Mysterious ways – Prologue

I've come up with another idea for a story. I know I already have two others and a story idea on my profile, but I had a lot of inspiration for this one and I wanted to write the first chapter.

This is an AU story and it doesn't have anything to do with my other stories.

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General point of view

Anakin Skywalker stood on the bridge of the Resolute, looking through the intelligence reports he had just received. He sighed deeply. "Still nothing." He said. "I'm sorry sir, we're doing all we can and we won't stop looking." Captain Rex replied. "I know Rex, thank you." Anakin said. Rex nodded and left to inspect the comm room for any further news. Anakin put the datapads aside and looked out of the windows of the bridge. It had been a week since Ahsoka vanished and there hasn't been any trace of her. He almost lost her before after that incident with the Temple bombing and her being framed. It still infuriated him when he thought of the way the Council had treated her. Yet, despite that she had chosen to stay with the Order.

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Several months before

"I'm asking you back." Anakin said as he held out Ahsoka's padawan braid. Ahsoka stood in front of him, saddened by everything that had happened and angered at the lame apology the Council had given her. He couldn't blame her, it had been more of an excuse than an apology. She raised her hand and held it above his own. She looked at him and he smiled encouragingly. She looked at her padawan braid in his hand. After a moment of hesitation, she grabbed the braid and clipped it back at the back of her head. Anakin sighed with relief. "I'm staying with you Master." Ahsoka said softly. Anakin placed his arm around her shoulder and they both left the Council chambers.

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Anakin sighed. He had almost lost her back then. The days following the incident Ahsoka had been a lot quieter than usual. She obviously had a lot of trouble dealing with both her best friend and the Jedi Council betraying her. They had spent a lot of time trying to find her lightsabers again. They had found her main saber in that factory after a few hours. While trying to find her shoto, Ahsoka had fallen asleep from exhaustion. Anakin had brought her back to the Temple and then continued looking himself. The look on her face when he was there when she woke up with her shoto in his hand had been priceless. Seeing her that happy had made Anakin feel a lot better as well. Anakin smiled as he thought back to that moment.

His thoughts were interrupted by a beeping on his datapad. He read the message. It was from Ahsoka's family, asking if there were any new developments. Anakin sighed when he sent back that there still weren't any new things to tell them. He put the datapad away and continued staring out of the window.

After Ahsoka had both of her lightsabers again, she had taken a few weeks away from the Temple to meditate and deal with the mental stress from the trial. She had gone to Shili, hoping to spent some time surrounded by her own people. Anakin had been beyond surprised when she returned and told him that she had foiled a kidnapping plot. The person that she saved was the princess of Shili. At the palace she had met her sisters, Marina and Lilo. She had spent the weeks she was there with her family.

Even though knowing one's family is against the Jedi Code, Anakin had not told anyone about it. When Ahsoka returned she had been so happy and he would be a hypocrite if he punished her about attachments. Being with her family had done wonders for her mentally and he wasn't going to betray her trust.

During the interrogation of Barriss, it came to light that she had been under the control of the Sith. When she had been freed from that control the Council had been debating immensely about what do to with her. After Ahsoka had returned she had been pushing the Council about giving Barriss a chance to redeem herself. "It used to be the way of the Jedi to give others a change at redemption, when did we change our ways?" Ahsoka had asked the Council. None of them had been able to give her an answer immediately. A few days later Barriss had been assigned to a rehabilitation project.

After that him and Ahsoka had gone on missions again. They mostly received several easier assignments, not full scale battles at first. But when things turned a bit sour they were forced to lead their troops into massive fights again. Anakin had noticed that Ahsoka had been a bit more reluctant to fight. When they discussed this Ahsoka had said that she did agree with the things Barriss had said during that trial. Those words rung true, the Order was losing its way. He had promised her that they would sort out the Order later, together. Now, he was worried that he wouldn't be able to keep that promise…

About 8 months after the trial, Ahsoka had received an important assignment from the Council. She had to travel to a secret Republic intelligence outpost and pick up numerous encrypted messages. Because of the danger of possible spies, she was to take the messages and fly around the galaxy for about three to four weeks. Ahsoka had been reluctant to accept the mission, but she knew how important it was. Master Shaak Ti had understood her concern, Ahsoka would be completely alone aboard for the duration of the mission. Being a Togruta, that wasn't really something she wanted. Anakin and the Temple engineers had found a way for him to remain in contact with her whenever she wanted without giving her position away. After learning of this Ahsoka had accepted the mission. She had been assigned a special ship with the finest equipment available in case she was attacked. When everything was finished, she had set off on the mission. Everything was going well at first, Ahsoka had contacted him several times. Then without warning, she had vanished.

