A Pan-Cosmic Disturbance

-------------------------------------A long time ago…in a parallel universe far, far away…---------------------------------------

It is a period of renewal. After long years of struggle, the Rebel Alliance have finally succeeded in their quest to defeat the Galactic Empire after the decisive Battles of Endor and Jakku and have begun their efforts to restore freedom to their worlds under the banner of the New Republic.

Yet mysterious threats remain from the remnants of the Empire and even beyond it. After fighting to liberate the city of Calodan from the ruthless Magistrate Morgan Elsbeth with the help of the Mandalorian bounty hunter, Din Djarin, the former Jedi known as Ahsoka Tano succeeded in extracting a lead that could point her in the direction of the greatest of the Grand Admirals, the enigmatic Thrawn.

But before she could use that knowledge to track down the highest-ranking Imperial Commander left from the old regime, and by extension investigate the whereabouts of her old friend, Ezra Bridger, the Clone Wars veteran was blindsided by the strongest disturbance in the **** she has ever felt…

Forest Planet of Corvus

Year 9 After the Battle of Yavin

Universal Designation according to the ancient Celestials: Prime Galaxy-2

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Ahsoka woke up with a loud gasp, immediately getting up to her feet and reaching for her lightsabers on instinct.

"What the...?" She shook her head, her senses still flaring. "What's going on?"

She couldn't stop herself from shivering, her body trembling uncontrollably despite the lack of cold in the forest around her. Biting her bottom lip on reflex, she rubbed her forehead as the **** went mad around her.

"I...I have never felt such a powerful disturbance in the ****," She realized, her eyes wild. "Not when I was on Mortis, not when Order 66 began, not even when I sensed the Destruction of Alderaan all the way from Malchor. And yet the **** is shaking more wildly than all of those times combined. What in the galaxy is going on?!"

Willing herself to focus, she tried to sense the location of the epicenter of such a colossal disturbance in the **** but it seemed to come from all around her...and somehow nowhere at all that she could pinpoint, all at once.

Taking a deep breath, she sat down cross-legged and closed her eyes, trying to glean a clue from the **** that could give her some answers before the moment would pass.

Eventually, seconds turned into minutes and the disturbance started to feel less like the simultaneous explosion of countless supernovas and more like the **** Star wiping out 10 planets at once. And yet...she could feel no wounds in the **** emerging from whatever had triggered such a reaction from the mystical energy field. There didn't seem to be any sudden and utterly massive loss of life behind this seismic shift in the ****, like when Alderaan was destroyed. Frowning deeply, the former Jedi realized that whatever had caused all of this, felt more spiritual in nature and somehow more fundamentally tied to the very fabric of the galaxy than organic matter. She also got the impression that aspects of the past and future were somehow colliding. It reminded her of...

Her eyes snapped open, jerking upright as if someone had sent a blast of ****-lighting through her spine.

"I-I sense a presence," She said in shock. "A presence I hadn't felt since..."

Looking around frantically, she finally spotted her ****-sensitive owl familiar, which she called Morai, that had been following her for years. She finally spotted her atop the branch of a nearby tree, staring at her.

Ahsoka swallowed, feeling as if her suspicions were starting to get confirmed but needing to test it to be sure.

"Is that you...Daughter of Mortis?" She whispered.

As if on cue, the owl flew down from the tree and landed in front of her, its black and yellow eyes staring right at the female Togruta. Then, it let out a shriek, and the winds around them started to envelop the bird like a small tornado. Ahsoka covered her eyes with her arm to avoid the dust cloud but when the sudden breeze died down, a tall, green-haired woman that radiated ethereal light took its place in the clearing.

The familiar face smiled warmly at her. "Hello Ahsoka," She said, her voice resonating like a self-contained echo. "It has been a while."

The former Jedi stared at her for a long moment before inhaling deeply, as if catching the scent of her pure, light side essence in the air. The nostalgia made her grin.

