Ahsoka's POV
Things were going great! My master had quickly resumed my trainings once I accepted my Padawan rank back, and tried his best to train me, so that I could embrace the Jedi knight rank as soon as possible. Well, I worked hard to live up his hopes.
Soon after I resumed my rank, my master and Master Kenobi were sent to a top- secret mission. It was so confidential that I didn't know what it was about. Though my master let out that it involved Grievous. Oh well.
Since they were gone, I didn't have trainings in the morning, so I basically just spent my time relaxing in my quarters. It was rather boring and dull though, as the place was empty. My master and I shared the quarters together, and it seemed kind of weird to not hear laughter inside it.
In hope to make time pass quicker, I sat cross-legged on my bed and began to meditate. The last few weeks had been a whirlwind; I didn't have much time to contemplate about the visions I had seen.
I had many worries and doubts of my own. First, I had no idea how to break the news to Anakin, Master Kenobi or the Council. I hadn't found the correct way to tell them that the Sith Lord they had been looking for so long was in fact Chancellor Palpatine, whom they trusted and respected so much. Secondly, I hadn't got past the trauma that my master would potentially turn to the dark side. Thirdly, I was still rather shocked by the fact that my master had broken the Jedi code and married Senator Amidala.
Yeah, it was surprising! He was the one who informed me about the Jedi Code at the beginning of my Padawan training! I hadn't expected him out of all people to break it but well… I actually sensed there were something going on with those two for quite a while, and I thought they were actually quite cute together. Though I couldn't help but wonder why he didn't tell Master Kenobi or me. Did he not trust us?
My flowing thoughts were quickly brought back into my head with a thump when I sensed a surge of happiness in the Force around me. My eyes shot open just in time when the door of the quarters opened.
In came my master, whose face was flushed. It wasn't that hard to guess where all the excitement and happiness came from.
' Welcome back, Skyguy! Mission success?' I jumped off the bed to greet him and helped him with all his bags.
' Yeah, Snips, a real success,' He beamed and gave me a hug. Then, he sank into the couch immediately, ' Home sweet home.'
But somehow in the pits of my mind, I could feel that his happiness wasn't entirely because of mission success. It was something more…
Throughout my entire life, I had been learning how to read people's thoughts based on their facial expression and words. It wasn't that hard to guess what else he was happy about based on what Vader had told me before and his glowing expression. Senator Amidala must had told him that she was pregnant. Probably with Luke. If only I could make him open up to tell me directly…
' So… Why are you so happy?' I tried to say nonchalantly, handing him a glass of water.
' Told you so, I-I, I mean, Obi-wan and I had finished our mission successfully, and we managed to rescue Chancellor Palpatine,' He said brightly.
Dread filled me. Oh dear. So that worm of a Sith Palpatine had somehow been kidnapped, and my master and Master Kenobi's mission was to rescue him. It didn't make sense. He was a rather experienced Sith; so why couldn't he escape?
' Um, uh, that's wonderful,' I lied smoothly. ' What, er, happened to the kidnapper?'
' You mean Count Dooku? Um, the Chancellor made me kill him,' Anakin smiled sheepishly. ' I didn't want to, but well, I can't defy a Chancellor's orders, can I?'
' No,' I said coldly, then realized that my tone was strange to Anakin, as he looked at me in a bemused expression.
I desperately tried to change the topic, maybe let him open up to me about Senator Amidala, ' By the way, have you seen your wif-' Once it left my mouth, I wanted to strangle myself with my bare hands. Oh Force! I couldn't let him know about my visions or his marriage so quickly! I needed him to open up to me himself!
' Friend,' I quickly corrected myself, hoping that he wouldn't sense anything dodgy.
' Wifriend,' Anakin repeated, confused.
I decided to stick to the story, no matter how fake it sounded like, ' Uh, yeah, Wifriend!'
' What on earth is a Wifriend, Ahsoka?' He said again, looking more and more confused, but expecting an explanation.
' It is… Uh… A new expression! A new expression among the younglings,' I lied creatively, hoping that he wouldn't sense anything. ' Wifriend means a really good friend, um, that you trust a lot.'
' Meaning who?'
' Uh, uh, Senator Amidala! Have you heard about her?' I quickly replied.
His confused expression changed into looks of fright, incomprehension, shock and calmness in just milliseconds. For a moment I thought that he had picked up something suspicious, but he said, ' Uh, no. Not yet. I didn't know the expression Wifriend exists.'
I mentally cursed. He refused to open up! ' Senator Amidala is your Wifriend, right?' I tried to sound as oblivious as possible. ' I sure know you two are like best friends forever, hahaha.'
