The Skywalkers Reborn: The Final Showdown
Disclaimers: the characters don't belong to me, the story belongs to me, everything else belongs to the author and the creator of the movies.
Warnings: This story is taking place after he learns that the blast not only did damage to Tru's lightsaber, it possibly damaged the crystal as he makes his choice right then to tell them the truth and as he prepares to change his future into who he would have been. Had he stayed clear of Palpatine as he makes one good decision after another.
This is also borrowing some of the conversations from my other story, as instead of Darra being killed now, it's taking the alternate reality of what if the council had called them back to the temple and they decided to run the test there. Before Anakin got hit by Sidious's rage at the loss of his plan falling apart, before the mission reactivates as Ferus gets expelled and Tru gets hold back a year now.
But he's still going to be paired with Padme, and the second pairing is Darra, in friendship now, as the future gets changed, as every loss he took changes as he grows more powerful as he cuts himself off from Sidious later that year now. And before the movie begins now, but this is taking place during the weeks leading into the prologue to the Attack Of The Clones later, but this story opens with the last chapter.
And of the Jedi Quest Novels, after the first show down, and before the middle of the story, as they return to the temple as one change, does it as it changes his future, as he gets thrown into the future. As a result of their, Obi-wan, Yoda and Mace's decision, in making that choice to bring them home, before the lightsaber breaks down then.
And this will be a what if one change in his childhood as a padawan does for his future and the future of every Jedi in the order. As the Skywalkers, continue making changes in the past, before the purge begins as one by one every Jedi that died is cloned by the Kimonoans. As he and Padme raise Luke and Leia and it enters the original trilogy as he stayed himself now and everyone who loved him knew it too.
Chapter 11: Lightsaber Training And Truths
"I understand, the first one is always traumatizing in for a fresh student, but three times in four years is too much in any students case. As you already seen enough death in the outside world you don't need this added to it right now, and if they would give you time and maybe then you'd tell them. But as you already told my daughter, the quartet and us, it's this is the real reason they're afraid of you?" Damon asked and he nodded as he looked between them.
"Bad first impressions between us right now, and all that time it was Vader doing the talking this is me, if I was Obi-wan at that age." he said and they hid a smile at the remark. "The pieces Father told you were from his own observations at the time, but those are the parts you never got to see. As Ferus acted before I could do anything and as their equal in the podraces, I knew I had to head off the fight, before they started going at it then."
"Everyone on the planet knew that I was podracer, before I became a Jedi, so I knew that was my one way in to end the fight. And before it could get out of hand, as I exercised who I used to be with the locals, and knew that if my old racing companions were also there. They'd know their fellow racing companion was heading off another fight, and before it could get out of hand right now, as a result it takes racer to know a racer and we know each other on sight."
"And with it there's a few things you need to see from my past, as you see who I was before the trio arrived there." he said and Mace nodded. "Podracing, you mean to tell me that the fight he forestalled was a fight between two podracers?" Adi repeated and he nodded. "Yes Master, and if they heard the name of first human that did it was there, that would end it before it got too physical or worse, the weapons coming out." he said and she nodded to that gently.
"At the moment had we seen you race against this rival and saw what Qui-Gon saw, and for real, that's enough to make it beyond clear to us. That your skills as a pilot, your knowledge of Tatooine, and everything that we saw in you the last nine years was enough. That we could use your help when we needed you in these cases, as having two very fresh padawan involved in this situation and a young one only two months old in training a situation where you know it."
"As you trained them all by example as this was your world, your people, and the world you lived in, before you became a Jedi. And as you helped us train them, and by example and in the same way we as your parental mentors and main mentors do. But a Jedi does not threaten, a Jedi uses the living force to tell what is going on and most of all, a Jedi padawan does not show force, threaten or use violence." Mace said and Damon finished that remark as he said it.
"Having a padawan that knew the slave network and knew the sport and what happens at the arena is beyond invaluable in our eyes right now. As more and more we see where these situations lead if we never freed you from slavery as you know what to do and when. But seriously right now, it's knowing what's going on as though everyone we know understands basic, we can't speak their language if it's Huttese." Damon told him and he nodded to the news gently.
"Well that makes perfect sense, you needed me to translate to you to what the heck was going on here, as a result. In the way I did it with Obi-wan, Siri and Ry, they, and you, needed me to translate what the heck was going on as I told you the rules in the racing circuit and with it what the fight was about." he said and they nodded. "Yes, and those skills, beyond invaluable they are, Anakin." Yoda told him and the rest of the council nodded in agreement to that.
"If it wasn't for the fact that we didn't know where we messed up and when we'd see this like our doubles did, but better late then never. His show boating very nearly destroyed us and our credibility, by killing an innocent person and when this was not a riot, but a simple disagreement right now. You know what you're doing as you are Qui-Gon as a child to teenager and he had a knack for making friends and made them easily when we were younger then you."
