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This fic is for rosehikari1, who requested Anakin and Ahsoka eating bugs, while Obi-Wan looks on in horror. The inspiration for this comes from a famous scene from the 2003 "Clone Wars" cartoon by Genndy Tartakovsky in which Anakin straight up eats bugs. Here's a link to a youtube video of the scene (IMPORTANT: Remove the parentheses from the link first): (https:)/(www).(youtube).com(/watch?)v=jA9ksYF1ZRs
Obi-Wan sighed and shifted. The momentum of their attack had ground to a halt, and they were spending far too much time in the trenches for his liking now. Cato Neimoidia was proving to be a tough battle. Currently compounding his discomfort was the fact that he hadn't seen Anakin in quite some time.
"Anyone want some grub?"
Anakin dropped down into the trench, carrying a bulging sack, and Obi-Wan gave a silent sigh of relief.
"Ooh, looks like you got lucky," Ahsoka said eagerly, leaning over. "Did you try drumming the ground like I told you to?"
"Yep. It worked!" said Anakin, loosening the strings on the bag.
"What do you have there, Anakin?" Obi-Wan asked. "I wasn't aware that there were any edible plants on this part of Cato Neimoidia."
"Oh, these aren't plants- these guys are better." With that, Anakin opened the bag, revealing a teeming mass of writhing, crawling bugs.
"Bugs?!" Obi-Wan gulped, aghast. "I- Are those edible?"
"Oh, definitely." Anakin picked a wriggling cricket out of the pile, tossed it into his mouth, and bit down with a disgusting crunch. "Not just edible, but delicious."
"And nutritious," Ahsoka added, reaching over and plucking out an oversized ant. She swallowed it in one bite.
A few clones that had approached, curious about the prospect of some food other than their ration bars, were now departing in earnest from the scene, and Obi-Wan felt an urge to do the same.
"But they're bugs," he said weakly, trying to tune out the sounds of chewing.
"Your Core snobbery is showing, Obi-Wan," Anakin said around a mouthful of food, spraying disembodied insect legs in Obi-Wan's direction as he spoke.
Obi-Wan appealed to the Jedi sitting next to him. "You too, Ahsoka?" he asked, watching in barely concealed horror as Anakin's padawan avidly chomped down on a handful of beetles.
"Are you kidding? Eating bugs can be a huge part of a Togruta's diet. When game is scarce on Shili, they eat termites and scorpions all the time. Pound for pound, they've got more nutrition than a full-grown akul." She smacked her lips. "Delicious. You should try some."
"No, thank you." Obi-Wan shifted back, watching Anakin and Ahsoka munch away, and fought down a sudden wave of nausea. "Bugs," he repeated in horror. "Why bugs? What's wrong with the ration bars?"
Anakin held up an ant. "Can a ration bar provide dessert?" He ate it, licking his finger for good measure. "Mmmm. Honeypot ants. Their nectar's the sweetest thing in the galaxy."
Ahsoka skewered a grasshopper with a stick and took a bite. "Crispy," she commented.
"I- I think I'm going to go somewhere else," said Obi-Wan faintly, edging away.
Anakin shrugged. "Suit yourself. More for us."
"I'm sorry if we bugged you, Master Kenobi," Ahsoka said with a devious grin.
Obi-Wan turned away to go find Cody, but not before he saw Anakin throw a termite at Ahsoka.
A/N: I too would throw a termite at Ahsoka if she made a pun like that.
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