Chapter 7

Disclaimer: Its Georges story and it always will be

Anakin may not have known much, infact due to his amnesia he knew nothing. But he did know two things better than anything else. How to fight, and how to use the force. Time and again he demonstrated his abilities to Satele Shan without a single flaw or fluke. So far they had covered pushing, pulling, lifting, sensing and catching. They could not fight as they were on a ship, but Anakin wasnt overly eager to be humliated by the best of the best. If anything, she seemed impressed by what Anakin was capable of and amazed that he remembered how to do all this after what she called 'a very long nap' in the ice cave. Anakin had also been staggered to find that she wanted him, if he proved to be who he was, to stay at their temple on Thython.

Anakin was also happy to find that Riley held his promise and was currently convincing his fellow younglings that Anakin was not dangerous and that they should not stare at him. This helped to lift his mood considerably, it also helped him concentrate. They were still in deep space and Anakin was told that it would be a few hours before they reached Thython. This didnt bother him, he still had no idea of what the Jedi and Sith were, Satele was now in the process of explaining them to him.

"A Jedi stands for light and the light side of the force. We are peacekeepers who help to protect the galaxy, or at least we used to. Now the sith empire controls the galaxy and have killed a great many of us. The sith are strong in the dark side and focus on anger, hatred and fear to give them strength. Often they can become stronger than us and best us in duels."

"So if the dark side gives you power, why dont the Jedi use it?" Anakin asked innocently.

"Because the Jedi use the light and will not fall to the standards of the sith. They are ruthless and kill anyone who stands in their way. They are in three classes. Sith warriors, Juggernauts and Marauders. Warriors are an unstoppable sorce of darkness and the champions of the sith, they are entrusted with the task of destroying the empires enemies and killing Jedi. Juggernauts use suits to intimidate their enemies and use powerful weapons to overcome them. Marauders are perhaps the worst in our eyes. They are born in hatred and are more powerful than the others. They fight with dual lightsabers and prefer to keep things in the melee fighing styles. They are very strong in Juyo form and destroy their enemies from within. They focus on acrobatics and are always very quick and lethal with their lightsabers." She explained calmly "Do you understand it now?"

"I think so, the sith are evil, the Jedi are good. Thats the basic idea, and watch out for Marauders. But i like fighting fast, it means that you can delay the enemie and catch them off guard." Anakin informed her.

"There is no problem with that, as long as you do not allow your hatred to rule your emotions."

"Am i allowed to have emotions like love and happieness?"

"Love is a touchy subject, since you arent a Jedi there is no problem with that. Happieness doesnt bother us, it is the joy of the light side."

Anakin nodded but then a sudden feeling gripped him. He lifted his hand to his head in pain and panic, something was wrong. "Somethings wrong..." Anakin trailed off as his head began to hurt more and more, he closed his eyes and tryed to figure out what it was. Satele suddenly became alert and Anakin assumed she was reaching out with the force, she gasped and stood up abruptly. Igniting her lightsabers and moved to the window, two large cruisers had just emerged from hyperspace.

"Prepare yourselves! Sith incoming!" She ordered them and motioned for Anakin to move with her to the boarding hatch. They both stood on either side of it and Anakin ignited his own lightsaber, the other lay forgotten on his belt. "Skywalker, what of your other lightsaber?" She asked curiously. "I prefer to use one unless the situation gets out of hand." She thought of this for a moment and said "We are going to be up against a warrior from what i can sense, you may need both." Anakin nodded and reached for his other lightsaber, it ignited with a blaze of white light. Her eyes fell to it and she whispered something that sounded like 'the saber of the light side'. Anakin held it in his left hand and waited beside the door for the battle he had been told would come.

Suddenly the door blasted open and was sent across the ship, the younglings had hidden themselves as per their masters orders and a dark figure entered the ship. He immediatley noticed Anakin and his eyes went straight to his white saber. "Impossible..." At that moment Satele lunged from behind and caught the sith warrior off guard, Anakin took the signal and attacked also. The sith had one lightsaber only and Anakin saw this as a disadvantage, but he soon saw how skilled the sith was and regretted jumping to conclusions. He seemed more occupied on Anakins saber than the fight and was pushed out of the ship quickly. Anakin managed to twirl the saber out of his hand and used the force to push him back into his own ship, he hit the wall with an unusually loud thud and fell to reveal a large crack in that wall. Satele locked the door and detached their ships.

