HELLO EVERYONE OMG I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT I'M ACTUALLY MAKING A SEQUEL YAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT I MUST CALM DOWN NOW SOMEONE SLAP ME...

Cadena: *slap*

Me: Ow...

Anyways, thanks so much for popping in on this story...for those of you who are new to this plot, this is the sequel to 'Begin Again', and you can read it if you click onto my profile and check under my stories. :) So...yeah. I'm so excited to share this story with you guys! Clone Wars geeks rule da galaxies! *pumps fist in air* Oh yeah, and I know on the last chapter of 'Begin Again' I sorta forgot about the Togaruta head parts...(the lekkus and etc.) Ahsoka was very annoyed at me...! -_-" But heh, sorry! ":) Now, on that note, begin! :)

Chapter 1.

Anakin—

"Wake up, Master!" I heard Cadena screaming and a pillow came down on my face. I groaned and turned over my face, trying to block out her shouts.

"Come on, come on, come on!" Cadena says, grabbing my hand and shaking it. I cracked open an eyelid and glared at her. "Cadena, just a couple more minutes." I mumbled. "We came back late last night, remember?"

Cadena pouted. "That was your fault." She says indignantly. "You didn't really have to spend an entire half hour trying to clean R2's disk." I moaned and pulled the covers over my head.

"Master!" Cadena yells and pulls the blankets away. I sighed and sat up. There wasn't any point in ignoring Cadena any longer, she would drag Ahsoka or even worse, Obi-wan into the fight and then I would be punished to looking over the younglings again.

Honestly, looking over Ahsoka was enough, and I had reached my limits with Cadena. But a group of little kids who followed me around? That was a nightmare.

"Up we go!" Cadena says cheerfully, dragging me off the bed and shoving me into the refresher. "Cadena!" I protested. "At least let me get my clothes!"

Cadena tossed my tunic at my face and was practically bouncing in excitement. "Hurry up, Master!" She says and I sighed, closing the door.

Tonight was a Victory Dinner for the Senate, and some Jedi friends were expected to come, just to have some fun.

I smirked at the mirror. Obi-wan was invited, and he had reluctantly agreed to come, and it was hard for me to picture him actually having a good time.

I hadn't thought that Cadena would be interested in going to a party and dressing up, but apparently, she was.

Or at least, she was excited about the party part, not so much the dressing up part.

"I have to wear an actual DRESS?" Cadena had almost screamed when Padmé told her. "How am I supposed to wear a dress? I can't fight in a dress!"

"Cadena, you're not supposed to fight in a party." Padmé had explained gently but Cadena was already getting a debate ready on why she shouldn't be able to wear a dress, but in the end, Padmé had forced her into an evening gown.

Of course, I didn't see the outfit, since I didn't care much for that stuff, but when I talked about it to Padmé afterwards, she told me that I would be impressed.

Ahsoka and Cadena had been giggling about it the entire day, and I already knew why Ahsoka would be happy.

Lux Bonteri was going to be there.

I sulked as I turned on the shower. When Ahsoka promised to stay a little while in the Temple, she had decided that she still wouldn't come back as my apprentice, but just as a visitor.

It pained me to hear her say that, but she made her decision clear to me.

"I can't come back, Anakin, but I will stay for a little while." Ahsoka had told me and I just nodded. I wanted her back so badly, but I knew that if that was what she wanted, so be it.

'At least she says that she'll be staying for a little while.' I thought reassuringly to myself but I couldn't stop the hurt in my heart.

"Master, are you okay in there?" Cadena asks and I blinked.

"I'm…I'm fine, Cadena!" I called back and I heard a sigh of relief coming from my Padawan. I quickly tossed on my clothes and got out of the refresher.

"I can't wait, I can't wait!" Cadena says excitedly, hopping around. I rolled my eyes. "Cadena, the party starts at evening. That's a long time from now." I told her as she walked to the refresher. Cadena turned around and stuck her tongue out at me. "Party pooper." She says teasingly and ran into the refresher before I could chase after her.

"Anakin? Cadena? Are you in there?" I heard Ahsoka's voice come from the door and my heart leapt.

I opened the door and Ahsoka was waiting, her eye shining. "Hey, Skyguy." She says, bounding into the room. "You got a good night's sleep, Snips?" I asked, sitting down on my bed. Ahsoka nodded cheerfully. "I can't wait for the party tonight." She says, squealing.

I chuckled. "Cadena couldn't stop talking about it this morning." I told her. Ahsoka kicked off her boots, revealing her small feet. "Well, it's her first party, remember that." Ahsoka says, smiling. I stretched and asked, "What were you three doing, anyways? It seemed like forever when Padmé finally let you both out of her quarters."

