The Council requested us back into the room once Anakin's room. As I entered, I felt Anakin afraid, confused, and alone until he saw me. Now, I stood next to him, my hands behind my back while Ani matched my pose. The Jedi looked at each other before they spoke, silently conversing about their decision.

The Jedi to the left of Yoda spoke first, "The force is strong with them."

I looked at each Jedi, feeling defeated. We weren't going to be trained. I felt anger rise in me, and I turned to Yoda, "You won't train us."

Windu looked at me confused as to how I knew that.

"I read your mind." I put my hand on Ani's shoulder and squeezed lightly, "A nine-year-old boy has attachments. That's what makes him stronger." I felt like I was losing hold of my emotions, "Our mother gave up her freedom so that Anakin and I could do what we always dreamed of, becoming Jedis." I didn't realize anything I was doing or that the glass windows were slowly cracking. I looked at everyone in the room, "You train your younglings to not have any attachments yet Anakin is the same age as them. What normal eight-year-old isn't scared when he's ripped from his home to come to a strange planet because a stranger said he was made for more than a slave's life?"

Yoda closed his eyes and hummed softly, "Clouded the children's future is." but then he looked at the rest of the council, "Young Skywalkers' fate will be decided later."

Another Jedi looked at Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan, "As well as this strange force connection she has to your apprentice."

Windu announced a new supreme chancellor was to be elected which may cause unnecessary pressure on the federation. The queen was returning home, and we were all to go along with her to find out who the Dark Warrior was while also finding out the queen's attacker. Before we left, Yoda said that weird sentence again. We left the tower to return to the ship we came from. Anakin was escorted back to where the queen was, while I followed Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan. We waited on the platform for the rest of the group while I eavesdropped on the conversation.

"It's not disrespect, Master," Obi-Wan began, "it's the truth."

"From your point of view." Qui-Gon retorted. "You have a force bond with Kida. Force Bonds are very rare."

"I'm not worried about my connection to Kida." Obi-wan stated, "I will keep to the Jedi Code, we have it for a reason. However, the boy is dangerous. They all sense it, why can't you?"

"My brother's fate isn't set in stone." I interrupted them, having them both look at me. "The council will decide if we should be trained or not." I huffed walking over to the ship to wait for everyone onboard. I sensed the guilt, Obi-Wan's. I sat on the floor and looked at the different rocks that were laid out before me. Qui-Gon insisted I find the right crystal. I believe he called it Kyber crystals. Each one represents something, Blue was for a Jedi Guardian, a Jedi who used the force for a more physical level. Green, a Jedi Consular, reflected the mysteries of the Force and would fight the dark side. Yellow, Jedi Sentinel, was for a Jedi who honed their skills in the balance of combat and scholarly. Picking up the blue rock, I meditated, thinking about the young Apprentice I had come to know. It was only a little over a day and I felt like he was someone of importance to me. I just didn't care for his conflicting feelings and attitude. Especially my brother, but I couldn't explain why. I heard clapping making me open my eyes and I spotted Qui-Gon sitting in front of me, smiling proudly. I looked down and saw my lightsaber. It looked similar to his, except mine was more black with silver accents on it. "I actually did it!"

"Be careful using it. It is a powerful weapon." he educated me, as I nodded, heading his warning. Anakin ran onto the ship and looked at my lightsaber, smiling big, "Do I get one too?"

"You will soon, young one. Be patient." Qui-Gon smiled as he walked back outside.

"Did the Queen finally arrive?" I looked at my brother as he pulled me to sit with him at the table. I held my lightsaber next to me, wondering what I was supposed to do with it now.

"You were right, Jar Jar is annoying. The Queen is nice though. I had to say goodbye to Padme."

I put my arm around my brother, and that was when I noticed something off about him. He was scared. "Don't be scared Ani. You'll become a Jedi. I can feel it."

"What happens if they say yes to me but not you?"

"I already told them we were a package deal." I smiled, kissing the top of his head "Don't worry about it ok?"

I offered my lightsaber to Ani as a distraction as long as he wouldn't turn it on. Qui-Gon came back once everyone was on board and sat at the table with us.

"Sir, I've been wondering." Anakin started, putting my lightsaber down, "I heard Yoda talk about Midi-chlorians. What are Midi-chlorians?" he questioned him.

