Foreword

I am a great fan of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, although I have had the misfortune of having to move from Ohio to my current home right in the middle of Season 3. This means that I could no longer watch Star Wars on T.V. because I hate watching stuff out of order. Although with my recent trip, I managed to catch up on Season 5 and watch "I Am Legend" both of which leaving me sad with the endings. At the end of Season 5, I thought to myself, "I wonder….Will Ahsoka return?"

My return thought was "Of course she will. It's The Clone Wars! The series was pretty much founded by her."

Although the thought process led to many thoughts about what would become of her and the series, the following is what I managed to come up with after a few hours (not consecutive, of course) of thought. I hope you enjoy!

He awoke to darkness. That was the third time this rotation. Would he ever be able to sleep tonight?

He threw his feet off the bed. He rose to turn on his light.

"Hey, R2, can you run some bio scans? I'm not feeling so well."

R2 beeped what could be only described to someone who doesn't understand mechs as a beep. R2 raised his scanner and scanned Anakin Skywalker. Much to Anakin's expectation, the scans reported that the only thing wrong was his complete lack of sleep.

Anakin put on his Jedi robes and decided to set off to the Jedi Temple in hopes of maybe a bit of a walk would help him despite the fact he knew it wouldn't.

Anakin parked his speeder at the temple's hanger and walked into the halls going nowhere in particular. He exited the hanger and turned left, the direction of the council room.

"Sir, sir! General Skywalker!"

A clone in a maintenance uniform ran towards him.

"General Windu needs to speak with you, sir. He said it was urgent. I was about to dispatch a couple of 501st to find you until I saw your speeder land at the hanger."

"Alright," Anakin replied with a sigh, "I assume he's at the council room?"

The clone nodded. Anakin was about to turn away when the clone put his hand on Anakin's shoulder. "Sir, I heard about Commander Tano. I feel sorry for you. I really do. The whole time the hunt for the Commander was going on, I never believed she did it. I hope that you can forgive her for her choices though."

The clone paused and scratched the back of his head, looking around as if he was about to say something he shouldn't. "Listen, sir," –another pause- "I was one of the ones dispatched to clean up the mess on the Industrial Pipeline, and I found this."

He reaches for something on his belt on his back and pulls out a padawan lightsaber.

"This is hers, I believe. I would think that you could put it to better use than I could."

Anakin took it and looked down at his former apprentice's lightsaber. "Thank you. I'll take good care of it."

With that, Anakin turned and walked towards the Jedi Council room.

"I hope I didn't wake you up, Skywalker."

Mace Windu really was a robot of a man. It seemed he never slept, never ate, never talked unless necessary or for reasons of formality.

"No, Master, I have been unable to sleep for the past few rotations anyway. What is it that you summoned me for?"

Anakin looked terrible. He had dark circles under his eyes from lack of sleep, his clothes were crumpled, and he seemed to be off balance, which was odd for a Jedi…

"Well, that's too bad," without even a pause, Windu continued. "Anyway, we have intercepted a Separatist transmission and we are sending the 501st in to ambush them."

Anakin stood for a moment.

"Master, I don't think you told me everything. Is there more?"

"Skywalker, this mission is on a need to know basis only. I can't risk having the entire galaxy knowing what the Separatists have created. All you need to know is that what the 501st is obtaining is onboard the ship, Devastation. You may remember the Malevolence, a Subjugator class starship; they are sister ships. Onboard is a device about the size of an ARC-170. Get it on the transport ship in Hanger 6 and bring it on board one of your cruisers and immediately jump to friendly space. From there you will be met with the 467th legion and they will take it from there."

Anakin nodded.

"But what of the Devastation?"

Windu stood from his seat.

"Leave it. The 673rd will deal with it."

Anakin nodded once more.

"So when do I go?"

Windu walked past Anakin.

"You've already left."