7 | JEDI

Anakin, Obi Wan, Padme, Qui Gon and Tara all were sneaking about the plaza of Naboo. Padme was attempting to infiltrate the palace, but it was a very dangerous mission. "Once we get inside, you two find a safe place to hide and stay there." Qui Gon whispered to Tara and Ani.

"Sure." Anakin shrugged.

"Stay there." Qui Gon raised his eyebrows at Anakin, suggesting that he had reason to believe that Anakin would wander out of his hiding spot. The four ran into the palace while the guards were all distracted, and when inside, they were confronted with dozens of guards shooting at them. Tara yanked out her homemade pink lightsaber and began deflecting the laser beams shooting at them.

Qui Gon was shocked that Tara already had a saber and knew how to use it properly— thanks to Kryzta. She and Ani hurried to take cover. They watched for a moment as everyone shot and fought one another before Anakin turned to Tara and shouted: "come on!"

He led Tara to a ship in the nearby hangar in which R2-D2 was already loaded up in on, and hopped inside. Tara found her seat next to him and Anakin revved on the ship. His head barely passing above the steering wheel. "Can you even see?" Tara asked Ani, and Anakin ignored her knowing that he couldn't.

Just as Anakin was about to speed away in the ship, another enemy entity entered the hangar. A man with a red and black face. He wore a black hood over his head, trying to disguise the ferociousness of his face. Fortunately, Qui Gon and Obi Wan were present to battle the strange and powerful man.

Tara watched intently as the Jedi fought the other lord in which she didn't even know what to call him. She had heard rumors of Sith Lords but she never knew it was a real concept. Suddenly, the ship Tara and Ani were in began to levitate and slowly fly out of the hangar. "Ahh! It's on automatic pilot!" Anakin frantically pressed buttons of the dash board, but the ship kept moving.

"Try and override it." Anakin spoke to R2 as the ship sped out of the palace. Tara remained calm and carefully placed a helmet on her head as the ship charged toward space.

The ship flew the two out to another ship in space. "Look! There they are! That's where the autopilot is taking us." Anakin pointed out. It was the Federation Battleship, what was deploying more enemies to the ground of Naboo.

"Artoo, get us off this Autopilot! It's gonna get us both killed!" Anakin shouted at R2 as the battleship before them began deploying fighters to take down Anakin's fighter ship.

R2 shrieked a reply and quickly overrode the system. "You did it, Artoo! Okay, let's go left!" Anakin steered the ship in whichever way that he pleased and it was making Tara very much nauseous.

R2 beeped for Anakin to return to Naboo instead of fooling around in space. "Go back!?! Qui-Gon told me to stay in wherever I hid and that's what I'm gonna do." Anakin spat.

Soon enough, Ani's foolery caught up to him and Anakin lost control of the ship. The fighter spun out of control into the hangar of the Federation Battleship. Tara held on tightly to her seat, preparing for a brutal crash. "I'm tring to stop. I'm tring to stop!" Anakin shrieked.

The ship skidded all the way down the hangar to a stop, not crashing into anything. "Everything's overheated." Anakin told as he tried to quickly start up the fighter jet once again.

Droids began approaching the jet with their blasters ready to fire. "Oops! This is not good." Anakin huffed.

Ani began to fidget with the buttons until the dashboard turned green. He did this before the droids made it to them. "Yes! We have power. Shields up!" Anakin quickly turned on the shield and bolted the ship out of the hangar.

On the way out, the fighter jet left a line of fire behind them. Anakin had destroyed the control battleship on the way out. The entire ship splitting in half.

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After the battle was over, Anakin and Tara were taken back to the Coruscant. Qui Gon had died in the line of fire, leaving Obi Wan to care for the two children. "What will happen to me now?" Anakin asked Obi Wan, fearing he'd return to slavery.

"The Council has granted me permission to train both of you. You two will be Jedi, I promise." Obi Wan assured them.