Disclaimer: I do NOT own Star Wars At all. But I do own the planet Dyonys, the Legend, and Lorelei Gibaldi.
Summary: A Seventeen year old girl who has lived with a mysterious illness her entire life, wishes for it to just 'go away'. What her wish gave her was just more than she could imagine.
Dyonys
Chapter One: Indescribable Pain
"Lorelei! Are you packed yet?" Came the yell from somewhere inside the massive house. The said girl turned towards her cracked bedroom door and stuck her tongue out.
The girl zipped up a second suitcase on her bed before going over to sit at her computer. She was a normal height girl, about 5'3 with the skin the color of snow, her dark black hair and bright royal blue eyes were great contrast to her skin color. Her long hair fell in layers to her waist, iron rod straight with some hairs that refused to stay down. She wore a pair of red cotton shorts with a black tank top, her shoes weren't on yet, but they sat on top of the suitcases with her purse. She wore no make up, making her face seem more sallow. Other than the fact that she looked rather sickly no matter what her features and low weight.
The girl never responded to her mother, just continued to sit on her computer chair and stare around her clean room. It looked as if she were leaving for college, anyone would think that by the looks, but looks are always deceiving. There was a soft pitter patter of bare feet running up the stairs and coming to a halt at her door. The white door creaked open and a woman resembling Lorelei poked her head through. Staring at her daughter she sighed and came to sit on the futon next to the computer chair.
"Honey, do you feel ok? Have you taken your pills? You look horribly flushed." Her mother stopped as her daughter began to sway as she stood up, concerned she let her go even though she was worried. Lorelei walked to her bed and laid down on it breathing deeply and rubbing her forehead.
"Mom, I just want to lay down..I feel so hot…" Lorelei turned to face her mom as she to got up and came to stand next to the bed, leaning down to touch her forehead, panic flashed through her eyes.
"You're burning up!" Her mom exclaimed stepping back, Lorelei groaned and clutched her head as she began to curl into a ball. "Honey, what's wrong?" Lorelei just groaned again trying to think of anything except the excruciating pain in her head and body.
"Mom, I just want it to go away!" Lorelei screamed to her mother's fast retreating form. Groaning, Lorelei blacked out, the fever and sickness finally consuming her body.
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"Where did she come from?"
"Not sure, she just appeared in this bed with all her belongings. They brought her here to heal. Said there was something about her." Lorelei groaned and clutched her head again as a dull pain began to thud in the back of it. She felt a coldness reach her that stilled her pain for a little bit. The sweat on her forehead felt like it was frozen to her face, and the voices she heard earlier were muffled. Cracking open an eye cautiously, she couldn't see through the strange thing she was in but it was making the pain go away and it felt good to cool off. Drifting into sleep again, it felt so good.
"So, what is this?" A voice asked behind the two women looking down sadly at the pod they had placed the girl in. Generally for burn victims, this girl seemed to be burning from the inside out.
"Master Windu, this is the girl Master Yoda ordered for us to heal. She started to heat up again, I just wish we knew what to do, her illness is just as mysterious as how she came to be here." The older woman spoke, her kind cerulean eyes were weathered and stern like a mother's. Her honey blonde hair was streaked with white and pulled back into a tight bun with a few locks falling out and into her eyes. She wore a simple white pair of pants and matching tunic with a utility belt around her waist.
"Master Quinn, how long do you think before she would be able to come out of there?" Mace Windu asked the older woman.
"Come out tomorrow she must." Came the ever present and mysterious voice of Master Yoda, the small green Jedi came into the cool room hobbling on his old brown walking stick. He stared at the containment pod and sighed sadly, thinking of the agonizing pain the girl must have been in. "Changing she is, better she will get." Mace turned to his former master with a questioning gaze before abandoning the idea of asking them. The elder master had a way of making his apprentices attempt to find things out on their own. Whether it be how to boil water to how to communicate with the dead, they always had to figure it out on their own, with only minimal guidance.
"Have you met her before Master? She seems so strange." The young Padawan learner of Master Quinn quipped earning a firm stare from her master. The young girls lavender eyes ignored her master but bore into Yoda's large lime green gaze. Her light brown hair had streaks of auburn in it cropped short exposing her long neck. She was pretty but plain.