"Though the latter is where we as the council tended to disagree with him, he was right all along and as was Thracia, we never focus on the smaller picture. And we allowed our own arrogance and pride to blind us from the true powers of the force, but we got 4 years to fix that right now." Mace said to him. "I get why, but we can fix that the next 4 years as we set the trap and let Sidious walk right into it." he said and the council nodded in agreement to that gently.
"Under normal circumstances we'd see this the same way he did, but unless you had a student who already knows the people in question. You better leave this, said this the fight to the said padawan and before you make a bad situation worse right now in this case. As such and we'd know if you told us everything you told our own padawans, we'd give the same orders that Siri, Obi-wan and Ry gave you." Tiana said and he nodded to her gently at that.
"She's right, if the four of us were there and heard what the heck was going on and you told us what this was. We'd tell you to deal with it, as we prevented him from making it worse, as Sebulba saw us face to face finally, as we watched you deal with him and the others. But seeing a near fight, well that's enough as you controlled your temper at his jibe before we saw the furious look on his face his chance blew up again." Mace said firmly and Adi nodded to that.
"Added issues in side effects, if you needed another reason to have me take charge, before he made it worse this was it. As I was a Tatooine local and they knew me on sight the second they heard me say take away the five years, the haircut and the lightsaber. Senia did as I suggested and realized it was me, before Ody, Ben and Xelbree also shouted out to me in greeting as we went to racing and strategies." he said and the council nodded to the news bemused.
"Seeing his working out a compromise and discussing things, I knew this was exactly what was needed right now, but seeing her shaking. I knew Ferus scared the heck out of her, so instead of us giving that lecture, we let Anakin be the one to take charge here. So though it went a little too far, he was right on all counts, if you want to learn anything then learn by example from another who knew the people in question." Obi-wan told her and they nodded to that.
"Whatever was said, let that go, we can now, as prevented a riot from starting and with it a bloodbath, as a result of you taking charge Anakin, but very nice work, proud of you we are." Yoda said and he nodded to him. "I know where most say they can't help their feelings, but in this case, you got to, or it puts others at risk. And case in point is allowing his feelings of trying to show off to result in a riot." he said and the council nodded in agreement to that remark.
"Indeed and correct you are, but if not riot, could result in destroying private property or worse a murder that day now. And if happened turn us into pariahs it could have if not reacted that fast to end this situation you had, Anakin." he said and Anakin nodded. "Well with the fact you got to see one piece of my life before you came into it, I think I better show you the rest right now." he said and they nodded to him as he opened up his memories of the situation.
"It gets even better, but Jabba was there as well." he said and they nodded in shock. "So you had to do his orders and decisions for him to prevent one of your own people. And from being killed that morning, as your planetary owner was there to watch the races?" Mace said quickly leaning forward at that. "Yes Master, the second he recognized me, he realized what the duo were there for and let it go." he said and they nodded to him.
"After letting Anakin let him have it for us, we took charge, as Anakin introduced us to his friends and one of them told us his rival was also there. So as a result of also knowing Didi and Astri were there, the sextet asked to let him stay with them and he agreed. Before I gave the go ahead and ordered Ferus and Tru with us, as we dealt with the next situation, but we gave the go ahead, letting him race one last time." Obi-wan said and the council nodded to him softly.
"Seeing him calm down as soon I wrapped my arm around his back I saw what looked like a look of shock in Ferus's eyes at the time. Not knowing what was going on till he told me what that was about, that was enough to irritate me as not only was he trying to provoke him. He was also talking about him behind his back to me during the mission with the Slams, but I gave him a shot to race one last time." he said and the council nodded firmly to the news at that.
"One last chance to race is more then enough as he let that piece of his past go, and with it, as he took his rival's insults and you took charge to control that, correct?" Kit asked and he nodded. "Yes Master, that's it exactly, seeing the annoyed look on Ferus's face, it never occurred to me why he was so annoyed, till Anakin told me. And earlier this week, he was hoping Anakin would lose his temper completely, but Darra did one piece of it, I took care of the other."
"And two attempts to completely tick him off blew up in his face, as he also lost points with her for that threat, but at this rate. It's not only is he now trying to get him in trouble for attempted implication, he's still furious she chose him and secondly, because Anakin publicly humiliated him. And in front of his friends from his home planet, but Anakin never humiliated him, he did that of his own accord, and from this psychosis of Zan Arbor now."
"He's now determined to get him out of the order by any means necessary at the current moment now, even if means cold blooded murderous decisions. Said are like this one that Anakin just caught them both in the act for right now" Obi-wan told him and he nodded firmly to the news then as he took charge. "But this crossed the line between cold blooded and turning into either Dark Jedi or Sith." Siri said and the council nodded in shocked disbelief at the news.
"So that's what's been going on and if we weren't so hung up on several other situations in the senate, we'd see we have to control things in the temple. And right now, before it destroys him in the end, but with the fact you told us where this was leading and the fact our Sithlord. Our Sithmaster, is standing in front of us, we'd never see it coming till everyone in the council was executed and the scum raids the temple." Stass said sharply to that and Mace nodded firmly.