"That it has," The Togruta responded. "I never did get the chance to thank you for giving up the last of your vitality to reignite the spark of life on my then fresh corpse, back on Mortis...I don't even know how to repay you for that."

"There is no need," She assured her. "I have felt your gratitude on more than one occasion from Morai's form."

Ahsoka's eyes widened. "I did wonder when I realized her ****-presence seem so similar to yours, if much weaker. So, your mind has been inside that bird all this time?"

The Daughter of Mortis nodded. "My brother and I were mighty Celestials even before the core of our beings were saturated with the Dark and the Light sides of the ****, respectively. As such, we don't die the way most mortals do because of our fundamentally intertwined connection to ****. We just...get reborn into a new ****-sensitive avatar and wait however many decades or centuries it would take for all our memories and powers to fully reform."

"I see," The former Jedi said slowly, before she read between the lines into what she had said. "Wait, so, does that means you have died more than once already? As in, before...you know, we met you during the Clone Wars?" She asked, feeling uncomfortable at the reminder of her old Master accompanying her there after everything that's happened.

The Celestial woman tilted her head and when she looked at her with sympathy in her gaze, Ahsoka sighed, realizing they were on the same page.

"Yes," She confirmed. "But it hasn't happened in a few thousands of years, not since I had to sacrifice my life and power to...facilitate the defeat of two enormous threats to all life in the galaxy...including my step-mother."

"Wait what?" The Togruta asked, blinking rapidly.

"That's conversation can wait," The Daughter said with a firm tone. "Right now, we have more pressing matters to discuss while I still have the state of mind to communicate directly with you."

Instantly, it hit her. "You know what's behind this gigantic disturbance in the ****?"

The ancient **** wielder took a deep breath. "I have an idea of what it could be. But I lack details. You see, the full scope of my memories and abilities have not actually been restored yet. The only reason my form has been temporarily remade at this stage of my recovery is because this is the biggest disturbance in the **** that has shaken the galaxy countless millennia and I can tap into this anomaly to regain some of my strength. And even now while I am speaking to you, a part of my mind is processing so many threads of information, tied to the root behind it all, that the possibilities are narrowing down in front of my foresight. And while the clarity of my visions has yet to coalesce...there are signs that concern me...very, very much."

Ahsoka was silent for a moment as she took that in. "Well, I did say that I wanted to repay you for saving my life," She stated. "How can I help you?"

The Light side entity interlocked her glowing fingers. "I can't see past a certain point of the disturbance. Something or someone is blocking me from looking at the origin point of this gargantuan vergence in the ****. I need your aid to peer deeper."

"You have it," The former Jedi assured her with a nod, then hesitated, as a thought occurred to her. "But, if your form was restored by this anomaly, does that mean that your dark brother is back as well? Is he the one that's blocking you?"

"Oh, he is already in motion, taking advantage of his temporary body to further his own designs," The Daughter replied with a sigh in an utterly unsurprised tone. "Something about his emotional state feels unusual, however. He seems...highly terrified of something," She admitted. "And is reacting accordingly with single-minded purpose."

The Togruta shivered a bit at that. "Last time, it took my old Master and your father working together to slay him. And from what I remembered, he seemed more disappointed and concerned than actually fearful. What exactly could get a dark Celestial like him terrified?"

The ancient **** wielder firmed her lips, as if trying to decide how many details to share. In the end, she shrugged her shoulder ever so slightly. "My stepmother for one. We call her Abeloth. But at any rate, it's a wide universe out there, Ahsoka Tano and you know better than most that there even some planes of existence outside of it, such as Mortis. And if we want to determine for sure what my brother is up to and why, we are still going to have to sort out the mystery behind this cosmic disturbance. This is why I must ask you to return to the place within the **** where past and future collide."

Ahsoka started. "You want me to go back to that...world between worlds?"

The Daughter nodded. Ahsoka scratched her right montreal, frowning.

