Ahsoka's Legacy: Both Worlds.

A Star Wars: The Clone Wars fan fiction.

Chapter 1 – Inconsistent Values.

Synopsis: As their daughter grows up, Ahsoka and her husband make decisions about her academic and Jedi instruction. Still, they wonder if her peers will eventually accept her. This is the sequel to the story To Survive Betrayal.

Opening Time Period: Earth year 2019 AD / GFFA year 11 BBY.

Rating: Fiction-T (teen) for teasing & bullying issues.

Sarah, upon returning home from school, ran upstairs to her room. There, she slammed the door and continued to cry. Ahsoka sighed in frustration. Obviously, her husband's talk with the principal the day before was unsuccessful today.

About ten minutes later, her husband arrived home. Apparently, there were no pressing issues for the Jedi to address today. Ahsoka waited for him in the front room. As soon as he saw Ahsoka waiting for him, he knew something wasn't right.

"What's wrong?" he asked. Sensing Ahsoka's emotions, he drew his own conclusion. "They picked on her again, didn't they?" he asked, wishing it wasn't true.

"I'm assuming so," Ahsoka answered truthfully. "She was in tears the entire way home and went straight to her room again. We've got to do something," she urged her husband.

"I know. I just can't believe a school that prides itself on diversity and good values would let this happen," he answered with a sigh.

"What are you going to do if they don't take care of this?" Ahsoka asked nervously. "For all we know, this could happen at any school Sarah attends," Ahsoka added.

"Well, do you remember discussing how we'd deal with her Force-sensitivity?" he asked.

Ahsoka nodded. They had discussed a couple of different possibilities for her education and how to teach her about her Force abilities.

"It looks like our best choice is to enroll her in the Jedi Academy and our academic home school academy," he suggested.

"Do you think that will work? People won't magically stop teasing her just because she studies there," Ahsoka replied.

"Teasing may be part of childhood. But be assured that heads will roll if she's bullied as cruelly as she has been the past two days. That's the benefit to being the Grand Master of the Order," he replied with a slight grin.

"What happens now?" Ahsoka asked.

"First, I need to help a certain little princess to stop crying. After that, I'm off to see the principal again before she leaves. One way or another, this will be resolved," he answered.

"Honey, can you forget that you carry a lightsaber with you. The last thing we need is you threatening someone with it," Ahsoka said half seriously and half teasingly.

He stifled a short laugh on the way to Sarah's room.

The Grand Master was conflicted inside. Jedi were supposed to keep their emotions in balance, but today was a test. Knowing his daughter was picked on despite assurances it wouldn't happen again tore him apart inside. Presently, he could only hope he could cheer Sarah up again. Being bullied on one's first two days of school was far from a fun experience. Additionally, he hated seeing and hearing his daughter cry unnecessarily. He knocked on Sarah's door. When he didn't hear any response or any noise, he slowly opened the door and walked into her bedroom.

He found Sarah curled up in a tight ball on top of her bed. She was softly sobbing into her pillow. He sat next to her and gently placed a hand on her shoulder. Sarah leaped up nervously and looked at her father with tearful blue eyes. He clenched a hand into a fist when he saw marks and bruises near the ends of her head-tails. This bothered him because he recalled Ahsoka's past comments. The lower half of the head-tails had internal nerve endings were more sensitive there.

"I hear they picked on you again," he said calmly.

Sarah nodded as tears ran down the small white circles that marked her orange cheeks.

"I need to speak to your principal again and see what we can do about this," he told her.

Sarah looked at her father intently. "I don't wanna go back," she said softly.

"If your principal can't assure me you won't be bullied, you won't have to go back. Nobody hurts my little princess," he promised her.

Normally, being called "princess" by her father made Sarah smile. Instead, she asked a question whose gravity took her father by surprise.

"Daddy, why do they hate me?" she asked.

The question made her father recall his own childhood. He was teased and picked on a number of times, just like many of his classmates. Kids invariably focused on anything different or unfamiliar. However, he couldn't explain or justify the hateful attitude Sarah's classmates held toward her. He didn't honestly know how to answer the question.

"I don't know, Sarah. I can't explain why they're so cruel to you," he answered reluctantly.

Sarah sensed the truth in her father's answer. She buried her head into her father's side and nuzzled up against him. He gently hugged her.

"Mom is worried about you. So let's go downstairs and show her you're going to be OK. I'll go speak to your principal, and after that, we'll go see Knight Rachel to see if she can make your head-tails feel better. All right?" he asked.

Sarah nodded. She leaped up to put her arms around her father's neck. He caught her and kissed her forehead.

"I love you, princess," he said reassuringly.

Sarah smiled for the first time since she came home. Her father than carried her downstairs to her mother.

"Soka, I'm going to go speak to her principal. Regardless of the outcome, we're going to the Order afterward. Knight Rachel can treat her bruises. If necessary, we can enroll her in the academy as well," he explained.

