"I really don't want to be here, Nina." Lux was complaining again. "Then sit outside! Do what you do best and ignore what's good for you." I snapped. "Oh, so meeting a Republic Peace Keeper is what is good for me?" I smacked myself. "It might...Come on, Lux. I'm not all happy with the Republic either, but I don't trust Dooku either... I guess I'm sort of in between which side I should be on." And then, he smacked me upside my head. "Ow! What the heck was that for?" I said, rubbing my head.

"Think about this for a second... Your taking the Republic's side in this war?" I rolled my eyes and then heard a ship's engine. I looked down and saw Senator Amidala wearing a cloak and... someone else. "Nina! Lux!" Mom shouted for us. I looked down. "Come down here and help our guests with their luggage please." I smiled and jumped from the staircase, skipping a few steps.

The togruta girl was pretty. I smirked at Lux and he elbowed my arm. Giggling, I bowed to Senator Amidala. "Allow me," I took her bag. Lux attempted to take the girl's bag but she pulled her hand back. "I can handle it." She glared at him and I muffled my laughter. Once again, he hit me upside the head. "Stop hitting me!" I whisper yelled. He glared and then walked away. I rubbed my skull and followed.

We both sat outside and I was humming a song that I heard recently. "I don't like it. Something's wrong in the Republic." Lux said. I sighed. "Like what?" My brother has gone wacky lately. "They say they want to end the war. They don't want anymore fighting. Yet, they don't surrender. Don't stop making clones. We're really going nowhere, slowly." I got what he was saying. "The Republic has never wanted to look weak. That's why they fight."

Lux looked at me funny. "What does Rachel say about this? Or Harley? How about Lucas?" I rubbed my head. "Uh... They think the Jedi are to blame. 50 credits says that Judith is saying the same thing." I smiled. He scowled at me, telling me that it was the truth. Just then, I saw the Togruta girl. She walked from one staircase to the other and... She was a Jedi! Those things on her belt were Lightsabers. Lux spoke up first. "You're a Jedi, aren't you?" I looked at him funny. We were just talking about...

"Yes. Why do you ask?" She said. I bit my lip. "Before the war... We were always told that Jedi were good." I said. She looked at me. "And now?" We both jumped from the wall. "Now, we aren't so certain." I chewed on my thumbnail. "There are a lot of terrible things happening. A lot of killing. And now our friends say the Jedi are to blame." Lux said. I pulled my hand away from my mouth and bit on my lip. "I'm the first Jedi you've ever met, aren't I?" She said.

"Well- um... yes." That might be true to him... I held my tongue. "Look at me. I'm no so bad, am I?" She said, reaching the bottom of the staircase and holding her arms. I smirked and looked at Lux, a faint blush reaching his pale cheeks. I smiled a little. "No. Not bad at all." He smiled at her. She groaned. "Ugh, well seems boys are the same whether their Republic or Separatist." She walked away.

Now I can reach my point across. "Wait!" I said, running after her. Lux followed. "How many Separatists have you actually met?" I asked. "What?" She looked at me. I sighed. "Well, you think we're all the bad guys," I looked at Lux. "But how many have you actually met?" He finished. "And droids don't count." I finished off.

She had to think about it. "Well, other than Military Officers like Greivous and Ventress... None, I'd say. You two and your mother are the first." She said. I smirked. "Well, then look at us. Are we so bad?" I said, crossing my arms and giving her a toothless smile. She bit her lip and looked down. I smiled. "It's like we always say," Lux started. "It takes two,"

"To see as one." I finished off. The Jedi grinned. "I never saw it that way. I always believed that if you work hard enough, you can achieve things on your own." She said. I smiled and held out my hand. "I'm Nina."

She shook it. "Ahsoka." I sighed. "Hope you don't mind, Ahsoka but... Since your the first Jedi I've ever met... What is your take on the war?" Lux asked, sitting down. Ahsoka sat down next to him. "Truthfully, I don't understand any of it. They talk about the war like it's a matter everyone should understand, but they don't tell us why we're fighting in the first place." I can see where she has the trouble. "Me neither. I keep thinking that it's Dooku to blame. Is that wrong, seeing as I'm a Separatist? I don't agree with my leader?" I asked her.

Lux gave me a look saying 'Are you serious?'. I rolled my eyes. "No, it's normal. There are sometimes when I don't agree with the Chancellor either. My master feels that way, too." Ahsoka said, rubbing her upper arm. I rubbed the back of my neck and sighed. "What do you think, Lux?" I said. "What?" He looked at me. "Yeah, tell us. What's your take, Mr. Personality?" I said sarcastically. "Well... I don't completely agree with Dooku but, I guess he's just doing what a leader does." He shrugged.

I shrugged myself. Fair enough. I wrapped my fingers around my dog tags. "What's that?" Ahsoka asked, pointing to them. "Oh... Something me and Lux have." I nodded my head and he pulled the tags out of his pocket and showed her. "Oh... What does it say?" I smiled and read them off.

