Chapter One ~*~ Meet Amalia ~*~
A/N: Takes place several months after the battle on Geonosis.
"Padawan Skywalker. Masters Kenobi and Windu sent me to receive you." A long haired Jedi said.
Anakin flinched when she said 'Padawan' "I'm going for the trials today, you'll start calling me Master Skywalker."
"You haven't gone for the trials yet, I will call you 'Master' when it is time. I'm terrible at introductions, I'm Amalia Jett-Aulie. You can address me as Amalia until I finish the trials today as well. Who are you?"
"Anakin Skywalker. And this is Padme." Anakin replied. "My close friend."
Amalia probed his mind, sensing that he wasn't entirely telling the truth. She sensed he was nervous, so decided not to bring anything up. "Very well then, follow me." She walked with them behind her.
~*~
"Anakin, Padme. Wonderful to see you again." Obi-Wan said with a smile. "I see you've met Amalia."
"Are you both ready for the trials?" Mace Windu asked.
"Ready as I'll ever be." Anakin replied.
"I have to say the same." Amalia added.
"Who will be first?" Master Windu asked escorting them to the holo-room where their trials would take place.
"I'll go." Amalia said, stepping up, taking off her cloak. She twisted her long blonde hair into a simple pony tail.
"Would you mind if we all watched?" Obi-Wan asked.
"Not at all." Amalia answered, breathing deeply.
"May the Force be with you my Padawan." Mace Windu said before opening the doors to the preset room.
~*~
Her heart pounded as she stepped into the empty steel room. She heard Obi- Wan's voice over the intercom. "There will be three trials. One will be of your logic, another will be fighting without a lightsaber, and finally your fencing abilities. We will begin with your logic. May the Force be with you Amalia."
"Let's do this." Amalia whispered to herself. An alien wielding a knife appeared. Amalia quickly let the shock out of her mind. He charged towards her as she waved her hand. "You don't want to kill me." She said calmly.
"I don't want to kill you. I only want your money." He said.
She waved at him again. "You don't my money, you want to get a job."
"I don't want your money, I want to get a job." He replied.
"You want to put your knife down and never attack anyone again." Amalia said, face with sweetness and an immeasurable calm.
"I'm going to put my knife down, and I'll never attack anyone again." He said. And he disappeared.
"Amalia you can relax if you want. You passed that segment. We'll be sending in androids programmed only to stun, and only half of them will be carrying stun blasters. Once you defeat those two, we'll send in four…after that, six…all the way up to ten, if you make it." Obi- Wan said.
"Bring them in." Amalia said. The two droids materialized. She tapped into the Force, feeding off of it, thinking of all the happiest memories of her life were, and suddenly she became powerful. The androids charged at her and she fought hand to hand combat with both of them. She managed to knock one of the two into a corner, while having to deal with the one with the blaster. The android realized the blaster in its hand and began to fire at Amalia.
She ran, almost childishly past the viewing window. She turned to them and flashed a smile. "Arrogance, its in all the Padawans apparently." Mace Windu said. Anakin didn't hear this, he was enthralled with the battle. The android had gotten her cornered, and she lay in the corner as the android slowly pointed blaster towards her head. She tapped into the Force, trying to discover when he'd shoot, then…she kicked the gun out of its hand just as a shot went out. She punched from the left and with her right, gave it a blow to the neck that forced him down.
Effortlessly, she sped through the following rounds of androids until she reached the last stage where ten of the androids came out. She knocked out the first five, without guns, harnessing more of the Force for her power. "I can dodge for a while. Can't I Master Windu? Will points be taken?" Amalia asked.
"She's starting to sound like you Anakin." Obi-Wan said jokingly.
"What's that s'posed to mean?" Anakin asked.
"You can dodge, points will be taken off if you have a poor stratgey." Windu replied.
"Then…I'll dodge this one, and get this punk android." She said, jumping out of the line of fire and as she rolled away used her legs to knock one of the androids down, hard. He disintegrated right when he hit the floor. "Come on…" She said, getting childishly cocky.
"Don't let your feelings cloud you Amalia." Mace Windu said to her mind.
"Don't worry." She replied as she waited for the androids to make their move. An android shot at her, hitting her shoulder.
"AAGGGGHHH." She cried, clenching her teeth she used the Force to grab hold of two androids in one hand and two in the other and banged them together, repeatedly until they too disintigrated. When she saw they were gone, she lay down on the steel floor, panting.
"Amalia, will you be alright?" Obi-Wan asked. "Will you need a medic droid?"
"No." Amalia replied. "I'm fine." She waved her hand over wound and it was healed. "See?" Anakin was shocked, he knew he was powerful, but this girl seemed as powerful as he, if not more because of her less reckless personality.
