Chapter 3-Bonds Made

Inoma, Eric and Stones were sitting around in the Hangar when the Padawans came in with the newcomers.
"Here comes trouble," Eric muttered sarcastically.
Inoma chuckled lightly as the group approached them.
"Hey Inoma, what's up?" Jania greeted.
"Nothing much just catching up with Eric, we haven't really had time to do that for the past several years," Inoma responded, "I see you guys made some new friends."
David, Bramax and Ancor waved at her as Jania went on to introduce the three boys to Inoma, Eric and Stones. While Serin completely ignored them wishing he was anywhere but there at the moment but his Master had told him to spend time with the rest of the team.
"Nice to meet you boys," Inoma greeted warmly as the group joined them to listen to the stories that Inoma and Eric were telling them. These stories were of adventure in the Galaxy beyond the Jedi Temple and Coruscant. These stories even began to impress Serin as he went from not being interested in a Smugglers' dealings throughout the Galaxy to hanging onto every single word. He had always wanted a life full of adventure and had been disappointed when he joined the Jedi Order to find it to be the complete opposite to what he expected. As the minutes ticked by Serin began to relax slightly and he felt as if he had known all of these people for years. That, however, did not last long as he reminded himself that he did not really know any of these people.

Everyone walked back and forth carrying crates into the Wolf Star-Runner which held supplies and equipment for the mission that the large group was about to depart upon.
"I assure you, Eric, that the Order will pay you and your friends for assisting in this mission," Obi-wan reassured the Smuggler of payment for his troubles.
"Will there be any other ships?" Eric inquired.
"Yes, there will be two star cruisers with us at all times fully armed with soldiers and navy crew," Anakin answered as the group of adults walked over to three large battalions of Clone Troopers that had volunteered to assist in the operation.
"Attention!" a voice called over the noise which caused the three battalions of Clones to stand at attention and call out in unison, "Sir, yes Sir!"
The man turned to face them and saluted, "It's nice to see you again General Skywalker, General Kenobi," he greeted in favour.
"As am I Rex," Anakin said and nodded his head for the Captain to continue.
"Alright, men! Battalion Blue you will be on the Scoundrels Constellation, Battalion Yellow you will be on the Fork Gavin and Battalion Green you will be on the Derek Star! Move out!" Rex called the orders out loud and clear for all to hear. The Clones saluted and then marched toward their designated ships.
"We're ready when you are Generals," Rex said and then followed the Blue Battalion to their destination.
"I sure hope the Padawans are ready for this," Obi-wan said.
"Don't worry Master, everything will turn out just fine," Anakin said as they turned to find the group of students coming toward them.
"Daly!" Obi-wan called his Padawan over who turned and followed his Master to one of the Star Cruisers.
Stret walked over to his Master who was standing a little way away and then they headed for the Star Cruisers.
"Padawans, over here please!" Anakin called them all over to him.
Upon the group reaching him, he was bombarded with questions from all directions.
"Where are they going Master?"
"Where are we meant to go?"
"Okay calm down all of you," Anakin said, "Serin and Raven, you two are with me on Scoundrels Constellation. Treb, Gav and Bramax are going with Master Windu. Jania, David and Ancor are going with Master Kenobi."
The Padawans all looked at each other briefly and then went off in their separate groups while Ashlyn, Raven and Serin followed Master Skywalker to the Scoundrels Constellation.
"So why are the Clones back Master?" Ashlyn asked in curiosity.
"Master Yoda sent out the messages to any Clones who wanted to volunteer to come and help us with this mission to contact him back," Anakin explained, "And they responded."
"I didn't realise that this would be that difficult," Raven piped up.
The Jedi Master sighed heavily, "I'm afraid that this will be much harder than that, Sith are extremely hard to track down and just as harder to kill or capture," he said truthfully as he did not want to lie to the Padawans into believing that this mission would be simple.
When they boarded the ship they found Masters Vos and Olin already there waiting for them; which caused Anakin to groan heavily as he thought to himself how he had managed to get stuck with Ferus of all people.
However, he decided to ignore his long-term rival and focused on helping Eric take off into the atmosphere of Coruscant. As soon as they were about to jump into Hyperspace he stood up and walked off the bridge with his Padawan right behind.
"Where are we going, Master?" Ashlyn asked as they entered the communications room.
"We are getting off at the first stop and need to get ready," Anakin said as he entered a code into the holoterminal to contact someone.
"Yes, Anakin?" Obi-wan answered as the holoimage of the older Jedi Master appeared.
"Does Daly think he will be able to find the camp again?" Anakin asked.
"I'm not so sure Master Skywalker but if we find where my Master and I camped I should be able to find the camp again," Daly said as he appeared in the holoimage as well.
Ashlyn and Daly exchanged smiles and greeted each other through their bond but were brought back to the real world when Master Kenobi asked him something.
Daly shook his head slightly to clear it as he turned to his Master and asked for him to repeat the question. Obi-wan quirked his eyebrow at his Padawan but then shrugged his shoulders and repeated the question.
"Are you sure you did not come across anyone Daly?" Obi-wan asked, "I see it as highly unlikely that a Sith would leave their lightsaber in a camp while out for a stroll," he added, trying to gently prompt his Padawan to answer truthfully.
Daly's jaw stiffened as he gulped nervously, "I'm sure Master."
Obi-wan and Anakin saw the boy's body language but decided to ignore it for the meantime as there were more pressing matters to discuss. Ashlyn sent calming waves through the Force to Daly and he slowly began to relax once again.

A/N: Please review, hope you have enjoyed it so far.

Ashlyn Dubreas