Thanks for all you reviews. I would like to reassure concerned fans of the story out there, that Anakin will meet Padme, I don't know if they will be together, but it won't be till he's a lot older. Long chapter, and unfortunately not the best as I had to work with the block, but things are hopefully explained a lot clearer now. The prophecy I wrote down is not the actual one, it's one I made up to fit in the story. I thought Obi Wan and Qui gon are such important people in the story of the origional that they should be mentioned in the prophecy of my AU. Anyway, have fun reading!

Chapter 3

Obi Wan stood in front of the Council. It was a very proud day for him. He was being Knighted. Qui gon stood to the side with a look of pride in his face as Obi Wan's braid was cut and presented to him. He was a Jedi Knight at the age of 20. Though there had been younger, it was unusual for a Jedi to be Knighted so young. He would now be moving into his own room and going on his own missions. Firstly though, Qui gon pulled him to the side.

"Obi Wan, you know that you have to chose a group to join now, and before you decide, I would like to offer you a unique opportunity to join the Grey Guild," Qui gon spoke in hushed tones so as others surrounding them couldn't hear. There were several guilds in the Temple. Knights chose the guild that fit in with their interests, abilities and the sort of missions they would get. For example, the Red guild spent their time researching the Sith and finding all they could about them and the prophecies, the Green guild spent their time conserving and looking at geographical phenomena and dealing with the after effects. There were various others for negotiators, political analysts etc. The Grey guild was the most important and the most secretive. Members of the Grey guild were effectively spies and had to have a combination of all the skills required for the other Guilds. They walked and talked like common people, finding problems and gathering information. It was the most dangerous guild and the darkest. That Qui gon was asking him to join meant that the Guild had been watching him since her was first brought in for his suitability to the guild. Members of the grey guild had to have a special attunement to the Force and be able to withstand the Dark Side. Obi Wan had a serious choice ahead of him. If he joined the Grey guild he would be doing things against the Jedi Code. One of their tasks was to watch Rogue Jedi, and if they turned Dark, to assassinate them. They did the dirty work of the Order and had to remain on the Side of Light faced with all that Darkness, it was a hard life, but the fact that he had been asked meant that they obviously thought he was able to cope. Of all the Jedi whole had become Lost, not one of them had come from the Grey Guild, which said a lot. Obi Wan looked at Qui gon's expectant face.

"I'd be honoured," Obi Wan said. Qui gon grinned.

"You do realise, I will still be your Master then?" Qui gon said with a smirk. Obi Wan looked shocked. What that meant was that Qui gon was the Leader of the Grey Guild. Each Guild had a Leader, someone who watched for potentials, helped decide who to send on those secret missions and who needed a rest. He was the one that would speak to the Council on behalf of the Guild. That someone as reckless as Qui gon was the Leader of the Guild said a lot. Obi Wan couldn't deny that it would be an interesting life in the Guild.

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Cha, Anakin and Lumi moved into their Youngling groups. They were being split up. Cha was going to the Bear Group, and Anakin and Lumi were joining the Wolf group. There were four different groups. Bear group contained potential Medics and Negotiators. They were generally calm and tranquil and had easy connection to the Force. Wolf Group usually became sly and clever warriors. They were also often potential Leaders. The other two groups were Lion group which contained aggressive fighters and explorers. The last group was Owl group. They were the scholars and politically minded people. That didn't make anything definite. Jedi from Owl group could become warriors and Jedi from lion group could become medics. It was just putting people where they were most suited to learning. As Cha went to his new dorms, Lumi and Anakin went to theirs.

Each year had a huge dorm for each group. There were two rows of beds lining along opposite walls with a long set of desks in the middle across from each bed. There was a chest at the end of each bed to put the spare set of clothes in, books, data pads and various other things Younglings needed. So far there were about a two dozen in each group for that year, but there was room in each dorm for twice that. An older Youngling, that was nearly a Padawan arrived and gave them the rules for the dorms, lesson schedules and where they could go if they needed help with anything. He gave them a small tour of the areas they would use, sparing rooms, classrooms, the library, canteen and the Room of a Thousand Fountains.