' Maybe, Ahsoka, maybe,' He said, giving me half a knowing smile.
Anakin's POV
Obi-wan and I had a rather busy afternoon. Promptly after settling down and unpacking our stuff in our quarters, we had to go to the Jedi Council chamber to report to Master Yoda about the details of the mission.
Initially, he lectured me about my rash decision and how I shouldn't had killed Dooku, but when Obi-wan helped me tell him about the Chancellor's orders, Master Yoda sighed, ' Your choice, it was not. Back to your training, you may go.'
Coincidentally, both of us had no training sessions or missions to follow, so both of us, Master and former Padawan decided to mooch around the Temple, to have a proper rest after the tiring mission.
We joked about everything, and laughed like we used to. Then, Obi-wan said, ' By the way, how is your little Padawan? Training as usual, am I right?'
' Yeah, I hope she has been practicing her lightsaber moves when we were away,' I said. ' I hope that she can be promoted to the rank of Jedi knight soon. She is progressing beautifully.'
' That's great, Anakin,' He laughed. ' You have managed to train a Jedi knight! I hope that you know the anger and annoying feelings a master experiences when training a Padawan. You should know how annoyed I was when you were just a Padawan, a very cute and scruffy one too.'
' Oh, stop it,' I grumbled.
' Anyways, I am glad that Ahsoka decided to stick to you till the end. You know you can be so moody sometimes, she is probably the only one who can calm your nerves down,' Obi-wan said. Oh no, Padme can calm my nerves down too, but well, he is right, Ahsoka really can calm me down sometimes.
Thinking about Padme, I remembered the wonderful news she had told me just this morning before I returned to my quarters. She was pregnant! Oh man, I felt so nervous and excited at the same time. I was going to be a father.
Suddenly, the rather awkward conversation we had this morning resurfaced in my mind, and I had an overwhelming urge to discuss it with Obi-wan.
' Do you know what a Wifriend is, Obi-wan?' I said casually.
' A what?' He spluttered, looking at me in a dumbfounded look.
' A Wifriend.'
' What on earth is a Wifry?' He stared at me in awe.
' W-I-F-R-I-E-N-D, Wifriend, Obi-wan, heard of that?' I spelled it out carefully for Obi-wan to hear.
He goggled at me, a bewildered look plastered on his face, ' A Wifriend? What in the name of the Force is that? Never heard of that.'
' Ahsoka told me it is a youngling slang,' I said truthfully.
' I consider myself as the foremost expert to youngling slangs,' He admitted. ' And I have never heard of what a Wifriend is, my friend.'
' Maybe they added it?' I suggested.
' No way,' Obi-wan shook his head. ' It doesn't make sense at all, Anakin. Why ask though?'
I told him of my conversation with Ahsoka this morning. ' In fact, when I try to seek out her Force signature, she has brought up her mind shields. Almost as if she has secrets to hide from us,' I said worriedly. ' What do you reckon?'
' That is strange,' Obi-wan wondered out loud. ' How long has she been like this?'
' Um, ever since she took back her Padawan rank. I was too occupied and happy to notice, but now I think of it, it is really weird,' I said, very concerned. ' What is going on with her? And also, I notice the hate and awkwardness in her face whenever I mention the Chancellor.'
' That is weird, Ahsoka has always been respectful to all of her elders,' Obi-wan said in awe. ' There must be something the little one is hiding from us. Have you tried to make her confess yet?'
' Nah, that would be awkward,' I shook my head.
' Wifriend, Wifriend,' Obi-wan repeated for a few times. ' She means Senator Amidala, am I right? What does she want to say about the Senator? I suspect that it is a cover-up. A badly done one too.'
Wifriend. Wif. Friend. Wife!
Oh no. Fear seized me as I sought out the possibilities. Could she know that Padme and I were married? No way! I was rather secretive at that. But… Wifriend. Wife. Could it be such a coincidence?
I was probably wearing a rather distraught expression, that Obi-wan shook me slightly, ' Anakin? Anakin? Are you feeling unwell?'
' No,' I lied.
' It has been a long day for you and I, my friend. I bet Ahsoka is wondering where you are. I'll escort you back to your quarters, so you can have a good night's rest, okay?' Obi-wan suggested, concerned. ' Think not about it, my friend. Ahsoka is a good girl. She has no secrets, maybe she is just worried about you.'
Yeah. Obi-wan should be right.
Hello! As you may have noticed, Vader doesn't know that Leia is his daughter at the stage of the future yet. So Ahsoka is a bit misinformed but that will be corrected in the future. Thanks for your understanding! :P
Sooo… Are you guys looking forward to Star War Rebels Season 2?
