Tython

The next day, the Jedi Padawans were all gathered at the windows on either side of the ship starring out at the planet below as they came out of Hyperspace. Tython was covered in green with a few areas that were blue but Ashlyn was sure there was more water than what she could see from space. Landing clearance was a painstaking wait as Anakin Skywalker communicated with those on the planet surface via the holo-terminal that was situated in the passenger hold of the 'White Star'.
"Why are they taking so long to clear us?" David asked impatiently.
"They are probably checking with Master Yoda as well as using their scanners to scan the ship for anything suspicious," Anakin explained, "The Jedi Order has to be extra vigilant about the location of Tython otherwise our Sith friend might try and come here."
"I can guarantee you Master Skywalker if Jaira knows about Tython and its location my father was the only one she could have gotten the information from and if that was the case he would have made Tython uninhabitable a long time ago," Daly said, "So the likelihood of my sister knowing about this place is slim."
"Yes, but if Jaira is on Dromund Kaas it is very possible she has found references to the planet. During the Old Republic, the Sith Empire attacked Tython multiple times," Anakin revealed nervously.
"Why are the Council wanting to return to Tython?" Bramax inquired in curiosity.
"Coruscant is too exposed to the rest of the Galaxy I am sure you have all learnt about the sacking of Coruscant just before the war of the Old Republic," Anakin bought the event up, "The Jedi Temple on Coruscant was destroyed and many of the Order were slaughtered that day. The Council wants to try and avoid this from happening again," he added with more detail.
"So we will be leaving Coruscant and the Temple unguarded?" Treb accused.
"No Padawan, there will be Jedi there but only Knights and Masters. All the Younglings and the large majority of the Padawans will be bought here which is where they will finish their training," Anakin corrected him, "At least until the threat has been eliminated."
That was when the landing clearance came through and the Jedi Master entered the cockpit again and guided Alazea in her landing while the teenagers went back to ogling out the windows at the Homeworld of the Jedi Order. When the ship finally landed on the planet surface the Padawans rushed through the ship to where the loading ramp was located, waiting with bated breath for the ramp to drop down so that they could explore the planet that they had only heard about since they were Younglings.
"Hold on a minute all of you," Anakin said calling their attention to him, "Don't leave the perimeter and don't touch anything," he stated clearly and was not ready for the overflow of excitement when the loading ramp finally began to lower. All twelve Padawans didn't even wait for it to hit the ground before they were sprinting and jumping out of the ship which caused Anakin to groan slightly as he watched his class scatter in all different directions.
"Looks like you need some help," Alazea said as she came to stand just behind him, putting her hands on her hips. R2-P7 went flying out of the ship, then rolled around for a few seconds until he spotted Mayken and then rolled away towards her, whistling and whirring all the way and it almost sounded like he was berating her.
"No I should be fine, just have to give them all a little while to calm down. Besides they could use the day off anyway," Anakin admitted before leaving the Smuggler in her ship and went to go speak to the Jedi Master in charge of the project of rebuilding Tython. On the way to his destination, he walked past his Padawan who was looking up into a tall tree and somehow he knew what she was going to do before she even did it.
Ashlyn jumped up into the air, reaching up with her hands as she caught the thick branch in her grasp and then used the trunk as a wall to climb up. She sat there for a little while just thinking about random things that came to her mind and looked down at the ground when she heard something. Daly was there below her looking up curiously as he silently wondered what she was doing up in a tree.
"By any chance what are you doing?" Daly inquired curiously.
"Why don't you come up here and find out for yourself," Ashlyn challenged him as she stood up on the thick branch and managed to hoist herself up onto the branch above her.
Daly smirked as he followed her almost clumsily up the tree as he had never climbed a tree before and Ashlyn made it look easier than it actually was. When he heard her laughter he became more determined and when he did catch up to Ashlyn she was sitting in a crook of a branch and the tree trunk leaning back against the main part of the tree.