"We fixed that problem and it's a clear case of ignorance and pride, but we all thought we'd become just as good teachers as Master. And in the end our arrogance blinds us as he gets to you in the end." he said and Yoda nodded sighing. "And not changing the code, my own arrogance is, as Sith, changed they have, and evolved, therefore, have to as well, we do." he said and Mace nodded in agreement as the council gave a nod of agreement as he said it then.
"Lovely, alright, alright, we need to see this situation from your point of view, as these books gave it as though Vader was in control. Well now we have to see this from your's as you're the one in full control of your personality traits." he said and Anakin nodded. "You want the portion before the fight, or leading directly into it?" he asked and Yoda answered that. "Show us Ferus's attempt to stop fight." he said and Anakin nodded as he did that gently then.
Watching from his position they saw it from his angle then, and they nodded. "Lovely, he tries to stop it, alright, keep going, as you know the right way to do this, we already had the blasters out, we didn't need a student getting involved. And yanking out their weapon, and when we're supposed to be peace keepers, so with that show us how you would have handled this?" Mace asked and he nodded as he quickly unlocked the image to show them his then.
The Galactic Games Arrival And Riot-Anakin's POV:
"What is he doing?" Obi-wan said sharply and Anakin watched it carefully at that. "Think twice, friend and then think again." he said, and the Dug got in his face. "Jedi, this is not your fight, stay out of this chutta!" they heard and Anakin nodded. "Stay out of this worm, he's saying this is not your fight, stay out of it." he said and Obi-wan nodded as he looked at the scared look on Ferus's face that his warning never worked at that.
"That's not going to work, he just told him to stay out of this, that's a dug no older then I am." he said and they nodded to him. "So what's the fight about anyway, Anakin?" Siri asked and he explained that to her. "It's about that dug's racer, and I...' he started to say as he looked at the engines and nodded. "That's my racer, this dug must be related to my former rival." he said in shock and they nodded as the guard called out at that.
"It's your's son?" he repeated and he nodded to him. "It was, but when I used it, it was painted white and blue, but that podracer and the engines, they were built by me, but that's what the fight is about right now." he said and the guard that charged up to him answered him quickly. "You understand what their saying?" he said and he nodded as he answered him then as Obi-wan stood next to him at that remark.
"Yeah I do, and it's because I speak the same language." he said and the second guard called out to that. "Anyone want to hazard a guess of what the force this is about right now?" the guard called out to him and he nodded. "Yeah it's standard in the case of why someone's engines keeping stalling out and why the racer looks like it was built with a Jedi handi-cap." he said and they nodded as Siri said it to him gently at that.
"And reason 2)?" she asked and he hid a chuckle as he answered her at that. "Ever since Qui-Gon sold him that racer he's been getting a strict lesson in racing cleanly. And fairly right now, and he and his family have become the laughing stock of the podracing circuit. But she and her partner have been debating this every year for months that this is considered cheating." he said and they started laughing as Obi-wan said it.
"I can't say I blame the pilots for debating that, but that is going just a little too far in paying someone back. And for the amount of crashes they caused at the moment in this game. But come is that debate really necessary right now, Padawan?" he asked him smiling and Anakin nodded smiling. "Yeah it is and trust me I hear this all the time on the circuit before you freed me." he said and Obi-wan nodded smiling as the second guard called out to him.
"Jedi Skywalker, if you know what this is, and who they are, say it quick, before your peer makes it worse." the security guard shouted out to him and he nodded. "Ferus freeze!" Obi-wan shouted out to him. "Ferus this is not a riot!" Anakin shouted out to him at that as he thought quickly. "Ke booda, chut chut?" he called out and they heard a fast shout in different language and he nodded. "Huttese." he told the trio and they nodded to him.
"Ke booda nova chut chut, ding mi chasa hopa?" he called out and they heard a fast reaction to the inquiry and he quickly translated it to them. "Jedi whoever you are, if you know our language, stop your peer from hurting us. This is not a riot or a real right, we're in the middle of a debate we got into since this racer was sold to the dug's relative." he said and they nodded to the remark as the guards all looked at him in shock at that.
"Where are you from?" he called out and he heard the name of his home planet. "Where on the planet exactly guys, where on the planet do you all come from exactly. I am from Mos Espa, I am local from Mos Espa, where on the planet do you come from?" he asked and she shouted out the name of his home town and he paled at that as he nodded. "Blast, they're all from Tatooine, they're from my home town, I know them all." he snapped and Obi-wan and Siri nodded in shock.
As they looked at the trio he was in a fight with. "Are all of you podracing pilots, and did you ever see me on the racing circuit?" he asked and they heard a fast shout. "If you raced with us then yes, if you know what this if we were old friends and comrades. When in podracing, if we know you and you know us, stop your fellow padawan." he said, translating as he called out to his fellow surviving pilots.
"Wait a second the racer next to mine belongs to Ratts, he was killed in the cavern, his sons took over for him. And they, and the young Dug are arguing over this, though the duo are trying to prevent it from going to blows, hold on." he said and the trio nodded as he shouted out to the young duo in a fight with the dug. "Guys, it's okay, if you remember the human pilot Anakin Skywalker."
