The Chosen One's Quest I: The Phantom Menace

by BazzCatgirl03

After his team and wife arrived on his planet, Anakin Skywalker, with his adult Jedi memories intact. Now has a chance to change the future, cloning his alter ego, he decides to rewrite his entire childhood. To the day he turned to the Darkside, as he prepares to get justice. And for the Council's murders, by destroying the Sith that turned him: Darth Sidious.

9. The Team Assembled And Jedi Quests II

The Chosen One's Jedi Quest I: The Phantom Menace

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 going to use the theoretical from my other story, as the Jedi Quest novels. And are as though Anakin and Vader are two separate beings. As the Jedi know that Vader is a separate entity to Anakin's personality. And see him as the Chosen One, but are training Anakin in secret here, as the lightsaber implication.

Is Vader, and everything that involved the darkside was Vader, Anakin himself grows up to be the perfect Jedi padawan, as they all graduate 27 to 29.

Chapter 9: The Mission Begins And Alliances IV

"So you're just as you described, a just returned Sith, went to, came back, and supposedly lived to tell about it." Mace said and he nodded. "I saw the future, but those books are that future, only my children grew up without me and their mother. Padme's my wife, got married in 10 years, on sabbatical, what we been trying for finally happened. She got pregnant, till my premonitions of losing someone else I loved went crazy, and Andy swallowed the hook here."

"And crashed." he said and he nodded. "We have only one chance to get this right, but it means redoing everything from tonight all the way up to the purge. But by not changing the code, the only ones left of the council, after Andy knocked me into coma are you and Master, brother." he said and Obi-wan nodded as he wiped the tears off his face. "The Sith took you and Padme away from me, what was left our team and my friends?" he asked and Anakin nodded gently then.

"You're not going to lose me this time, we do this correctly, we save everyone we lost and destroy them, our Phantom Menace, his NFS alias is Senator Sheev Palpatine. Sith alias of Darth Sidious, that's what was taking so long, they were on the radio with him." he said and Qui-Gon nodded, before he could answer, Obi-wan and Yoda smiled. "Yes, and there it is, my padawan, my dear Padawan, returned to me you have." Yoda said and he smiled as he looked at him.

"Better beginning then we had, Master?" he asked and Yoda nodded as he looked at the pouch he passed him. "Indeed, not realized your equipment at the junk shop contained crystals and equipment necessary for lightsabers, if had, we knew why there are more red. Then the trio in colors now, reason being your father was correct, the darkside getting stronger it is. And get to you first before he can speak to you." he said and he nodded smiling as he looked into his eyes.

"Boy am I glad to see you, our conversation between us three, cleared the air, in what happened before you came home here. And I was hanging on, but just barely, I could not believe what Andy did and I was crying, because I not only did I see. And saw the massacre here at the temple, Andy murdered Nute and the separatist leaders. Even if you could forgive me for not being in control of myself, I can never forgive myself for what I did in both places."

"But I understand now, Master, but I will fix this, you will win, but the Jedi are no more, well not if I have anything to say about it now. But you failed your highness, I am a Jedi, like my brother, my father, before me, I'm back." he said and Yoda smiled in delight and relief gently. "Yes and there's the you raised I did, but as told Luke I did, know you very well I do, but your impatience and anger at being singled out, he has, patience." he said and Anakin nodded.

"That's you Master, just before the…." he started to say and Yoda nodded. "Yes Padawan it is, but understand you do now, control the last 2 of the trio you must. Understand afraid you are to lose a loved one, but allow it to control you, might happen again, it could." he said and Anakin nodded. "Then before the final test of my lightsaber, on Dagobah or Yavin IV, the caves Master, to show I've returned fully, but I was too in shock I been mislead, before the arrest happened."

"And to repeat your remark now, you know who the Sithmaster is, you both do." he said and the two Jedi masters nodded smiling. "Indeed we do and we are not losing you again, so sorry Chancellor, I'm afraid that's not possible. Anakin has been forbidden from talking to strangers, his training is family business and as you are not family. I advise you to stay out of our affairs, from now on stay away from my padawan, you are off limits." Obi-wan said to that sternly then.

"Indeed, sorry I am Chancellor Palpatine, but not possible that is, Anakin forbidden he has been to talk to or consort with strangers. His training, family business it is, and as not family you are, I advise you to stay out of his training, and our affairs. From now on stay away from Anakin you will, off limits you are." he said sternly to this, as Anakin crouched to get eye level with him. "Annie, still youngling you are, can look me in the eyes easily, you can." he said smiling gently.

"Right, not in my adult body, at the moment I keep forgetting that, even after 2 weeks, well back to the beginning, but a fresh start between us. Is everything back, from now to when I came back to you?" he asked and Yoda nodded gently. "Indeed it is Annie, it is, and that's the you know and raised I did, I see, missed you I have, my padawan." he said and Anakin smiled. "Like them, I can't take the thought some day you won't be there." he said and Yoda nodded.

"Understand I do, but like cloning your alter ego, then another 100 years get I do till we reach the 5th generation of your family, I am." he said as he pressed his forehead to his, and he closed his eyes and before hugging him gently then. "Missed you so, I have Annie, delighted I am to have you return to me." he said and he nodded, feeling the first pieces to his heart start to heal, before turning to Obi-wan, knowing his mentor was his 39 to 62 year old self again.

"Oh boy, if the entire loyalist committee got it back, we're knowing years in advance who it is, but you know now, Padme and me." he said and Obi-wan nodded as he crouched in front of him and he hugged him tightly, as he pressed his forehead to his. "Gods I missed you so much Anakin, there's the you I know again." he said and Anakin pressed his forehead to his. "I'm back now brother, we can change the future for the better now, but you know, she and me now."

"We're married, and we're expecting, but you're right, if I was still me, I wanted him to have my lightsaber when he was old enough. I'm just saying this now, but what you told him is true, from our point of view, he betrayed me, by killing our friends. And then murdered me, or tried to, but Luke woke me up, and Leia gave me the rest of the energy and strength now. To kill them both, but you, me and Luke are the new version of our team now." he said and Obi-wan nodded then.

"But everything I told Padmé, that was Andy, you know this, only now things took a total switch around Andy is the arrogant nature, you know I'm not ready. But yes I am, I just am not ready to leave you, 20, but I'm feeling 10 again, big brother." he said and Obi-wan nodded in understanding. "That's how we feel, we're 24 to 26, but still feel like junior padawans, we're not ready to let go, and know their parental instincts are the empty nest." he said and he nodded.

"I'm not making the same mistakes twice, but you're coming with me to Utapau, he stays here, but after helping me kill Grievous, you decided to report in. But you were out of reach long enough, that Vader decided then, swallowed the fish hook and betrayed us." he said and Anakin nodded sternly. "He just barely killed me by the entire set of injuries, before getting it even worse, by landing too close to the river and catching fire." he said sternly and they both nodded.