Ahsoka smiled slyly. "Let's just say that the senator has good tips for when it comes to going to a party." She says, winking and I felt my heart sink a little. "Ah." I only managed to reply. Ahsoka stretched out on the couch happily. "Tonight, I'm gonna dance like I'm…oh, I don't know…twenty two or something." She said. I grinned. "Twenty two years old?" I asked.

Ahsoka nodded. "I once heard a song on some holo channel about dancing like you were twenty two years old." She says dreamily.

I grinned as she began humming and jumping up and down. Cadena walked out of the refresher, drying her hair and then began laughing as Ahsoka began singing. "Ooh, I know that song!" Cadena screams happily and began jumping around with her.

They began holding hands and jumping on the couch, screaming, "I don't know about you, but I'm feeling twenty two! Everything will be alright if you keep me next to you! You don't know about me, but I'll bet you want to! Everything will be alright if you keep me dancing like I'm twenty two…!"

I rubbed my ears and winced. "Really?" I asked, raising an eyebrow as Ahsoka and Cadena fell in a heap of giggles.

"Party pooper!" Cadena calls breathlessly from the couch and I sighed. "Come on, Cadena, make your bed." I say, pointing at her messy mattress. Cadena scowled at me but she stood and began tidying it up.

"What do you want to do today?" Ahsoka asks, playing around with her light saber, which she had kept for security reasons even after she had left the Temple.
"I want to go light saber sparring." Cadena says pointedly, shooting me daggers with her eyes. I shrugged. "Light saber sparring it is." I replied, grinning.

Cadena would have slammed herself into the metal door if Rex hadn't opened it first.

"Whoa!" Cadena shrieks and barrels herself into the clone trooper's armor. "Careful there, kid." Rex says, chuckling as he righted Cadena. Cadena blushed and rubbed her arms sheepishly. "Sorry, Rex." She said. "I was a bit excited." Rex raised an eyebrow. "You think?" He asks and Cadena stuck her tongue out at him.

"Good morning, Rex." I say when I walked out of the doorway. "Anything new today?" Rex shook his head. "I'm only here to give my regards." Rex says almost cheerfully.

I nodded. Ever since Ahsoka has come back, Rex had been happier than I've ever seen him. According to Rex, Ahsoka was like kin to him.

Ahsoka grinned and launched herself into a hug with Rex. "Good morning, Rexter." She says, smiling. Rex grinned and replied, "Good morning to you to, Commander." Ahsoka laughed and shook her head. "Rex, I'm not a commander anymore…just call me Ahsoka for now, okay?" She asks, her eyes wide and pleading. Rex nodded and managed to say, "Good morning, Ah…Ahsoka." Ahsoka smiled and tapped his helmet, which was sitting underneath Rex's arm. "Good job, Rex." She says.

"Come on, come on, come on! I wanna go light saber sparring! Now!" Cadena says impatiently, stomping her foot. "Alright, Cadena, relax!" I say, holding up my hands in surrender. "Rex, are you coming with us?" Ahsoka asks. Rex coughed into his fist and muttered, "I don't think it would be proper for me to…since I'm…not a Jedi…?"

Ahsoka waved her hand. "Don't worry, tons of clones train there anyways. And besides, you've seen us fight up close already." She says, punching Rex's arm playfully.

Rex looked up at me, his eyes raising a question and I shrugged. "Rex, you're welcome to come." I said gently and Rex nodded.

"You guys are so slow!" Cadena calls from the end of the hallway. "Can we pick up the pace a little?" Ahsoka grinned. "That was a fatal mistake, Cadena!" Ahsoka calls and in a flash, the two girls were racing each other to the gymnasium.

I exchanged alarm looks with Rex. "We're gonna have to get them before they break something, right?" Rex says, sighing. I nodded.

We set off running and not a while later we saw Ahsoka and Cadena skidding to a breathless stop in front of the gymnasium's doors.

"You two are really slow." Cadena says, shaking her head in disgust. "You guys got a head start." I replied teasingly as I opened the door. Cadena grinned and said in a sing song voice, "Excuses!" I smirked. "Don't be so sure of yourself, Cadena. We'll see who's the champion when I beat you at light saber sparring." I told her teasingly.

Cadena stuck her tongue out at me. "We'll see." She says impishly as we walked through the doors.

The second we were on the mat, Cadena had her light saber activated and ready. I grinned and activated my own, ready to pounce. Cadena launched herself first and began slashing at me.

I deflected it easily enough and forced her back with my own light saber. Cadena grinned and slid underneath my legs and twisted my ankles, causing me to fall down to the mat. She dove at me, her light saber at the ready but I blocked it just in time.

