This is in the first season after the mission with Master Lumanara

Sorry for bad spelling of proper nouns

Warning: there are lessons about the Force in this chapter that I made up...I have know idea if what Kannan teaches Ezra in this chapter is true I just thought it was cool.
Readers POV ( which Is the same thing as 3rd persons POV)

"Your not breathing Ezra." Kanan said for the umpteenth time. They where alone in Kannan's  room meditating.

"If I wasn't breathing wouldn't I be dead?" Ezra said with a roll of the eyes and some serious attitude.

"Hello buttfaces!" Sabine yelled at the top of her lungs

"AHHHH!" Ezra shrieked falling backwards flailing his arms out and his eyes wide.

"Sabine! We are meditating!" Kanan yelled then added in a mumble, "Or at least trying to."

"I thought you said there was no 'try' it's only do or die or whatever." Sabine said waving her hand as if not to care.

"No... Not quite. Anyway, could you go out? .... And how did you get in my room anyway?" Kanan asked tilting his head to the side in question.

Sabine and Ezra shouted at the same time, "AIR VENTS!" They laughed and the Ezra playfully punched Sabine's shoulder then pushed her out.

"Now, shall we continue?" Kanan said retuning to his sitting position and closing his eyes. Ezra did the same only with an annoyed expression on his face.

"Breath Ezra." Kanan said softly as he felt throughout the bond that Ezra and him shared.

"Kanan...I am breathing." Ezra said annoyedly as he felt his master prob his mind. Ezra did the same, exploring the mind of the man he looked up to the most. This was new for him. He just learned about the bond a week ago when he had a night mare. Kanan had felt intense fear that came off of Ezra in waves and came crashing into Ezra's room to make sure he was ok. Kanan took Ezra to his room, so they wouldn't wake up Zeb, and explained to him about the bond between master and Padawan. And about how, in a strong bond, the pair could read each others minds, feel each other's feelings, communicate through the Force, and even track each other through the force (much to Ezra's discomfort because that meant that Kanan knew every time that Ezra was sneaking out). Ever sense then the two had been working hard at deepening the bond.

Kanan smiled as he felt his Padawan enter his side of the bond "Good, Ezra." He congratulated

Kanan opened his eyes but Ezra's remains closed a slight smile on his lips. He was breathing as if he was asleep, but Kanan could tell that he was still in his meditational trance.

"Ezra?" Kanan wondered why the young Jedi didn't fall out of the trance when his master did. Ezra was always eager to get out of the meditation sessions because he found the position to be very uncomfortable and always made his legs stiff.

"Ezra?" Kanan called again

"Hmm." Ezra mumbled as if he didn't want to be disturbed.

"You don't have to keep meditating."

Ezra slowly opened his eyes as his breathing returned to normal. But instead of getting up and running off to mess around, the young Padawan stayed in his masters room looking at him (but he did switch from sitting on his knees to siting with his legs crossed).

Kanan gave Ezra a questioning look "What are you doing?"

Ezra shifted uncomfortably, not knowing what to say.

"Ummm...can I stay?" Ezra asked. Ezra was testing Kanan. He had been alone on the streets almost 7 years, he only knew one person he could trust and that was himself. But what he felt through the Master/Padawan bond and what he sensed in Kanan's mind was comfort, trust, and affection. All things that Ezra was not used to, so he would test Kanan to see if what he felt was true or just one of the many Jedi mind tricks he has heard of.

"Of course you can stay...but uh...why do you want to?" The Master inquired.

Kanan watched as Ezra fidgeted with this hands. Kanan could sense uncertainty on Ezra's side of the bond. But he also felt the loneliness and longing for someone to care about him. Every child wants to be loved and Ezra hasn't had that kind of relationship with anyone since he was 7 years old.

"Ummm...never mind." Ezra said as he began to stand. 'Testing Kanan was a lot harder than I thought it would be...he's like me...he asks to many questions'  Ezra thought.

Kanan grabbed his hand and pulled him down to sit on the bed. "Ezra it's alright if you stay in here, I was just wondering why you didn't want to go to bed?" Kanan explained

"Bed? Wait what time is it?"

"Almost 23:00." (translation: 11:00 at night) Kanan said looking at his clock he had beside his bed."Your not tired? You had a pretty hard training session today, you did chores for Hera, you managed to beat Zeb a reselling match, and Sabine scared you like 50 times."

