Twin Souls

Prologue: First Meeting

RavenSparrow

Author's Notes: Well I noticed someone else had written a story with Anakin having a twin. I just want to say that I know the idea isn't really original but I wanted to go with it. Anakin has a twin sister named Aniya (pronounced A- nigh- ya). She was taken away when they were three years old to be trained as a Jedi. Shmi (Ani and Nya's mother) decided to go to a far away planet (Tatooine) to keep her son who had yet to show the power of a Jedi from being taken away from her. When Qui Gon Jinn arrived at Tattooine and persuaded Anakin's mother to let him go, she agreed only for the reason that they had fallen into a situation where they had become slaves. She also knew that he would eventually meet up with his twin.

On Naboo after the Trade Federation is defeated

Trumpets sounded and confetti filled the air as the Gungan parade made its way down the streets of the capital of Naboo. Queen Padmé Amidala was standing on a podium with an orb of light that would represent the time of the Great Alliance when Gungans and Nubians joined in one "light" that penetrated the "dark" advances of the droids from the Trade Federation. It also represented the new hope that the newly formed alliance would last centuries if not millenniums.

The crowd was roaring as the guest of honor neared his destination. Jar Jar Binks, who had become a general within the Gungan army, dismounted from his ride. Yet of course his foot caught the reins and Captain Tarpals assisted him. He had earned a laugh from the children.

Anakin Skywalker stood beside his master Obi-Wan Kenobi in his new Jedi robes. If only his mother could see him now. He caught the smile of his secret crush, the Queen of Naboo. Dressed in a white gown and her hair up, she truly appeared as the angel he though her to be when they first met. It seemed like an eternity before the celebration ended.

Yoda pulled Obi-Wan and Anakin aside after the ceremony was held. He led them to the palace into the same room that he and Obi-Wan debated Anakin's training. It began to worry not only the padawan but the master as well. Neither knew the elder's intentions.

"Master Yoda is there something wrong or troubling your mind?" Kenobi inquired.

"Wrong nothing is. Someone you should meet there is", Yoda smiled, "Come out you may, Aniya."

A young girl the same age as Anakin came into the room. She carried the same vergence of the Force as the young Skywalker did. Obi-Wan was stunned at the thought of Anakin being so strongly linked to the Force, but another child? This girl?

"My name is Aniya Skywalker, and I'm your twin, Ani", the girl smiled brightly. Her brown eyes were twinkling with delight.

"But how? The boy's mother never spoke of having another child much less that Anakin was part of a set of twins", Obi-Wan interrupted the intent stare the children held against each other.

"My mom said that I had a twin sister, but that she had been taken away because she had special powers", Anakin explained, "She took me to Tatooine so they wouldn't take me away too, I think."

"Two there are", Yoda became serious, "Part of the prophecy they may be."

"They will balance the Force together?" the Jedi Knight realized from Yoda's riddles, "Yet only one will destroy the Sith."

"Trained apart they will be", the elder master explained, "Come together they will later."

"Agreed, Master", Obi-Wan had no say, "But what of the code?"

"If balancing the Force they must do, then together they must find strength, hm", Yoda concluded, "Look at the Code of the Jedi, I will."

"Yes, Master", the younger Jedi agreed unwillingly. He had promised Qui Gon that he would train Anakin, but train two padawans. He began to question whether he really should even train the boy.

"Get to know one another you should, children", Yoda encouraged. He wanted them to establish a connection before they truly began their training.

"Come on, Ani!" Aniya laughed as she grabbed her brother's hand. She led him to the plains outside the palace. They sat down in front of each other. An awkward silence fell between them.

"I've always felt a piece of me was missing", Aniya's quiet voice pierced through, "When Master Yoda said I had a twin I became excited!"

"You felt that too?" Anakin was still a bit surprised, "Like there was something not right about you?"

"Yeah", his sister whispered, "I don't even remember our mother."

"She still remembers you", the young boy encouraged. He knew that his twin wondered if their mother had forgotten the daughter she lost.

"She does?" Aniya was glad to know.

"Of course! She carries our pictures in a locket", Anakin grinned, "I've caught her looking at it lots of times, I think."

"Really? Have you ever thought about me?" the little girl boldly asked.

"Sometimes. It's weird because when I did think about you I'd…", the boy started.

"You'd feel what I felt? Like you would get mad or sad all of a sudden?" Aniya interrupted.

"Yeah!" Anakin was happy to have the sentence finished for him.

The twins sat in the field for hours discussing anything and everything, from becoming Jedi warriors to what their favorites were. It was amazing how much they had in common. Anakin was glad to know he was not completely alone in the galaxy. Yet behind Aniya's carefree personality there was sadness.

"What's wrong?" Anakin confronted his sister, "You're not telling me something."

"I'm leaving in the morning with Master Yoda. I'm to begin my training with Master Olan Kenai", Aniya explained, "We don't get to be together, Ani."

"Because a Jedi master can't have two apprentices", the boy looked away, "Will we ever see each other again?"

"In time, young Skywalker", Yoda answered as he walked towards the children, "Clear your minds must be to communicate."

"Meditate on each other and you can keep in touch", Obi-Wan encouraged. His padawan needed reassurance and support in his quest to become a Jedi.

"No worries, Ani. I'll always be with you", Aniya smiled.

The next morning the twins said their goodbyes. They had to be pulled apart by Obi-Wan and Mace Windu. Anakin watched helplessly as his sister looked at him, tears in her eyes, through the back window of the transport ship. In that moment Anakin declared he would be strong always and forever for both himself and Aniya.

'May the Force be with you', Aniya's voice sobbed in Anakin's mind, 'I love you.'

"I love you too, Sis", Anakin screamed out loud as the shuttle began to take off. He noticed Obi-Wan smiling at him trying to make things easier. Ten years would pass before the Skywalkers would reunite.