Author's Note: Happy Valentine's Day everyone! Here is Chapter 7, featuring Anakin's POV!

Anakin felt the wind in his face as he drove the speeder thorugh Coruscant. He'd been going all over the city, searching for clues as to where Ahsoka could be. She hadn't been spotted in any of the high-traffic zones of the city, which probably meant she didn't want to seen. Ahsoka was very good at hiding, and she knew the city well enough by now that she could find her way around. Anakin placed his hand to his forehead, wiped his hair back, an occasional nervous habit of his. Anakin thought back to all of Ahsoka's missions on Coruscant. She'd been to the Undercity quite a lot, he thought, but would she really go down there alone? Anakin hated letting Ahsoka go to certain places alone. It wasn't that he didn't trust she could handle herself, but he doubted other people. He had been furious upon finding out that she had been running through Coruscant alone, simply to find her lightsaber at one point. He let go of her when he had to, but it was still hard for him. He wanted Ahsoka to become a smart, independent young woman – but he also didn't want to lose her. He knew he was attached to her, though he never dared to admit it.

Anakin lowered and parked the speeder on a platform. He was meeting up with Commander Fox, who had been in contact with a few search parties out looking for Ahsoka. Anakin got out of his speeder and jogged to a street corner in front of him. Commander Fox was walking towards him with a few other clone troopers behind him. Anakin raised his hand and signaled Commander Fox to come over.

"Sir, I just checked in with our search parties and intelligence, and we may have a clue as to her whereabouts." Commander Fox said, bringing up notes on a datapad in his hand.

"What, really? What have they picked up?" Anakin was anxious to hear the information.

"You had mentioned that she had been on a few mission to the Undercity, so I coordinated for some intelligence agents to check out the high-traffic zones in the lower levels. Apparently, a few gangsters were bragging about capturing a Jedi for profit on the black market."

Anakin raised an eyebrow, "And where was this information heard, are we sure it's her?"

"In a bar, sir. One of our agents was able to gain access to some back rooms in the joint. A lot of dirty, under the table deals are done there. We didn't get a description of the Jedi, but it's still a clue. Of course, there's still the chance that what we heard was actually just a couple of guys bluffing," Fox removed his helmet, and studied the datapad in front of him.

Did she really venture off alone down there? Anakin thought. He closed his eyes for a brief moment, taking in a deep breath.

"Alright," he said, "I'll make my way down there immediately."

"Actually, sir, Chancellor Palpatine has requested your presence in his office. He told me to inform you when you got here," Fox said, still scrolling through his datapad.

"Now?" Anakin's eyes widened. The Chancellor always asked for him at the most inopportune times. He had a deep respect for Palpatine, but it was becoming to be a bit much. He understood his duty to the Republic, but Palpatine did seem to take a particular interest with just Anakin when it came to his relations with the Jedi.

"Ok, I'll go see the Chancellor, and then I'll join the agents in searching for Ahsoka. Thank you for this information, Commander."

"Your welcome, sir." Fox put his helmet back on and nodded at Anakin. He then turned around and signaled his men to follow him back to their post.

Anakin turned on his heel and jogged back to his speeder, still worried helplessly about Ahsoka's whereabouts. If the gangsters really had caught a Jedi, and if that Jedi really was Ahsoka, he only hoped that he could get to her before it was too late.

Anakin started up the Speeder and took off into the sky, speeding past all the traffic ahead of him. Technically, he was speeding, but he had a license to do so. Jedi and important members of the Republic and the GAR are allowed to break some of the rules. He was a bit a ways from the Chancellor's office, but it wouldn't take him too long if he just kept going at the speed he was driving. There was one thing resting in the back of his mind that kept him hopeful about Ahsoka's fate, and that was her presence in the Force. One of the benefits to attachment is how accustomed he is to feeling Ahsoka in the Force. He had felt her presence weaken at one point, causing him to almost crash while he was driving through the city, but he felt her find her strength once again. Anakin felt deeply, deeper than any other Jedi he'd known. Some would say it was his biggest weakness, but Anakin thought of it as his strength. His emotions were his friend, he thought. He'd never tell anyone that he was so self aware of his feelings and attachments, not even Obi-Wan. He knew the council worried about him, but he'd prove them wrong. His marriage may be secret for now, but he hoped that one day him and Padmé could come out of hiding, out of the dark, and raise a family. Most Jedi would call him crazy for having thoughts like this; it was against everything he had been raised to know. He had debated whether or not to tell Obi-Wan, but he feared for his former master to think of less of him. He didn't want Obi-Wan to feel as though he failed in his training of Anakin, and Anakin felt that Obi-Wan just wasn't ready to hear about Anakin's double life – and neither was Ahsoka.

Time passed by and Anakin had finally gotten himself to relax a little. He lowered his speeder to a platform near the Republic Senate building and the Chancellor's office. It wouldn't be long until Anakin could go out looking for Ahsoka – that is, if the Chancellor didn't keep him long. Palpatine had at one point kept Anakin from duty for a few hours, just debating politics with him. It wasn't Anakin's favorite topic, but Palpatine always made it interesting. He cared about Anakin, and he listened to his thoughts and opinions. Sometimes he felt more at home in Palpatine's office than in the Jedi temple.

Anakin walked towards the Republic Senate building and began his journey to see Chancellor Palpatine. It was a relatively quiet walk, and Anakin enjoyed not being disturbed.

"Master Skywalker! I've been meaning to see you!" A voice called from behind Anakin.

Anakin turned himself around and saw Bail Organa running towards him.

"Bail, what is it? I'm on my way to see the Chancellor." Anakin said, crossing his arms in front of him.

"It's about Senator Amidala. She seems to have gone off in search of your padawan."

"What!" Anakin widened his eyes in disbelief.

"I tried to change her mind, but you know how stubborn she can be."

"Wh-where did she say she was going?" Anakin stuttered.

"She was meeting a Republic search party in the Undercity."

"How did she get that information? The whereabouts of our search parties and other people involved is classified information."

"I don't know, but you better go find her after you meet with Chancellor Palpatine."

"Thanks for letting me know about this."

"Your welcome."

Anakin then waved good-bye to Senator Organa and ran off in the direction towards Chancellor Palpatine's office. Anakin always thought there was something peculiar about how Bail Organa seemed to know more about his wife sometimes than he did, but of course, Bail didn't know they were married. That's probably why he seems to have a thing for Padmé, Anakin thought.

It was only a few minutes before Anakin stopped at the doors to Palpatine's office. Breathing heavily, Anakin knocked on the double doors. Within a few seconds, the doors opened up, and the Chancellor's smiling face greeted Anakin from inside his office.

"Ah, Anakin! So good to see you, please come in!"

Author's Note: I can't believe it, but it's already been 2 years since I published my first FanFic on , A Day of Fairytales. It's features 7 Star Wars: The Clone Wars oneshots, each taking place on Valentine's Day. If you're in the mood for a V-day fic, you can read it here - .net/s/5728428/1/A_Day_of_Fairytales

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