"Well then you remember what went on during these fights on track, but stand down, alright let me handle this." he said and they heard a fast remark in Huttese as he hid a smile as he translated it. "Great where is Anakin when we need him right now we're the best pilots on our planet. And we got some little hotshot trying what Annie always pulled off." he said in aggravation and the trio nodded to that.
"Come on, if you're who I think there is only one way to be sure." he said under his breath. "Ben, Ody!" he called out in Huttese, and he heard an immediate reply to that as they both turned to look directly at him. "Chut, chut!" they called out and he nodded. "That's five and if this is who I think it is then that means this debate is over why the dug keeps stalling out at the start. My racing rival is here and that pod belongs to him." he said and shouted out the trio's names at that in Huttese.
"Senia, Loren, Semta?" he called out and he heard three affirmatives to the call out then. "Who are they if you called out their names?" the guard asked and he quickly explained that. "Members of my home town Mos Espa, we race at the main track, the last time they saw me was the Boonta Eve Classic. Before I left the planet, but I know them all very well, that racer used to be mine like I said that's what they're debating."
"Senia, Loren, and possibly Sebulba's son, and the others I don't know who is here, but the six best racers. With me off the planet now are here and he's about to cause a riot with my friends and fellow podracing pilots." he said and the trio nodded firmly to the news. "Friends, they're your friends?!" Siri repeated and he nodded. "All from Tatooine, and Mos Espa, we know each other well." he said and they and the guards nodded
"They're all from Tatooine?" the first guard asked and he nodded. "Yeah I know them all, but she's saying get him to back off, before Ferus makes it worse. And he's close to attacking one of them out of miscommunication right now. This is not a riot or a real fight, I hear this all the time on Tatooine after a debate. But it's normal for a pilot if they get a new racer, then the debates, it's over who created it." he said and they all nodded to him.
"Let me try." he said and they nodded as he called out. "Chut, chut?" he called out and they heard an automatic response to the greeting. "Chut Chut, E' Tatooine?" the female racer asked and he nodded. "Indeed Mi Chasa hopa?" he asked and she nodded quickly to him at that. "Jedi don't know what he's doing, could make worse if you not chasa hopa, please." she said and he nodded. "Come on." he said and the trio nodded as they got closer.
"Wait a minute, I know the vehicles, these two are podracers, they're podracing pilots, quiet." he said as he listened carefully to the fight and nodded. "They're arguing over the fact mine was given a Jedi handi-cap, Sebulba's here and possibly several more members I used to race with, they hear the title of the race that freed me that ends this guys." he said and Obi-wan, Siri and Ry all nodded to the news in amazement.
"Who are they?" Obi-wan asked and he explained that. "Loren Hawrek and possibly Senia Tawbeck, the last race we saw each other at was at the Boonta Eve Classic, that's the one that freed me. But if this fight is over the case of Selbulba using my podracer, she's saying that a Jedi handi-cap created podracer is not cheating and their debating over why he keeps stalling out." he said and the trio nodded in amazement to that.
"She's from Ben's home planet, and he's from Ody's, but I know them both, 5 years and a new haircut doesn't change anything. As they'll know it's me the second I say their names as we go to our normal language, which is Huttese and that's the local tongue. And for all Tatooine locals, but as a result, their old friends, and racing comrades of mine, so let me handle this." he said and and Obi-wan nodded to him smiling.
"Nice we get the one race that has several of your friends at and you know what to do." he said and Anakin nodded in agreement. "I don't think they're the only ones here, but as is Sebulba, and possibly three or four others. But it's the standard debate in podracing as for the aliens they never understood why a human could do this. Or said human was child and said was no older the five in racing, but this helps now."
"The main racing circuit for us Tatooine locals was in Mos Espa, and the last race resulted in destroying, Ody's engine. And after one of his pit droids got too close, and Ben's power coupling exploded before I shot passed him in the starter. But if the guys are all here, expect trouble from this, as Sebulba is a filthy cheater." he said and the trio nodded with a bemused smile at the news as he went further at that.
"Well that answers that, we didn't know there was going to be podracing at the games, but they chose a game that I know. And one I'm an expert in this after fours years of doing it right now. Let me do this, I can stop this, before it gets worse." he said and Obi-wan nodded. "If you're planning on doing this, it's just this once and for the last time now." Obi-wan told him and he nodded to the orders as Siri finished that.
"Son, if you know the pilots involved, then you take charge for us, if you did this repeatedly in your home town and they all know you." the guard said and the trio nodded in agreement to her thoughts. "She's right, you know them and you know your planetary customs so you take charge right now. You're the only one who can stop this act like you did then." Obi-wan said and he nodded. "Obi-wan, Siri, I know under normal circumstances..." he started to say and they nodded to him.