He smiled and looked at me, I just shrugged as I listened to the answer as well even though I already knew. "They are microscopic life-forms that reside within all living cells."

"They live inside me?" his eyes widened at the realization.

"They are inside yourselves, yes. We are symbionts with it."

"Symbionts?" he asked again.

I laughed, "You realize he is only nine right?"

"Life forms living together for mutual advantage."

I turned Ani towards me, "Without the Midi-chlorians, life wouldn't exist with the force."

"Oh, so it gives us a way to use the force!" he smiled, proudly figuring it out.

"That's right Ani." I smiled, focusing on going to sleep. It had been one hell of a day.

The nightmare was different this time. I was with Obi-Wan in the red beams except I'm in the next one ahead of him this time. I turned to him, tears in my eyes, "We need to help him, Obi."

"Kida, we're stuck in here until they turn off. Have faith in my master." I could tell he was worried.

I turned to the red and black-faced man, feeling anger. The red beams began to get crushed, making them turn off. But I was too late. Qui-Gon was stabbed with the red lightsaber. Obi and I yelled, and I felt myself lose control. I ran at him while Obi ran to his master. I used the force to grab his lightsaber, and I fought the man I screamed as I lunged at him, but what happened next made me pause, he was smiling. "You're next."

I woke up panting. I looked around and saw that Ani was still sound asleep next to me with Qui-Gon's robe around him for a blanket. Qui-Gon himself looked to be asleep. I felt Obi-Wan was still awake and I took my chances and went to the cockpit. To my luck, I found Obi-Wansitting in the seat. He looked back and gave me a small smile, gesturing for me to sit next to him. Silence engulfed the cabin. I wasn't mad at him for saying my brother was dangerous, the Council thought the same thing, but I knew better. Obi-Wan met us just yesterday. I wasn't expecting him to fully accept us. I knew in my heart Anakin could be dangerous unless he had the right teacher. I pretty much told the Council that during my test. I'm old enough to know the warnings, Anakin doesn't for being so young. He shouldn't either.

"I wanted to apologize for my behavior earlier." he began, "I didn't mean to call your brother dangerous. He just has so much power and it's never been seen before, or you for that matter. It takes a youngling months to be able to put together a lightsaber and you managed to do it in a matter of hours."

I don't understand why I had these feelings. I knew what a crush was, and I knew what romance was, but having to actually experience it, let's just say it is weird to me. I just met him and I already felt these things. The dreams that I've had about him didn't help either. I always thought he was a dream and didn't think anything of it. He was a Jedi and Jedi can't have relationships. He obeyed the Jedi code to the letter, that's just how he was., but the way he looked at me, I couldn't help but think to throw the rules away. Attachments could make someone stronger, they would have something to fight for, to protect.

"Kida, is everything alright?" Obi-wan looked at me worriedly.

I turned to Obi-Wan, realizing I never answered him. "I accept your apology. Anakin isn't dangerous. I mean he can be if he doesn't learn to use the force. With the right teacher, he can learn, he's young enough. I'm more dangerous than he is, I have a hard time controlling my emotions, that's when things tend to break on me."

"Maybe you should heed your own advice." he smiled and grabbed my hand, "With the right master you can learn to control it and be one with the force." he looked into my eyes. Oh, that look. I felt my stomach flip and my heart beat faster just looking at him.

I glanced down at our joined hands briefly before I looked into his eyes, "You said I make you feel unbalanced?"

"I can't explain why. You consume my thoughts. I have never been tempted to stray from the Jedi code, and here I am wishing these feelings would go away so I wouldn't feel so conflicted" He sighed rubbing his thumb over my knuckles, "Then I think about forgetting you and it makes me feel empty. I never felt this connection this strong. Not even with my Master. I don't know what it means."

I felt a pain in my chest, but I didn't blame him. He was so used to the Jedi way that he didn't know another way. I squeezed his hand a little tighter, "You know," I looked into the blue orbs I already liked so much, "Attachments aren't always a bad thing. Yes, I admit it can be a weakness, but it can also make you so much stronger." I stood, ready to go back to bed, but I stopped to look at him one last time for the night, "I can't explain why we feel this way towards each other, but I've been dreaming about you for years, and now that I finally met you, for once in my life, I finally have a friend to talk to. If that's all I get, I can live with that."