Welcome to chapter 4 of A Different Path, I apologize for the wait but here it is. I am going to make Obi-Wan 5 years older than normal and he has already passed the trials as of this chapter.
-3 Years Later-
Anakin is now 9 years old, and his prowess with the force has only grown. His power with the force is almost beginning to rival that of Yoda, he could easily overpower any Jedi lower than Yoda. Besides basic control, Anakin has begun learning abilities of the force. The most basic he has learned include Force Healing and Force Stealth.
He has also begun to learn how to fly fighters, quickly rising to the position of one of the best pilots (I mean come on, he was the only pilot to do anything to droid control ship in Phantom Menace). He made his own fighter as well, it was the most advanced fighter in the order. It was a mix of the Delta-7b and the Mandalorian fighters he has seen and heard about. The cockpit of his fighter was that of the Delta-7b, and the wings were that of the Mandalorian fighters.
His attire was a mix of black and white clothing and his hair was inspired by master Qui-Gon.(Think young thexan except the pants and shirt are white and the grey is black)
His mission was to shadow Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan on their diplomatic mission to make negotiations with the Trade Federation. He wouldn't be on their ship but he would follow with a stealth fighter he made. He used his normal fighter but he put in a stealth device he made himself. So as the two Jedi were on the way to Naboo, Anakin followed with his fighter.
Being as his mission was to shadow, he was not to interfere in any way. But he was going to go down to Naboo because he felt something bad was going to happen and the Jedi were not going to make it in time. So he shifted his controls to head to the surface of the planet. He made it to the planet in ten minutes, as his engines were the most powerful in the galaxy.
When he got to the surface, he landed in a marsh and pulled out a speeder that was inside the storage compartment under the cockpit, accessible from the back. The speeder was a similar model to the Undicur-class Jumpspeeder except it was more slim and smaller. He unfolded his speeder and rode to Theed which was where he felt the disturbance. He arrived to see battalions of battle droids surrounding the city. He continued to use Force Stealth to move around the city to find the queen and protect her.
Anakin found the 14 year old queen speaking with the council.
He just saw a hologram of the senator from Naboo fritz out before disappearing.
"Senator Palpatine." The young queen called out. "What's happening?" She asked her guard.
Said guard said, "Check the transmission generator." He ordered another guard.
One of the older members spoke up, "A communication disruption could only mean one thing," He looked to his peers and nodded his head, "Invasion."
The queen replied, "The Trade Federation would not dare go that far."
The guard from before said, "The senate would revoke their trade franchise and they'd be finished." He looked to the queen when she began talking.
"We must continue to rely on negotiation." She said and was then interrupted by the old councilor from before.
"Negotiation? We've lost all communications. And where are the Chancellor's Ambassadors?" He said.
The same guard spoke again, "This is a dangerous situation my highness. Our security volunteers will be no match for the battle-heightened federation army."
"I will not condone a course of action that will lead us to war." She firmly stated with resolve.
But an explosion shook the room as the doors were blown off their hinges. Droids quickly entered the room and detained everyone that was in the room, but they didn't get a chance to do much as they were crushed. When the droids fell, the people in the room were surprised. Then Anakin jumped down and showed himself.
"The entire city is surrounded by droids with much more on the way." Anakin stated with his hood covering his face.
"Who are you?" The governor asked.
"I am a Jedi, I have come with fellow Jedi who are supposed to be negotiating, but I suspect said negotiations never took place." Anakin replied. "I have to take you to a ship, do you guys have one in a hanger?" This question got a nod, "I will take you to it."
They then followed Anakin as he led them through the gigantic halls to someplace safe, most likely the hanger. As they ran through the streets and they avoided droids, Anakin freed anybody he could. When they were almost to the hanger, they were approached by Master Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan.
Qui-Gon started, "Anakin? What are you doing here?"
"I was sent to shadow you two, but then I felt a disturbance here so I came here to find out what it was." Anakin replied.
"Where were you taking them?" Qui-Gon asked Anakin.
"The hanger, I was going to take them somewhere else to where we could come up with a plan." Anakin replied once more.
"Smart idea," Qui-Gon told Anakin then looked to the council, "I am Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn, I will help you get away from here so we should go now."