"Please don't cause any more trouble. This has been hard enough on all of us," Ahsoka pleaded.

"I know, but nobody hurts my daughter – our daughter – without hearing something about it," her husband replied tersely before leaving.

The Grand Master arrived at Sarah's school. The principal was still there, but she was not too enthusiastic to see him for the second straight day.

"Oh. What can I do for you today?" the principal asked with a hint of displeasure in her voice.

"Will you explain what you did to address Sarah's bullying today?" the Grand Master asked calmly.

"Was she bullied?" she asked in reply. She seemed unaware of what happened earlier in the day.

"I came home to a crying daughter with a number of bruises. Surely, her classmates didn't welcome her with open arms," he stated firmly.

"There's no need for sarcasm, Mister ..." the principal begun to answer before he interrupted her.

"And there's no need for my daughter to be bullied!" he retorted with visible irritation. "I attended this same school. Yet my daughter's acceptance has been non-existent at a school that prides itself on diversity and Christian values. Where is 'love your neighbor' and why hasn't the anti-bullying policy been invoked?" he asked more tersely.

The principal had no response to the questions, which only made the situation more tense.

"Let me ask you this: if she comes back tomorrow, what will you do to make sure she's treated appropriately?" he asked.

"What do you expect us to do? We can't watch her every single minute," the principal replied.

"Well, you or the teacher could tell the class how bullying isn't tolerated and leads to discipline," he suggested.

"That still won't guarantee anything," she finally answered.

"Will you follow your policies if she's bullied again?" he asked. His frustration continued to build up.

"What do you expect? Kids will be kids," she replied simply.

The Grand Master's frustration reached the critical point.

"That's it. Obviously, you don't want to deal with this. I'll make it easier for you. Sarah will not be coming back tomorrow. She will be taught somewhere where she won't be bullied and too scared to attend," he said emphatically.

"You know the monthly tuition is non-refundable," she replied simply.

"Fine. I'll gladly eat this month's payment if it means Sarah will be taught where she can learn something and not be afraid all the time!" he yelled. He then signed a statement withdrawing Sarah from her current school.

"I'm very ashamed of my school today. I used to be proud to say I graduated here. After this, you will receive no support from my family at all! I'll continue to attend mass, but nothing more," he said angrily.

He then went home. He did his best to calm down so Ahsoka wouldn't panic.

"How did it go?" Ahsoka asked, even though she suspected she knew the answer.

"She's not going back there. The principal was as useless as a training saber against a Sith Lord," her husband replied. He then took a deep breath and checked the time. "We still have time to enroll her in the Academy before we see Knight Rachel, Let's go," he added.

The family left for the Jedi Order. The first task was to enroll Sarah in the Jedi Academy and the home school academy. Upon arrival, a secretary handed the family the application forms for the home school academy. Because Knight Rachel was Sarah's de facto doctor, the Order was already aware of Sarah's Force-sensitivity and medical history.

As the family sat down and the Grand Master filled out the forms, Sarah encountered another girl her age. She had light brown hair braided on either side.

"Who are you?" the girl asked Sarah. She curiously looked at Sarah's orange skin and white face markings.

"I'm Sarah," Sarah replied nervously. She wasn't sure if the girl would be as rude as her other classmates.

"You look funny," the girl commented. Sarah's father heard the comment and watched to see how Sarah reacted.

"I look like mommy," Sarah replied plainly. She pointed to her mom.

The girl's mouth opened and dropped in shock. Seeing Ahsoka with her much longer head-tails and tall montrals was an awesome sight. The girl then looked back at Sarah and noticed her small, thin shoulder-length head-tails. Sarah smiled as the girl noticed the flat blue dots on top of Sarah's head that would presumably become montrals in the future. Sarah's parents weren't sure what would happen during her adolescence because she was half human.

Now, Sarah had a question of her own. "Who are you?" she asked the girl.

"I'm Molly. I guess I'm going to be a Jedi someday, whatever that means," she replied.

"Me too. Both my parents are," Sarah answered proudly.

"Really? Mine aren't," Molly answered.

Sarah was set to speak again, but the admission director interrupted the conversation.

"Mr. & Mrs. Douglas," she announced. Molly's parents stood up. They watched their daughter's conversation to that point and were curious why the other girl looked so different.

"Come, Molly. Say good-bye now," Mrs. Douglas said.

"Bye, Sarah. Maybe I'll see you again," Molly stated.

Sarah waved as Molly and her family entered an office for their admissions interview.

"Well, that was a pleasant surprise," Ahsoka said.

Sarah turned and looked at her parents. "She was nice to me. I like her," she said happily.

"You both might be classmates, Sarah." Ahsoka said in response.

Sarah gave a smile big enough to show the sharp tips of her canine teeth.

