CH 1: The Will Of The Force

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Without darkness, there cannot be light

"Breath in, feel the ship beneath you."Anakin was sitting across from Qui-Gon, Eyes closed he

pressed his palms against the cold floor of the starcraft from Naboo. Anakin thought of the council on

Coruscant and the members examining him and Anaki couldn't help but try and figure out what each Jedi

Master was thinking, it was not easy for him, sometimes he wished that he could take apart humans the same way he did with C3P0 on Tatooine. He saw the looks of the Grandmaster and Master of the order,

the judgment in their faces they didn't even know him!

"Let go of the past focus on the here and now, feel the flow of life and death, creation and

destruction through you, everything. The metal the hull was made from starts in the middle of a start and will eventually rust and be reduced to dust." Rang out Qui-Gon, piercing through Anakins inner dialogue. "This is the force. Embrace it, there is a living will of the force and it will guide us." Anakin imagined he was back in his pod racer he put complete trust in his instincts.

Peace, there was only peace and harmony and it created a beautiful song, there was this serenity

and sense of all the knowledge in the universe. There was also an overwhelming sense of love it was flooding his mind with memories.

All around the ship, light objects suddenly started to float, as the two Jedi's lightsabers started into

the air, Qui-gon slowly pulled Anakin from his meditation careful not to disturb him from his sense of

peace, smiling. "Look around you," Anakin saw everything around him floating, "this is the power of the

force, through peace and concentration you can do whatever you put your mind to the only limit is your

imagination."

"However you must never fall to the dark side, no matter how difficult it is to stay on the path of

the light side, the dark side feeds from negative emotions and it will consume you." Qui-Gon spoke softly,

"When meditating what did you feel, young one?"

"Peace," Anakins voice was light, "harmony and love." Qui-Gon smiled, "Your ability to feel

love and compassion will make you the greatest Jedi of them all."

The trip to Naboo from Coruscant took almost 5 days, Anakin made leaps and bounds in the Training Qui-Gon provided, now Anakin could move specific objects with the force, he remembered Qui-Gon's words "It takes control and concentration, to exercise this muscle but once you master this action it will be just like lifting a finger." It was getting easier every day.

"Force powers such as speed are used by manipulating the force inside of you instead of the

world around you, this is far more dangerous, and utilizing negative emotions during the learning process can control you and eat the love and compassion that makes you so special. Just remember always trust in

the force."

Qui-Gon Jin still had a padawan, and Anakin had to find other things to do on board. The walls of the ship were thin.

"The council said that he wasn't to be trained." Echoed Obi-Wan's voice, "You are directly

disobeying them, master."

"I told them I would train the boy, whether or not they gave me permission," Qui-Gon responded.

"That includes while we are on this ship, finishing our mission." Anakin decided to get away from the wall he had heard enough. He ventured toward the common space on board, he had only seen Padme a

few times since they had left Coruscant, and he had started to wonder if she was actually the queen as he

had met an extra handmaiden, one of them had to be the actual queen and he had seen Padme the least out

of them all, she must be planing the retaking of Theed. Currently, however, she is sitting in the common area relaxing.

"Hi, Ani." Anakin crawled onto the bench and slid under the blanket that had permanently resided there since Padme gave it to him on the way to Coruscant.

"Hi Padme" He responded, he was very happy that he could talk to her again. "Can I ask you a question?" A smile formed on Padme's face, briefly before turning more serious.

"Of course you can."

"Are you the Queen of Naboo?" a conspiratory whisper came from Anakin. A smirk slipped onto

the face of the Queen, Anakin could see a glint in her eyes.

"What would make you think that?" The question dripped with something Anakin hadn't heard before, a mischievous grin now stretched across her face.

"Well¼" Anakin proceeded to talk about the number of handmaidens he had met, as well as the amount that he saw her in comparison to the others on board, it only made sense that she was the Queen.

"Congratulations," Padme whispered into his ear, It was like a secret between the two kids not to be shared with the Adults. They both burst into giggles.

Soon they were approaching Naboo and the time for chit-chat and training came to an end.

Anakin was told of their plan to form an alliance with the Gunguns and draw out the Droids, to sneak into Theed in order to retake the palace and the members of the Trade Federation within.