He had to take a private air bus to the huge building, there were no Jedi flyers that were capable of flying right now. Once inside the bus Anakin sat and let his mind wander, it kept coming back to Adeana, the woman he loved more than life its' self. She was everything a man could want, strong, beautiful, loving, and loyal.
As he exited the bus at his stop Anakin started to wonder why the Chancellor had summoned him, what could he possibly need with him. Granted they had been good friends since Anakin had come to Coruscant, but the older man was a politician, and Anakin was a Jedi Knight, their paths were not really prone to cross.
Walking through the building was not at all exciting, barely anyone was up and about at this time of the day, and the people that Anakin did pass were all dressed in the boring politician robes. Anakin made his way up to the 100th floor by stairway, luckily he had been dropped off by the bus on the 80th floor.
Once outside the Chancellor's office Anakin knocked and waited. Soon the door slid open and Anakin walked in, the door sliding shut behind him. The Chancellor was seated at his desk, looking out on the city. Anakin crossed his arms and put his hands into the wide sleeves of his robes, waiting patiently for the Chancellor to speak.
The Chancellor turned the chair that he was sitting on around to face Anakin, a happy smile on his face.
"Congratulations on becoming a Jedi Knight!" He said.
Anakin smiled too and bowed his head in respect.
"Thank you Chancellor." He said.
The Chancellor stood and walked toward the door that lead to his private office, Anakin followed.
"It is about time to." Palpatine said, walking into his private office.
"What do you mean?"
The older man turned to look straight at Anakin.
"I mean just what I say, its about time."
"The issue of my Knight hood has never arisen before." Anakin said, starting to get confused.
"Are you so certain of that?"
Anakin did not answer, because he knew he wasn't.
"I am sure that if you were to ask master Obi-Wan Kenobi he would tell you other wise. If the Jedi Council did not forbid him to speak of it."
"Why would the Council do something like that?" Anakin asked.
"To keep you in the shadow." Palpatine aid simply. "They fear your power Anakin, they know that you are the most powerful Jedi ever, they just don't want you to know it."
"How am I the most powerful Jedi?" Anakin asked as he stood in front of the smaller desk that the Chancellor was now sitting behind.
"You may not know it your self Anakin, but I can sense the power in you, as can the Council. If you were only allowed the freedom to let your power lose you would be the most powerful being, ever."
"How can you sense the power in me? Your not a Jedi."
"You are right, I am not a Jedi. But I read, I have taught my self in the ways of the force."
All of a sudden the lamp on the desk started to float and came to rest on the other side of the desk, turning on as it did so. The before Anakin knew it a chair was behind him and he was sitting in it, amazed.
"Does the Council know of your power?" Anakin asked.
Palpatine laughed. "If I were to inform them of my power they would try to remove my from office, afraid that I was trying to turn the people against them."
"And are you?"
"Why no my friend! I'd be much to frightened even to attempt it!"
"You, afraid of the Council!" Anakin said, thinking it was a joke.
"You clearly don't know what they do inside that little chamber of theirs. They scam, plot, plan, even as we speak they are trying to get me out of office."
"Why?" Anakin asked.
"Because I have so much public support."
Anakin sat silent for a while, thinking on the things he had just heard. They did make sense, since the first day he had come to the Jedi Temple he had always felt that there was more to the Council then they were letting on.
"Why are you telling me this?" He finally asked.
"I want you to be aware of what is happening around you. Remember, I am here if ever you need of me."
Understanding that as a dismissal Anakin stood and bowed, then walked out of the room. He headed back to the Jedi Temple, pondering the whole way.