The next morning, Obi-Wan Kenobi got up bright and early and went to go wake up Gabby. He still knew that looking after her would not be easy, given her emotional state, but he had to do his best to take care of her no matter what.

Gabby was laying in her bed, still out like a light.

Obi-Wan gently shook Gabby by her shoulder.

"Good morning, little princess." Obi-Wan said quietly.

Gabby stirred and pulled her blanket over her head, not wanting to get out of bed. Obi-Wan gently pulled it down and tried to get Gabby to wake up. But, when Gabby finally did open her eyes, she turned away and pulled her blankets back over herself.

Obi-Wan sighed.

"Gabby, please come out of bed." Obi-Wan said. "Don't you want some breakfast?"

"Not hungry." Gabby grumbled, not looking at Obi-Wan.

"Gabby, I know you're upset about yesterday," said Obi-Wan. "But you need to understand that your father broke rules, and those rules are-"

"More important than the people you love?" Gabby said, finally looking at Obi-Wan. "Daddy was a great warrior, a great father, and a great husband. Having a family did not distract him, proving the code is wrong about attachments. Daddy trusted you as his best friend, and you just sat there and did nothing!"

"Perhaps we should talk more after you've had a chance to-" Obi-Wan tried to get closer to Gabby, only for an X made of two vines to form between the two.

"Get. Out." Gabby demanded, standing on her bed and pointing to the door. But, when Obi-Wan didn't leave the room right away, another vine wrapped around him, and literally threw him out of the room, the door closing behind him.

Ahsoka came by Gabby's room, stopping when she saw Obi-Wan laying on the floor on his stomach.

"I take it Gabby's angry at you?" Ahsoka asked.

"Is it that obvious?" Obi-Wan asked, picking himself up and dusting off. "She just needs time to settle down. She'll come out from her room when she's ready."

Obi-Wan walked off, but Ahsoka stayed as she heard a noise coming from the other side of Gabby's door. Gabby was crying.

Ahsoka looked around and saw no Jedi Masters were around. She knew she was taking a big risk here, but she knocked on the door.

"Go away, Kenobi!" Gabby said angrily.

That surprised Ahsoka. Since before Ahsoka even knew Gabby, the little princess had always called certain Jedi 'Uncle' or 'Aunt,' never by their last name. She was definitely angry.

"Gabby, it's Ahsoka." The Togruta said. "I won't come in if you don't want me to. But, would you at least listen to me talk to you?"

There was silence.

"I don't agree at all with what the Council did." Ahsoka explained. "And I don't know if there's anything I can do about this. I miss Anakin too, and I'm not happy with the Council either. They shouldn't have separated you from your family by force. But I think if you just let them know how you feel, maybe something will be done."

Again, there was no response. Ahsoka sighed and left.

Gabby eventually did come out from her room. When she found her window was stuck, she knew she wasn't going to be able to get out that way. Obi-Wan must have locked it while she was asleep so she wouldn't sneak out from there again. But she wasn't sure how else she could escape, in part because she did not think well on an empty stomach. So, she decided to have some breakfast first.

Gabby found Ahsoka in the cafeteria, and the Togruta helped her get some eggs and bacon since she was too short to reach the trays and stuff herself.

"Thanks, Ahsoka." Gabby said. At least she talked to one Jedi.

Gabby felt okay talking to Ahsoka because, for one thing, she had nothing to do with her father getting expelled, and because she understood how she felt. But, Gabby made her food into a frowny face as she looked down again. Bacon was her father's favorite breakfast food, and he always gobbled it up so much that people were always whining about him hogging it for himself. Looking at it reminded Gabby that her father wasn't there. She couldn't even be bothered to touch the chocolate chip muffin on her tray, and that was her favorite.

Obi-Wan, who sat at another table, noticed Gabby wasn't eating, and Ahsoka was trying to persuade her to eat.

"Come on, Gabby." Ahsoka begged. "Just one little bite, please?"

