I clenched my fists as I watched, shock and anger building as I took in what was happening in the plaza before me.

I couldn't believe what was happening.

To think, the first kind of people I was to run into in this timeline was the Empire itself.

Bloody Force, why was I having such bad luck lately?

In the plaza a family of Rodians that looked like they had just came from the spaceport were huddled together on the ground, Imperial troopers were surrounding them and seemed ready to fire as two of the troopers were going through the families bags.

Even worse, directly in front of the family looking very bored stood an officer, hands clasped behind his back as he spoke to them in a monotone voice.

"Make this easier for everyone. We know you are smuggling information to the rebels under the guise of refugees. Imperial Intellegience has confirmed you meeting with a known rebel smuggler."

My thoughts raced in confusion. Rebels...? Is that what they were calling the Republic now-a-days....?

The male Rodian raises his hands, looked up to the officer as he begged. "Please! You have it wrong! My family has done nothing! Let my wife and child go, I beg of you!"

The officer sneered down at the man, obviously disgusted with him. "Are you saying Imperial Intellegience is wrong?"

One of the troopers walked over to the man at some signal from the officer, slamming him across the face with his blaster rifle. The Rodian let out a cry as he fell back towards his family, his wife clutching at him desperately.

"Nunau!" She cried.

The officer glared at them with sheer disgust written on his face. "Alien scum, you just don't know your place, do you?"

I glared at the officer after he said that.

One thing sure didn't change. The Empire still knew how to make someone turn against them in a heartbeat. Criminals or no, I was now cheering the family on for more than one reason.

As the officer began to ask the man about the rebels again I let out a huff and glanced towards Sin, hoping for some answers.

"Hey, you're from here right?" I ask.

He simply raises his brow in question. "This timeline, I mean. Couldn't you tell me more about it? Like who these rebels are?"

Sin looks away a little, his expression thoughtful. 'Actually....'

Glancing back towards me, he somehow makes a noise between a chuckle and a sigh as his voice replies in my head.

'Im from your timeline as well, Calese. I hitched a ride through time behind you, though it was a delayed following, I admit.' He makes an amused sound as he remembered. 'I managed to even get lost, if you can believe it. Then after what felt like years I was finally able to sense you on that ship and get out of that confusing hell hole.'

His tail flicked as he seemed to study me.

'Im honestly shocked you were able to get through in one piece, time traveling isn't even something I can normally do.'

That was truly baffling. Did he say years? But it was instant for me, and I certainly didn't age any, so how come it took him years to get here....? Honestly I didn't even see anything beyond the innitial darkness, but from the sounds of it, he was actually able to see something.

How was it a confusing hell hole exactly....?

I blink as something dawns on me. Wait, he followed me through time? Some might think that romantic in a way, but that was just down right creepy to me....

That aside, did he say he had to hitch a ride behind me? What the...?

Was I dragging a passenger shuttle behind me or something?

How does that even work....?

I groan as another headache began to appear. Why oh why was I feeling like the Order should've taught me about this stuff.... Shouldn't they have already known about all posibilities within the Force anyway....?

Pushing that and my headache aside for later, I focused on something else. From the sounds of it Force creatures couldn't even travel through time normally. 

Which brought forth another question though, what exactly did that make me....?

The word 'Chosen' echoed through my memories, making me shiver as I remembered what those voices from Alderaan had called me.

I couldn't think about it now, I would have to ask the Council what it meant once I saw them.

Taking a deep breath I focused back on Sin.

"So you don't know where we are either...?" I ask doubtfully.

He shakes his head. 'It is most unfortunate. I'd only be able to tell you about the past from before our own timeline if we went there, but this is the future, so even I won't be able to tell you much about it without some investigating.'

'Well, thats just great.' I thought grumpily, sighing.

I already knew we were in the future because of that date on the holo-net, but it still didn't reveal anything about what the time period was like right now, and that was what I needed to know.

I'd have to be careful.

Having no response for his words, I simply nod back in thanks. Guess that meant we were both going into this blind.

''Bloody Force, talk about the blind leading the blind.....'' I mutter to myself as I focus back on the plaza.

