Anakin, disguised as Carmine, walked into the Temple library, ready to take some time to finally relax. Given that Carmine was a Padawan learner despite being older than most when starting, that meant Anakin didn't have to worry about being called in to teach anyone, or be pressured for missions. For now, he could just relax with a good book.

There was only one problem: he didn't know what kind of books Carmine would read.

"No matter," said Anakin, shaking his head. "I'll just pick anything."

Anakin looked among some of the shelves and browsed the different stories he had yet to see himself, and he managed to find an interesting fiction book and a nice bean bag to sit on and read. For the first time in a while, Anakin felt so relaxed.

"I have no idea why Carmine complains about being tired off stage. Being him is easy."

Carmine, on the other hand, disguised as Anakin, was ready to experience life as his twin. He was happily skipping down the hall, looking for the hangar to start working on some stuff. Except, the Jedi Temple was a pretty big place, and Carmine forgot he still didn't quite know his way all around the place like Anakin did.

"Hi, Daddy." Gabby said, seeing who she thought was her father.

Carmine was startled for a moment, but relieved to see it was just his niece walking through the hall with her teddy.

"Hey, Princess." Carmine said, fixing Gabby's hair ribbon. "What are you up to?"

"Looking for Boba. He said he'd play Teddy Bear Tag with me, but I can't find him anywhere."

"Well, the Temple is a big place. Heck, I'm getting lost in here. I was just looking for the hangar."

"How could you forget where your favorite place is?" Gabby raised a brow.

"Uh... well, I've been on a lot of missions lately. I think I may be spending more time outside than here."

Gabby shrugged. Her "father" did have a point.

"I know the way there. I know this Jedi castle like the back of my hand." Gabby said.

Carmine figured Gabby might be a good guide. She did spend a lot time playing explorer in the Temple, and was the best at Hide and Seek for a reason. So, Carmine decided to ask Gabby if she wouldn't mind guiding him to the hangar.

"Do you have time to play with me?" Gabby asked.

"I think I have some time. You said you wanted to play Teddy Bear Tag?"

"Yes."

"Great... How do you play again?"

"You don't remember?"

"It's been a while."

"We played it three days ago."

Carmine scratched the side of his head; normally, he messed with his glasses when he was lying, but at the moment he wasn't wearing them. He tried to come up with an excuse.

"I've been busy."

"Okay... I'll just show you how to play again." Gabby shrugged. The grownups all had a tendency to forget things, so she didn't let this phase her. "Whoeber holds the teddy is it, and to tag someone else, you have to do it with the teddy bear. Then, whoever you tag, you drop the bear, and they're it."

"Alright then." Carmine took the bear. "Then, I'm it."

"Catch me if you can!" Gabby exclaimed before rushing off.

Carmine laughed and ran after Gabby, having to dodge a few Jedi in the halls.

"I'm gonna catch you!" Carmine sang, laughing.

Carmine chased Gabby around until they got to the hangar, and he managed to tag Gabby with the bear.

"Phew! I swear, you get faster everyday."

Carmine looked around the hangar. There were a lot of ships. So many of them looked a lot bigger up close. Carmine had seen many models of ships before; mostly pod versions of sports cars and fancy limousines. What other vehicles would you expect to see at gatherings of famous singers, actors, directors, producers, and other kinds of celebrities? These were military grade vehicles.

But, Carmine walked up to one star fighter and ran his finger across it to find a lot of dust all over it. It looked as though it hadn't been cleaned in weeks.

"Ick! When's the last time this thing was cleaned?"

"I don't know." Gabby shrugged. "Usually, you're more concerned with how well oiled and put together it is than its cleanliness."