"No I'm not that tired." Ezra lied. He was absolutely exhausted. He hasn't been able to sleep much, maybe  2-4 hours a night, due to nightmares.

The bond may be to weak to read thoughts but it was strong enough to read emotions and Kanan saw right through Ezra's lie like it was freshly cleaned glass.

"Ezra why do you want to stay." Kanan asked again in a soft voice.

'I thought I dodged that question' the boy thought

Instead of answering, Ezra looked away from Kanan and started playing with the small Padawan braid in his hair subconsciously.

From his years as a Padawan, Kanan knew that this was often a sign of nervousness.

Kanan put a hand on his students shoulder, he couldn't help but notice Ezra  flinch at the touch. "It's ok Ezra you can tell me anything or don't have to tell me a thing."

"I've been having nightmares and when I'm around you I don't feel as scared." Ezra suddenly blurted out. He mentally face palmed 'Great now he's going to think that your scared of the dark or something. Great job Ezra! Whatever happened to trust no one except me myself and I? What happened to show no feelings? Oh right you joined a crew...this is really weird.' Ezra thought to himself

Kanan was silent for a moment looking at the teen who was looking away in shame.

"Ummm...do you want a night light?" Kanan asked awkwardly rubbing the back of his neck. This time Ezra actually did face palm. He turned his head to look Kanan with an expression that read 'what?'

"Kanan... You have a nightlight?" Ezra asked with a mixture of shock and question on his face. Kanan just stood up and went over to the closet, and rummaged through it for a second, before coming out with a small 3 inch tall glow in the dark light saber. (It wasn't real...don't worry)

"Uh..yeah... I used to use it all the time during Order 66, because I though that the Empire was going to come out at night and murder my butt, like they did with my mast- anyway! That's not the point, the point is that it's completely fine of you use it cause I'm pretty sure Sabine uses one as well, and I know for a fact Hera has one. So if anyone gives you any trouble for it just say that they use one as well."  Kanan said handing the light over to Ezra.

"O-okay." Ezra stuttered then smirked knowingly, "How do you know Hera uses one?" Kanan got a look of nervousness and horror on his face.

"U-uh... That's a. . . story for another time." Kanan said shifting awkwardly.

"Uh-huh. Ok so..." Ezra trailed off examining the nightlight. Etched in to the side was a name.

Ezra gasped a little bit as he read the name that he heard every night being screamed in his nightmares  "Who's Caleb Dume?" Ezra asked looking at his master

Kanan tensed as soon as the name left Ezra's mouth. Kanan took in a deep breath and let it out, mulling over how to explain this to the 15 year old.

"After order 66, the Empire found a list that the Jedi counsel kept secret. It had the name of every known Force Sensitive person in the universe. The empire used this list to hunt down and kill the remaining Jedi. The sad thing is most of the names on the list were already dead or were children that were still to young to be trained." Kanan explained

"So Caleb Dume was one of those kids?" Ezra asked after a moment of silence

"No, but his name was still on the list. He had to change it so the empire wouldn't find him." Kanan told him

"What did he change it to?" Ezra questioned

"Why are you interested in him?" Kanan asked his Padawan and dodged his question

Ezra was silent for a moment "In my nightmares I hear a woman screaming his name." Ezra said softly, he really didn't like talking about his fears.

More silence

"Do you see anything?" The stunned master asked

More silence

"A castle on fire and storm troopers fighting Jedi around it. Then that all fades away and I see another castle but not on fire, and all these kids are hiding in a room. Their all in robes that drag behind them when the walk and only 2 have light sabers. The 2 that have sabers were the oldest and are around 15 years old, are in front of the other kids, in a fighting stance, facing the door. The door opens and there's this man there with his hair in his face and he's breathing really hard. I think the kids knew him because they all relax and one of the younger ones shoved his way towards him. The kid is like 6 years old, and he ran up to the man and said "Master, what's happening?"  The man looks at them eyes full of hate and without warning pulled out his saber and stabs the boy in the chest."

Ezra wasn't crying but his throat was getting tight and he felt like his heart was going to break. He could feel his master anticipation for what was going to happen next, but also felt the support and reassurance Kanan sent through the bond.