The next few months went by quickly with lessons and meditating and in their spare time, Anakin, Lumi and Cha would meet in the Room of a Thousand Fountains and the canteen. Moving to different groups had luckily not effected their friendships.

Of course they were still getting up to the same things they always did. Namely trouble. Cha was the voice of caution in their pranks. Though Obi Wan had been caught several times, they had never attempted one against a Master such as Qui gon or members of the Council. They only ever attempted pranks on those who had some sort of sense of humour. Obi Wan, even when he was sopping wet or covered with feathers never failed to see some of the humour. He would never directly show it when he was chastising them, but there would always be this glint of humour in his eye. A similar glint to the one Qui gon would wear when he was these pranks occur. Of course, there was punishment for these after lesson activities the engaged in. They had often been placed in kitchen duty, and various cleaning duties, such as mopping floors and washing sheets. They felt it was just punishment for being caught and tried harder next time. Of course, should Mace Windu find out about a prank, they just shoved Lumi in front of him, who would look at him with her big pale eyes, and look completely innocent. Master Windu had a soft spot for the little girl, and would never give her the harsh punishment the rest of the Temple was given, instead they were given what other Jedi's gave. Master Yoda had noticed this, but only looked on amused, he seemed to think that a gruff Councillor such as Master Windu being brought down a pair of batting blue eyes highly amusing. While he did not approve of the pranks as such, Master Yoda couldn't help but admire they way they were executed with such precision and co-ordination. The fact that the took the consequences of their actions without complaint made them especially intriguing as a group. Master Yoda was not the only one watching them with interest, already several Guild Leaders were watching them with interest. They had a feeling that when it cam time for them to become Knights there would be a fierce fight on their hands.

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Cha was walking down the corridor, he was on his way to the Room of a Thousand Fountains to meet Anakin and Lumi. On the way, he noticed a young boy being teased by a group of older Padawans. The boy was an Ikotchi male of his age, and was being shoved around. This was something not to be tolerated in the Temple. Though they played pranks, Cha and his two friends would never bully another, or belittle them, they had too much honour, they also couldn't stand back and watch someone being bullied. It all came back to how Lumi was treated by her father really. It wasn't something they could stand. Though outnumbered, Cha felt himself equally matched. He walked over to the Group and stood his ground. "I wouldn't do that, it's not nice," Cha said confidently.

"Oh, look boys, it's another play thing," the leader of the group said with a sneer.

"I am nobodies play thing, " Cha said with a scowl. When the boys approached him, Cha simply levitated them. They were not expecting that, and hadn't be taught how to deal with that. They look very scared as the stood floating above the ground. Cha turned to the Ikotchi standing beside him, looking at the floating boys with curiosity. "You alright?" Cha asked.

"Fine," came the reply, "Are you going to put them down?"

"When one of the Jedi arrive," Cha said calmly as if he did that sort of thing everyday. The Jedi who had arrived was Master Yoda, who took the situation in with one glance. He merely looked pensively at the boys.

"Master Yoda, I can explain…" the leader started once they had been removed from the walls.

"Need explanations, I do not," Master Yoda said with stamp of his walking stick. "Before the Council, you will come in one hour." The boys skittered off at that. It was obvious they were about to be deported to the Agricorps.

Master Yoda turned to the two boys left standing there and then kept on walking away. Once he had left, Cha and the boy looked at each other. They summed each other up with one glance. Cha stuck out his hand, "Cha Ka, but my friends call me Cha," he said.

The boy took his hand and shook it, "Strat."

