Ahsoka's POV

' Calm down Snips, it will be okay,' Anakin said pleasantly, with his back to me.

We were standing outside the Hall of Knighthood, waiting for the Masters to let me into the ceremony. They were probably in there, doing stuff like opening speeches. It would only be a matter of time until the wide doors opened.

Let's say my insides squirmed uncomfortably.

' How can I calm down? This is terrifying!' I rubbed my bare arm. ' Like it is all dark in there and- '

' It isn't dark in there. The masters will light up their lightsabers, and then Master Yoda will slice off your Padawan braid. Don't tell me that you are afraid that he will behead you by mistake,' He chuckled lightly. ' Master Yoda has knighted for like more than a thousand of Padawans, and none of them are beheaded. He is an expert of Braid-Slicing. I myself was Knighted by him too.'

I gritted my teeth, ' I am not afraid of being beheaded. Ugh, you don't really know what I am thinking about.'

' Whatever you say,' He sighed as a sign of surrendering.

On the cue, the doors opened to reveal the silent, dark room inside. ' Oh Force!' I panicked, but Anakin laid an arm on my shoulder soothingly, ' Relax, little one. It'll be fine.'

My legs felt numb as I shakily walked into the hall. I turned to find Anakin disappearing into the darkness, probably taking his place next to the Masters as… Well, a Master.

The room lit up in various colours. The Masters formed a circle around me, and each held their lightsabers upwards in front of them, so that the light of the lightsabers were casted onto their faces. I would laugh if it weren't for the stern atmosphere.

Master Yoda was standing on a high chair in front of me, taking his rank of Grand Master.

He said solemnly, ' Step forward, Ahsoka Tano.'

I shakily knelt in front of him. ' By the right of the Council, by the will of the Force, I dub thee Jedi Knight of the Republic.' He brought down his green lightsaber on each of my shoulder, and then expertly sliced off my Padawan braid, that the beads fell to the floor with a thud.

I rose to my knees and turned to leave the room.

Once I got out of the place, my legs started to have a sense of 'defrosting'. Before I could go away, multiple voices shouted, ' Congratulations!' And even a series of excited beeps.

Waiting outside the room were Padme, Rex, 3PO and even R2D2!

Padme rushed forward to give me a super big hug and smiled brilliantly, ' I am so proud of you, Ahsoka. I knew you would be a Knight eventually. And I am sure you will be a really good one.'

' Thanks Padme,' I said. Padme made no effort to cover her pregnant belly anymore, seeing that everyone knew about Anakin and her secret already.

' Commander Tano, congratulations!' Rex slapped me on my back lightly. ' I have witnessed you grow from that snippy little kid on Christophsis into a full skilled Jedi knight. I knew you could do it, young one.'

' Hey!' I crossed my arms, pretending to look offended.

R2D2 whirred around cheerfully, sending off series and series of enthusiastic beeps, while 3PO tried to chase him around. ' Get back here, hey!'

I was too immersed in watching a seemingly enraged 3PO chasing R2D2, that I didn't notice the Masters leaving the Hall Of Knighthood.

Plo Koon went forward to congratulate me first. Well, he was the one who found me into the Order, so naturally I had a whole-hearted ' thank you' to give him.

Obi-wan just grasped my hand lightly and gave me a genuine smile.

Anakin came forward and dropped something into my palm. It was my braid. He had picked it up from the floor.

' Thanks, Master- uh, I mean, Anakin,' I corrected, seeing that he was no longer my Master. It felt kind of weird to call him by his birth name instead of 'Master'.

Obi-wan chuckled, ' There used to be the Kenobi-Skywalker team. I guess a new team has been established… The Skywalker-Tano team.'

' Or it could be Kenobi-Skywalker-Tano team,' Anakin teased lightly.

' A triple team on a mission sounds nice,' Rex said. ' All the clones love to work with you guys, so why not?'

' Let's not talk about that yet. We've got a party ready in our quarters,' Anakin winked. ' There's food, juice and music!'

' OOH YEAH!' Everyone shouted.

So the afternoon was basically filled with fun.

I could do with more fun, but the next few days were plain hectic. The Masters had the empty room right next to Anakin's quarters ready for me to move into, so I could just pop over at his room anytime I liked.

But I had quite a lot of belongings to move over, so naturally it took a day. R2D2 definitely wasn't helping, because he would just whir around and beep happily while I carried boxes.

My Master helped me pack my stuff. Let's say he still wasn't very happy with the fact I was no longer his Padawan, but Obi-wan talked him into accepting it over a cup of tea with his negotiating skills at the ready. Well, the Holonet didn't call him the Negotiator for nothing. I could almost imagine Obi-wan sweet talking Anakin while sipping his tea delicately and Anakin would just cross his arms and scowl at him.

I finished packing on the third day and I was completely ready to move into the new quarters. I was just serenely piling up my uniforms into the wardrobe when the comlink on my arm beeped.

' Ahsoka Tano here,' I held up the comlink to my arm.

' Ahsoka, this is Obi-wan Kenobi,' The Master's voice spoke calmly into the comlink.

' Yes, what is it, Master?'

