Chapter 21

6 months later

It had been six months since Ahsoka left the Order. Anakin and Laetitia were still mad at the council, especially Obi-wan for not defending Ahsoka in her trials. It took Anakin 3 weeks to speak with Obi-wan again. It was the longest time he was angry with him. The other time was when Obi-wan faked his death and used Anakin's reaction to convince Dooku that he was truly dead. He didn't even look at Obi-wan for two weeks. But now, things were starting to be less tense.

The council room

All the masters were present. They were talking about Laetitia. Her time with Obi-wan had ended and she was supposed to be someone else's Padawan.

Mace Windu started "Masters, we are meeting today to discuss Padawan Naberrie's apprenticeship. So far, she has been with master Ti, Koon and Kenobi. As we have discussed, she shall have a new master for next year." He turned to Obi-wan "Master Kenobi, as Naberrie's last master, who do you think is the appropriate master for her?"

Obi-wan rubbed his chin. After sometime of thinking, he said "In my opinion, we do not have anything else to teach her. She is strong in the Force and has learned things we did not even know existed. She has perfected all the lightsaber forms and uses dual lightsabers as her usual and fighting form, although she knows how to fight with a double-bladed or a single lightsaber. She has defeated Darth Sidious' former apprentice, Maul, without even trying. I honestly do not know what more we can teach her."

The masters nodded and went deep into their thoughts. It was impossible for someone this young to be this mature and powerful. She had an extraordinary power that no Force-sensitive ever possessed. She had the power to create life and control the midi-chlorians in a being. Meaning she could take the life Force out of someone and kill them or give them enough Force to be alive. She hadn't tried it on humans and only tried it on plants and animals but every time, she had passed out for being exhausted.

Master Yoda broke the silence "With Skywalker, she should be."

Every master's eyes turned to the old grand master.

"Master Yoda, with respect, but are you sure? Skywalker may be powerful but he is not even a master and has trouble controlling his emotions. I am not sure that he is the best person to be teaching her. The last Padawan he had, he failed to teach her how to control he emotions and she left. We cannot afford the same mistake happening with Naberrie."

Obi-wan said "Master, it was not Anakin's teaching that failed Ahsoka. We failed her but turning against her. I agree with master Yoda."

"Can you explain, master Kenobi?"

"As I have already said, Laetitia has nothing more to learn from us but she needs more experience out in the field. She must learn the means to be a general and how to lead her army. Anakin is the best person to teach her that. They are already close and I think it will have positive effect on both of them."

Everyone in the room nodded. They seemed convinced by Obi-wan's reason.

"Then it is decided. Laetitia Naberrie will be under Anakin Skywalker's teaching for 6 months."

Laetitia was working on a broken spaceship. She always wanted to have a spaceship of her own and, like her father, she was really good at fixing things and enjoyed it. And now that the council gave her the permission to be in Anakin's battalion, 501st, she needed to have one for her. She was under it trying to fix the wires when she heard someone approaching.

"What are you working on, Little?"

Laetitia came out and saw her father. "I saw a broken and unwanted spaceship. So I decided to fix it and upgrade it."

"You want to have a spaceship?"

"I can't always be in someone else's. I need to have one of my own." She turned to her father with innocent eyes "Is that okay?"

Anakin gave a look, trying to resist the cute eyes staring at him. He gave up "Fine. But you are NOT using it until I'm absolutely positive that it is safe to use. We clear?"

"Yep." She said smiling. She always liked it when her dad was protective.

"What droid are you gonna use for the navigation and everything else? You know you can't fly without one. I can give you R2 if you want."

The blue and white droid came in beeping. It sounded like he was complaining.

"I so agree with you, R2. I can't have him, dad. Mom gave him to you and I don't want to use the droids in the Temple. Maybe I'll just have to build one."

"You wanna build a droid? Okay, Little, I love you and I know that you're really talented, you got that from me just to be clear, but as skilled as you are, it's really hard to build a droid. I made my first one when I was nine."

"Yeah, what were you thinking building 3PO? Did you build him just to annoy us?"

"Hey! It's not my fault he's changed over the years. I built him for my mom so he could help her with things."

They were quiet. Shmi was still a touchy subject for Anakin. Laetitia knew what had happened. What her father did when was consumed with grief and anger. She forgave him for that but that doesn't mean he didn't do it.

In the chancellor's office

Palpatine was sitting behind his desk, thinking of a way to have the chosen one and his daughter by his side. Laetitia proved to be more powerful than Palpatine thought. The power to create life was something impossible to have and, yet, she did. He needed to have her. That way, he could live for a thousand years and be the most powerful being in the whole galaxy.

He used the secure line he had. Dooku's face appeared on the screen.

"What is my bidding, my master?"

"Lord, Tyranus, how is their training coming along?"

"Very good, my lord. They are very powerful and talented."

"I have a mission for Thexan. I will send you the instructions. Prepare him and be sure to tell him that I do not do well with disappointments."

"Yes my lord." And Dooku disappeared.

Sidious smiled to himself. You will not survive what I have planned for you, Skywalker brat.

Done :)

Okay. This was chapter 21. In the last part, when Sidious said 'their' or 'Thexan', they are my fictional characters that I added in my story. You might know them form the 'knights of the old republic' games. I decided to use that idea and changed some of it. You will see who 'they' are in the next chapters.

;)