"Come on, I'll introduce you to my friends," Cha said, inclining his head to follow him and they walked to meet Cha's friends. Cha and Strat talk on the way about life at the Temple. Strat was a bit of a boffin. He had an amazing memory for facts and figures and enjoyed reading and studying. That didn't mean he was someone who couldn't handle a light sabre, he had average skill with weapons. Cha thought him okay, and had a feeling they would all be great friends. He was right. Anakin and Lumi quickly hit it off with the clever Ikotchi. It helped that he had a dry sense of humour, even if it was slightly warped. From that point on, Strat was seen hanging around with them, and got into the same amount of trouble as them. Strat had no qualms in helping with their pranks and even improved on some of them. It seemed the Feared Three had become the Feared Four. That only meant though that Strat was drawn to the attention of several of the Masters, including Master Yoda.

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5 years later

Obi Wan walked into his apartment. He had just returned from a month long mission getting background information on the problems a negotiation was facing. It was gruelling work, but Obi Wan loved it. He enjoyed the challenge and meeting various people of all sorts of backgrounds. He looked at his message service, something necessary for Jedi always out of the Temple. Mostly it was junk about various reports around the Temple, and others had not relevance anymore. He did notice that his son Daca Nu was doing well. Over a year ago he had had relations with a woman while undercover in an unknown system. She subsequently gave birth to a bouncing baby boy who was now settling into the nursery. Daca Nu was only a few months old, but he already showed signs of Force potential. His mother, unfortunately died during child birth. She wasn't a great love of Obi Wan's but he cared for her a great deal and was quite upset when she died. (I think this would be a good time to say that Jedi are allowed to have sex in this story, they just aren't allowed to marry. Marriage means possession and attachments, sex is just sex, and while not encouraged, it's not exactly frowned on either.) Obi Wan was proud of his little boy, and tried to see him whenever possible, even though he couldn't exactly tell him he was his father, they were still allowed a closeness as fellow Jedi.

The next message that caught his eye was one from Qui gon asking to see him when he got back. Obi Wan went straight over there, knowing that it must be important if Qui gon left him a message. He knocked on his old Master's door was greeted by his Master. They sat at a table as Qui gon started talking about why he was there. "Listen, it's standard procedure for Jedi of the Grey Guild to take a Padawan at least four years after the join. It prevents burnout as you have to go onto safer missions. As the Leader of the Grey Guild, I have to order you to take a Padawan in the next year." Qui gon looked stern, surprising for him.

Obi Wan looked at him with a glint of humour in his eyes, "Any one in mind?" he said with an off hand smile.

"It doesn't matter who, but I will tell you that it can't be Anakin Skywalker or Luminara Felch. They have already been fought over and the Council have already made a choice for them," Qui gon had a smug smile. It was obvious that he was pleased to be getting Anakin.

"Oh, Master, always the difficult ones with you isn't it?" Obi Wan said with a grin. Qui gon only smirked in reply. He was obviously looking forward to having Anakin as his Padawan. Obi Wan wasn't jealous of the joy Qui gon felt at having the boy for his apprentice, he knew that Qui gon would always see him as a kind of son, now Obi Wan would have a brother in Anakin, as that would be what it would be like. A family, but now Obi Wan had to make a decision on who to have for his first padawan. "So Master, how has the Feared Four been?" Obi Wan liked to keep up with what they were doing. He hadn't had much time in the last few years, and was grateful to be away from their never ending pranks. Sometimes, Obi Wan couldn't help but be relieved when he left the Temple for a mission. He knew they didn't mean anything malicious by the pranks and he felt honoured that the worst he got was a good dousing or have a load of feather fall on top of him, without something sticky first. Several other Jedi had not been so lucky.

"Well," Qui gon said, he paused as if unsure at how to continue. "Ummm…"

"What have they done?" Obi Wan asked with slight dread as Qui gon poured the tea.

