Anakin's POV
"Nightmares." (y/n) spoke up quickly before I had a chance to garner any logical explanation as to why we would be together late at night. Thank the gods for her quick thinking, my mind was racing to gather a believable fabrication, but I was drawing up blanks.

Mace narrowed his eyes at her, "Nightmares?" He glanced from her to me with a suspicious glint in his eyes; I nodded in agreement with her statement, which only caused his eyes to narrow at me as well. I couldn't care less if he believes us, it's the rest of the council we should fret about.

"Yes, ever since I went though, everything that I went through," She didn't bother going into detail, since everyone already knew the horrors of her past, "I've been having recurring nightmares about the experiences and Anakin has been talking me through them."

Mace leaned back in his chair and eyed her like he didn't believe a single word that she said, "Why haven't you spoken to the council about these so called nightmares then?"

"I talked to Master Yoda and Master Kenobi about them, I didn't think it was urgent enough to bring it to the councils attention since it is not affecting my abilities as a Jedi." She spoke confidently as she she shifted her gaze to Yoda who nodded to her with approval for her quick, believable fable.

Shaak Ti glanced over at Obi-Wan and Yoda, "Is this true, has she come to you?"

They both nodded simultaneously, "True it is, a good friend to her, Skywalker is being."

"Agreed, since Anakin has experience in that area from when he first arrived here and he had to deal with them, we thought he was the best person for her to talk to; it was my own idea that she went to him instead of the council." Obi-Wan added to help seal in our lie tighter.

The council began mingling amongst each other about the topic and from what I could hear; most of them seemed to buy into it, except two. Which was of course Master Windu, no surprise there, and Master Piell.

Shaak Ti nodded to us, "Well then I guess there's no more to discuss on the topic, sorry we doubted you young Skywalker." She apologized on behalf of the council with a smile and I politely returned a smile to her. But I was still mildly angry that they would even suggest that I had anything to do with what happened to Dooku. I've done so much for this council, it makes me nervous that they would question my loyalty so patently.

Master Windu sighed dramatically; catching everyone's attention, "But that still means there's a killer on the loose in this very temple, we need someone to lead an investigation; someone trustworthy." He eyed me in a judgmental way when he spoke his last word; inducing me to narrow my eyes at him in sheer annoyance. I'm clearly innocent, I don't get why he's always had such a problem with me, I've never done anything wrong to him.

Well.. I shouldn't say never.

Flashback(Age: Anakin-10 y/n-8)
"What is that?" (y/n) asked in a soft voice as she eyed the invention I made; which I just proudly set in front of her while we sat on the training room floor in our favorite spot; the spot we met.

I smirked as picked it up and held it to her eye level, "It's a bomb."

Her little eyes widened, "Anakin that's dangerous!" She spoke with worry as she slowly slid away from out.

I chuckled as I used the force to pull her back to her original spot, "Don't worry it's not that kind of bomb," I informed her to ease her worry and fear that I could feel radiating from her, "It's just a little smoke bomb." I shrugged as I stood up; holding my hand out to her so I could pull her to her feet with me. She gladly accepted it.

"What do you plan to do with it?" She asked as she stepped closer to inspect it closely; now that she was no longer afraid, "And where did you learn to make something like this?" She glanced up at me with her (y/e/c) eyes curiously.

"I experimented with a lot of things during my time on Tatooine," I informed as I held it out to her and she grasped it with a smile, "And we are going to put it in Windu's quarters."

I didn't like the way he yelled at her during training yesterday, it upset me to see her get teary eyed. I was going to tell Master Yoda about it, but then I thought; why not handle it myself?

Her smile widened mischievously, "Can I be the one to put it in position?" This is why she's my best friend.

I nodded with a mischievous grin of my own as I grabbed the device from her and placed it under my cloak to hide it, "Of course you can Princess, now let's go before he gets back from his meeting." I grabbed her hand and we both giggled as we ran down the hallways to his quarters, "Here you are mi'lady." I placed it in her small hands, "Just press the red button and throw it." I instructed her and she nodded with excitement.

I opened up Mace's quarters and she quickly looked inside with a grin, before pressing the button and throwing the bomb inside. As soon as it was in, I closed the door and we both ran away down the hallway so no one could place us at the scene of the crime.

I heard it go off and it was accompanied by a yell, my eyes widened when his quarters opened and he came coughing violently, "Oh no, I thought he was at a meeting." Damn, this is bad.. it's one thing to open your door and have smoke come out at you. But It's a whole other thing to have it explode next to you.

"Nope, he was in there." (y/n) responded bluntly.

I glanced down at her and she was watching him cough with a smile, "You knew he was in there?"

She nodded without looking at me, "I looked him dead in the eyes when I threw it." She gazed up at me with a prideful glint in her eyes.

"(y/n)!" We finally heard him yell and his angered gaze was on us both.

"Run Ani!" She grabbed my hand and we ran away as fast as we could from the man who was rigorously chasing us with a look that screamed; 'I'm going to kill you'.
Flashback ends

Soon it was found out that it was me who built the bomb, I confessed immediately when he was trying to pin the whole blame on her. So her and I were scrubbing the training room floor with toothbrushes for weeks, or at least we were supposed to, but Yoda and Obi-Wan would come to kidnap us and take us for ice cream instead.