"What you tell Luke, he said that my alter ego killed me, but didn't elaborate, only we know the details." he said and Obi-wan nodded. "The key details, but you, like Andy, were my apprentice, but what wasn't in there, was we didn't realize. That he was standing in front of us, all this time, you were with me on Utapau, Andy betrayed us. Just after discovering his identity, but he helped hunt down and destroy us, he betrayed and killed you." he said to him gently and he nodded.

"Well tried to, the fight, that's mental fight now, in the control room on Mustafar, the force blast knocked me unconscious, leaving him in control of my body." he said and Yoda nodded gently then. "So right we were, injured you were, knocked into a coma, and if not make it back you do, then want us to raise the twins and take care of your family." he said and Anakin nodded. "You did exactly as I wished, separate them and train him." he said and Yoda smiled in relief then.

"And there's the truth, when you left you knew she was pregnant, we just never realized she was having twins, but one last mission, before the trials began. And would be ongoing till you're my age of 26, as a result, while you came with me, Andy stayed here. Discovered his identity, turned that into Mace, and then realized if they killed him now. He loses the power needed, before heading to them, has his trial by lava and fails, and turns on us, he had betrayed you."

"And lead the siege here at the temple, killed everyone here, left for Mustafar, you walk right into a massacre, kill 150 clones, check the tapes, check for survivors. And then check on Padme, and leave to stop him from killing Gunray and the leaders now. You have our exchange with him, same fight, but he took off said limbs, I find you injured, but alive. And in payback, after hearing your words in my voice, I take off the same limbs he did you, so everything I told Luke is true."

"From a certain point of view." he said and Anakin nodded. "That's how I was barely killed and ended up with the prosthetics, in going to stop him, I get injured here. But knowing you're coming in after me he doesn't realize you hitched a ride, by the family transport." he said and he nodded gently. "And that's exactly what her personal transport was, the family transport, while we get a second by the Falcon, in 20 years." he said and Anakin nodded as he said it.

"That's our truth now, and a life time, but he's never finding out the truth, Padme is still alive, till after Luke disables him, I kill Palpatine and we arrest Andy." he said and Yoda nodded. "Agreed right now, but tell Carlist you must, where going you are, when bring Luke to me for advanced training, never knew what I was teaching him, in that version. Was all creche training, before give advanced and learn everything you know, he does." he said and Mace smiled gently.

"Yeah, but I was born and raised with this, at first I didn't understand and now I understand all too well, but I love you. Like the others, I can't take the thought of knowing one day you won't be there to come to anymore. And what if, instead of what we remember the missions add something else that reminds you of his childhood." he asked and he nodded. "Understand I do, but proven to me you are a true padawan and Jedi, be okay we will." Yoda said and he nodded.

"Master with permission, I'd like it if you left me to be the personal go between for him and us, because leading into her sabbatical, he needs to focus on her." Obi-wan said and Yoda nodded smiling. "Agree with you I do, and Anakin, with knowing you need emotional support after said visions start, grant your request back to padawan. And back at Obi-wan's side you will be now, to finish out your entire 16 years." he said and Anakin nodded as Obi-wan said it to Mace then.

"He's my padawan Mace, my brother, my padawan, his alter ego, turned twin brother now, his initials create his Sith name, of Darth Vader." Obi-wan said and the entire council nodded as Mace crossed his arms then. "But Vader slaughtered a Tuskin Raider tribe, Vader lead the siege at the temple, Vader killed Dooku, killed Gunray and the separatists. Killed Younglings, it was all Vader, not you, it wasn't you that cut off Luke's hand, not you that helped destroy Alderaan."

"Not you that tortured Han, that tortured Leia, and not you that tried to kill me 4 times here, before succeeding when I activated Luke. Oh no, no, it was all him, we just turn your alter ego into a clone, and have walking around in the flesh. And the story we told Luke for years is all true now, but fresh start, everything that had me highly worried. Is all him, this is you as I know you, I know your training better then ever, we'll be fine, you're you again and we start over."

"But we save Father, we save you, and we save your mother and the girls, everything is going to work out as we cut him out of you, and you come with me." Obi-wan said, crouching in front of him and he nodded. "Master Yoda, with our older selves back in these bodies, we can change this, clone Vader, and he's walking around in the flesh now. But the entire 6 years of training, from 4 to now, in only 3 months, I'm the leader of my quintet." he said and he nodded gently.

"But I'm me again, Brother, but Padme was right, there is still good in me, but finding Luke weakened things, learning Leia is my daughter, left me the opening. As I took my lightsaber and slammed it into Vader's back at the same time Luke gained the final lesson in anger." he said and he and Yoda nodded. "Well relieved I am we have you back I am Annie, but there's the you raised I did, as said I did, know you very well I do, raised you I did." Yoda said, smiling in relief.

"The problem was just one side of training, I need more that's where you come in Mace, Mother." he said as he pulled out his spare lightsaber and turned it on, and they saw a deep purple and nodded in amazement. "You're a master guardian, so Qui-Gon for normal training, me for the color coordination!" Adi said and he nodded. "You're also mom in personality, and I love Siri like a big sister." he said and she smiled at that and Yoda chuckled at that remark then.

"I'm not trying to reopen old wounds here right now, but me as I am, are you big brother, my alter ego and his name is Andrus, nickname of Andy, Andy Darian Vandel. But he's red, I'm purplish blue, so master guardian, I'm like the trio, Siri, I know, I always knew." he said and Obi-wan nodded with a chuckle. "My love, my Siri." he said and Adi chuckled. "Indeed, I knew someone in your class would see that, it just happens to be you." she said and he nodded then.

"Young man, control your temper, you're not scoring any points with us, but your brother certainly did." Depa said and they felt a flinch through the link then. "Yeah he heard that alright at the moment, but I think he's your own counterpart, the one that ended up dead. After trying to Bant at the time, as I met Master Clee and Garen after we got back." he said and he nodded. "Garen's my best friend, the man you speak of is Bruck Chun." he said and he nodded then.

Before he could answer, everyone in the council, and the 30, also jerked as their eyes cleared and they looked at him and smiled. "Anakin, that's really our you?" Jedi Master Shaak Tii asked and he smiled in delight. "Shaak Tii!" he said smiling then and she nodded smiling, and he quickly moved to her and wrapped his arms around her. "It's okay, it's okay, we get it right now, you never wanted to consider the thought, we understand." she said into his ear then softly.

"Not again, I can't take losing you again guys, only you were here for what happened, before the siege here at the temple." he said, shaking in grief, as he looked from her, to Mace and the trio, and praying they got it back as well. "Guys is that really you, after I told you I found him?" he asked and the quartet nodded gently. "Yes Anakin, it's us, you passed that test, we were ready to promote you to Master now, but I know that wasn't you doing the driving that night."

