Note: Here are the incomplete plans for my Rebels "Expanded Universe" chronology: (BBY = Before Battle of Yavin/ ABY = After Battle of Yavin ). It is tentative and can change.

5 years BBY – "Star Wars Rebels season 1" (Disney XD series)

5 years BBY – "The Truth in the Lies" (Now Completed - Part One of the Mandalore Trilogy)

4 years BBY – "The Loss of Hope" (Completed and Updated)

0 years BBY – "A New Hope" (In Progress part 1 of the Star Wars Trilogy)

0 years BBY – "Blood and Water" (working title – coming soon)

2 years ABY - "Revenge of the Death Watch" (Working title - coming soon – Part 2 of the Mandalore Trilogy)

3 years ABY – "The Empire Strikes Back" (coming soon – part 2 of the Star Wars Trilogy)

3 years ABY – "Rise of the Duchess" (coming soon – part 3 of the Mandalore Trilogy)

4 years ABY – "The Return of the Jedi" (coming soon – part 3 of the Star Wars Trilogy)

5 years ABY – "In the End, At the Beginning" (Coming soon)

9 years ABY "The Thrawn Crisis" (Coming soon)

Star Wars: Rebels
The Truth in the Lies

Chapter 5: The Truth in the Lies

"Like a small boat on the ocean…

Sending big waves into motion…

Like how a single word…

Can make a heart open…

I might only have one match…

But I can make an explosion.

This is my fight song

Take back my life song

Prove I'm alright song

My power's turn on

Starting right now I'll be strong

I'll play my fight song

And I don't really care

If nobody else believes

Cause I've still got a lot of fight left in me

I've got a lot of fight left in me"

"Fight Song" – Rachel Platten

-SW-

Inside Sabine's cabin, a few low lights and her data pad was all that illuminated the room in the late hour. Her light brown eyes were squinted as she stared at her datapad and continued to decode the file. She blinked in surprise as a steaming cup of caf was sat between her and her pad. She smiled up at Ezra as she sat down her tablet and lifted the cup to her lips. "Thank you," She whispered after a long, soothing sip.

"You're going to have to rest sometime, Sabine…" Ezra smile as he stood beside his friend.

"Once I get this decoded," Sabine said, glancing to Ezra before going back to work.

"Getting anywhere?" the young Padawan asked, sitting down beside her.

"It's taking forever," Sabine sighed, staring at the tablet struggling to decipher the files on her.

"Can you at least find the location of where they did this to you?" Ezra asked, also focusing on the datapad.

"The whole thing is coded, Ezra," Sabine shook her head.

"How did you get out anyway?" Ezra crossed his arms across his chest.

"I was taken in by a Bounty Hunter who raided 'the academy' for an Imperial Agent who had crossed someone with apparently deep pockets. He found me and took me in. Taught me everything I know about explosives and also encouraged my art. Unlike Hera he allowed me to paint his ship…" Sabine smiled fondly at her memory of her time as a bounty hunter, "He became like a father to me…"

"Can he tell us where it is?" Ezra asked.

"Thought of that earlier, but he finds me, not the other way around," Sabine shook her head, "He's contracted with a major crime lord. With my work with Hera and Kanan's Rebel Cell, he felt it would be better for us to keep me completely in the dark on his current work."

"Hmm…" Ezra bit his lip as he stared at the data pad. "What if you didn't decipher the full file, just a certain lines? Just to get the location?"

"That would be easier, but we'd have to know where it is…" Sabine blinked, frustration growing in her voice.

"One thing I've picked up, helping the others hack Imperial Intel… Imperial files are as uniform as the rest of everything else they do."

Sabine's eyes lit up, realizing what Ezra was talking about. "We see where they put coordinates, then decode that location of my file!" Sabine exclaimed, "Kid, you're a genius!"