Ezra took in a deep breath and continued "All the kids were shocked and the eldest boy with the saber charges the master Jedi. After the two fought for about 3 seconds the girl runs forward to help her friend. As they fought the other smaller children cry and cower in fear. One of the kids manages to drag the body of the 6 year old back to the group. The Master stabs the boy in the chest and Force chocks the girl to death. Now all the smaller kids put there hands in front of them at the same time and try to use the Force but it doesn't work and the Master slaughters all 20 kids."

Ezra paused to compose himself so that he wouldn't cry

"Is that it?" Kanan asked trying to comfort his Padawan as much as he could. Ezra doesn't respond well to physical touch so Kanan just sent comforting waves through the bond.

"No...the image of the dying kids blears away and then I see a Master and a Padawan pair fighting storm troopers. The master keeps telling the boy to run "Run, Padawan, run!" She keeps telling him "No! I'm not leaving you to die, Master?" He answers. Then the master was shot down in the chest. "CALEB DUNE RUN NOW!"  She cries out as she clutches her chest."NO!" The boy yells he takes up a defense stance in front of the woman."

Ezra was now clutching his knees so hard his knuckles turned white. His eyes are tightly shut, and breathing rapidly, as if he was actually there seeing it.

Kanan couldn't figure out why Ezra was in the state he was in, but guessed that by telling him about his dream, Ezra accidentally triggered a vision. Ezra continued...

"Then Caleb was shot in the arm and he stumbles backwards on to his master. They lay there for only a few seconds looking in to each others eyes. Hers full of pride, affection, and calm. His full of confusion, hurt, and sadness. The master whispers to her Padawan, "Caleb...I am so proud of you...make me proud again and live, stay alive and fight the empire, fight for freedom...Run." As soon as she said that word Caleb jerked up as if he got shocked, and took off running away from the storm troopers."

Kannan had tears streaming down his face, as did Ezra. Ezra slowly relaxed as the vision cleared away, and looked up at his master, shocked to see him this emotional.

"Kanan? Are you ok?" Ezra asked

"That's not my name." Kanan said plainly looking off in to space. (haha see what I did there😊...no?...ok...ON WITH THIS SHAKESPEARIC STORY)

"What?" Ezra asked confused at what he just said

"Kannan Jarrus was a name I made up so the empire wouldn't hunt me down and kill me. My real name is Caleb Dume, and what you saw in your dream was exactly what happened to me 15 years ago." Kanan said. Then he looked at Ezra. "Caleb Dume changed his name to Kannan Jarrus. I'm the boy from your dreams." He gave a week smile as he wiped away the tears.

"B-But how? If my nightmares are actually memories, but not my memories, their yours? How does...I have no idea how to explain my question." The boy was at a loss of words

"It could possibly be because of how much time we're spending on deepening our bond. I remember when I was doing this with my Master, I sometimes had dreams about her as a young girl and she'd have dreams about my past as well." Kannan explained and thought. Then said  "ya know. Now that I think about it, I've been having dreams about a married couple speaking out against the Empire...they had a son."

Ezra was quiet "My parents spoke out against the empire every week for 3 years before they were caught. The Empire left me to die after they broke my right leg 3 different ways. It never completely healed properly, that's why I have the shin guard on it." Ezra knocked on his right shin.

"...you just described what happened in the dream."  Kannan said still slightly shocked that their bond was that deep.

"What about the things that happened in my dream before your memory...the castle on fire, the kids getting slaughtered..." Ezra asked trying to figure out the meaning

"I don't know...the castle are probably the Jedi Temples, the Empire burned them down...and the Master killing the kids...Master Anakin Skywalker was one of the most powerful Jedi war heroes. He saved thousands of lives during the Clone Wars. I don't know the details of why,but for some reason he turned to the Dark Side and killed every one in the temple where he was trained. He's a big reason why the Jedi went extinct... I think the force sent you a vision of Order 66 but because of our bond it sent you my experiences in Order 66 as well." Kannan explained.

Ezra sat for a moment and though about what his master had said.

"Well if the bond is strong enough to send each other's memories, then shouldn't it be strong enough to read each others thoughts?" Ezra asked and looked up at his master.

"That I am not sure about yet. It should be considering that reading each other's thoughts, is easier then sending memories- or accidentally receiving them." Kannan thought for a minute then when the in to a meditative position.

