Anika Tano is the daughter of Ahsoka Tano and Shan Ti. She was born roughly a year after the fall of the Jedi and rise of the Empire. When she was born Ahsoka knew she was force sensitive and wouldn't be able to protect her while fighting the Empire. So she found a planet in the Outer Rim called Lothal. She found a nice family to take her daughter in. It was the Bridger family. She vowed to return when Anika was eighteen. Leaving a holocron and her old light-sabers with them. But things don't go quiet according to plan.

Anika's POV

Hey everyone, my name is Anika just Anika. I'm fifteen and live with my adopted brother Ezra Bridger on Lothal. He's fourteen. We've been on our own for seven years. Since the Empire took his parents away. We steal to survive and right now we're hungry. So we're in town. Though I have a feeling today will be different from others.

We watch some Imperials talk to a guy selling jogan fruit. Asking for his identification. "I'm just trying to sell a couple jogans here" the man tells the imperial officer. I share a look with Ezra and we nod. He'd distract the imperials while I steal a com-link. Then I'd call the Imperials away while he nicked a few jogans for us.

We get into our positions. "Hey, mister, a spare jogan?" Ezra asks getting the two officers attention. While the soldiers lead the man to their transport. I come up behind the one called LRC 01 and nick his com link. As the other officer told Ezra to move on.

I duck into an alley way. "All officers to the main square! This is a code red emergency" I say in a gruff voice. Imitating a man. As Ezra waited for the imperials to leave.

"It's your lucky day, Lothal scum. You two, come with us" LRC 01 tell the soldier holding the man. They release him and the other officer dumps the fruit.

"Stay on alert! Repeat, this is a code red" I state as Ezra helped the man pick up his fruit. He place several in his pack before joining me and we headed for the roof.

"Breakfast is served" he says with a smile handing me a jogan fruit.

"Thanks Ezra" I say with a smile. I start to eat it while we watch the square. Watching the imperials arrive to see another group with crates. LRC 01 ask what the emergency was and we both chuckle.

"They make it to easy" Ezra states and I nod my head in agreement. "I almost feel bad for them" he adds.

"Almost" I say and he chuckles. I lay on my back looking up at the sky. One day we'll fly away from here. I suddenly feel something strange and frown. "Do you feel that?" I ask Ezra.

"Yeah, I think it's coming from that guy" he tells me nodding. I sit up to see a man with a ponytail. He stood next to a woman in Mandalorian armor. He taps his blaster twice and she does it thrice. "Interesting" he says.

I focus on the man. "Get down" I say pulling him down as the man looked our way. We soon heard an explosion and look to see one of the speeders destroyed.

"Get those crates out of here! Keep them secure at all costs!" an officer shouts at the soldiers.

"At all costs?" I muse sharing a look with Ezra.

"I like the sound of that" he says smirking. We follow them by the roof. We watch the man block their way. Knock out two as he fires at the third. While they're all distracted Ezra and I jump onto a speeder. Me driving. "Thanks for doing the heavy lifting" he tells the man and lasat. I back up and we duck avoiding the lasat. I drive off.

"After those kids!" the man shouts. I drive us through town with the man and lasat on our tails. Along with the Empire.

"Can't you go faster?" Ezra asks me.

"This thing wasn't built for two" I retort. Suddenly we jerk to the side. "What's going on?" I ask Ezra as I focus on the road.

"It's the Mandalorian" he tells me.

"Pretty gutsy move, kids! If the big guy catches you, he'll end you! Good luck" she says and we pick up speed.

"She took one of the crates" Ezra tells me.

"Well whatever is in it had better be worth it" I tell him annoyed. I take a sharp left turn to avoid civilians. Ezra wrapped his arms around me. We exit town and I hear gun shots. Suddenly we're hit and the speeder starts to smoke.

"That's never good!" Ezra cries.

"Hold on" I tell him and he does so. I jump over to the other lane. I notice the man come to level with us and pick up speed. Suddenly he appears in front of us and I brake hard.

"Who are you?" we demand.

"I'm the guy stealing that crate" he tells us.

"Hey, look, we stole this stuff, whatever it is, fair and square" Ezra tells him.

"And you made it pretty far" he says. "But I've got plans for that crate, so today is neither of yours day" he tells us. I hear a tie fighter and smirk.

"Days not over" I tell him and take off.

"Have a good one!" Ezra shouts and I chuckle. "Anika, that tie is following us" he says scared. I curse and try to go faster.

"To late, Jump!" I shout and jump off of the speeder. Ezra does the same just before it's shoot. But the crate is intact. "You ok?" I ask him and he nods his head. We watch a star ship destroy the tie fighter. The back door opens and we see the man.

"You want a ride?" he asks us.

"We don't have much choice" I tell Ezra. He nods his head and activates the crates hoover feature. The man tells us to leave. But we don't and make it on the ship before they take off. We sit on the crate as we're interrogated. After we found out there were guns inside.

"Look, we were just doing the same thing you were. Stealing to survive" Ezra tells the lasat and Mandalorian.

"You have no idea what we were doing. You don't know us" the lasat states.

"He has a point" I tell Ezra with a shrug.

"Well I don't want to know them, I just want off this burner" he states. I roll my eyes.

"Please. Nothing would thrill me more than tossing you out while in flight" the lasat tells him.

"Guys your both pretty, can you be mature?" I ask them. They both glare at me. "Forget I'm even here" I tell them and let them continue to argue. "Men" I say to the Mandalorian and she nods her head in agreement. Suddenly there's a sharp turn and Ezra falls to the floor. The lasat falls on top of him and I laugh.

"Get off. I can't breathe" Ezra gasps. The lasat rolls his eyes as he gets to his feet.

"I'm not that heavy in this gravity" the lasat tells him.

"Not the weight, the smell" Ezra tells him. I cover my mouth trying not to laugh or smile.

"You don't like the air quality in here? Fine. I'll give you your own room" the lasat tells him and tosses him into a closet.

"Anyway, I'm Anika" I tell them.

"Sabine" the Mandalorian says. "And that is Zeb" she adds pointing to the lasat. "The man you saw earlier was Kanan and our pilot is Hera" she states.

"So how do you know the brat?" Zeb asks me.

"Grew up with him" I state.

"Zeb, Sabine. Where's the boy?" Kanan asks over the comm.

"In a closet" I cough into my hand.

"Calm down, chief. He's in..." Zeb starts to say opening the door. Only to reveal no Ezra.

"My guess he's in the ventilation system" I state. We hear someone moving around above on the ventilation.

"She's right" Sabine states. I'm told to stay put and they go search for Ezra. I sit back on a crate.

"I'm in space!" I here Ezra shout. Space hah? This I gotta see. I climb the ladder to the cockpit. To see a twi'lek and an old astro-droid. She must be Hera.

"Hey, I'm Anika" I say as I sit in the co-pilot seat. Looking at the view. "This is so cool" I state.

"Yeah, will hold on it's going to be a bumpy ride" she tells me. I nod my head. "Shields are holding for now, but you need to buy me time to calculate the jump to light speed" she tells the crew. Kanan said they were buying time. I wonder if we'll make the jump before the shields fail?

A/N

Picture above of the cover with Anika and her parents.