The Chosen Ones Ones And The Path To Truth
Disclaimers: Star-Wars or Stargate SG-1 are not owned by me. The story belongs to me everything else belongs to the George Lucas and MGM studios.
Warnings: If anyone noticed a pattern to the titles, it's that this is matter of his having to explain certain things to the youngest generation. As he uses the titles from the stories as he names off each one in addition to the titles given to his own circumstances as they work out what needs to be changed. And where as this continues, but this next chapter has the young knight stories in reverse.
As this latest chapter reflects that, to him, that Ferus was acting like the night brother that got cleaved in half by Zekk in their present. As he ends up playing the part of Zekk and Ferus is the dead candidate for the title Darkest Knight. But it's two pieces as half is the young Jedi knights and the other half is Obi-wan's rival and the rival's side kick in the Jedi apprentice novels.
With this chapter now it continues with his explanation of Darra's death to the third generation as they prepare to change the past. As Anakin reads the truth to his past when he created his lightsaber then. Seeing their father in a new light, Luke and Leia now see who was truly to blame. regarding the destruction of their family, as they learn who it was that caused Anakin to crash now.
Sorry for the rewrite everyone, I lost this chapter when I was expanding the story, so I'm working at rewriting the chapter. Just before I put it back up and continue making the story bigger, before the Skywalker twins. Han and their friends and family return to their present and the story keeps going now.
Chapter 47: Jedi Quests And Young Jedi Knights VII: Darkest Knights III
The Galactic Games-Anakin's Point Of View:
Looking at him with a stern look he went further at that and Senia nodded sternly to that. "We're Jedi, we're keepers of the peace, we don't go running in all half cocked, Master Qui-Gon had to do this with a Hutt once. When Obi-wan was two years younger then you were at the time, but this was a very close call. Now, at the time, I'm Master Qui-Gon, and you are Obi-wan, before a mission."
"And one that had resulted in fixing their relationship, but this one is a master, but of us being them, our mentors and parental mentors. In public, Master allowed me to take this, because, if he was alive, right now. Then he'd know I can do this, and without it turning into this, this is the true power of the force. I can influence them and talk them down, simply by my knowing them all."
"Instead of two members we got the entire trio here, that he allows me to translate for him, and Obi-wan though with him gone. Master Windu is just as good, but if he, Adi, Tiana and Damon saw this. And in how close it was, and you'd be expelled from the academy, our job as peacekeepers. Is non violence and only if necessary is the weapon brought out as the bigger is words."
"That's the true power of the force, we don't need our weapons, we just need to be open to them, the living force. You weren't and you failed the test, I passed it." he said and Ferus closed his eyes in humiliation at that remark, as the trio moved to him and she leaned against his shoulder at that as he looked at him sternly. "Well if that's not making a fool of yourself right now then nothing is at the moment."
"But Anakin is right, if he said that to Anakin, well the tables just turned here, as Anakin knows all of these racing pilots." Ry said to Obi-wan and he nodded to that. "Yeah and he's right, this is the way of the apprentice." Siri added and they nodded to that. "Anakin is right at the moment, he reacted too fast to see this, and if he slowed it down, he would have seen this would take a real Jedi."
"And one that lived in the outside world to understand this right now, if they had problems before, instead of Ferus getting our attention. Anakin gets it and knows every person surrounding him so this was easy as we let him do it. He also speaks Huttese and that helps too, as it prevents a true riot. From getting started right now in this case." Obi-wan said and she nodded in agreement to that.
"I would say he passed our test in the way of the apprentice, by not immediately bringing out his lightsaber as he gave it to you. Sets aside the weapon by giving it to us, or the adult quintet, if they were here. As he goes in and to defuse this and as he talks them down at the moment now. Before it got physical right now in this case, so this Dug is the son of his rival, alright."
"Well that's the next test, that you better take charge, I got his lightsaber, you just get him to calm down. If this rival is the same as Bruck, that's the catch you can disengage his temper pretty fast here Obi-wan. I see this way too easily at the moment, you and I know him best, but we're his family quartet." she said and he turned his head to her and she nodded with a smile and he smiled at that news
"And in the way Darra did before, but that must be the problem, he's showing off to you, because he want to prove he's better then Anakin. So he can be chosen by you instead of me, doesn't work like that. Two of one kind and one of the other, we been doing that for centuries it's the will of the force. And you and Anakin were destined to be together." she said to him and he nodded to her softly.
"You really think so, he's showing off, because he wanted me to choose him, even before Qui-Gon made me promise to train him?" he asked and she nodded. "Yeah I do, but nothing he says or does changes the will of the force, it was destined to be." she said and he nodded in agreement smiling gently at that. "The code is preventing us from saying what we really want to say here, honey."
"But Anakin is my baby brother, I love him, he is my padawan, it's the fear of where is his power could lead is what scares me. But promise or no promise, he is my entire world, I am strict because. And honestly, is I am scared something could happen to him." he told her and she nodded as she squeezed his hand. "Catch case touch of approval and from everyone, listening to this conversation."
