Chapter 1 – Ready for an apprentice, he is?

Ever since the start of the Clone Wars, Sulani has never really felt honest peace in her heart. Her brother and his now former Padawan were out on the front lines fighting deadly battles; she wonders when Jedi became soldiers instead of peacekeepers. Even some of her former younglings were out there with their masters, some even freshly made Knights and she is always keeping herself prepared for the likelihood of her connection with any one of them to just turn out like a light.

Although her head is wrought with thoughts of this, she was at this current moment, making her way for an unexpected meeting with the Council. She knew it was unrelated to any possible deaths, she would feel if anyone she knew was to perish; so she could only guess what they wished to speak to her about.

The door to the room opens before her, but she waits in the doorway to be allowed entrance, and she need not wait long for Master Yoda's aged voice to reach her, "Come in, you may, Mother Kenobi."

She makes her way to the centre of the room and bows in greeting to the Masters present both physically and as holograms, "Good morning, Masters."

Each Master greets her in kind and she finally notices the lack of her brother's hologram in this meeting; most likely fighting off another army of droids who knows where. "Sense your unease, we do."

This brings her back to the here and now, "Forgive me Master, you may find that most Guardian Mothers are uneasy at these times."

Mace Windu is the one to reply to this, "We can understand this Mother, but the war is not quite what we have brought you here to discuss."

Sulani was slightly taken aback, most anything the Council discusses lately is war related, alas, she could only feel a slight relief at this, "Very well Masters, how may I help you today?"

"Recently discuss with us, your brother has, about taking on an apprentice, Knight Skywalker should," Master Yoda starts.

Master Windu explains further, "A few weeks ago, Master Kenobi suggested it was time that Skywalker took on a Padawan. We are unsure as to if this is the right course of action, but as Skywalker's Master, Obi-Wan would have a better idea of this."

"Seek your council on this, we do. Perhaps know young Skywalker as much as your brother, and have suggestions, you may."

At first, Sulani was a little shocked at this topic, but after a moment, she realised it was bound to come up eventually. She gave it some thought before speaking her opinion, "In my honest opinion, I believe Anakin to be as ready as he is ever going to be. He has made it clear he does not like the idea of taking on a Padawan, so I have no doubt he is unaware Obi-Wan has brought this to you. That being said, I believe a Padawan might do him some good; Master and Padawan is all relative. Anakin might learn almost as much as any Padawan he takes on, most especially about responsibility."

"Hmm, your opinion, consider we shall, suggestions amongst the younglings, you have?" Master Yoda asks, while every other Master in the room contemplates her previous words.

This was a little trickier; Sulani had several younglings that were potentially old enough to become Padawans, though not all would be considered ready. She knew some of the older younglings under another Mother's care, but not enough to really make a conclusion. While thinking about her own younglings and what they were like, she had a sudden moment of realisation. Young, Ahsoka might be, but she is certainly ready to be a Padawan. Although Sulani is always hesitant to let any of her younglings go, Ahsoka would be the best choice for Anakin.

"I think, Masters, that I may have an answer," she speaks to get their attention and when she does, she continues. "One of my own younglings, Ahsoka Tano, might be a good choice to be Anakin's Padawan."

The members of the Council all had thoughtful looks, Master Shaak Ti is the first to comment, "Isn't Ahsoka a little young?"

"She is, perhaps, a bit young, but Ahsoka is more than ready to become a Padawan. I also could not think of a better choice for Anakin Skywalker. Ahsoka has similar interests to Anakin, especially in the area of mechanics, not to mention they are very similar in personality."

"Similar personalities? I do not see how letting Skywalker train another one like him is a good thing," is Master Windu's perturbed reply.

Sulani chuckles as she elaborates, "Yes, I can understand your hesitance, however, I believe Anakin and Ahsoka being around each other means that not only are they more likely to get along, but they can also experience firsthand how, uh, aggravating they can be. They can gain an appreciation for how other people feel when in their presence and I fully believe that Ahsoka is probably the only one that can pull out Anakin's sense of responsibility in that he will have a harder time with her than any other Padawan. It's easy to train a model Padawan; it's a real challenge having to train someone as reckless as yourself. This is something they both will need."

Sulani needn't say more as the thoughtful looks passed across every Master's face and there was a powerful sense of the Force telling her that her choice was the right one. She could only hope the two of them would be content to kill the droids and not each other.

"Hmm, think on your reasoning, we will. For now, dismissed you are," and with these final words from the Grand Master, Sulani bowed before making her exit.

