Ten Years Before

Mace Windu was the one to take Florence Likely as his Padawan. He's been almost like a father to her since the day he saved her from the desert planet of Jakku. Around the same time, a boy is being trained as Qui-Gon's Padawan. The two train together and learn together but it's always a competition.
When the force became unbalanced, that was the only time they were balanced.
The only thing keeping them apart is the Jedi Code. Thing is, Florence never became a Jedi.