Title: Episode I: Fighting Temptation
Author: Sparkling Diamond Satine
Summary: I've decided to condense the first 4 chapters to make one part. So far, the heroine has been captured twice, and before she was captured again, she found love within a Jedi we know and love as Obi-Wan. Part one was all about the adventures before the 2nd kidnapping. The 2nd part should provide some interesting shockers. Let me say this from the start. This is an AU fic and is not meant to be compared to fics that are from the actual SW universe.
Disclaimer: I'll make it clear from the very start. I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE STAR WARS CHARACTERS except Kandi-Lakta Deboina and anyone you most likely don't recognize. Chars like Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon Jinn belong to the Bearded One, George Lucas. * sniffles * oh boy I wish I owned Obi-Wan
Rating: Unsure as of now…G?
Please read and enjoy it. I will not change my writing based on reviews. This will probably be longer than any of my other stories, which were 3-5 pages in Word per chapter.
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Part I-Destiny
Chapter 1~Stray Feelings
Staring out into space, a figure sat still as an ice sculpture on the snowy plains of Hoth. She sat rigid until she shivered when the cold, dank air of Nebelisk, her new home, began to form windy breezes that blew her aquamarine hair into her face. Her eyes were fixed on one planet: Corellia. She had emotions that longed to escape, but Kandi-Lakta Deboina would not allow them to show. The only feeling that was apparent to an ordinary bystander was the feeling of nostalgia.
Nebelisk was much like Endor with its many trees and plant life. The only way anyone could distinguish the two planets was that there were no Ewoks on Nebelisk, and the winters happened to be colder…much colder. Nebelisk was the home to very few people, and Kandi began to miss the many different species that were present on Corellia. So when the day that she was given the offer to run away from her family and start a new life as a renegade, Kandi gladly accepted this. She found her blaster and holster, and suited up for a long trip to a galaxy light years away from this lonely, desolate planet.
She slowly walked up the ramp into the ship and heard the clanking of her boots on the hard metal. She listened for the unfamiliar sound of talking among aliens and humans, and smirked when she saw someone she recognized on board.
"Well if it isn't Samkins," Kandi said, crossing her arms against her chest.
"Deboina! You're running away from Nebelisk…well it's about time!" the man with sandy brown hair that Kandi called "Samkins" said.
A few heads turned to see the woman approach Samkins and sit down behind him. They quickly continued their conversations, snickering because Kandi happened to be the only woman on board.
"Are you sure you can do this? It won't exactly be easy work and a free ride away from home," Samkins said.
"Reck Samkins! You know me better than that. I'm a tough lady now…I can take care of myself, and I've gotten stronger over the decade," Kandi said.
Samkins nodded and remained silent until the engine was fired up. His deep green eyes seemed to scan the room for someone or something, and he put his hand on Kandi's delicate shoulder. His shirt seemed tight enough that one could tell just how muscular the man was. He grew up in Corellia with Kandi and was her best friend throughout their short time together. They were even on intimate relations for a few weeks, but Kandi's mom managed to get transferred to Nebelisk, which broke their relationship into pieces. Now they were back together and nothing could stop them.
They were both just fifteen years, yet they seemed grown up and angelic among the crowd of burly aliens scattered around the ship. Samkins brushed a hand through Kandi's hair and smiled at her, causing Kandi to blush.
"I'm just worried about you, that's all," Samkins finally said. The loud engine prevented Kandi from responding to this, and within minutes, the team of aliens and humans were finally outside of Nebelisk.
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"Are you sure about this, Master?" the Padawan asked. His clear azure eyes showed much interest along with regret. He ran a hand through his spiked brown hair and traced it down to the ponytail. His hand strayed to the long braid that reached down to his chest, and he gave it a tug.
"Yes, Obi-Wan, we must find her. I fear it will be too late if we wait too long," the Master said. Master and Padawan, it was a full circle. Obi-Wan had just been selected as an apprentice under the venerable Qui-Gon Jinn, and was already the perfect student, the child any teacher would wish to have. The teacher was a man with broad shoulders and long darker brown hair that stopped at his shoulders. The sides and top were pulled back into a neat ponytail and his facial hair was neatly trimmed to form a mustache and the tips of a beard.
