PROLOGUE - A DARK VEIL

One month after Ahsoka Tano leaves the Jedi Order, Anakin still can't get over it. Obi-Wan thinks of trying

to get in contact with Ahsoka. What is going to happen?

Obi-Wan Kenobi walked through the empty halls of the Jedi Temple. They were quiet, the rooms quiet. It was a good time to leave, as nobody would see. As he walked through the hall of Jedi rooms, he stopped. Obi-Wan heard footsteps. It was Anakin. He couldn't sleep, even after a month had passed. Obi-Wan thought of Ahsoka, betrayed by the Council.

That was why Obi-Wan was leaving the Temple. He was going to attempt to at least give Anakin at least hope that Ahsoka was okay. He knew of one place that she could have possibly gone. Shili. Her homeworld. Obi-Wan thought it to be better if he took an inconspicuous ship. He thought of one person - Padmé Amidala. Padmé would come, her and Ahsoka were close friends.

Obi-Wan took the taxi to Padmé's residence at 500 Republica, and thought he should wait until the sun appeared in the sky. Waking her up would have been quite rude. After a few minutes of waiting for the right time, Obi-Wan knocked on the door. C3-PO was there to answer, it was as close as a thing to his job to do so.

"Who is it, Threepio?" Padmé yelled from across the suite. She was in the bathroom, working on her hair. C3-PO looked at a camera that monitored who was outside, and saw Obi-Wan.

"It is Master Kenobi!" he exclaimed. Padmé raised her brow, wondering why he is there. "Let him in, Threepio." She finished up her hair, and began to move cautiously towards the entrance of the suite.

"Padmé, I'm sorry." Obi-Wan said, in a quieter tone. Padmé stared at him with a blank tone. "You should be." she snapped back, angry at what the Jedi had done. Obi-Wan looked at the ground. "I know you were close to Ahsoka - but truly, I am sorry. I care for Anakin, that is why I am here."

Padmé glared at him. "Get to the point." Obi-Wan sighed. "I want to look for her - I need to know if she's alright - for Anakin." The last two words Obi-Wan said echoed through Padmé's mind. For Anakin…

"But why do you need me?" she asked. "Because I want to use a ship nobody will suspect - and I know you will let me." Obi-Wan said. Padmé admitted that Obi-Wan was right. He didn't need to use a Jedi mind trick, she just had to help. It's what she does. "For Anakin." she murmured. Obi-Wan turned his eyes to her suspiciously. Something about her saying Anakin made him suspect that… no, he would never do that.

Most of the Council was in the Council Chamber, discussing various topics about the state of the war. Shaak Ti was silent, as always, but she was thinking about something in particular. She stared at Obi-Wan's empty seat, and looked at Master Stass Allie, who was doing the same. Master Allie spoke up.

"Usually Master Kenobi comes early, right?" she asked. This stopped their conversations. Windu rubbed his chin. Yoda looked around, to the other Masters who were deep in thought.

"Wrong, something is." Yoda announced. The Council agreed. Shaak Ti spoke next, breaking her silence.

"I didn't see Master Kenobi in the hallways, either. But I think I know who could contact him." After she said that, everyone knew who that person was. "Anakin." Mace Windu said. Yoda sighed, before him, Windu and Shaak began to file out of the room.

They began to walk towards Anakin's quarters before knocking on the door. "Come in!" Anakin said. The door swung open and Anakin was surprised to see the three Jedi Masters.

"Knight Skywalker." Mace Windu said in his menacing tone. "Have you seen Master Kenobi?" Anakin shook his head. "Why?" he quietly asked, wondering what had happened to his old master.

"We haven't either. We were wondering if you know where he could have gone." Shaak Ti asked. "I don't know. I can ask some of his friends, if you want me to." Anakin responded.

"Necessary, that will not be." Yoda chimed in, before the three Jedi Masters walked away. Anakin frowned. Padmé, Anakin thought, before looking both ways out his door, and when the three Masters were out of sight, he left the Jedi Temple for 500 Republica.