"We'll let it go this once, but we don't need that happening repeatedly between you, you're the veteran padawan, he's the rookie. They're your people and this is your life before we came into it." Obi-wan and Siri said together and he nodded as he made it clear as he answered them. "Sorry guys, but I'm going to have to do a public dressing down." he said and they nodded firmly to that as she answered him gently at that.
"Well you take charge then, if your fellow racing pilots are here that stops this before it results in a shootout." Siri said and he nodded as he got ready to do it. "Better do it fast, before he makes it worse." Ry added as he saw Ferus yank his lightsaber. "Oh no, not now don't try it Ferus!" he shouted out to him at that. "Everyone hold fire, don't shoot." he called out and they all froze at that as he said it to Obi-wan at that.
"Chut Chut, don't shoot, just hold fire!" he called out in Huttese and that caused the entire group to freeze. "Nice thinking, your native language is the fight stopper and it keeps anyone from losing it now." Siri said and he nodded as they moved closer to the group as he got a better look. "Yeah it's Loren and Senia alright, they're arguing over this, but Ferus, he could have made it worse." he said and she nodded as he said it to her
"Oh force, they see a lightsaber and there's going to be a blood bath, only a Jedi that knows the duo this well can do it, so get ready in case it gets worse guys." he said and they nodded as he shouted out to them. "Whoa, whoa hold fire, nobody move, Ferus put it down now." he said as he got ready to swing it within an inch of the female racer's neck at that as he shouted out for a second time as they heard a sigh of relief at that remark.
"Ferus, stop, don't, just back off, let me handle this." he called out at that as he charged in at that, as they saw the lightsaber he yanked and he threw himself in front of her and he grabbed his wrist. "Don't, stop and put it down now, let me handle this." he said and turned to the trio. "Chut chut, Loren, good to see you again, ding mi chasa hopa." he said and they relaxed in relief as the male alien straightened up.
"Ke booda, chut chut." the dug said in relief as the second pilot nodded in agreement gently. "Mi chasa hopa." the male alien and the dug said together and he nodded. "You're welcome, you guys okay?" he asked in Huttese to them at that gently. And they both nodded to him gently at that as the male alien smiled in relief. And as she answered him gently at that remark as she looked into his eyes in relief.
"I am, Jedi and thank you so much." she said and the duo nodded in agreement. "Anything for an old friend Senia, Loren and Semta." he said and they nodded as they exchanged looks. "Know who we are, without needing to hear our names or where from?" the young dug asked and he nodded to him gently as he said it. "No banyo, from Tatooine and Mos Espa myself, five years, but still me."
"Me slave, before become Jedi." he said and they nodded in shock and relief at the revelation then. "So race with us, or watch us race?" she asked and he smiled at her. "Race with you, first human racer in podraces, long story can explain in a minute while get misunderstanding worked out." he said to her and they both nodded in agreement to that thought as the male alien said it to him.
"Indeed, but good to see a local who is a Jedi, young Jedi here, not know what this is, but relieved you do my friend, if knew each other in another life now." he said in Huttese and Anakin nodded. "I do, but the last time we saw each other was at the Boonta Eve Classic Loren, I'll explain who I am in a second." he said and they both nodded as she gripped his arm and he nodded as he rubbed her back to calm her down at that.
"Senia, you okay, it's alright, he doesn't know what he's doing, he's a very fresh student just out of basic training at the temple. I got started the year before, but it's me, it's me, Sen." he said in Huttese and she nodded as she pulled him into a hug and he pressed his forehead to her's as he felt her shaking in fear then. "Force that was too close, I don't believe you Ferus." he snapped in anger at that to him.
As he lifted his gaze to him sternly. "You out of your mind, what the force were you thinking right now, this is not a riot, but a misunderstanding?!" Anakin snapped at him sternly at that. "What are you doing Anakin, their rioters?!" he said in shock and he shook his head. "Not rioters, this is a simple debate us locals get into all the time in the racing circuit, you don't understand huttese, Ferus."
"It's that clear, I grew up speaking the language and the local tongue or Tatooine is Huttese, if you heard me putting my notes. And into my local language, so you can't copy off me, this is why. This debate in huttee is a standard argument that happens all the time. They're Tatooine locals Ferus, and you just failed Adi's test right now, they're my friends in the racing circuit."
"Are you trying to cause it to turn into a bloodbath, they're my own kind, so stand back and watch me. I know what they are, they're podracers, Ferus, let me handle this." he said as Obi-wan moved in with Siri, Ry and Tru just behind him as they watched things. "Senia, you okay?" he asked her and she nodded. "Chasa hopa." she said as she straightened up at that as he looked at the fight between the dug and the racer.
"Whoa, alright hold fire, what's the problem both of you?" he asked gently as he walked up. "Was it just you three or did these guys also start the fight, before you three nearly got caught in the middle." Anakin asked in Huttese and a bigger version to the young Dug answered that. "Stay out of this human." one of them said and he looked between them and he looked at the alien firmly, at that remark.
