Disclaimer: All of these people, except for Adana, her master, and the exile, belong to George Lucas, and since it is his universe, I supose they belong to him too.

Summary: Anakin bumps into a friend from the past, this is pretty much the Prologue. I'll give you a summary about each chapter up here. I do have most of the other chapters written, so I can update at any time, but I refuse to update without reviews. I don't care what you have to say, good or bad,just say it.

"Anakin. Anakin! You need to pay attention. Focus." Obi-Wan didn't know how he was going to teach the boy anything if his thoughts always dwelled on something else.

"Sorry, Master. I'll try." The 9 year old Anakin was too old to begin training, but Obi-Wan had made a promise to Qui-Gon and he intended to keep it. After all, it was his Master's dieing wish. He felt obligated to fulfill it.

"Now, don't use your eyes. See the Remote through the Force and deflect the shots with your lightsaber, without opening your eyes." This was a difficult concept for young Anakin to grasp, but possibly the most important one.

Anakin closed his eyes for the 20th time in the last hour and reached out with the Force and all of his senses, until he could see the Remote hovering before him.

"No No No! You opened your eyes, Anakin." How long would this take? He had half the mind to send the boy back to Tatooine right now. Or, at least to Naboo.

"Sorry, Master. I'll try harder." Disappointment was all over young Skywalker's face. He was trying his hardest, Obi-Wan could sense it. But his hardest obviously just wasn't enough.

"That's it for today, my young Padawan. Go rest a bit." Then he thought of something. Anakin hadn't met anyone on Coruscant. He had no friends, no one to talk to. "Anakin, wait. Meet me in your room in an hour. I want you to meet someone." He didn't know who that someone was just yet, but he had to find someone. Another Padawan, Anakin's age. Someone he could relate to.

"Yes, Master." Anakin was always so obedient and he was struggling.

1 hour later

The door hissed shut as Obi-Wan entered his Padawan's room. Anakin wasn't there. He better have a good reason for this, he thought. He had specifically told Anakin 1 hour. And he wasn't there. Just then the door opened and a young boy entered the room. Obi-Wan turned around to see his Padawan. Anakin's face was puffy and red, as if he had been crying. Obi-Wan's heart melted at the sight of his sad Padawan. Maybe today was just not the day.

"Anakin, are you all right? Have you been crying?" Concern flowed in his words. He really was worried.

All the boy could do was nod. He could see the tears welling up in his eyes again. Anakin could not hide his emotions well.

"Come here, Padawan."

Just as he said the words, Anakin rushed into Obi-Wan's embrace. They sat there for a few minutes, the boy silently sobbing in his master's arm until he had calmed down.

"I would like you to meet someone. We'll need to go to the hangar, though. She's only just arriving from Telos. Come with me."

The boy followed him to Hangar A-19. Inside the hangar, a young girl, about the age of nine, was following a Jedi, most likely her master. The girl was human, her red curls bouncing as she walked. Her skin was ivory colored and glowing with the Force. A few minutes later, the door to Hangar control opened and the girl, along with Master, walked in. Now Anakin could see her eyes. They were a very pale shade of blue, and they pierced through his mind.

"Master Fuey, pleased to see you again. And nice to see you, Adana." The little girl smiled as Obi-Wan said her name. She had cute little dimples when she smiled.

"Obi-Wan. I see you've heard of my Padawan. And yours is young Anakin Skywalker, I believe." The woman looked at Anakin, seeking an answer.

"Yes, ma'am" was all Anakin could manage to mutter. Her voice held such authority, he was afraid of offending her.

"Pleased to meet you, Anakin Skywalker." She turned to face Obi-Wan once more. "We have much to talk about." With that, she exited the room, Padawan close behind. Once Master Fuey realized her Padawan was following, she turned around and motioned for her to stay. Obi-Wan followed her, also motioning for Anakin to stay behind.

"You have no more training for today. You are free to do what you wish, as long as it has no danger involved." He whispered into Anakin's ear before turning again and walking through the door.

"Hi, I'm Adana Maar. What's your name?" The girl giggled when Anakin froze. Was she trying to befriend him? He hadn't had any friends since he joined the Academy.

"Anakin. Anakin Skywalker." Obi-Wan had taught him to introduce his first name first, then address his last name if he was sure it was safe. Adana giggled again. She was very immature.