"She still isn't eating?" Obi-Wan asked, approaching, only for a dark cloud to emerge from above, thunder booming and lightning flashing as Gabby glared at him. "Gabby? You're clouding."

"I know." Gabby said, unfazed. "Go away."

"Gabby, I can see your still upset, but-"

"But nothing! Leave me alone!" Gabby said, finally eating something. This time, it looked like stress eating.

"Gabby..." Obi-Wan started. But then, Gabby made her cloud shrink and only hang over Obi-Wan and rain all over him.

"Gabriella Skywalker!" Obi-Wan scolded.

"That wasn't very nice, Gabby." said Ahsoka. But Gabby only walked away.

Obi-Wan squeezed some water from his drenched robes. He was soaked from head to toe. His boots even made squishy water sounds with each step he took.

"It appears she needs more time to settle down." Obi-Wan said. "And I need to dry off before I catch a cold."

After breakfast and getting dried off, Obi-Wan carried Gabby with him to a briefing.

Gabby knew she had to be smarter and faster if she wanted to escape the Temple. But, she needed Obi-Wan to put her down first. So, she tried "accidentally" dropping her teddy bear to the floor.

"Teddy!" Gabby exclaimed.

But, Obi-Wan just picked up the toy with the Force and gave it back to her. That didn't work, so Gabby started purposely sneezing. But, Obi-Wan just wiped her nose with a handkerchief. Then, Gabby tried one last thing.

Gabby started to squirm and fuss around like she wanted to be put down, which wasn't far from the truth, as her legs started to feel like they would fall asleep if she didn't stand on her own feet soon. Obi-Wan struggled to hold onto her as she started to climb around on him, landing on his shoulders and then covering his eyes with her hands.

"Gabby! Stop that! I can't see!" Obi-Wan complained, trying to get Gabby to let him have his sight back.

Other Jedi hid their laughter at the little scene before them.

"Gabby, Uncle Obi-Wan needs his eyes today." Obi-Wan said as calmly as possible.

"I thought Jedi were supposed to be ready for anything." Gabby said.

Sighing, Obi-Wan picked up the child and set her on the floor. "Now, you be a good girl and don't disrupt us." He told her.

Now that Obi-Wan had set her down, Gabby took her chance to slip away, and this time she got smart with her powers. She used a cloud to float up to the ceiling, where she swung across some vines she grew quickly and quietly so no one would hear her trying to escape. And she lowered herself to the ground with one of her plants as she came close to an exit. And, she was just about to go outside, when someone suddenly picked her up.

"No, no, Gabriella." said Master Plo, who had picked her up. "You know you cannot run off by yourself. We wouldn't want you getting lost again."

But, Gabby didn't speak to him. She just looked away with a clear expression that said she had nothing to say to him. So, she decided she would purposely make this babysitting session a living nightmare. And sure enough, all the Jedi struggled to keep up with Gabby. For the days after that, Gabby made life at the Temple a living nightmare. Since crying didn't seem to do anything, she did something a bit more devious.

Day 1:

Obi-Wan was looking after Gabby, but the little one was getting restless, and whining about how she was bored. So, Obi-Wan found some art supplies he figured would distract her. Gabby had always loved coloring and painting, especially with lots of glitter and sparkles. Except, five minutes in, Gabby attacked Obi-Wan with colors, and then... Obi-Wan looked like a walking rainbow covered in glitter sparkles.

It took Obi-Wan almost a full bottle of shampoo to get the paint and sparkles out from his hair.

Day 2:

Master Plo was chasing Gabby around as she randomly started a game of Tag with him, but he became exhausted after two hours of chasing her.

Then, Gabby disappeared on him.

"Master Fisto? Have you seen Gabby anywhere?" Plo asked.

Before Kit could answer, he was tackled to the floor by a certain little girl.

"Tigger tagged you," exclaimed Gabby.

"Here she is," said Master Fisto.

Gabby then ran off and started playing around again.

"Tag and chase," she exclaimed, tagging Ahsoka as she walked by. "Tag! Ahsoka's it!"

And the child ran off.