They found an imperial report and compared it to the coded file, and began working on the area that should hold coordinates. Within fifteen minutes, they had a location in the distant, long abandoned northern desert region of the planet. "Should we get your Aunt and a team?"

Sabine was quiet for a moment before shaking her head, "I don't want to put anyone else in danger," Sabine shook her head, "I really don't want to put you in danger either… I'll just swipe one of Aunt Bo's shuttles and go check it out myself."

"I don't think so, you need someone to watch your back," Ezra shook his head. "I'm all patched up, we have a destination. Let's go and get this fixed."

Sabine stared back at him, searching her mind for an argument but knew he was right. She would need someone to watch her back going into relatively unknown situation. "Fine, let's get out of here…" Sabine nodded, and the two teens left her quarters and thought they had made it to the shuttles unseen. As their small ship left the hidden base, Bo Katan stood watching over their exit, before turning and pressing a few buttons on her armor's gauntlet, read the coordinates from her connection to Sabine's data pad then pressed another few keys. "Bo Katan to Fulcrum, Fulcrum respond," She waited a moment, "Yes… Transmitting coordinates now."

-SW-

The small shuttle flew over the desert and as they approached the coordinates concern washed over the two teens. They passed over several anti-aircraft weapons, but not a single movement against them.

"Either this place is abandoned…" Sabine said from the pilot's seat of the shuttle.

"Or this is a trap…" Ezra finished.

"Not like it's the first one we've ever walked into," Sabine smiled at her friend, as she brought the shuttle down on the seemingly long abandoned facility.

Ezra and Sabine exited the ship and Ezra blinked in surprise when Sabine handed him one of two leather bags.

"What's this?" Ezra asked curiously.

"We're going to set these as we go," Sabine said, putting on her helmet, "As we go, we're going to set these. As soon as I find out what we need to know, I'm ending this place once and for all."

Ezra looked hesitant for a moment, but knowing what this place had done to her he also wanted to see it go up in flames. "Let's get to it. Ready?"

"As ready as I'll ever be…" Sabine said, "Let's go…"

They made it to the main entrance, which was a massive blast door. "Someone's been here… very recently…" Sabine said as Ezra manipulated a few of the explosives under the walkway with the Force.

"Trap, definitely a trap…" Ezra nodded.

"Can you open it?" Sabine asked, as he moved to look at the lock.

"Not with my hack tool…" Ezra said after a moment, and before Sabine could ask what they were going to do, he stepped back and held out his hand to the blast door.

Sabine watched in amazement, no matter how many times she had seen Ezra and Kanan use the Force, it still was a sight to see. After shaking a few moments, the door was pushed upward, and was wedged open.

"Ladies first," Ezra made an exaggerated bow and motioned for the now opened door.

Sabine's eye roll was hidden by her helmet as she walked inside and Ezra slowly walked in. the metallic utilitarian halls were dark and covered in cobwebs and dust. "We're not going to find out what's here if we just wonder up and down the halls…" Ezra noted.

Sabine nodded, and picked a door, and pressed the control button. When the door opened Sabine gasped. "What in the name of the Force…" Sabine breathed.

Ezra followed her inside and inside the large room was what looked like a small desert colony. "This was where Aunt Bo left me… this is where I remember as a child…"

"So they faked your memories here…" Ezra said. Sabine nodded, then glanced at him when he threw three explosives into the room. "This isn't real, Sabine." He turned to the girl, "This isn't your home, your home is on the Ghost with us."

"But what if they don't take us back?" Sabine asked.

"Then we get our own ship, make our own rebel cell, and keep fighting, just like Kanan and Hera taught us." Ezra smiled.

"And I'll be the leader," Sabine said, turning and leaving the chamber, welcoming Ezra's distraction of the disturbing situation.

"But Kanan's the leader of our cell…" Ezra frowned.

"Sure he is…" Sabine smirked behind her helmet.

As they both expected, every door in the hallway led to another scene from a memory of Sabine's that never happened, be it with her 'family' or the academy. And each time, Ezra or Sabine would deposit a set of explosives.