The officer had suddenly turned away from the begging family when I had looked back to them, and had began straightening his cuffs. He was clearly done playing with them.

"It seems like they are resisting arrest. Lieutenant, you know what to do."

One of the troopers nods. "Yes sir."

The wife shrieks and grabs at her child as all of the troopers raised their guns, leveling them at the family.

My anger flared, overcoming my hesitance to intervene as I was reminded of my own Master reaching out to me on Alderaan.

She had been just like that mother.

Desperate to save her child.

I let out a small growl in fury, gaining the amused look of Sin in the process.

Those Imperial bastards!

Their outfits and troopers may look different, but they were still rotten to the core.

I would not allow this family to die, even if I had to fight these Imperial lowlifes alone.

I stepped forward into view and shouted angrily, my voice echoing around the plaza.

"STOP!"

The officer and troopers look over to me in surprise as I glared from out from under my hood, my cloak billowing at the bottom softly.

I knew I looked intimidating, but that was the whole point of the outfit in the first place.

Accompanied by the anger rolling off my tightly coiled muscles, I was honestly glad to have the intimidation factor.

Maybe they would run and save me the trouble of fighting.

Sin looks between me and the Imperials skeptically from his perch on my shoulder, amusement in his voice as he talks.

'You sure you want to intervene, Calese? You don't even know what kind of time period we are in yet, and you are already acting so rashly.'

I just turned my glare towards him, gaining an amused chuckle and a 'Very well.' from my new companion.

I clenched my fists at his strange attitude, pissed for some reason.

What kind of question was that?!

Of course I was going to intervene! They were about to murder a family in cold-blood, and even if they were criminals, that was too far!

All my Masters teachings flooded into my mind at once, drawing me to help the family before me.

The officer, unaware of the conversation that had just transpired between me and Sin, simply looks my black-clad figure up and down warily as he clasps his hands behind his back once more. "And you are...?"

I glare back and cross my arms over my chest, not liking the spike of fear and the question 'Is she another Sith?' that had projected through the Force from the guy.

I was not a damn sith spit! Why doesn't he just believe I'm a bounty hunter like everyone else!

I could hear Sin chuckling at my inner dialog, but I simply ignored him as I responded to the officer with venom in my voice.

 "An upset citizen."

Sin suddenly stops chuckling and makes a startled noise in disappointment, clearly not happy with what I chose to say.

'Why not tell him you are a Jedi while you are at it?' He mutters. 'I'm sure he'd listen to your objection just as strongly either

way.'

I simply ignored Sins comment, not wanting to get distracted as the officer seemed to visibly relax in front of me, his worry over my identity gone.

"Ah, I see. And do you plan on trying to interfer with Imperial business, citizen?"

I chuckle despite myself, "No."

The officer nods in approval. "I see, then- "

"I'm not going to try." I interupt the man, my body relaxing itself into a fighting stance as I slowly extended my arm a little to my side. "I AM going to interfer with Imperial business."

Sin chuckles as he hops down onto a crate in the alley behind me, giving me room.

The officer looked shocked at first, then outraged. "Then you leave me no choice, lieutenant, arrest that woman at once!"

"Yes sir!" four troopers began heading my way alongside the lieutenant.

I inhaled slowly, closing my eyes as the woman Rodian screamed for me to run.

'There is no passion, there is serenity.'

As that one thought echoed throughout my mind, time seemed to slow down along side my heart.

-One second-

Dirt crunched under the troopers boots as they came closer.

-Two seconds-

A trooper by the Rodian woman hit her with his rifle. "Shut it, alien scum!"

The child yells in distress as she falls over.

-Three seconds-

I exhaled slowly, the troopers were almost upon me.

-Four seconds-

'FOCUS' echoed in my head as I pulled the Force to me.

-Five seconds-

My eyes snapped open as the Force flooded into me, screaming with the urge to be used.

With a pull, I called my Masters lightsaber into my outstretched hand, igniting it with a hiss.

'FOCUS.' The Force whispered.

The troopers stopped aproaching and made noises of surprise as the officers eyes widened.

Everyone was focused on my Masters green lightsaber.

I was only focused on them.

"S-Sir! Its a Jedi!"