"But what if she refuses to join us?" Obi-Wan asked, a frown adorning his perfect face.
"She won't…I'm almost certain of that. Her father was a very respectable Jedi, and I can tell through the Force that she longs to follow him, even if she does not yet know it," Qui-Gon answered, patting the Padawan on the shoulder.
"I hope you're right," Obi-Wan said, stepping onto the starship. "It would be a shame to lose another one to them." With this, the young apprentice scowled.
"I will not let her do such a horrible thing. It would be a crime for someone so perfect, so innocent, to be corrupted by the evil ones," the Master said. Qui-Gon followed his Padawan onto the ship and walked to the seat next to Obi-Wan. "Do not worry, my Padawan, we shall not have to worry about another Sith warrior for a long time."
"I hope you're right," Obi-Wan said, almost under his breath, but slightly audible.
"So am I, my Padawan…so am I."
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Kandi stood near the window of the ship once it had left hyperspace and gazed out at the stars. Stargazing happened to be one of the Corellian's pastimes. She longed to live the adventures that her life had once been comprised of. She longed for the adventure that would take her back to her long lost father. But most of all, she longed to find some meaning to her life.
The Corellian walked over to the captain of the ship, called the Lavish Palace, and spoke softly to him. "I heard you knew my father…his name was Deng-Wan Deboina."
"Ah, Deng, yes, Deng I've spent many times with," the captain said. "Used to be a renegade, he was, just like you are now. Then, he ran off to join the Jedi, an ancient religion. Never saw him again, nope, I believe him to have disappeared within the Jedi's temples."
Kandi sighed, she never got the truth out of her mother. Lanki Deboina was still grieving over the sudden disappearance of the old man.
A light on the controls flashed, signaling an incoming message. The captain, Speck Starnail, pressed a few buttons on the controls and a voice in Basic was heard.
"Urgent! Please send your best fighters to Floatia! We are under attack, repeat, we are under attack! A fifty thousand credit reward to each who help," the voice said. The message ended and the flashing light disappeared.
"All right, here's our big chance, people! Samkins, take Laurel and the new girl to the palace of Floatia. I'll take the rest directly to the fighting," Speck said.
"Does this mean I get to fight?" Kandi asked, unsure of what 'going to the palace' meant.
"No…unfortunately Speck thinks you and Laurel are too valuable to lose. Instead, you will rest with me and take care of the more diplomatic forms of fighting," Samkins said.
Kandi frowned; all she wanted was to have an adventure, even a small one. Now, her first chance at this was being taken away from her faster than a droid could say "Tatooine."
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"Hand me a blaster!" a rugged alien called. "I can't wait to capture those pitiful fools who think they can help Floatia."
"In due time, my friend. But first, we must LAND," the tallest alien, the leader of the motley crew, said.
"Oh shush, Blake, you never let me soak in the glory of fighting…not did you fail to bring me to reality by ripping me away from my dreams," the first alien said.
These aliens were very poor looking. Their hair was matted and knotted and their green faces matched that of a very sick human. They had slits for eyes, and instead of seeing, they got around much in the same manner as snakes, by sticking their forked tongues into the air. They belonged to a race of wretched villains called the Spikers. All Spikers look exactly the same. Matted hair, slits for eyes, forked tongues…in addition to those features; they have spiky ears…hence the 'Spikers.' Every Spiker has been known to doing dastardly tasks day in and day out. Several Spikers formed a pirate group named the "Severing Spikers." Spikers weren't exactly that bright, and while they were brilliant fighters, they had no creative side, nor the brains to answer a simple quantum physics question.
"Thud, look what I found on one of the dead guys there!" another alien, this one named Svenk, held up a lightsaber. "It's a pretty light attached to a handle of some sort."