Carmine figured he was going to have to talk to Anakin about taking better care of his stuff. If there was one thing he couldn't stand, it was a mess. As Count Crescendo, he became famously known for being one of few, or perhaps the only celebrity who never trashed a room. This was mostly because after a long night of a concert, he was most interested in his family's after-concert routine: Getting ready for bed together, reading a bedtime story, and going to sleep. Carmine didn't even leave the hotel room without making the bed first. As sweet as his grandmother was, she ran a tight ship when it came to keeping the apartment in order.

"Well, I'd better clean this thing before I even think about doing any engine checks." Carmine said. "Where do we keep the soap around here?"

"Can I help, Daddy?"

"Sure, Sweetie. But first..." Carmine looked around until he found a stray tunic that was for an adult, but also just the right size to put over Gabby so she wouldn't mess up her dress while helping clean the ship.

Carmine decided to change his clothes too, and got right to work.

Sometime later, Anakin got bored of reading and decided to go and do something else.

Being Carmine didn't seem that hard. Anakin figured he might as well practice with his lightsaber.

If there was one thing Anakin knew about his twin, it was that he was all about practice, and since Carmine was just starting lightsaber training, it wouldn't surprise anyone to see Carmine practice his sparring. Except, Anakin grabbed one of the practice sabers, seeing as his twin was a beginner and not allowed to use a real one yet.

Except, Anakin, being Anakin, although he looked like his brother now, could not resist showing off his moves, even as a familiar someone entered the room.

"Carmine." said the familiar voice.

Anakin was a little startled at first when he realized it was his former master Obi-Wan Kenobi.

"Master! Hi. What's going on?" Anakin said.

"I was in the middle of looking for your brother." Obi-Wan said. "Except, as usual, I have no clue where he is."

Inside, Anakin was laughing. You have no idea. He thought.

"It's no wonder Gabriella excels at Hide and Seek. Sometimes I wonder if Anakin would become an escape artist or a magician had he not returned to the order."

"Maybe." Anakin said. "Anakin is pretty skilled. A lot more than you give him credit for, so I hear."

"I don't doubt that. It is a shame the two of you couldn't grow up together. I do think you could learn a thing or two from each other though. Perhaps you could teach Anakin not to be late all the time."

"I'm sure he does his best."

"Speaking of which, I'd best go and find him before the next class of younglings."

Meanwhile, Carmine and Gabby were just about finished cleaning up the formerly dirty star fighter. It just needed to be rinsed off.

"Incoming!" Gabby shouted, tossing a bucket of clear water, only to hit Carmine and soak him from head to toe.

"Gabby!" Carmine scolded.

"Oops!" Gabby laughed. "Sorry, Daddy."

But, Carmine smiled and said, "I think two can play at that game."

Carmine grabbed another bucket of water and proceeded to splash Gabby right back, only for Gabby to unleash a little more water magic, this time hitting the ship and getting it cleaned off. The two continued to play around for a little while until Ahsoka came into the hangar and saw who she thought was her master, and his daughter, playing around, laughing, and dripping wet. She couldn't help laughing herself for a bit before calling to him.

Carmine froze and was embarrassed for a bit.

"Oh! Hi, Ahsoka. How long have you been standing there?" He asked nervously.

"Long enough." Ahsoka chuckled. "Hopefully not enough to make you late for class."

"I have a class today?" Carmine was confused.

"Oh yeah," said Gabby. "I forgot about that. You better get going, Daddy."

"Alright. Where am I supposed to go for class again?"

"Room 24B."

"Thanks."

And Carmine rushed off, but Gabby and Ahsoka brushed it off. Anakin was late for a lot of things, and he was usually not that eager about class, especially not this time around.

Carmine thought by class, Ahsoka meant Anakin was supposed to take lessons or something, but it wasn't. When he arrived at the classroom, Obi-Wan was speaking.

"Now, I know I said Anakin would be here today, but it's to be expected that he'll be-"

"Hi, Master." Carmine said, startling Obi-Wan.

"Early?" Now Obi-Wan was shocked and confused. "Anakin, you're... early."

"Thank my Padawan and my daughter for that." shrugged Carmine. "So... what lesson were we doing again?"