Before turning back to the trio gently as he said it to them. "Chut Chut Sebulba, been a long time, but chesko, now is not the time for this." he said in huttese and he nodded. "Di minimento and then discuss how you know me, that is if the truth doesn't come out in the next 20 seconds. Young Jedi, if we knew and know each other already." he said and Anakin nodded as he explained it to the group at that.
"We do, but if you chose the only way to get my attention, that's a good one and a good way to do it. After you and Jar Jar nearly got into it at the time, before I left the planet that year." he said and she answered. "I'll asked where that remark was heading in a second, Jar-Jar, the gungun?" she asked and he nodded. "No kidding right now, but as for my classmate, guys, and my other friend."
"It's alright, I'm not like him, Ding mi chasa hopa?" he asked and they nodded sighing. "Ke booda?" one of them asked and he nodded. "De boda chut chut." he said in response and they immediately relaxed at that. "So what caused the fight exactly?" he asked and they sighed. "Long story, but debating over his podracer." she said to him in Huttese and he nodded to her gently smiling as he answered her.
"I know that Ratts was killed in the classic guys, so I take it you took his place and racer since?" he asked and they all nodded. "Indeed but how did you know that?" the pilot's oldest son asked him. "The only human pilot in this type of race is Anakin Skywalker, but you guys, we knew each other in another life. It's been five years now, were you hoping to see someone today, or find someone?"
"if you reacted like this to my team mate?" he asked and they nodded to him gently. "Jabba gave us news that one of the teams, in Jedi teams, that was coming to help with security in the games, was holding a Jedi. And by the surname Skywalker." she told him and Ferus paled at that remark. "You were hoping to, if he was here, find Anakin Skywalker now and before this debate started."
"You knew that your friend and fellow pilot, though a Jedi, was still showing interest in the podraces. Though a fight like this would draw him out and you would know him once you saw him finally, that it?" Anakin asked and they nodded to him. "I know most humans never get involved in a fight where podracing is concerned especially not Jedi, so why you?" the dug asked him at that remark.
"Veteran racer actually, but I'm from the Outer Rim territories, during the weeks leading into the Boonta Eve Classic. But I didn't have to hear the words, you're arguing over this racer, because she's right and he's wrong, right?" he asked and they all nodded to him gently at that remark. "So preparing for the podrace I assume, did you all just get here at the moment now."
"And just so you can prepare for the race, taking turns on the circuit to practice. And you see him using a human made podracer, that start it?" he asked and they looked at him in shock. "Indeed we are, but how did you know that?" Senia asked and he smiled. "I'm like you actually you two, an old podracer in my prime." he said and they nodded in shock to that as she answered him then.
"But how could you be a podracer, you're a human?" she asked and he smiled at her. "Well think about it, there is only one type of racer that can survive this type of race, if they were human?" he said and she leaned against her pod. "The only human that can survive it is a Jedi." she said and he nodded to her. "Yes, but do you recall a young pilot, a human pilot in the Boonta Eve Classic?" he asked her and she looked at him in shock.
"Hang on, where did you get this racer from?" he asked the dug and he explained it. "It belonged to my father human, who are you." he said and he smiled sternly, as he looked at him. "Does the name Anakin Skywalker ring a bell?" he asked and they nodded in shock. "Your father is Sebulba, the former rival of Anakin Skywalker, the day of the Boonta Eve Classic he lost to Skywalker?" he asked and they nodded in shock to him at that.
"Indeed we do, but that was five years ago." the male alien said, as he smiled at him. "You ever wonder what happened after the race, in what happened to him?" he asked and they nodded in shock. "Guys, those five years I was in training all this time, but it's been five years and I'm turning 14 this year." he said and they nodded in shock as he said it gently to the duo as he looked between them smiling as he said it to them
"Loren, Senia, it's me." he said and they looked at him in shock at the use of their names. "How do you know who we are exactly?" Loren asked and he smiled. "Been a long time, but it's easy to figure out, but you're from Ody's home planet, she's from Ben's and the last race we saw each other. It at was at the Boonta Eve classic, that was five years ago, and that race resulted in a debate after Sebulba was beaten by me."
"You remember that young pilot, well add the five years and add the haircut you two, you were also at the race then. And as one by one each of you lost your chance to beat Sebulba, that was the last time you saw me, before you got wind that some Jedi. Said was a former slave killed the raider finally and that was last year, well here I am now, been a long time, but though five years, still me you guys."
"The me you remember is still there even after five years of training, new haircut and lightsaber, but still me now. Guys the hope that you would find me again was granted when my team mate got into it with you. But here I am, five years and nothing ever changed that in me, you wanted me back. Well here I am now." he said and they looked at him in shock as they did as he suggested.
"No, that can't be?!" she started to say as she looked into his eyes and nodded as she said his name. "Anakin?" she said in shock and he nodded. "Like I said, only a local can do this." he said to Ferus said and the boy swallowed hard as that as he answered her. "Yeah it's me alright, Senia Tawbeck, that really you, five years nothing ever changes?" he asked and she smiled in delight at him as she said it to him.