"And either Jedi or not, sees that this is the only way now to end it. At the moment I think your student is a natural, Master Kenobi." the guard said and he smiled in pride at the way his student was handling it. "I know, I barely had enough time to get that, before every mission. That Qui-Gon and I went on, took a jog to the left." he said and the guards chuckled to that as Senia said it firmly to that.
"Indeed, this was a misunderstanding only he understands young man, if you ever been outside of the temple at the moment. Well it makes perfect sense right now that you recently activated and I know that attitude, to you, Annie is dangerous. Because he acts like a normal person and he was one before being a Jedi, we know this." Senia said sternly and they nodded in agreement to that.
And as she crossed his arms at that and Anakin did the same at that. "But I thought..." Ferus started to say and Anakin shook his head. "No, this is not the way to handle this Ferus, you realized you crossed into the darkside. And by how close you came to killing her?" he snapped at him and he swallowed hard at that. "All I needed is what's inside me to know they are my friends, I know them all so well here."
"But you should have paid attention to the language, you don't understand Huttese, I do. Teaching by example right now, is a key point in training, Qui-Gon did it with Obi-wan, Obi-wan with me and now I do it with you. By showing you what there is to learn by watching and learning now, as in a living force Jedi." he said and the group smiled as they gave him a hug and he returned it smiling.
And Ferus lowered his head in humiliation at the fact he failed the latest test the council and their mentors gave him. "This was a test, not what I thought it was, but a test that the council put us through?" he said in humiliation and Anakin nodded to him sternly. "Evidently the council made contact with my aunt and uncle who told them this, giving me one last chance to race." he said and he nodded in annoyance.
"Which they did, Dave and Leia told them the podracing circuit was part of the games, so Adi and Mace. They decided one last time, before he sets it behind him now." Siri said softly to the duo and Obi-wan nodded in agrement. "I just hope he's careful, I saw the cut on his arm after the pyre on Naboo. But I didn't think this was the reason." he told her and she nodded gently at that as they listened softly.
As Senia looked him over smiling and he hid a chuckle as she looked at him gently then. "Well you certainly have grown handsome, you have a female friend?" she asked and he chuckled and nodded. "Yeah, my friend, she's a younger version to Master Tachi, she, Siri, was pretending to be the raider Zora, but she and I. Well we're like my mentor and me on duty, and we're close friends, strong bond."
"As of right now, not, not that stage yet though." he said and she chuckled at the news then. "She's bringing the you we know back out now?" she asked and he nodded to her. "Good to know that the you we know never changed, even after 5 years, nothing ever changes right now. Always the good deed in being a kind boy on our planet, but like she said then, if she told you this already."
"But never mind what this boy brings out in you, remember who you were then, our fellow pilot, the best racer on the planet and a well know young man. Ren called you young Skywalker for a reason, you are well know in our home town. That is who you are: the best pilot in town, a very good mechanic, a good and kind young man we all loved now." Ben said to him in Huttese and he nodded to him.
"And I did say if you want to learn anything on the living force, you better start paying attention as I had to do this before. And when Jar-Jar picked a fight with a very dangerous Dug called Sebulba that day. As a result, that this was a responding catch that I had to prevent this from turning into a riot. But Semta is Semta Hekula, the son of Sebulba." he said and Ferus nodded in shock to that.
"That's his son?" he said in shock and Anakin nodded to him sternly. "Yeah, and his father is beyond grateful I just saved his life eight now, but Master. It's safe now, come on." he called out and they nodded to him. "Nice work Anakin, that was great work, in stopping this and preventing your peer from making it worse. That was excellent work right now." Ry told him and he nodded to gently that.
"Trust me this happens all the time on my planet, if Aunt Leia told them this, they and mom told them I was the expert. So let me handle this, that remark I gave Sebulba was the clue breaker right now. That was our exchange before the race when Qui-Gon gave me my first Jedi lesson in training. But my old life at the moment, any closer it would have triggered a real riot today, but no."
"And I got to prevent a fight between my peers in the racing circuit, but the bonds between us are strong. But this was due to the fact that they were arguing over my racer, it was sold to my rival and they were trying to figure it out." he said and the adult trio nodded to the news gently. "Close call I take it, if she moved to your side, along with the quartet?" Obi-wan asked and he nodded to him.
As he walked over to him. "More like severe jumping in without thinking it all the way through right now, they needed someone that knows the language. The people involved and evidently they knew my demeanor of preventing this before it went to blows would kick in right as he did it." Anakin told him and he nodded. "Standard debate over a human podracer?" Ry' asked and he nodded to the trio.
"Yeah the fight was over my podracer, I built that racer with my own hands, and Qui-Gon sold it to Sebulba. Siri, you better deal with your student, he could have killed her out of miscommunication had I not intervened right now." he said and she nodded firmly as she answered him gently. "Nicely done Anakin, that was really good right now." Siri told him and he nodded smiling at their remarks.
