Before I get into this there is something that I need to explain, this story is sort of like an AU of my other fan fiction Broken Beginnings and Rogue Runner. This story is not connected to them in any other way aside from the fact that Alexa features in all of these stories and while her back story is the same her role in this story will not affect her role in Rogue Runner. In fact the universes will be quite different. I'm sorry if this confuses anyone and I hope you like the story!

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Maya POV

I am walking through the streets of Mos Eisley on Tatooine. It's late in the morning, almost mid day to be honest, and the twins suns are high in the sky which of course means that being outside for too long might cause a person to fry. Yet the streets were bustling as usual, it's almost always crowded here, all of the movement and scuffling cause the sand and dust that covers the ground to take to the air, which is why this place is practically always dusty.

As I glanced around the market place I noticed the usual groups of people, mums and their kids, men that come for no other reason that to talk to the lady shopkeepers and of course slaves and their masters. Those slaves who weren't with anyone are no doubt here getting items that their Masters have ordered them to get. I cringed as screams hit my ears, turning I saw several slaves being whipped by their masters, shaking my head I looked away.

Why are people treated so badly? Slavery is just cruel!

With that thought I continued walking. Indeed having lived on a dust ball that is tattooine for roughly four years I know how the dynamics of society work here. There's pyramids, or a hierarchy if you will, with the hutt's, who are famous crime lords known for smuggling spice, gambling and owning plenty of Slaves, on top and the street urchins and peasant on the bottom. You might have guessed by now that I am an urchin or as most people call us, a street rat. It's not a great life, but it suits me fine just the same.

As I moved past the shops and stalls that lined the streets, I couldn't help noticing a rather large kart full of fruit. I felt my stomach growl as I walked past, giving in my hunger I casually glanced around to make sure that no one was watching and snatched two of them unfortunately someone must have seen when I got greedy and grabbed a third.

"Thief! Thief!" The shopkeeper shrieked and I bolted.

I clutched the fruit close to my chest and kept my head down And I raced through the streets before disappearing in the crowd. I kept my pace at a speed walk so that while I wasn't running and causing a scene I was still moving quickly. That was until I smashed into someone.

"Ouch." I glanced up at the person I had bumped into, however my eyes shot up and breath caught in my throat as he turned around. Oh no. It can't be him. Out of everyone in the galaxy why did I have to bump into him? "Skywalker?" I asked observing the tall brunette man as he looked down at me.

"You...You're Dooku's apprentice." I shot him a glare and crossed my arms impatiently.

"I have a name you know, it's Maya."

"Right. Good to know, kid." He replied rolling his eyes.

"What are you doing here anyway, Skywalker? This isn't exactly a place I'd expect to find you."

"I could ask you the same question. All the same, I'm assuming Dooku is here with you or at least somewhere nearby. What's he up to?" He asked narrowing his electric blue eyes.

"Actually Skywalker, Dooku isn't here."

"Well I doubted he would be in a market, so where on the planet is he?" I growled and shook my head.

"He's not in the market, or on the planet he's probably not in this system and I have no idea what he's been doing because I don't live with him anymore."

"Oh? What happened? Did you get kicked out or run away?"

"I ran away, not that it's any of your business."

Before either of us could say anymore another man walked briskly over to us, he had auburn coloured hair, blue-grey eyes and was wearing a white tunic. While taking in his appearance I spotted the silver hilt of a lightsaber hanging from his belt. He was also a Jedi.

"Anakin, we need to return to the Temple."

"Why Obi Wan?"

"The Council wants us to report to them and the have a new mission for us." This "Obi Wan" then turned to face me. "Anakin I see you've made a friend." Skywalker snorted.

"You remember that Dooku used to have a padawan, right?"

"Yes... Why?" He asked suspiciously.

"This is her, but apparently she's run away from him." He replied skeptical of my story. I rolled eyes and shot him a split-second death stare.

"Is that true little one?" The older man asked, giving me a chance. I nodded.

"Yes sir."

"Anakin, may I have a word?"

"Of course Master." The two of them walked a few paces away and turned their backs to me so that I couldn't hear what they were saying. Several moments later after what I sensed was some very hard negotiations they came back.

"We have decided we will take you back to Coruscant."

"Excuse me? You've 'decided'? Well what if I decide I don't want to go with you?"

The two men stared at me shocked by my attitude, I crossed my arms even tighter as a sign of my rebelliousness toward both them and their idea that they can just tell me what to do. However it was then that Skywalker shrugged and began to turn around.

"Ok, you don't want to come with us? That's fine. Good luck with your life here in this dump." With that he went over to a republic clone trooper that had been waiting for the two Jedi. "Ready to go Rex?" He asked.

"Yes sir." The clone nodded. Judging from his uniform and how he reports to Skywalker I think it's safe to assume that he is a captain in their ranks.

"Come on Obi Wan, let's move out." He tried to encourage his companion who stood between us, glancing back at me somewhat pleadingly. I sighed and with an extreme roll of the eyes agreed to go with them.

"Sir..." The clone trooper asked trailing off.

"Yes Rex?"

"Who's the kid?"

"Rex this is..." He looked at me expectantly. I shook my head angrily.

"My name is Maya."

"Right, Maya this is Captain Rex."

"Nice to meet you, Maya." He nodded.

"You too, Captain."

The four of us walked back to their ship, I grimaced as soon as my eyes landed on it. It was a price of junk! It looked like an old rusted Rigger Freighter and if my memory serves me correctly those are used by the Hutt's to ship spice around the Galaxy and possibly have doubled as a smugglers ship at times.

"You came in that?"

"Yeah." Skywalker nodded as we approached.

"I knew Jedi weren't supposed to prize material items, but you think they would let you have a decent ship."

"Just be patient kid, she's more advanced than you might think."

"He's right." Obi Wan agreed as we walked up the landing ramp and into the cockpit.

"Yeah right." I rolled my eyes and sat in a spare seat.

"Just buckle up and get ready to go." With that Skywalker began flipping several switches and started the engine, soon we lifted off the ground, taking to the sky and after flying through the top of the atmosphere we entered space. It wasn't long after that the coordinates into the nava-computer and we shot into hyperspace. I listened in to the Jedi's conversation as I gazed out the window.

"You do have a plan as to what we are going do with her once we get back to Coruscant." Obi Wan asked.

"Of course I do, Master. Have you ever known me not to?" Skywalker smirked.

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Well there's the first chapter posted! I hope you guys liked it and if you did then feel free to leave a vote or a comment, I would certainly appreciate it if you did!

May the Force be With You

~ Lexa