Chapter 1

Sixteen years old, no morals, no rules and no sense of a true family upbringing, Anakin Skywalker relied on his older brother, Owen, who was four years older than him to take care of him, although Owen's idea of care meant introducing him to a life of crime and gambling against ruthless criminals. Their father had run out on them when Anakin was three and their mother no longer 'cared' about where they were, spending time with her new boyfriend all the time so Anakin and Owen were on their own.

One night, Owen takes his brother out on another crime spree where Anakin will discover how 'caring' his brother really is.

Crawling onto the top of the parked speeder, Owen then smashed the rooftop as Anakin looked around to ensure no one had heard or seen them. "Are you sure this is the right thing to do?" he asked as Owen laughed "Don't go soft on me this time brother" he scoffed "You've been doing this too much recently" he pointed out "We're on our own now" he reminded him slipping down into the speeder as Anakin moved around to the other side, but just as he is ready to jump into the speeder, sirens are blasting and another speeder is heading their way.

Owen grumbled under his breath "Blast it" he cursed jumping from the speeder "Looks like we'll have to try tomorrow night" he told him "Run!" he screamed taking off down the sand road giving Anakin no choice but to follow.

Unfortunately he never caught up with his brother, he was stunned by one of the patrol guard's gun and fell to the ground before everything went black.

Space travel had become common for Qui Gon. His wife Jaina understood however remained behind to work and look after their now sixteen year old son Obi Wan, who had become quite a bit of a loner, few friends yet often kept to himself. Qui Gon had concerns that he hoped would pass regarding Obi Wan and he doesn't realise that this journey to Tatooine would change his life as well as his family's life forever.

The cell doors slid open as Qui Gon remained seated at a small table, folder in front of him detailing information about his latest young client, Anakin Skywalker, known troublemaker and law breaker around the planet. This time the law caught up to him and they had called in Qui Gon to place him in his care now

Qui Gon slowly raised his head as he watched the young teen enter the room. A cold look seen through his hard blue eyes and blond hair a mess and shaggy and only wearing light blue jeans and a white shirt, he simply glared at Qui Gon as he took a seat opposite him

"It's nice to meet you Anakin. I'm Qui Gon Jinn" he spoke before he going on seeing as how Anakin wasn't in the mood for talking "The security officers want to keep you locked up here for quite some time because of your current activities however I feel that in here, you won't last two months" he warned him hearing the loud shouting and violent fights going on in the cells down the hall

Anakin shrugged "So" he scoffed "I can handle myself and I'll get out of here. My brother will find me and help me" he told him as Qui Gon shook his head "According to your file, they couldn't find your brother and your mother no longer lives around the area" he replied seeing Anakin's eyes widen in shock but remained quiet

"I have appointed myself as your legal guardian, which means you are under my care and will come live with me on Courscant, in the suburb Orange County where I can keep a closer eye on you" he informed him as Anakin only scoffed again

"And what if I refuse to come with you?" he asked arms folded across his chest now while Qui Gon only gathered the file and rose to his feet,

"Then you go back into a cell, alone, with no family or no one to protect you. Because I've seen some of those criminals in action and they'll enjoy breaking you" he cautioned moving around the table and towards the door leaving Anakin sitting there in silence

"I'll give you five minutes. If you are ready to leave this life behind, come out to the speeder. The guard knows what to do" he assured him exiting the room as Anakin sat there in silence, wondering what risks he wanted to take-prison or a chance for a new, better life?

Five hours later, Qui Gon landed his ship down onto a landing platform then, alone with a reluctant Anakin, moved across to his speeder through the city and now through the dark, empty streets with Anakin sitting in the seat beside him, not speaking at all. He just let his mind wander:

How could Owen just flee like that? To just abandoned him in the streets, to be stunned by a stun gun and arrested. How? Now he was alone and going to live in a place he knew was out of his area.

