I haven't written in a while but here's a new story that I hope you'll like. It will all be in Ahsoka's point of view, and no, I don't know how long I intend to make it. Just trying new things out. But here it is, enjoy. Review me your thoughts :)

My breaths are quick as we circle each other. I keep my guard up and look for an opening before I attack once again. I go for the neck, but he is too quick for me. He catches my left arm and twists it behind my back, chuckling. I grunt.

"Too predictable Snips, don't just go for the easy shot. Take your time and plan ahead. You need to focus." He says, I can hear the smile in his voice. I frown and take him by surprise, flipping my arm back around and twisting his own. Before he can react I push him down to the ground, but he drags me down with him and I fall on top of him. He laughs again. "Better, but you need to avoid being pulled down." I roll my eyes, he's never impressed. I stand up in a huff and wait for him to get up. Once he's up, we circle each other once again. This time, he attacks first and I dodge to my left to avoid a blow to my stomach. While he is off balance I pull him towards me and deliver a clean knee into his mid-section, I hear him gasp as he's winded, and I push him to the ground once again, this time staying on my feet. I keep my guard up, ready for another attack, but he doesn't. Once he catches his breath, he smiles in my direction and nods. "That's what I'm talking about. Good job Snips…" He holds out his hand for me to pull him up, but I narrow my eyes. I know what's coming, but I chose to let it happen. I put down my guard and grab his hand to tug him up but he pulls me down instead, trapping me against his torso. His arms feel strong around me, and I relax against him, too tired to fight anymore. Once again, he chuckles. "Tired Snips?" I nod. "Alright, well, get up and let's go grab something to eat." I push myself off him and he stands up after me. We walk towards our towels and drink bottles.

Anakin Skywalker has been my Master since I turned fifteen, two years ago. I'm nearly seventeen now, in fact my birthday is in less than two weeks. I really like having him as my Master. Normally he's really laid back with me and he doesn't push me too hard. Sometimes he is strict when we're in combat, but he says it's only because he wants me to be able to defend myself properly. My friend Barriss (who is also a Padawan), says that he is very protective of me. I think he treats me like any Master would treat their Padawan.

"You're a bit quiet Snips, everything alright?" He asks as he takes a long gulp of water from his drink bottle. I take a drink from mine too before responding.

"Yes Master, just thinking." I reply. He told me when I first became his Padawan that we needed to have trust to be able to rely on each other. At first I was shy towards him, but now I am open with him and I trust him. Masters and their Padawans form a special bond once they've become close enough. I heard that it normally takes a while for the bond to form, sometimes up to a year. Our bond was formed quickly though; in only two months of training together our minds were linked. When the bond forms, a strong connection is made between the two people. It allows us to look into each other's' minds, we can even speak to each other through the link. Of course, we can block our minds off from each other, but we've never really had to. I never saw any reason to hide my mind from him anyway, he knows everything about me and (I assume) has accepted me.

"Anything I need to know about?" He asks. I pick up my towel and start walking towards the exit of the training gym.

"Nothing you don't already know Skyguy," I smirked. Snips and Skyguy were nicknames we had made for each other when I first was assigned to him. It had become a part of our characters. Together we walk towards the mess hall. He puts his arm around me and nudges me to look at him, and I do.

"I think I'm going to ask the council about a little...get-away for us. You've been working really hard lately and I think we both deserve a break." He says, I smile. I could really use some sort of retreat thing. He is right, we have both been training non-stop lately, and there haven't been many missions. Basically, we have been stuck at the Jedi temple for a few months now.

"That actually sounds great Master, I could really use that." He nods and soon we are in the mess hall. We sit at a table of clones; they are part of Anakin's squadron. I am good friends with most of them. Anakin is very close with a few of them, Barriss says its attachment, but I deny that. Jedi are not encouraged to form attachments. Just because he is good friends with some of his men doesn't mean he's attached. Rumours go around that my Master has an attachment issue, and it makes me angry that they say that. They don't know him. He's just a really compassionate person, and it's mistaken for attachment.

"Hey there Rexy boy, how's boredom been for you lately?" He jokes with Rex. Rex is the head clone of my Masters squad. I'm close with him too, we are like siblings. I sit in front of my Master who sits next to Rex.

"Oh just great sir. The boys have all been restless for some action around here," he chuckles. I decide to make myself known.

"Yeah the Separatists have been quiet for too long now. I know we should be happy for the peace but, it's unsettling; the stillness. I doubt the war will be over any time soon, which only means that something bigger could be coming." I look up from the table that apparently was so interesting while I was speaking, and look to Rex and my Master, both of which are nodding in agreement.

"You're right Snips, it's odd, all this quietness. You and your boys better be ready then, Rex." He laughs and Rex joins in. Soon after, Anakin gestures for me to go with him to grab something to eat, and my stomach growls in response. I sigh while we wait in line. I'm tired. Tired of doing nothing all the time. I wake up in the morning, we train all day, we go to sleep. The days have crawled along this way for too long.

