All of you are little monsters that just eat up this fanfiction. I swear if I don't post on time you all attack me like its The Lord Of The Flies. Disclaimer- I don't own Star Wars the Clone Wars or any of its characters. I also don't own Lord Of The Flies if that's the least bit relevant.
Chapter 22
Anakin POV
Padme knew Ahsoka before Anakin knew her. This was strange to Anakin. It was weird to know that the first time he introduced the two of them it wasn't actually the first time they met.
He remembered this day that the memory had just shown. He remembered Padme coming back from the library and telling him that she'd met someone there. She said that she met probably the smartest young girl she'd ever met. Anakin remembered how sophisticated she made Ahsoka sound. And she was sophisticated; Anakin was just too blind when he first met his Padawan to realize that.
He also remembered the first time he thought he introduced Padme to Ahsoka. Coincidentally that was the memory the Tristakine showed next.
(Tristakine) Ahsoka POV
"What do you think of senators Snips?" Anakin asked his Padawan as they walked up to the ship they were traveling on. Ahsoka hurried to keep up with her Master's fast stride.
"I don't know, I've never really met any senators," she replied as the two of them came to a stop.
Anakin looked down at his Padawan, "Well what do you hear about them?"
Ahsoka never really heard anything about senators. She didn't have any friends to gossip with so she just replied with what she'd heard when she eavesdropped on other groups. "They're stubborn, selfish, greedy, that kind of stuff."
"Good. That pretty much sums them up." Anakin checked the time on his com and then looked back at Ahsoka. "Today you are meeting the one person in the entire Senate that isn't like that."
Ahsoka smiled at her Master's remark and followed him onto the ship.
"Anakin," Ahsoka heard a woman say as she walked into the cockpit behind her Master.
Ahsoka was able to see who had spoken and her eyes widened at the sight.
The woman's eyes widened as well.
Anakin didn't see the tenseness between his Padawan and Senator so he jumped into introductions. "Ahsoka this is Senator Amidala of Naboo." He turned to the woman. "Senator this is my Padawan learner Ahsoka Tano."
Ahsoka dropped her shocked expression immediately and held out her hand to Padme-er Senator Amidala. "It's nice to meet you."
Padme picked up on Ahsoka's way and straightened herself out. "And you."
The two of them didn't get a chance to really speak until later Anakin left for just a moment to go check on the cargo hold.
Ahsoka and Padme looked right at each other the moment the door closed behind Anakin.
"You're a Jedi," the senator marveled her face turning as shocked as it was the moment they first saw each other.
"And you're a senator," Ahsoka was equally as astounded.
It was silent for a moment where neither of them knew what to say. Truthfully Ahsoka never though she would see Padme again.
It seemed Padme thought the same thing. "I was in a bad place when I first met you," she recollected. "I was thinking back on all the choices I made and… well I shouldn't have expressed my doubts to you. I would respect it if you didn't tell anyone about what we spoke of."
Ahsoka jumped in, "And I as well. I said a few things that go against the Jedi Order and what I'm supposed to stand for."
Padme nodded and smiled at the ground. "I thought that maybe you were an angel sent to guide me on the right path. I never thought I'd see you again. And if I did, I never expected…"
"Me neither. A senator is the last thing I would have pegged you down as."
The senator responded with another smile. "So we can keep this between ourselves?"
"Of course."
A few days later Padme and Ahsoka had their second time alone together when Anakin went to speak with a guard at the hotel door alone. He said it wasn't worth any of Ahsoka's time for her to join him.
The minute he left the living room Padme pulled out her com and started fumbling with it. "I wanted to know if you could fix my com. I didn't know if Anakin knew about your ability to fix things so I wanted to wait for a moment where we were alone to ask."
Ahsoka held her hand out and Padme placed the small device in it. She took a short look at the com and began fumbling with it. "Easy fix." She began to handle it and spoke again, "And he doesn't know."
"I assumed so. May I ask why not?"
"I'm an exception to the Jedi Order. I came older than I should have and that makes me different. All I really want to be is normal." She handed the com back to Padme as a sign that it was fixed.
"I won't tell," she promised. "And thank you for fixing my com."
