Chapter 11
Chapter 10
Disclaimer: Same as previous chapters.
Chapter 10
Anakin paced outside Andrew’s quarters, ever since this morning he had been sequestered in there not even talking, he just looked concerned when Anakin mentioned sensing the trouble.
Obi-Wan looked at Anakin and said, “Calm down Anakin, he’s going to be fine.”
“He won’t even leave the room,” Anakin growled, “He should be out here where we can keep an eye on him.”
Andrew sat down in the room by his himself mediating, ‘Anakin felt my anger? How did that happen?’ he thought as he sat down, looking out the window and the lights of the city. He held his lightsaber in his hands and activated, its silver light illuminating the room.
He listened to the argument Anakin and Obi-Wan were having about him staying in his room and sighed, hopefully Padmé was working well with Faith and Qui-Gon.
Andrew walked out and Anakin looked at him and said, “Don’t worry Andrew, we will find out who’s trying to kill you and Padmé.”
“We shall not go past our mandate,” Obi-Wan said, “And you will learn your place my young Padawan.”
“It’s alright,” Andrew said, “I just want my sister safe.”
“So,” Obi-Wan said, “Gone for years, travelling in the galaxy? Where did you go?”
“Umm, yeah,” Andrew said, “I went to Tatoonine and freed your mom Anakin.”
Anakin’s face lit up and said, “My mom? Really? Is she safe?”
“Yeah,” Andrew said, “On Naboo, she was with me for a while when we went to Nar Shaddaa.”
“Nar Shaddaa!!?” Anakin screamed, “You took my mom to Nar Shaddaa!? Why did you go to such dangerous place?”
“Because,” Andrew said, “I wanted to visit there and besides I went to Dantooine first, it’s a beautiful world with good people there.”
Anakin shook his head; he wouldn’t let Andrew go to any place that was dangerous.
Obi-Wan listened with interest but even he was concerned about the worlds Andrew visited; Dantooine and the others, he didn’t know why anyone would visit those worlds.
“Well,” Andrew smiled, “I investigated the old Jedi Enclave on Dantooine. Fact is I’m going back there soon, I wanna look at some of the older buildings there.”
“Why?” Anakin stated, “It’s the past, what could be there anyways?”
Andrew smiled and said, “When the Enclave was destroyed by the Sith almost four thousand years ago there were artefacts in there: crystals, Holocrons even robes. I left a pair of robes that I got from Wookiees on Kashyyyk with my sister.”
“But why were you there?” Obi-Wan pressured, “I mean I’m willing to bet the Enclave was probably looted by the Sith.”
Andrew nodded and walked off to the balcony.
Obi-Wan looked at Andrew and said, “Also Andrew, Master Yoda wanted to see you at your early convenience, he’s interested in your travels.”
“I suppose,” Andrew said as he walked out to his bedroom to go to sleep.
“I wish he would stay here with us,” Obi-Wan said, “He needs to be aware that his life is in danger, so is his sister’s life.”
“Well Master,” Anakin said, “He probably knows what he’s doing, I can sense everything in that room and R2 will warn us about anything.”
Obi-Wan walked over and said, “He could’ve at least had Chewbacca stay here with us.”
“Master,” Anakin said, “He asked Chewbacca to stay with his sister to aid in her protection and I agree; if Padmé is the target then she needs all the help she can get.”
“Faith and Master Qui-Gon are going to protect Padmé,” Obi-Wan stated as he sat back down to read a book.
Anakin sighed as he sat down and muttered, “Faith’s almost past her Padawan learning phases, it’s like she was born to be a knight.”
“You have the skills that she has,” Obi-Wan said, “But you still need to learn self control.”
Meanwhile as Andrew slept his mind was plagued by Kreia’s words he heard her whisper, *Now you see Exile, Darth Sidous has masterfully manipulated the senate and even the JedI. Anakin, this chosen one; he’s been told that he’s special and watched closely, it has made him arrogant and susceptive to the lure of the Dark Side.*
Meanwhile Faith and Qui-Gon were after the bounty hunter Jango Fett who had sent an assassin after Padmé and Obi-Wan was called in to help, leaving Anakin alone with R2 and Andrew.