"I was right, this was over the debate of my racer, they were preparing for the racing by running a practice drill and Loren started a fight with Sebelba's son. Ferus tried to step in and it got worse, but have a Tatooine local and you can end the fight pretty fast if they're like the people involved." he said and the trio nodded. "Well that just goes to show that violence is always a last resort."
"And you proved the point of the way of the apprentice Anakin. Nicely done and that was really good right now, there are better ways to handle a situation. Without immediately going to violence and you just proved that." Obi-wan said to him smiling and he nodded. "Guys this is my mentor Obi-wan Kenobi, his partner, Siri Tachi and their clan mate Ry Gaul." he said and they nodded with a smile to him.
"Nice to meet you Master Kenobi." Ody said smiling gently as the group looked at him gently. "Indeed, it is nice to meet you and I thank you for stepping in, before he attacked my son." Sebulba said and he crossed his arms. "I am the padawan learner of the supposed farmer that sponsored Anakin, Sebulba. But I suggest you do not push it with us." he said and Sebulba nodded to the request firmly at that.
"So I was right: the farmer was no farmer at all, but a Jedi Master, you are his apprentice. And just after he died, or was killed, whichever you decided to do his training for him. And you been together ever since, you are his apprentice, Qui-Gon Jinn's?" Senia asked and he nodded. "Yes that's right, Watto, he let his greed get out of hand and if you know that as Jedi then you figured this out."
"To you as non force sensitives this came standard where us Jedi were concerned?" Siri said and the group started laughing laughing as she answered her. "Don't ever play card games or bet against a Jedi, knight or padawan or you're going to lose everything and he found that out the hard way. You three are the generation your mentors are training, but Tachi, Gaul, Attana and Kenobi."
"Yes I remember now, during a previous trip to the Outer Rim, you, Ry and your partner, Soara, and her mentor and your mentors were there on Tatooine. And you had a run in with my brother and his wife, his best friend. He made the mistake of betting against your mentors, and he too lost the bet against you. Like Watto lost to Qui-Gon at the time when you all were 16 years old now."
"So your friend there is also raised in the temple or you realized that Annie was like you as a child, Kenobi, Oh I know who you are: Melida/Daan?" Senia asked and he nodded to her. "Yes that's me, so you knew Anakin as a racer, nice to meet all of you." he said and they nodded smiling. "You too, it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance now." Ben said to him gently and that did it for Ferus at that remark.
"Indeed it is, so our human podracing champion is a Jedi padawan now, nicely done Jedi Skywalker, so you and your mentor were the Jedi in Mos Espa. Nice to make your acquaintance, Master Kenobi." They heard through a rush of Huttese and Anakin looked up to a hutt moving toward them as the group made way for him to reach them. "Greetings exalted one, been a long time." Anakin said to him and he nodded.
"You too Young Skywalker, to answer your question, in why I am not on our planet, I chose the top six best racers we had with you gone. And came to watch the games, but I was not expecting to find you here. So security detail with your fellow padawans?" he asked and Anakin nodded to him. "Yes, and had to prevent something that would destroy his career and life at the moment."
"And get him arrested by our planet, but nice to see several familiar faces right now. The situation those three days on Tatooine, my team and I were dealing with getting the parts needed to fix the ship. When Watto lost to my mentor the so called farmer, he tried to pull back on the agreement. And my mentor was ready to take it to you to settle this." he said and Jabba nodded to him gently.
"Indeed, what is your mentor's name, if he sponsered you, but in his words when gambling sometimes you win, sometimes you lose and he lost to him. After the games do you wish me to send a message back to our home town and your mother?" he asked and Anakin nodded. "Yes your excellency, could you tell her and my friends that the Jedi council and the trio send their greetings."
"And I am being well taken care of, but that I promise to return and keep my promise I have given her five years ago. Krayne is dead and they are free, I'll come home, before I reach my trials to knight." he said and Jabba nodded to him. "I will send the message back to them, you have my word, I assume this child is the one that misread the situation and you had to stop now, Skywalker."
"Child Jedi, you are very lucky one of my own subjects stopped you, or I would have you arrested right now for attacking her. He may not be a slave anymore, but nothing ever changes, he had not much to live on. But what little he did have, he offered to his guests and the Jedi master that freed him. Still innocent enough that he believed you can win by racing honestly on our planet."
"Even with five years of changes, but what didn't and we see this very clearly right now, is he stayed himself. He is the young boy who did everything he could to help others, in our town, but our own Annie Skywalker is a Jedi. And one we take real pride in by showing nothing changed." he said to him and Ferus swallowed hard at that remark as Obi-wan heard the nickname repeated then.
"So though not a child youngling anymore, I guess you want them and Padme to continue calling you by your nickname?" Siri asked and he nodded with a smile. "Just proves that five years older and the me they know never changed at all right now. Though I am a Jedi apprentice now, I'm still their human racing champion." he said and they both nodded smiling at the remark gently at that.
