*Anakin you know as well as I do what will happen to Ashoka as soon as we do this*

*I know but we have no other choice, we already have to fake your death for Rako Hardeen and not let anyone know that we know you're alive, if we don't do this we could lose Corellia for sure*

*What about Bail and Padme? I know that Padme isn't part of the bond but Bail most certainly is, not to mention Qui-Gon. There's also the fact that we were given orders*

*I know...but honestly do you see any other way of doing this, besides I already timed a message as soon as I discovered this to be sent to the right people about the truth*

*But not Ashoka*

*No the rulers of Corellia will be watched too closely and she hasn't learned yet to truly hide what she knows*

*She's gotten better over time though*

*Yes, but for something like this she would be a dead give away. I am going to be working on it after the Hardeen mission but not until then*

*You know full well we have a little over a year left before Sidious takes over*

*But we still have plenty of time Obi-wan, that's our only saving grace right now*

*You win, let's just hope this doesn't last long*

*No kidding*

*By the way you contacted Satine before we left for the mission how was she?*

*Anxious and nervous hoping that Darth Maul doesn't revive, she's also preparing for the possibility of faking her death and Mandalore coming under Empire rule*

*Anakin I can't help but worry a bit because we never had to do this the last time*

*I know but you know that the Force wouldn't do what it did if there wasn't a reason*

*I know, but that doesn't mean I have to like it*

*Yeah I don't like it either but it is what it is*

*The two situations are going to be close together which will make this hard for her won't it?*

*Yes and we might lose some trust especially because she's not actually part of the bond*

*What do you mean Anakin? I know for a fact that I feel her as part of the bond*

*Okay it's more she's half in the bond half out due to the fact that she has the bond through having a training bond with me which means it's even weaker than ours with Bail*

*How?*

*Because she's not actually using the bond to communicate with the rest of us, I enforced the training bond to allow her to do that without her noticing otherwise she wouldn't even be able to send emotional reassurances just be able to sense if we're alive or not*

*That's definitely weaker than, fully in the bond once the hiding starts?*

*Probably, I really wish I could have her longer to teach and make a full fledged Knight but that isn't going to be possible*

*Yeah speaking of what about the bombing situation?*

*Oh that I still have no idea, whenever I see Padawan Bariss I still see two different paths*

*Understood, we'll have to figure that out later then*

*Agreed*

*And Anakin, we're going to have to figure out a way to block Ashoka from the bond but not anyone else*

*Which like I said since she's half in the bond half out it will be easy because I basically have control over the bond in regards to her*

*Okay that will work, she is not going to be happy with us by the end of the Hardeen mission*

*No she won't especially considering what we have to do here*

Meanwhile the security team decided to test the Jedi while Bail was off planet not because of the fact that the Council didn't know about the test but more because of the fact that John realized that things could happen while Bail was on another planet

"Senator how much did you yell?"

"Not as much as I might have but I had to let Senator Amidala get her say in as well and she wasn't exactly happy either"

"So a few more days and then both of you will be ready to leave for Corellia?"

"Yeah there's a Senate meeting that we cannot miss in two days"

"Who all is going with?"

"Seeing as how I want you to stay on planet this time here's my choice unless you have a better idea"

Bail gives John a list of security people and only one person was immediately turned down by John

"Sorry Senator but I need him, not for the exercise but another reason I can't explain yet"

"Okay, then how about...Carlos?"

"He's a good choice, I'll let him know"

"Okay then"

"By the way just so you know there's a chance that you might actually be needed in helping finalize our plans for the test"

"What do you mean John?"

"We're having a bit of trouble finalizing a detail about the mission and depending on how long that takes we might need your help ironing out the last bit of the mission"

"Understood, at least I'm not as angry as I was originally"

"And you had every right to be angry seeing as how they broke one of your rules"

"Indeed they did, they got a harsh reminder about why the rules aren't broken"

"When?"

"Remember when I was allowed to yell at Obi-wan and Anakin?, well there's a reason I went early"

"You actually reprimanded the Jedi Council as well didn't you?"

"That's not all I did, I not only gave them a verbal reprimand but Master Plo Koon and I went at it for three Kor Soth Let rounds and I won two of the three"

"Ouch and I've been to a tournament for Kor Soth Let users because you were invited to participate once, you never actually participated but after you turned them down due to your senatorial duties you were still given two tickets to observe what you could have gone through"

"Exactly, the only reason Master Plo Koon even won the one round was because of the fact that I twisted my knee unknowingly in the previous round and when I went to kick him while I made contact it immediately took me down so he won by default"

"Injury taken care of afterwords?"

"Yep and it was an easy fix all things considered but it was why I decided not to join in the regular sparring practice that day, just as a means of letting my knee heal the rest of the way"

"Well I have to get back to planning for now, we'll let you know soon if you have to get involved with the planning as well"

"Understood, oh by the way I need a favor from you"

"What is it Senator?"

"I need you to go to the Spying Diner and buy his war special for the Jedi council and tell him that he's to add the delux secret ingredient in the meal this time, here's the money to pay for the meal"

John goes to Dex's Diner and does exactly what Bail says to do. An hour later at the Temple a Council meeting was interrupted with food which they appreciated and learning it was from Bail let them know that he wanted to make contact but didn't want to risk Sidious getting involved

"Master Yoda it looks like the note is for you"

Note

"Yoda we need to discuss a certain Jedi turned Sith turned Jedi again after the test you requested, I know full well that he will never turn again but there's some things that we need to discuss and prepare for soon. I also think we should include the child in some of the discussions if at all possible and just a reminder never hide things from the bond again unless it's a security issue or more than Plo Koon will regret it physically"

End of note

"A meeting Bail requests after the test he does, and a reminder also he gave about hiding things from him"

"He was really angry about it wasn't he?"

"Angry he was, right he was to be, hiding things from him unless necessary we shouldn't be"

"But why, I know he remembers the future but just why can't we keep things from him?"

"An ally he is against the enemy, why he remembers still no answer there is, but remember he does"

"Master Yoda, what happened to him, I get the feeling that everyone is still hiding something from us, we know he lost his planet and his friends but there's something you're not telling us isn't there?"

"His story to tell it is"

"Fine, so are you going to reply today?"

"No, discuss other matters we must, besides this message a reply isn't required"

"Understood"

The Council then discusses other matters regarding moving and also the direction they would take the war as it came closer to the time that they were destroyed originally. Things were actually going great when suddenly Yoda passed out in the Council room while in the Senate building Bail succeeded in not passing out in front of his security guys but he did reveal having a sudden massive headache that lasted for two minutes (John actually timed all headaches just in case they were bond related)