As they approached Qui Gon's house, Anakin saw someone standing at the edge of the street and as they got closer, he saw that it was a beautiful young teenage girl, with long, brown hair in curls behind her ears and her eyes looking at him. The glare of the sun, now setting, casting a shadow behind her, she wore a skinny pair of pants with a low cut Singlet top. She was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. He couldn't stop looking at her seeing her staring curiously back at him even as Qui Gon continued up the driveway of his home.

Qui Gon stopped the speeder and got out of the speeder, pleased to be home, he turned to Anakin, "Come on, let's not stay out here all night" he told him seeing Anakin slowly exit the speeder and proceed into the house after him

The house was huge, much bigger than Anakin's family hovel back on Tatooine. It was like a mansion, or a palace, nothing he had ever seen before and he was in aw, perhaps he was right about coming here right as he was startled by Quo Gon's voice again;

"I'm home! Jaina! Obi Wan!" looking around, "Where is everyone?" he asked before Anakin then heard, "Mum's upstairs, dad." came a reply at the same time Anakin turned his head to see a boy about his age and height come down the long staircase,

"Good, I'll go see her" he replied remembering Anakin was beside him "Obi Wan this is Anakin. He'll be staying with us so could you show him to the pool quarters" he explained, "Not problem" he grinned, noticing how Anakin remained silent

Qui Gon headed upstairs and Obi Wan moved off. Anakin followed him. He was shocked to see the pool quarters, more like house! It was nothing he had expected-a double ready made bed in the middle, large wall windows, a small kitchenette behind the bed with a small hallway leading to the bathroom, all ready for use.

"This is amazing!" Anakin gushed making Obi Wan laughed, "Yeah, most have that response to the room" he replied as Anakin looked around in amazement

"I'll see you later then. I'll be in the lounge room if you need me" Obi Wan told him, leaving Anakin in the room; he walked over to the window and looked over to the ocean-so beautiful and peaceful. He then moved over to the bed and sat down-he could not believe that he was here-how quickly his life changed in a flash.

Padme looked herself over in the mirror. Her new strapless top and skirt looked perfect on her as her hair in lovely, long curly flowed behind her as Satine looked on, "You look so gorgeous. Palo will love it" she told her as she smiled, "I know. I hope Sola don't find it" she replied.

Sola was her younger sister and always using Padme's clothes, accessories, make up and anything else she had. Luckily for Padme, right now Sola was at boarding school. Satine continued admired her outfit, before she pointed out, "Isn't she at boarding school?" as Padme remembered the fight a few days early because of her sister's attitude lately,

"That's right, I almost forgot about that" she laughed as Satine helped her do her make up.

Padme and Satine had known each other since the start of grade school and have never been away from each other-helping each other out. When they entered high school, Padme and Satine truly became best friends and Satine enjoyed the popularity surrounding them both.

Satine had just finished with Padme's make up when they heard "Padme! Your date's here" her mother called, "Wish me luck" she told Satine, "Good luck, tell me everything" she giggled, as they walked down the stairs where Palo was waiting for her, "You look beautiful, Padme" he told her, taking her arm through his as her friend kissed her on the cheek, "Be good and don't stay out too late" he reminded her as she giggled, "Love you too, see you soon" she told them before she headed out on her date with Palo.

For his first night, Anakin had spent it with Obi Wan, watching some of his holo videos he liked and talking about how different his life could be now that Anakin had shown up including his new school and the students there. Of course in Anakin's point of view, they'd all be stuck up and rude.

"So it's school of snobs?" he noted, rolling his eyes in annoyance as Obi Wan nodded "Yeah, led by Padme Naberrie, every guy wants to date her and every girl wants to be her and then there's her boyfriend, Palo, captain and all round jerk" he scoffed

Anakin rolled his eyes again, Great, just what he wanted-leaders of the school that weren't adults. He didn't want to go but he knew Qui Gon was making him because he was now his guardian and he didn't want to go back to jail on Tatooine. Anakin watched Obi Wan lean back on the couch, enjoying the film while Anakin wondered who was the mysterious girl he saw out the front earlier?