"Issues as a Jedi and I know you understand what we mean by these things, but you just proved the point to what we mean by that remark. But to answer your question, our mentor was Qui-Gon Jinn, my name is Obi-wan Kenobi. I am the apprentice to Qui-Gon when he freed Anakin five years ago." he said and Jabba nodded to him as he looked at Siri and his eyes narrowed at that remark.
"Why does this young woman next to you look familiar?" he asked and Anakin explained that. "She was under cover in the raider's ranks as the raider Zora, she is a friend, her name is Master Siri Tachi, she is my team partner, my sister. She's not a threat I promise, your excellency." he said and Jabba nodded in acceptance. "You know these people?" Ferus said in shock and they nodded sternly.
"Yeah I do and the reason is, because they're my fellow podracers from my home planet, but that just goes to show that what Siri said was the truth. Your sensitivity to the living force is not your strength, I had a knack for making friends when growing up. And I made a lot of them and this is evidence to that, but here as a result now is the only way, we knew each other for years."
"Had I not reacted when you yanked that lightsaber you could have started a riot and it would turn into a bloodbath now. The way of the apprentice is there are better ways to bring order then adding on to the violence and trust me. If Adi, Tiana, Damon or Qui-Gon was here, they'd say the same thing. That you have much to learn still of the living force." he said and the sextet nodded to that.
And as they crossed their arms. "Fast thinking that only someone fluent in the language can take charge. And that just shows a real impact of being sensitive to the living force. And in a way that your parental mentors would appreciate right now, but Anakin is a cub version to Master Qui-Gon and Obi-wan. So they spend most their time in the living force, and only a living force can do this."
"Ferus, you are so lucky he stopped you, or you would have expelled from the Jedi order for that foolhardy move. Anakin guesed correctly: this was a sight test in sensory perception." Ry said to him sternly and Siri and Obi-wan nodded in agreement. "There are better ways to handle a riot without adding on to the violence involved in one right now." Siri said sternly to him and Obi-wan nodded.
"Indeed, and this is something that we needed to see, that only a local can stop the oncoming violence involved here. They needed to know that though five years, nothing changed and would not change and that their champion was still himself." he said and the quintet nodded to that. "Indeed, he is correct right now, but leave it to a town local who knows the people that are involved."
"When in said to the said local, as he brings order, we had this problem two days before the race that freed him. And he had to step in after his friend picked a fight with our racing rival. And said we all had a natural hatred for after he caused 150 crashes in five years. Annie is our best friend and equal and we miss him alot at home." Senia said to him sternly at that as Ody and Ben nodded firmly.
"You out of your mind cub, you could have made a bad situation worse." Xelbree snapped at Ferus and he swallowed hard at that. "Nice thinking in calling out to us in our native language that's the fight stopper and we know each other already. But you had a knack for making friends and made a lot of them growing up, but we knew each other for five years, that helps." Ben said to him and he nodded.
And in agreement as Ody said it then. "Well knowing a fellow podracing pilot helps as does knowing they're from your home planet. But to answer your other question on spreading the news around town that we found you finally. And to your mother and friends that you got the chance to see us today during the games and with you, your mentor." he said and Loren finished that smiling gentoy.
"We would be glad to, everyone in town has been asking for information on you, and this helps now. So young Annie Skywalker is now a Jedi padawan, I know what the braid means now?" Loren said and they nodded. "It left a lot of the slaves holding a lot of hope, but none of us ever understood in why he could do this and come out of it, and alive at the moment." Ody told her and he ended it at that.
And as he looked between them. "Alright subject change, so what is this about." he asked and Loren answered him gently at that. "I just said there was a possibility that someone was cheating here in the race. If the character was force sensitive or a Jedi and she got violent." He said and she sighed. "A Jedi handi-cap on a podracer is not cheating, is what I said, but with the blaster involved here."
"Than I'm defending myself." Senia said and he nodded. "I take it this fight started, because you realized Sebulba's racer was looking like a Jedi handi-cap. As a result, you knew that as Jedi we are skilled pilots and mechanics?" he asked and they nodded to him. "We did, but who the force built that podracer, exactly, because he's keeps stalling out in the start off?" she asked him gently at that news.
And he chuckled. "I did, that was my podracer, before I sold it and left with my friends after the race ended. You were half right, but that was meant to be a handi-cap for me in the race. As I got the news from the farmer I met I was possibly force sensitive and I decided to yank out my podracer. Which is for a force sensitive human being, making the race more fun between us."
"My skills as a Jedi are slightly unfair to you, so I gave myself a handicap to make it more fun and we can enjoy a bit of friendly competition. As with my powers this is considered cheating in your eyes as a result here. So I decided on a handicap to make it more fair for all of us, as no normal human can race in this game and sport." he said and they nodded with a bemused chuckle at the news.