Ahsoka smiled. "Thank you."
"Thank you for what?" Anakin asked as he walked back into the room. He stared curiously at the two women.
"I asked for advice on dealing with you." Ahsoka said almost immediately. Living with her father taught her a few things about how to lie well.
"Oh ha ha," Anakin mocked and shot his Padawan a harmless glare.
Obi-Wan POV
Obi-Wan had a lot of questions. He was confused and conflicted about Ahsoka's situation. He was also somewhat angered that he was a member of the Council and never knew about this. He felt the same way Anakin did in the way that he should have known about her medical condition and her history.
"Was it ever found out why the Force advanced in her at such a young age?" It was the first question he asked. He had many more that wanted to follow it.
Surprisingly it was a nurse that answered. Obi-Wan recognized it as one of Ahsoka's private nurses for her Ectohazmith, Jardie. "It's not a sure answer but we believe it was because of the abuse she endured. That would've made her advance quicker than normal. She would've been forced to develop at a faster pace."
Obi-Wan saw Anakin flinch when Jardie said 'abuse.' It was all hard for his former Padawan. There was so much new information and Anakin could now relate to Ahsoka even more than he could before.
"What's next?" Anakin tried to sound unfazed as he asked the question but Obi-Wan saw right through the tone in his voice.
"We'd like to take some of Master Plo Koon's blood so that we can continue the Tristakine."
Plo Koon agreed right away and blood was taken. It was entered into the computer and the projector started back up again. Everyone turned their attention to the screen.
(Tristakine) Plo Koon POV
"The meeting today will be short," Master Windu announced to the room of Jedi Masters. There were only half as many Masters in the room as there were in actuality. The only people there were Master Yoda, Windu, Unduli, Plo Koon, Adi-Mundi, Ti, and Secura. The females were all off fighting in the war so they appeared in hologram form.
The group consisted of all the people who originally made the choice to train Ahsoka when she first arrived on Coruscant. Today they were deciding another factor in her fate.
Plo Koon rose from his seat and prepared to speak. "Ahsoka Tano has done all of her required work and is ready to become a Padawan Learner."
The room was utterly silent. The Jedi all around processed what he just said. Master Ki-Adi-Mundi was the first to speak. "I'm supposing you want to train her yourself."
"I would," Plo Koon stated. "Although, I know that I cannot. I'm one of the few people she shares a bond with and that would get in the way of whatever training I could provide."
That was a logical thought. Ahsoka needed to get over her shyness and learn to be open with other people. She wouldn't be able to do that as Master Plo's apprentice.
"Well we certainly have a few others ready to take on apprentices. We'll just decide between them," marveled Master Secura.
The group discussed for about half an hour. They went back and forth between options of who to assign Ahsoka a Padawan for. They all knew the young girl quite well so they thought it would be simple to find the right master for her. It wasn't.
None of the Jedi they looked at seemed right for the young girl. Only about 45 minutes into their meeting did pure wisdom strike, and it came out of Master Luminara Unduli's mouth.
"What about Skywalker?"
"Skywalker isn't looking for a Padawan."
"But think about it."
Time seemed to freeze as the room considered the possibility.
Plo Koon did the same. Ahsoka Tano as Anakin Skywalker's Padawan… At first it sounded absurd. Skywalker was reckless and let his emotions control his actions. Then it dawned that that was exactly what Ahsoka needed. Ahsoka needed someone who could get her to become her true self. After that he started to realize the similarities between the two of them.
They were both adventurous and stubborn. They had the same level of patience (near to none). They were wise and quick thinking. This was a perfect match. Why hadn't they thought of it sooner?
"A good idea, that is," noted Master Yoda. He said what everyone else was thinking.
"It's brilliant," added Master Shak Ti. "They're so similar and he'll be able to bring out all of the qualities that Ahsoka needs."
The entire group was still pondering on how well this idea sat with them when Mace Windu called an end to their meeting. Plo Koon left to tell Ahsoka of her new role in the Jedi Order.
A/N- Hello and welcome to me talking to me. That's pretty much all that this authors note is. Today I have nothing to say to myself so I will end here. -Saraphine