"Little Annie, I don't believe it, we never thought we'd see you again." she said smiling in delight at him and he nodded. "Long story, but as I said he's a very fresh recruit just out of basic training, you already know me." he said and the group nodded smiling in pride and relief then as they surrounded him in happiness at that. "Skywalker, you are Annie Skywalker?" the Dug said in shock and he nodded to him.
"I am, but I'm a Jedi now, but that racer you own is mine actually I built it, but this is why your father kept stalling out in the starts. It's a Jedi handi-cap podracer in the engines, but did you think only aliens can race. And in this particular sport, as it takes a special type of human to do it." he asked and the Dug swallowed hard at the remark as the brothers, she and her friend smiled.
"Yes, yes it's me, but I never thought I'd ever see you again, what are you doing here?" she asked before he could answer he heard a familiar call out. "Skywalker is that really you?" they heard and he turned his gaze to the alien. "Who else here from our planet, if he just said that?" he asked and she quickly answered him. "Ody Mandrell, Ben Quadrinaro, and Xelbree, as well as Sebulba." she said and he nodded as he called back to him.
"Ben, Ben Quadrinaro, yes it's me and it's good to see you old friend." he said and the alien moved to him and with him two others. "Good to see you Skywalker, been a long time." the second alien with him said gently smiling at that and they smiled at him. "Well this is a pleasant surprise, we never expected to see you here of all places Anakin, after the Classic, it's good to see you." Ben told him and he smiled at him gently at that
"You too, Ben, Ody, Xelbree, it's good to see you old friends." he said and they smiled at that. "You too, Annie, it is good to see you, so what has brought you here?" Ody asked and he smiled. "On security duty with my mentor and two more teams, though I never expected to head off a fight. And between two racing rivals in the same way I had to Sebulba, though this keeps up and he's here at the moment now."
"Well it's a rematch between us." he said and they nodded smiling, bemused. "Indeed, Tatooine's top six best racers are here for the games and the podraces. But with you gone, that left us five now, but we were not expecting to find you here of all places right now. We got word in on the fact that the raider is gone, that true?" Ben asked and he nodded to him as he rubbed his wrist unconsciously at that remark.
"Yes it's true, I did it." he said and they nodded as they saw the scar on his wrist and sighed. "Refused to surrender and it turned into a murder/suicide job, right Annie?" Xelbree asked and he nodded. "At the moment I'd rather remember the good memories when we were competing against each other. But if you guys are here then so is Sebulba?" he asked and they all nodded to that remark firmly then.
"Indeed, but that was a very close shave, be more careful at the moment." Ben told him and that did it for the duo. "Skywalker, as in Anakin Skywalker of the Boonta Eve classic winner Skywalker?" Loren asked and they all nodded. "Indeed, that is exactly what we do mean, so again, what's the fight about if you know each other and why did it start?" Ody asked him gently and she sighed as she answered him gently.
"Jabba said you would be here, but hearing our conversation in Huttese was enough to get your attention. But followed by that, and actually throwing caution to the wind. Just to prevent that fight from starting was enough to expose your cover. Different appearance maybe, but that's still you as we know you, someone want to get this under control and before it turns into a real riot."
"At the moment though, as to why, if you hadn't intervened. And he would have been arrested for attacking her and miscommunication right now. You knew what to do as you knew all of us and secondly. It's because you did this all time on Tatooine and we all saw the fight and near altercation between the Gungun and Sebulba." Xelbree said to him and he nodded firmly to that remark.
"Trust me I know that, but he's a unifying force, who has a lot to learn still about the living force, and until seven months ago. He never left the temple, while I travel quite extensively right now, but clearly the council obviously knew, if the games included podracing. To send their best team as the duo with me learn by example, as I know all of you quite well." he said and the quintet nodded in agreement to that.
"Who's the bonehead who misinterpreted this, as you know what to do, as you knew all of us and we're all from Tatooine. And the same spaceport, but seriously only you could end this as you did this all the time on Tatooine, and we knew each other already." Ben said firmly and he nodded in agreement. "No kidding, but seriously, he's a very fresh out of basic training student." he said and they all nodded to him gently.
"I don't believe this, what the force was he thinking, you only needed to hear the conversation to know we're all from Tatooine. And secondly you know us all and we're friends and racing companions for five years, we know you better then he does and you know us. And better then he does, so that over reaction is enough that it could have turned into a real riot if you hadn't thrown yourself in front of me."
"But honestly now, it's a matter of knowing the language and shouting out to us, to know we found each other finally. You're a pilot, and secondly we know you better then he ever could, so what's the point of exercising Jedi restraint if he never learns. And to connect to the living force, you had a knack for making friends and made a lot of them, Annie." Senia said gently to him and he nodded in agreement to that.
"That a nickname?" Loren asked her and she nodded. "Yes we all knew him by this name as a child, but he was one of the kindest human children we ever had the privilege of knowing at the time. But five years, I know this is him, but five years Jedi training and if he said he had a mentor and this is guess. Well then the farmer that sponsored him, he was not a farmer at all, but a Jedi master, the Jedi were there."