"But there is one kind one human who can and they are part of the group that scare the heck out of the guys like Sebulba. You giving us a head start and then catch up to us?" Loren said as he started laughing and they nodded to him as Obi-wan rested his hand on his back smiling. "Yes, but I really hope that the pit droid that did that doesn't do it twice." Anakin said and Ody lowered his head at that remark
And as they all started laughing. "One scream is immediately followed by a second from the balcony Jabba is on and then you come flying passed me as you catch up to Sebulba?" Ben said and he nodded. "Are you ever going to let me live that down Annie?" Ody asked and Obi-wan chuckled as he answered that question. "Why didn't you turn off before he got too close exactly, we know this happens alot."
"But this was the big one right now?" he asked and the quartet chuckled at the remark as the pilots all started laughing as Senia smiled at that. "Alright guys, let's get on with this and at the moment you're both right, this was the big one that changed your life. And one last chance to race, is great, the circuit is matched up to the Mos Espa race course so we can do this one more time now."
"As we get to go at it one last time before you let that go, but hopefully we don't have repeaters." Ben said to them and they nodded. "Were you able to get the screen and engines fixed since that race though?" he asked and Ben nodded to him smiling at that remark as the adult duo dxchanged looks. "I did, but I wasn't expecting it to break down on me when we had a shot at the amount."
"But for Gas though, that was embarrassing." he said and Anakin nodded to that remark. "Do I even want to know what you mean by that?" Siri asked and he hid a smile. "During the first lap, pre second lap, after Ody pulled into his pit crew, one of his droids came forward to fix it. But the other was talking to the first, and the first told him don't come any further, but as he did it anyway."
"And he got sucked into the engine turbine and barely blew the accelerator, as they had to fix that before he could start again. For us that's the bird getting too close to the engine and getting sucked into it, before we can turn off the blasted engine. It was after this happened we heard a second scream as what miniature wild life we had running loose all over the planet that was wondering around."
"It got too close to the microphone and Jabba knocked it off the balcony." Anakin said and the duo started laughing at that. "Oh gods, that is ridiculous, come on, I knew theze races got dangerous, but repeated areas that resulted in these things. That is going to far right now in this case, but never mind a harsh life. And this is you when you still lived in love and happiness, this is who you are."
"Shmi would just say this anyway, but never forget who you are, though a Jedi remembering your childhood is best when separated from them or us." Siri told him and he nodded as he smiled at her gently at that remark. "Always Master, but Krayne was meant to be taken down by a former slave. I acted in self defense, he had a blaster in his hand, but it was Qui-Gon all over again that day now."
"I checked the cartridge, it's the same poison." he said and they nodded firmly as Senia chuckled as she answered him at that remark as she switched it. "Should have seen that coming that your podracer was meant for a Jedi at the time. I saw the protocol droid, but this now, I saw that podracer, before he repainted it orange. As it was blue and white before." she said and he nodded to her smiling gently.
"The X, that was going to get changed to the symbol of the Jedi later on now, but this was mean to be a clear partnership now as two sides were crossed. But yeah I know, my friends finished painting it before the race, but that was the race that ended things for me and changed our lives. But as a result it's a matter of dealing with it, but your fight and that I understand, right now."
"But we can agree to disagree right now. At times there are truths you can't take, that's their opinion, I know you know that at times us Jedi bend rules, but that's understandable here now. But there's no need for violence right now, we don't need to get testy with each other, we're all racers. But if you want to get testy I suggest you loose it out on the track, guys, you especially Sebulba."
"And before our watchers get caught in the middle here and whoever's carrying a weapon, put it away, there's no need for that. We got a enough people surrounding us, so put the weapons away please, just relax." Anakin said and they both nodded to him."Hey Skywalker, with you here, we could talk this over, as Sebulba is here." they heard another racer call out to him and he nodded to the pilot.
"Great that's just what we need right now, cheating in this race is illegal and with me and my mentor and our teams here. He's going to get it, if he tries to sabotage one of you for the second time in five years." he said and the sextet nodded in agreement as he called out to Obi-wan and Siri then as he turned to the duo. "Master I got this, they need a fellow mechanic to check the binders."
"And the engines, so I'm going to be over here and while you: you, Siri and Ry', but you are doing what you have to do." he said and they nodded to him gently. "Ninety minutes with old friends should help right now, if this is a final chance, we give him one last chance to race, as he sets aside that piece of him now. Before we move further in his training, though I'm glad Darra's not here."
"Let alone the queen, the last race was pretty close, and I'm not scaring our own mentors into a heart attack here." Obi-wan said to her in a whisper and she nodded in agreement as she said it to that. "Alright, we've got a few things we have to do, but we'll be back in 90 minutes, so stay put for now." Siri said and he nodded as the sextet smiled in delight at this news as Senia turned to him gently.
"You mind if we talk shop, we could use your help in case Sebulba tries it again now, but he's here, so be careful, he's a nasty cheater." she said and he nodded to her. "Trust me I know that, he caused fifty crashes before I got one up on him, but if you need some help I can do that for you no problem." he said and turned his gaze to Obi-wan and he nodded and Anakin smiled in delight at the news then.
