AN: Well, my very first try to write a Star Wars fanfiction... I hope you enjoy it!
When the Nightmare comes true
By: K
Chapter one
Qui-Gon's POV
So it happens… The nightmare was real. I gasp for breath. My eyes wide open. I can't believe it… He actually got me…
I can't see him. However, I know what is going to happen.
Far in the distance I can hear his yell… I know the pulsing electron gate will soon let him pass.
My knees buckle beneath me. Not able to carry the weight of my soon to be lifeless body.
The familiar crackle of lightsabers crashing against each other… They are fighting. And I can do nothing. Just lying here. Just… dying…
I groan softly. This wouldn't have happened if we weren't split up. If he was by my side… Or perhaps he couldn't have hit me if I was more concentrated on the battle instead of being elsewhere with my thoughts. After all these years of fighting and being a Jedi Master, one would say you've learned your lesson not…? I don't know why I was so distracted. Was it the threatening presence of the nightmare? Was it something else? I don't know. And I guess I will never find out now…
Why is it so silent all of a sudden? Not one sound that indicates there is a battle going on. Is it finished? Is he dead? Or is it me…? Is it me dying for real that makes me deaf for everything that happens around me?
No, I'm not yet passing away. I can't be… And he can't be dead, because…
The end of the nightmare is so visible before my closed eyes. How I wished I could change what is about to happen…
Suddenly, yet I expected it, I can feel him reach out with the Force to my lightsaber. The battle is nearly over. It is almost time for me to go. To leave him behind. It's my only regret in life. That I haven't told him… And that I am not going to either.
"Master! Master!"
I open my eyes. Looking in the worried face of my Padawan. His blue grey eyes bore into mine. There is so much to read in these orbs.
"It is too late… It's…"
I can see him shake his head furiously. His Apprentice braid flying around.
"No!"
I try to smile. I want nothing more than to reassure him. Take him in my arms and tell him everything is going to be all right…
With practically my last strength I reach up one hand. Gently touching his cheek. A light caress. Nothing more. But how I want to tell him. Yet even now, in my very last minutes, I still can't. The only thing I can do, or at least try to do, is show him… And even that… Will he understand? Will he catch the meaning behind the touch? Will he figure out the emotions that are clearly visible in my blue eyes?
"Obi-Wan, promise me… Promise me you will train the boy…"
Even though I try to show him how much I care. No, care is too small a word to describe my affection for him… I love him. Always have and always will. No one can ever take over his place in my heart. No one. Even though the only thing, the only one I can speak of now is the boy… Ani. Will he understand that it is my way to make sure he has a goal in life? To make sure he won't close of his feelings. Will he ever understand?
"Yes Master…"
I can hear he's choking back tears. Yet I know, I feel that he understands. Everything…
"He is the Chosen One… He will bring Balance… Train him."
He nods once more. Assuring me that he will take care of the kid. Assuring me that he'll stay.
My hand still on his face. He leans his head a bit more closer towards mine.
It is the last thing I notice as I draw out my last breath. My hand limply falling down.
However, I know from the nightmare that he'll hold my still body close to him. Cradling me while quietly weeping …
&TBC&
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