Revan was hurrying back to the dormitories in search of Malak to tell him the good news. He couldn't believe that the Jedi Council thought he had the skill and prowess to be able to take such an advanced course, however he was oblivious to the arguments which had transpired within the Council chamber, what had happened to convince them Revan hadn't bothered to ask Kreia, he was so full of adrenaline he had rushed off to tell Malak.

Deep in his own thoughts Revan came to a sudden stop. Revan turned round and realised he'd come down the wrong corridor and was in fact heading towards the Younglings dormitories. "Ahhhh dammit" muttered Revan. As he begun to leave however, he thought he could hear arguing floating down the corridor. Revan slowly walked down the hall in search of the voices, in order not to scare them off and came across two boys, a blonde and brunette, bullying a younger girl.

"Just cause your Hestra's padawan, don't mean you can be so stuck up"

"Yeah, c'mon girl you gonna tell us why you're so bloody special!"

"You ain't even oldenough to be a Padawan, youngling"

The girl stood resolute throughout and didn't utter a word, which made the boys become angrier and more frustrated at her silence.

"Alright Ice Queen" said Brunette, through gritted teeth as the other lad pushed her against the wall, "Look's like we gotta pay you a little lesson, one Hestra ain't gonna teach ya. In fact," he looked around, "there ain't no one here to protect ya"

The electric hum of two lightsabers echoed down the hall. The two boys advanced on the young girl who still stood her ground, back against the wall. Revan could see the girl was defenceless, and was impressed how she stood her ground, but even from his position he could see the fear in her eyes, he could feel her shaking. Out of nowhere he suddenly had the urge to help her, like a switch had been flipped on, and he came to a snap decision. With a flick of his wrist his lightsaber was in his hand, the blue glow contrasting with the redness of the hall. Revan leapt out from behind the corner. His lightsaber connected with another, and Blondie fell to the ground under the force of the blow. As Brunette turned to face him, all he saw was Revan flick his other wrist and he was out cold. He hadn't even registered that he'd been pushed against the wall, rather too hard for Revan's liken though. As Blondie prepared to get up, he found a blue tip of a lightsaber against his throat.

Revan was angry; it was within his power to hurt the boy, it was his right to hurt the boy, wasn't it the Jedi Code to protect those weaker than yourself?

This should teach him never to pick on someone younger than himself, thought Revan. As he seethed, he could see the pain he could cause the boy. Was killing him a possibility? Perhaps if the boy lashed out? It would give me a reason to kill him.

The little girl swallowed her fear and walked up besides Revan, she was young but she could feel the rage and power emitting from him. As she looked upon her attacker, she realised Blondie could feel it too. Carefully she placed her hand upon Revan's arm.

"Let him go…please?"

The sound of her gentle voice snapped Revan out of his trance, and he relaxed his grip on his lightsaber.

"Please, I – I – know who their Masters are. I'll tell – tell – tell them what happened, what they said to me. Don't hurt him, he'll simply be expelled. It's the right thing to do"

The blue glow in the hall vanished as Revan turned off his lightsaber, he stepped back, the boy ran to check on his friend and they sprinted down the hall.

The girl, suddenly realising her hand was still resting on his arm, quickly removed it. Revan looked down, sighing, and knelt beside her. His anger vanished as quickly as it hadappeared.

"You alright kid?"

"I'm no kid. My name is Bastila Shan and I'm 14"

Revan smiled at her stubbornness, she had guts he had to give her that, "Okay, Bastila you can drop the whole Ice Queen charade around me. I won't tell anyone. How you feeling?"

Bastila stood staring at Revan, seizing up whether she could trust him. Her entire life she couldn't trust anyone besides her father, her wicked step-mother had taught her that. From a young age, she had to fend for herself more and more as her father grew closer to her step-mother and further away from her

"How you feeling?" came the question again.

She could see herself being carted off by a Twilek, her father waving to her, tears rolling down his cheeks as it did hers, and next to him stood her step-mother, a sly smile plastered to her face as she too waved goodbye.

Bastila burst into tears. Revan grimaced, he never felt comfortable when people cried, and he simply had no idea what to do. Slowly, and precariously, he hugged her, thinking it the right thing to do. To his utter amazement she didn't refuse and kept on crying.

They knelt there, hugging each other. After a few minutes, Bastila had stopped crying. She suddenly realised she felt…comfort and safety in Revan's arms. It wasn't something she had felt since her father had sent her to the Academy. She felt like she could stay like this forever and hoped that it never ended…no this isn't right, Bastila thought, if Master Hestra were to catch me now…

She pushed Revan away from her, and wiped the tears from her eyes. Revan could sense she was alright now, her stubbornness had returned, a protective shield around her, but it looked like something was still troubling her, he could see it in her eyes.

"Hey, Bastila it's alright. I won't tell Master Hestra what happened" said Revan, as he stood up

"W-What? Oh, it's not that" Bastila sniffed, "It's just that Jedi aren't supposed to shed emotion. Not supposed to show or feel fear, anger -"

Revan laughed. "To show emotion Bastila is what makes us human, or would you rather be a droid"

Bastila smiled at that, and wiped away her tears. "I think I better find Master Hestra, I'm rather late for lessons as it is"

"Alright" Revan nodded, "Well, if the young lady will allow me, I'll walk you to class. At least you know you won't get jumped on the way, by your raving fan-club"

Bastila laughed.

"Well at least we know you're not the stubborn Ice Queen you let everyone believe you to be" Revan said, as he walked along side her.