Said people just nodded and followed. They soon made it to the hanger and saw a large quantity of droids. Anakin raised his hand as the Jedi got their lightsabers ready, and he just closed his hand which made the droids crush in on themselves. Qui-Gon looked to Anakin and chuckled before continuing on to the ship. Obi-Wan freed the detained pilots before they all boarded the J-type 327 Nubian royal starship, except some of the council members that persisted that they stay, and despite the protests of the pilots, Anakin took the pilots seat. He activated the necessary systems and he raised the ship and shot out of the hanger. Once out of the hanger, he pressed a button on his wrist that called for his fighter and it went its own way back to Coruscant.
Before long, Anakin got into space and he saw all of the Trade Federation ships and he quickly dodged as they began shooting at his ship. He wove in between the lasers nearly got hit many times but nonetheless dodged them and once he passed the ships he went into hyperspace. The familiar blue of hyperspace appeared and Anakin rose from his seat and approached Qui-Gon who was speaking with the Naboo guards.
"It may be the best choice to take you all to Coruscant until we find a way to deal with this." Qui-Gon told Queen Amidala's guard whose name is Captain Panaka who was a black male with the general attire for the security force.
"We'll have to take it up with the queen." He said to Qui-Gon, who nodded.
Anakin followed Qui-Gon and Captain Panaka to the queen's room and he listened in. In the end, the queen decided to be taken to Coruscant. Anakin went back to the cockpit and sat back down in the pilots seat.
After maybe an hour, they finally arrived at the industrialized planet, Coruscant. Anakin took them down to the surface and flew between planets until he arrived at a platform that had the senator for Naboo and some others walking over from a shuttle, one of the people Anakin was he recognized as Chancellor Valorum. Anakin landed the ship and opened the boarding ramp. Everyone was walking down and Anakin was stopped by the queen.
"Thank you for your help, if there is anything we could do, just tell us." The queen told Anakin.
Anakin smiles and he saw some astromechs rolling down the ramp, "Would you mind if I had one of those astromechs?"
The queen nodded with a smile, "Of course, you can choose any you like."
Anakin walked over to the droids that were told to stop. He inspected them all and one caught his eye. It was a blue astromech, a closer look informed Anakin of the droids id, R2 D2.
"May I have this one?" Anakin asked.
The queen nodded, "Yes you may." She began walking away but turned around, "I hope we meet again, Anakin Skywalker."
"The same to you milady." Anakin said with a bow, making the young lady smile.
Anakin motioned for the droid to follow him as he went to go speak with the Chancellor. Valorum saw Anakin and smiled.
"How are you Anakin? Was your mission good?" He asked.
"Yes sir," Anakin replied with a smile, "How is my mom?"
"She is good, I don't know where I would be without her help." Valorum replied with a chuckle, and Anakin smiled.
"She is a really good help. I couldn't ask for a better mom." Anakin replied. "Well I should be heading back to the Jedi Temple, I have to give my report."
"I'll see you later then Anakin." Valorum said with a wave, getting one in return.
Anakin hopped into one of the speeders and sped to the Temple after getting R2 into the speeder.
He arrived at the temple and he got R2 out and he went to the council chambers by entering the elevator. He exited and walked up to the council doors.
He entered and saw the masters sitting in their seats. He moved to the center and bowed.
"I have completed my mission masters." He started off with.
"What to tell us, have you?" Yoda asked.
"Naboo is blockaded and had been overwhelmed. I got the council out, but the population is still stranded." Anakin reported.
Plo Koon spoke, "Sadly, we cannot act on their behalf as they remain neutral."
"They are actually on Coruscant to ask for the Republic's assistance." Anakin informed him.
Mace Windu got Anakin's attention, "We now want you to another thing…we want you to join the younglings on their mission, the gathering. We believe it is time you made your lightsaber."
"Thank you master." He replied with a smile and a bow.
"Believe you are ready we do." Yoda told him.
Anakin bowed, "When do I leave?"
Mace Windu replied, "The younglings are getting together around now."
"Do you want me to report back when I get back?" Anakin asked.
"Yes we would." Mace Windu replied. "Master Yoda will meet you and the younglings on Ilum."
Anakin bowed and exited the room. He went down the elevator and made his way to the temple's hanger after packing a bag. He arrived to see the gigantic ship known as the crucible.
He saw the younglings as well as Jedi Master Cin Drallig. He approached and Cin saw him.
"Come on Anakin! We'll be leaving soon!" Cin Drallig warned him.