"Svenk…that's not just any pretty light, that's a lightsaber!" Blake said. "Its blades are deadly and can cut through anything…except another lightsaber. It is the chosen weapon of a Jedi knight, our worst enemies."
Blake proved to be the brightest of the bunch of Spikers, considering he was the only one who had any sense of intelligence in any subject other than violence.
"We killed a Jedi?" Thud looked happy…which was difficult for a Spiker to appear to be from the fact that their mouths prevented them from smiling.
"Why must I be stuck with a bunch of stupid, idiotic Spikers?" Blake mumbled. "All right, we've landed…now get your blasters on the way out…this lightsaber may be of some use to us."
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Kandi walked alongside Laurel and Samkins, her thoughts always straying to her father. She wondered just where he was and what he was doing at this exact moment. She stretched out with her feelings to search for the answer, but it did not come. A long time ago, her father taught her some basic mind techniques and she would always search for the familiar feeling her friends gave. But now, when she tried to do the same to find her father's feeling, she failed. Her thoughts were interrupted by Samkins, who stopped the two newer renegades.
"We're here…the palace of Floatia," Samkins said, his mouth forming a smile.
He led the two into the palace and walked immediately to the throne room. They stopped at the seat of who appeared to be the ruler of the planet and kneeled before her.
"Princess Flemtiss," Samkins said, placing a kiss on the outstretched hand of the princess.
"Little Sam, you have returned!" the princess said, with glee behind her voice.
"I would never abandon a woman as beautiful as yourself forever," Samkins flattered the woman.
"And who, might I ask, are your companions?" Flemtiss asked.
"This is Laurel Stemmings, my beloved best friend, and my once-best friend Kandi-Lakta Deboina," Samkins introduced his two friends to the princess.
The name Deboina struck surprise into the princess' eyes. "So you are the daughter of the great Jedi knight. I have heard many famed things about you," she said.
Kandi raised her eyebrow. A wealthy princess was praising her on something she had no idea about, and she was kneeling before her dressed in less elegant clothing.
Flemtiss gathered her green and blue skirts and rose up from the throne to join the three renegades on the marble floor. Compared to Kandi's black tank top and silver and blue pants, Flemtiss looked much more wealthier than even the wealthiest man alive.
"Tell me, dear princess, what did you know about my father?" There was a painful sound in Kandi's voice.
"He was the greatest Jedi I have ever seen. His technique was amazingly good, and he was not that bad looking himself," the princess winked. "But that was many years ago…now…those times have been lost." Flemtiss looked sadly to the ground.
"Why are you speaking in the past tense…what happened to my father?" Kandi asked.
"He…was killed." Flemtiss allowed a few tears to fall onto her jade and cerulean skirts. "By a group of pirates called the Severing Spikers."
Kandi looked away to prevent Samkins from seeing her tears. It wasn't that difficult to figure out that she was crying, because she left a soft trail of tears when following the three into a separate room.
It wasn't long before the three were separated, because blaster shots across the room brought Samkins close to the princess to protect her, but prevented the ever-silent Laurel and the melancholy Kandi from reaching them. Kandi immediately reached for her blaster, as if she didn't need to think about her decision anymore.
"It's the Severing Spikers! You must be-" The princess' voice was interrupted by a round of blaster shots.
The mention of the Severing Spikers made Kandi's blood boil. She did not care about leaving the blaster on stun. She would have revenge for her father's death.
Her thoughts of revenge were cut short, when a stun ray hit her back, and Blake soon had the girl in his arms. "Don't kill the princess or the boy with the princess…bring those to me! Anyone else may be killed!"
The Corellian was dragged away to be tied up in the dark, cramped ship that the Spikers had inhabiting for two weeks, but she would not get another glance at Samkins or the princess again.
"Don't worry, princess, we will be safe…I can't say the same about Laurel and Kandi, though," Samkins said, as they were hiding in a covert room that was unknown to everyone but Samkins and Flemtiss.
"She will be safe…I can feel it," the princess grinned, knowing that in her blood, Kandi would not be harmed and would soon receive a little help from a few strangers shortly.
