"Ani! Come home Ani!"

Anakin was in the middle of winning another Eye of Mersa game with Kitster. He was so sure that he was going to win this time. He just had to. He was getting so tired of having to hear Kitster say how amazing he was all because he was a Solo. 'Bounty hunters never lose. If we do, we cheat you out of winning!' He always said laughing.

"Sorry Kitster, I gotta go. Mama's calling."

"Aw Ani you're always leaving right before it gets good! Does your mama like ruining our fun?"

"You're just jealous cuz you haven't got one!" Here Anakin stuck out his tongue like he always did before running off down the Mos Espa streets to Slave Quarter's Row.

"Bye Ani! I'll see ya later!"

The slave boy stopped and turned to wave before continuing his running.

Anakin woke up and tried to catch his breath. He looked around his room in the Temple and slumped back into the pillow. It was just a dream. It wasn't one of his most disturbing dreams, that was a huge bonus. But it kept coming back to haunt him.

Was the Force telling him he was about to lose a friend that he hadn't seen in years now? Thart would just be his luck.

"No," he said. "Not Jesse Kit Solo. He's on top of galaxy. Heck he's inheriting an entire bounty hunter dynasty! What could ever go wrong in his life?"

A shrill whistle came from the blue and white astromech droid in the corner. Anakin grinned and looked up at the ceiling. There was nothing for him to be worried about.

Janna Skywalker hated the fact that her master was dragging her back to Tatooine was something lame she had been told about "overcoming fearful shadows of the past" or whatever. If she was afraid, she was never going to admit it. Not ever. But this part of Mos Eisley was more her kind of scum. It was darker, more shadowy, and the best part not a sign of the slave yards in sight.

"You're anxious child," Count Dooku said.

"Excited Master."

She knew that she wasn't fooling anyone. Especially not the ancient Sith Lord.

"I think some time away from your Holocrons and books would do you some good."

She witheld a deep sigh. She had been so excited before he dragged her out this way. With some aid from Jezel of course, she was getting closer and closer to discovering the deepest depths of her family history. Or at least as deep as books could get her. She knew that all she really wanted to know lied with her brother, Anakin. All the secrets about her mother were being held by him alone at the moment. How much she wanted to hear them all!

But no, Dooku wasn't even letting her out on the battlefield yet let alone trying to have discussions with Jedi, even if one in particular happened to be her brother.

"I feel that it is more than that. I want you to let go, to become more than you were in the past."

Janna kept her eyes from rolling. She wanted to forget all her past right here forever. Now that she was reborn into a new life in the dark side, what did it matter anymore?

"Where are we heading anyway?" she asked.

"War time forces even the Sith to bend lower and accept help in the most inferior corners of the galaxy." The tone in the Sith's voice told her that he wasn't at all happy about this trip. Good, she wasn't the only one who'd be miserable.

The two slipped into a large hall. Not that it looked different from any of the other crude adobe buildings around here of course. It looked just as low and filthy Janna decided.

"Wait here," Dooku said. "I have a few allies I must confront."

Janna couldn't hold back her sigh this time as she slumped against the nearest bar. She was sure that she'd die of boredom. Forget the painful memories.

As soon as her master left something caught her weer rough sounds that reached her ears. Harsh laughter, and a few cries. She couldn't hold herself back. With one backwards glance in the direction of where her master had departed Janna slipped into the crowd. The light coming from one hall in particular told her where she should go. Janna jumped on the chance and was off. The sight she saw made her spirits soar.

"Wow," she said out loud involuntarily. "Nexu fights!"

She had heard about these deathly games and had longed to see them for herself. Her small stature was to her advantage as she weaved her way inbetween the clusters of beings. The ring was barely big enough to fit the two animals let alone give them room to fight comfortably.

Her eyes were all set to the next round that was to take place. But before the first bell even rung signaling the start, she caught a glimpse of someone who instantly shocked her to the very core