I stood up and started to strike with my own light saber. Cadena darted away from the blade and came around me, kicking my back and forcing me to the ground. She grinned and used the Force to bring my light saber to her.

"I win." She says triumphantly, helping me up. I smiled at her and took my light saber back. "You definitely improved, young one." I told her as she wiped the sweat from her brow.

"I'm not a 'young one' anymore, Master." Cadena says indignantly. I rolled my eyes and tugged at her hair. "It's only been, what, two months that you've been my Padawan?" I ask teasingly and Cadena sighed. "Fair enough." She said, laughing.

"I'm impressed." Ahsoka says. "You're pretty good with a light saber." Cadena smiled and shrugged. "I was the top in my class." She says, happy with the compliment. "So was I." Ahsoka says and flicks on her light saber. "Shall we begin?" She asks, her eyes sparkling merrily.

Cadena smirked and turned her own light saber on. "I thought that you would never ask." She says and the two began dueling right away.

"Keep it steady, you two!" I call over my shoulder and Cadena grinned at me.

Rex watched with wide eyes as Ahsoka and Cadena began striking at each other. "I'd hate to be the one without the light saber." He says, chuckling. I grinned. "I would think that." I replied.

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"Ani, close your eyes!" Padmé says to me as I waited outside her room. I sighed and mumbled, "Hurry up."

I heard giggling and Cadena asks, "What's with the nick name 'Ani'?" I hoped that my face wasn't as red as it felt. "Nothing, Cadena, just wear the dress!" Padmé says, laughing. I sighed again as I heard Cadena muttering curses from the other room.

The next second included the girls squealing over how cute Cadena looked, and how they couldn't wait for the party, and who they might meet.

"I'm still here, you know!" I said indignantly, my eyes still covered. Ahsoka was heard laughing and Cadena screams, "Master, if your eyes are opened and peeking, I swear, I will kick your butt from here to next month!"

"You guys are in a different room! I can't see that! Why do I need to keep my eyes closed?" I whined and Padmé replies, "It's for security reasons, Anakin. Don't be such a baby."

"He IS a baby! A dreadful, whining, annoying—" Cadena begins and I cut her off by yelling, "SHUT IT!" I heard Cadena snickering and then Padmé asks, "Is everyone ready?"

A minute later, Padmé called, "You can open your eyes now!"

"Finally!" I said indignantly and blinked my eyes open.

My mouth dropped open at the sight of the three females in front of me and I closed it quickly. "What do you think?" Padmé asks giddily, gesturing her arms.

Ahsoka's face markings stood out more than usual and it occurred to me that she was actually blushing. She was wearing a blue dress, similar to the one that she had to disguise herself as a slave in. Her back was completely bare, and blue silk tumbled down to her ankles. She was smiling bashfully as I blinked a couple more times, trying to get used to Ahsoka wearing a dress.

"Well…that suits you." I managed to say, but couldn't help smiling. Ahsoka grinned and shrugged. I turned to look at Padmé, who was looking just as beautiful as always. Her silky, brown hair was in curls that fell down to her shoulders. She was wearing a violet dress that seemed to almost shine in every way possible, and the fabric almost seemed to move whenever she walked.

Cadena was the biggest surprise.

She was shifting from foot to foot awkwardly, and I was actually scared to say that she looked…amazing.

Her dark hair had come down from its usual pony tail and I realized that her hair was actually long and curly, touching her waist. She was wearing a white dress that stood against her tanned skin and when she walked up to me, she gave me the impression that she was wearing a cloud of a sort.

"I dare you to say something." She practically growls and I grinned. "Don't flatter yourself." I managed to say and she sighed. "I wanted to wear my combat boots, but Padmé forced me into these stupid things instead." She says, disgusted and I looked down to see her wearing, yes, high heels.

"Hey, I can actually see you eye to eye now!" I teased and had to duck to avoid Cadena's hand that was about to smack me.

"Cadena, you look beautiful." Padmé says gently. "Let's just look forward to the party, okay?" Cadena managed to smile as we walked out of the room.

"Please tell me that you have your light saber." Cadena murmured in my ear. "I do." I whispered back. Cadena sighed in relief. "I would have brought my own light saber, but Padmé didn't let me." She complained. "It'll be fine." I said reassuringly, squeezing Cadena's shoulder.

Cadena nodded tightly and we walked into the ballroom.

Ahsoka let out a low whistle at the sight and muttered, "Who would have thought that senators actually would want to party?" Padmé smirked and said, "Let's just say that once in a while, we need a time to get away from the war."

"Agreed, senator." Cadena says and before I could say anything, the three girls were already walking down the steps and onto the dance floor. I sighed and slapped my forehead as I watched Ahsoka run forward to greet Lux, who was already waiting for her.

