My name's Cami, but nobody but me knows that. They call me Silent because I don't talk. I haven't said a single word. Ever. When all the other kids were saying "Mama" and "Dada" I was staying silent. I never even cried or wimpered. My mom thought I was a mute so she abandoned me. Birth defects are not allowed where I come from. I was an only child, the oldest kid of the royal family. Yeah, you heard me right, I'm a princess. If I had talked then I would have inherited the throne and all the riches in the kingdom. I CAN talk, I just prefer to stay quiet. Talking leads to anger and fresturation. I was 1 and 1/2 years old when my mom left me outside of a field to die. I remember every second of it. That was where a clone trooper found me. He was there with a jedi but had gone on a walk away from camp. That was ten years ago. Now I'm a jedi youngling that's about to be a jedi padawan. Master Winu said Master Kenobi would be teaching me. Of course I just nodded. I think that's why I'm Windu's favorite padawan. I don't talk back. Before heading to Master Kenobi I dropped in on my friend Ahsoka. Her master is my future master's old padawan.
When I walked into her room she joked, "Hey Silent! Talk to me!" I grinned at her. It was our normal greeting. Being friends since she arrived at the temple at age three, we could read each other's emotions easier then our own. Ahsoka instantly knew I was excited and immediately knew I got a master. She smiled and hugged me. Ahsoka is thirteen so she's about a foot taller than me. (I'm REALLY short for someone who's eleven.) She let me go and asked, "Who is it?" I symbolized a beard and Ahsoks got it right away, "Master Kenobi?" I nodded and she was surprised. Did she not know he wanted a padawan or something? Probably. "Master Kenobi never said he wanted a new padawan." She said. Yup, I was right. I shrugged. Maybe he was being assigned to me. He wouldn't be back from his mission for an hour or so. I just stayed in Ahsoka's room for a few minutes then headed over towards Hallway 13.
Hallway 13 was where me and the other members of the Ninja Club practiced. It consisted of a 15 year old boy padawan, a 12 year old girl padawan, a 9 year old boy youngling, the 9 year old's twin sister of the same rank, and me. Us five train with shirikas, katanas, numbchucks, knives, and bowstaffs. We also improve our hand-to-hand combat. Since I'm the only one who can sew I made us black suits with face covers. Mine has a gold tiara on the front, the fifteen-year-old has a red katana, the twelve year has a silver shirika, and the twins have white knives. My crown symbolizes me being a princess but the others think it's because I'm the leader and founder. I heard about ninjas from a traveler that I met at a store. Ninjas sound so cool! So I started the club. Hallway 13 is deserted and only leads to a small closet, where we hid a fake wall that has our wepons hidden behind it. Nobody ever comes here. I know Ahsoka is my friend but we already have too many members. Ninjas are supposed to be quiet and Ahsoka talks a lot.
Today we were working on fitting through small spaces. I can fit through anything my head can but the girl older than me has to have more room. I DO NOT want to go through puberty! Ahsoka says I will have to but I just stick my tongue out at her. Maybe if I lose enough weight then I'll be too skinny to go through… it. Anyway, we tried to travel through the air ducts but only me and the twins could. I was able to spy on one of the masters medatating and I saw another master kissing somebody. When that happened I almost fell out of the air duct. A master kissing somebody? Now I've seen everything!
After my trip through the twilight zone I noticed it was time for me to meet Master Kenobi. I dropped out of the air duct just as the ship landed. I watched Master Windu talk to Master Kenobi about me (Probably my name) then call me over. I ran over and looked up at my new master. He gave me a kind smile and said, "I'm Obi-wan Kenobi, your new master." I nodded and smiled back, my pitch black hair falling into my stormy grey eyes. Windu explained, "Silent doesn't talk, hence the name." I grinned sheepishly. Obi-wan said, "Ah, okay. Silent, let's go to the training room, I want to see how good you are." When he wasn't looking I grinned. With my own grip I'm unbeatable. Sometimes I beat some of the knights.
We arrived at the training room and got out some training lightsabers. He lunged first and I blocked then did a move I created. I twisted my lightsaber around his and pressed downward. His lightsaber fell out of his hands and to the ground. Everybody who hadn't seen me spar dropped what they were holding and their eyes went wide. I grinned at their expressions but it wasn't the first time I beat somebody within a few seconds. My master kept looking from my lightsaber to his to his hand. It was really funny!
I handed my master back his practice lightsaber and motioned for us to continue sparring. He stood up and lunged again. This time I went a little easy on him and let him get in a few strikes before hitting his lightsaber's hilt so it fell again. One of the kids who trains a lot yelled, "Silent! Why did you go easy on him?" My master gasped out, "That was going easy?" I nodded and smiled. I had forgotten how fun it was to do that. Master Obi-wan shook his head and muttered something about being out of practice then said, "Silent, I'm going to go to my quarters, you can do whatever you want… that's legal." I nodded and ran off to find Ahsoka and tell her (In my own way) about what happened.