"Any idea how to get in without someone bringing you forth from the outside?" She asked. "According to Sabine Wren, there were some artistic puzzles with your family's forms in outer walls that, when pressed with the ****, allowed Ezra to get inside the first time around but I never learned how to solve that myself, and besides, the main entrance from the old Jedi Temple on Lothal collapsed almost a decade ago."

"And young Bridger did well when he closed off the main doorway when he did," The Light side entity declared. "I shudder to think what Darth Sidious could have accomplished with unrestrained access to the gateways so, with my brother and unable to stop him, that was the best option available. But even with the physical entrance destroyed, there is one way you could get in: you need to find the Dagger of Mortis."

Ahsoka's eyes widened. "You mean the mystical blade that killed you back in the Clone Wars?"

The glowing woman sighed at that, her face growing saddened. "The one and only. You see, very few mortal **** users could actually use it to cut open a gateway into that realm, even among the most powerful ones but you have something no one else in the galaxy currently has and that's a spark of my Celestial essence in your body," She explained. "That will allow you to channel the **** into the edge of the dagger so that you can cut the very fabric of space-time to get inside, as long as you are doing it in the area of Lothal where the main entrance used to be."

"Huh," The Togruta muttered in contemplation. "Alright then. So, should I head to the Chrelythiumn system then? Will I be able to find Mortis there?"

"No, but it doesn't matter, as the mystical dagger has been found in the years since," The **** wielder proclaimed. "I can only tell you who has it and, by extension, where my senses tell me that person is right now."

Then she moved closer to Ahsoka and placed a hand on her forehead. The former Jedi felt calm radiate through her core and it relaxed her. Then, the image of a planet she didn't recognize entered her mind, along with precise coordinates for how to find it.

Ahsoka shook her head a bit to clear it but the sequence of visions was not done. Before long, the image of an attractive-looking human woman entered her mind's eye, goggles around her head.

The Celestial being then stopped touching her and Ahsoka blinked rapidly. "Who was that?"

"The woman who currently has the Mortis Dagger," The Daughter explained. "I can't glean much about her from the ****; mainly sense the dagger in her possession but I can tell you her name is Doctor Aphra. You will find her on the planet Zakuul, in Wild Space."

"Understood," Ahsoka said slowly. "I had never heard of her or of that planet but I will be sure to find her."

"Thank you," The ancient **** wielder responded. "If we had more time, I could show you more about Zakuul's past. A fascinating world, full of significant history and a powerful connection to the ****. But I need to save my energy for the trip to Lothal. I suspect the aftershocks of this disturbance will be felt for quite a while but I must save up as much of the energy as I can tap from it while I still can, in order to sustain this form for as long as possible. Please, do hurry."

The former Jedi nodded. "I won't let you down."

The Celestial woman smiled softly. "I feel that you won't. It was truly good to talk to you again, my girl. May the **** be with you."

And with that, the Light side entity vanished into thin air, her owl avatar, nowhere in sight.

Ahsoka Tano took a deep breath before picking the things from her camp. It was time to go back to her ship and head out. She had a debt to repay.

Then she closed her eyes. "Sorry, Ezra. I call Sabine on the way and share my lead with her. Hopefully, she will be able to make some progress with that information but I am afraid this can't wait. Be strong."

Rendezvous point of the Rebel Fleet: Sullust

Year 4 after the Battle of Yavin

Universal Designation according to the ancient Celestials: Currently unclassified because its new timeline has just been born due to the meddling of an extremely powerful entity from beyond their multiversal region. Data readings from the Celestial cosmic computers seem to indicate a timeline split from Prime Galaxy-1. Calculations still in progress…

Luke Skywalker smiled as he spotted the Rebel Fleet when he exited hyperspace on his X-wing. R2 send beeps were translated into text on his screen, which made him chuckle.

“Yes, R2 it will be good to reunite with our friend again,” He said in agreement as he approached the docking bay of Home One.

Then he took a deep breath feeling a bit apprehensive. “I just hope Leia will not freak out too much at all the revelations I have to share with her.” He thought to himself.