"It says, Family means nobody gets left behind. Or forgotten." Ahsoka smiled. "You both really care about each other, don't you?" I nodded. "Family isn't just an important thing... It's everything." I grabbed Lux's hand and he smiled. I saw Ahsoka bite her lip. "I wish I knew my family." She sighed. I then got a sting in my heart. "You... didn't know your family?" I asked. She shook her head.

"I was found when I was three, by Master Plo. He took me to the Jedi Temple and I've been there ever since. I never knew family love but... I guess he was my father figure. He called me 'Little Soka'." I smiled and put my hand on her shoulder. "If you don't have one, make one..." I didn't know what came over me but I hugged her. She was taken by shock but instead of pulling away, she hugged me back.

"I'm your friend, Ahsoka. Remember that." I told her. "I will, Nina... I promise."

OOOoooOOOooo

"How many lives on both sides have to end before we see the futility? Surely there's room in the galaxy for Confederate and Republic planets to co-exist. I move that we immediately open Peace Negotiations with Chancellor Palpatine on Coruscant." Watching mom argue for the Separatists but also for Republic. It proves that just one person can make a difference. But it takes the other side to see the light to put out the dark. I smiled and looked back up at Senator Amidala and Ahsoka.

"The corporate alliance will never allow this to happen!" A Senator stated, angry fueling in her violet eyes. "This is a democracy. And unlike the Republic, cooperations do not rule us." Another Senator said. Some got up and cheered. I clenched my fists and growled. But I felt someone grab it and I looked up at Lux who gave me a warning with his eyes. I smiled.

"Quiet!" I looked up at Count Dooku who was here via-hologram. "In accordance to the bylaws in the Independence System, a voice vote is required. All in favor of initiating Peace Negotiations with the Galactic Republic, say I." He said. Nearly everyone in the room stood up, saying I. Including my mother. "All apposed?"

"Ne!" Only about 20 people said. "The 'I's have it." Dooku said. I looked up at them again and saw Ahsoka smile. This was the end of the Debate. And they were leaving right after the Debate. I walked to the platform with Lux and Mother. I stood in front of Ahsoka and Senator Amidala and smiled. "Well, this is goodbye." The Senator said. "I've been disappointed before and, this time, I almost feel as if the tide has turned in the war. You should hurry."

Mom pulled up her hood. "Goodbye, young one." She smiled at Ahsoka. I bit my lip and watched Lux speak up first. "You really believe that the Republic will vote for peace?" He asked. "I hope so. I wouldn't want to meet you on the battlefield... For your sake." She smirked. I smiled. "I hope we can see each other again, Ahsoka..." I said. "I hope so, too. I never considered Separatists good... And then I got a point of view through your eyes."

I smiled and then watched them walk away. I then grabbed my tags and looked at Ahsoka. "Wait!" I ran towards Ahsoka and grabbed her arm. "Yes, Nina?" She said. I bit my lip and pulled off my tags. "Take this, please. And I won't forget you either." She stared at them wide eyed. "Oh, Nina, I- I couldn't-" I cut her off. "It seems only right... Here." I put them in her hands and she smiled before hugging me.

"OK, go." I pushed her off.

~3rd Person P.O.V~

Ahsoka thought it made no sense. The Separatists just opened Peace lines. Why would they attack? But without question, she followed Padme Amidala back to Anakin. "I'm returning your Padawan." She said once they met up with Anakin. "I'm sorry your talks with Bonteri failed." Ahsoka was surprised. "How did you know?" She said.

"We have eyes and ears everywhere, Ahsoka. That was dangerous and careless going to Raxus." Anakin snapped at her. A thought rolled in her mind. "Not to mention, illegal. You went too far this time." Ahsoka bit her lip. "You would do the same. You do the same all the time!" She pointed out. "This was too much." Anakin wasn't happy. But Ahsoka was still happy from earlier. "Maybe so, but I did realize something. The politics of this war... Are not as black and white as I once thought they were." She grabbed at the dog tags around her neck.

Anakin looked at them. "Where'd you get those?" He asked. "From Nina." Padme told her. "Nina?" He said, confused. "Mina Bonteri's daughter." He was surprised. "Master, she told me something that I couldn't see before... 'It takes two to see as one'. If you can see it from they're point of view... Things can change." She shrugged. "Really? And you think she's wise? She's 14." He said. Ahsoka looked up at him, confused as to how he knew how old she was.

"But she's a wise girl, Anakin. Maybe wiser than you." Padme teased. "I doubt it." Ahsoka rolled her eyes, smiling. "Yeah... I won't forget her." She let the dog tags hang around her neck as they walked away. She may not know family, but this is where Ahsoka belonged. Under the care of Anakin, someone to look up to.