"On Tatooine, possibly on protection duty of the girl that was with him and he's being trained by said master's own apprentice right now." she said and he nodded to her. "Yeah that's what happened alright, but the master in question helped me unlock my own powers. And that racer I was using was for a Jedi handi-cap, although Selbulba is being taught a strict lesson on cheating." he said and they chuckled at that remark.
"Little Anakin Skywalker, force have you grown." she said and he hid a smile to that. "I missed you guys, but knowing you got the chance to see me and me you, could you do me a favor and spread the news. That you had the chance to see me here at the games as we got the chance to see each other finally." he asked and they all nodded smiling to him at the request then gently, watching the other padawan with a look of shock then.
"We missed you, it's not the same without you there to corral him right now." she said and he gave her a hug and she tightened her arms around him. "You never changed, five years and you never changed a bit right now, it's that clear to me, Annie, but that's how you always used to do it before. But only a true padawan, skilled in the ways of the living force can get us to end this debate." she said and he nodded to her at that.
Watching him getting a hug by the alien woman, Obi-wan smiled at that. "Like we kept saying you want to learn, then watch by learning by example. Qui-Gon did it with me, I did it with him and now he's teaching Ferus by example, it's so clear. That he was well known in his home town, the other racers, they all loved him. We know he never changed a bit in their eyes and ours right now."
"That's his nickname, Qui-Gon and the queen called him that the entire trip back Naboo to and from now from Coruscant." he said and the duo nodded. "Case point in training, I don't think that the boys were expecting to meet up with a quintet of racers. And said that know Anakin on sight the second they saw each other, after he said their planetary greeting." Ry said, seeing the shocked look on Tru.
"What's with him?" Ody asked and he sighed. "He's in shock that just talking to you guys can end the fight, before the weapons came out right now. He and my other flight companion grew up in the temple and secondly. He's not able to work with other beings as well as I can with you." he said and they nodded with a bemused look on their faces as Ben said it for the sextet with a bemused smile on his face at that.
"What type of Jedi are you if you could make friends this easily and make a lot of them?" he asked and he explained that to him. "I am living force, I can connect to others easily, but making friends easily was part of this. I don't have to exercise that, as we know each other so well. As all it takes is calling ouT our greeting to get your attention." he said and the Tatooine locals nodded, smiling.
"Is it really that hard to see that not only do we know each other, but you used to do this all the time on Tatooine, in preventing a fight between one of us and Sebulba. But you never changed a bit, and the fact we all know you so well is a shocker to a Jedi who grew up in the temple, aside from your mentor and his fellow masters at the moment?" Loren said bemused and they nodded in agreement as Ben said it to that.
"Typical, that just makes even more clear, you're the one that grew up outside the temple and you knew us better then they do. All it took is mentioning the race, and then say our names and we know it's you, as there is only one Anakin Skywalker on our planet. Who was the best pilot in town and a very good pilot who beat our rival for the first time in years." he said and they nodded as they looked at Ferus sternly at that.
"That's the next lesson that Adi wanted you to learn, but time passes and it teaches, you are nearing 16. You have much to see and much to experience, but do not hurry the knowledge that you seek, for that knowledge takes it own time. I'm a living force Jedi, and this was a key point in my training, and I learn by example, but if you never open yourself to the living force, you will never learn anything."
"For a Jedi who is learning to understand, this is a matter of not everything is all that it seems to be you two. A Jedi must have the deepest commitment, the most serious mind, well you're obviously thinking about the being out there. And not focusing your mind on things in the here and now, never your mind on where you are, nor what you're doing, as such, if I hadn't stopped this, you failed."
"Not just mentioning the race, but our term for help and you immediately responded to me on that, the races occupants are scattered all over the Outer Rim. Before you three came to me at the moment, but is it really that hard to see, that this is not a riot. But a simple misunderstanding, one that only a fellow local of the planet can take charge in, before it gets worse?" he asked Ferus and he swallowed hard.
"Only someone who knew what to do and opened themselves up to the living force can see this as a misunderstanding. Not a riot Ferus, just a misunderstanding right now, and one. That we, as Tatooine locals get into all the time, look around you to see how close it was." he said to him firmly and he swallowed hard as he watched the guards blasters be put up. and he swallowed hard as he saw the adult trio put their lightsabers away and Anakin nodded sternly at that.
"You see how close you came to causing a real riot, you have the guards ready to fire their weapons, our mentors and fellow padawan bringing out their lightsabers, even several vibro-axes and knives got yanked out. Had I not intervened right now, this could have turned into a real blood bath and someone could end up in the hospital while you get arrested for a near murder or a real one."
"But what's the point of learning to be a Jedi if you never open yourself up to the living force, the living force, showing compassion. Showing compassion is not against the code, it's central to a Jedi's life, so we are encouraged to love. But you, you never look at the long term ramifications for your actions, I see and know where I mess up, and I learn never to do it twice." he said and Ferus swallowed hard at that.