35 BBY
During the middle of the year, Anakin and his group mates are incredibly surprised when they notice that they are going to a different room while they know they should be going to their biology room. They all wonder if their instructor needs this room for today's lesson and the gossiping about the reason for the change in location is quick to start. The reasons move from normal or logical reasons to really strange reasons. At least Anakin deems them to be really strange. They are quick to arrive at their destination and are then even more surprised when they see an unfamiliar instructor in the room preparing a lesson. The instructor is a red-skinned male Togruta wearing dark robes who is readying his presentation and has put some equipment in the middle of the room on a table. At least that is what Anakin can tell from where he is standing and what he can see the instructor do. Their guide mentions for them to take their seats so the younglings go to their seats feeling incredibly surprised. Anakin decides to center himself through a meditation as they have another ten minutes before their next lesson will start. That is what Anakin can tell from the clock that is visible in the middle of the room. And also he will have almost finished his mandatory mediation for today. Master Nagia always tells them that it is incredibly important to learn how to meditate now as it will become even more important in the future. Quickly kneeling on the floor, Anakin is quick to enter a meditation trance. He lets his thoughts fly and they quickly turn to the reasons behind the current situation. Through meditation, he discovers that there is an important reason behind the change in location but the Force is unwilling to give him the exact reasons for this. This frustrates him immensely as he doesn't want to be surprised. Anakin likes to know why everything is happing so that he can prepare himself for it. Remembering the words from master Yoda, Anakin starts to let his feelings of frustration flow into the Force. This is still really difficult for him and he struggles with it. He wonders if he should seek out master Yoda, later on, to help him as he gets the feeling that he isn't making a lot of progress in letting it all flow into the Force. When he hears the call from the instructor that the class will soon begin he is quick to lock his feelings of frustration away. Standing up, Anakin goes to his seat and sits down.
"I know you are all wondering why you are here and who I am. My name is Kita Sodaro and I'm one of the orders' chemistry instructor among other things. You are here because at the end of the week you will have your final exam for biology and from today on will be starting with chemistry lessons. Thus you are here for your first chemistry lesson of your life" master Sodaro explains before starting with the lesson for today. Anakin is happy to know why they are here and looking forward to these lessons. He knows that these will be vital lessons which they will need in the future so wants to get really good scores for it while also understanding as much as possible. For that reason, Anakin makes sure to pay close attention to what is being taught by their new instructor.
At the end of the day when everyone is busy getting ready for bed their new lesson is being discussed. They all so wonder why master Nagia hadn't told them about it as she normally always does when there is something new for them or something special will be happening. Also, they are all anxious for the biology final as this score will follow them for the rest of their life. For that reason, everyone wants to do everything possible to get a good score. Meanwhile, Anakin cleans up the shower he has been using so as to make sure that everyone leaves before going over a new demonstration he has to give tomorrow. He wants to do it right so he wants to practice a bit. Not that he ever failed at a demonstration. It is also not a difficult move he will have to demonstrate nor does it take long to execute so he is done before suspicion is being raised. Also, he needed to be alone because the masters had told him not to show new moves to his group mates. When he enters the sleeping hall again it is clear by the noise in the room that everyone is still talking about things that happened today. Then Anakin then goes to make sure he is completely ready for bed. A few minutes later he is done and goes to join his friends in their discussion. They spend their time talking about their new lesson, the upcoming biology final and pressing Anakin about which new move they will learn tomorrow. Ten minutes later master Nagia walks into the room and says
"Alright, everyone. Time for you to go to sleep"
Knowing that it is not wise to disobey master Nagia because she will have you clean the entire common room when everyone has free time, all the younglings are quick to climb into their bed and trying to go to sleep.
The next morning Anakin and his group are at their Force lesson and will be starting with the sense abilities that they are expected to know before taking the initiate trials and being taken on as a padawan. Master Yoda had told them that yesterday at the end of the lesson. The exercises they are told to do in this lesson are really interesting and fun. The entire lesson is really liked by the younglings who hope that such exercises will be practiced more often to bring some fun into the lessons that are normally hard or boring. Master Yoda hadn't told them anything about this today or yesterday but Anakin knows from experience that they will more than likely practice it during future lessons. That is because it is really difficult to fully master the exercises if there is little to no time to practice them. The entire group is actually disappointed for once when master Yoda calls an end to the lesson. They would have loved to practice for a while longer before going to lightsaber training.
Afterward, Anakin is preparing himself mentally for another demonstration when Shi walks up to him and asks
"Will you tell me anything about today's demonstration, Anakin?"