Anakin nodded and began running to the ship. He nodded to the battle master and he boarded the ship. He entered and noticed the old style interior. He saw the Jedi symbol in some places as well.
Cin Drallig walked up the ramp and he led Anakin to the training room where they would practice with with a remote. (I'm not gonna mention the Padawans by names)
The ship began to take off and they broke atmosphere, after which, they went into hyperspace to Ilum.
"So while we are waiting to get our crystals, I'm going to teach you form one with these sticks." He said while pulling out a bunch of sticks.
Anakin got his and swung it around to get get a feel for it, and then waited for Master Drallig to begin teaching.
"So to begin with, form I is the most simple of the 6 forms.(I'm aware there are seven but the Jedi only openly use the first six)". He let the students absorb it, "The most important part of the styles are the zones, zones 1-6. Zone 1 is the head, 2 is the right side, 3 is the left, 4 is the back, 5 is the right leg, and 6 is the left leg." He stopped once more, "Mastery comes from proper recognition of these zones, whether it's from a blaster or another lightsaber."
He chose two students to have them practice, he directed one to go for a strike to the head and the other to horizontally block above his head.
"This is a good example of an attack and block to zone 1." Drallig told the students.
He directed the students to cover the other five zones. (If you wish to actually see this, see YouTube for a video called phase 1 to shii cho: Force storm academy by forcestorment)
Anakin and the other students paired up to practice form one. Anakin's partner was a male mon calamari. They were standing across from one another in the basic stance, the mon calamari, let's call him Jhek Amdee, went for a strike to zone one, Anakin blocked and went for a strike to zone three, and got him in the elbow. Jhek went for a strike to zone three as well but Anakin hit the stick away and hit Jhek in his right side, bringing him to the floor.
Drallig walked up to him, "Nice job Anakin, you too Jhek. Although you might need to work on your reflexes a little more Jhek." Jhek nodded and went to rest on the bench. Drallig looked at Anakin, "I knew you would be a fast learner Anakin, why don't you refine your style a little more, we are almost at Ilum."
"Yes Master." Anakin said with a bow, and then turned and began going through the attacks.
The Crucible exited hyperspace about an hour later. The ship was brought down to the surface and after the younglings put on their snow gear, they went down the ramp.
The younglings followed Drallig and then he raised his arm and brought down a wall with the help of the younglings. They entered to see two large Jedi statues, and some pillars in between.
Looking around the room, Anakin saw more statues and the beautiful interior. There was stack of stone that Yoda was sitting upon.
"Welcome younglings." Yoda greeted, getting bows from the younglings. "The force, made physical, a Jedi is. Comes great responsibility with that, yes?" Getting nods, "Protect others, how does a Jedi, hmm?"
Yoda pulled his lightsaber out with the force and ignited it.
"Build your own lightsaber, you shall." He continued spinning his saber, "But first, harvest your crystal, each of you must." The students muttered amongst themselves, "The heart of the lightsaber, the crystal is. Focuses the force from the Jedi, it does."
Yoda reaches up, and using the force, opens a hole in the ceiling letting the light shine on a contraption hanging from the ceiling, which began to rotate before it shot a focused beam of light on the wall of ice. Said wall of ice melted, and water came rushing down.
"Your crystal, you must find. Call out to you it shall." Yoda told them before he release them into the cave that was opened.
Before long, all of the younglings made it back, and they were all holding their crystals.
"Done well you all have, yes." Yoda told them, "Back to Coruscant, must you go."
Drallig led the younglings our and they had went back to the Crucible. They got on the ship and dropped their stuff off before Drallig led them to another room.
They had approached a counter and Drallig told them, "Now that you have your crystals, you have to build a lightsaber, and professor Huyang shall teach you."
"So this is this years batch, younger than the last." The old droid spoke from the darkness and inspected the students as he walked out.
He looked at the students and a magnifying glass dropped to his eye.
"Yes, you have your crystals, but as they are now, they are useless." He looked to Anakin, "May I see your crystal?"
Anakin nodded and pulled out his crystal from one of his pouches.
"This is a powerful crystal, reflective of its owner." He looked at Anakin deeply, "Surprising for one your age."
"A lot of people say that." Anakin replied, and the other students looked at him.
"Well, that's besides the point, so you are here to build your saber." He walked back into the hallway he emerged from and began opening drawers, "And I shall teach you how." He searched through many lightsaber parts.
