Legend of the Jedi Princess 2: A Skywalker-Jinn Miracle

Prince on the Council

Sometime later, at the Jedi Temple, Anakin walked into a briefing hall just as other Jedi were leaving. The only ones still in the room were Obi-Wan and his Padawan Carmine.

"Where've you been, Ani?" Carmine asked.

"You've missed the report on the outer rim sieges." Obi-Wan added.

"Sorry. Got held up." Anakin said. "But good news, I just heard from Gabby that she and Dad were able to create a new portal, and the Madrigals are back home safe and sound."

"That is good news. And on another note, the sieges are going very well." Obi-Wan continued. "Saleucami has fallen, and Master Vos has moved his troops to Boz Pity."

"Then, what's wrong?" Anakin asked.

Obi-Wan was silent for a moment. Then he spoke.

"The senate is expected... to vote more executive powers to the chancellor today."

"Well, that can only mean less deliberating and more action. Is that bad?" Anakin asked, trying not to sound worried. "It would make it easier for us to end the war, right?"

"I'm not an expert on politics," said Carmine, "but I've lived a double life long enough to know that people aren't always what they seem."

"He's right, Anakin. You must be careful around your friend Palpatine."

"Gabby doesn't trust him, Carousella doesn't trust him..." listed Peppermint. "And something just seems off about him if you ask me."

Obi-Wan began to head up the stairs, Peppermint following.

"He has requested your presence." said the oldest Jedi.

"What for?" Anakin asked, following his old master, his twin following.

"He would not say." Obi-Wan said.

"He didn't inform the council?" Anakin started to sound suspicious now too. "That's unusual, isn't it?"

"All of this is unusual. And it's making me feel uneasy."

"Me too." Peppermint agreed.

"Me three." Carmine added.

Carmine walked through the hallways with his brother as he had to get ready to meet with the Chancellor. But, the younger twin was pretty skeptical about the whole thing.

"Are you sure it's a good idea for him to go, Master?" Carmine asked Obi-Wan.

"The Chancellor requested Anakin specifically. It does make me uneasy letting him go, however."

"He is kind of close to our suspect." Peppermint pointed out.

"But..." Carmine started to think. He had an idea. "I think I know how Anakin can be present without actually being present."

The others were confused at first.

"Luckily, given all the roughhousing in the war, I went to an optometrist to get a little something recently."

Later, the Chancellor was in his office with "Anakin" beside him.

"I hope you trust me, Anakin." said the Chancellor.

"Of course." 'Anakin' said.

What the Chancellor was unaware of was that Anakin wasn't really Anakin. And this Anakin was wearing a wire underneath his clothes. Carmine and Anakin might have been twins who were easy to tell apart, but they both had the same face. All Carmine had to do was use his hair-changing spell to make his hairstyle look like Anakin's, switch to his new contact lenses in place of his glasses, and put on Anakin's clothes.