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Author: Sparkling Diamond Satine
Summary: I've decided to condense the first 4 chapters to make one part. So far, the heroine has been captured twice, and before she was captured again, she found love within a Jedi we know and love as Obi-Wan. Part one was all about the adventures before the 2nd kidnapping. The 2nd part should provide some interesting shockers. Let me say this from the start. This is an AU fic and is not meant to be compared to fics that are from the actual SW universe.
Disclaimer: I'll make it clear from the very start. I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE STAR WARS CHARACTERS except Kandi-Lakta Deboina and anyone you most likely don't recognize. Chars like Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon Jinn belong to the Bearded One, George Lucas. * sniffles * oh boy I wish I owned Obi-Wan
Rating: Unsure as of now…G?
Please read and enjoy it. I will not change my writing based on reviews. This will probably be longer than any of my other stories, which were 3-5 pages in Word per chapter.
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Part I-Destiny
Chapter 1~Stray Feelings
Staring out into space, a figure sat still as an ice sculpture on the snowy plains of Hoth. She sat rigid until she shivered when the cold, dank air of Nebelisk, her new home, began to form windy breezes that blew her aquamarine hair into her face. Her eyes were fixed on one planet: Corellia. She had emotions that longed to escape, but Kandi-Lakta Deboina would not allow them to show. The only feeling that was apparent to an ordinary bystander was the feeling of nostalgia.
Nebelisk was much like Endor with its many trees and plant life. The only way anyone could distinguish the two planets was that there were no Ewoks on Nebelisk, and the winters happened to be colder…much colder. Nebelisk was the home to very few people, and Kandi began to miss the many different species that were present on Corellia. So when the day that she was given the offer to run away from her family and start a new life as a renegade, Kandi gladly accepted this. She found her blaster and holster, and suited up for a long trip to a galaxy light years away from this lonely, desolate planet.
She slowly walked up the ramp into the ship and heard the clanking of her boots on the hard metal. She listened for the unfamiliar sound of talking among aliens and humans, and smirked when she saw someone she recognized on board.
"Well if it isn't Samkins," Kandi said, crossing her arms against her chest.
"Deboina! You're running away from Nebelisk…well it's about time!" the man with sandy brown hair that Kandi called "Samkins" said.
A few heads turned to see the woman approach Samkins and sit down behind him. They quickly continued their conversations, snickering because Kandi happened to be the only woman on board.
"Are you sure you can do this? It won't exactly be easy work and a free ride away from home," Samkins said.
"Reck Samkins! You know me better than that. I'm a tough lady now…I can take care of myself, and I've gotten stronger over the decade," Kandi said.
Samkins nodded and remained silent until the engine was fired up. His deep green eyes seemed to scan the room for someone or something, and he put his hand on Kandi's delicate shoulder. His shirt seemed tight enough that one could tell just how muscular the man was. He grew up in Corellia with Kandi and was her best friend throughout their short time together. They were even on intimate relations for a few weeks, but Kandi's mom managed to get transferred to Nebelisk, which broke their relationship into pieces. Now they were back together and nothing could stop them.
They were both just fifteen years, yet they seemed grown up and angelic among the crowd of burly aliens scattered around the ship. Samkins brushed a hand through Kandi's hair and smiled at her, causing Kandi to blush.
"I'm just worried about you, that's all," Samkins finally said. The loud engine prevented Kandi from responding to this, and within minutes, the team of aliens and humans were finally outside of Nebelisk.
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"Are you sure about this, Master?" the Padawan asked. His clear azure eyes showed much interest along with regret. He ran a hand through his spiked brown hair and traced it down to the ponytail. His hand strayed to the long braid that reached down to his chest, and he gave it a tug.
"Yes, Obi-Wan, we must find her. I fear it will be too late if we wait too long," the Master said. Master and Padawan, it was a full circle. Obi-Wan had just been selected as an apprentice under the venerable Qui-Gon Jinn, and was already the perfect student, the child any teacher would wish to have. The teacher was a man with broad shoulders and long darker brown hair that stopped at his shoulders. The sides and top were pulled back into a neat ponytail and his facial hair was neatly trimmed to form a mustache and the tips of a beard.
