Ten year old Rowan snuck out of the classroom he and his fellow younglings were being taught in. He had heard whispers that Luke Skywalker was going to be returning to the Temple, along with his Master Obi-Wan Kenobi. They, along with Knight Naare, were the ones he looked up to the most out of all the Jedi. It probably had something to do with them being the ones that came for him, but Rowan wasn't one to analyze these sorts of things. He peeked around the next corner cautiously, not wanting to have another scolding for skipping class and spotted them. So it was true! Luke was to be Knighted! Maybe he or Obi-Wan would choose him as their Padawan.

Not able to contain his excitement at seeing them, Rowan shot around the corner yelling, "Padawan Skywalker, Master Kenobi!" Both turned and smiled at him as Luke said "Hello Rowan, how are you?" while Obi-Wan asked "Shouldn't you be in class young one?" Rowan gave them a toothy grin and said "I'm doing great now that you're here" he looked down sheepishly at his feet before continuing "Yes Master, but I was so excited to see you, I didn't want to miss you if you were sent off again right away." Luke gave him a compassionate smile, before turning to his Master with an expression Rowan couldn't read.

After a moment Obi-Wan sighed and said "Alright, you can stick with us and I will have your teacher excuse you from this one class, but you must promise not to do so again in the future." "I promise I'll try not to do it again." Rowan said, not quite able to promise not skipping class if it meant seeing his friends again. Obi-Wan chuckled under his breath and responded, "Good enough." Rowan hung around the two older Jedi, asking them lots of questions about where they had been since he had last seen them and what they thought about the war.

Soon they reached the Jedi Council Chamber and since he couldn't go in with them, Rowan said his goodbyes and, after extracting promises to meet up with them later, began to aimlessly wander the halls. After all, now that he had been excused from class there wasn't much else to do with his day. He hadn't made it too far when he heard his name being called. Turning around, he saw Naare exiting the Jedi Council Chamber and heading towards him, a grin on her face. Once she reached him, she knelt down so she was practically at eye level with him and asked "How would you like to be my Padawan?"

Rowan's eyes widened before he shouted "Yes!" Naare laughed and said "That's good, because you really don't have a choice." She finished her statement by ruffling the boy's hair, causing him to laugh. "Now, come my Padawan, we have something to do here on Coruscant." Rowan fell in step with his new Master, happy that he wouldn't have to worry about regular classes again for a while. Rowan's lightsaber swung gracefully at his side and he wondered when he would start learning from Naare more about the different forms and such. As they walked down the hall, he saw the six Jedi who had taken him to get his crystal heading down the same hall in their direction.

Naare and he both swapped greetings with Katooni, Petro, Zatt, Ganodi, Gungi and Byph. Those six were hardly ever without the others, working best as a team, and because there were so many of them, they were often set to areas where there were many Dark Force soldiers. But they always had each other's back and hardly any of them had any serious scars to show for all of their battles.

Soon Naare and Rowan were outside of the Temple, something Rowan hadn't done very often, and he was too busy looking around to question where they were going themselves. Soon they came to halt in front of a door and his Master once again knelt in front of him. "Rowan, what we are about to do, could get us in very big trouble with the Jedi, me especially. But I made myself a promise years ago, and I am determined to keep it, so I need you to promise me that you won't speak a word about what happens next." Rowan could see how serious this was and said "I won't say a word Master." Naare smiled and stood once more as she said "Good." She then knocked on the door and slid open.

There stood two people with surprised expressions on their faces, faces that he barely recognized. "Rowan!" they shouted as he stuttered, "Kordi… Zander!" The three siblings rushed to embrace one another in a group hug, while Naare stood smiling off to the side, letting them have their moment. Once they broke the hug however, she said "We should move this inside." Once that was done, Naare let them know that she was breaking a rule and that she needed their promise, like Rowan, to be able to do this more often. "We will be sent out into the war soon, but I promise I will bring him by to see you at least once a trip, if at all possible." Naare finished with.

Kordi wiped a tear out of her eye and said "Of course we promise not to tell! Thank you so much for letting us see our baby brother again, we know that no one else would do this for us." "It is my pleasure." Naare said with a smile. As she watched the siblings get caught up on the last seven years of their lives, Naare couldn't help but think how disappointed her Master would have been in her for doing this. She inwardly sighed as she could practically hear Mace scolding her for allowing this to happen. But looking at Rowan light up and prattling on about his Jedi training made her feel like she had made the right choice, one that she would gladly do over and over again.

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Later, as Naare and Rowan were walking towards the Temple, Rowan looked up at his Master and said "Thank you Naare." "You're welcome Rowan. Now how would you like to take a peek at Luke's Knighting ceremony?" "Would I!" Rowan exclaimed, to which Naare chuckled and said "Remember, you'll have to stay quiet while this is going on Rowan. This is Luke's moment." "I'll be as quiet as I can be Master." Rowan said with a nod, earning another chuckle from his Master, along with a sarcastic reply of "That's what I'm afraid of." "Hey!" Rowan objected before both fell to laughing, only stopping as they reached the Temple.