"What haven't they done!" Qui gon said, "Anakin has beaten nearly all the flight simulations known to man, including ones put there by Masters, Luminara seems to spend her time hacking into the Temple network, and if it isn't the Temple, it's something else she shouldn't be able to get into, Strat now knows more about everything than the teachers and Cha ka is at an extremely high level of sabre training, no one is able to beat him. And that's just what they're best at!" Obi Wan was not surprised. "You know, I think Cha ka would be a perfect padawan for you," Qui gon said, sending Obi Wan sly looks.

Obi Wan shook his head, "Oh no, I want a nice easy amiable padawan for my first," Obi Wan just kept shaking his head. Looking over at Qui gon he put his head on the table. Oh, dear, it seemed that he would not be having a nice padawan after all.

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Lumi was sitting in the tree eating apples, her legs were dangling down as she talked with the guys. They weren't really saying much, Lumi liked to sit and feel the world around her, just watch it move, not doing anything. It was a form of meditation for her, she liked doing plenty of other things as well and was an active child, but sometimes she liked to lay on the ground and listen to the water flow. Below her, Strat had his back against the tree reading data pads. Admittedly nothing unusual, but he was frowning as he read, and that was unusual. Cha was sitting facing the tree with a pad inhis hand trying to compose a piece of music. Ever since he had had a music lesson a couple of years ago he had become obsessed. Well as obsessed as the red Twi'Lek could be. Anakin was sitting in the tree with her, tinkering with some spare part as usual. He had just finished constructing a droid called C-3PO. Lumi thought he was a bit irritating, but her had become the focus of their pranks now. They had toned down the pranks in recent years. They still dusted them off occasionally and had a good go, but the punishments interfered with the extra training they did. It wasn't compulsory training, but it was so they could help each other with subjects they weren't the best at. Strat would often help with the studying side of things, with books and what not. Anakin was the expert at flying and using the Force. Cha Ka was the best at sabre fighting, but he was closely followed by Anakin and they both had unique methods, they all did. It was noticeable even now when they had not entirely grown into their fighting styles. Lumi was the computer expert. Between the four of them they managed to be top at everything. They were also the most helpful it seemed as younger Younglings were forever coming up to them, asking them for help with various subjects. They were glad to help, but it was one of the reasons they stopped the pranks. They had less time to plan and execute and also it gave a bad impression to the younger students. They were only ten, nearly 11, but they already felt adult and it seemed as if the younger years looked up to the four of them. It was very surreal.

"Anakin?" Strat asked from down below.

"Yeah Strat?" Anakin replied, not taking his eyes off his tinkering.

"In those dreams of yours, do the warriors have red light sabres?"

"Yeah, I thought it odd why?" For the past several years Anakin had had dreams of the future and when he meditated he could also get them. One reoccurring one was of a black clothed warrior with a red light sabre coming at him and killing lots of people. Most of the Jedi thought it simply a reoccurring nightmare, but Master Yoda had taken him for tests and discovered he had Force visions and was potentially a seer, as was Lumi and another girl from bear group. The three of them had had training from Master Yoda in dealing with them and using them. Anakin was the strongest at finding them, it was strange, there hadn't been a seer in over one hundred years and now there was three at once.

"Well," Strat said, "I think you should look at this…" Strat handed up the data pad showing images of the Sith. They all had red light sabres. "In your dream you kill them right?" Strat continued.

"Yeah, but not without loads of people dying," Anakin looked at the data pad in shock. He was seeing himself fight and kill a Sith warrior! He had a shiver up his spine, this was not good.

Strat and Cha had climbed up the tree so they could talk more quietly, "I think you should look at this," Strat said again, handing over another data pad. Anakin started reading.

"'Two shall come, when Darkness falls to svae our souls and the souls of the people…' what is this?" Anakin asked looking at the data pad strangely.

"Keep reading," Strat said encouragingly.

