As requested, the sequel to A Choice. I still expect reviews but it's okay if you don't give me any. It'll only ruin my Christmas dreams. Just kidding, but seriously review.

Disclaimer: I'm afraid making a sequel doesn't make me George Lucas.

Full Summary: It's been 11 years since A Choice. Luke and Leia are Jedi-in-training. Anakin is reforming the Order as its relationship counselor and helping the Jedi stay away from the Dark Side. Everything seems fine, but an ancient evil is lurking…

Ahsoka swatted a few of flies away from her face. She crouched in the underbrush of Yavin 4. With a quick motion of her hand, her legion moved forward.

"Feeling okay, boss?" Galen muttered.

"Galen, you are twenty-five years old. I am twenty-seven. I am not your Master, let alone your boss, and you need to be an adult."

"Oh and who do I have to look up to? Anakin?" he laughed silently at his own joke.

Ahsoka couldn't help but smile. Her smile soon faded and she whispered, "Show time."

Turning to the legion, she ordered in a hushed voice, "I can sense darkness in there. Me and Galen will take care of this. If we need help, we'll call."

The two Jedi pushed aside the leaves and entered the clearing. Before them stood an ancient Sith temple. It had nine pillars with different depictions of Sith and a carving of the Dark Side above the entrance. A warning message was inscribed below the carving. Vines inched their way over the ruins and a faint whispering reached the ears of the Jedi.

In an ancient, lost language the mysterious voice sang, "Sai asha…..lor de bar…..sai de bar…..lor asha." Praise to the Sith…..Mighty Dark Side….Praise to the Dark Side…..Mighty Sith!

Ahsoka shivered at the sound of the words and a feeling of hopelessness, fear, and anger entered her soul.

Anakin's voice echoed in her ears, "Think of something that makes you happy and the Dark Side will go away."

"Listen, you stay here and guard, I'll go inside," Ahsoka whispered.

"Hmm, so the troopers are guarding me, and I'm guarding you. This should go well," Galen joked.

"Really not the time."

"Got it….boss."

Ahsoka rolled her eyes and crept slowly into the darkness of the Sith temple. She swung her lightsaber around, illuminating the dark places of the ancient building. Her heart throbbed inside her chest and she longed for the light of day to soothe her again.

Breathing heavily, she continued to move through the temple. The relic shouldn't be far. She felt a cold wind rush by her and she whipped around, seeing nothing but a shadow. For a moment, she stood and waited, though she didn't know what she was waiting for.

She shrugged and turned around. A hunched over figure with a tattered black robe and blazing red eyes awaited her. She swung her lightsaber at it, for a moment unafraid, but it could not be cut.

"You're in my domain now, Jedi," it rasped in a high-pitched ancient voice. Its two skeleton-like hands reached for her and she dashed out of the Temple.

Outside, in the sun, Galen waited for her. Shaking, she ran towards him.

He opened his arms and she collapsed into his warm embrace.

"Oh, Master, it can't be that bad in there. Did you see any spiders?"

Ahsoka, shaking from fear and sobs, looked up at him, "I'm embarrassing myself, aren't I?"

"It's okay, boss. I'll beat up anyone who picks on you," Galen grinned down at her.

For the first time, she realized how handsome he was, with his broad shoulders and strong arms and long legs that made him almost six inches taller than she was. His dark eyes twinkled as he grinned at her, his stubble spreading across his sharply angled face. He blew a stray strand of long, messy black hair out of his way.

This wasn't the same weird teenage Sith she'd trained. This was…a man.

"Ready to go?" he said, letting go of her and walking back towards the legion.

"If it means getting out of this clearing, sure. I am going to miss the planet though," she said, wiping her eyes and freshening up in the nearby stream.

"Yeah. Who knows, maybe we'll come back someday. You know, not on a mission. On one of Skywalker's new vacation plans," Galen laughed as he swung a leg over his speederbike.

Ahsoka followed him back into the brush were the troopers waited.

"General, Leroy here is hurt," Rex pointed to the moaning clone lying on the ground.

"Put him on my speeder," Ahsoka ordered. "I'll ride with someone else."

"Will do, General," Rex picked up the clone and gently lay him across Ahsoka's speederbike. He tied the bike onto his and drove off.