"You don't recall? And... why are you wet?" Obi-Wan noted "Anakin's" wet hair and shirt.

"Washing a ship, and then a water fight with the kids." Carmine said, which wasn't far from the truth. He shook the water out of his hair, getting Obi-Wan wet.

"Anakin!" scolded the Jedi Master, making the children laugh.

"Oops."

"If you're done messing around, I'm going to change my robes, and when I get back please try not to make the classroom collapse."

Obi-Wan left, which left Carmine alone with the kids.

"Okay, kids. Who knows what's on the lesson plan today?" Carmine asked nervously. He'd never had to teach a whole class of children before, especially without a lesson plan.

"You were supposed to teach us lightsaber maneuvers," said one girl.

That was a problem. Carmine didn't have any experience with a real lightsaber. He had to think of something quick, and he did.

"Well, that's a good lesson... but I have something else in mind. How many of you stretched first?"

The kids were confused, but no one raised their hand.

"Okay, it's worse than I thought. Nothing worse than going to a dance without stretching first. Alright, everyone. Let's all take a seat on the floor and follow my lead."

Carmine took a seat in front of all the kids. At first, the kids thought it would involve meditation of some kind. But instead, Carmine started guiding them through various stretches for different parts of the body. It actually felt pretty good to stretch now.

"Great. Now that everyone's warmed up, let's make things a little interesting. Have any of you ever been to a ballet before?"

"What's that?" asked one of the boys.

"Ballet is a very special form of dancing, and I know what you're thinking. You think dancing isn't the same thing as the other athletic stuff you might learn, but that's just not so. Ballet is more than twirling and tutus. It takes quick reflexes, coordination, and a very strong body."

A few minutes later, Obi-Wan came back in dry robes, when he was surprised to see the children... dancing?

"One and two, and jump!" Carmine counted. "Longer in the legs, Niko."

"Good, everyone."

Obi-Wan wanted to walk in and question Anakin, but for the first time, Anakin looked like he was enjoying working with the younglings... at least, who he thought was Anakin. But, since when was Anakin so good at ballet, he wondered?

"And the best part of any performance is the big finish!" Carmine smiled.

And Carmine showed off by doing a bunch of really hard looking turns, jumps, and finishing in a perfect split!

But since when was Anakin that flexible? Obi-Wan wondered. The last Anakin tried a split, he couldn't play Dance, Dance Revolution with Gabby for two days.

Meanwhile, Anakin was still roaming through the library, reading... when he heard the sound of his stomach grumbling.

"Sounds like it's time for a snack." Anakin told himself.

So, he went to the commissary to get a snack, where he ran into Lamenta.

"Hi, Daddy." Lamenta said.

"Oh! Lamenta. Hey." Anakin said, backing away from his niece. He knew if she touched him, she'd see right through his trick with her truth seeking ability.

Shoot! Anakin scolded himself. He couldn't believe neither he nor Carmine thought about this! Lamenta could easily touch either of them, find out they switched places, and expose them.

"What are you doing?" Lamenta asked.

"Getting a snack." Anakin said, grabbing a green apple.

Lamenta, however, gave Anakin a look as he took a bite.

"Oh, sorry. Did you want some?" Anakin said, assuming Lamenta was upset that he took the last green apple without asking if she'd like it.

"You didn't by any chance switch places, did you, Daddy? Or should I say... Uncle Anakin?"

Anakin quickly shushed his niece and took her somewhere else where no one else would hear them.

"How did you know?!" Anakin whisper-yelled. "You didn't even truth scan me."

"I didn't need to." Lamenta said. "You're lucky no one at the Temple knows my dad as well as I do yet, because you're not exactly the best at being him."

"What gave me away?"

"Bacon isn't the only food your twin hates." Lamenta pointed to the apple in Anakin's hand.

"You mean Carmine doesn't like apples either?"

"Just the green ones."