"Are you wanting to spend your entire time here in the Medical Bay?" Daly asked with a quirked eyebrow.
"I used to climb trees all the time on Naboo and I remember how disappointed I was when I arrived at the Temple and got into trouble for climbing one of the trees in the gardens in my first week," Ashlyn said and then she let out a heavy sigh.
"So you are planning on spending your entire time in the Medical Bay," Daly teased conclusively.
Ashlyn frowned slightly at the joke, "If anyone is going to fall out of this tree it will be you," she said in her thick Nabooian accent.
Daly chuckled, "Yeah right."
Then he saw the look in Ashlyn's eyes and he was about to apologise when all of a sudden his foot slipped out from underneath him and he dropped to the next branch.
"What was that for?" Daly demanded accusingly.
"I didn't do anything you have terrible balance and posture for tree climbing," Ashlyn said as she jumped down from her branch and onto his. Her landing was so precise and light that it seemed as if she had grown up living in the trees which caused Daly's jaw to drop slightly. Ashlyn giggled before jumping down from the branch and landing in a crouch on solid ground before standing up straight, turning around to watch Daly descend from the treetops.
"Show off," Daly groaned.
"I heard that," came Ashlyn's reply, "Come on Daly it's not that hard, think of it like lightsaber combat."
Daly got into a crouch and then prepared himself to jump down, when he eventually did he landed in a crouch but at the last second he lost his footing. Ashlyn knelt down next to him and helped him back onto his feet.
"Wow you really need to have a lesson in landings," Ashlyn said astonished at how poorly the other Padawan had done.
"Oh knock it off," Daly growled.
"It's funny because I was about to say something along the line of Jedi always land on their feet but I guess you're the one exception to that-," Ashlyn wasn't able to finish as she suddenly had to dodge a pounce from Daly. She started to sprint with Daly close on her heel but he luckily enough wasn't fast enough as Ashlyn weaved through the crowds of Jedi Knights. When Daly emerged from the crowded area of the camp he could not see any sign of Ashlyn anywhere. Deciding he would pay her back later he walked away to go do something interesting and little did he know that if he wanted to find the other teenager all he would have had to do was look up and he would have found her easily.
"People seldom look up," Ashlyn chuckled to herself amusedly as she remembered her Master telling her that very statement one day in the early days of being his Padawan. Then she casually dropped down to the ground and went to find her Master. As being with the Hero with No Fear was probably the safest place for her to be with Daly hunting her for revenge on her little joke.

The next day, the Padawans arrived at the bunch of tables covered in what looked like ship engines and it wasn't long before one of them identified what they were.
"Hyperdrives," Stret said in awe.
"Wait where did all of these come from and how on earth did they get damaged?" David inquired incredulously.
"These, Padawans, are Hyperdrives that were left here after the last colonisation of Tython which was over a century ago," Anakin revealed excitedly as if he had gotten a new toy. The group of students gave each other curious looks as to why they were working with machines that more than likely no longer worked and that were way behind in technology.
"And we are going to do what with them exactly?" Treb asked unsure of whether he really wanted to know the answer.
"I will be teaching you all how to fix and upgrade them," Anakin replied which caused him to receive looks from the students that basically said have you lost your mind.
"Great my master has finally lost it," Ashlyn groaned.
Anakin frowned disapprovingly, "Beside the fact that they are old and a century behind in technology they are still in fairly good working order and even the oldest of machinery can be upgraded quite easily if you know what you are doing as well as if you have the correct parts," Anakin said, "How old do you all think the Millennium Falcon is?" he asked.
The Padawans looked at each other, most of them shrugging their shoulders and then the Jedi Master revealed the answer to his own question.
"The Millennium Falcon is much older than these Hyperdrives, I can assure you all of that. It is almost two hundred years old," Anakin pointed out which caused the eyes of most of the Padawans to bulge out of their heads in shock.