Anakin's voice started to have a magical tone to it, as if a chorus of voices started to say it along with him, but only through the Force. Anyone not Force sensitive would only hear Anakin. "…One to bring balance and One to Guide us back to Light, And before the Council they shall come shrouded by Light. The Guide will bring the Chosen One and Guide the world through change. The Chosen One will bring the Change and rod the universe of evil…"

"It's a Sithian Prohpecy," Strat said, "I'm not really meant to be reading it, but it basically means that some person will kill all the Sith. It's prophesised that the Chosen One will be conceived of the Force and not have a Father. There are a lot of interpretations as to the Guide, I don't even know who it is, but I think the Chosen One is you."

"What? Your crazy!" Anakin said, handing the data pad back.

"He isn't," Cha put in, "I have often heard teachers talking about it behind your back, calling you that. I didn't think anything of it, but it makes sense now."

"You're as crazy as he is," Anakin said, not wanting to believe it, but deep donw knowing it was true.

"Anakin," Strat said, "It all fits, your strong gift with the Force, how you were able to use it at an early age, your visions!" Anakin looked down thoughtfully.

"Anakin," Lumi said gently, "The future is in motion, you know that! All you can do for the moment is be the best Jedi you can, and forget your destiny for the moment, don't let it worry you," Anakin looked at Lumi searchingly. She knew more about this than she was letting on.

"What have you seen?" he asked.

Lumi smiled, "I see a lot of things."

"More specifically, what have you seen about this," Anakin said, "You aren't surprised by this, what do you know?"

Lumi sighed, she was going to have to give, "When I first started having visions, I saw ones similar to what you see. I saw devastation and various other catastrophes, I also saw that the four of us would be involved and were right in the precipice. The void of Darkness swirling round us and several others. I told Master Yoda and he gave me that prophecy and explained it. He also said that the Force would tell you when you were ready. Obviously you are ready now." The three boys looked at her in shock.

"All four of us will face the Sith?" Strat said, shocked.

"In one way or another," Lumi said regretfully.

"Who are the others?" Cha asked.

"I don't see them clearly," Lumi said honestly.

They all were quiet for a while, digesting what had just been uncovered. "Strat," Anakin finally said, "I have something I would like you to do."

"Of course Ani," Strat said.

"Find what you can on the Sith and prophecies, We will all need to be ready for what's coming. It could be a year from now, ten or even a hundred, but we need to be prepared."

Ca looked at them all, "Looks like we're growing up, now if only we could find out who the Guide was and if they know."

"It's Obi Wan Kenobi," Lumi said.

"You're sure?"

"Of course, old surveillance footage showed Anakin being brought in with Obi Wan carrying him, it has to be him, which means Anakin, that your new Master will be Qui gon Jinn."

"How do you know that?" Anakin asked.

"You obviously didn't read all of that prophecy," Lumi said rolling her eyes. "Strat you tell him."

"Here it is," Strat said looking at the data pad, "'The teacher, pupil of Darkness, Teacher of a Lost Once shall teach the Two. They will become strong and he shall lead them to the grey and Dark…' It goes on along that vein, but basically it means he'll be your Master."

"Well at least your set," Cha said, "The rest of us will be nervous wrecks next week and you can be comfy and cosy knowing you've had your Master decided for you since the start of the Order!" Anakin just shook his head and laughed.

"Don't be coy Cha, we're all going to get fantastic Masters, just you wait and see."

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It was the day of the choosing. All Younglings of suitable age stood in front of the Council in the Main Hall. They were surrounded by most of the occupants of the Jedi Temple. Behind the Council were a group of Jedi. Each name was read and paired off with a Jedi. As predicted, Anakin was chosen by Qui gon Jinn, Luminara was chosen by a Councillor, Adi Gallia. Cha Ka was chosen by Obi Wan Kenobi, and Strat was chosen by Master Bevan Mak, an albino human who was something of a treasure seeker. Surrounding Jedi were a bit uncomfortable with the fact that three of the more reckless students up were being picked by three of the most wayward Jedi, who didn't exactly agree with the Council and often went against the Code. Force only knows what type of Jedi these four would turn out to be.

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