Sorry that I took so long with this. I procrastinated then I wasn't sure what to write and then I went to the Boston area Friday afternoon and didn't get back until Sunday afternoon. I didn't take my laptop with me because I was supposed to be meeting new people and being social.

Either way here it is!

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Three years later . . .

Anakin frowned as he wandered the corridors of Echo Base. He could tell that something was wrong even though no one was saying anything. He could feel it in the air and the others like him agreed with him.

He headed for the Hangar and saw Chewie was working on the Falcon. The ship had suffered countless of problems ever since Han decided to follow them around.

Anakin smiled.

He knew that Han liked his mother and to some extent his mother liked Han. However his mother had issues with men. Most of them either would either call her loose over the fact that his father was unknown or they just wanted to use her in ways that made his blood boil

Anakin closed his eyes and reached for the Force. He could feel frustration from Chewie and that something wasn't right.

He felt something on his right cheek and touched it. He knew that he wasn't hurt but that didn't mean that he didn't feel something.

Frowning he called on the Force and jumped on the top of the Falcon. Gingerly he walked over to where Chewie worked. The big wookiee looked at him and smiled in his weird way. "How did you get up here young one?" Chewie asked him. Anakin smiled broadly, "I jumped." He said politely.

Anakin knew by just looking into the innards of the ship that it would take more than a few used parts and some tender loving care to fix the Falcon. What they needed was better parts and workers that knew what they were doing.

He knew that he might be able to get some of the parts to work but not all of them.

He felt like he was letting Han down in some way by not being able to help fix the Falcon. His mother told him that there was no shame in letting people down at his age but so many depended on him to choose right.

"Hey Anakin, it's time to practice." Ahsoka's voice called from below.

"Coming!" Anakin called back and started to walk for the edge. "Take the lift young one. Your mother will not be pleased if you get hurt on my watch." Chewie told him.

Anakin sighed but headed for the top hatch.

A few moments later he joined Ahsoka at the bottom of the Falcon's gangplank and headed for the main part of the base.

They headed for a room where they could shed their outer cold weather gear before heading to the room that they trained in. Almost everyone else was there waiting for them.

Anakin had known them all since he was a tiny baby and felt connected to them all. When he touched the Force and thought of it he felt like he had known them longer than seven years.

He knew that Mace never rushed into a fight but was deadly when he did fight. He was stern but could tell jokes and appreciate them. Mace was a kind person once you got to know him. Mace's only dislikes was electric shocks and falling from very high places

Shaak was a natural teacher and loved to help teach them what she knew. She was wise but let them learn on their own. She had a kind heart like Mace as well.

Adi was thoughtful and had a sense of humor that many thought was strange. She didn't like Zabraks which was strange since she rarely disliked anyone besides the Emperor and corrupt beings.

Quinlan loved to have fun and could be disrespectful to those in authority. He could tell when people had handled something and even see fleeting images.

Aayla was graceful and kind. She would give advice and be someone to lean on.

Eeth was a great fighter and liked fair fights. He was strong in many ways. The only thing he feared were old droids that they sometimes salvaged from old Separatist Bases back from the Clone Wars.

Stass was best friends with Adi and they were similar.

Ahsoka was playful and sometimes gave beings and droids nicknames. She feared something that she couldn't describe.

Strangely Shaak, Quinlan, Aayla and Stass shared the fear of what they called stormtroopers but not.

Anakin knew what he feared: fire. When he thought of fire when he was meditating he could feel fire burning him. It ate his clothes and skin as he screamed in pain. He always ran to his mother after this happened.

He banished the thoughts as he prepared to practice. He didn't need those thoughts to follow him around.

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Leia paced the Hangar as she waited for Han to return with Luke. They were some of the only friends that she had. They played with Anakin and told him stories of the galaxy beyond the bases that he had called home for all of his short life.

Luke was like an uncle to Anakin and Anakin treated Luke with respect. Always asking him what it was like to pilot his own craft and if he would teach him to fly.

Anakin liked Han and treated Han with respect. He asked Han what it was like to see so much of the galaxy. If he ever been to certain ones and what the ones he had been to were like.

Leia admitted in her private place that she like Han. He didn't pry into her past and treated her like a normal young woman; not a whore. He had actually punched someone for calling her one.

She tried to block out the words that Han and Luke hadn't contacted them. She knew that she needed to order the doors to be closed for the night. She tried to block the image of them opening the doors and finding Han and Luke frozen next to them.

Her Senses told her that they would be safe so she tried not to think of them frozen to death out there.

She felt Anakin hug her and she rubbed his back.

"They'll be fine Mom." Anakin told her gently.

Leia nodded; she sighed softly.

"Close the doors." She ordered. "We'll send out search parties in the morning."

She then headed as calmly but quickly to the main part of the base so she didn't have to see or hear the doors close.

It would be hard to sleep tonight.

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Once again the clones don't have the memories of their past lives but they get impressions from the Force of things. They do retain some of their personalities simply because I am lazy.

See you at the next update which should be 'The Chosen One'.