"Very well then, the final fight will be between you and a replica of Darth Maul." Obi-Wan said.
A shadowy figure materialized into the room. Two red lightsabers were showing through the darkness. Amalia took out her lightsaber which was a bright turquoise. "Well then…the Light always prevails." She whispered to herself.
He struck at her, and she valiantly blocked his blade, before bringing her blade above her head to block the second blade. The fighting seemed long and it was a while before she began to sweat.
"She's good." Anakin admitted. "Very good." Suddenly it looked like the fight took a turn for the worst. The Maul replica managed to cut off some skin from the arm holding her lightsaber. Her lightsaber flew out of her hand.
"AAAGHHHH." She yelled, the agony of the white-hot saber touching her skin was more pain than she ever imagined. He charged at her with his saber and she screamed again. His body was stopped by an invisible force field. He charged again and again.
Anakin, Obi-Wan, Mace Windu and Padme saw the force field slowly get more powerful. Her hair was strewn out of its pony tail and she had several cuts on her face. He charged at different points and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't get through. Meanwhile, she was tapping into the Force some more to levitate her lightsaber. "The Light always prevails against the Dark Side." She said as her lightsaber went straight through Darth Maul's torso. He screamed out before disappearing. Her blue forcefield disappeared and she had her lightsaber fly towards her. She switched it off and sat down, against the wall.
The door to the holo-room opened. "Well…Knight Jett-Aulie, you are officially a part of the Jedi order." Mace Windu said, providing her with a new Jedi robe, as hers was old and tattered.
"Also a new outfit to wear you could." Yoda said, limping in.
"Master Yoda, I prefer to my own outfits on. It'll make keeping the peace easier. They'll all just think I'm some poor woman from Coruscant until, of course, I do my duty to the people." Amalia said, looking at herself in the glass reflexion.
Anakin couldn't help but look. She was wearing a sleeveless beige catsuit and had a utility belt tied loosely around the waist. Unlike the other Jedi with their black boots, or in Yoda's case, green feet, she had beige wedge boots that matched her outfit. He remembered Padme next to him and looked at the other Jedi.
"We'll start the trials later today, it's mealtime. We were wondering if Senator Amidala would grace us with her presence." Mace Windu said, bowing to her.
"Absolutely." Padme replied with a smile. They walked towards the lunch hall where the meal was being served. "Amalia, you were very good in there."
"Thank you Senator Amidala." Amalia replied, her bright blue eyes piercing Padme, she felt that those eyes were oddly familiar.
~*~
"So, tell me about Amalia, Master Windu." Anakin said at dinner while Amalia was in her quarters getting something.
"Amalia Jett-Aulie is probably one of the most gifted Jedi here, next to you, Anakin." Windu replied as he ate his soup. "She was dropped off here almost nineteen years ago. She was only two weeks old so we took her in, and gave her to one of the powerful families of Coruscant. When she was a year old, she was brought in because her family couldn't handle her moving things around whenever she would get upset." He added.
"I remember Master Yoda would work with Amalia when I wasn't in his class." Obi-Wan said. "He would just sit and they would talk to each other through their minds."
"We tried to trace her true family and discovered she was from the Outer Rim." Windu replied. Anakin's head immediately jerked up from his soup.
"Did you find out where?" Anakin asked.
"No…all we know is that she was from the Outer Rim and we couldn't trace her family, we couldn't look at the slaves' files because the Federation wouldn't allow us." Mace Windu replied.
Amalia came back with her blonde hair down past her shoulders. She sat next to Mace Windu and Padme. "Master Windu, I have a present in gratitude for your mentoring." Amalia said, handing him a wrapped package.
"Ahhh, a new utility belt. Thank you Amalia." He said, putting it on.
"And Master Yoda, I crafted this myself." She said, handing him a larger package.
"Ah, a hovercraft you have made." Yoda said, admiring it. "Skilled you are in this craft."
"Amalia, what was your midichlorian count?" Anakin asked.
"I don't think you'd match it." Amalia replied with sass.
"Try me." Anakin said boldly.
"I was off the charts." Amalia replied. "The Jedi Masters here have constantly told me I am the Chosen One who will bring balance to the Force."
"That's impossible." Anakin replied.
"How so?" Amalia replied with sarcasm. "Draw my blood right now and run it through the machines. They don't lie."
"I was off the charts as well." Anakin said.
"When did you start?" Amalia asked.
Obi-Wan sensed their competition was running thickly through the air. "Amalia, Anakin…restrain yourselves."
"Sorry Master." Anakin said, looking at Obi-Wan.
There was silence before Anakin looked up. "I was eight."