Anakin paced around, he was sure something happened to Andrew years ago; the hate the rage he felt came from Andrew and then the terrible guilt and he wanted to help, he wanted Andrew to open up to him and trust him. “Damn it,” he growled, he didn’t know what he wanted.
“Troubled are you young Skywalker?” Anakin heard a voice as Yoda stepped into the room.
“Master Yoda?” Anakin said, “I thought Andrew was going to see you?”
“Came to see my young friend myself I did,” Yoda said softly as he knocked on the door.
Andrew walked out and saw Yoda and smiled brightly, he liked the guy a lot. Yoda gave him his own smile and bade him to sit down.
Anakin was about to leave when Yoda held his hand out and said, “Padawan, stay, please.”
Yoda regarded Andrew kindly and said, “Know your secret I do, what happened to slavers on Kashyyyk.”
Andrew paled and Yoda saw the confused look on Anakin’s face and Yoda sighed, “Years ago former agricultural corps, Padawans who grew dissatisfied with our decision to send them there, fell to the dark side they did.”
Anakin had heard rumours of the Padawans sent there, some Jedi looked down on them and some had left to become slavers.
“How did you find out?” Andrew asked, ashamed of the rage he had felt.
“Found out from the Wookiees I did,” Yoda stated, “They hold you in honour for what you did.”
“What did he do?” Anakin asked quietly.
Andrew told Anakin what happened; the rage that had taken him when he saw them using the Force and the monster he slew, which caused Yoda to nod slightly and how, when he screamed, he killed two of them.
Anakin paled, “That was the rage that’s what I felt but why did you go through this guilt? They were scum; they brought their fate on themselves.”
“Enough,” Yoda stated, “The Wookiees told me to judge not harshly and I do not though Dark side you gave in to.”
“What’s going to happen now Yoda?” Andrew asked confused, “Am I going to be punished?”
Yoda laughed a bit and said, “If a Jedi, yes but told you I did that Jedi path was not yours, just be careful and walk the path between the shadows and the light, it is Faith’s path too.”
As Yoda walked out, Anakin stared at Andrew in shock and whispered, “That’s what I felt, if you had that kind of power then the Jedi should’ve trained you, not let you go off on your own.”
Andrew looked down and whispered, “I’m sorry you felt what I felt Anakin, if I had known I’d have apologized or made it up to you.”
“No,” Anakin stated, “You freed my mother and you took her to safety, I’m grateful Andrew, beyond grateful as I’ve been having dreams you see.”
Anakin saw Andrew’s confused look and Anakin whispered, “The dreams were of her and you travelling to these worlds: one a world of grassy plains, Nar Shaddaa and this dark and terrible world, it felt cold and I yelled for you not to go there.”
“And,” Andrew whispered, “Perhaps I heard it but that world was whispering, some that still stay with me.”
“Where did you go Andrew?” Anakin demanded, “That place was evil, I was afraid of that place and you only stayed on it for a moment but it was horrible.”
“That place,” Andrew frowned, “That place was horrible Ani and you will never go there.”
Anakin looked confused and nodded; he didn’t know why Andrew told him not to go there as he had no plans to visit there.
In the cityscape nearby the assassin was given a message from his boss.
“What is it boss?” the assassin muttered, “I got a clear shot at that Andrew kid?”
Jango muttered, “Boss changed his mind on this one, states that if we are to take this one then we are to take him alive, him and that Anakin kid. He has plans for both of them.”
The assassin shuddered; their boss was weird and he honestly pitied the kid if that guy wanted both him and Skywalker.
TBC
Sorry for this chapter being so short but the next one will be longer.
Faith and Padme will be going to Naboo, but which planet should Anakin and Andrew go to? Keep in mind that this will be an AU of episode 2.
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