"Would you happen to have any scrap metal?" Anakin asked.
Huyang looked at him, "Why yes I do, you're the first to ask me that, I shall grab it when I find parts for your classmates."
The others got their parts and after looking at a hologram of the correct way to make a lightsaber. Anakin got his parts and machined them to fit his liking.(Episode 2 saber)
Unsurprisingly, Anakin finished first and he stood up to ignite his saber, but surprisingly it wasn't a green or blue blade to come from the hilt, but rather a white.
Cin was rather surprised as was Huyang, as they had know of the rarity of such blades, they could think of only one other Jedi who has such a blade.
"Do you mind if I go practice?" Anakin asked Cin.
"Not at all." Said master replied.
Anakin went into the training room, and for the remainder of the time, he practiced form one to proficiency. He didn't quite master it, but he had a good grip on it.
The Crucible got back to Coruscant and was set next to the landing pad, the younglings and Anakin got off of the ship and the younglings went to go to their room while Anakin went to the council chambers.
When he entered, he saw Yoda sitting in his seat meditating.
"Im back master." Anakin said with a bow.
"Welcome. Finished, your lightsaber is, hmm?" Yoda asked.
"Yes master." He said as he unclipped his saber from his belt.
He ignited it, and Yoda was surprised as well by its color.
"A rare color that is." Yoda thought about it, "Perhaps it has reacted very closely to your own energy, bringing out the light that you have built up."
Anakin nodded, "I understand."
"A mission I have for you." Yoda started to him, "Naboo, your help it needs. Emerged, a Sith has. Not ready, are Qui-Gon and Obi-wan, shift the tide of the battle, I believe you can."
Anakin nodded and went to the hanger to get his ship and head to Naboo.
He arrived at Naboo and saw the blockade, and many Nubian starfighters were attacking the droid control ship. He decided he would help before going to the surface.
He thought that the outside had been impenetrable, so he would go through the hanger, following his knowledge of this type of ship. He was dodging the lasers being shot at him from the ship, and he was picking up on the chatter of the Nubian pilots and they were saying things like, "Who is that?" and "That's a pretty good pilot."
He bypassed the lasers and got into the hanger and spotted the main reactor, and went all the way into the hanger and blew up the reactor on his way out, and fire chased him out. The other pilots saw this and began cheering.
The effect blowing up the ship had was that it shut down all the droids on the planet. Anakin flew down to the surface immediately and landed in the Theed hanger.(Just as a side note, his wings rotate while landing.)
He jumped out and went to where he felt Qui-Gon's presence. He went into a room that had a lot of energy pillars, which power the main generator. And he looked forward to see Qui-Gon clashing sabers with a zabrak, and he felt that Obi-wan was on a lower level and looked down to see Obi-wan struggling to get up. However he knew that he could handle himself, he knew Qui-Gon was a different story.
He used the force to speed himself up, and pulled his saber from his belt as he was jumping and ignited it as he was close to landing, and he attempted to slice at the zabrak.
The zabrak however dodged and clashed sabers with Anakin and moved his saber to block Qui-Gon. This continued into the generator pit, Anakin went for a strike to the zabrak leg but it was blocked and Anakin went for a head strike the same time as Qui-Gon. The zabrak bent backwards and went for a stab to Anakin's stomach, but Anakin smacked the blade with his own while qui-gon went for another head strike.
Qui-Gon got kicked away and Anakin and the zabrak commenced a battle of blocks and attacks.
Anakin went for a strike to the zabrak left leg and it was blocked. Anakin spun while crouched and went for the other leg, it was blocked then he had to block a downward strike with a horizontal block and pushed. They continued fighting through a door and into the generator room. They continued until they were trapped in the same segment by red energy walls.
They exchanged a bout of lightsaber strikes until they were locked together. Anakin's lightsaber was held horizontal while the zabraks was vertical and they were slowly rotating their blades while they were circling on their feet. The walls went down and they continued next to the generator shaft.
Obi-wan and Qui-Gon were stopped by the red walls coming back up.
Anakin blocked a swing to his left side then blocked to the other side with his lightsaber being upside down. He then ducked to dodge the other blade then tried to stab the zabrak. The zabrak dodged by jumping backwards, and went for a strike. While the double-bladed lightsaber was extended, Anakin cut it in half and grabbed the falling half and began a barrage of attacks.
