Disclaimer: Disney owns Star Wars, not me. All the characters and places (except for my OC Analise Joy) belong to them.

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AN: Thanks for the review necessaryreading! I just thought that having Mace would laugh would be a good way for Analise to break free from his usual stern nature and of course Anakin's gift goes against the Code. His gift for Analise is the party.

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Chapter Seven

"This seems complicated..."

"Come on Plo. It can't be that hard.

"Qui-Gon we're Jedi not bakers."

"I cook all the time. I am sure I can bake a cake."

"You make finger foods, easy meals, and tea. Not cake."

"Well it can't be that hard."

"I have a bad feeling about this."

The two Jedi Masters turned and stared at the Togruta Initiate and youngling. Ahsoka stared back at the two men, unafraid of them. "What? It's true. Master Gallia says that neither of you are great cooks and even less good bakers."

"Yes...well...this time we will be amazing bakers. After all this cake is for the twins. It must be wonderful." Qui-Gon and Plo turned back to the datapad resting on the kitchen counter. The kitchen in Qui-Gon's quarters, as it was in all Jedi living quarters was not very big as most preferred to take their meals in the mess.

It was even smaller to Ahsoka's eyes with a giant human male and nearly as large Kel Dor male taking up the space. Two sets of eyes were glued to a cake recipe that Qui-Gon had found on the holonet as if waiting for the recipe to come to life and poof! Tada! A cake would be there sitting on the counter. Either that or the Master were waiting for the recipe to come alive and bite them.

Sighing and shaking her head, Ahsoka slipped from her chair at the kitchen table and padded her way down across the floor to Analise's door. She wished Ana and Ani were there, but she knew that Ana couldn't be because if she was there while the cake was being...attempted than she might figure out about the party. Plus the twins had private lessons today even though it was their birthday. Ana would be at the Healer's Wing, Ahsoka made a face while Ani would be getting all dirty in the hanger.

She pressed the panel next to Analise's door and it slide open. Ana didn't mind if Ahsoka went to her room when Ana wasn't there. Ahsoka liked visiting the twins' rooms. They were so different. Ana's was always neat and tidy. Bed made every morning, clothes put away. Ani never liked Ahsoka going into his room by herself though. It was always dirty because of all the tools and parts from ships and droids scattered around it. He told her that he didn't want her to get hurt on something.

Ahsoka made a beeline for the small bookcase Ana had that was crammed with holobooks and Ana's copy of The Jedi Path. There were the usual texts for class and independent study, but Ana also had for-fun books with fairy tales and poems and all sorts of good stories. There was special shelf of books that was just for Ahsoka whenever she came to visit. Books that she could read by herself without Ana's help. Though Ahsoka always liked it when Ani or Ana read to her. Ani liked it when Ana read too.

Scanning the titles Ahsoka found The Little Lost Bantha Cub. As she pulled it out she wondered if maybe it was time for her to tell Ana she was too old for the children's story. She wasn't a baby anymore. Soon she would be a Padawan. Ahsoka smiled as she drifted off into a daydream. How wizard it would be if Ani or Ana were her Master when she became a Padawan. She shook her head, the ends of her lekku gently hitting her face a little.

That would never happen. They would most likely still be Padawans themselves. Holding tight to the holobook, Ahsoka climbed onto Ana's bed and curled up among the pillows. She would tell Ana in a few days that she was too old for The Little Lost Bantha Cub and that they should probably donate it to the Temple creche. It was a good story after all.

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Adi Gallia knew that there was trouble. She didn't need the Force to sense it. She could smell it. Even though the door was closed, she could smell something burning. Luckily she couldn't see smoke or sense fire behind the door. That still didn't make her feel better though.

Her hand pressed on the chime button located over the door panel. Within just a few moments the door slide open, but it wasn't Qui-Gon or Plo who had answered. It was Ahsoka, Plo's little fosterling. She was spending more time with him and the twins and their Masters than she was in the creche. Adi had a feeling that Ahsoka would be there.

"Hello Ahsoka."

"Hello Master Gallia. It doesn't smell good in here."

"AHSOKA!" Adi raised her eyebrows and looked over the girl. She could see two very dirty Jedi Masters both shooting down looks at the child.

"Well it's true." Qui-Gon sighed and picked up a towel to wipe himself off with.

"Come in Adi. As you can guess Plo and I have not been having any success with the cake."

"That's because you and Plo can barely cook and the only thing either of you can make without even thinking about it is tea." She let the door slide shut behind her.

"Can you fix it Master Gallia? Everything needs to be perfect for tonight?" Ahsoka stood there, feet apart and hands on hips. Adi tried hard not to laugh. Ahsoka was diffently picking not just only traits from Analise, but from Anakin too. Right now she was doing a perfect disply of the Skywalker bossiness and defiance. "Ana's party has to be perfect."

She bent down and hugged the girl. "Don't worry youngling. I'll make the cake while Master Plo and Master Qui-Gon clean up themselves and the kitchen. You can help me too."

"Yes!"

"Go wash your hands first Ahsoka." Plo gestured to the fresher.

"Yes Master Plo!" Smiling brightly and thrilled at the prospect of helping, Ahsoka took off for the fresher. Adi turned back to the two men who both wore sheepish expressions, though Plo's was mostly hidden by his mask and googles.

"Not so easy to bake a cake is it gentlemen?" She would be good and not gloat about their failure too much. "I've got it. You two...clean up and then you can watch something on the holonet or go help out at Dex's." Adi settled herself on the couch to watch the men as they bustled around the kitchen. "How does it feel Qui-Gon?"

"How does what feel?" The man stopped in the act of wiping down the counter while Plo did the dishes to stare at the woman on his couch.

"To be the father of sixteen-year-olds. I mean after all in just two years they will be adults under the law of many Republic planets."

"Adi must really be asking if you're ready for Analise to start dating" Plo teased his friend. "After all it is suppose to be the hardest to let the daughter go."

"Honestly...I'm not ready for the twins to be growing-up so fast. It feels like I just got them and already they are halfway out my door on their way to go save the galaxy without me or Obi-Wan at their side." He sighed and put his towel down. "And I am most certainly not ready for Ana to start dating. There's only one man in my mind that is perfect for her and she won't find him by dating boy after boy after boy." Qui-Gon paused as he went to pick up the towel again.

"I wouldn't be surprised if she had already found him."

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AN: The Little Lost Bantha Cub is story that Han tells Jacen and Jania in the Star Wars Legends universe during the Jedi Academy trilogy. It's a really cute story:)