A/N: Thanks so much for the reviews

A/N: Thanks so much for the reviews! Especially the first one, because it was like 9:30 at night and I was debating on whether or not to do the extra credit for math, so I decided to take a break and saw that review and it just uplifted me and gave me the motivation to finish, so now my math grade is up a percent (yay!) Thanks for all the other reviews too. J

Hope

As the ship landed on Coruscant, Anakin was looking all around excitedly. He had the same bubble of hope that he had before the last time he was there, when he was hoping to be accepted to the Jedi Order. Of course, that bubble popped and rose again a couple of times since then, but now it seemed that this was permanent. When Obi-Wan took them on a small transport to the Jedi Temple though, he couldn't help but feel a bit nervous.

What if I do something wrong? Break a rule I didn't know about or some custom?

Obi-Wan felt Anakin's self-consciousness and said "Don't worry, everyone there will help you get used to the temple life. Some may scorn you for being so old and suddenly being put in the temple without any training, but don't sink to their level and be contemptuous towards them."

The next day however, Anakin was wondering if Obi-Wan was wrong in saying "some" would scorn him, it seemed a more appropriate word would be "everyone."

That's not true, he told himself, there was that one girl from the Kugelschreiber system. He remembered his first impression of her; she was humanoid, with beautiful black shimmery hair and olive skin. She gave him smile when he first walked into his first meditation class. Meditation, what a disaster! He thought. He had known that his classes would be hard, but not this hard. Anakin recalled the memories of it.

He had just walked in, five minutes late. It wasn't his fault, Obi-Wan was meditating in the gardens and Anakin didn't want to disturb him, even to ask where his class was. He asked a passing Daan where it was, who pointed it out, with a sort of cunning smile on his face. Anakin realized that he gave him the wrong area, finding that it was the girls' bathroom. When he finally got to where he was supposed to be, the class was already sitting down listening to their instructor, Master Fenster.

"I'm sorry I'm late, I didn't know where to go!" Anakin said pleadingly to the master.

"Anakin, if you need to know where to go, ask anyone and they will point it out. Please remember that next time you are in that situation."

"Yes master…"

"Master Fenster. Okay, class, for today's lesson, I want to keep on clearing your mind of all thought. Just sit there silently through words and mind and concentrate on the force, feel it, but don't use it. Begin when you're ready."

She closed her eyes and seemed almost lifeless, sitting there, Anakin thought. He tried to do the same. It was so hard! He kept thinking of different things, just random things, like when was lunch. He tried to "feel the force," but he didn't have best idea what she was talking about that. He would have to ask Obi-Wan later.

As the class drew on, Anakin got bored. He started to tap his fingers on the ground. Other students glared at him. Master Fenster finally told him to stop, but he still couldn't clear his mind. He heard whispers behind his back.

"He's so unfocused. I knew that he wouldn't be able to do this."

"What makes them think that he's the chosen one? If he can't do a simple meditation exercise, what can he do?" Anakin heard snickers.

"I think that the Council is only taking him on because Qui-Gon wanted him to, the Council just wanted to respect his wishes, since they were a death-bed wish. But I wouldn't, Qui-Gon must have been a fool to think that this kid is special."

Anakin's temper flared up. No one was going to call Qui-Gon a fool in his presence. Qui-Gon, his mentor, his savior from Tatooine. "Don't you DARE call Qui-Gon a fool!" he shouted at the two girls behind him. "He was the kindest man in the galaxy! He gave people chances that they deserved--like me! If you ever--"

"That is enough, Anakin!" said Master Fenster. "You will do the evening dishes for two weeks for your outburst. You two also," he said to the gloating girls who then pouted, shooting venomous looks at Anakin.

One of the other girls who hadn't joined in the conversation gave him a sympathetic look and gave him an encouraging smile.

Anakin didn't have any more classes that day and headed down to where Obi-Wan said he would meet him. "Master, during meditation, we were supposed to "clear our minds and feel the force", but I had a very hard time with it. I don't know how to clear my mind and I don't know how to exactly "feel" the force, could you explain that a bit please?"

Obi-Wan had heard the disruption in the class. Although he agreed with Anakin and his opinion to the conversation of the girls, he didn't approve of how Anakin reacted. He still has much to learn. He needs to learn to control his anger. And to learn to concentrate. Obi-Wan had had trouble with this too when he was a young Padawan, and he struggled to remember some things Qui-Gon had done with him.

"Padawan, let's try an exercise that might help you. I want to you to concentrate on one object, say that apple right there. I want you to concentrate on it, just think about it, as if it's the most interesting thing in the galaxy."

Anakin tried and found it much easier to concentrate on something he could actually see and touch.

After about five minutes, Obi-Wan spoke again. "Now that you can concentrate on an object, try to think of nothingness as an object, trick your mind into thinking about nothing and concentrate on it. What do you feel?"

Anakin closed his eyes and put forth an intensity of concentration on nothingness. He suddenly felt a surge of power that came from nowhere. Wow, what was that? The force?

Yes, my Padawan, it was.

Obi-Wan knew then more than ever that Anakin was truly the chosen one. It took Masters and Padawans months or even years before they established a link like the one he experienced with Anakin. He was learning so much is such little time. Anakin felt it too, and both of their bubbles of hope grew thicker still.

A/N: Well, how about this one? Is it okay? I have no clue. Oh, and by the way, "Fenster" and "Kugelschreiber" are german words. I don't want to make a romance between Anakin and the girl from Kugelschreiber, but maybe good friends? Anyone who can figure out what "fenster" or "kugelschreiber" can pick her name as long as it's not offensive. If no one gets it, I'll just pick a name, but I'm terrible with names, I mean, really, I had to use german words for names! J