Lily investigated the source of the Dark Side. What she found was very disturbing. Fortunately the rebuilding was finished. Then Lily jumped into her starfighter and closed the hatch and fired it up and lifted off and flew out of the planet and set course for Coruscant and made the jump to hyperspace. Meanwhile, back at the Temple. Anakin was watching Ahsoka. The 20 year old togruta was dead to the world. Meanwhile, Lily dropped out of hyperspace and flew into Coruscant and landed inside the Temple Hangar Bay. She opened the hatch and jumped out and ran out of the Hangar Bay. She ran to the Skywalker apartment. She reached the Skywalker apartment and typed the code in and opened the door and ran in. Anakin looked up upon hearing the sound of running feet. He jogged out of the bedroom. Lily stood there breathing heavily. Anakin said: "Lily, you're back." Lily looked up and straightened and said: "yeah, I am. How's Ahsoka? Is she okay?" Anakin said gently: "come see for yourself." Lily said: "Master Skywalker, I was abused as a child prior to coming to the Temple." Then Anakin led her into the bedroom. By now Ahsoka was awake. She said happily: "Lily! You're back!" Lily walked over and embraced Ahsoka. After a while they pulled away. Lily smiled and said: "congratulations. Master Skywalker told me the news. I was clear on the other side of the galaxy when I found out." Anakin said: "Lily, please stop calling me Master Skywalker. Just call me Anakin. I really don't like formality. It drives me crazy. Besides, if you call me Master Skywalker, people will wonder which one you're talking to. Although, Ahsoka goes by her maiden name. It's no secret that Ahsoka and I are married." Ahsoka sat down on the bed and said: "tell me about everything that happened over there." Lily looked at Anakin uneasily. He shrugged and leaned against the wall. Lily decided to leave out the part about the Dark Side. She took a deep breath and said: "first of all, let me take a shower and change clothes. Then I'll tell you." Then Lily walked out of the bedroom and into her room and undressed and walked into the refresher and took a shower and changed clothes and walked into the bedroom and said: "I'm back." Then Lily made sure her shields were firmly in place before she began. Then she said: "the rebuilding process took a while. But we managed to get everything rebuilt. Everyone was working together." Anakin said gently: "it was thanks to your stellar leadership. Good job." Ahsoka said: "Anakin is right. You displayed stellar leadership and wisdom. I'm proud of you. You know, I believe that you're ready to take the trials." Lily said: "really?" Ahsoka nodded. Anakin said: "I can arrange it with Master Yoda." Lily said: "no. I want to do it myself. I have to. They ignored me long enough. This time I'm going to make myself heard. I'm not going to be ignored this time. This time I have a plan." Anakin said: "good luck." Ahsoka said: "are you sure?" Lily said: "I'm sure." Ahsoka nodded. Then Lily stood and left the bedroom. She walked out of the apartment and walked to the Council Chambers. She went over her plan in her head. She thought about what to say. Well, she spoke to the Council and took the trials and passed. The Council knighted her. Then Lily ran back to the apartment and ran into the apartment and ran into the bedroom. Ahsoka and Anakin looked up. Lily grinned and said happily: "I passed the trials. They knighted me. I'm a Jedi Knight. I have to go tell Pedro!" Then she ran out of the apartment and down the hall. Anakin laughed and said: "she doesn't know that Pedro took the trials before she did. He passed the trials as well. He's also a Jedi Knight. So, she's starting a new page of her life." Ahsoka said: "I know. In some ways, I'm happy for her. But at the same time, I'm not ready to let her go. She's like a daughter to me." Anakin said: "hey, when our child is born, you can train him or her." Then Lily burst into the apartment. A few months later, Lily was sitting in the training room. She was watching the younglings. She was looking for a Padawan. While she was watching, her commlink went off. Lily sighed and answered her commlink and said: "hello?" Anakin said: "Lily, where are you?" Lily said: "I'm in the training room looking for a Padawan. Why?" Anakin said: "Do you know Master Secura's comm frequency?" Lily said: "no. But I know Shaak Ti's comm frequency. I also know that Shaak Ti knows Master Secura's comm frequency. I'll see if I can get ahold of her. If not, I'll come over myself. Somehow I get the feeling that Ahsoka just went into labor. How bad is it?" Anakin said: "it's bad. I