Star Wars Chronicles
Part 1: The First Meeting
Author: Tiger Eyes
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Star Wars Characters I wish I did. Also I do not use these stories for profit.
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The halls were quiet as I walked through the Temple. Where I was going was still a mystery. Awaken in the night, I had taken to walking the halls, when I couldn't get back to sleep. Stopping, I heard a faint sound. Reaching out with the force, I found it coming from one of the practice rooms, to far to have heard it with my ears alone. The force seemed to be pushing me towards the training rooms. When I got to the observation deck that looked into the many training rooms, I slowly walked along that deck until I spied a young boy going through some katas, droids sat on the floor near the wall, waiting to be activated. The young boy had skill despite his young age, the boy could've been no older than ten. The boy finished the kata he had been doing and wiped off his face with a snow-white towel that had been sitting next to the droids. Putting the towel down he activated one of the five droids. The droid sprang to life and floated in the air. The boy walked back into the middle of the training room. Shaking his head a bit to clear the ginger hair out of his face. He got into a fighting stance, and then gave the droid the command to fire.
'The boy is good.' I thought, 'Wonder why he's practicing at night when he should be asleep?'
"Comes here, every other night." Surprised, I turned to see Master Yoda standing beside me.
"Who is he?" I asked turning back in time to see the boy activate another droid.
"Initiate Obi-Wan Kenobi, he is."
"How long has he been coming here at night?"
"Seven he was, when begin to come he did." I was surprised, the initiates didn't build and start training with a saber until the age of 8.
"And you allow a young boy go unwatched while practicing lightsaber drills?" I said, anger welling up within, directed towards the council, especially the little troll that stood before me.
"Watched he is. Though not realized does he that watched he is."
"Your saying that he is watched, by whom?"
"Watch I do, Watch Mace does."
"And the rest of the council, do they know that they have a young boy practicing with droids at night?"
"Know they do not"
"Why not?" I asked turning back to face Master Yoda.
"Need to know they do not." A startled cry was heard then. The two of us turned to look down at the boy. The 2 droids lay on the floor having been disabled moments before. Initiate Kenobi sat on the floor rubbing his right ankle. I looked down at Master Yoda. He nodded at my unasked question. I walked to the stairs that led from the observation deck into the training rooms. Once down them, I walked over to where the Kenobi boy still sat.
"Are you hurt, Initiate Kenobi?" I asked kneeling down next to him. Startled Kenobi looked up at me. Surprise and fear showing in his eyes and felt clearly through the force.
"Are you hurt?" I repeated, sending soothing waves through the force.
"No, sir." He stuttered, he continued to rub his ankle.
"So, young Kenobi, your ankle is not hurt then?"
"I . . uh . . Yes, my ankle does hurt a little." said Obi-Wan
"Can you walk on it?" I asked.
"I don't know Master. . . Uh, what is you name, sir?"
"I am Qui-Gon Jinn." I said smiling gently at the young boy.
"I don't know then, Master Jinn."
"Let us see then." I gently helped the boy stand up, steadying him till he had his balance. Then releasing him. Obi-Wan took a step forward with his hurt ankle and cried out in pain, he would have collapsed to the floor except that I caught him before he landed.
"It would seem Master Jinn that I am unable to walk. At the moment."
"So it would seem young Kenobi. I think that it's time that you see the healers." A frown appeared on Obi-Wan's face, at the mention of the healer's. "I take it, you do not like the healers"
"Yes, you are right." I helped young Kenobi to the healers and left him in their care. I was puzzled by the protectiveness I felt towards the boy that I had met only an hour before. I went to the gardens to meditate. Unaware of the small green figure hidden from sight within the shadows and hidden from my senses, my the force.
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TBC. . .
Please Review
I hope you like it so far.
Author: Tiger Eyes
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Star Wars Characters I wish I did. Also I do not use these stories for profit.
*****
The halls were quiet as I walked through the Temple. Where I was going was still a mystery. Awaken in the night, I had taken to walking the halls, when I couldn't get back to sleep. Stopping, I heard a faint sound. Reaching out with the force, I found it coming from one of the practice rooms, to far to have heard it with my ears alone. The force seemed to be pushing me towards the training rooms. When I got to the observation deck that looked into the many training rooms, I slowly walked along that deck until I spied a young boy going through some katas, droids sat on the floor near the wall, waiting to be activated. The young boy had skill despite his young age, the boy could've been no older than ten. The boy finished the kata he had been doing and wiped off his face with a snow-white towel that had been sitting next to the droids. Putting the towel down he activated one of the five droids. The droid sprang to life and floated in the air. The boy walked back into the middle of the training room. Shaking his head a bit to clear the ginger hair out of his face. He got into a fighting stance, and then gave the droid the command to fire.
'The boy is good.' I thought, 'Wonder why he's practicing at night when he should be asleep?'
"Comes here, every other night." Surprised, I turned to see Master Yoda standing beside me.
"Who is he?" I asked turning back in time to see the boy activate another droid.
"Initiate Obi-Wan Kenobi, he is."
"How long has he been coming here at night?"
"Seven he was, when begin to come he did." I was surprised, the initiates didn't build and start training with a saber until the age of 8.
"And you allow a young boy go unwatched while practicing lightsaber drills?" I said, anger welling up within, directed towards the council, especially the little troll that stood before me.
"Watched he is. Though not realized does he that watched he is."
"Your saying that he is watched, by whom?"
"Watch I do, Watch Mace does."
"And the rest of the council, do they know that they have a young boy practicing with droids at night?"
"Know they do not"
"Why not?" I asked turning back to face Master Yoda.
"Need to know they do not." A startled cry was heard then. The two of us turned to look down at the boy. The 2 droids lay on the floor having been disabled moments before. Initiate Kenobi sat on the floor rubbing his right ankle. I looked down at Master Yoda. He nodded at my unasked question. I walked to the stairs that led from the observation deck into the training rooms. Once down them, I walked over to where the Kenobi boy still sat.
"Are you hurt, Initiate Kenobi?" I asked kneeling down next to him. Startled Kenobi looked up at me. Surprise and fear showing in his eyes and felt clearly through the force.
"Are you hurt?" I repeated, sending soothing waves through the force.
"No, sir." He stuttered, he continued to rub his ankle.
"So, young Kenobi, your ankle is not hurt then?"
"I . . uh . . Yes, my ankle does hurt a little." said Obi-Wan
"Can you walk on it?" I asked.
"I don't know Master. . . Uh, what is you name, sir?"
"I am Qui-Gon Jinn." I said smiling gently at the young boy.
"I don't know then, Master Jinn."
"Let us see then." I gently helped the boy stand up, steadying him till he had his balance. Then releasing him. Obi-Wan took a step forward with his hurt ankle and cried out in pain, he would have collapsed to the floor except that I caught him before he landed.
"It would seem Master Jinn that I am unable to walk. At the moment."
"So it would seem young Kenobi. I think that it's time that you see the healers." A frown appeared on Obi-Wan's face, at the mention of the healer's. "I take it, you do not like the healers"
"Yes, you are right." I helped young Kenobi to the healers and left him in their care. I was puzzled by the protectiveness I felt towards the boy that I had met only an hour before. I went to the gardens to meditate. Unaware of the small green figure hidden from sight within the shadows and hidden from my senses, my the force.
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TBC. . .
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