"Hop on, boss," Galen patted his seat.

Ahsoka held onto her former apprentice's waist as he sped off to catch up with the clones. The wind whipped around her and the sun began to set in the distance.

"It really is pretty here," Galen commented.

"Yeah," she said in a daydreamy voice. "It really is."

HHHHHH

"Okay, kids," Anakin said. "Who wants to be a Jedi?"

"Dad, we are Jedi." Luke said with a sigh.

"Jedi Padawans," Anakin pointed out. "But you're doing good. You have lightsabers. And robes."

"And you have a meeting in two second," Leia said, looking up from her father's desk and showing him his datapad planner.

"Oh. Right. Well, don't mess up my office and Leia, your master should be back soon," Anakin grabbed a few datapads and ran down the hall.

"So, wanna race to Dex's?" Leia asked.

"You heard him, Galen's going to be back any minute and he hates it when you make him wait," Luke told her.

"He loves me anyway," Leia said with a sparkle in her eyes. "And you keep Obi-Wan waiting all the time."

"He can't do anything about it. He's going on forty-five," Luke argued.

"So? Yoda's going to be like eight hundred and forty."

"I'm going down to the meditation chambers," Luke rose from his seat in his father's armchair.

"Why? You don't meditate."

"Sometimes they have snacks down there."

"That happened once when the chef made too many Coruscanti crème puffs," Leia argued.

"Not doing this with you right now!"

HHHHHH

Anakin stood in front of the Jedi like he had so many times before. The sun was shining through the windows and everyone looked relaxed.

The relaxation thing was a first for the Jedi. Just recently, they had begun to unwind as Anakin's reform had taught them to.

"All right, listen you guys," Anakin began. "We've had some issues on Yavin 4. We don't know what's in that Temple, but we do know it's making the spirits of the Sith in there go crazy."

"But it's okay now, right?" the new Jedi who replaced Anakin on the Council, a fat Besalisk named Oron Bilow, piped up hopefully.

"You're positive you made the right replacement choice?" Anakin asked the Jedi. They laughed and Anakin continued, "Well, I sent Ahsoka and Galen to check it out. They should be back soon."

"What happens when we find the relic?"

"Well, I was thinking we can put it on display in public," Anakin said sarcastically. "Just kidding. We'll destroy it, obviously."

"One question," Mace asked. "Where was I when you were assigned this?"

"I specialize in investigative missions, remember? Just cuz I spend most of my time behind a desk doesn't mean I can't send a team out," Anakin snapped. He smiled, "On a happier note, the Naboo approved our petition for an island retreat there. Now all we need is Alderaan and Tatooine to approve."

"Does anyone actually want to vacation on Tatooine anyway?" Obi-Wan joked.

"Just in case, my friend," Anakin told him. "Just in case."

HHHHHHH

Ahsoka and Galen were already in his office when Anakin returned from the meeting late at night.

"Hey guys," Anakin said, taking a seat in the chair next to the couch were the two sat. "How'd it go?"

"We're a no go on the relic, Skywalker," Galen reported with a flashing smile.

"Yeah, there's some crazy ass stuff going on in there," Ahsoka said with a shudder.

"I bet so. You two get some rest. In your own beds, of course," Anakin teased.

"There's nothing going on with us, Skyguy. I swear on my life," Ahsoka growled.

"Sorry, sorry. It's just very easy to pick on the two of you," he grinned at the pair.

"Good night, Skywalker," Galen snapped as he walked down the hall to his quarters.

Anakin followed them out the door and locked it, "If you see my kids, let me know!"

Galen was already gone, but Ahsoka turned and told him, "I need to talk to you later. And I saw them down in the kitchen."

"If they're stealing Master Fisto's caf rolls, I'll have their heads," Anakin began to run down the stairs. "Oh, and come anytime. I've been very un-busy since everyone seems to be avoiding the Dark Side and relationships. Or they're keeping it a secret and won't come for a relationship record. So much for reform, eh?"

Ahsoka smiled, turned, and retreated to her bedroom. Downstairs, she could barely hear Anakin lightly, jokingly scolding his children and taking them home to Padme`.