' Um, you are needed at the Coruscant hospital immediately, because Padme has just gone into labor. You could be of some help here, as my former Padawan is dancing and jiggling in anxiety.'

' WHAT?' The clothes spilled out of my arms onto the floor.

' Yeah… Grab your speeder and come here immediately. We are at Floor 3, right outside Room 10.'

I couldn't believe Obi-wan could still sound so peaceful as if he was just talking about the brands of tea. But that guy could still speak in this calm voice even if war was raging all around him and speaking to his enemy.

' Right, I will be coming over. In the meantime, try to calm Anakin down,' I said quickly.

' Good. Do come here before Anakin breaks down the door with his lightsaber.'

The connection cut down with a click.

I ran like wind out into the corridor, knocking pairs of Masters and Padawans out of the way, but I didn't have time to stop by to apologize. I hopped right into my speeder, and shot into the sky immediately.

I travelled in total break neck speed to the Hospital facility. And without bothering to park properly, I just stopped the speeder outside the hospital and ran into the place.

I was nearly Force-jumping up the stairs and knocking everyone out of the way. I hadn't run so fast since the time when I was running away from the clones.

' Come on, Room 10…' I muttered under my breath, and broke into a new corridor. Aha!

I could see Obi-wan and Anakin directly outside the room of a closed door. Obi-wan was sitting on the row of chairs with his arms crossed in front of his chest. Anakin was storming around anxiously.

' I am here,' I skidded to a stop right in front of them.

' What the what? Why are you here?' Anakin said, astonished.

' Ahem,' Obi-wan coughed. ' I asked her here, er, to keep an eye on you.'

' Humph,' Anakin snorted and returned to walking around aimlessly. ' Padme has been in there for nearly an hour-'

' Sheesh, you are over exaggerating. It has only been 15 minutes,' Obi-wan corrected.

' Oh gosh, do shut up,' Anakin seemed to be more impatient and angrier than usual. ' You do not understand how horrible and worried I feel right now. What if-'

' Padme will be okay,' I patted him. ' Have faith in her.'

Before Anakin could shoot me a retort, a medical droid came whirring out.

' How is her?' Anakin shot up to grab the droid's metal arm.

' The Senator is doing very well. She has given birth to a pair of twins. You can go in to see her and the babies,' The droid announced and whirred away.

We hurried inside to see Padme lying, exhausted and worn out on a large bed. Next to her, were two smaller medical droids, each holding babies swaddled in blankets.

Wait. Babies?

' Twins?' Obi-wan and I said together, amazed.

Then… Darth Vader told me he only had a son… Could it be possible he never knew about his other daughter?

' Ani?' Padme looked up feebly at Anakin.

' Hush,' He bent down to kiss her on her forehead. ' Sleep. The babies are fine.'

She nodded and fell back to sleep. We turned our attention to the babies. Anakin took both of them from the medical droids and held them with such love. I peeked over the blankets and could see two very cute, chubby babies looking at me with wide eyes.

' They will be called Luke and Leia Skywalker,' Anakin announced proudly. ' Those were the names Padme and I discussed. What do you guys think?'

' Cool,' Obi-wan nodded. ' Those are really good names, Anakin.'

Suddenly, I could feel two new strong Force signatures appear in the Force. Just right in front of me. ' They are Force-sensitive too!' I gasped. ' That means they can be raised as Jedi too.'

' Come on, Snips. They are my kids. Of course they are Force-sensitive. Well, I can definitely raise them as Jedi. Actually, they have to be Padawans, so I have to take one. But I can only take one Padawan each time, so… Who will be the Master of the other?' Anakin gave a glance at Obi-wan.

Obi-wan looked horrified, ' No offense, Anakin, but I think one Skywalker Padawan in one lifetime is enough. I don't think I can handle another one.' I bursted out laughing while Anakin feigned astonishment.

' Snips are you alright for the job?' He turned to me.

' What?' I looked at him in amazement. ' Of course! You mean you want me to take your child as a Padawan in the future? Why not? I will love both of them equally. And in the future, Luke can be Skyguy Junior, while Leia can be Skygirl.'

' Oh no, Skyguy Junior, Senior and Skygirl?' Obi-wan tried to pretend to faint.

' Stop being such a drama Queen, Obi-wan. My kids will be awesome Jedi,' Anakin scowled at his former master.

' Yep, and I have other stuff to tell you. The Council has issued you a four week holiday, because they think you may want to spend the first month with your new family,' Obi-wan cleared his throat to go back into Jedi business. ' And then, there will be a new mission for you and Ahsoka.'

' What mission?' I asked curiously, looking up from tickling Luke's chin. ' I thought the Clone Wars is over after Sidious is dead.'

' Yeah, Sidious is dead. But the Separatist leaders are still alive. They still pose a threat to the Republic. Clone units have reported that their headquarters are lodged in the center of Mustafar. The Council requires you two to go and arrest them with the help of 501st legion,' Obi-wan said.

' I'm in,' I pumped my fist, ready for a brand new mission.

' Me too,' Anakin said. ' But meanwhile, I need to take care of Luke and Leia.'

So we spent the rest of the afternoon bickering about new nicknames for everyone.