"And it still works?" Gav inquired in amazement.
"Yep but only because it was well taken care of and is consistently being upgraded," Anakin said, "By playing around with these Hyperdrives you will learn a general idea of how one works and is put together. You are better off learning on these before moving onto up to date Hyperdrives."
Then the students got to work as they each stood behind one of the tables and then they began to pull the pieces machinery apart and put new pieces in while learning the names of all the parts as they went. Anakin walked around them going from one Padawan to the next. Stret was the most interested in the task as his project had to do with Hyperdrive systems and within the first hour of the class, he could name all the parts and explain what it did. When the Jedi Master reached Daly's table he found a mess of oil all over the table and realised what the Padawan had done.
"Getting distracted will not help you Daly," Anakin advised, "I suggest you clean this up before you continue."
Daly then opened up the flux ignitor, this caused sparks to fly into the air to land on the sleeve of his robe which was drenched in oil. It caught fire and Daly ran to the river and jumped in to get the fire out and when he came to the surface he found most of the others laughing at him. Ashlyn came over to the edge and held her hand out for him to grab.
"Well you certainly know how to be hot," Ashlyn joked as she laughed softly.
Daly grasped her outstretched hand and grinned devilishly. Before she knew what was happening Ashlyn was in the water with him.
"Daly!" she screamed in shock as she came up to the surface of the cold water. The other teenager just laughed as they began to splash water at each other. Then all the others decided to join in on the fun and a massive water fight broke out amongst the twelve Jedi Padawans.
Anakin Skywalker walked closer to the edge and tried to order them all out of the water but quickly gave up as none of them were paying an ounce of attention to him. Then he thought about what his Padawan had said everytime she had done something that went against orders.
"You would have done the same thing too Master," her words rang in his mind like an echo and so he decided to leave them be just this once. Life at the Temple, after all, was very restricting and almost suffocating, as fun was considered being against the rules. The Jedi Master began to wander away from the river reminiscing on his Padawan years and how rebellious he was even after becoming a Jedi Knight.
"I say Skywalker where are the Padawans, isn't it time for their lesson?" a voice asked which dragged the man out of his musings.
"Oh … ahh … they are taking a break," Anakin responded as he came face to face with the questioner who turned out to be Master Rahm Kota.
"Skywalker they came here to learn, not to flounce around and relax," the older man scolded, "What are they doing?"
Anakin Skywalker did not have to answer the question as the sound of the group of students playing in the river floated over to the two Jedi Masters. Anakin Skywalker winced at the look Master Kota was giving him before he started to stride firmly towards the noise with the Council Member hot on his heels.
"Master Kota, please let me deal with it," Anakin said trying to divert the older man.
"Why Master Yoda ever put you on the Council is beyond me from my point of view. You always have been and always will be reckless and undisciplined," Rahm Kota commented which made Anakin freeze from shock as he had always seen the older man as one of the better Jedi Masters in the Temple.
"Now wait just a moment," Anakin said which caused Master Rahm Kota to turn around to face him, "Leave the Padawans to me, they are my responsibility."
Then Anakin walked past the older man swiftly and quickly before he could do anything to stop him. When he approached the river's edge he called out, "Padawans!" None of them responded however in which he responded to by holding his hands out in front of them, closed his eyes and moved his hands up with palms raised to the sky. The Padawans were on solid dry ground in matter of seconds as they looked around curiously, wondering what had happened for a few moments. Then they spotted Master Skywalker and the look he was giving them which resulted in complete silence.
"Now I want you to all go dry off and be back here in five minutes," Anakin ordered, "Go."
The twelve students rushed away to their sleeping quarters to go get dry and Anakin turned around to see the look of astonishment on Master Kota's face. As Anakin passed him he simply stated, "That is why Master Yoda chose to put me on the Council."
The older Jedi Master had heard stories about the younger man in front of him but had never seen his abilities in action.