"Vader hijacked your body, and then did it, not your fault, you never betrayed us, he did, but I already had that which you wanted, said knowledge." Mace said and he looked down with a sigh of relief, knowing the older man didn't blame him. "I know I found it after he sent me on the next mission, he came here, I knew he was lying. But what they say was the facade, before you lost consciousness, we enacted 67, and I blew the reactor." he said and they nodded gently.

"Not the crystals?" he asked and Anakin shook his head. "No I kept the crystals, as my last remaining link to you guys, after Luke revealed himself. I was examining the pictures I took of myself and Ahsoka now." he said and they nodded. "Not surprised, Barris ruined her life, it's not surprising you blamed Master for that too right now, but your mother. Then Ahsoka, and now the final straw, was his disregarding the vision finally." Depa said sternly and Yoda froze then.

"Dare I ask, what he means by that?" Adi asked carefully and he wiped the tears off his face. "Un-winnable situation, I had no choice, I don't, and he kills my entire family." he said and she and Qui-Gon nodded in fury then. "There were 4 choices to me, and I decided on a 5th one, one that was botched, and because Yoda sensed my turn. But it's not for the reasons he thought, first Father, then Yaddle, then Darra, my friends, Siri and you." he said and she nodded gently.

"I couldn't believe what I just did, before the purge, I was in shock, and about to turn on everything you trained me to be. But not only did the scum brainwash me, he blackmailed me, I had no choice, so my only option was to fake the attack. And when the time was right now, we take him out, I'm sorry guys, but you or my family, if I could save both of you. I would have, but I was trapped, and now by this, the shackles were back on." he said and they nodded then.

"I don't know why they bothered going into hiding, instead of rounding up the survivors, or come to Padme, knowing she's pregnant. But if anything, it's not the broken heart that killed her, she died out of a near abortion, one the grandmaster caused." he said and Yoda went pale at that, realizing that was a reasonable decision and his tone of anger. At him, read out clearly, he wanted more then the dogmatic, derelicted view of his version to the code then finally.

"Hold on here, the Sith code was Peace is a lie, there is only passion, through passion, I gain strength, through strength, I gain power. Through power, I gain victory, through victory, my chains are broken: The Force shall free me.', the chains being attachments, attachments to a Sith are burdens, they make you weak. To them power is everything, and I never wanted power, I wanted knowledge." he said and they nodded in understanding then.

"And we are your family, look at you now, 3 years and you're your 19 year old self trapped in your preteen body again, the you we knew all your life." Adi said and he nodded. "Like Kit, Wald and one of my fellow racers would say, they barely knew anything on my back history. That which you knew all too well, having raised me, you know everything about me, so with that. We change a few things, leave others alone, and perfectly matched." he said and they smiled.

"We understand, and it's not like we made the decision any easier, but at least we had him thinking you turned completely, before you did the execution orders on Gunray. That was the real one, we were faked at the time, I felt everything, you were crying internally. At what your given orders were now." Mace said and Obi-wan nodded slowly, realizing everything he thought was not true at all, he wasn't there to see what happened but his friends and their team were.

"Anakin went to order 67, and decided fake the attack, so what you saw was a facade, Obi-wan not true, he had to make it look like he killed us. Then flew to Mustafar and took out Gunray and his co-harts, they were the real, we were a facade, after you left the temple. We all came to, and he destroyed the reactor." Garen said and he covered his eyes. "I'll explain later brother, but I knew he was lying, as I checked the archives, I found it." Anakin said and he nodded then.

"My research on force healing and staying conscious, inside the force, you found it son?" Qui-Gon asked and he nodded. "After I was sure we had him fooled, I went to the archives, gained access to your files, and found what I was looking for. As I said, only my new powers can save her, but I gained enough to destroy him, and we'd have won. If you stayed with Master Yoda, Mace told me to fake the attack at the temple, before he blacked out." he said and he nodded.

"You survived the throw out the window, Mace?" Obi-wan asked and Mace nodded. "I did, but I been in hiding ever since, waiting till he finished the prophecy, but if he fell completely. Well then someone made the vision turn true here, and Padme died of a broken heart." he said and Yoda felt his heart sink, realizing it was his decision that caused it. "What you felt was all a facade, Master Yoda, everything you felt was a facade, he was flashing back and forth."

"That you sending Obi-wan, if that's what happened, sent Vader over the edge, and knocked him into a coma. Did you bother to check our pulse, we were in suspended animation, till he was sure he won, and when you left, we came to!" Minga said and he paled, realizing he triggered an apocalypse that night, and killed what was left of the order. "He would have turned back at the end of the attack on Mustafar, as he bided his time, if you caused it here right now in truth."

"Had stayed out of the way, but I would really like to know why the twins were separated, what the hell happened here exactly. He intended to bide his time right now, till he learned enough to stop him, when done, he kills him and takes control. No super weapons, the order deactivated, and Bail becomes Chancellor of the New Republic." he said and Yoda tried to keep from shaking then, realizing they were all in on this now finally, in faking their murders and then, finally.

As he destroyed Separatist leaders, as they rebuilt the Order then and from the ground up, in the code. "As you said, we had to work quickly, if the order is to survive, only someone screwed it up big time, Mace." Anakin said and he nodded in stern agreement. "Your decision made sense though, after he called execution orders, you decided to call order 67. And fake the purge here at the temple, once done, after you killed Gunray, call 65." he said and Yoda swallowed hard.

"That's what set me off here, they interfered in our plan to save what's left of the order, after he stowed away, and I realized Yoda completely dismantled my plans. She didn't need the grisly details of what just happens and I was calming down from the power burst. As my eyes changed back to normal, I ended the war, but only now, the real war had begun. And the current code so interfered in our survival, it killed what was left of us." he said and Yoda swallowed hard at that.

"So…, that's what really happened here when we got back, the damage to their clothes was faked, by lightsaber, they all put themselves in suspended animation. And the only real ones are Gunray and the leaders, I attacked you for nothing, and if I stayed with Yoda, Padme. Now would still be alive, and you teach the twins the new code?" Obi-wan said, feeling his anger growing, at the fact that it was never his fault, but the fault of the grandmaster finally at that.

"Not your fault brother, it was never your fault, but the grandmaster's, he caused the added damage done here, before kidnapping my family." he said and Obi-wan crossed his arms and Yoda started shaking. "Not subtle enough for you Master, you're the one he's furious at, not me, but you, he tried, again and again to tell me, but my loyalty to you. Destroyed our relationship, and sent him down that path." he said sternly and he started shaking violently at the news.

