"Master may I go home now?" Anakin asked Watto when he came in the shop after fixing an engine.
"Yes but here early in the morning" Watto said begrudgingly letting his six year old slave leave the shop that had not seen a customer in days.
"I will" Anakin said and left the shop.
I don't know why he wants me early we never get any one in there.
"Excuse me" a man behind Anakin said and the young boy turned around.
"Yes" Anakin said as the man smiled down at him.
"I was wondering" the man said. "Are you a slave?"
"Yes I am" Anakin said thinking nothing of the question.
He guessed the man to be in his early twenties and from out of town by the way he was dressed. The man looked wealthy and Anakin even thought he was cute.
"Which shop did you come out of?" the man asked.
"That one" Anakin said pointing to Watto's shop.
"And does your master own that shop?"
"Yes he does"
"And is he there now?"
"Yeah" Anakin said.
"Good" the man said. "Thank you."
Anakin watched him walk into Watto's shop wondering what that was about but shrugged and continued home.
"Hello" the same man from outside said as he entered the shop.
"Hello!" Watto said happy to see a possible customer. "How may I help you? Is there a part you need?"
"No I did not come here about a ship part" the man said. "I came here about the little boy you own. The blond one."
"Anakin?" Watto asked. "What has he done now?"
"Nothing" the man said and took a seat on a stool by the counter.
"Then what about him?" Watto asked.
"Well I saw him in the street a few minutes ago. At first I thought he was a little girl because he had such long hair and he has a rather … pretty face" the man said.
"I know what my slave looks like" Watto said flatly.
"I was wondering what kind of slave he was" the man said as if Watto hadn't spoken.
"A mechanic" Watto said and slid onto the stool next to the man. "Why do you care?"
"Well I was thinking because of how he looks he would be a pleasure slave" the man said.
"No" Watto said. "He was going to be. When he was born he did not belong to me and his master then had planned on starting his training for it at three. Then I won him and I don't want to put so much money into training for him to be one."
"Why train him at all?" the man asked.
"He is far too free willed" Watto said not seeing where this conversation was leading. "He would never do anything he didn't want to do."
"I think I would be able to do something about that" the man said.
"What do you mean?" Watto said looking at the man.
"You see I was very happy to find out Anakin was a little boy when I saw him" the man said and Watto understood. "I only came here to buy a pleasure slave. I wanted a very cute boy with blond hair. His blue eyes are icing on the cake as well."
"You want to buy Anakin?" Watto said.
"Yes I do" the man said. "I won't be here all the time but when I am he lives with me and when I'm not he'll live with his family."
Watto looked at the man and smiled greedily.
"How much would you be willing to pay for Anakin?" Watto asked. "I mean like you said the boy is very cute after all."
"150000 credits" the man said.
"Make it 200000 and you got yourself a deal" Watto said.
"I believe I can mange that" the man said.
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"Good morning Anakin" Watto said smiling at him.
"Good morning" Anakin said not liking his master's smile.
"Hello Anakin" the man from the street the day before was sitting next to his master.
"Anakin this is Tohmas" Watto said. "He has bought you."
"What? Why?" Anakin asked horrified he was going to have to move away with the man.
"We can disuse that latter Anakin right now we have to go" Tohmas said and stood up. "I'm going to show you where we are going to live."
"But I don't want to move!" Anakin said not budging when the man reached out for his hand.
"Anakin" Tohmas said and laughed a little bit. "Relax. You are not moving per say. When I am here we will live in a house not far from where you do now and when I'm not here you will live with your mom."
"Oh" Anakin said and took Tohmas' hand as they left the shop. "That's not so bad I guess."
"That's the sprit Anakin" his new master said leading Anakin down the busy streets.
"What work will I be doing for you master?" Anakin asked. "You don't look like you need a mechanic."
"You're right I do not need one Anakin" he said. "And don't call me master call me Tommy. You will not do a lot of work when with me. You're mainly in charge of…. Caring for me."
"What do you mean?" Anakin asked as they turned down a street Anakin was familiar with.
For money sometimes Anakin would come here and get things for the hookers who stood on the streets waiting for paying customers. His cousin Cody was even one of the hookers.
"Well Anakin" Tommy said. "Do you know what these hookers do for their customers?"
"No" Anakin said.
"Oh well then you can look at our time together as a learning opportunity then" Tommy said and lead Anakin into a store along the street.
Anakin's mom had always told him not to go into or even look inside stores like this when he was walking home every day. But now he was inside and caught a glimpse of some items, he had no idea what they were.
Tommy told the man behind the counter he was here to pick something up he had bought earlier. The man smiled don at Anakin and handed Tohmas a package.
"Cute little boy you have there" the man said and Tommy pulled Anakin back out of the store.
"How much father is where you live here?" Anakin asked once they had passed all the streets he had been on in his life time. They were in the wealthiest place on the planet with big houses everywhere.
"Not far Anakin" Tommy said and pointed to a three story home. "That one is ours."
"It's so big" Anakin said. Looking up at it once they were at the door made him dizzy.
"I hope you like it" Tommy said.
"Wow!" Anakin said stepping inside. It was amazing with nice things everywhere and it was cool inside. Cooler than it was outside. It puzzled Anakin.
"You have your very own room upstairs on the third floor" Tommy said and began to walk up the stair with Anakin following.
"Cool!" Anakin said when Tommy opened the door to his new room.
It was bigger than his house with his mom was. He had his own fresher and a little cooler box with food in it and a huge soft bed.
"Do you like it Anakin?" Tommy asked him as the little boy walked around.
"Oh yes it is very nice Tommy" Anakin said and walked over and gave the man a hug. "Thank you."
"You're welcome Anakin" Tommy said. "Now I'll let you get use to your new home for a few days then you will begin work alright?"
"Alright" Anakin said.
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