"We can cover more ground if we split up," Sabine stated.

"Are you sure?" Ezra asked, concern in his voice.

"The shock is almost off now, Kid," Sabine nodded, "I'll be fine." Now go lay some explosives this way, I'll go this way. When we're done we meet back here."

Sabine continued on her hallway, and much the same, she would take in the false memory the room provided, and return it with an explosive. "Looks like this is the last one…" Sabine whispered, "Wonder what's behind Door number… lost count… just open it already, Sabine…" She cursed at herself, before she hit the button. And instead of an empty room she came face to face with a redheaded teenaged girl who was smiling back at her.

"Wha?" She asked, but the girl wordlessly held up a holocommunicator, and before Sabine could respond a hologram of a cloaked figure appeared before Sabine. He said a few words and her eyes dilated.

-SW-

Ezra had just finished placing explosives in the rooms in his hallway, and was on his way back to meet his friend. The only room left was the center most chamber, which he assumed was the command center. They had both agreed to save it for last. And as he made his way to the fork in the hallway, he saw the multicolored Mandalorian awaiting him. "Mission complete, Sabine. We got one room left. Ready?" he asked with a smile on his face.

His smile faded as she mechanically turned toward him and lifted her blasters.

He barely ducked the first barrage of bolts sent his way, and activated his lightsaber to deflect the next. "Sabine! It's me!"

"I am broken, incomplete," her emotionless voice spoke, "I am unfit now to be a Hand. But I still have purpose. I am to destroy the Jedi Padawan I lured here for my Master. And then, My Master may not see me as unfit. I will be made whole."

"This isn't you…" Ezra said, deflecting her blasts, "Sabine I don't want to fight you."

Don't fight her, Ezra.

"Kanan?" Ezra asked, deflecting another set of blaster bolts.

Reach out to her, Ezra, trust in the Force, trust in your bond. You have one, now trust in it, build upon it. Trust in the Force, Ezra, trust in yourself, and trust in her…

"Here goes…" Ezra deactivated his lightsaber, "Sabine… listen to me…" He said, reaching out into the Force, focusing his mind on her presence, and her presence alone.

The hallway darkened and Ezra found himself in a shadowy, frightening chamber with walls of muted colors. "Sabine?" In the corner he found her, a little girl with long dark hair curled into herself crying in fear. "Sabine, it's me, you're stronger than this. I need you to stand up and fight, Sabine…"

"You don't belong here, Boy…" a gravely voice spoke from behind him. Ezra turned to find a frail-looking old man in dark robes, with sickening yellow eyes.

"I don't know who you are, but I'm telling you right now, leave her alone," Ezra said, standing between the frightened child and the old man.

"You dare command me, your Emperor?" the old man growled, "I fear you are dead already… and the girl is mine."

"The Emperor?" Ezra took a moment of fear before he heard Sabine's fearful sobs, "I'm not dead yet, and if I have to die to protect her, than I guess that's how I gotta go…" he said drawing his lightsaber.

"You are a foolish one, Boy," the Emperor laughed frighteningly, "I will enjoy ending you…" He said, drawing his own red lightsaber.

Ezra and the Emperor's sabers met and Ezra was surprised by the raw power from the old man. Ezra struggled to even stay on the defensive as the Emperor's attacks, and his insane cackling didn't help his focus. "You think you can defeat me, Boy? I killed Jedi MASTERS! You are an insect!"

Ezra tried his best to beat him. He was giving his all to protect Sabine. But sometimes the best isn't good enough. And as raw pain ran from his elbow up, and his lightsaber and lower arm went flying from the Emperor's upward slash, he saw that this was one of those times.

Ezra screamed in pain and grasped his burning stub as he fell to his knees

"You've lost, Boy, the girl is mine…" the Emperor said, standing over the injured Ezra.