The officer stumbled back as I unclasped the cloaks silver clasp by my neck, letting it flutter to the ground behind me.

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Rather ominiously in their eyes.

"W-What are you waiting for?!" The officer shouts. "Shoot her!"

The officer turned and ran as all the troopers turned towards me and opened fire, the family taking that chance to flee down an alley as well.

Sand kicked up as some shot and hit the ground around me, unintentionally giving me cover as I deflected a couple shots back, taking out three of the troopers that had been aproaching me with little effort on my part.

I couldn't help but frown a little.

Was this really the Empire? I mean, clearly they weren't from my timeline, but to make such a mistake facing even a padawan as myself was just.....

Shrugging mentally over their mistake, I used the sand cover as a chance to jump high into the air with the Force, making the sun glare into the troopers helmet visors as they tried to look up and follow my movement.

I smirked despite myself as they shot into the air and missed.

Man their shooting skills had gotten horrible, they were actually making this pretty fun. And I never had fun fighting troopers before.

Flipping with a new found excitement I came down in the middle of the group that was once standing around the Rodian family and sent a Force push out around me, shoving sand and troopers alike away with a loud 'boom' of golden energy.

They all flew out and slammed into the buildings surrounding the plaza, a cracking sound coming from most as they crumpled to the ground, unmoving.

I blinked and looked towards them a little shocked.

Oops....

I hit them too hard....

With a quick wave of Force energy I felt for their life signatures as I quickly stood and deflected a couple more blasts from the last two remaining troopers that I had left by the alley entrance.

The Force washed back into me with a warm feeling.

Good. They were still alive, just wouldn't be getting up anytime soon.

Forcing myself to calm down I focused strictly on taking the other two out quickly.

Knowing most cowardly officers, that guy from before would be back, and with more troopers.

Even worse, a Sith.

Well, if there was one here, that is.

I hate to admit it again, but Sin was right, I really should've made sure of what this time period was like before showing the Empire my presence.

What if I ruined the Treaty due to my actions...?

After this, I was going to have to find another Imperial, preferably alone, and see if I could mind trick them for some information.

With a burst of Force speed I closed the gap between myself and the last two troopers, gaining another sound of surprise from them before I spun and kicked one in the side of the head, sending him into his partner as they both flew into the side of a building with a loud cracking sound.

I groan out loud as I notice the cracks that had formed in the buildings wall itself.

Bloody Force! Why did my fighting skills have to suck so bad....?

I really had no restraint at all.... I never had a problem with it personally, but.... according to my Master and everyone at the Temple, that was a necessary thing to have for a Jedi.

Looking around at the still yet groaning troopers I lowered my kicking leg guilty-like.

I definitely had to work on my control.

Master always got on to me for not being able to control how hard I hit or threw people when I was Force enhanced, and I could just picture her scolding down at me like old times for doing something like this.

Turning away from the scene in the plaza with a sigh, I de-activated my Masters saber and clipped it back onto my belt before walking over and picking up my cloak, throwing it back over my shoulders as Sin chuckles and jumps down from his crate.

'I must say, that was quite impressive.' His voice was practically purring with amusement.

I would've been surprised he wasn't hit, but after seeing the troopers aim personally...... I let out another sigh.

Yeah, it wasn't really surprising they missed him either.

I frown as he walks over and jumps up on my shoulder, allowing me to pull my hood up over my face before settling down closer to me. He always seemed to like being close for some reason, it never really bothered me, so I never asked why.

Though to my Master and the other Jedi, it might've been disconcerting to see.

"I'm not impressive though, not at all." I say with a sigh. "I mean, did you see their aim?"

I shook my head as I proceeded back down the alley we had come down earlier, wanting to put some distance between me and this very comprimised position as I continued.

"Honestly, I felt so bad for them. Do you think they'll let me give them a few pointers next time? It doesn't seem fair if I win that easily...."

He makes a noise, amusement traveling into my mind from his. 'Normally, I dont much care for fairness, but- '

I glance at him as he chuckles.

'I'd have to agree with you. At their skill level, they won't be any fun to play with at all.'