Ahsoka was sitting on top of a stack of crates, thinking about what would happen when she meets her Master, Anakin Skywalker. When her Mother had given her the news, she was very excited to finally begin her training to become a fully-fledged Jedi, but the closer the ship gets to Christophsis, the more nervous she becomes. As far into her thoughts as she was, she did not noticed the Clone Trooper that approached her, "Young one, you have an incoming message on the Holo, it's from the Jedi Temple."

This startled Ahsoka, but she pretended it did not and answers the Clone, "Thank you, I'll head to the bridge."

As Ahsoka made her way to the bridge, she started to wonder what it was they wished to discuss. She entered the bridge to see the Captain talking to Master Yoda and her Mother. "Master Yoda, Mother, is there something that you needed?"

Both Jedi face her as she walks closer, "Contact with Master Kenobi and Knight Skywalker, lost we have, message for them, pass on you must."

"Of course Master, I can certainly do that, what is the message?"

Her Mother is the one to answer, "I'm afraid there is an emergency that requires their return to the Temple. We have not heard from them for quite a while, and although this is not something new for Anakin, it is new for Obi-Wan. Hopefully it is only a communications issue, however, since you are already on your way, we figured it would be better simply to contact you rather than wait."

"I'll be sure to pass on the message Master, Mother," Ahsoka promises with a bow in turn to each.

"Know this, we do, youngling. Also meeting your new Master, you are," and with those words, Master Yoda was not simply stating fact, but there was an underlying question in his words.

"Yes Master Yoda, I find myself more nervous the closer to Christophsis we get," is her answer, an embarrassed twinge to her tone.

"Need to be nervous, you do not."

"I know Master, but Mother has said to me before my departure that Master Skywalker was not the one to request a Padawan and that Master Kenobi did for him," she explains, her head turning down.

Master Yoda and Sulani share a glance before the latter replies, "Ahsoka, I did not say those words to unnerve you. Yes, Anakin has no idea you are coming, and I imagine he will be a bit put out at first. However, I know that once you show him what you are capable of, he'll quickly warm up to the idea. I do believe I also told you that there was no one else who would be better qualified to give the Hero with No Fear a lesson in responsibility."

As always, her Mother's words made her feel better and she was back to being excited.

Master Yoda nods his head slowly to himself, "Agree with Mother Kenobi, I do. Ready for this, indeed you are."

"Thank you Master Yoda, and thank you Mother, I had almost forgotten your other words."

With this, the two older Jedi say their farewells before ending the transmission. Ahsoka was now more ready than ever to meet her Master.

She may have been ready, but it was clear her new Master was not. Upon walking down the ramp, Ahsoka could see the shock pass across Master Kenobi and Master Skywalker's faces; she knew it had to be because of her age. She walked closer and when she was within hearing distance, Master Skywalker spoke up, "And who are you supposed to be?"

She knew he had no idea she was even coming, so she answered him while trying not to sound too sarcastic, "I'm Ahsoka, Master Yoda sent me. I was told to tell both of you that you must get back to the Jedi Temple immediately. There's an emergency."

She had barely finished when Master Skywalker replied, "Well I don't know if you've noticed, but we're in a bit of an emergency right here."

"Yes, our communications have been a bit unreliable, but we've been calling for help," Master Kenobi continues.

"Master Yoda hadn't heard from you, so he and Mother sent me to deliver the message," Ahsoka explains to them and she could see as Master Skywalker quickly became frustrated.

He walks away as he exclaims, "Oh great, they don't even know we're in trouble."

Ahsoka thinks to herself before speaking up, "Maybe you can relay a signal through the cruiser that just dropped me off."

Both Jedi look thoughtful as they share a look. As they lead Ahsoka over to the communications relay, Master Kenobi starts a conversation, "Ahsoka, your Guardian Mother is Sulani right?"

Ahsoka was momentarily shocked that he would know that until she remembered who she was talking to; he was not just Master Kenobi, he was her Mother's brother. "Yes, Mother has told me a lot about you Master and Master Skywalker as well. I was looking forward to this."

Before Master Kenobi could say more, it was time to contact the ship she had arrived on.

A/N: And here we kick off the main story with the Clone Wars movie which of course, also goes into chapter two as there was no way I was getting everything I wanted into one chapter without it shadowing the rest of the chapters in the story.

Honestly speaking though, the chapters are going to seriously vary in length, depending on how much of the events in each episode I completely re-write. So yeah.

I'd also like to point out that I obviously will not be using every episode in the series; that would turn this fic into an absolute monster which I am not prepared to do.

Anyway, that is all for now, reviews would be nice of course, but no obligation.

Seza, out.