Disclaimer: Disney owns Star Wars, not me. All the characters and places (except for my OC Analise Joy) belong to them.

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AN: Thank you to everyone who read and liked Analise of Earth:) I am proud to present to you Anakin and Analise's next adventure! It's not as long and probably won't be as good as Analise of Earth, but I hope you all like it. Please enjoy Lightsabers:)

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Prologue

"Opening soon, the ice caves on Illum will be. Choose now who should go to the Gathering we must do." Heads nodded around the Council Chamber.

The Gathering. It was one of the most sacred rites of the Jedi Order. It was the most important step in the eyes of some on the road to becoming a full Jedi. Initiates and Padawans dreamed of the day when the Council would grant them approval to take part in a Gathering. For it was during the Gathering that they could find a kyber crystal...a lightsaber crystal.

More so then anything else, a lightsaber was the most important possession of a Jedi. It was their weapon. A lightsaber with it's glowing laser blade was as elegant as it was deadly. The lightsaber was an extension of the Jedi who held it. Even those Jedi who did not spend much time out in the field on missions still carried a lightsaber (or two depending on what style the Jedi favored) and trained with it daily.

Kyber crystals could found on a few planets other than Illum. On those planets smaller temples had been built and when unable to access the ice caves on Illum a Master would take their Padawan to one of these temples instead to be tested and given a crystal if they passed.

But the Gathering...you didn't have to be a Padawan to attend the Gathering because it was a group event. You had to be specially chosen and approved by the Council. One only took place every couple standard months when the sun on Illum was at its highest and brightest point. Then the ice wall hiding the entrance to the caves would melt and allow those few selected to enter in.

This time though the Gathering looked to be far smaller in years past. There were only a few whose age and/or skill met the requirements and of those few only two had not been tested. The others had been taken by their Masters to one of the smaller Temples.

"Time it is to send the Skywalker twins." Yoda nodded to himself. Mace Windu winced as he often did upon hearing those two words; Skywalker twins. He still checked the places he sat just in case some small wiggling creature was there first or a quick coat of paint had been laid down before he sat there and was still wet. The Senior Council Member seemed to be a great target of the twins' pranks, especially Anakin.

"Anakin I will agree to" Ki-Adi-Mundi inclined his head to the Grand Master. "He is beyond ready in terms of his skills with the training saber. It is time he moved on to the real thing. His twin on the other hand..."

"Think you Analise not ready?"

"Her lightsaber skills are good, nearly on par with her brother...but a year spent here hardly makes her ready for such a test." Mace nodded and opened him mouth to agree, but his former Padawan Depa Billaba responded first.

"To allow one twin is to allow the other. Should we hold Analise back simply because she was not raised here in our galaxy and has only in the past year embraced her life as a Force Sensitive?" Her steady, calm gaze took them all in. "Let both twins be tested and search for their crystals together."

Eeth Koth smiled. "If Analise were not to go, Anakin might refused. Except for a handful of classes, a short mission to one of Coruscant's moons, and at night, the twins are never separated."

"Their Bond needed time to settle. Let us send them with Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan to look after them. It will be just a smaller, different Gathering..."

"Adi?" Plo Koon questioned his friend as her voice and thought trailed off into silence. Adi Gallia smiled a little.

"Eeth is right. The twins are rarely if ever apart. I wish there were more students eligible to attend a Gathering." She shrugged. "They are fourteen though and it is time for them to find their crystals."

"The twins cannot isolate themselves forever though" Plo pointed out as he picked up his datapad and went through the names. "They must learn to break free. Having at least one other Padawan and Master join them could go the distance...Ahha!" He tapped a name on the screen. "Quinlan Vos has requested permission to take his Padawan Aayla Secura to one of the smaller temples. Her lightsaber was destroyed on a recent mission including the crystal and she needs a new one. I say we have Quinlan and Aayla join the Skywalker twins and their Masters."

Yoda thumped his gimer stick on the floor. "Agreed. To Illum the six of them will go. Learn to open up to others outside their family the twins must." He turned to Plo. "Tell them yourself you will Master Plo."

"Yes Master. Qui-Gon has invited myself and Soka for late-meal. I will tell them then."

"You are still spending time with that youngling you found?"

"I enjoy spending time with her Mace. I am following the will of the Force and caring for her until the Force deems it time for someone else to do it."