"Hmm. He forgot to mention that. Just, please! Don't tell anyone else, okay?"

"Why'd you switch anyway?"

"We thought it might be fun to live as each other for a day." Anakin shrugged. "You know, identical twin stuff."

"I guess that makes sense. But, how long are you gonna keep this up?"

"Until tonight. Then we'll switch back."

"You sure you'll even be able to last that long?"

"Your father pretends to be two different people for a living, doesn't he? What's pretending to be one more?"

Carmine wasn't doing too good a job being Anakin at the moment though.

Currently, Carmine was doing more playing with the younglings than teaching them.

When Obi-Wan and Ahsoka saw "Anakin" being so playful, they thought something was definitely up. Usually Anakin would turn his nose up at being called to train younglings in favor of more show off type of opportunities. But, here he was, dancing all about, being all playful and acting more like a fun best friend than a teacher.

"What is going on with Anakin today?" Ahsoka said.

"I have no idea. He's been acting oddly all day."

Carmine was in the middle of playing a game of Freeze Tag with some of the kids, when he suddenly bumped right into a table he didn't see, knocking down a vase and breaking it.

"Oops!" Carmine said.

Carmine looked to the floor to see where the pieces landed, but found that he was having trouble seeing.

Uh oh! The spell that cleared his sight must have worn off! Carmine needed to cast the spell again... except, he couldn't remember the words! This wasn't good. He needed to find Anakin, which wouldn't be easy without clear vision.

"Okay, someone get a cleaning droid here. Kids, be careful." Carmine said, before he bumped right into Ahsoka. "Oh! Sorry... Ahsoka."

If it weren't for Ahsoka's coloring, Carmine might've mistaken her for someone else. But, she didn't fail to notice that "Anakin" was squinting, and bumping into things as he walked through the hall.

"I see what you mean by 'odd.'" Ahsoka said. "Is he sick or something?"

"I don't think so. But... have you noticed a change in his flexibility?"

"Why do you ask?"

"I saw him do a perfect split earlier today."

That surprised Ahsoka. But then, she and Obi-Wan had a sense something was amiss.

Soon, dinner was being served in the Temple, and some folks had their meals in their apartments while others went to the commissary. There were some new recipes being introduced this week, and tonight's menu had curry as one option, which Carmine thought smelled delicious. Of course, Anakin was more interested in this pasta that had bacon in it.

So, when the twins sat to eat their food, Obi-Wan and Ahsoka were both quick to notice that the twins were eating something neither of them would eat.

"I thought Carmine said he hated bacon." Obi-Wan said, seeing "Carmine" eating bacon-filled pasta.

"And how is Anakin suddenly eating that stuff so well?" Ahsoka questioned. Why, you may be wondering?

Last week, when there was five alarm chili being served for lunch...

"Be careful, Anakin. That stuff is really hot." warned Carousella. "I'm not kidding."

"It's just chili. What harm can it do?" Anakin said.

But when he took a bite, his face turned red and he was panting and screaming in pain!

"Hot, hot, HOT! Water!"

Anakin felt like his mouth was on fire.

"It burns!" Anakin cried before he practically yanked the door off the freezer, found a pint of ice cream and slid it right on his tongue, relieving the spice.

Today...

Carmine was enjoying the curry. Over the time he'd spent traveling to a bunch of different places with different foods, it built up his spice tolerance by a lot. That, and the fact that he and his grandmother tended to have a pretty simple menu pretty much all the time due to not being able to afford anything to fancy back then, hot sauce became his best friend in his childhood.

"Master, are you aware you're eating spicy food?" Ahsoka said.

"Um... yeah?" Carmine said.

Except, that made Anakin nearly choke on his food.

"Yuck!" Anakin faked. "Bacon!"

"Very funny, you two." said a new voice. It was Qui-Gon.

"Hi, Dad." said the twins.

"Boys, you can switch back now." Qui-Gon said, crossing his arms.