"What is she playing?" Ahsoka asked.

"Random games of Tag, apparently." Plo said.

Day 3:

Naturally, Mace Windu was the last person Gabby wanted to babysit her. But, Obi-Wan told her it was just for a few minutes. Still, Gabby held her bear very protectively.

"Here," said Mace, putting down a little CD player for Gabby. "Pick out some music to play."

However, that turned out to be a bad idea, as Gabby chose a CD she knew the grownups would find annoying.

Later...

As classes were going on and Jedi were meditating, there was suddenly the sound of music coming from the air vents. But not just any music. It was Baby Shark, which Gabby played on repeat for hours.

"We'll just have to wait it out." said Master Tiin. "She'll get bored."

But he was wrong. Oh so wrong.

When nighttime came, Gabby locked her room and blasted Baby Shark at full volume through the air vents, keeping everyone awake.

The Jedi masters all lay in their beds, wide awake. Even when they held pillows over their ears, they couldn't block the sound out.

Some found themselves singing Make it stop, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo. Make it stop!

Gabby couldn't help finding it amusing to see the normally level-headed Jedi Masters losing their cool over a song.

The only time Gabby did stop the music was later that same day, when the Council had a meeting with Gabby standing in the middle.

"Gabriella Skywalker," said Yoda. "The last few days, your behavior, unacceptable, it has been."

"What did you expect?" Gabby said. "This is what it's like taking care of a kid, and what happens when you make one who trusted you mad at you."

"Anger is not an excuse for you to cause trouble for the rest of the Order." Mace said.

"What are you gonna do? Ground me? You're not my daddy. So, are you tell my daddy on me?" Gabby said. "Oh wait, you kicked my daddy out of the Order! And you didn't even ask for my mommy's opinion or my opinion on whether or not I should stay here. So, if you insist on making all the decisions, you need to make a new one."

"The decision right now is how long on timeout you need to-" Obi-Wan began.

Gabby started singing Baby Shark at the top of her lungs, which drove the entire Council to cover their ears. Gabby was a good singer, but the Council thought their heads would explode if they went much longer listening to that cute, but annoying, song.

So, Gabby continued to blast the song all day and all night for two days. And she hid her CD player pretty well.

Day 6:

The Jedi Council was holding a meeting, but all physically present masters wore earmuffs or whatever covered where they heard from to block out the song blasting through the vents.

"An important matter, we must discuss." Yoda said.

"WHAT?" Obi-Wan shouted.

"DID YOU SAY SOMETHING?" Kit Fisto asked.

"WHAT WAS THAT?" Mace shouted.

"SAY, WHAT DID YOU?" Yoda shouted.

"THIS ISN'T WORKING!" Obi-Wan yelled, taking off his earmuffs, only to start hearing the song again.

Everyone else took off their earmuffs or ear plugs.

"This is ridiculous. We can't keep living like this!" Obi-Wan said.

"We must pull through this." Mace said. "We are the Jedi Order, and we won't be overpowered by some bratty child's temper tantrums."

"Gabby's a good girl," sighed Obi-Wan. "We have no one to blame but ourselves for not considering her response to these arrangements. I don't know what else we can do for her."

"Perhaps you should sit and talk to her alone." Master Koth suggested.

"I already tried that. She won't speak to any Jedi Masters. Especially not Council members, as well as those she witnessed attacking her father."

"So, we're stuck living like this?" Mace facepalmed.

"She will have to take a break eventually." said Master Tiin. "She'll stop once she's ready. She'll get tired and calm down."

And the music stopped.

"See? She must've finally gotten tired of playing that song."

"Or her CD player ran out of batteries." Master Mundi said.

"We'll hide the extra ones, just in case." Obi-Wan promised.

Early one afternoon, the Jedi Council gathered for a meeting called by Master Yoda. But, many of the Masters were a mess.