"But what if she refuses to join us?" Obi-Wan asked, a frown adorning his perfect face.
"She won't…I'm almost certain of that. Her father was a very respectable Jedi, and I can tell through the Force that she longs to follow him, even if she does not yet know it," Qui-Gon answered, patting the Padawan on the shoulder.
"I hope you're right," Obi-Wan said, stepping onto the starship. "It would be a shame to lose another one to them." With this, the young apprentice scowled.
"I will not let her do such a horrible thing. It would be a crime for someone so perfect, so innocent, to be corrupted by the evil ones," the Master said. Qui-Gon followed his Padawan onto the ship and walked to the seat next to Obi-Wan. "Do not worry, my Padawan, we shall not have to worry about another Sith warrior for a long time."
"I hope you're right," Obi-Wan said, almost under his breath, but slightly audible.
"So am I, my Padawan…so am I."
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Kandi stood near the window of the ship once it had left hyperspace and gazed out at the stars. Stargazing happened to be one of the Corellian's pastimes. She longed to live the adventures that her life had once been comprised of. She longed for the adventure that would take her back to her long lost father. But most of all, she longed to find some meaning to her life.
The Corellian walked over to the captain of the ship, called the Lavish Palace, and spoke softly to him. "I heard you knew my father…his name was Deng-Wan Deboina."
"Ah, Deng, yes, Deng I've spent many times with," the captain said. "Used to be a renegade, he was, just like you are now. Then, he ran off to join the Jedi, an ancient religion. Never saw him again, nope, I believe him to have disappeared within the Jedi's temples."
Kandi sighed, she never got the truth out of her mother. Lanki Deboina was still grieving over the sudden disappearance of the old man.
A light on the controls flashed, signaling an incoming message. The captain, Speck Starnail, pressed a few buttons on the controls and a voice in Basic was heard.
"Urgent! Please send your best fighters to Floatia! We are under attack, repeat, we are under attack! A fifty thousand credit reward to each who help," the voice said. The message ended and the flashing light disappeared.
"All right, here's our big chance, people! Samkins, take Laurel and the new girl to the palace of Floatia. I'll take the rest directly to the fighting," Speck said.
"Does this mean I get to fight?" Kandi asked, unsure of what 'going to the palace' meant.
"No…unfortunately Speck thinks you and Laurel are too valuable to lose. Instead, you will rest with me and take care of the more diplomatic forms of fighting," Samkins said.
Kandi frowned; all she wanted was to have an adventure, even a small one. Now, her first chance at this was being taken away from her faster than a droid could say "Tatooine."
~*~*~
"Hand me a blaster!" a rugged alien called. "I can't wait to capture those pitiful fools who think they can help Floatia."
"In due time, my friend. But first, we must LAND," the tallest alien, the leader of the motley crew, said.
"Oh shush, Blake, you never let me soak in the glory of fighting…not did you fail to bring me to reality by ripping me away from my dreams," the first alien said.
These aliens were very poor looking. Their hair was matted and knotted and their green faces matched that of a very sick human. They had slits for eyes, and instead of seeing, they got around much in the same manner as snakes, by sticking their forked tongues into the air. They belonged to a race of wretched villains called the Spikers. All Spikers look exactly the same. Matted hair, slits for eyes, forked tongues…in addition to those features; they have spiky ears…hence the 'Spikers.' Every Spiker has been known to doing dastardly tasks day in and day out. Several Spikers formed a pirate group named the "Severing Spikers." Spikers weren't exactly that bright, and while they were brilliant fighters, they had no creative side, nor the brains to answer a simple quantum physics question.
"Thud, look what I found on one of the dead guys there!" another alien, this one named Svenk, held up a lightsaber. "It's a pretty light attached to a handle of some sort."