"What are you doing?" Ezra asked

"Shhh."

"But what are you doing."

"Shhhh."

"Kannan, will you please tell-"

"Ezra, shut it, I'm trying to do something, just sit still and stop talking."

Ezra was about to talk again when he heard a whisper in the Force.

'Ezra' it was almost to faint to hear but as Ezra concentrated on it it became clearer.

'Ezra can you hear me?' It sounded suspiciously like Kannan

Ezra tried to answer the sane way his master contacted him

'Kannan?'

Kannan opened his eyes with a smile. He looked right at Ezra, and said again through the Force 'can you hear me, Ezra?'

Ezra grinned 'yes Master I can-'

The two Jedi where cut off by a gasp.

Both clutching their chests. It wasn't painful it was a more pleasant feeling than anything, but both Master and Padawan would have a hard time describing how it felt.

When the sensation past the young mans eyes widened as he heard every the older man was thinking

'What was that? Is Ezra ok? Was that the bond? That never happened before...'

'What was that?' Kannan heard Ezra think 'Can I hear Kannan's thoughts? Well it's either that or he's a great ventriloquist. Wait no that's not possible, remember when Hera made a bet with him that if he could say an entire sentence without moving his lips she'd kiss him. Oh yeah I remember that and then he gave up when Chopper and us played a prank on him...do you ever find it weird that I refer to myself as you...yeah kind of it's like there's 2 Ezra's in here but there's only one Ezra so really both Ezra's are the same Ezra...I just confused myself...'

Kannan chuckled as he listened to Ezra have a conversation with him self. He wondered why Ezra's mind thought like that. That was a question for another time.

"Ezra tap into the bond." Kannan instructed

Once he did, Ezra could not only hear Kannan's thoughts and feel his feelings, he could actually see the Force flowing through and around him. Ezra looked at his hands and saw a light orange mist coming off of his body and tangling with the light blue mist that emitted from Kannan. Kannan watched in amusement as Ezra looked around the room wildly at the Flowing Force.

"What is that?" Ezra asked out loud

"Remember when I said the Force is in and around every thing? Well when a Jedi Padawan connects with a Jedi Master they form a bond. When the bond cannot be depend anymore it sends out theses...uh...how do I explain this..." Kannan tried to explain this to Ezra but in all honesty, Kannan was still learning about the Master/Padawan when his own master died and his late bond was broken.

"Ok do you see the orange light coming off you and the blue light from me?" Kannan asked

"Yeah."

"Good that means I'm not delusional," Kannan whispered to himself then said so that Ezra could hear him "That is our Force signatures, usually you can't see them...unless you tap in to a priticular Force Frequency. We tapped into our bond so we can see the Force around the other. Dose that make sense?" Kannan tried to explain

Ezra thought for a moment "I think so...so if I tap in to Hera's Force Frequency I'll see the force around her?"

"Yes but her Force Signature won't be glowing as brightly as ours dose because she isn't Force Sensitive...her signature is more bright than Sabines or Zebs though partly because of how much time she has spent around me, and partly because...well because she's Hera."

Kannan glanced at the clock "Let's continue with this conversation later it's 00:15." (Translation: 12:15 in the morning)

Ezra was still looking around the room admiring the colors the Flowing Force produced. "Do I have to go." He almost begged.

"I suppose not but where are you going to sleep...and don't say the floor, if Hera walked in here and saw you sleeping on the floor she wouldn't let me hear the end of it." Kannan replied

Ezra raised an eyebrow "Why should Hera come in here?" He pried with a knowing smile

"It's getting late time for bed!" Kannan explained dodging that question for the second time tonight.

Ezra crawlled up on Kannan's bed and pressed he back to the wall trying to have enough room for both him and his master. Kannan raised an eyebrow at this, surprised that the boy that tries to ovoid close contact with others is willing to be stuck between the wall and him, but let it go and climbed in next to him leaving a small gap in between them. After about 10 minutes Ezra hesitantly closed the gap snuggling in to the older mans warm body. For the first time in weeks Ezra slept nightmare free and Kannan slept feeling another familiar Force Signature nearby. Both had the best night sleep they had years...even though they had to get up at 05:00 for an opt the next morning.