Obi-Wan was soaked from head to toe, Master Mundi and Master Plo were covered in paint or glitter sparkles, Master Fisto had a bunch of pink ribbons tied to the tentacles on his head, and Mace was dowsed in colorful pollen and tangled in vines. Master Yoda's robes were even bedazzled

"Should I even ask how this happened?" Carousella asked, walking into the meeting. And she wasn't alone either.

With her was Queen Reigna, King Leofric, and Princess Vivian They were also accompanied by a powerful looking royal blue alicorn and a teenage light purple pegasus stallion, both wearing gold Equinaro guard armor. They were Carousella's father General Armorous Mareheart and her older brother Crescent. And, there was a nine-year-old human girl with silver almost-white hair named Memoria Sitala, Princess of Mythirian kingdom Lefintiscia. Her mother, Queen Sophia, was also present.

"What are all of you doing here?" Mace asked.

"I was the one to request thing meeting on Carousella's behalf." Reigna said. "She told us everything."

Crescent snorted as he glared at Mace.

"Is he the one who hit you, little sis?" Crescenet growled.

"Yes, he is." Carousella answered.

Crescent approached Mace aggressively.

"Lieutenant Crescent." General Mareheart said. "Stand down."

"Yes, Father. Sir." Crescent said, standing straight and retaking his spot beside the queen.

"I asked for help getting this meeting because it's pretty clear to me you've all forgotten compassion," said Carousella. "and none of you understand what it's really like to have a family."

"Anakin Skywalker was wrongfully expelled, and you've stripped an innocent child from her family." King Leofric growled. "Give me one good reason I shouldn't rip you apart for it."

"Daddy! Don't eat anyone." Vivian scolded.

Leofric reluctantly sat down.

"Sorry, he's a bit cranky today." Vivian said apologetically.

"Regardless, Skywalker violated the Jedi Code and had to face consequences." Master Mundi said, trying to dust some glitter off of him.

"And is that any reason to punish the child?" Reigna said. "What did she do? Huh? All she did was love all of you like her family, and this is how you repay her."

"You didn't even ask her if she wanted to stay at the Temple." Carousella pointed out. "You just beat her father and her pony right in front of her and locked her in her room all in one day."

"Allowing Anakin to have a daughter and a marriage would only provide a distraction to his and Gabriella's training."

"So, are you worried about attachment or distractions? Which is it? I'm confused."

"The point is," said Memoria. "I'm here as well to show all of you something you need to see."

Memoria explained that she mastered a spell that accessed people's memories, and she had already gone through those of Gabby and her parents, as well as a few Council members when they were asleep. And she began showing them Anakin's memories first.

Memoria showed memories of Anakin when he was a child, how the Jedi called him dangerous instead of welcoming him with open arms, memories of his traumatic childhood in slavery and having to leave his mother behind. All the memories were held in either a blue or purple aura, indicating they were memories of fear and sadness. But then, Memoria showed more of Anakin's memories from after Gabby was born from when he held her for the first time, to just days before their secret was exposed. In each of those yellow aura memories, both Gabby and Anakin were smiling, laughing, and looking so happy.

"It seems to me that being a husband and a father is more of a benefit to Anakin's career as a Jedi and a fighter in the war than a distraction," said Memoria.

"He still broke the Code, though." Mace said.

"You're one to talk." Carousella said, but the Council had no idea what she was talking about.

"We thought you might be confused by that, which is why I found your memories as well." Memoria explained. "Gabby's parents aren't the only ones who have fallen in love with her."

Memoria showed the Jedi Council their memories from when they met Gabby for the first time. How they all started acting silly and couldn't keep from smiling when they met her, held her, and saw her smiling at them. Even in memories from a little after that showed little change in the Jedi's unusual behavior. When Gabby started walking, each Council member called her to walk to them. In some memories, a Council member was tossing the girl up and down as she laughed, like Anakin did with her sometimes.

The Council couldn't help but feel all sorts of emotions running through them as they were reminded of those memories of Gabby hugging them, smiling at them, and doing all sorts of things just to make them smile.

"See? This is how Gabby saw you before." Carousella said. "But how do you think she sees you now?"