Meanwhile, young Sabine stared at Ezra's discarded lightsaber.

"Sabine, he can't win here," a figure with crystal blue eyes and a greying beard, dressed in traditional Jedi robes spoke with a regal accent, standing beside the girl. "But you can. You have to stand, you may not be a Jedi, but you are a fighter. So, fight, Sabine. You can do it. You don't have to defeat him, all you have to do is cut his ties here."

Sabine picked up Ezra's lightsaber, "You can fight him, Sabine, break the bond he has over you and you will be free…"

"GET AWAY FROM HIM!" Sabine stood and found herself at her true age in her traditional armor.

"You dare defy me, Child?" the Emperor growled at the girl, "You think you can strike me down?" he shook his head sadly, "And I had hoped you could be salvageable…"

"I can't strike you down, but I can break us up…" Sabine focused her mind's eye on the thin thread of energy connecting her to him, and using a strike of all the strength she head she brought Ezra's lightsaber across it, severing it.

"NOOOOOO!" The Emperor cried as he was pulled from her mind, and back into his throne room.

With an angry growl he slammed his fist against the armrest of his throne and reached out through the Force. "Mara Jade, destroy them both."

-SW-

"Hey, Ezra, wake up," Ezra blinked when he felt Sabine's gloved hand slapping his cheek. He sat up quickly when he remembered what happened. His eyes went to his tingling hand.

"But… he cut it off…" Ezra asked, working his hand.

"Happened in my head," Sabine said, holding out her hand to help him up, "and… I'm free… with a big help from you and that other Jedi."

"What other Jedi?" Ezra asked, confused.

"You didn't know him?" Sabine blinked, shaking her head, "I … he did seem familiar…"

"Can we talk about it when we don't have Storm Troopers rushing us?" Ezra asked, as the sound of boots coming down both hallways.

"Good idea…" Sabine nodded, putting her helmet back on, and the two ran back toward their shuttle.

The two ran outside the base and could see a Star Destroyer hovering in the distance. "Not good…" Ezra said, turning from the intimidating warship to their own means of escape. Both came to a sudden stop as their shuttle exploded violently.

"There went our ride…" Sabine said, back toward the base.

"And we're trapped…" Ezra said turning to see a legion of Storm Troopers with a redhead in skin tight black leather and a purple lightsaber lighting the platform.

The girl lifted her lightsaber and then let it drop. Ezra and Sabine barely were able to duck behind some old shipping crates before the barrage of bolts started firing.

"This is bad," Sabine said, pulling off her helmet.

"We've made it through worse…" Ezra said, gripping his lightsaber.

"When?" Sabine cocked an eyebrow.

"Well…" Ezra glanced away, and ducked as a blast got too close.

"There's nothing else to do, then…" Sabine said, lifting up the remote for the various bombs they had placed throughout the complex.

Ezra gave her a side long look and she sighed, "We'll have fifteen minutes to keep them occupied, so maybe we'll take them with us."

"Never know… We might even make it through this," Ezra smiled, giving her a salute with his lightsaber.

Sabine nodded and put on her protective helmet. "Ezra…" Sabine started, glancing away from him, "Ni kar'taylir darasuum gar."

"Uh, I don't speak Mandalorian… what does that mean?" Ezra asked in slight confusion.

"We survive this, I might tell you," Sabine said, and he could imagine the smirk on her face.

Ezra nodded and the two started to count to three. Once they hit the count of three, they jumped from behind their cover and made their rush, but they were not alone. A Corellian modified VCX-100 light freighter zoomed over firing at the storm troopers.

"The Ghost!" Sabine exclaimed as the ramp opened as it hovered over them, a moment later, Kanan, Zeb, Ahsoka Tano and Bo Katan jumped weapons blasting and swinging.

"Next time you two say I'm a trouble magnet," Zeb growled, swinging his staff to wipe out a couple of troopers, "I'm bringing up you two bringing a whole blasted legion on your heads!"