"Yoda lied to you, I never turned completely, I was preparing to over throw Sidious, once done, we rebuild the Order from the ground up, only as Sidious said. His arrogance blinded him to the fact there is more to life then a derelicted code at the time here. But time to change brother, Father's training had been good to us, that you make council. And master same time as the last, just our version, of the Order, Mace is Grandmaster." he said and Mace nodded in agreement.

"Agreed, we do it that way, but Master Yoda has been in power so long, there is such thing as a potentium here, and the more enigmatic nature of the force. The galaxy is divided into Sith and Jedi, we have both inside us, the part we choose to act on. Is most important, that's who we really are, you been lied to all that time, that's not your fault. And it's not like knowing the damn prophecy made things any easier." Plo said gently and Mace nodded in agreement to that.

"I sent a mental com to the temple, and derailed the order, to full power, in stunning, and the tape showed me in a fight with Cin. And several of his assistants, but the brunt of the damage done was by storm troopers, the clones." he explained and Adi nodded as he said it to him. "Mace, that you?" he asked and he crouched in front of him. "Yes it's me, looking at this now, you were right, I should have waited, but the 5 of us knew what just happened here finally."

"That we were desperate to save your soul." he said and Anakin nodded in understanding. "Well I never lied to you, the 17 of you, before, so why start now?" he asked and he smiled. "I'm married to the queen, we married after the start of the war at the time, but it was. In truth after we got back after Dooku was killed my timer ran out, that it was time to come clean. She was pregnant with my twin children, that my visions went berserk." he said and Mace nodded then.

"It's okay, and now that you told us, we can grant another exception for you as well, but like we said, it's not the Jedi way to lie to one's master now." he said and Anakin nodded. "Yes and neither is eavesdropping, then again Andy only capitulated to Tru and Darra. But not Ferus now, but you know I'm everything you described to Luke, I'm just another face in the crowds. Of the Jedi padawans you have, my alter ego is the chosen one." he said and the council nodded.

"Indeed, but to equalize your brace of gifts, you had, or used to have, an equal braces of flaws, your knowledge in mechanics and piloting drove us up a wall, but not perfect. And we never wanted you to be, but you are perfect to us." Mace said, his eyes gentle, warm as he looked into his eyes. "Things changed, but you get a better first impression now, then you did then, my friend, I'm one of you now." he said and Mace smiled in affection and the council chuckled.

"So Shmi and I are the only ones that don't know this, that I passed, before whatever happened and she did in the middle of protection detail?" Qui-Gon asked and he nodded. "Yeah and I never been happier to get you back, my brother, we missed you so." he said and he smiled then in affection at that. "You too, my brother, alright with Obi-wan describing in detail what happened here, that's what happened?" he asked and he nodded gently to him as Yoda nodded then.

"Report Mace, what happened really, if came back we did after the siege here at the temple?" he asked and he explained that to him then." Yoda said and he looked at him gently. "The night of the purge yes, there it is right only we know what happened in there, but Master. It wasn't what you thought, I was trying to get Anakin to resist, before the constant barrage. In force lightning stopped finally, realizing Sidious knew he was married, he mentioned the Senator during it."

"And I got ready to strike him down, Vader overwhelmed his control and cut my wrist off, before Sidious blasted me out the window." Mace said and he and Obi-wan nodded sternly. "Knew always we did, you were with Padme, always knew we did, that after the death of your friends. And Your mother, that if made you happy she does, allow this we can now right now, as you heal emotionally Anakin, from what you did after she died." Yoda said and he nodded gently.

"Well like you told Luke, I knew she was pregnant, I just never knew she was carrying twins, till after Luke left his mind open to me by accident. But Mace, Kit, Saesee, that really you, your souls got thrown back to now?" Anakin asked and they nodded and he smiled in relief. "Mace that wasn't me, Vader overwhelmed my control and cut your wrist off." he said and Mace nodded. "It's okay, we can fix that." he said and Anakin nodded as he looked between them.

"Everyone here?" he asked and they nodded gently, before the radio went off. "Master, we got it back as well, our entire 13 years, before Vader lead the purge!" they heard from a voice no older then Anakin. "Ferus, Tru, you read me guys, it's me, it's really me." he said and they heard a delighted smile. "Yeah loud and clear Anakin, so you're our you again, huh, the you we grew up with, that's really you again?" A second voice said to him at that.

"Yeah it's me, we can fix this, your lightsaber." he said and they heard a smile. "Alright, when you're ready, just call us and Darra and Dane up there okay. We can fix this and start over, as we deal with our 10 years of missions now." the first voice said gently and he nodded smiling as they ended the call at that. "Like you said, doesn't happen all at once, it takes years of trauma, before the final plunge here." he said and Mace nodded gently to him at that.

"Yes, but remember what Thracia and I taught you, why rush things, you only get 17 years with us in training, they go fast, so enjoy the time we have together while it lasts." he said and Anakin nodded. "Qui-Gon, our souls, all of us, had our lives rewound from 13 to 22 years back into the past, what you weren't here for is what he, Obi-wan and Master meant. But after you passed in the last round, we withdrew that original decision, after Darra was killed by Omega."

"Xanatos's son, he's no older then Obi-wan in truth here, your team quartet disbanded, and the boys blamed Anakin for her murder." Mace said and he nodded sternly. "Which is what Tru really meant, they regretted that decision ever since, wishing they could take it back. To everyone not in the know, the Sith came up with a rumor, saying I been killed in battle at the time. But my murder coincides with Andy's rise as Darth Vader, after everyone thought Andy killed me."

"Mace taught me everything I needed from a Master Guardian point of view, he saw I learned alot, my last and final test, and they and Obi-wan guessed right. They knew, they just turned a blind eye, because mom was dead, followed by 3/4's of my clan. If Padme and our marriage kept me happy, they'd turn a blind eye to this and allow it. As they waited for me to tell them the truth, only the twins triggered a severe backfire." Anakin said and Qui-Gon nodded then.

"No kidding and I never been more relieved or delighted, you returned to me, there's the you I know again Annie." Mace said and he smiled at the older man gently. "Okay the team, my clan, the rest of the council and your friends, Clee, Thracia, Miro and Winna. While Obi-wan and Master, me, we got thrown from directly after the twins destroyed the second Death Star now, back to now, so everything we remember we use it now as we all got it back at a certain date."

"Now, here, so we use this to our advantage, the old Order has Gone extinct, and the New Jedi Order takes its place, starting today." he said and a pile of 41 books landed on the floor in response. "That's the New Order run by my children, good gods, Vergere, you see what going AWOL results in, you been gone so long out in the Unknown Regions, everything you remember. Changes, but I created a Jedi dynasty here." he said and Yoda nodded sternly in agreement.

