Pulling on his over robes Anakin looked at Obi-Wan in confusion.
"What's all the racket about?" He asked almost irritably.
"There is to be a new training test for all of the padawan's today."
Anakin tucked his padawan braid behind his ear and sat down.
"So?" Anakin asked.
"It starts in ten minutes." Obi-Wan said, waiting for the explosion.
"What! Ten minutes! Why didn't you wake me up earlier?"
Anakin ran back into his room to get his lightsaber and to finish getting dressed.
As Anakin hurried about Obi-Wan began to walk toward the door, heading to the place where the test was going to take place. Anakin caught up with him quickly, still in a frenzy.
"Why are they doing a test so early in the morning?" He asked, lengthening his stride.
"So that they could catch you off guard." Obi-Wan answered.
Anakin was ahead of him now, going toward the regular test arena. Obi-Wan turned a different way than Anakin.
"This way." He called out.
Turning quickly Anakin caught up with his master and was soon walking beside him again.
"Where are we going?" Anakin asked, once again confused.
"To the new training area." Obi-Wan said simply.
"New? I never knew they were working on a new facility."
"Obviously." Obi-Wan said, a hint of a smile on his lips.
Anakin frowned, not sure what his master meant by it.
"Oh, Anakin. Did you know that Mace Windu has a new padawan?"
Anakin was instantly interested. "No, who is it?"
"A young girl, around your age, goes by the name of Adeana, I do believe."
"Why did Mace pick her?" Anakin asked.
"He didn't really. Her first master died on the field, Mace Windu was there, the last words that she said were for Mace to take Adeana as his padawan."
"And he did? That doesn't really sound like something Mace would do." Anakin said.
"The Jedi Council was surprised to. But Mace said that she was strong in the force. Ah, here we are." Obi-Wan stopped.
The master and padawan now stood in a long and wide hall way, full of other masters and padawans'. Anakin noticed that the padawans' were all around his age, maybe some a year or two younger, or a year or two older. All of a sudden it got quiet as Yoda walked onto a small stage with the help of a master Anakin did not know.
"New, this test is." The old master said. "Hard, it will be. Find the end, you must."
A tall black man stepped forward, his face set in a permanent frown, Mace Windu. Anakin looked around to see if he could find the man's padawan but realized he had never even seen her before so how was he going to know her?
"In side this room is a three story maze, somewhere inside that maze is the finish line, how you find it is up to you. Each of you will be wearing a special harness that has certain points on it that if a lightsaber taps it than the hit person will be out of the maze. We, the masters that is, will be moderating you from holonet droids. May the best padawan win."
Obi-Wan gave Anakin a pat on the back for good luck as he walked over to stand beside a large screen alongside master Windu. Anakin followed the large group of padawans and put on a lightweight black vest. On the vest there were five dark blue points, one at the neck, one at the stomach, two on either side of the vest and one on the back.
The group of padawans were split up into five groups of five, each being led off toward a different door leading into the maze. Anakin was in a group with two blue skinned aliens, a rather tall boy, and a young girl the same age as him, could that be Adeana, he wondered. When a bell rang some where the Jedi who was with Anakin's group opened the door they stood in front of, they all rushed in as one.
Anakin was instantly stunned by what was inside of the door, as were most of the other padawans. Inside it was practically pitch dark, but with glowing designs on the walls and everything white glowing brilliantly. There was also a strange white light that kept flickering on and off at an amazing speed, creating the illusion of everything going in slow mode. After letting himself get used to his surroundings Anakin bolted off away from the rest of the befuddled Padawans, hopping to get a head start.
He ran around a wall and down a corridor only to find a dead end. Anakin cursed under his breath, his hearty racing wildly. He began to run back the way he had come. Hearing a whose nearby Anakin looked up and to his right to see a droid flying above him, following his every move, it was obviously one of the holonet droids. Anakin heard more people running about, every now and then he heard lightsabers being activated and the sounds of dueling.
Going around a corner Anakin froze and drew his lightsaber, only to realize it was his reflection. Looking at himself Anakin noticed that his bottom layer of robes were glowing a strong white. Taking off the vest Anakin stripped down to his pants and then put the vest back on, now he was actually hard to see.
Starting off again Anakin found a stairway and decided to take it up. As he climbed the stairs two at a time he began to sweat heavily, it was really hot in this room. When he reached the second floor Anakin looked over the edge and saw that almost every where he looked two glowing lightsabers were clashing. Go ahead, Anakin thought, wear your selves out. Sensing the droid still behind him Anakin ran off again, not knowing where he was going, and not really caring.
"This is one weird test." He said to him self.
Cutting around another corner Anakin practically ran strait into a padawan. Not caring, Anakin activated his lightsaber and quickly tapped the young alien on the neck. Not waiting to see what happened to him Anakin ran on. He dealt with three more padawans by the time he got halfway across the second floor. That's when Anakin sensed it. It was not the droid following him, it was not the padawans around the room, it was something more faint, like an itch you can't find. Focusing on that Anakin ran forward, letting the force guide him. As he leaped over a hidden hole in the ground Anakin also sensed something else. Something more powerful than any of the other things.