"Lighten up, Anakin. I would think that this was your sort of lifestyle." Obi-wan says lightly from behind me and I turned around to face him.

"I don't know, it's a little…awkward seeing Ahsoka with the Bonteri boy." I muttered and Obi-wan raised an eyebrow. "They are close." Obi-wan commented and sighed. "You don't think this is right?" He asks and I nodded. "Don't worry, Anakin. Besides, I see you looking like that with the senator all the time." Obi-wan tells me with a note of teasing in his voice and I glared at him.

"I don't know what you're talking about." I murmured and my former master laughed.

"Where is Cadena?" Obi-wan asks, scanning the ballroom. "I swear I could have seen her just a moment ago." I blinked and narrowed my eyes to see my Padawan talking with another boy, or at least a boy around her own age.

"She's so dead." I growled and stomped towards her.

Cadena was laughing with the boy when I approached them. "That's sweet of you, but sorry, I can't." Cadena says, smirking. "What do you think you're doing?" I asked in a low voice that I hoped would be intimidating enough.

"Nothing, Master." Cadena replied and gave the boy another sweet smile. "Again, thanks for the offer, but I'm not a complete moron." She says and walked away.

I blinked and then realized what Cadena just said. I ran up to her and asked, "What was all THAT about?" Cadena tossed some stray hair behind her shoulder and scowled at me. "Some people are really just disgusting." She murmured. "What did he want?" I asked impatiently.

"Let's just say that he had a couple of interesting ideas of what to do with the anatomy of my body." Cadena says, grimacing. My mouth dropped open but Cadena quickly said, "Don't worry, though. I rejected the offer." I shook my head. "Pervert." I muttered under my breath and Cadena grinned. "Aren't they all?" She asks loftily and headed over to join Ahsoka, who was still in a deep conversation with Lux.

"Smile, Ani." I hear Padmé say and I turned around to look at her. She was smiling mischievously at me and she slipped her hand in mine. "Have some fun." She whispers and I grinned. "May I have this dance?" I asked. Padmé laughed sweetly. "That's my boy." She says and I lead her to the dance floor.

"You're light on your feet." Padmé comments. "Well, can't I be good at everything?" I asked, smirking. Padmé smiled. "Yes, you can play as Mr. Perfect for now." She whispered. "But remember that I love everything about you—the Mr. Perfect, and also the little boy who still plays around with machine parts."

I felt a rush of thrill come to me and murmured, "And I love you too…the senator who wants to save thousands of lives but also the girl who left the Palace to dream of a new life."

"Well, we're quite the match, then." Padmé says, laughing.

"Too bad I can't get any closer than this." I said softly. "I'll bet Obi-wan is watching us like a hawk." Padmé laughed as she twirled around. "That's his job." She replied.

I opened my mouth to say something else, but the noise of gunfire distracted me.

'Wait, gunfire?' I thought hazily. One part of me was panicky and snapped for action, but another part of me was screaming to have just a little more time…just a little more time with Padmé.

"Master!" Cadena's voice snapped me out of my daze and I straightened up, my body tensing. I pushed Padmé behind me and activated my light saber.

"Looks like we've hit a jackpot tonight, boys!" I heard a gravelly voice coming from the windows. I heard someone scream as men jumped down and pointed guns all around.

I saw Ahsoka clenching her hands into fists in the corner of my eye and Cadena kicking off her shoes, already preparing to launch herself for battle. I felt a flush of pride and all hell broke loose.

A/N: Yuppers, and this is how it starts. :)

Anakin: CADENA IS WEARING A DRESS! XD

Cadena: Shut up.

Anakin: CADENA IS WEARING A DRESS, LA LA LA LA LA!

Cadena: SHUT UP! *begins punching him furiously*

Me: Both of you, quiet as Padmé does the freaking review notice!

Padmé: Wait, what? I thought Ani was going to do it!

Cadena: *face palms* What's with the nickname 'Ani' anyways? It sounds like you two are...wait a second, are you guys M-

Me: *slaps hand over Cadena's mouth* Just do it, Padmé!

Padmé: *sigh* Please review and give feedback to Katierosefun on how the sequel is going so far. No hater comments, please.

Me: Thank you.

Cadena: MMPH!

Me: *rips hand away from Cadena's mouth before she could bite it off*

Cadena: Thank you.

Me: You were gonna chew my hand off, right? -_-

Cadena: Um...maybe...? Hey, a girl has to defend herself somehow!

Anakin: I still can't believe you bit MY hand. (See last chapter of Begin Again for reference in the bolded words underneath the chapter.)

Cadena: You deserved it.
Anakin: Wait, WHAT?! Come back here!

Me: *grimaces* See you guys later! Luv ya bunches! :)