"Lord what 60 years does to you now, you're a force to be reckoned and the strongest Jedi in the Order now, but as you said. Children that was beyond reckless, so once you get back, you're under in school suspension, till we decide what to do with you." Siri said sternly and Anakin nodded in agreement to that. "They, according to this, went right into the stronghold of the Separatist reincarnated alliance headquarters." he said and they nodded in shocked fury then.

"Children, that is Separatist territory and that is the most foolish, irresponsible thing you have ever done, and you never told us where you're going either. You wait till your uncle drags you back to the temple, you are grounded till further notice here." Mace said sternly to that and Obi-wan nodded in agreement to his opinion. "Well you knew I would never do this and we worked well together, I changed and turned into a mixture of you and Father." he said to him gently.

"Yeah that and splitting you in two, we get 14 years to get used to the new, updated code, and we know each other already. So with that, you remember your own error, as pre-Padawan, before Obi-wan became your mentor, but rather then starting at 13. You start now, and we get our teams back into their training, but your entire clan are getting matched to their teams." Adi said smiling and he nodded as Obi-wan smiled as he left his hand on his shoulders then.

"Well 80 years updating the code, Sidious never sees this coming to know that, we know what the Mustafar he is up to destroy us, we just fake it till your mandate. Then make it clear, we know what the heck is going on around here." Mace said and he nodded gently. "I'm just glad we get a second chance, but I meant every word, you never failed me, I failed you. And we fix this moment in time, and we cut me in two now." he said and the entire council nodded gently.

"Sifo, we may not have given that order last round, but we are now, I want you to create that clone army, and rig half the assembly to being Jedi commanded. Code order 65, disregard orders by the Supreme Chancellor and disable only, knock us unconscious. Ordered by Master Anakin Skywalker." Mace said and he nodded to the orders. "Clone me as well, only with 1/10 of my knowledge of the force, but carrying my earlier attributes." Anakin added to him gently.

"Make that 3/4's the assembly are under our control, order 67, disregard all orders by the supreme chancellor." Mace said and Sifo Dyas nodded sternly. "Order 68, any troops that lay assault to the temple, are to be immediately executed for mutiny. The 501st and 2nd regiments, they belong to the Jedi and the Rebellion Alliance, upon creation." Anakin said and he nodded gently. "That's your regiment your and Obi-wan's: the 501st?" he asked and Anakin nodded.

"I'm leaving after this session is over." he said and Anakin nodded to him then, as Winna drew a sample of blood, and gave it to him and he put in his pocket. "I'm the back up Chosen One, Andy gets everything in this round, you distrusted him from the second. That you learned the vergence, so me your perfect cub, like Ferus is, him he's the black sheep. Of my family, but you're still concerned about that prophecy here." he said and they nodded in understanding.

Before he could answer 12 books appeared and Obi-wan grabbed the first. "Alright Tahl, enough already, we get the point, whoever is doing that we can use these to plan out the future. That's our storyline, after this book, we went to see why Vergere never came back yet. Andy was pit racing, got targeted by a Carver, and you and I were discussing a mission. Before it got worse and Thracia chose Zonoma Sekot, his first kill in self defense." he said and Anakin nodded.

"So basically what I wasn't here for, now resulted in these books right now, and your lives are like what they would be, if I survived the fight and with our Zabrak now?" Qui-Gon said and he nodded. "Yeah, but just these ones, they were before he got what he wanted in wiping us out right now, by using Vader to do so. But the old code is discontinued and we're changing it to something else, but just be careful, we're not losing you again, Qui'." Clee said and he nodded.

"After losing Tahl, I don't blame you right now, but we got 5 of us from our clan, and the sextet are from our opposite clan here Clee, but no matter how many times we try to fix things. We always get trouble, let me guess you went in after Annie got captured, you, Tiana and Adi?" he asked and she nodded. "Clee, Kit, Mace and I were all part of the same clan, along with Tahl, son, but Mace knew I was close to the edge, during New Apsolon." he said and he nodded then.

"This happens when you fall in love, losing who you love, causes you to reach your limit, and if no one talks some sense into you, you cross it completely here. But it was a back to back death, 7 months apart, I just come out of grief and entered anger, when I lost mom next. And Obi-wan was scared out of his mind, of leaving me alone, till Adi told him, she would handle me. He just focuses on the search and we learned Dooku was a traitor." he said and he nodded as he saw it.

"Indeed and we remember that perfectly, Darra was too fast to prevent, but your mother, we felt the power blast and realized something happened. And we, both the council and your brother, find you on Tatooine, and the look on your face said it all to us." Mace said gently as he left his hand on his shoulder. "Andy committed a Nomi x's300 here, the Raider village of the one I saved from a rock slide, his village now." he said and Mace and Yoda nodded in understanding.

"And boy were you ticked off, now that you realized that was a diversion." he said and they nodded. "I take it you realized that was a diversion, while Obi-wan was hunting down Jango now, I was on protection duty. And I missed my chance to check, and I would have told you, if she heard I had to check on mom, she'd go with it. Suggest I tell you, and bingo, as first we're headed for Tatooine, then fly back to Naboo." he said and the 11 nodded gently to him then.

"If you told us about said dream after Master Yaddle was killed then yes, either we suggest you make a detour, or we go investigate. And we're doing that, once you check on your mother, and upgrade the security systems on every farm. And in range of Owen's homestead, head back to Naboo, and once you tell us your location turn off the radio. Until we contact you, or Obi-wan does, but like we said, Qui-Gon has the investigation, I have security duty here for this now."

"You're on sabbatical till Obi-wan's capture, on Geonosis." Adi said and he nodded to her then. "Looks like, in truth, he wanted you to get a taste of what brushing the darkside does to you, by getting you so furious, you lose total control here." Ki added and he nodded. "I take it all of you felt that and all at once?" he asked and they nodded. "And we had 20 people collapse at the level of rage shooting through us, and got overwhelmed by your grief." Mace said sternly to this.

"After feeling it, and you're not going to believe this, we heard Qui-Gon's voice shouting at you to calm down." Ki said and he nodded. "Yeah I heard it too, but Andy was too far gone, coming to out of it, I collapsed on Padme, after telling her what I did now. But she was right, suppressing my emotions for 10 years, something like this causes you to snap. It's like a thermal detonator waiting to go off, and destroyed the village." he said and the council nodded.

"Looks like that was why they attacked Luke, they looked at him, before seeing me in my robes, and saw you in remembering the assault, the robes of the wizard. Said with the colored wand, remembering the next shade down and remembered. It was a blue wand cutting down their opposing tribe members and decided, no forget it, we're leaving." Obi-wan said and he nodded. "Well not me anymore, but Andy, Andy did that, but that humbled me." he said and he nodded.