And Siri chuckled as he nodded with a slight smile as he looked at the duo who both hid a chuckle to this. "And I thought this couldn't get any stranger right now, I never expected some planet town locals to know him on sight. And in the second they see him right now." they heard a bemused tone say to this as they saw Anakin's gaze shift to Obi-wan who had a slightly bemused smile at that remark gently at that.
End of Flashback:
"So that's what happened at the time, you had to prevent a riot and a close call murder that day, because he reacted impulsively and nearly killed Senia?!" Cliegg said in shock and they nodded as Ferus lowered his head in humiliation at the memory then. "Yeah dad, he's been showing off to my unit every chance he gets to prove. Now that he's the better Padawan then I am at the moment here, but he just about blew it in this one."
"But I know the language, the sport and the people involved, by just hearing my surname shouted out by Senia, I knew it. I knew I had a chance to prevent this, my planet, my people. This was my arena now as he saw me in action as I forwarded a message through the sextet. To let you know I was fine and soon enough I was coming home to visit right then." Anakin said and they nodded smiling at the news gently.
"You guys were on Tatooine when the quartet were 14 and 16, Damon?" Anakin repeated and he chuckled and nodded. "We were and again and again some force sensitives don't realize that you bet against a Jedi knight. And you will lose your entire life savings as a result, but Siri was right, we wanted you to have one last chance to race. Before you set it behind you now." Tiana said and Mace and Adi nodded and he nodded to her gently.
"And you passed our tests, the day the missions between the four of you started, I found a paper with certain tests written down on it in my quarters. The ones that the four of us gave your brothers and sisters, but you had a check in green by yours. His was marked by a red X on 20 of 30 tests, indicating he failed each one." Adi told him and he nodded as Ferus paled at that as the quartet crossed their arms as Obi-wan said it then sternly.
"Though not here physically, Qui-Gon was helping me train you all this time right now, as such right now, you passed every test he and I gave you on your own. You passed the test on team work, if Qui-Gon knew, like you did, that to go in after Ferus got captured. And by the quartet at the boarding school you passed that test too, as for your situation before the war started, you passed it all." he said and Qui-Gon nodded to confirm that.
"Your last two tests were the honesty test on his lightsaber and the test, regarding your mother and Padme, but as you got the point finally in what Master meant. But I understand, you felt the pain combine with my loss, her's and Darra's. As they all came together as one and that's what did it at the time, we understand. Obi-wan was waiting for you to choose and you passed in Dooku's case." he said softly and Anakin nodded.
"I passed everyone of mine, he failed 20 of 30 of these exams, he was showboating to you and Ben every chance he gets. Just so he could make it clear he was a better padawan then I was." Anakin said and Qui-Gon crossed his arms as he answered him gently. "Yes and that is why he failed: his pride, you were humble in your training, understanding perfection means ignorance and ignorance turns to arrogance."
"Arrogance to pride and pride is a sin, that, if not checked at the door, can lead to self destruction, I know losing me started it, your hatred at the Sith. You missed me so much you wanted me back, I understand that, but you let that hate control you. We'll lose you again Annie, don't fight your pain, just let go." he said and Anakin nodded as he threw his arms around his neck and buried his head into his shoulder as Obi-wan nodded.
"I love you father, don't leave me, not again." they heard through supressed sobs then and Mace nodded firmly as he looked at Ferus. "Do you understand, you started him on his downward slope, you, Tru, Omega, Zan Arbor and Palpatine. Not one or the other, but all of you together destroyed him in the end at the time. This was a test in force sensory perception and the way of the apprentice." Adi said with a stern tone and Obi-wan said it.
"To repeat the remark young man that was a test we put you through and you flunked this one, like you flunked the test on team work. Anakin never lied to me, he was being sincere with me at the time here and I know it. But if that was an attempt to tick him off and make him look bad and you look good, you crossed a line here. But so far every test here that you took, since Anakin arrived is demonstrating a case of crazed jealousy."
"Shall we continue with how we can see the difference between you and Anakin, Anakin and I connected, he's my baby brother. I understand him way too well. Ferus, it doesn't matter how good you are, he had lessons you didn't, duty to the truth. But that was a big one, you decided duty to your friends mattered more, I was the young mentor. Mace the older mentor on that holoshow that Daniel mentioned to us last night now."
"But of you, Anakin knew his duty from the very begining, as he combined two lives together as one now, as Anakin didn't have a choice. A choice to stay there, he was ordered to stay on Melida/Daan, you did have a choice at the time, Ferus. Your classmate understands here in how we feel, regarding your choices, however you do not. And so how can we trust you not to get sidetracked, when he never got sidetracked at the time."
"And your choice effectively destroys your life, if father was still alive in this scenario, but his commitment to me is so beyond question. That there is nothing to say, he made his choice, it was Father and me, the girls, his twin, Nejaa and Mace, nothing left to say. He never had to think twice, by talking to Adi and Siri, let alone Mace now. That made his choice, he was coming home, he just gave them a fighting chance, but coming home."
