AN: Oh my gosh this took me forever! I'm really sorry about the long wait! Had terrible writers block! I'm planning on finishing this before the end of summer, but if I don't, I will finish by the end of September.
I would like to thank my wonderful friend/beta reader/padawan, Juli(Padfoot Hoshi), she has been such an big help with all of this! I'm not sure if chapters 15+ would have ever got written with out her!
I would also like to thank everyone who has reviewed! I always read my reviews and I am very thankful and glad to have all of you!
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Okay, now on with the story! ^ - ^
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Changing Times: Part 2: Chapter 17
"Decide your fate we will, when you return," Yoda replied.
"Yes Master," said Anakin bowing to leave.
Anakin's tone towards the masters had been nothing but respectful, but inside he wasn't to happy. How could they be sending him away already? He was worried about Obi- Wan no doubt, and he certainly hadn't expected them to accept him back easily but still... Anakin sighed and continued to walk towards the docking bay where his ship was when he saw a familiar face. This familiar face saw him as well.
"Anakin!" the familiar face cried, grinning at him.
"Hey Siri." he said grinning back. Obi- Wan and Siri had been friends for as long as he could remember. He had often had to work with Siri's padawan, Ferris, although neither of them had enjoyed it. Siri had been somewhat of a second master to him due to all of the missions together.
"Long time no see... Yoda told me what happened." she said putting a hand on his shoulder for a moment. "Good to see you again."
"Good to see you too." he said.
"So... Are you ready to go find Obi- Wan? Do you have any idea of where he is?" she asked him.
"I have a fair idea. His comlink and tracking signal went off at about the same time..." he trailed off, "How did you know that I'm to find him?"
"My padawan Katana and I are coming with you, didn't the council tell you?" she asked him.
Anakin shook his head, "No they didn't. I take it they've asked you and your padawan to baby-sit?"
"No- er- well kind of I guess." she said with a sheepish grin.
"Well don't worry about it then, I won't screw anything up to badly." he said.
"Ha ha, very funny. I know perfectly well you're bound to mess something up... From burning our only food source-" "I was 14!" He cut in. "To tripping the sensor and letting the droids know our location-" "Okay I was 18 but it was an accident!" he cut in again. "You're bound to mess something up." she finished.
"So I messed up a few times..."
"A few?" she scoffed, "More like every other mission Ferris and I went with you on!"
"Not every other mission. Closer to every 5th mission." he said indignantly.
Siri rolled her eyes, "Alright. I'll see you tomorrow... We'll leave at 7:00" she said turning to leave.
"Okay, bye," he said shaking his head.
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"So what did they say?" asked Padmé once Anakin had returned.
"Yeah Dad what did they say?" asked Luke tugging at Anakin's hand, Leia tugging at the other.
"They said that I should go find Obi- Wan, and that they would 'decide my fate' when I returned... I have to leave tomorrow." Anakin replied, staring at the ground.
"How long will you have to be gone for?" Padmé asked him.
"Not long I hope, Siri and I will find him quickly enough." he replied. "I don't need help, but the council has asked Siri and her padawan to come along. I'm sure they just want to have someone they trust keep an eye on me. They didn't tell me I wasn't going alone." He rolled his eyes, "They've hired a babysitter for me."
Padmé laughed, "I've met Siri before. Obi- Wan went on a lot of missions with her while you weren't," she paused slightly to find her words, "available to go."
"Daddy, do you really have to go?" asked Leia putting on her best pout face.
Anakin couldn't help but grin. "Yes, I really have to go," he said bending down to pick her up. "But I promise I won't be gone for to long."
"Anakin. If you don't mind, I think I'll go talk to the Chancellor now. He'll be wanting to know what happened," said Padmé, "I'm not quite sure when I'll be back though. He'll ask me a ton of questions and want to know every little detail. Then he'll make me repeat it all for the records."
"Go ahead," he replied.
Padmé kissed him on the cheek, "Bye." she said, walking out the door.
After she had left, Anakin spoke, "So," he said setting Leia down, "What do you want to do?"
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Mara glanced at her ship's chrono. Only 18 hours until she would arrive on Ilum. She had heard that it was icy and very hard to find your way around on, but she wasn't afraid. She could handle anything!
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Obi- Wan stared at every inch of his cell on the ship. There was no obvious way to escape. the walls had no visible seams or paneling; there were no vents of any kind; the door had no way of opening except from the outside; all his weapons and any item he could have used to escape were taken from him; the floor tiles wouldn't budge; and there was no chance of rescue as no one had any way to know of his location. Yes, they could use his tracking signal, but he was on a ship, wasn't it likely they had flown away from where it had been?
How was he going to manage to get out of this? Was he going to get out of this? He sighed and slumped against the wall. There had to be a way, he just knew it. Mara had somehow escaped from something like this. He could sense that she had been here. But she wasn't here now and she was alive as far as he knew. How would she have gotten out? He just wasn't sure.
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"Okay, is this the right place?" Anakin asked.
"I think so. It looks the same... But it might have been over that way." said Leia gesturing with her hand.
Anakin just shook his head. He had just learned the hard way not to ask 6 year olds what they wanted to do. First, they had been unable to agree, and then he had foolishly suggested that they go get ice cream. Leia had then said that she had been to a 'really cool' place before and that they should try to find it, and upon hearing that, Luke had wanted to find it too. So now he was here. Trying to find some ice cream place in the middle of Courescant. He parked the speeder.
"Okay, lets see if this is it." he said with a half smile.
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AN: I'll try to update within the next week or so! Review please!