"Missed you, too, Zeb…" Ezra said, firing a few bolts from his lightsaber's hilt.

"Are you two ok?" Kanan asked, deflecting some blasts.

"We are now… I think…" Ezra replied.

"But we only have…" Sabine looked at her digital display on her wrist, "Twelve minutes till this place goes sky high…"

"Then we must hurry…" Ahsoka stated, turning to lock up one of her twin sabers with Mara Jade's purple blade. "Rather young for an Inquisitor…" Ahsoka stated, clashing blades with the young girl.

"I am far beyond the Inquisitors, Tano…" Mara grinned darkly, "I know who you are, and my master wants your head. I'll happily provide it."

"You may try…" Ahsoka frowned, before launching into a series of attacks that sent the girl back stepping quickly.

"What?" the redhead's eyes were wide in shock, holding up her saber in a defensive stance, "You… you were trained by Vader as well?"

Ahsoka took a defensive stance as well. "Your style, you use Vader's modifications to the Lightsaber styles… you learned from him?" the redhead growled, glaring daggers at the girl, disgust at anyone who had any connection to her Master's mechanical pet.

Ahsoka stared, she had once tried to find out who was within the mechanical life support after the Lothal Cell's escape from the planet, but the raw anger and hatred within his spirit blocked her probe to the point of physical pain.

Meanwhile the Lothal Cell stood together once again, fighting against the Storm Troopers. "Clock's ticking, guys…" Sabine said, firing a few blasts from cover.

"Spectre Two, we need to go, NOW," Kanan spoke into his comm.

"Negative, Spectre One," Hera replied, "That Star Destroyer has a target lock, if we try to leave orbit we'll be in range and get blasted to pieces before we could even think about jumping to Hyperspace…"

Kanan frowned and glanced at the Star Destroyer. "Ezra!" Kanan called, "Need you over here!" He said running to the railing of the platform.

"Ezra, I'm going to need your help doing this…" Kanan said as his Padawan ran to his side. "Sabine, watch our backs."

"You're going to trust me…" Sabine stared.

"Best way to see if this little vacation of yours served its purpose, huh?" the elder Jedi smirked. Sabine stared a moment longer before nodding and started firing at any approaching troopers.

"So what are we doing, Master?" Ezra asked.

"Remember what I told you Master Yoda always said?" Kanan nodded.

"Do or Do Not, there is no Try?" Ezra asked.

"Well, yeah, that but also Size Matters Not," Kanan said, reaching out toward the Star Destroyer.

"We're going to crash a STAR DESTROYER?" Ezra asked.

"Concentrate on it, grab on to it with the Force and PULL DOWN!" Kanan said and the two Jedi reached out their hands toward the war ship, and concentrated on the Force.

Sweat beaded on their foreheads and their teeth clinched as they struggled.

The battle slowly stopped as the Star Destroyer started to tilt to one side, and its emergency sirens screamed. "Keep going, Ezra! We almost got it! Trust in the Force!" Kanan growled encouragingly.

"TAKE IT DOWN!" Zeb yelled as he and Sabine cheered, and the Storm Troopers stared in awe and fear. Bo Katan stared in amazement herself, it's been so long since she witnessed Obiwan Kenobi using the raw power of the Force.

Ahsoka glanced to see what was happening, and seeing the odds were turning from her favor, Mara slipped away into the shadows.

Ezra and Kanan now were both trembling with sweat running down their faces, but within moments the tip of the Star Destroyer pointed downward and slammed into the Mandalorian sand. The sound of screaming metal and explosions echoed across the desert sand as the Star Destroyer bent from impact and exploded violently.

"IT'S DOWN, MOVE IT!" Sabine yelled, and the Ghost lowered down and hovered with the gangplank open.