After a while, Anakin was kicked, dropping both sabers and the zabrak attempted to finish him off, but Anakin force pushed him away into the wall. Anakin recalled his own saber and leaped at the zabrak and went for a downward slice but missed since the zabrak dodged to the left. Anakin followed after him and the zabrak almost fell into the hole, and as the walls came down, Anakin bisected the zabrak who continued to fall into the hole. Anakin grabbed the discarded half of the Sith lightsaber and put it on his belt along with his own.
"Well done Anakin." Qui-Gon said with a slight gap in his breath.
"Thanks master." Anakin replied with a smile.
"You've already taken form one a long way." Qui-Gon added.
"We should get going master, the others may need help." Anakin told Qui-Gon.
Qui-Gon nodded and they hurried out before the walls came back up. Anakin led the others to where he felt the queen and the others.
They got there to see the queen and her guards resting in the throne room.
Qui-Gon asked, "Is everything okay?"
"Yes it is master Jedi." She replied, "We received reports that the droids all over the planet have shut down.
Anakin chuckled, "I may have had something to do with that, I blew up the trade federation droid control ship on my way down here." He said while rubbing the back of his head.
"Well then I guess we have a lot to thank you for then." She replied with a giggle. "You saved our city as well as the Gungans."
"I was happy to help milady." Anakin replied with a bow.
"You will forever be welcome here, Anakin Skywalker." The queen said, "And May you need anything, we will do what we can."
"Thank you milady." Anakin responded, "And the offer goes both ways."
The Jedi headed to speak with the council via holoterminal.
"Your mission, good it has gone? Hmm?" Yoda asked.
"Yes master, Theed has been set free and young Anakin here has defeated a Sith." Qui-Gon reported.
"Done well you have Anakin, proud I am." Yoda said.
Mace Windu spoke next, "But the question remains, was this the Master or the apprentice."
"With all due respect master, he wasn't skilled enough to be the master, and the Sith have been in waiting for a millennium." Anakin replied.
"Just in case, we need to be on the lookout." Mace replied.
"The queen wishes for the two leaders of the Jedi to come to the celebration, that being master Windu and master Yoda." Anakin said.
"We are on our way then, we will be there in no more than a rotation." Master Windu replied before the transmission ended.
"Im going to go train until then master." Anakin told Qui-Gon, it was nice seeing you Obi-Wan." Anakin said, getting a nod from Qui-Gon.
"You too Anakin." Obi-Wan replied.
"Maybe we can train together when we get back to Coruscant." Anakin suggested.
"I'd like that Anakin." Obi-Wan replied.
Anakin walked to his ship in the hanger and when he got there he opened the cockpit and reached in to grab a tablet. Said tablet contains instructions on further training in form one as well as form two.
He read that form two is all about fast strikes close to the body. He also knew that master Dooku is a master of this form so he can ask for directions. He got into the stance for form two and he went through the stances for form two. He spent a few hours on perfecting the movements until he made a training droid that he could use to duel. So he spent another hour on that and after which he went to go rest in the room he was given.
The next day, everyone was gathering in the streets in anticipation for the nearing celebration.(I know that the celebration took place the day of, but I'm changing it since it makes more since for people to rest before partying)
The Gungans and the Naboo were gathering in front of the palace and the Queen, one that Anakin figured out was actually acting as one of the handmaidens when he first saved them, was wearing a thin white dress and she was holding a glowing orb, known as the the Globe of Peace. Boss Nass got of of his carriage and walked up the stairs to the queen. When they were standing across from one another the queen handed Boss Nass the globe.
"Peace!" He shouted and the day continued with parties and parades to celebrate the great victory they got the day before.
Anakin and the Jedi went back to Coruscant and true to his word, Anakin and Obi-wan trainer together. He also went to Dooku to work on form two. Around six in the afternoon, Anakin went to wait for his mother just like when he was younger.
When Shmi saw her son, she ran to him and hugged him.
"I've missed you Ani." She told him.
"I've missed you too mother." Anakin replied.
"You must tell me of your adventures while we eat dinner." Shmi said.
"That sounds nice mom." He replied.
I hope you enjoyed the chapter. Sorry it took so long but I'll try and have the next chapter out sooner. Leave a review and tell me what you thought, and maybe give suggestions and I just might implement it.