"Come on. I want to show Master Yoda what I found out!" She was very enthusiastic about talking to Master Yoda.

Later, once Adana had shown Master Yoda her crystal from one of the caves on Alderaan, they went into the garden area, playing Hide and Seek in the densest area. There were many places to hide in the garden, especially since The Order had received a new plant from Onderon. It could lift you up high into its branches and conceal you with leaves. Anakin didn't quite no what it was called.

The two children became friends fast. Anakin learned that she had been training from the proper age of 2 and she was much more skilled than he was. He also found out that her parents had been killed by the Sith when she was just a baby, and that Master Fuey was like her mother, Obi-Wan her father. When she was young, she had trouble just like Anakin was having. Obi-Wan helped her overcome those problems and taught her some neat tricks that would one day save her life.

"Master doesn't understand. I'm not used to not looking at my targets. He wants me to see Remotes through the Force, but every time I try, I open my eyes by accident. It's like it is impossible for me." Finally, he could tell someone what he was feeling. Master didn't understand, he thought it should come easily to someone so open to the Force, but it just didn't.

"He's only trying, Ani. He wants to make you a great Jedi Knight. You are his first Padawan. From what I heard, Master Qui-Gon had just died when you became his Padawan. Meaning he had just faced the Trials. It must've been very hard having to cope with the loss of Qui-Gon and having to train you." Her voice was calming. She was his best friend, and always would be. Maybe now that he had a best friend, training would be easier. All of a sudden a loud bell chimed, announcing bed time for all of the apprentices.

"Good night, Ani."

"Night." They both went their separate ways. Her room was down Corridor F-90. His was down M-10. They had to go in complete opposite ways to reach their rooms.

The next month was filled with training, but Anakin's thoughts were clear and he was more focused than ever. Obi-Wan noticed it too. Perhaps having Master Fuey arrive wasn't such a bad thing.

"Alright, Anakin. We're going to try that exercise from last month, with the Remote. Are you ready? I am going to need all of your thoughts to be on that Remote."

"Yes, Master." He closed his eyes and cleared his mind of everything but the Remote. He saw a blur of it. Then it became clearer. He saw it! It was getting ready to fire. Anakin took a deep breath. He had to be calm, like Master said. It fired. He blocked it! He actually blocked it! Then he heard an explosion and the Remote was thrown out of his sight.

"Well done, my young Padawan. You can open your eyes now."

Anakin did so only to find that the Remote had blown up.

"What happened to it?" Anakin was confused.

"You not only deflected the laser, but you deflected it back at the Remote. That's very good. You've learned a lot since last month." Obi-Wan was very proud of Anakin. He had done something that normally took years to master. "You can go now. That's all for today."

"Thank you, Master." He ran to the garden to find Adana sitting on a bench. She didn't look very happy.

"Hello, Adana. What's wrong?" Something was obviously the matter because she was having trouble calming down.

"I…Master…We're leaving…the Enclave." She managed to get that much through to him between sobs.

"You're leaving! When?" Anakin's world was shot into a billion pieces then. His best friend, no, his only friend, was leaving.

"In an hour." She muttered.

"But you can't! You only just got here! We were going to go to Alderaan next week!" Anakin was in shock. Everything good that had happened in the last month was being taken away from him. Adana was like his sister. They understood each other.

"Adana! Come. You need to pack your things." Master Fuey's voice rang through the garden. Adana got up and walked down the hall to her room, leaving Anakin sitting on a bench all alone. He was so confused. Why now?

An hour later, he stood in Hangar H-10, watching Pilots board the Star Cruiser that would carry his best friend to a strange planet. Adana walked up to him and looked him in the eye.

"Goodbye, Ani. I'll miss you." She hugged him tightly before walking up the boarding ramp onto her ship.

"Bye." Anakin watched as her ship began take off. He didn't notice as Obi-Wan came up behind. He laid a hand on Anakin's shoulder and squeezed it firmly.

"I'll never see her again, will I?" He was fighting the tears that threatened to fall. He had to be strong. Jedi were strong.

"I don't know, my young Padawan." Obi-Wan was trying to comfort him, but it really wasn't helping. Why couldn't he just say it? Anakin was never going to see Adana again and Obi-Wan knew that. Perhaps he had known that she was leaving, but hadn't said anything.

So what do ya think? It gets better, but you have to bear with me through the boring parts.