Storm Troopers resumed fire, Bo Katan took off with her rocket pack and Kanan and Ahsoka grabbed Zeb and Force jumped up into the ship, while Ezra and Sabine ran side by side, they glanced back as the bombs began to explode within the base, and Ezra reached for Sabine. He scooped her up bridal style and jumped into the ship, and as they hit the ground rolling, Sabine held protectively close to the young Jedi, Kanan cried out over the comm. "GO!"

Sabine glanced out the still open gangplank as the base that had twisted her life, went up in a massive explosion, the flames rising up in the shape of the star bird.

"Good job you two," Ahsoka said as she, Kanan, and Zeb approached.

Ezra stepped between them and the Mando'ade, his hand resting on his lightsaber.

"Ezra, it's ok," Sabine placed a hand on his shoulder.

"She's right, everything's ok," Kanan said.

"Yeah… look, Kids…" Zeb scratched the back of the head, "Sorry for how I acted, especially toward you, Sabine… It's just, me and traitors and all… if it makes you feel better you can dye my fur…"

"You know… it actually might help," Sabine smiled, and Zeb gulped audibly.

"Ezra! Sabine!" Hera cried, running full speed into the two teens and grabbing them into a hug.

"Don't you EVER run away like that again! I was so worried!" She glanced over the two, "Either of you hurt? Are you both ok?" She then turned to Sabine, "Are you ok?"

Sabine took off her helmet, smiled and nodded, "Yeah, I'm ok now… big thanks to Ezra." She said glancing at her friend.

"Impressive work, Sabine," Bo Katan stated, crossing her arms, "I'd love for you to come home and join my group but…" She drifted off.

"I'll come back to visit," Sabine walked up to her aunt, "But… I have a home now."

"With them," Bo Katan finished for her, hugging the young woman, and whispered in her ear, "With him."

"No comment," Sabine rolled her eyes, as she hugged her aunt back.

-SW-

"This is unlike you, Mara…" the Emperor's gravelly voice spoke.

"I know…" the redhead gritted her teeth.

"You have never failed me before," the Emperor stated.

"Please forgive your servant, My Master…" Mara whispered softly.

"You will face them again, and you will defeat them," the Emperor stated, She started to smile, but his next statement brought dread. "After you go through retraining with Lord Vader."

"Y-Yes My Master…" Mara whimpered.

"You fear…" the Emperor smiled, as the sound Vader's mechanical breathing filled the chamber. "Good…"

'kussssssssh kaaaaaaaah'

-SW-

The Ghost had dropped Bo Katan off at her base, and after a short farewell and promise of visit and regular contact, they had left orbit to meet up with Fulcrum's Blockade Runner. Hera was curious why Ahsoka didn't want to go back to the Fleet, but had learned the secretive Jedi had her own ways.

Now, while they were moving toward the Rebel Fleet, Hera worked on performing maintenance on Chopper in the commons, while pretending not to listen in to Ezra and Sabine's conversation over a light lunch.

"Oh! You said you'd tell me if we survived, and here we are," Ezra said, causing Hera to stop moving to listen closer. "Ni kar'taylir darasuum gar? What did that mean?" Hera gasped, and Ezra glanced in her direction, and she pretended to have pinched a finger.

When he glanced back Sabine had put on her helmet. "Oh… yeah… that. Yeah, it's an old Mando'a saying. It means… um… it means I'm happy to have fought by your side."

Ezra blinked, thinking that may not be exactly what it meant but had no reason to doubt her. Well, I'm happy to fight by yours, too, Sabine," He said, giving her a quick, awkward hug, before getting up and leaving the room.

As soon as the door closed, Hera got up and sat down beside her. "Sabine… That wasn't what that meant…" She said with a coy smile.

"And he's not going to find out what that means, until I'm ready…" Sabine stated, getting up and walking out to end that conversation.

Hera just smiled and shook her head, "Teenagers…" she said to herself, and rolled her eyes.