"Yeah, just two burgers thanks," I hear my Master talking to the chefs. I look out the long window on the far side of the mess hall, it's nearly sunset. I involuntarily yawn. Anakin carries both our dinner to a separate table this time, away from the rest of the clones. I eye him curiously, we usually sit with the others. Something must be up.

"We're sitting here Skyguy?" I ask, cocking an eye brow. He lazily sits down and looks up at me.

"Yeah, I'm too tired to listen to clone talk right now," he chuckles. I sit down as well and we start eating in silence. A few minutes later we finish eating. My eyes feel droopy as I listen to the bicker of all the clones around me. I stare out the window again.

"Are you sure you're alright Ahsoka? You seem...distant, from me." My eyes returned to their usually wide state when he used my name. Normally he calls me Snips. If it's Ahsoka... it means it's serious.

"I'm sure Master, really. I didn't mean to give you that impression. I'm just tired and honestly, sick of training." I laugh once I finish to lighten the mood, and he joins me. A thought occurs to me and I realise a part of his mind is blocked from me. "Master, are you okay?" I ask the question quietly, he hardly ever blocks his mind from me. It only seems to be a tiny part of his mind, but it's still odd.

"I'm fine Snips, why do ya ask?" He raises his eye brows and I decide to let it fall. I don't think he wants me to notice that he's blocked his mind.

I smile at him, "Just making sure Skyguy," and he smiles back. After another minute or two, we put out scraps in the bin and the trays back at the food counter, and walk out of the mess. On the way to our dorm, Anakin tells me he's going to go speak to the council about our "get-away". I nod and he says he will meet me back at the dorm later. I continue walking when I see Barriss carrying something heavy, grunting as she walks. I approach her and help her carry whatever it is to wherever she's going.

"Oh hey Ahsoka, you don't have to help I've got this..." It was a weak protest. I laugh at her.

"Barriss you could barely carry it on your own, where are you going? I'm not doing anything; I'll help you take it." She smiles at me.

"I'm taking it back to the library, Master Yoda was using it with the younglings. I don't know what 'it' is though," She says, and we continue walking. The library isn't far from here.

"Okay, it's probably got books in it or something, since it's going back to the library." She laughs and agrees with me. "So how was your day? More training as usual?" I sigh. She responds a second later.

"No actually, I got the day off. Well, not really. Instead of training I've been helping other Jedi around the Temple. I think I preferred training. What about you?" We laugh again. Barriss and I met on a mission about a year ago, we've been good friends since. Sometimes we train together, but then she gets grumpy because I beat her every time. But hey, what can I say? It's not my fault I'm an awesome fighter. Well, unless it's my Master I'm fighting against. Then he's the awesome fighter.

"Anakin and I just trained all day. He's gone to ask the council if we can have a break thing. He says I've been working really hard and it's not like we need to be here in case we're called for a mission, nothing's been happening lately. So, yeah. Today was the same as yesterday. And the day before that. And even the day before - "

"Okay! I get it you annoying dweezer!" She laughs loudly. I don't know why she always calls me a dweezer, she claims it's some insult she picked up on a mission once. Soon we reach the library and hand over the heavy box to one of the librarians, who gives us a smile and a nod before taking it. On the way back Barriss starts preaching her theories to me again.

"...I'm serious Ahsoka! He's so protective of you! Have you seen the way he looks at the clones when they look at you? It's like he has a thing for you. I'd be all for you and him if it wasn't against the code...and he wasn't sort of six years older than you." I gape at her.

"Barriss you're delusional. That's a ridiculous thought," I laugh. We reach my dorm. "I'll see you later, Barriss. And rid those thoughts from your mind!" I say as she leaves She wiggles her eye brows at me before walking away, and I roll my eyes before opening the door. I walk in to see Anakin spread out on his bed, hands tucked behind his head.

"Where you been Snips? I thought you came back here after I left you." And hello to you too Master.

"I was just with Barriss Master. She was carrying something heavy down to the library so I just went to help her, that's all." I sigh and fall back on my bed. Was he being protective? I shake my head; stupid thoughts, stupid thoughts. I didn't really want him noticing I was thinking about that type of thing either. I diverted my attention to something else.

"Alright. Well you can go have a shower, I've already been in." I nod and slowly get up again before walking into the bathroom. As I let the cool water rush down my orange skin, I can't help but think that maybe he was the one that was being distant. I'll talk to him about it tomorrow, we are both too tired now. I step out a few minutes later and get into some comfortable pants and a top to sleep in. When I walk out Anakin is already asleep. Well; I think he is. But when I get into bed and say 'goodnight', I receive no reply. Soon, I drift off into sleep too.

Okay, so that's the first chapter! Like it? Don't like it? Review?

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