"Sorry, Shi. You know I can't as that would not be fair to our group mates if you would know something they don't. You'll see soon which new move we will be learning. I can tell you that the demonstration will be given at the beginning of the lesson" Anakin says. He knows that he hasn't done anything that the masters have told him not to do so he won't be in trouble with them later on. All he said was when the demonstration will be given. A few minutes' later Anakin walks up to master Giiett and goes to stand behind him on his left side. Master Giiett is holding a training saber in his right hand and gives it to Anakin who takes it respectfully al the while thanking him. As he knew that a saber will be given, Anakin didn't pick a training saber up from where they are stored alongside the wall as his group mates have done. Once everyone is standing where they are supposed to stand master Giiett starts the lesson by explaining the move they will be learning today and how it will be practiced today. Once master Giiett is done he gives Anakin a signal to start his demonstration. During the demonstration master Giiett is watching Anakin intensely to see if he is making mistake somewhere. Master Giiett is happy that he can't find a mistake in the move Anakin is demonstrating as usual. Afterward, master Giiett has the entire group practicing the move. During this, he makes sure to correct any mistakes he sees and gives compliments to the younglings who correctly execute the move. Near the end of this, he is sure that most younglings can make the move four times in a row correctly. For those who can't do this, he asks the group to help them with. To this question, he gets an acknowledgment from most of the group while a few refuse to do as asked. Those he reprimands to remind them that as a group and as jedi they are expected to help each other. He is actually disappointed in these younglings as this shows that they might not follow the path of the jedi and will leave the temple. Even though this happens each year at least one time he is sad to see these signs. Afterward, he tells the younglings to start with velocities and tells them to use a move they learned last week. This move is really difficult to practice on your own so it really is a good choice to start velocities with. Thus he tells the younglings to make pairs before allowing them to start with the velocities. In the beginning, they do the move slowly while as time goes on they are told to speed up. This he has the younglings do until the end of the class at which time they are making the move at a fast speed.
Near the end of the year, the seniors have prepared their things to take with them to the initiate dorms. They will soon be leaving the clan rooms for the initiate dorms or for civilian life as they have either passed or failed the initiate trials. Tomorrow they will be saying goodbye. When they are done packing master Nagia calls the entire clan to her and once everyone sits on the ground before her except the clan leader who stands behind her on her right side she says
"Younglings, I have called you because your clan leader will be leaving us tomorrow and we need to appoint a new clan leader. After careful consideration, your teachers and I have decided that Anakin Skywalker will be your new clan leader. In the next ceremony which you all will be watching your current clan leader will give his responsibilities to the new clan leader. For that, I want you to pay close attention to the ceremony and for you to be silent. You'll all be witnesses to this ceremony so that you can tell that everything went according to tradition. For the juniors, I know you will know how this ceremony should go as you were taught this during your lessons but haven't seen such a ceremony yet" master Nagia says and the entire clan nods. The juniors have only had lessons about this ceremony but never have seen it happening while the seniors have seen this happening once already.
"Anakin, come forward" master Nagia says and Anakin nervously walks towards her and the clan leader. The clan leader then walks forwards and takes the leader badge off his tunic. He holds it on one end in both his hand towards Anakin who bows once towards the clan leader. Then Anakin takes the other side in his hands and the clan leader says
"Anakin Skywalker, do you promise to keep the peace in the clan and guide them in the absence of a ranking member. Do you also promise to look after every member in the same way and put their needs before your own?"
"I promise to do so" Anakin says and the clan leader pins the badge on Anakin's clothing before bowing once to Anakin as he has done before. Turning towards Master Nagia Anakin says
"Master Nagia, if you have need of my assistance in caring for the clan please let me know and I will do my best to assist you"
"Of course, youngling. If I have a need for you I will approach you and inform you of the task I need you to do" master Nagia tells Anakin. Then he goes to stand at the place where the previous clan leader stood who has in the meantime joined the other younglings.
"Please greet your new clan leader, younglings" master Nagia tells the younglings who all bow to Anakin as they are expected to do before swarming him to congratulate him on his appointment and they start to ask him all kinds of questions. Anakin feels a bit overwhelmed by this and hopes he will get used to the attention he will be receiving because of his appointment. Not that he is unhappy to be appointed as clan leader. It is just that he would like to not be asked so many questions all at once.
"Alright, younglings, back to what you were doing. We don't do such things as jedi" master Nagia says amused after a few minutes. The. The younglings go back to doing what they were doing before the ceremony.
