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The Jedi council stared at Anakin Skywalker who gave them his explanation of the stunt he pulled by taking a starship and disappearing, only to come back with a teenage girl near his age and giving her to healer Che in a panic.
" You said that the Force gave you visions of her and guided you to her ? " Mace Windu looked at Anakin Skywalker
" Yes, master " Anakin said.
" What about her parents ? " Kit Fisto asked.
" I found her father on top of her..... pulling down his pants " Anakin said in disgust and revulsion.
Mace Windu scowled while looking down, mirroring Anakin's reaction.
The other masters were either horrified or grimaced.
Yoda closed his eyes in sadness " mother, what of the ? ".
" No sign of her. She wasn't there " Anakin said.
" You could have informed us ! " Eeth Koth admonished Anakin.
" He would have been too late " Mace Windu defended Anakin, to everyone's surprise, especially Anakin's " I'm not saying that acting on impulses is right...... but Skywalker was obeying the Will of the Force ".
Jocasta Nu came in.
" What is her condition ? " Ki-Adi Mundi asked in slight worry, since he was a father of 6 daughters who were nearly that girl's age.
Jocasta grimaced " she had multiple wounds on her back and they're healing, but she was underfed and skinny. She suffered a concussion to the head but she will recover. There was also a broken nose, but she underwent a short surgery to get it fixed. She is out of danger now ...... whoever did this to her should suffer ".
The council was shocked at her brutal nature and Anakin said " I already cut him down with my lightsaber ".
" Good " council member Even Piell was satisfied. He never liked scum like those anyway.
Even Ki-Adi Mundi was inclined to agree.
" You should show more restraint, Skywalker " Even Mace Windu's attempt at berating him was half hearted at best, since he couldn't blame Skywalker after witnessing the condition the girl was brought in.
" What was her midi-chlorian count ? " Plo-Koon asked Jocasta Nu.
" The machine crossed 20,000 and exploded " Jocasta rolled her eyes, not caring if everyone were shocked.
" Strong with the Force, she is, just like Skywalker " Yoda said as he closed his eyes " sense her power I do ..... great darkness she has.... but light is there as well ".
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The first thing Samara Snape did after waking up, was use the knockback jinx to push an alien with 2 tails on heads off her and make a run for it.
She suddenly stopped when she looked at a mirror in shock. Her hair had grown up to reach her breasts while her nose was fixed and she wore a form fitting patient gown in a strange design.
An old lady came in and looked at Samara in surprise " you're awake ".
" Where am I ?!. Who is that blue skinned tail headed woman !!! " she pointed to the other person who stood up.
" I am a Twi'lek, and my name is healer Vokara Che " Healer Che sadly smiled " you might need to take a seat, because we have a lot of explanations to give you ".
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A few days later, Samara came into the Jedi Council chamber as they all looked at her.
She was very surprised to find out that there was a galaxy full of aliens where English was a common language even if the alphabets were completely different.
Even though she had been eating well and getting healthier, she still couldn't shake off the curious looks she had been getting from the children and Padawans around here.
" welcome, you are, young one " Yoda kindly greeted her and Samara blinked at him, getting reminded of Kermit the Frog as the little green troll looked like him. She had raised her occlumency shields up " I am Grandmaster Yoda of the Jedi Order ".
" Samara Snape " Samara introduced herself.
Mace Windu looked contemplative " your thoughts are shielded..... do you have training in the Force ? ".
" we call it magic where I come from " Samara spoke in her Irish accent. Librarian Jocasta had educated her in The Force concept, as well as history of the Jedi and the Sith " we have witches and wizards, and schools for them, while having our own society, and we live in secrecy from the Muggles' society, the Non-magical or Non-Force sensitive...... muggles burned us on stakes a 1000 years ago in the name of some fake God my kind don't worship ".
The council was shocked and Mace looked disgusted " this is why we take children away from the families, some atheists don't even bother to understand the Force ".
" With my former apprentice, such was the case, abandoned he was in his childhood " Yoda sadly said as he remembered how Dooku's father left him to die for being Force sensitive when he was a baby.
Anakin had been standing in the middle near Samara quietly and was shocked to hear all that.
" How did you get injured in the first place ? " Anakin asked Samara Snape.
Samara looked at him and her eyes widened " you.... you saved me. I saw your face when I was losing consciousness..... my father had a blue light piercing through his chest when he tried to force himself on me ".
Anakin flinched, as did some of the council, and he continued " yeah.... I killed him ".
" Good " Samara said coldly, and turned to the council as she started explaining about the hierarchy of her society to explain how she ended up how she did.
" Purebloods ? " Mace Windu raised an eyebrow.
" Those who are pure wizards and descendants of pure Wizards. Half-Bloods are children of Wizard and Muggle. Muggleborns are magical who come from Muggle lineages..... I am a half-blood, and I grew up in a magical country that mistreated my kind and Muggleborns..... though it was just as obsessed with light magic and condemned dark magic, even though light magic could harm just as badly as dark, while some Pureblood families even practiced dark magic ".