didn't know who else to call." Lily sighed and said calmly: "okay, calm down. I'm on my way. I can pick a Padawan later. Someone's gotta take charge. As it happens, I know quite a bit about birthing babies. How's Ahsoka?" Anakin said: "she's freaking out." Lily said calmly: "okay. Try to get her to calm down. Freaking out will only hurt her and the baby." Anakin was about to respond when Ahsoka shouted something. Then Anakin said: "Lily, the baby is coming now. She's having contractions every five seconds. What do I do?" Lily said calmly: "okay. I'll walk you through this. Do exactly as I tell you." Anakin said: "okay. Tell me what to do. I'm listening." And so, Lily walked Anakin through the process. A short while later, Anakin said: "we did it. Ahsoka is resting right now. She gave birth to twins. Will you be godmother?" Lily said: "of course I will. What's their names?" Anakin said: "Ashla and Kairi. The names were Ahsoka's idea. Thanks, Lily. You were a big help there. I don't think I could have done that by myself." Lily smiled and said: "happy to help. Hey, I'm going to go back to looking for a Padawan. I'll be there in a bit to check up on you guys." Anakin said: "will do." Then she hung up and went back to looking for a Padawan. She spotted a young girl, about three or four years old. Lily felt a connection to the girl. She took a good look at the girl. She looked familiar. Lily stood and walked over to the girl and said kindly: "hello there. My name is Lily. What's yours?" The girl said shyly: "Rose. My name is Rose. I have an older sister named Lily." Lily was shocked. She remembered her family. She remembered having a younger sister named Rose. It couldn't be a coincidence. Lily took a deep breath and said: "Rose, I'm your older sister." Rose said: "really?" Lily said: "yes. I felt a connection to you the moment I saw you. You looked familiar to me. Now I know. Rose, would you like to be my Padawan?" Rose said: "yes. I'd like that." Then Lily put an arm around Rose and walked out of the training room and walked to the Council Chambers. They walked in and stood in the center of the room. Master Yoda said: "found your Padawan, you have, Master Shan?" Lily said: "I have. I choose Rose as my Padawan." Then Master Yoda handed her her old Padawan beads which were still intact. Lily smiled and unclipped the end piece and put it in a pouch on her utility belt. Then she clipped the beads to Rose's lekku. Master Yoda made Rose Lily's Padawan. Then the two Jedi walked out. Lily smiled and said: "come, Rose. I promised I would pay a visit after I chose a Padawan. And now, I am going to keep that promise. Besides, I'm sure my Master and Grandmaster will want to meet you." Then the two Jedi walked to the Skywalker apartment. Then Lily typed in the code and opened the door. She said cheerfully: "I swear, those locks are a menace. Especially if you're exhausted after a mission. If you don't get the code right, you'll be locked out of your own apartment!" Rose laughed. Then Anakin came out of the bedroom and said: "hey Lily." Rose moved behind Lily. Lily laughed and said: "Anakin, meet my little sister and Padawan. Rose, come on out." Rose peeked around Lily. Anakin chuckled and said: "don't worry. I don't bite." Lily smiled and said: "Rose is shy around new people." Then Lily said: "come on out, Rose." Then Rose shyly stepped out from behind Lily. Lily laughed and said: "this girl used to stick to me everywhere we went. I eventually nicknamed her velcro. Because she stuck to me like a velcro." Anakin smiled and said: "that reminds me of Ahsoka. Ahsoka used to follow me everywhere. Even when I told her to stay here, she still tagged along." Lily said: "is Ahsoka awake?" Anakin said: "she just woke up. Come on. Follow me." Lily put an arm around Rose. The two Jedi followed Anakin into the bedroom. Ahsoka was sitting up in bed. Her stomach had returned to normal. Ahsoka smiled and said: "Lily, you made it." Anakin said wryly: "probably a good thing you weren't here when Ahsoka went into labor. She was practically screaming. It's a wonder I'm not deaf. I don't want to think what it would feel like for a togruta to hear screaming." Lily said wryly: "Anakin, I could hear Ahsoka screaming in the background. Luckily it was muffled on my end." Ahsoka noticed Rose and said: "who's this?" Lily said: "Ahsoka, meet my little sister and Padawan. Her name is Rose. I felt a connection to her the moment I saw her." Ahsoka said: "Lily, come here. I want you to meet the twins." Then Lily and Rose walked over to Ahsoka. Lily said: "aww. They're adorable." Ahsoka said: "they're also very feisty."