"Disruption, demoralization, that just leaves one left." Obi-wan said sternly and they nodded. "Distraction, and all together result in devastation: the purge." Shaak Tii said sternly and Anakin nodded. "Well now that I know the formula here, let me take a guess, it was Xanatos that used this, when Brazen's adult double was killed?" he asked and they nodded. "And Bant was kidnapped, as I let my insecurities take hold." Obi-wan said and he nodded as he looked down.

"Oh gods, Father, that's him!" he said and he took and saw the face of the Sith that attacked them, and Qui-Gon nodded sternly then. "That's our Zabrak son, well what are these unless…., hold on a second, that's you now, 3 frames later. And…, Obi-wan, this is the twins in 3 years." he said and Obi-wan took it and nodded. "Well I know what you grow into, Mace, you better see this." Qui-Gon said gently, passing it to Mace and he took it and nodded as Yoda smiled gently.

"My error, in this book, as Andy was I sought personal glory, I misled my mentor, I brought disrepute on the order. I know it was wrong to mislead my master, to engage in an activity that would bring disrespect and ill light on the Jedi Order. But I sought personal glory, personal victory, even when it should have been obvious to me that the Order was being threatened. But when you push things harder they go faster, I shouldn't worry about the future, but enjoy it."

"This, while I got the time too, as soon, I won't have you at my back, but in theory a padawan, in reality, I'm still a youngling, and therefore prime to all the mistakes one can expect. But youth is a time of uncertainty and unrest, but never again, I want to race now. Then it's the swoopbike racetrack we have, or by piloting on the satellite now. I'm never going back down there again, aside from electronics to resupply the lab." he said and Mace nodded smiling.

"Very good padawan that indeed was your error, and the synopsis was exactly as Thracia and I wanted you to see, you're in theory a padawan, in reality, you're a 12 year old youngling. Your flaws are there for anyone to see, but never mind the future, focus in the here and now. And enjoy our being a team while it lasts, as soon, we, your parents will no longer be here. And you have to find your way without us." Mace said and he nodded as he looked into his eyes then.

As he ran his hand through his hair, and he smiled. "Second chance we start over, but Andy is my alter ego turned twin brother, he's the one you never wanted to be trained. I'm you in everything that counts, but I meant it when I told you that right now in truth. She considered we could be on the wrong side, and the Republic is now the very evil we're trying to destroy." he said and they nodded. "We had a Sith in office for 13 years." Kit said sternly to that opinion.

"Exactly, and not making the same mistakes twice here right now, but back to being the true padawan to my unit, Obi-wan and I save Father and we win." he said and the council smiled sternly then. "So how do we cover the time from now, to your next to last race where Andy is concerned?" Mace asked him and he nodded. "Download my bad traits, and my irresponsible behavior into his mind, and 1/4 of the knowledge I possess after I started under Father now."

"Father and Uncle Dave." he said and they nodded gently to idea. "That's exactly 3 months more knowledge then he possesses, reason being we took you through the maneuvers. And you're adjusting to barely breaking your arm, again, after missing the railing in the stalles." Damon said and he nodded. "Like Obi-wan, after Bruck was aggravating him, he sprained his wrist, was doing the railing, and I caught him, before he broke that arm." Mace explained and he nodded.

"He's so much like Obi-wan at 9 to 13 it's ridiculous right now, but he's baby cub, in everything that counts while Brazen, in annoyance, turned into cub's older brother, his family. Till one bad exchange results in a fatal, or near fatal injury and you're a youngling again. So careful baby, remember this time, to be angry, to hate, is to be what we are, human. But to control that is to be a Jedi." Depa said to that and he nodded gently to that and Qui-Gon nodded gently smiling.

"Yeah we remember, though 12, he still had his 9 year old innocence, but his error was exactly as he read out, and we were trying to figure out. In how to keep him occupied, as no matter what we threw at him, he mastered it in less time than his clan did now. But instead of being part of an Order, he's now in an academy for force sensitive children. Learning everything a normal would, though he starts his trade in 4 years." Mace said and Yoda chuckled at that.

"That's him with us, he's borderline 14 in these 4, this one's 15, books 6 to 7, he's 16, and 17 to 19, but that's Andy, in this. But I practically raised him myself, if his mother died, before she got married, I was his only family, and I adopted him. So his being a mixture of brother and son to me, he's my best friend, that's him after he earned his lightsaber. And we went to get Siri out of her undercover mission and kill the trader." Obi-wan said and Qui-Gon nodded in understanding.

"I'm turning 10 in 2 weeks, this is in 3 years, I'm turning 12." he said and he nodded to the news. "There is just one last thing we have to do, before I take my place at your sides, I have to keep my promise, we free them and there are no more raids in Mos Espa." he said and Yoda nodded. "The next race, when is?" he asked and he explained it. "The Harvester, it's the championships, but races are every other week." he said and Mace nodded gently to him then.

"Then 2 months of training is plenty, as you unlock your full potential completely, so one of two more times it appears here, but we will have to rebuild your former owner's one." he said and Anakin nodded. "Yeah I brought it back with us, the damage done is considerable, that's my side project in between training, I can teach the team about Huttese and podracing. But being the only one that does this, leave me behind the wheel." he said and they nodded to the request.

"I finally got to see this, that though dangerous, it's less dangerous than pitracing and stay out of the lower levels, before that carver targets you twice." Obi-wan said and he nodded. "To answer your remark, and I think I understand on deepest commitment now on training. But I must have the deepest commitment, to my unit, I must be 100% sincere, and I am. Obi-wan and Father are my family, I choose them, I am a padawan." he said and Mace smiled gently.

"As for the other remarks, in what you would teach me, if I remember this correctly, but pushing harder in training, that makes things go faster. But go too fast, you could make a mistake, I shouldn't rush the training, but enjoy these next sum years, our partnership now. While I got the chance to, enjoy being a padawan, as soon I don't have you to fall back on." he said and Mace nodded smiling in approval, knowing he saw exactly as he wanted him to see.

"You and Thracia remember, you're my counselors." he said and Mace smiled at that. "I even want to know what caused the need for it right now." Qui-Gon asked and he nodded. "Andy tried pit racing and got targeted by a Carver, we were sent to Zonoma Sekot. To investigate why Vergere never reported back yet and get a ship and he made his first kill. The Carver himself, in self defense, but his ship was destroyed." Obi-wan said and they nodded sternly to the news.

"Well we just incorporate healing into her and she survives, but there's the punchline, you push harder and things go faster, youth is a time of uncertainty and unrest. But enjoy the years you have as cub while they last, as soon, we won't be there for you to fall back on. But you are 9 years old, you have much to see and much to experience, do not hurry the knowledge. And wisdom that you seek, for that knowledge takes its own time." Qui-Gon said and he nodded.