"Can i ask how we were attacked in hyperspace?" Anakin asked. He was pretty sure this was a rare event. "Well, this is the first case i've seen. This must be a first for them too, now with this new information, they will certainly be attacking ships in hyperspace more often." Her eyes went back to his saber. "You really are a peculiar case, you fought a sith and won, with help, used the force to a huge extent that made a crack in a two inch thick wall of a ship and you did all this, without your memory. Very impressive." Anakin could of sworn he was blushing from embarrasment, but he didnt really care. He wanted to find Riley. "Riley, are you alright?" Anakin called. Rileys head appeared from behind a crate on the ship and smiled warmly at Anakin. "I'm fine Ani." He replied. The name which he called Anakin drew suspicion from Satele who asked "Ani?" Anakin whirled around and explained how he allowed those close to him to call him Ani because it was an easier way of decerning friends and enemies for his amnesia ridden mind. Satele seemed to understand this and gathered the other younglings together so that they could all resume what they were doing with their lightsabers. Riley had finished constructing his, Anakin noticed, and offered to fight with him. Riley smiled and accepted, soon they were in the back of the ship and training. Anakin went easy on Riley, so easy in fact that if felt like he was doing nothing, it obviously was a strech for Riley though.

Soon, Riley was improving and knocked Anakin back a few paces for the first time since they had started. So Anakin upped his performance a tiny bit and soon had Riley on the ropes again, he didnt want to defeat him, just teach him how to fight better than the younglings in his class. By the end of their fight, he was considerably better than before. He challenged the younglings who had already finished constructing their lightsabers also and was besting them easily, Satele remarked that Anakin could teach a whole class of younglings, Anakin didnt think much of the idea. Teaching younglings didnt sound fun to him, but teaching Riley was very fun.

The younglings were soon complaining that Riley had recieved 'special training' from the chosen one and demanded that he fight someone apart from them, so he sat down next to Anakin and they both laughed at how the younglings reacted to Rileys fighting. Before long the younglings were pleading with Anakin to teach them at least a little fighting, so he conceded. He took on all six of them, minus Riley, and didnt even get scratch, disarmed or pushed back. He was careful not to let them get ahead of themselves and not to teach them as much as Riley, but enough to at least stand a chance against him.

When Anakin returned to Satele and Riley he found that they were in deep discussion about something, upon seeing Anakin return Satele gestured for him to sit opposite them. "We have been talking some things over and i think it would be in your best interests to stay in our Jedi temple on Thython and take on an apprentice." Something sparked inside Anakin, apprentice? He remembered something before his amnesia about an apprentice but put it at the back of his mind. "Can i take Riley as an apprentice?" Anakin asked. Satele smiled. "We suggest you observe all the younglings in the temple before choosing, especially since you have a pre-existing tie with young Riley. He was the first one you saw before you woke up." Anakin pondered this for a moment and then a strange idea hit him. "Has anyone ever had more than one apprentice?" Anakin asked. "It is a rarity, and would need to be discussed by the Jedi high council. But if you find that you wish to teach a few, it may be possible."

Anakin liked this idea, but then something else hit him. "How old can apprentices be?" He found the idea of someone the same age as him being with him all the time a good one. But he would never allow someone to call him master, it seemed simply awful. This person, or these people, would be friends and that was final. "Apprentices can range from the age of ten to twenty five." Anakin was surprised by this, he was the right age to be an apprentice, so why did she want him to be a teacher instead. Satele didnt seem to notice his change in mood and went to see how the younglings were doing, soon they would be approaching their final destination and they all needed to be prepared for it. Riley moved beside Anakin and whispered "Would you really consider me for an apprentice? I'm not worthy, surely."

"Thats what i like about you, anyone else would desperatley want it, but not you. I like the selfless, no matter who they are, if you know anyone else whos your friend they could come aswell. But be warned i am your friend, not your master." Anakin made sure Riley heard the last part, Riley was his friend and such things as titles meant absolutley nothing to him.

"Now that you mention it, i have some friends like that. Theres my friend Nicolas, we call him Nick, who loves history so theres your heads up. My friend Annabeth who is the smartest person i know. I'm the last person, they say I'm good at technology but i dont know about that."

"Three different people with three different personalities, i like your trio already. Do you think they'll mind me?"

"They'll love you! You should know that we all stay in a place with a man named Zez-Kai Ell. He's on the council but really nice, i'm sure he'd be happy to take you in!" Anakin could see how happy and excited Riley was getting and hoped that everything would work out, but there was the nagging feeling that Anakin didnt know everything. He had amnesia and needed to know what he had forgotten, now that he thought about it, this galaxy seemed unfamiliar to him. If he lived there, he sould of at least felt familiar prescences in there. But now Anakin made himself a promise, if there was something wrong that needed to be fixed, Riley and his friends were going with him.

"How old are your friends Riley? Infact, how old are you?"

"I'm thirteen, Nick is twenty-four and Annabeth is twenty-two."

Anakin thought to himself quietly, this is going to be just great. Two people his age or older and a teenager to look after, what could be better? He knew what could be worse. When they arrived on Thython, he would have to speak with the Jedi high council, and he was wearing what he had been informed were the colours of a rogue Jedi or sith.