Anakin recalled the conversation they were having at the moment.

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"Things are going well Skyguy, it's just very lonely out here in deep space." Ahsoka said to him. Anakin chuckled a bit. "Well, you knew that that was a part of the mission Snips." He replied. Ahsoka's image in the holocam smiled nervously. "Are you alright Snips?" Anakin asked when he noticed this. Ahsoka didn't answer for a moment. "Yes, I'm okay. It's just the loneliness getting to me a little." She replied. Anakin could tell by the tone of her voice that there was obviously something wrong. "Ahsoka? What is it? You know you can talk to me." He said to her. Ahsoka sighed. "We can talk about it when I get back." She said softly. Anakin looked at her image for a moment. Something had obviously upset or confused her greatly. "Anyway," Ahsoka quickly said before he could ask anything else. "I heard that Coruscant was under siege by the Separatists and that you saved the Chancellor and killed Dooku." She said with excitement in her voice. Anakin couldn't help but smile. "That's true Snips." He replied with a smile. "I really wish I could've been there." Ahsoka said. "I'm pretty glad you weren't there. It was incredibly dangerous." Anakin replied. Ahsoka rolled her eyes and gave him a look. Anakin merely chuckled at the look on her face. "There is another thing that you might want to know." He told her. "What do you mean?" Ahsoka asked slightly confused. "I have a message from the Council. You can return to the Temple in two days." Anakin explained to her. The moment he said this her face lit up. "Really?" she asked in a loud, excited voice. "Yes Snips, really." Anakin replied with a smile. "Finally…" Ahsoka said as she relaxed into her seat. She was about to say something else when several warning lights in front of her suddenly lit up. Ahsoka immediately jumped up and checked her systems. "Ahsoka, what's going on?" Anakin asked. "I don't know, there some kind of force pulling my ship. What is…?" Ahsoka replied in frustration. "Ahsoka!" Anakin yelled. "What's going on?" he demanded. "There's some kind of strange light in front of me and it's pulling me in. I don't know what going on!" Ahsoka replied startled. "I've lost control of the ship!" she said with slight fear in her voice. "Ahsoka!" Anakin yelled. "Master, help me!" Ahsoka yelled as all contact was lost.

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Anakin grunted in frustration at the memory. Ahsoka had been able to send her last coordinates to him before the contact was lost. They had searched that area and the planets there, but there hadn't been any trace of her ship. There was a strange disturbance hanging around that area however. But they hadn't been able to figure out what it was or if it held any connection with Ahsoka.

"Excuse me General." A Clone soldier said, breaking his trail of thought. "What is it trooper?" Anakin asked. "We've located Commander Offee's ship." The soldier replied. "Barriss." Anakin thought. When Barriss had learned that Ahsoka had vanished she had immediately volunteered to help search for her. She had told the Council that she owed Ahsoka her life and that she just couldn't sit still while her friend was missing. "What is her condition?" Anakin asked. Barriss had been pushing herself rather intensely while looking for Ahsoka. "When her ship was boarded she was found unconscious in the cockpit. The medics think that she passed out due to exhaustion." The clone trooper explained. Anakin nodded. "Alright, have her brought back onboard so she can rest." He told the soldier. The trooper saluted in return and walked off.

Anakin sighed as he looked at out of the window into the vast void of space. "I will find you Snips, I promise. I won't let you down." He thought to himself.

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That's it for the prologue.

As you can see, this is an AU story in which Ahsoka rejoined the Jedi Order. Barriss is given a chance to redeem somewhat similar to my other story.

Ahsoka's family are the same OC's I use in my other Ahsoka story. These OC's belong to AhsokaTano141516. Other characters I might use are my own or will be credited.

This story will be quite different from my other ones. The beginning might be very confusing, but that's the way it's supposed to be.

I came up with this story idea a few weeks ago. I don't really know if anyone has done something like this before, so if I stole some things from other stories I'm sorry.

I'm going to write a few more chapters for my other two stories before continuing with this one. For now, reviews and feedback is appreciated.

Until next time.