Harry was staring at the wall, but what had caught his eye was the fact that the wall seemed to shimmer and flicker. He recognized that effect for what it was in someone's mind, but he had to ask to be certain.
"What do you see here?" He asked his voice quiet as he gestured toward the wall in front of him.
Ahsoka furrowed her brow to stare at the section of wall he was pointing at, "Um… a wall?"
"Nothing out of the ordinary?" Harry clarified, just to be certain.
She shook her head, "No, why? What's wrong?"
"Let me show you what I see," Harry said, his voice still calm. He reached out and put two fingers right in the middle of her forehead.
Ahsoka felt a surge of the Force and felt it fill and center on her eyes. She gasped as she suddenly looked around. Everything seemed to take on a hue that was slightly glowing. The people in the archives glowed, the archives themselves, glowed different colors, even the furniture had a slight outline. She looked around them slowly, her eyes taking things in. Her brow furrowed as she stared at the wall Harry was pointing at. He was right. The section of wall was darker than the area around it, but seemed to keep flickering.
"What is it?" She asked.
"Someone has been messing with your mind," Harry's voice was flat, "This looks like you've been obliviated at some point,"
"Obliviated?" Ahsoka asked. She remembered hearing Harry mention that term before but she didn't remember the specifics.
"Someone has hidden a memory or something from your own mind. Unlike a memory charm, they didn't attempt to put anything over it. It looks like your subconscious has stored it, though you have never accessed it,"
Harry explained his voice even, despite the anger he was feeling.
"What do we do about it?" Ahsoka asked.
"Unless you have serious objections, we break the obliviation," Harry stated firmly, "Even if it is something hugely traumatic, it's better to deal with it than leave it buried to pop up some other time,"
Ahsoka bit her lip for a moment at the idea of it being something traumatic and not knowing that it had happened but at the moment she was far more interested in finding out what was beneath it. "They did a pretty good job of it too," Harry mused quietly. "Without someone like me in your head, I'm not sure it would have been noticed. I'm very curious as to who did it, since I would have said this was beyond the skills of any magic or 'Force' users I've seen or read about in your galaxy."
"How do we break the obliviation?" Ahsoka asked resolutely. She was uncertain of what he meant by 'in your galaxy' but was more focused on the idea of someone having mucked with her mind
Harry met her eyes for a moment, before nodding slightly. He didn't bother asking if she trusted him or if she was certain, he could read it in every line of her face, but he also felt her determination emanating through their bond and all around him. He reached out his hand and pressed it against the wall. He used his magic and pushed against the wall in a firm thrust of legilimency given form in her mind.
Harry's eyebrows lifted in surprise when he felt the wall resist the not-inconsiderable power he put into it.
"Someone… with a great deal of power did not want you getting this memory," Harry murmured.
"Unfortunately for them, I'm better," He narrowed his eyes and this time poured a lot of magic into the focused area of wall around his hand. He pushed the magic to surround and break up the blockage. He was surprised to feel the wall resisting his efforts gamely, but it's resistance only lasted a for a few moments before Harry's magic overwhelmed the blockage. The instant the wall crumbled they both were sucked into another memory.
They both found themselves standing on a solid cement floor. Behind them rose an ornate temple. At the top of the temple rested a large green glowing gem that seemed to pulse with energy. Above them the sky was filled with storm clouds. In front of them Ahsoka saw herself kneeling, though she was facing away from them in a rigid pose.
In front of her was a lone tree in the courtyard that seemed otherwise strangely barren
Harry looked to
Ahsoka with a curious expression as her confusion remained for several moments before she stiffed with a hiss, "Mortis,"
That caused Harry to stiffen in turn and his expression turned to stone, "Death?"
She looked at him with confusion once more, "What?"
"You said Mortis… another word for death," Harry replied warily.
Ahsoka shook her head slowly, "Mortis is the name of the planet we are on. Or was rather… the entire planet disappeared,"
"Encouraging name for a planet," Harry murmured, before looking back to Ahsoka, "What do you remember happened here?"
"It's a long story," When Harry made it clear he was interested, Ahsoka explained briefly, "Force users representing different aspects, the dark side, the light side and balance were here. In the end they all destroyed one another," Her voice was sad.
"And what do you remember about what happened to you here?" Harry asked.
"I remember the Father, who was balance brought us here hoping that Anakin was 'the Chosen One'. He proved he could do it but refused to stay on the planet," Ahsoka scowled remembering. "The Son kidnapped me and attempted to turn me against my Master and to the dark side. Forced me to see visions of what would happen if I stayed with him."
Harry had narrowed his eyes at that slightly but kept his opinion to himself.
Ahsoka frowned and shook her head, "I don't … remember much after that. I remembering being bitten by an animal, and then nothing until I woke up. Master Skywalker told me that the Daughter, the aspect of the light side of the Force gave her life to save me,"
Harry bit his tongue tightly as she related more of the story.
"We left here to flee the planet. The Son tried to stop us and turned my Master to the Dark side temporarily. In the end the Father sacrificed himself to make his son mortal so that Anakin could stop him," Ahsoka said, her voice heavy as she thought about the tragedy.
She shook it off and looked around, "I … don't remember this though. At least not kneeling there like that..., I remember waking up here though..."
"Something tells me we're about to find out what happened while you were 'unconscious'," Harry said grimly.
She frowned and looked around with interest once more, wishing that the image wasn't frozen. The instant that she wished that, the memory started to move and they could feel wind move through the area. Above the storm clouds thundered ominously.
"Ahsoka!" Both of the visitors to the memory whirled around to face behind them as Anakin emerged from the shadows looking around cautiously for some unseen threat.
"Ahsoka, it's me," Anakin repeated, relief evident in his voice, "You're safe now. Let's go."
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