I raise my brow at that, refusing to look away from him as I found myself amused as well. He wanted them to have some pointers for a different reason, but it was nice to see we agreed on something at least.

I chuckle as I pull my hood down a little more. "Well, one things for certain," He locks eyes with me. "Whatever time period we're in, I don't think it'll be much of a threat to us, so finding the Council should be easy enough.''

He makes a sound in agreement as we merge into a bigger street filled with people. 'Indeed, it would seem so, little Calese.'

I raise my brow in amusement. Really...?

"Little Calese? I'm not a kid you know."

He simply looks back with a grin. 'Compared to me, you very much are, little Calese.'

I roll my eyes at this and bend the Force around us, masking us from view as best as possible.

"Hey now, don't go saying interesting stuff about your age old man, or I'll get attached." I say in a joking manner, smiling at him.

His tail flicks against my back as he chuckles once more. 'Oh, we certainly won't be wanting that. It would be most unfortunate.'

I simply grin in amusement at the playful batter and focus back in front of us, keeping an eye out for Imperial troops as I cut through another alley.

'Say, little Calese, what are you going to do if your precious Council is unable to help you?' Sin asks suddenly.

I blink, a little shocked to be asked that out of the blue.

That....

Was a very good question.

So far, Sin was the only who seemed to know anything, as sparce as his knowledge was at the moment, he even came from my own time-line, which honesty, comforted me in a very bizarre way.

If even the Council from this timeline couldn't help, then.....

I lowered my face, hiding it in the shadows of my hood as I thought.

If it came down to me choosing, could I really side with a creature attached to the Dark Side over them....? Even if it was Sin, who had some knowledge...?

Troubled now, I glance to Sin before focusing back on the road and people ahead.

"Don't.... Don't ask me that, I-.... I don't know yet....."

I drifted into silence after that as we made our way through the city, avoiding the Impirial patrols now out looking for me.

I didn't know what I was going to do if that ever happened....

I could only hold on to my belief that they would know something.

'If there was even a Council left.....' A dark thought mused.

I forced my mind to stop thinking about it as that thought came into my head. No. There had to be. It was near impossible to destroy the Order, the Sith had tried for a long time before I ever joined in my own time-line, so they definitely had too be.

Taking a shaky breath I recited the Jedi mantra in my head once more as I bit my lip, working to dispel my doubts.

I was unaware that on my shoulder, Sin was smirking, his eyes lit with an eary glow as his mind was still connected to mine, hearing my inner musings without permission.

'Things are going to get fun....' He thought to himself with a chuckle. 'Very much so.....'

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Several miles away, located in the small outpost on tattoine, an officer stood in front of the holo-terminal in his office, waiting for his call to be connected as he squeezed his hands behind his back nerviously.

He was sweating profusily, but that tended to happen to everyone when they had to get in contact with Lord Vader himself.

Bloody hells! Why did a surviving Jedi have to show up on his planet?! He thought angrily.

Suddenly the com made a beeping sound as it connected.

The mans already rod-straight back strained itself to become even straighter as it tensed in fear as Lord Vader's image casts itself above the table.

The man somehow manages to bow low as he speaks. "My Lord, I am sorry to disturb you, but something of great importance has came up."

He stayed bowed, not wishing to anger Lord Vader as his mechanical breathing echoed through the room.

Finally, after a few minutes of the officer sweating, he spoke.

"What is it? You better not be wasting my time."

The man hesitated before straightening and clasping his hands behind his back once more. "Of course not, my Lord. I would never dare to do such a thing."

The man swallowed, filling the room with only Vader's imposing breathing before the man continued. "I have discovered something you will be most interested to hear about, my Lord."

Vader is quiet before responding, making the officer sweat even more. "And what is it that you have deemed so important for me to hear?"

The man swallowed, bracing himself for the infamous Force choke to come if his answer wasn't satisfactory for the Dark Lord.

"Well, my Lord, it seems there is a Jedi here."

Vader is quiet for a few more minutes, surprised over the fact a Jedi had revealed themselves after so long, the officer unable to tell this as Vader gave no sign of movement.

Suddenly Vader focus's on the man, making him all but squirm as his mechanical voice echoed omniously through the room.

"Tell me everything."