else would I annoy by pretending to hate?"

"Mersaides!" the others exclaimed then turned with shocked expressions to Ezra...laughing?

"Ezra? Are you okay?" Star asked hesitantly.

"Yes, I am. It's just that I think Mersaides just did the right thing... Here I am wondering what I should do and she lifts the mood, a lot." Ezra sighed happily, "I'll miss you guys, but I'll keep in touch. Okay?"

"Sounds good." Max nodded.

"Okay." Dhara added.

"I'll miss you too." Star said.

"Good riddance, and good luck." Mersaides smirked.

Ezra turned to Luca.

"I won't let you down." Luca said boldly.

"I know you won't, you're a great leader, Luca."

Ezra, after saying his goodbyes, found himself walking back to the Ghost. Which walking seemed fitting for his return considering the fact that he left on foot. It took him about an hour, though it could have easily been thirty minutes on a speeder, but he finally made it. No one was outside but...but they probably already knew he was coming. Or not, he thought as the hatch started to close and the Ghost started to rise.

"Do you think he'll come?" Sabine asked, over the week she had recovered greatly but it was obvious that she still needed to rest, but she wasn't about to let her weakness let her miss Ezra possibly returning.

Hera shook her head. "I don't think so...we've been waiting since 0900 and it's now... 1300. We can't afford to stay here much longer either. If we stay in one place for too long the Imperials might find us, especially here. They know we crashed so they could be looking for us and closing in as we speak." Hera sighed.

"Besides he's had plenty of time to get here...if he was going to come back he probably wouldn't have waited till today to come back, late." Zeb added quietly.

Kanan nodded but inside he didn't truly agree. Ezra might not have been sure of coming back...He might have even felt a little intimidated by coming back since he'd left so suddenly. He'd feel like a traitor trying to rejoin his original side...

"So where will we go?" Sabine continued.

Kanan stiffened, did he just feel something?

"Beats me." Zeb shrugged.

In the force?

"We'll head somewhere off-world...Kaller probably." Hera replied, but Kanan didn't hear any of their conversation. He was straining to feel something...anything really, in the force to prove that he had felt something.

"What about heading to the Hoth System?" Sabine said. Kanan heard the metallic thud of someone walking on the metal floor of the Ghost. "It doesn't have any Imperials infesting it."

The footsteps got closer. "Someone's coming!" Kanan warned and turned to face the door of the control room.

"Are you sure?" Zeb asked hesitantly.

"Yes!" Kanan hissed as the footsteps approached the door. This time Zeb, Hera, and Sabine heard them too. Zeb drew out his rifle, Sabine her blasters, and Hera pulled the blaster she kept in her boot out.

They all aimed for the door and when it opened, they fired...

Ezra jumped for the hatch, barely managing to grab it, and struggled to keep it open with the force. He wiggled and squirmed his way into the cargo hold and the hatch snapped closed behind him.

"Really guys? I thought you wanted me back!" Ezra joked to himself.

He glanced around the cargo hold and for the first time he really observed the damage the crash had done. Max had done repairs with a little bit of help from Hera but there were still a few dents and scratches.

Ezra made his way up the ladder and walked down the hallway toward the control room. His steps were slow and his breathing was so light that he might not have been breathing at all. He stopped at the door and hesitated a moment before opening the door, and then instantly he grabbed and ignited his lightsaber. Deflecting blasts to the side, eyes closed and the force flowing strongly through him. The blasts stopped and he looked up to see the shocked expressions of the Ghost crew.

"I'm back!" Ezra smirked as he put away his saber and broke the stunned silence.

"What about the others?" Sabine asked quickly.

"Luca will lead them, and they'll try to stay out of our way, plus I'll keep in touch with them..." Ezra replied and started relax the muscles he'd tensed when deflecting the blasts.

"Sounds good." Hera smiled.

"Yeah." Ezra agreed.

Later that night, after Hera, Sabine, Zeb, and Kanan retired to their respective rooms. Ezra was the last awake, he'd stayed up to comm his Aelita friends. On his way back to his room he felt zoned out, almost like a robot just walking with no particular reason.

Then a hand grabbed his shoulder and he jumped and spun around. "Kanan!" Ezra gasped startled.

"Ezra," Kanan motioned for Ezra to go with him into his room.

Once inside Kanan's room and the door was closed Kanan sat next to Ezra on the bottom bunk.

"So...what do you want?" Ezra asked after a few moments of awkward silence.

Kanan sighed and shook his head undesicively, "Ezra, I know it's not your fault that you left and I know it's not exactly in a runaway's...or a street rat's nature to confide in others when something's bothering you."

"And your point is?" Ezra interrupted.

"Ezra," Kanan said in a warning tone.

"Sorry!" Ezra replied rolling his eyes.

Kanan sighed and went on. "I just want to be sure that the next time something like this happens that you'll promise me that you will talk to me about it...or at least Hera. You're one of us now Ezra, you don't have to run away to protect us."

"Well, I know that now!" Ezra groaned, this was boring and stuff he already knew! So why was Kanan treating him like a child!

"Do you promise you'll come to Hera or me if it ever happens again?" Kanan asked, ignoring Ezra's previous statement.

Ezra stared at Kanan for a few moments and Kanan stared back. Their eyes locked. Ezra knew, he could tell from the look in his eyes that Kanan was serious, if there was ever any trouble he could go to Kanan about it. He could trust him. And trust was something that went against every fiber of him that was still a street rat because on the streets you trusted no one.

It felt like a good several minutes before Ezra spoke. "I promise." He said quietly.

Kanan nodded approvingly. "Now go get some sleep, Ezra, we've got training to do tomorrow...I want to see how much you've improved or if you've improved at all."

Ezra smirked, "Well then, you'll be in for quite a show!"

The next day as Ezra and Kanan were training, with Hera, Sabine, and Zeb watching, Kanan came up with the best nickname for his padawan. Then as Ezra ducked and rolled away from him he said loud enough for everyone to hear, "Get back here! Fugitive Padawan!" And then Zeb tackled Ezra to the ground.

"I got him!" Zeb laughed.

"Not funny, Kanan!" Ezra grunted as he tried to squirm out of Zeb's grip, "Ugh! Zeb! Get off of me!"

Hera and Sabine were grinning, it looked like things had finally gone back to normal...

And this is it guys! The final chapter! I was so excited writing the end of it. Which, to be honest, I think the end is a little cheesy but also pretty creative. I want to thank all of my readers, followers, favorites, guests, and reviewers that stuck with me, and were mostly patient, all the way to the end.

Now with school going on and me being a Junior in high school I've been pretty busy. So I want you guys to go to my page and vote in the poll at the top for your favorite two stories of mine. I will then continue those stories until I finish them of which then one of the next stories in line will get worked on.

Thanks guys! Adios, mi amigos y mi amigas!