She then told them about the relentless bullying she suffered at Hogwarts for her poverty and blood status, how her dorm mates used her for her knowledge and didn't give 4 shits about her. She told them about the Marauders and how they picked her as the odd one out for her poverty and shabby appearance, bullying her, injuring her and getting away with it.
The council was appalled when they heard about how she was near stripped naked while being hung in the air and how her so called best friend laughed, and had the audacity to be offended when Samara insulted her for her inaction.
Samara had tears in her eyes and she had unintentionally lowered her mental shield, allowing them to sense her past as her Force aura flowed and they were extremely disgusted.
" Samara..... " Mace Windu asked hesitantly " can you perform some magic for us..... we would like to observe how your use of the force differs from the method we use ".
For the next hour, Samara performed magical spells non verbally and wandlessly, as she had been training herself to do it.
The council was awed when they saw the objects catch fire, get water sprayed from nowhere, turned into another object and even an animal. Some of the darker magic she used didn't even feel all that dark, if not a bit influenced by negative energy...... which was just equivalent of the dark side.
Mace took her force sensitivity test by swiping through pages of objects from his datapad and she was able to state them all through Anakin's guidance in helping her use the Force which she quickly adapted to.
" Samara Snape, much darkness I sense in you, but light there is too. Much too old to start Jedi training you are, if you wish to.... though the first case you are not " Yoda looked from Samara to Anakin.
" You cannot be trained if you still access the dark side within you " Oppo Rancisis said " you have too much anger, fear and hatred ".
" My emotions are a part of me. I am not letting them go " Samara said bluntly, and Anakin looked surprised at her brave admittance.
" Can I ask you something, Master Yoda ? " Samara asked.
Yoda nodded.
" Why does the dark side exist if it is so unnatural ?. Why does the Force allow it to exist in the first place ?. Shouldn't the Force have just wiped it out ? " Samara questioned.
There was a pin drop silence at the question. That was something no one ever had the bravery to ask, not even Anakin himself.
" answer for that..... I have none. Know this that fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate and hate leads to suffering, and it leads to the dark side " Yoda said.
" Then I am already on the Dark side " Samara concluded, shocking the council " but I somehow still have my sanity to speak clearly..... why ? ".
After a moment of silence, Yoda admitted " an unusual case, you are..... control your emotions you can, but let them loose you do at the same time. No attachment I sense from you...... what of your mother ?. Skywalker found only your father ".
" My mother left me in my childhood when I was 9. She came from a noble Pureblood family named the Prince, and was disowned for marrying Tobias. She was offered back her place in the family if she divorced my abusive father and left me behind, breaking all connection to me, and marry a Pureblood heir of their choice ........ and she did " Samara admitted with her face going cold as she raised her Occlumency shields up again.
Anakin couldn't believe a mother could do that to her child. It made him feel anger for her mother who left her daughter at a monster's mercy.
The council mirrored his feeling but sent them out to the Force, but they still felt anger at her parents for this.
Yoda closed his eyes in resignation and opened them to say again " trained as a Jedi you will be ..... though you need education for the wider galaxy ".
Yoda turned to Anakin " Skywalker, educate her you will. Found her, you did. Responsible for her, you are ".
Anakin nodded and Samara sent him a grateful smile.
Mace Windu chose to speak " I will train her in our ways, Master Yoda ".
Yoda looked at him in amusement " why only you, old friend ? ".
" I have experience with my Dark side and controlling it " Mace Windu said, and everyone nodded.
" I always did want a Padawan sister " Depa Billaba smirked and Windu looked at her flatly.
Yoda giggled " Master Windu, my first choice you were ".
Samara didn't know how to feel...... until she felt herself free for the first time in her life. Free from all burdens placed on her by the Wizarding world.
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" I go on a mission for 6 weeks, and Anakin picks up a stray " Obi-Wan shook his head incredulously as he had watched Anakin teach this Samara Snape girl about spacecraft engineering in their quarters, and now stood in front of the council, having learned of the entire story. He felt for the girl and was proud of Anakin but it was a recent development he didn't know what to make of.
" Will of the Force, it was " Yoda said.
" Anakin's still in middle of his training, Master " Obi-Wan stated his reasoning " we cannot expect him to divide his time between his training and schooling someone ".
" she has been here 5 weeks, and has already learned so much " Ki-Adi Mundi said with awe " I tested her on her general knowledge a week ago and she knows the basic translation, information of some star systems, names of species and their characteristics ".
" I have only started training her and she took to meditation extremely well " it was rare for Obi-Wan to see a warm smile on Windu's face but it was nonetheless surprising " she has a high connection with the Force like Skywalker. She masters some techniques extremely well in a short time span where it would take others years to master ".
" Understand your situation I do, Obi-Wan, but needs to learn responsibility, your padawan does " Yoda said with a smile " good influence she is on him too ".
" I understand " Obi-Wan said. To be honest, he had noticed a positive change in Anakin from the brash arrogant boy he was training. Anakin is more focused and a lot calmer now and that is good for him.