Anyways, he's been a bit sour with us both since then; and his sourness for me only grew throughout the years.

"Anakin, Ahsoka, and I will take on the investigation." Obi-Wan placed his hands on his thighs and pushed himself to his feet.

"Good idea that is, a good training lesson for Ahsoka this will be." Master Yoda nodded in agreement for us to be the ones in charge of the investigation.

"We'll start immediately." He glanced down to Master Windu who looked to be in opposition of his proposal, "Where were you last night?" He asked in an accusing tone, obviously irritated by the way I was being treated by them moments ago.

He scoffed in disbelief; like the idea of him betraying the order was preposterous, "I was in my quarters."

Obi-Wan shrugged; enjoying himself a little too much, "Do you have anyone who can verify your whereabouts?" The corner of his lips tugged slightly as he held in a smirk.

"Really Kenobi?" He questioned with irritation.

Finally my former Master smirked, "We'll be awaiting your alibi whenever you can muster something up for us."

(y/n) giggled quietly from next to me and I side-eyed her, I had completely forgotten that she was even here; she's been unusually silent this entire time.

She noticed me looking at her with a side glance of her own, but she kept her gaze away from mine; which struck me as odd. Not only that, but she was holding up her walls so I couldn't tell what she was feeling.

She's been a bit off all day and I don't understand why. I keep wondering if I did anything to upset her; I hope I didn't.

Mace groaned in response to Obi-Wans comment and leaned back in his chair; without another word.

"Well then I guess you're all dismissed." Shaak Ti stood up from her chair to prepare to leave the room as well. We all turned to exit and I looked at (y/n) who held an uncomfortable expression.

M: I'm watching you.

I heard Mace in my head and I spun to glare at him, he was the only person who was still seated in his chair. I narrowed my eyes and flipped him the middle finger. His eyes widened in irritation and I swiftly turned around to leave right behind (y/n); not giving him time for a verbal response. His facial expression was satisfying enough for me.

I sighed as I stepped out into the hallway, "I hate that guy." I rolled my eyes as I crossed my arms over my chest; walking slowly next to my fiancé and Obi-Wan.

(y/n) chuckled softly, "Me too," She glanced down at her hands as she rubbed them together nervously.

"Are you alright Princess?" I asked with concern while placing a hand on her shoulder for a comfort.

She smiled up at my immediately, "I'm fine Ani, I just forgot I have to go do something," She nudged her shoulder to the side; causing my hand to fall from it, hurting my feelings a little in the process, "Please tell Cal I said to train with Max for the day, I'll see you tonight." She barely gave me any time to respond before she picked up her pace; leaving me and Obi-Wan behind.

What the hell could be bothering her so much that she won't even want to talk to me about it? I'm the last person in this galaxy she should be afraid to tell anything to.

I let out a heavy sigh as I watched her figure disappear from my view, "What did you do?" Obi-Wan asked from next to me with humor to his tone.

I shrugged, "I don't know; nothing, I think." I heard the sound of familiar beeps and I saw Artoo headed straight for me, "Hey buddy," I knelt down in front of him, "I need a favor, can you keep an eye on (y/n) for me? Don't let her see you though." I patted his metal exterior while I stood up; he beeped in acknowledgment of my request and quickly rolled around to go in the direction she went in.

"Spying on your fiancé Anakin? That's only cause for trouble." He shook his head as he raised a brow at me.

"I'm not spying," I rolled my eyes, "I'm just worried about her and I want to make sure nothing happens to her while we're busy looking into Dooku." I sighed sadly, my biggest fear is that she's having episodes again and is too afraid to say anything. And if she's having episodes then she could easily have another accident or even a panic attack. This way Artoo can inform someone if anything like that occurs. I'll talk to her tonight in bed, hopefully I can get her to open up to me.

Whatever it is, I only want to help her. Or if she really is just mad at me, then I want to fix whatever it is I did.

We stepped into the training room to see Cal and Ahsoka laying on the floor with their heads facing each other as they laughed at something the other said, "Well this interesting."

I shook my head; not thinking anything into it like he is, "They're just teenagers."

He scoffed, "And? So were you and (y/n); and I found you both just like this plenty of times." He chuckled as he leaned in the doorway to watch the pair continue to giggle together.

I eyed them as well; a smirk growing on my lips, "Up for a wager then?"

"Do you even have to ask?"

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(y/n)'s POV
I wiped the tears from my eyes as I contemplated on if this is a good idea, but the voice inside of me was telling me that it is. I just don't know who else to turn to.. I can't go to Yoda; he'll be so disappointed in me, would he even still love me?

No, no one will.

I blinked to hold back the tears that were beginning to return before lifting my hand and knocking on the door with great reluctance. I waited nervously for the door to open; fidgeting with my fingers as I always did when I was anxious. Finally the door opened and man who answered held a smile on his face when he saw me, "I did something bad." I started to cry and his smile dropped to a worried expression.

"Come in my dear, I'll order your favorite and you can tell me everything."

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So sorry if this was boring, I'm trying to get back into the groove of writing for this story since it's been a little over a week haha so I wanted to take it slow. Let me know your thoughts! Things are about to start getting.. interesting
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Also, what did you think of the flashback?
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