"Hah…I was one." Amalia replied.
A/N: Takes place several months after the battle on Geonosis.
"Padawan Skywalker. Masters Kenobi and Windu sent me to receive you." A long haired Jedi said.
Anakin flinched when she said 'Padawan' "I'm going for the trials today, you'll start calling me Master Skywalker."
"You haven't gone for the trials yet, I will call you 'Master' when it is time. I'm terrible at introductions, I'm Amalia Jett-Aulie. You can address me as Amalia until I finish the trials today as well. Who are you?"
"Anakin Skywalker. And this is Padme." Anakin replied. "My close friend."
Amalia probed his mind, sensing that he wasn't entirely telling the truth. She sensed he was nervous, so decided not to bring anything up. "Very well then, follow me." She walked with them behind her.
~*~
"Anakin, Padme. Wonderful to see you again." Obi-Wan said with a smile. "I see you've met Amalia."
"Are you both ready for the trials?" Mace Windu asked.
"Ready as I'll ever be." Anakin replied.
"I have to say the same." Amalia added.
"Who will be first?" Master Windu asked escorting them to the holo-room where their trials would take place.
"I'll go." Amalia said, stepping up, taking off her cloak. She twisted her long blonde hair into a simple pony tail.
"Would you mind if we all watched?" Obi-Wan asked.
"Not at all." Amalia answered, breathing deeply.
"May the Force be with you my Padawan." Mace Windu said before opening the doors to the preset room.
~*~
Her heart pounded as she stepped into the empty steel room. She heard Obi- Wan's voice over the intercom. "There will be three trials. One will be of your logic, another will be fighting without a lightsaber, and finally your fencing abilities. We will begin with your logic. May the Force be with you Amalia."
"Let's do this." Amalia whispered to herself. An alien wielding a knife appeared. Amalia quickly let the shock out of her mind. He charged towards her as she waved her hand. "You don't want to kill me." She said calmly.
"I don't want to kill you. I only want your money." He said.
She waved at him again. "You don't my money, you want to get a job."
"I don't want your money, I want to get a job." He replied.
"You want to put your knife down and never attack anyone again." Amalia said, face with sweetness and an immeasurable calm.
"I'm going to put my knife down, and I'll never attack anyone again." He said. And he disappeared.
"Amalia you can relax if you want. You passed that segment. We'll be sending in androids programmed only to stun, and only half of them will be carrying stun blasters. Once you defeat those two, we'll send in four…after that, six…all the way up to ten, if you make it." Obi- Wan said.
"Bring them in." Amalia said. The two droids materialized. She tapped into the Force, feeding off of it, thinking of all the happiest memories of her life were, and suddenly she became powerful. The androids charged at her and she fought hand to hand combat with both of them. She managed to knock one of the two into a corner, while having to deal with the one with the blaster. The android realized the blaster in its hand and began to fire at Amalia.
She ran, almost childishly past the viewing window. She turned to them and flashed a smile. "Arrogance, its in all the Padawans apparently." Mace Windu said. Anakin didn't hear this, he was enthralled with the battle. The android had gotten her cornered, and she lay in the corner as the android slowly pointed blaster towards her head. She tapped into the Force, trying to discover when he'd shoot, then…she kicked the gun out of its hand just as a shot went out. She punched from the left and with her right, gave it a blow to the neck that forced him down.
Effortlessly, she sped through the following rounds of androids until she reached the last stage where ten of the androids came out. She knocked out the first five, without guns, harnessing more of the Force for her power. "I can dodge for a while. Can't I Master Windu? Will points be taken?" Amalia asked.
"She's starting to sound like you Anakin." Obi-Wan said jokingly.
"What's that s'posed to mean?" Anakin asked.
"You can dodge, points will be taken off if you have a poor stratgey." Windu replied.
"Then…I'll dodge this one, and get this punk android." She said, jumping out of the line of fire and as she rolled away used her legs to knock one of the androids down, hard. He disintegrated right when he hit the floor. "Come on…" She said, getting childishly cocky.
"Don't let your feelings cloud you Amalia." Mace Windu said to her mind.
"Don't worry." She replied as she waited for the androids to make their move. An android shot at her, hitting her shoulder.
"AAGGGGHHH." She cried, clenching her teeth she used the Force to grab hold of two androids in one hand and two in the other and banged them together, repeatedly until they too disintigrated. When she saw they were gone, she lay down on the steel floor, panting.
"Amalia, will you be alright?" Obi-Wan asked. "Will you need a medic droid?"
"No." Amalia replied. "I'm fine." She waved her hand over wound and it was healed. "See?" Anakin was shocked, he knew he was powerful, but this girl seemed as powerful as he, if not more because of her less reckless personality.