"You made the choice on your own, everything I thought, everything I feel, you chose to leave the Jedi, Anakin wanted to come home. He knew his duty was at my side, always, the deepest commitment and the most serious mind. And he's right, you can't just pledge your life to your Master and then take it back. It doesn't work like that, whatsoever right now, how can we trust you?" Obi-wan asked him and he swallowed hard at that remark.
"You never understood the true dedication he had to all that time to me, but then how could you, you barely know me. But he and I grew up to be men together, he's my brother, my best friend, practically my son, I love him. And as a best friend and big brother rolled into one, he is my entire world, his family and Siri, Adi, Qui-Gon. Do you understand this, your choices, you two, not only destroyed him, they destroyed me."
"You wrecked our lives and for what exactly, what, to prove he is going to the darkside, just to get you in trouble. And so you can get into the acceleration program I never been more disappointed in either of you. But if you wanted me as a mentor, you both blew it, he got me and you two have your own, but I am a member of the council. So therefore our decision still stands, you're both being held back till Krayne in the ceremonies."
"And till after the purges for the trials and don't bother arguing with us, you did this to yourselves and all he had to do was show up for it at the time. Anakin made the choice to come forward and tell us immediately at the time. But if you did this, because you're jealous, you destroyed your career as a Jedi, young man." Obi-wan said and Ferus paled as he realized he had done it out of jealousy and that Anakin was better then he was.
"Yes that's right, Anakin is better then you as he can be both, and combine both together, but he understands the first rule to being a team is get to know who you want, now. As a mentor and he did, he knows me and Qui-Gon and we know him, he knows us. And your mentor and parental mentor, knew this as well, but we know things on him. Now, that are personal like he knows things on us that way." he said and the twins father nodded.
"Yeah, but I knew things on your godparents, my Jedi father and mother that he didn't now, but he's unifying force, I was living force, in this timeline now. All it took me was six minutes in interactions between your godparents and I knew it, I knew he loved her and her him. But as a result, if you don't pay close attention, you never see things this clear to others, but as a result, Master Adi is his mother in law, in the Jedi, so as result."
"I wasn't holding this back from your godparents or your adopted grandparents." he said and the adult duo hid smiles at the title then. "I take it they knew this already, because to them it was a matter of being the closest thing to an older brother and sister. These books were what connected you to Master Adi." Leia said holding up the three focused on them and they nodded. "Yes it did baby." Adi told her and they nodded gently to her.
"As you heard from Amee now, regarding that near riot, he crossed the line between jealousy and crazy jealous. That while he nearly made things worse between himself and my friends, the trio you met, Kit and Amee. That I had to take charge and forestall it, before the weapons came out now, but to your godfather. He never was so proud of the way I did his lessons to the duo, as I'm his adopted baby brother, we're family now."
"His lessons were in a way, I was hearing in father's voice, him and mother, in all honesty I loved her mentor just as much as I love my own. So having your godparents training me was just as good as having their's, in Jedi terms, mother and father, train me. As I exchanged words in the lectures for what the duo would say as I got older." he said and the two Jedi masters closed their eyes as they realized he meant them in that remark.
"Yes I mean you both in that remark, Jedi family, I got the most out of their lessons as I traded the words for what you told them as they grew up. The biggest lessons I learned from the duo, if you exchanged words, was time passes as it teaches, You are still a youngling, you have much to see and much to experience, so do not hurry. In the knowledge you seek, for that knowledge takes it's own time, and secondly here now."
"In pair ups in training, your partner has his own strengths and weaknesses, that was for you to find out. But merge with the strength, cover the weakness and together you become stronger. But only if you set asides your differences and work together as one, but remember: the fear to look foolish is no reason to do something. Or not to do it, for it is a far born in weakness, what they mean by these things is that the fear, now."
"To show off to a more experienced padawan, that you know more then they do is no reason not to listen to them when they know more then you do." he said smiling and Qui-Gon and Adi nodded smiling at the remark as he went further at that remark. "So what's the main point to that lecture Padawan, you understand us masters. And more then your peers do right now, living force Jedi?" Mace asked for them, Damon and Tiana gently.
"I think you started something here Qui, if he's using your lectures in exchanging words for what you used to tell Obi-wan." Kit said and he nodded. "Well I was teaching him though I wasn't visible, he still needed me so though not here for real, I was there in spirit. Had it not been for this choice he would have been the best of us all at the time." he said and the trio nodded in agreement as Leia looked between them gently at that.
"Wait, wait, so Obi-wan to Master Qui-Gon, Siri to Adi, Ry' to you Master Tiana and Soara to you Master Damon, so dad was with Ben and Master Qui-Gon. Master Olin to Siri and Adi, Darra to Soara and Master Damon and Tru to Master Tiana and Ry'. Okay got it, but if this is your training lessons to dad and he understands you better then the trio do. Well go ahead, Jaina, Anakin, A.J. and I are just like you." Leia said and he nodded to her.
