The Carnival of Souls

Chapter 1 - Arrival

Summary: A Carnival comes to Coruscant and it shows its victims their true selves and what they want. The Carnival Souls Returns from the Dust! [Based on Bradbury's book Something Wicked This Way Comes]

[This is kind of a knock off of 'Something Wicked This Way Comes' by Ray Bradbury. (Great Book!)]

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Qui-Gon was lying in bed. Today was his day off. He and Obi-Wan had just gotten back from a very difficult mission. He figured he'd stay in bed for an extra hour the next morning. He was slowly drifting asleep. He was in limbo when he felt someone enter his room. He opened his in time to see something or someone leap at him. Being ten percent awake his reflexes were slow.

"Master!" Obi-Wan ran into his master's room and leapt on the bed.

"How is it that you have all this energy and it's the middle of the night after a tiring mission?" Qui-Gon asked catching the boy as he landed on top of the Jedi Master.

"Come look! Hurry!" Obi-Wan pulled the man out of bed and tugged him across the room and into the common room.

"What? What is it? Is something wrong?"

"You have to see!" When they got to the common room. Obi-Wan tugged him to the window. "Look!"

Qui-Gon looked out the window and there in the air ways was a large, long strange transport. It had something painted on its side. 'Nightshade and Dark's Carnival.' Qui-Gon had never heard of it.

Obi-Wan was glued to the window his hands against the glass, mouth open with awe. "Can we watch them set up?"

"No. Its the middle of the night Obi-Wan and you need to get some sleep." In reality he needed the sleep.

"Then can we go tomorrow?" Obi-Wan tugged Qui-Gon hand as he turned back his room. "Please? I've never been to a carnival before!"

Qui-Gon sighed. How could he say 'no' to the small innocent face that pleaded him. Obi-Wan seemed even more childish than usual. But he supposed it was due to excitement about the carnival. "Alright."

Obi-Wan let go of his hand and started bouncing in place ,clapping his hands. He was immediately glued to the window watching them land and start to set up again.

Qui-Gon turned and went back to his room to sleep the remainder of the night.

Obi-Wan stayed behind still glued to the window watching. He didn't see any figures but that was probably because of how dark it was.

Before he knew it the tent was up it almost seemed like it just appeared. They must have worked fast. Obi-Wan figured they were just so experienced in setting up that it was a piece of sweet cake for them.

Obi-Wan ran into his master's room and leapt on the bed again. "They finished setting up the tent already! Wasn't that fast?"

A mumble came from the pillow and that didn't satisfy the young boy. He nudged his master.

A sigh came from the man and he pushed himself up on his elbows. "Obi-Wan if you don't get some sleep we're not going tomorrow."

"But you promised!"

He motioned for the boy to lie down. The boy did so. "Now get some sleep."

Obi-Wan sighed and soon felt his master sending a sleep suggestion through their bond. Before long sleep took him.

Qui-Gon rolled over and sighed. Thank the Force!

[okay so this is more of a set up chapter. The real story starts next chappy!!!]