-SW-

Ahsoka sat with her childhood friend Lux on the bridge of her ship, lost in thought. "Rebel Command to Ahsoka, you ok?" Lux asked, bringing Ahsoka out of her daze.

"What?" the Jedi blinked in confusion.

"You ok?" Lux asked.

"I…"

'You were trained by Vader, too?' the question the redheaded assassin asked rang in her mind. Just the thought of the Empire training more Force Sensitives as assassins was bad, unsurprising but bad. Wasn't the first Ahsoka had crossed, but she had hoped that Starkiller was the last. After all, the Inquisitors were bad enough... 'You were trained by Vader, too?' but she hadn't been. She was trained by Anakin. She may have picked up a few things from Starkiller, the clone of Vader's Apprentice, but he had completely forsaken the Sith Lord's style in favor of his own modified styles, so that wasn't enough to pick up a lightsaber style print ...

"Lux, I'll be in my ready room..." She said turning from her friend and making her way to the currently empty room in the back of the bridge.

Something was nagging her, had been since the first time she had ever crossed paths with the Dark Lord of the Sith. She felt... something connecting her to the Sith. but as her balance between light and dark was already teetering she didn't feel comfortable it. But now, she felt she had no choice. She would have to reach out to him again. And this time, she had to force pass the rage…

Once she was sure she was alone, she relaxed herself and reached out into the Force, seeking out this unknown connection with their dangerous enemy. the room around her grew dark, so dark that the room itself disappeared. Leaving on her and...

'kussssssssh kaaaaaaaah' her eyes snapped open, and she found herself standing face to face with Darth Vader.

"You... Who are you?" Ahsoka asked the Dark Lord.

"Search your feelings, for you already have your answer," Vader's booming synthetic voice filled her ears.

Within the vision, Vader's mechanical armor faded leaving only black robes and familiar face. "No... please no..." Ahsoka shook her head as her heart clinched in pain and terror. "Not you... it can't be you... please..."

"You know it to be true... Snips..." said the yellow-eyed, deathly pale Anakin Skywalker.

"Why..." tears rolled from Ahsoka's eyes as she stared at the perverted visage of her master, her best friend.

"It's the only way," Anakin said, holding out his hand, "Join me, Ahsoka," he offered, "Join me and together we can overthrow the Emperor and bring true peace and true control over this galaxy... as Emperor... and Empress..."

"Join you? Follow you into the Dark Side?" Ahsoka was now crying freely, "Don't you see what you're doing? Don't you see what you've become? Anakin, you're breaking my heart... You've gone on a path I can't follow..."

Something she said struck home because his face twisted in a mix of pain and anger. The emotional response was only seen for a moment, as the black horrific armor returned. "So be it... know this, Ahsoka Tano... when next we meet, I will destroy you..."

With that warning she was back in her ready room. She dropped instantly to her knees. She silently sobbed for several moment before she released a heartbroken scream and released a wave of the Force that shoved every loose object against the walls around her.

"Ahsoka!" Lux cried, entering the room, great concern on his face.

"Get out! GET OUT!" Ahsoka yelled angrily, using the Force to push the man back out of the room and slamming the door shut.

"Why?! WHY?" She yelled pounding her fists against the floor before falling to her side and pulling her knees to her chest. "Why..."

It had been a lie that Anakin Skywalker was dead. And to Ahsoka Tano, the Lie was better than the Truth…

The End…

And that's a wrap! I really hopped to have this up and done before Siege of Lothal aired, but it wasn't meant to be. I had to do some minor alterations to the final scene, but nothing major. Loved the episode. And I hope you've enjoyed this story. More tales of our favorite Rebels by me are on the way! And it won't be the last time our heroes meet Mara Jade... also, don't forget to review! Hope you enjoyed this as much as I enjoyed writing it!

Oh, and by the way … for those who don't know the Mandalorian phrase: "Ni kar'taylir darasuum gar" translation: "I love you"

Until next time, May the Force Be With You!