Anakin stood in the middle of the chambers and looked at all of the people around him. Most of them didn't really bother him but for a group of three that had yet to ask questions. The green one that had been introduced as Yoda, the dark man that was Master Windu, and third who had not been introduce. He was the only one in the room with his hood up. Anakin just couldn't figure out why. And he had noticed that all of the members had looked at the cloaked figure after he answered what must have been a really hard question.
He jerked back to the present. Master Windu was asking him to say what he saw on a scree. He spoke what flashed through his mind. " A bantha. A hyper drive. A proton blaster." He almost had a hard time keeping up. "A Republic cruiser. A Rodian cup. A Hutt speeder." Master Windu put down the screen. Yoda spoke up then. "Good, good young one." He said. "How feel you?" Anakin could almost feel the intensity of his gaze on him. "Cold, sir." He confessed and suppressed a shiver. Yoda continued. "Afraid are you?" Anakin shook his head. "No, sir." Mace sat forward. "Afraid to give up your life?" Anakin answered hesitantly. "I don't think so." but that answer felt wrong..somehow.
"See through you we can. Be mindful of your feelings you should be." Yoda proclaimed. Anakin was confused by that. He thought Jedi had no feelings. Master Windu leaned back. "You think of your mother.' Anakin looked at the dark master. "I miss her." It looked like the master would have like to continue that line of questioning but a motion from the hooded figure stopped him. He looked for a long moment at the hooded Jedi. But he did as he was bade. The examination started again, but once again Master Windu and Yoda were silent. And the hooded figure just watched.
Hours later he was standing next to Qui-gon waiting for the doors to open. "Why are we waiting out here?" He asked. Qui-gon looked down at the boy. "The will let us in soon. The are deciding how to handle my request.' Anikan looked puzzled. "What request?" He smiled fondly down at the boy. "That you be trained as a Jedi." Anakin looked happy at that. "Really? Do you think they will?" Qui-gon ruffled the boys hair. "Yes I believe that they will. The force wills it." Anakin suddenly stopped moving. He mumbled. "I don't wanna go back in. All thirteen of them were scary." Qui-gon looked at the boy. "Anakin, there are only twelve members of the council." Anakin looked up stubbornly. "Well there were thirteen of them in there. And one of them was really creepy. He kept his hood up the whole time and never spoke once." As Qui-gon was trying to figure out how to respond to that, the massive doors swung open. He pushed the though back, It could be dealt with after the council session. "Come on Anakin. They are ready for us." and the two of them walked into the massive room.