"Well remembering exactly what was said here, but shaking up your trust in me, and with that, I bent the rule, but I'm not bending it till it snaps in two. So with that it's now you have this exchange with me after I get asked something that they had no right to ask. But before I do anything, I have to get your permission, Adi's safety comes first now." he said and they nodded gently in agreement to that remark, as Mace sighed in relief at that remark as the trio did it.

"Here we go again, well thankfully we know this all too well your loyalty to us and your family is too strong to even consider straying from your path right now. But one of the good things about said kidnapping being a Master Guardian, is said is also the one. That is giving him the light out of the tunnel, breaking through the dirty waters pooling from the doubt. And till you see the clear, clean water again." he said and Qui-Gon nodded in agreement as they did it then….

Return Of The Defenders Of The Dead-Anakin's POV:

As the duo pretended to head into an alcove so they could discuss this and got on the radio with Yoda and as Yoda appeared in a holographic image of himself."Relieved I am that to hear this news, concerned I am that Adi's health is ailing. Needs care, she does." he said and the duo nodded. "We'll leave as soon as she is stronger and it is safe, but I leave a situation here on Melida/Daan that is very volatile."

"That one wrong move can result in an inferno of violence here." he said and Yoda nodded to him. "What is the situation, that Cerasi, Nield and Wehutti asked you to returned, they have. And what of Ferus, same situation as your Padawan, know that Jedi knight, you are now. But concerned for you I am, of relapse now that back on their planet, you are?" he asked and Obi-wan sighed as he said it then.

"Looks like the wars started up again, what's left of the elders that disagreed with the Young first and the middle generation. The ones that decided to call a cease fire have pulled back that claim, going by what I heard from my friends. The wars are over keeping the remaining halls of evidence going, but this has resulted in asecondary revolution." Obi-wan told him and he nodded to him gently.

"I'm keeping it together, but my place is at Master's side now, like it is at your side, but frankly and I saw the look on Ferus's face. Once the twins, Deila and the others showed us the damage done since the renegade elders started up again. Like me he grew up in the temple, if it was Anakin, he would've stayed strong, he grew up in the real world." he said and Yoda nodded gently to him.

"Heard you I have Qui-Gon, Obi-wan, but remind you I must that neither the Melida or the Daan have asked for our help. Almost sacrificed one Jedi to stabilize situation twice now, willing to sacrifice three more, I am not." he said and Qui-Gon nodded. "We can bring Adi back and then return." he said Yoda sighed as he answered him. "Before the council you must go." he told him gently at that.

"Make this decision on my own I can not, cared for Adi must be then decide we will, if help we must give. Until then, taking side, the Jedi must not do, jeopardize peace it would. Avoid you must in angering either side." he said and Obi-wan tried to control his annoyance at himself and knew Qui-Gon thought this too. 'Like always he has a point, already the Melida would be angry right now.'

'To hear that the Jedi broke into their barracks and if word gets out that Ferus had gone out on the raid in Daan territory. Then that would anger the Daan now.' he thought as Qui-Gon said it for both of them gently. "We hope to find Adi ready by tomorrow, we wil return soon Master." he said and Yoda nodded to him. "Look forward to that day, I will." The Jedi grandmaster said to him gently at that.

Ending the radio call at that Qui-Gon looked at him. "What are we thinking here?" he asked and Obi-wan crossed his arms as he explained that to him."That with the fact this war started that we need to stay out of this right now. This war started because the renegade elders were humiliated here. And that my generation humiliated them, and they are trying to save what's left of the halls now."

"I also think it would be best that we get Ferus off the planet, and discuss this with the council. He needs distance and time for a reflection, the side of him that is the normal side is getting stronger by the minute. We have to leave and fast, and before he suffers my very same reaction as a result. Father, honestly I am getting highly concerned about this and him right now at the moment."

"I think we're going to have a repeat of me, he's letting this sweep him away, like I did, but without something to cling to. Say a Jedi that grew up in the real world, he's not able to focus. And everything he thinks he's found here, he's already got. And he's a consular, I am a guardian, but that's the problem, he's too much like I was when I was his age." he said and Qui-Gon nodded in agreement.

Ending the radio call at that Qui-Gon looked at him. "What are we thinking here?" he asked and Obi-wan crossed his arms as he explained that to him."That with the fact this war started that we need to stay out of this right now. This war started because the renegade elders were humiliated here. And that my generation humiliated them, and they are trying to save what's left of the halls now."

"I also think it would be best that we do it now, Anakin's balance is being thrown off right now, that we don't leave and soon, and those scales are going to land on a single side. The trauma I had is bad enough already without adding this too it, but for him, it's even worse. And after the mission to Sekot right now, we have to leave and soon." he said and Qui-Gon nodded in agreement.

"Agreed, well time to determine that, if he answers the way you did that tells me he's just been hijacked." he said and Obi-wan nodded. 'Anakin don't do this, you already have a life and home, your place is with us, at the temple, at home on the farm with your parents, and Owen. Remember brother remember, the balance, remember.' he thought softly as he called out to the younger boy gently at that.

"Anakin could you come here please!" he called out and Anakin made it sound like he came running. "Yes Master?" he said and Qui-Gon said it gently. "The council has ordered us to return to the temple, we leave tomorrow." he said and Anakin looked at him in shock to that. 'Here it comes, hopefully I don't have to go into the same debate with him now.' he thought as the boy said it in shock.

"Go back, we can't go back, we can't leave the Young now, they need us."he said and Qui-Gon said it gently at that. "We have received no official request to stabilize the planet, perhaps back on Coruscant the Jedi council will-." he started to say and Ferus interrupted him. "We can't wait for the council to review this." he said as he shook his head as Obi-wan quoted the next remark with him mentally at that.

"If we wait too long the Melida and the Daan will reharm, the time to act is now." he said and Obi-wan said it sharply to that remark. "Anakin listen to us."he said sternly to him as he went further, before Qui-Gon said it for both of them."Yoda has directed us to come back, Adi needs care..." he started to say and Anakin interrupted him again, as the duo were watching him carefully at that and his answer then.

"She needs rest and med care, we can get for her here, Roenni can tell me where to go, we can bring a medic here. Or find a place to keep her that would be safe-." he started to say and Qui-Gon said it to him then gently. "No, she must be brought back to the temple, but we can do no more here, padawan, we will leave tomorrow." he said and Anakin tried another angle at that remark quickly then.

"Part of our mission was try to stabilize the situation, we haven't done that yet, but we can if we stay." he said and Obi-wan answered that one to him. "We have not been asked..." he started to say and Anakin blurted it out desperately. "We have, by the Young." he said and Qui-Gon said it sternly. "That is not an official request." he said as he tried to control his patience, as the boy was pushing him too hard firmly.

