I lead the children into the main room where I saw Ahsoka reading, Rex and Cody playing cards and Anakin occupying himself by fiddling with another of his droid parts, I coughed and they all looked up. Then they all saw the children, realisation hit Ahsoka first and she smiled at the children as if they were adorable, which they might have looked like when they had wrapped themselves around my legs and were hiding behind me, Ahsoka stepped forward and crouched down in front of Benjamin, "Hi, my names Ahsoka, what's yours?" she asked him, he looked up at me with a worried expression, I nodded my head and he stepped out and greeted her, "Benjamin." He said quietly and Ahsoka really smiled then, she reached out her hand and he took it instantly, she took him to her seat and put him on her lap as they started to talk and I smiled as I realised how good Ahsoka was with kids.
The next one to step forward was Rex, he bent down in front of us just like Ahsoka had done before him, but this time my daughter needed no encouragement and she stepped forward to greet him, he looked slightly shocked at her confidence but was quick to brush it off. "Hey sweetheart my names Rex and you are?" he questioned and Francesca beamed at the question and was quick to answer, "Francesca." She told him and I could not help but smile at her. "If you don't mind me asking, how old are you Francesca?" Rex asked, "Four." She replied and Rex looked even more startled then, yes she was a fast learner and she definitely seemed to be good with words.
Suddenly I heard a loud crash as the droid part that Anakin had been holding dropped to the floor, then I heard it through my head:
They are four, we risked our lives through millions of Mandalorian guards to go and rescue two children from the palace? I really thought that they were more important people.
Anakin had never been very good at shielding and now he had accidently showed me his true thoughts on my children and I was not happy, not happy at all.
Anakin! Do not say such things about Francesca and Benjamin; they are not the totally useless and meaningless children that you think that they are.
I yelled through the force, which made Anakin jump slightly and he sighed when he realised that his shields were down, then he carried on.
Well Obi Wan I don't see what's so important about them, they're just poor, innocent kids.
He added and shrugged his shoulders, he then pointed to the two children, Benjamin was still talking to Ahsoka and Francesca was meeting Cody.
If you had not already realised Anakin, they have a strong force signature, which means that they are force sensitive and can be trained at the temple.
I informed him as I gradually started to calm down, he searched immediately for their force signatures and soon found them.
They are four Obi Wan if they were supposed to be taken to the temple then they would of been taken when they were younger. Where are their family anyway, I bet they are worried sick.
Memories of Satine filled my head instantly and I shook my head to rid myself of them, Anakin looked confused so I decided to answer.
Satine wrote me a letter saying that she had two children that lived in the palace, she told me to go and rescue them and take them somewhere safe, so I did, I have not taken them away from their family, I would never dream of doing such a thing.
Anakin seemed to realise the reason why we just risked our lives to save these two children, I had told him as much of the truth as I could without giving it away too much.
Sorry that I jumped to conclusions.
He told me softly and I rolled my eyes, he never learned anything from me, I started to wonder what he taught his own padawan, there was not exactly much that he knew, that must have been why Ahsoka had been requesting that I teach her lessons instead of Anakin lately.
That's okay Anakin, just remember to learn from your mistakes and it will not happen again. Now why don't you go and introduce yourself to them.
I replied and he nodded, I scanned the room, Benjamin was talking to Cody about his gun that Cody was showing him, I raised my eyebrows and nearly ran over there and grabbed the gun out of Cody's hands until I remembered that he was a clone commander and knew a lot more about guns then I did. I frowned when I could not see Francesca anywhere and started to panic, that was until I heard her voice from behind me, "Hello I am Francesca Kryze, who are you?" she questioned and I spun around to see that she had approached Anakin herself and I nearly laughed at the shocked expression on Anakin's face, it was priceless, but it was soon replaced with a warm and bright grin. "Anakin Skywalker, Obi Wan's former padawan and his best friend." He replied smoothly and she nodded, "You're the chosen one, right?" she questioned obviously not as sure on her Jedi facts as her brother was, Anakin nodded, "Yes I am." He replied and I could tell that he had been to totally mesmerized by my daughter, exactly like everyone else had been.
Then the ship jerked slightly and I gave Anakin a questioning look as he quickly fled from the room, I followed him into the controls room as he started turning on different switches and pressing different buttons, "What is happening?" I questioned him, her turned around and smirked as if I should know what was happening but I had had a long day I blamed that for my lack of initiative, "We are about to land on Coruscant." He replied and I mentally slapped myself for being so stupid as I looked out of the main window to see Coruscant below us. I nodded and sat down, hoping that Anakin would not do one of his most spectacular crashes, again.