"Did Lamenta-?" Anakin said.

"No, she didn't. I knew."

Carmine put his glasses back on and reversed the hair spell on himself and Anakin.

"How did you know?" said Carmine.

"A father knows how to tell his own children apart, even if they are identical twins. Also... I saw when you took your shirt off earlier, Carmine."

"How is that relevant?" Ahsoka said.

"Carmine, take off your shirt again." Qui-Gon said.

"Now?"

"Carmine."

With a sigh, Carmine took off his shirt again, which revealed that in his back, right under his left shoulder, he had an unusual birthmark that was shaped like a music note. And eighth note to be exact.

"Didn't know you had that," said Anakin.

"That's another way to tell you apart, that's for sure." Obi-Wan said, having giving Anakin a bath when he was a kid sometimes, and never recalling seeing a birthmark on him.

"It's also part of how Shmi and I came to name Carmine."

"It is?" Anakin said.

"Indeed. Carmine's name literally means 'song.' Thus, the day you two were born, when I saw Carmine had that mark, I couldn't imagine a better name for him."

"Then, how did I get mine?" Anakin asked.

"Well, your mother once mentioned she had an ancestor named Anakin." Qui-Gon said. "From what I can recall, she mentioned he was a strong warrior. Thus, she decided to name our firstborn after him. But what led you two to switch places, I still don't know."

"We thought we could just experience each other's lives for a day," said Anakin. "But, I guess we don't know each other as well as we thought."

"Or we need to work more on our acting skills." Carmine said.

"Maybe both those things." Ahsoka smirked.

"You know, us switching places could be useful for missions." Anakin said.

"That is true." Obi-Wan said. "Although, Carmine may need more training, as well as lessons on not being so jumpy."

"I'm not that jumpy!" Carmine said.

Suddenly, someone grabbed Carmine from behind and shouted, "Boo!"

"Aah!"

Carmine spilled some curry on his shirt from that outburst.

"Sorry, Uncle Carmine." Gabby giggled.

"Gabby!" Carmine whined. "Now I gotta change my shirt again."

"Of course," said Ahsoka, rolling his eyes. "Carmine is the one of us who would complain about stained clothes."

"Now we know where Gabby gets her need to be clean from." Anakin chuckled, ruffling his daughter's hair, amid the girl fixing her bow afterward.

"Hey, not all of us grew up being able to afford a lot of stained clothes and replacing them when they got worn out. Most of my clothes in childhood came from thrift stores, and not all of them could handle being stained multiple times even if water and laundromats didn't cost a lot of money. Anywho, if you're gonna pull off being me, you'll need more music and dance lessons."

"I don't know if I can learn twenty different instruments in such a short time."

"I play forty-five instruments, Anakin." Carmine corrected.

"There's no way." Ahsoka said.

Then, Carmine named the instruments he played.

Accordion, Pipe Organ, Banjo, Bass, Bassoon, Bongos, Kazoo, Bugle, Calliope, Clarinet, Drums, Flute, Guitar, Keyboard, Piano, Tuba, Trumpet, Harmonica, Xylophone, Saxophone, Tambourine, Harp, Kazoo, Cymbals, Violin, Cello, Sitar, Mandolin, Lute, Trombone, Bamboo flute, Didgeridoo, Oboe, Double bass, Piccolo, Fiddle, Synthesizer, Timpani, Glockenspiel, Maracas, Castanets, Chimes, Conga drums, Cabasa, Cowbell, Gong, Wood block.

"That's forty-seven." Gabby said. "I'm a fast counter."

"What do you know?" Carmine smirked. "I play more instruments than even I know."

"And apparently being showoffs runs in the family." Ahsoka said.

"Indeed it does." Obi-Wan said.

Everybody laughed.

It was true. The twins had a lot of work to do if they were gonna pull off a switcheroo sometime in the future. For one thing, they needed to learn more about each other.