"I wonder how Molly would have reacted to seeing that," Sarah's father wondered to himself.

"I hope I see her again," Sarah answered as she climbed into her mother's lap and sat.

A few minutes later, Molly and her parents were set to leave.

"It looks like we may see you again. Molly's been accepted," Mr. Douglas said.

"You hear that, Sarah, you know one of your new classmates," Ahsoka told Sarah. Sarah hugged her mom close.

"I imagine we will see a lot of each other. I'm also the Grand Master of the Order, so I basically run everything here, too," Sarah's father responded.

Next, the director of admissions beckoned Sarah's family to join her in her office.

"Master, you know this is pretty much a mere formality. We already have proof of Sarah's Force-sensitivity, so she's accepted for Jedi instruction. And your home school materials are in order. I take it your original plan didn't work?" she stated and asked.

"To say the least," he replied. "Do you know who is teaching the first year initiates yet?" he asked curiously.

"I'm not sure yet. I could find out for you," she replied.

"You don't have to right this minute. I just figured we could address Sarah's situation to prevent problems the first day," he explained.

"We will take care of that. Don't you worry," she reassured him. She then looked at Sarah. "See you in school next week," she said. Sarah smiled.

"How many students did we enroll?" he asked.

"Six – three boys and three girls," the admissions directly informed him.

"A nice big class," he mused.

The Order was lucky to have three or four Force-sensitive students a year, and usually combined adjacent classes if they were of similar skill. Because non-Jedi also studied in the home school academy, the issue wasn't as much of a concern there.

On our way to the med bay, Sarah seemed a bit happier. Ahsoka helped her onto one of the examination beds.

"Sarah, what brings you here today?" Knight Rachel, the Jedi Healer, asked cheerfully.

"She got picked on in school earlier today. She's got some bruises to take care of," Ahsoka explained.

"I'm going to school here, now!" Sarah said excitedly.

"Is that so?" Knight Rachel asked the young girl. "Lets see if I can make you feel better. I'll try not hurt you too much more, OK?" she promised.

Sarah nodded. Knight Rachel gently held the small, thin, blue and white-striped head-tails to slowly ease the pain. Sarah squirmed just a couple of times as the healer's fingers passed over the two darkest bruises.

"Do you feel better, Sarah?" Knight Rachel asked.

Sarah nodded happily.

"What do you say, Sarah?" Ahsoka asked her young daughter.

Sarah looked up at the healer. "Thank you, Knight Rachel," she stated softly and gratefully.

"You're very welcome, Sarah," Knight Rachel replied with a slight bow.

As the family walked through the hall to leave for home again, they thought about the day's events.

"Do you think this will work better?" Ahsoka asked.

"It has to. It's the only other choice, short of teaching her ourselves," her husband replied.

"At least classes here don't start until after the holiday," Ahsoka stated.

Her husband nodded. "Sarah deserves the break. Starting next week, she gets to learn about both worlds," he said.

"Oh?" Ahsoka asked. One of her brow markings arched curiously.

"She will learn her academics and the ways of the Force," he announced.

"Daddy, will I be a Jedi?" Sarah asked anxiously.

He looked into her blue eyes, a shade in between his and her mother's.

"If you study hard and mind your teachers, you could be one some day, just like us," he said.

Sarah beamed as prepared for the drive back home. ▄

Disclaimer: Lucasfilm Limited owns all Star Wars characters and concepts. All original characters are mine.

Author's Notes: Seeing how the Fall 2012 school year is about to start, this seemed like a good time to post the first chapter.

Some of you have wished for a sequel to my first multi-chapter fic here. Since my private fics start with Sarah turning 12, I've decided to write something that fills that gap. This chapter takes place just before she turns five. The first mini arc focuses on the issues Ahsoka and her husband face now that Sarah is of school age.

This chapter sets up Sarah's entry into the Jedi Academy where she will learn her academics and being able to learn all about the Force.

As always constructive feedback is welcome and appreciated. If there is anything you disliked, politely let me know. Flames will be silently ignored and sent to Mustafar.

Sarah looks nearly like Ahsoka, but her markings are slightly different. The arches go below her eyes (instead of above). She also has rectangles on her temples and circles on her cheeks. Part of her face looks slightly like her father's. It will be more noticeable in her teen years. Also, her head tails are a bit thinner than they are for a full-blooded Togruta. Apparently, her mother's genetics were more dominant in spite of being a 50-50 hybrid. Finally, she has naturally-black nails inspired by a picture of Shaak Ti from the canceled Escape from Dagu novel.

Generally, I'm looking to have 2-3 chapter mini-arcs focusing on a single topic or point in time. I may also include an occasional individual chapter.

Sneak preview for Chapter Two: Sarah has her first day at the Jedi Academy and learns more about childhood curiosity.

Story Identifier: S10-F9-M3c1. Published: 2012-08-31. Last Revision: 2013-03-12.