"And trust me, though your father tended to aggravate us with all the stunts he kept pulling, that never stopped us from keeping our promise. And to your grandmother and Qui-Gon, in many ways they were like his parents while I was an adoptive parent. And your godfather like a big brother and father put together." Mace said and Luke chuckled as he went over that as Artoo looked out the window and beeped in annoyance then.
"Let me guess with the fact we got an eyeful of Tahl's droid after she just jumped off of the landing pad you had to control dad's droid experiments. And the fact his racing was bordering on insanely reckless right now?" he asked and the council and Obi-wan nodded. "At times, though we got annoyed by this, this never stopped us from seeing that he was still just a child on the edge of life as a teenager, but that was the lesson."
"That Thracia and I wanted him to understand, why rush growing up at all when all growing up means is more pain, loss and trauma, just enjoy your cubhood. And while you still got the chance to, he understands that, but this is him as we remember him. As a child, though separated from his parents and friends, he's not alone anymore. The fact that Sidious destroyed my cub, I'm not letting that go, right now, but I understand him."
"More easily then anyone as I watched him grow into his adult life, but I never been so proud of him now." Mace said and they nodded to him, and watching as their father gave him a hug they watched the tears enter his eyes as he hugged him tightly. Watching him press his forehead to Anakin's, they closed their eyes as they felt the bond deepening by the minute then and they nodded. "Ready, go ahead." Mace said and he nodded to him.
"If your peer grew up in the real world let them take charge, without feeling like you got to prove you're better then they are in all areas. That fear can lead to a dangerous mistake if you get too cocky, and by blowing your appearance. As trying to show off to a fellow padawan, if said is girl is no excuse to do something. Or not to, to not listen to your peer if they know more, it's a fear, born of weakness and said is always."
"Always wanting to be in the lime light, just to feel good about yourself, when the late arrival understands life lessons that your mentors or their mentors teach you. And more then you do, but at times the mission teaches us in where and when you. As our parental mentors, can not, by showing your connection to the living force. And knowing that talking does as much good as force sometimes, but not always at times."
"The character doesn't back down and I'm taking your attack by the duo that attacked you at the cantina in Mos Eisley into account when you met Chewbacca, son. But if trying to talk them down doesn't work, you got to show you mean business here. But I deal with this day in and day out in Mos Espa, so if talking them down doesn't work. You got to step in, before the weapons come out." he said and the quintet and Yoda smiled.
"Was that remark to Sebulba really necessary though padawan, I mean it's one thing in scare tactics, but another when you practically tell them who we are. That there is a Jedi in town and said Jedi has friends with the mother's sister and her husband and of yourself. Before making it clear that if the owner of the planet found out and he was going to dice him for starting a fight in public." Mace said and Luke started laughing.
"That's what you told him dad?!" Leia said through her laughter at that and he nodded. "I did, the connection snapped into place the second I met your mother. That's how I met your mother, and when as I met Artoo this week as a result, in truth. Your mother's ship crashlanded on Tatooine, my shop was the one that sold the parts needed to fix it. So with nothing to trade, I decided to race and they went to a deal, but the deal now."
"Had Watto been smart he would have checked the fact that there, at times we never wear cloaks on Tatooine, too hot for it. But when offering him, Father I mean, a bit of the local grown fruit, from a family friend, I saw his lightsaber. But that did it, as it hit me then, she was an outsider and he was a Jedi, my dream became a premonition. But since it had been approximately 12 years since their last visit to the Outer Rim now."
"It mean that the force had a higher hand in mind now, so to me, once he explained what happened, I got involved. But I knew if father was in town, then Ben was not too far away as a result here, as when one Jedi is doing recon, if on protection duty. The other stays with who they're protecting, so it happened to be a case of master/padawan teams. So I had the master with me." he told her and she nodded to him gently at the news.
"That's how I met your godfather, not long after the connection snapped into place, the bond of being our own team came with it. Father sent me ahead to let them know we were just attacked by Sidious's apprentice. Seeing the fight, Ben pointed them out and Ric got into position just above him as he jumped on the ramp and came on board. As father introduced me to him and I saw a gentle smile in his eyes as we talked that night."
"Your godfather held 3 positions in my life, but the fourth as counselor was held by Masters Windu and Thracia for several years. But your godfather was my life line all my life as I grew up, my best friend, big brother and the closest thing to a father. That I ever had, but best friend/mentor/brother and father, the masters do everything. And be everything you need them to be once out of the nursery." he said and they nodded softly.
As Obi-wan reached out and he moved into his arms as he leaned into his chest and the adult twins smiled at the bond they had then. "As a Jedi team, we ended up with a very deep connection and your father was my first padawan. So as a result now here, this worked well, but our memories back I know him better then he knows himself now. But the second joint mission started this psychosis." he said and Luke nodded to the news.
"And realizing we find you there of all places was a welcoming surprise as well, the way you shouted it out to me, in our local greeting. Before calling out the secret password among us Outer Rim locals, was enough, before you show them by example. That as old friends though separated, nothing ever changes as we exchange greetings with each other." Ody and Senia said smiling and the sextet of Jedi masters nodded in agreement.