Memoria then pulled up Gabby's memory of when the Jedi Council took Gabby away from Anakin from when Anakin was knocked out to when Mace locked her in her room without her teddy and left her there crying. She made sure each memory emphasized the horror, pain, and sadness on the child's face.

Carousella saw and sensed that Council members were starting to feel guilty, some even seemed like they were getting tears in their eyes.

"And Gabby wasn't the only affected by this." Carousella said. And she motioned for Memoria to seal the deal.

Memoria showed some final memories. Memories of Anakin and Padme after the senator learned what happened at the Temple.

Anakin held his wife closely as she cried, tears falling from the Hero with no Fear's eyes as well. In Anakin's memories specifically, he was shown to have gone into a fit of depression, spending a lot of his days and nights crying, which shocked a majority of the Council. None of them had ever seen Anakin cry before. And that was when Memoria stopped with the trip down Memory Lane.

"You should all be ashamed of yourselves," said Queen Reigna, looking very disappointed in all of them. "You call yourself peacekeepers, and yet you do this to an innocent family."

"You know something else?" Carousella asked. "That Code is literally over a thousand years old. It's older than Master Yoda and the rest of your ages put together, and it's never changed. The kingdom of Maamoh-Yah abolished arranged marriage laws fifty years ago, and anti-enslavement laws for genies were placed twelve years ago. And those laws either existed or didn't exist for centuries because the old leaders were very set in tradition. If rules in kingdoms and Senates can change, why can't the Jedi Code?"

"It's also clear to me that all of you have suppressed emotions and true emotions for so long," said Memoria. "I know that Obi-Wan was in love with someone, I won't say who, Master Fisto has a crush on Master Secura, and Master Plo had loved Ahsoka like a daughter since he first found her."

"Anakin used to suffer a lot from negative emotions," said Reigna. "It was only thanks to his wife and his daughter that he felt like he had some emotional support. And the Jedi Code is wrong about emotions and relationships. They're not as dangerous as you think. Negative emotions are like a virus. If you ignore them and don't treat them properly, then they grow and get worse. The longer you suppress them, the harder they are to treat later. But, if you treat them with care, they'll go away. But even though that's temporary, you'll be ready to confront them next time, only if you know how. And one of the best treatments for any negative emotion is love and support from friends and family. Something I shouldn't expect any of you to understand. You'd be crazy if you think I'll support an Order that destroys families."

Queen Reigna was first to take her leave. "General, Lieutenant Mareheart. Let's go." And the alicorn queen and guards left.

"Don't expect my support either," said Leofric. "Come on, Vivian. Let's vamoose."

And the viventia king and princess left.

"You all have a lot to think about." Sophia said, taking out a tablet. "And as of now, consider yourselves served."

"What?!" Obi-Wan said, taking the tablet and looking at the tablet. He looked at the rest of the Council, seeming scared.

"Senator Amidala is threatening to press charges against the Jedi Council unless we return her daughter to her within twenty-four hours." Obi-Wan explained.

"On what grounds is this lawsuit valid?" Mace asked.

"Let's start with kidnapping." Sophia said. "I was a lawyer before I was queen, but I never stopped practicing law. Memoria, show that memory of when Master Windu took Gabby from Anakin."

Memoria showed the very memory of when Gabby was forcefully taken from Anakin, and her father was knocked unconscious.

"This won't look too good to a jury if this goes to trial." Sophia explained. "And if you're found guilty, which you very likely will, and given that the kidnapped child in question is a royal, the Council could be looking at twenty years jail time."

"Which would devastate Gabby too," said Carousella. "She loves all of you, even after what's happened. Don't make her have to wait until she's all grown up to see you again. And you wouldn't want to tarnish the reputation of the entire Jedi Order, would you?"

"You have twenty-four hours." said Sophia. "The drop-off location is written there if you make the right decision."

And with that, Memoria and her mother left.

Carousella was the last in the room.

"With or without the threat of legal action, if Anakin or Gabby means anything to any of you. You'll know the right thing to do." Carousella said before turning to leave.