Anabeth: Darkness Rising

Chapter 14 - Discussions With The Council

It wasn't long before Ana's comlink started to beep, alerting her to the incoming call from her Master. With a sigh she turned off the terminal she was sitting at and pressed the button to accept the call. "Ana, can you come up here for a minute?" Windu asked. "On my way, Master" she replied, getting up from her chair as she ended the call.

She wasn't overly excited for this meeting, knowing that this particular one was going to be focusing on her, and she was not one for much attention or special treatment. In a way, she already hated her newly discovered ability, knowing it made her stand out from among the rest of the Jedi.

Perhaps that was why Anakin hated being the chosen one so much. It made him special, a one among thousands. She had always pitied him for that role, seeing how many people, especially the Council, easily assumed things about him and expected more of him than they did of other Jedi. Now it seemed she was going to be in the same situation as him.

But maybe a meeting with the Council would finally shed some light on the whole matter. Maybe they would have some idea of how to stop her from having the same nightmare over and over again every time she went to sleep. She had grown to dread sleeping over the past three days, but she couldn't deny that simply staying awake for half the night was beginning to take its tall on her as well.

With mixed feelings she finally entered the Council chamber, tightening the hold on her mental shields so the Masters present couldn't read her thoughts and feelings on what they were going to talk about. As she stepped into the center of the room and bowed the Jedi Masters eyed her curiously. Not everyone was present, as Master Plo, Master Allie, Depa and Obi-Wan were currently unavailable due to missions off world, but there were enough Master's to make the whole thing feel awfully official and stiff.

"Wow, you look horrible" Anakin was the first to comment. "Thank you for pointing that out in front of everyone. It's good to see you as well" Ana sarcastically replied, forcing Master Fisto to very unconvincingly pass of his laughter as a cough. The holographig figure of Yoda smirked at the scene in amusement.

"Good to see you it is, young Anabeth. But call you here for pleasentries we did not. Told us your Master did that some troubling news you brought with you from Mandalore" Yoda switched the conversation back to serious. "A narrowed down list of people who the Sith Lord may be I hear you have. And discovered that posess a rare force ability you did. Tell us more you must".

"Well, first of all, I brought the list if you'd like to read it" Ana spoke up, pulling out a portable holo emitter from her robes. She briefly turned to Anakin and gave him an apologetic look, knowing he would not be happy about reading Padmè's name on the list. She then activated the device as the list was displayed in the room.

"A list we can work with that is. And told us how you came to those names your Master already has. Like to hear more about how came to discover your ability you did, we would" Yoda continued as Ana deactivated the holo emitter and tucked it back into her pocket. "Where should I start?" Ana asked, trying to buy herself time to think about what to say. "Start at the beginning. Just tell us what you told me yesterday" Windu looked at her encouragingly.

Ana looked skeptical for a moment before carefully beginning to tell them what she had told Windu. How she had saved their cruiser on their mission to Cristophsis and how she had watched Master Gallia die. How she had watched Maul kill Satine and stopped Anakin from cutting off Dooku's head. And how she had been having an unshakeable nightmare for he past few days about which she refused to talk about even after Yoda politely asked.

She didn't go into too much detail abut what she had seen in her visions, but what she told them was enough to make everyone realize that the scenes she had seen had obviously been very detailed and clear and not unclear and confusing like most normal visions. Especially Anakin was rather stunned after learning about the fact that he would have murdered Dooku had it not been for Ana's intervention, something that he certainly hadn't expected himself to do in that moment.