What do you have to be thankful for?

Her. The memory of the way she wore her hair, the way she smiled at him. How her eyes would catch the light and shine, just so. How she seemed even more beautiful when she was dressed in simple clothing, than when she had worn all of her royal finery and makeup. Thankful he got to spend even a short time with her, thankful that every so often he gets the chance to catch a glimpse of her, even a glimpse.

His mother. Thankful for her love of him and how she did her best to make their life on Tatooine a good one. How she had always been so confident that he was destined for something greater than a slave's life.

Obi-Wan. Thankful Obi-Wan took him in when Qui-Gon died. Thankful that Obi-Wan has become like a father to him, as well as Master, that they are so close.

He's also thankful for his abilities, without which he never would have been able to leave Tatooine in the first place, nor even help Qui-Gon when the Jedi had shown up with a hyperdrive needing repair. He's thankful that he's been given this chance to truly prove his mother right, and show everyone just how great he can be. The best.

Comeuppance

[note-this is more of an "RP Anakin" perspective, than canon-Anakin perspective and has to do with the current storyline going on between him and dark_lord_revan]

Right now, there is one person above all others he'd like to see get comeuppance. Revan. She kidnapped him, locked him up, and was determined to either kill him or turn him. Neither choice of which appeals to him much. The rather violent swath he cut through her ship on his escape attempt notwithstanding.

She deserves to get everything she visits on others. All the fear and pain and despair. And I would be the one wh-...no, that's not right. He wouldn't be the one. He might want to be the one, but that would be wrong. That would not be Jedi. He is a Jedi, he will not choose to be like her, even if she does deserve it. Even if there's that gleeful voice in the back of his mind telling him to listen to her, to learn her ways, so he can use them against her. Even if that voice is telling him how much fun it'd be how fitting it would be to treat her to a very large dose of Force lighting, just like she does to almost anyone in her way. Just like she did to him.

She'll get what she deserves.

[apologies to Revan!Mun for Anakin being all...grr. Or maybe not. But he won't actually try to kill her yet. He just wants to. ;)]

Best 24 hours

That was simple. He was nine at the time. Still a slave on Tatooine, though that wasn't really all that bad. He still had his mother, after all. And then, the Jedi had come, and along with him a goofy Gungan and a beautiful girl Anakin was still certain to this day must really be an angel. The moment he'd laid eyes on her, even at the age of nine, he was certain she was the most beautiful creature in the universe. He was also certain that one day he would marry her.

And then, the visitors had ended up coming home with him! Not only that, but Anakin had been able to race the podracer he'd built in the big Boonta Eve race. If that wasn't enough, Anakin had won! Even with Sebulba's cheating. The first human ever to race, and probably the youngest racer out there to boot and still, he'd won. Only a little later did he find out that in winning the race, he didn't just help the Jedi and his friends, but he'd also won his own freedom as well. Which meant that he could leave with the Jedi and go to Coruscant to learn the ways of the Jedi. That moment was the best of his young life.

So, that would be what he considers his best twenty-four hours ever, from the time he met Padme, to the time just before he realised leaving with Qui-Gon meant leaving his mother behind as well. Certainly, there have been good times since then. Incidents. Experiences. But nothing else quite measures up to that one day.

What is the biggest lie you ever told? What were the consequences?

It wasn't really a lie. He didn't lie. He just didn't say anything. He had been so angry at the time, seeing Tru go to Ferus for help when Tru's lightsaber had not been working correctly. Tru had been his best friend and yet he had gone to Ferus for help! He should have made sure Ferus had done it correctly. The flux aperture would've needed checking since Ferus had worked on the power cell. But Anakin had left without either of the other Padawans seeing him, hurt. And he had forgotten or deliberately not thought about it until just before they'd really started fighting in that tomb on their mission to Korriban.

He remembered thinking, Had he wanted to forget?, and even then when he remembered Tru's problem with his lightsaber he'd said nothing, only getting angry again.

Because of that, Tru's lightsaber failed a a critical moment. Darra died. Stay with me until I fall asleep. It's lonely here.

Because of all that, Ferus chose to leave the Order because he'd felt responsible for Darra's death since he had been the one to fix Tru's lightsaber secretly instead of telling Tru's Master or urging Tru to do so.

And it only got worse.

( But you thought you'd fixed it! )

Anakin hadn't truly lied. But there were those who thought he had. The consequences? Darra, a friend, died. Anakin lost a friend. And Ferus left the Order, though Anakin found it hard to actually feel very bad about that last part.

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Muse: Anakin Skywalker
Fandom: Star Wars Prequels
[ooc-dialogue in italics taken from Jedi Quest: The Final Showdown by Jude Watson]