'Young man don't, don't go there, I see what this is doing to you, but you're not thinking straight right now, son. Remember you got a life and cause already, fight this son, you're letting this influence you too much right now. So enough, everything you think you found here you already have right now.' he thought as he heard the remark that he heard from Obi-wan then sternly at that remark.

"You have broken the rules before, Qui-Gon, back on Gala, you left us to travel the hills when you were ordered to stay in the palace. You break the rules when it suits you to do so." he said and that did it finally as Obi-wan said it firmly, as he chose to not meet the boy's anger with his own then as he said it for him then as he looked at the boy gently but sternly at that remark then firmly at that.

'Brother don't, you already have everything you thought you found here.' he thought softly as he answered him then. "We don't break the rules because it when it suits us, but because at times the rules get in the way, but that is not the case now, we believe Yoda is correct." he said sternly and Anakin tried one last time at that remark as he said it again then quickly then.

"But." he started to say and Qui-Gon held up his hand in finality at that attempt to stall it a little longer. "Tomorrow we will leave, padawan." he said and Soara took charge as she pretended to be Cerasi's daughter then as he watched him standing there, anger pouring from every cell as she said it to them. "It is official, in the absence of a response to our request for peace,we have a declaration on the Elders."

"If they do not agree immediately to Melida/Daan peace negotiations, we will attack them with their own weapons, they must respond to us now."she said as she finished that remark as she looked at Anakin gently as she finished that. "We need you more then ever now." she said and Qui-Gon sighed as he answered that for as his padawan was to furious to say anything then to her or her twin.

"I'm sorry Roenni, we leave tomorrow." he said and she nodded in shock and anger at that, as he stood there, moving away from her, he moved into a section of the tunnel so he could think then as he thought it over then carefully. 'What do I do right now, there's being normal and being a Jedi, but I was normal when I was with them, how am I supposed to manage this.' Anakin thought sadly as he tried to hold it in then.

After the argument between him and the duo, Anakin tried to clear his thoughts, as he stared at the quartet as he thought it over. 'I was not Anakin Skywalker padawan learner with them, I was just Anakin, but what is happening to me.' He thought shaking at this, as he felt his resolve start leaning to his left side as he carefully shuffled through each piece of advice from Mace, Adi and Yoda nodded gently.

'I stay and I am no longer a padawan now, but I leave, and I go home with them, my team and partner team. But ordered to stay and I have no choice in the matter right now, no choice in the matter. But my place is with them, I don't belong here, yes my friendship with the twins and their friends is strong, but I have just as strong a friendship with my own clan, and my friends on Tatooine.'

'Created a new life out of the old one, but I have a planet, cause, home and family already.' he thought as he felt his confusion start to fade then as he pulled a picture of the sextet out and as he looked at it softly. 'Everything I thought I found here, I have already, I am a Jedi, all I need is distance and time for reflection.' he thought softly feeling his inner scales start leveling out then as, hearing that, Qui-Gon turned to him.

'Oops, left my mental door open again.' he heard and hid a chuckle to that, looking at him gently at that, he knew he was starting to remember now. 'Yes I heard that padawan, I understand, but remember, you created a new life out of the old one after I took you on as my cub padawan 3 years ago, it's okay, it's okay, I understand how confusing this is, but it's going to be okay.'he thought softly at that as he watched him gently.

'Everything I think I found here, I already have now, need time and space, and time for reflection, go home, my place now. My place is with Father and Ben, my Jedi trio, my family, took me in, started training me, three years. And nothing could ever get between us, till now, and said is my other self, fight it, have to fight it, I am a Jedi, my place is with the quartet, the temple is home.'

'Go home, home, my home is at the temple and Tatooine, Naboo, I'm engaged to the queen, but my other imprint. My imprint is my best friend at the temple, the girls, my friends, my mother, stepfather, my brothers, my Jedi family. The balance, balance, Master guardian, I'm master guardian, always about balance, my balance is being screwed around with right now, mother, Siri, Uncle Mace.'

'My place is with the quintet, the temple is home, where I belong now, I don't belong here, my place is there at the temple, at his side, my place is with them the deepest commitment and the most serious mind. Deepest commitment: to my team, most serious mind: I must commit completely to that partnership, 100%.' he thought as the confusion started fading and to cold hard certainty as he said it to himself then at that.

'Remember, when making a choice, that make it for the silent ones at your shoulder you do,' yes I get it. I make this choice. And I make it for the rest of my age group, whoever never said it, this is what he meant. I stay I'm no longer a padawan. I leave and I stay with them and continue my training.' he thought as the meaning of what Yoda taught him punched through the uncertainty and as he thought it firmly at that.

'There it is now right now, stay I lose my position as their padawan, and everything I ever worked for, but go, and I stay with my family. And forever, but then..., one violation of trust, can't do this anymore, I have to, I have to tell them what they asked of me, but ordered to stay. No, no don't want to stay, don't make me stay here, I don't belong here, my place is at the temple, my friends, my team, mother."

'I can't leave them and I won't, I just have to complete one last mission for the Young Second then we can go home. I just got to take it to father, mother and the council, I can do both and then go home. My mission is to get mother out, I can do both and still be a padawan now.' he said softly and then got up and moved to the duo.

Just as he was getting up his conlink activated. "Skywalker." he said and Dave said it gently. "Anakin as one of the representatives of the planets lining the Outer Rim we decided for Jedi assistance in case this war in Melida/Daan jumps off the planet. But we need someone who understands this after the last war so far." he said and Anakin said it, feeling his heart sinking then as he answered him then gently.

"I don't understand." he said as they heard a fast remark to that. 'No don't say you want me to stay, I don't belong here, my place is with my team.' they heard and they heard it. "As the only Jedi growing up on the outside, we want you to stay there and deal with the rebel Elders, and help with the clean up." he said and Anakin said it quickly at the remark as he looked at her in fear then as he felt his heart break.

"I just made up mind and you're telling me you want me to stay, I'm only 12, I can't stay here without my team, I want to go home." he said quickly and they heard a gentle tone to that. "It's only for a few weeks son, then you can go home, but we have to end this between them, before we get caught in the middle and the Jedi already did." he said and Anakin nodded as he tried to control his voice.

"I understand, but I got to talk to the others, so stand by right now, Skywalker out." he said and turned it off, as he deactivated it. 'No, no I don't want to stay here, I want to go home, how do I get out of this. I got to tell them what they're ordering me to do. The council can get me out of this, but I'm going home, I'm not staying here, I'm going home.' they heard and Mace felt his heart tear at that remark.

'Indeed, listen to me, that boy has a life already, he's a youngling still, he's too young to be alone on a planet always in a warzone. But you people have done enough damage to us, you're not leaving my godson traumatized, because he got stuck there, blast it.' he thought sternly as Anakin looked at the duo as he got up then as he walked over to them quickly moved to them gently as he said it to them that.