"Very well then, the final fight will be between you and a replica of Darth Maul." Obi-Wan said.
A shadowy figure materialized into the room. Two red lightsabers were showing through the darkness. Amalia took out her lightsaber which was a bright turquoise. "Well then…the Light always prevails." She whispered to herself.
He struck at her, and she valiantly blocked his blade, before bringing her blade above her head to block the second blade. The fighting seemed long and it was a while before she began to sweat.
"She's good." Anakin admitted. "Very good." Suddenly it looked like the fight took a turn for the worst. The Maul replica managed to cut off some skin from the arm holding her lightsaber. Her lightsaber flew out of her hand.
"AAAGHHHH." She yelled, the agony of the white-hot saber touching her skin was more pain than she ever imagined. He charged at her with his saber and she screamed again. His body was stopped by an invisible force field. He charged again and again.
Anakin, Obi-Wan, Mace Windu and Padme saw the force field slowly get more powerful. Her hair was strewn out of its pony tail and she had several cuts on her face. He charged at different points and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't get through. Meanwhile, she was tapping into the Force some more to levitate her lightsaber. "The Light always prevails against the Dark Side." She said as her lightsaber went straight through Darth Maul's torso. He screamed out before disappearing. Her blue forcefield disappeared and she had her lightsaber fly towards her. She switched it off and sat down, against the wall.
The door to the holo-room opened. "Well…Knight Jett-Aulie, you are officially a part of the Jedi order." Mace Windu said, providing her with a new Jedi robe, as hers was old and tattered.
"Also a new outfit to wear you could." Yoda said, limping in.
"Master Yoda, I prefer to my own outfits on. It'll make keeping the peace easier. They'll all just think I'm some poor woman from Coruscant until, of course, I do my duty to the people." Amalia said, looking at herself in the glass reflexion.
Anakin couldn't help but look. She was wearing a sleeveless beige catsuit and had a utility belt tied loosely around the waist. Unlike the other Jedi with their black boots, or in Yoda's case, green feet, she had beige wedge boots that matched her outfit. He remembered Padme next to him and looked at the other Jedi.
"We'll start the trials later today, it's mealtime. We were wondering if Senator Amidala would grace us with her presence." Mace Windu said, bowing to her.
"Absolutely." Padme replied with a smile. They walked towards the lunch hall where the meal was being served. "Amalia, you were very good in there."
"Thank you Senator Amidala." Amalia replied, her bright blue eyes piercing Padme, she felt that those eyes were oddly familiar.
~*~
"So, tell me about Amalia, Master Windu." Anakin said at dinner while Amalia was in her quarters getting something.
"Amalia Jett-Aulie is probably one of the most gifted Jedi here, next to you, Anakin." Windu replied as he ate his soup. "She was dropped off here almost nineteen years ago. She was only two weeks old so we took her in, and gave her to one of the powerful families of Coruscant. When she was a year old, she was brought in because her family couldn't handle her moving things around whenever she would get upset." He added.
"I remember Master Yoda would work with Amalia when I wasn't in his class." Obi-Wan said. "He would just sit and they would talk to each other through their minds."
"We tried to trace her true family and discovered she was from the Outer Rim." Windu replied. Anakin's head immediately jerked up from his soup.
"Did you find out where?" Anakin asked.
"No…all we know is that she was from the Outer Rim and we couldn't trace her family, we couldn't look at the slaves' files because the Federation wouldn't allow us." Mace Windu replied.
Amalia came back with her blonde hair down past her shoulders. She sat next to Mace Windu and Padme. "Master Windu, I have a present in gratitude for your mentoring." Amalia said, handing him a wrapped package.
"Ahhh, a new utility belt. Thank you Amalia." He said, putting it on.
"And Master Yoda, I crafted this myself." She said, handing him a larger package.
"Ah, a hovercraft you have made." Yoda said, admiring it. "Skilled you are in this craft."
"Amalia, what was your midichlorian count?" Anakin asked.
"I don't think you'd match it." Amalia replied with sass.
"Try me." Anakin said boldly.
"I was off the charts." Amalia replied. "The Jedi Masters here have constantly told me I am the Chosen One who will bring balance to the Force."
"That's impossible." Anakin replied.
"How so?" Amalia replied with sarcasm. "Draw my blood right now and run it through the machines. They don't lie."
"I was off the charts as well." Anakin said.
"When did you start?" Amalia asked.
Obi-Wan sensed their competition was running thickly through the air. "Amalia, Anakin…restrain yourselves."
"Sorry Master." Anakin said, looking at Obi-Wan.
There was silence before Anakin looked up. "I was eight."
"Hah…I was one." Amalia replied.