"Svenk…that's not just any pretty light, that's a lightsaber!" Blake said. "Its blades are deadly and can cut through anything…except another lightsaber. It is the chosen weapon of a Jedi knight, our worst enemies."
Blake proved to be the brightest of the bunch of Spikers, considering he was the only one who had any sense of intelligence in any subject other than violence.
"We killed a Jedi?" Thud looked happy…which was difficult for a Spiker to appear to be from the fact that their mouths prevented them from smiling.
"Why must I be stuck with a bunch of stupid, idiotic Spikers?" Blake mumbled. "All right, we've landed…now get your blasters on the way out…this lightsaber may be of some use to us."
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Kandi walked alongside Laurel and Samkins, her thoughts always straying to her father. She wondered just where he was and what he was doing at this exact moment. She stretched out with her feelings to search for the answer, but it did not come. A long time ago, her father taught her some basic mind techniques and she would always search for the familiar feeling her friends gave. But now, when she tried to do the same to find her father's feeling, she failed. Her thoughts were interrupted by Samkins, who stopped the two newer renegades.
"We're here…the palace of Floatia," Samkins said, his mouth forming a smile.
He led the two into the palace and walked immediately to the throne room. They stopped at the seat of who appeared to be the ruler of the planet and kneeled before her.
"Princess Flemtiss," Samkins said, placing a kiss on the outstretched hand of the princess.
"Little Sam, you have returned!" the princess said, with glee behind her voice.
"I would never abandon a woman as beautiful as yourself forever," Samkins flattered the woman.
"And who, might I ask, are your companions?" Flemtiss asked.
"This is Laurel Stemmings, my beloved best friend, and my once-best friend Kandi-Lakta Deboina," Samkins introduced his two friends to the princess.
The name Deboina struck surprise into the princess' eyes. "So you are the daughter of the great Jedi knight. I have heard many famed things about you," she said.
Kandi raised her eyebrow. A wealthy princess was praising her on something she had no idea about, and she was kneeling before her dressed in less elegant clothing.
Flemtiss gathered her green and blue skirts and rose up from the throne to join the three renegades on the marble floor. Compared to Kandi's black tank top and silver and blue pants, Flemtiss looked much more wealthier than even the wealthiest man alive.
"Tell me, dear princess, what did you know about my father?" There was a painful sound in Kandi's voice.
"He was the greatest Jedi I have ever seen. His technique was amazingly good, and he was not that bad looking himself," the princess winked. "But that was many years ago…now…those times have been lost." Flemtiss looked sadly to the ground.
"Why are you speaking in the past tense…what happened to my father?" Kandi asked.
"He…was killed." Flemtiss allowed a few tears to fall onto her jade and cerulean skirts. "By a group of pirates called the Severing Spikers."
Kandi looked away to prevent Samkins from seeing her tears. It wasn't that difficult to figure out that she was crying, because she left a soft trail of tears when following the three into a separate room.
It wasn't long before the three were separated, because blaster shots across the room brought Samkins close to the princess to protect her, but prevented the ever-silent Laurel and the melancholy Kandi from reaching them. Kandi immediately reached for her blaster, as if she didn't need to think about her decision anymore.
"It's the Severing Spikers! You must be-" The princess' voice was interrupted by a round of blaster shots.
The mention of the Severing Spikers made Kandi's blood boil. She did not care about leaving the blaster on stun. She would have revenge for her father's death.
Her thoughts of revenge were cut short, when a stun ray hit her back, and Blake soon had the girl in his arms. "Don't kill the princess or the boy with the princess…bring those to me! Anyone else may be killed!"
The Corellian was dragged away to be tied up in the dark, cramped ship that the Spikers had inhabiting for two weeks, but she would not get another glance at Samkins or the princess again.
"Don't worry, princess, we will be safe…I can't say the same about Laurel and Kandi, though," Samkins said, as they were hiding in a covert room that was unknown to everyone but Samkins and Flemtiss.
"She will be safe…I can feel it," the princess grinned, knowing that in her blood, Kandi would not be harmed and would soon receive a little help from a few strangers shortly.
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