"Met her I have." He sighed again in thought. "Long time it has been." Yoda turned to his former apprentice once again. "Jedi Master Windu, guarded by Obi-Wan and young Anakin Skywalker she must. Her past she must face sooner than hoped we have." Mace Windu nodded before abruptly leaving the Mediward. The girl in the containment tank seemed to be very important to his former master, so he did as he said without hesitation.
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Lorelei opened her eyes, she couldn't help but feel more rested than she had in a long time and almost laughed at the feeling of getting too much sleep. The final shock hadn't reached her as she realized she was still dressed in her original clothes, only she was in a stark white room in a comfortably plush white bed. The sun stealing in through the thin white curtain illuminated the room even more, since the lights were off, but it was still peaceful and serene, yet smelled like a hospital. Lorelei noticed the IV pumping some strange clear liquid in her right hand as she tried to sit up. Her body ached from laying in the wrong position so long, and her throat was as dry as the Sahara desert. Feeling her face she noticed that she hadn't felt that good since she was a little girl. She wasn't burning up, and she was actually under thick blankets. As if itching to get them off, she flung them back and swung her legs over the side of the bed. Looking over the bed was higher than she anticipated. Sliding off slowly until her tip toes reached the frozen metal floor she thought she had a good grip. Standing up slowly she tried to take a step forward but managed to slip and almost fell to the floor if a hand hadn't of stopped her. The hand on her arm was firm but gently so she knew she wouldn't bruise.
Looking to her savior she was taken back by his appearance. Believing she would see a man dressed in the usual white orderly outfits that usually flanked hospitals like a bouncer at a night club. Instead she found a man only a few years older than her, if not less. His dark brown hair was cropped short and spiked a little at the top with one strand braided on his right side. She smiled a little at him until her bottom lip cracked open and she winced at the slight pain. His bright blue eyes were staring down at her as he gently helped her grab her bearings. His face was tan as well as his arms, but she could only see a little bit. He wore some strange robes of beige and a deep red, it was all so strange to her. Her confusion was very evident in her body posture and her face. Her eyes however were wide and seemed to mix with fear and confusion.
"How are you feeling?" He asked her, his voice was soft as she took her arm away to climb back into the bed. Suddenly feeling cold, which made her want to smile even more. "The room isn't too cold is it? I think Master Yoda would kill me if you got sick again." He smiled as she just stared at him pulling the heavy blankets over her, sitting cross legged, her back against the slowly rising bed as the man controlled it for her. "That good?" He ignored her blank stare as she tried to figure out what's going on. He fiddled with the controls a bit more, his nervousness getting the best of him as he was getting uncomfortable with the quiet girl. "It would help to introduce myself wouldn't it?" He asked her, after getting no response he sighed smiling still. "My name is Obi-Wan Kenobi, I'm a Jedi Master here at the Jedi Temple. I've been assigned to keep you company for awhile." The girl seemed to not understand what he was saying and furrowed her eyebrows. "I don't mind though, it gives me and my Padawan a chance to do something other than train. The company of a beautiful lady perhaps is best?" His comment made her crack another smile at his lame attempts to get her to talk.
"Why am I here?" She asked so softly he almost didn't catch it as it croaked out. Lorelei blinked back the tears that wanted to spill forth as she heard her pitiful voice. She licked her parched lips and looked into his blue eyes. He rose a dark eyebrow and stared back at her.
"We don't know, you just randomly appeared. You don't even know how you got here?" He asked her. She shook her head slowly frowning.
"You mean I'm not at the hospital?" She asked him, the vibes he got from her were ones of fear, confusion, anger, and sadness.
"Well, technically you are in a hospital." At the look he received he put up his hands defensively, the movement of his arms made his light linen robes swish and she couldn't help but look at the beautiful material. "Tell me what you remember." He coaxed gently, the girl thought for a moment before she turned her gaze from his to look down at her hands which were playing with the edge of the blanket pooled at her waist.
"I remember getting ready to leave for the hospital, I had packed all my stuff and stacked it on my bed. I was very tired, I started to sweat again, it got so hot, my head was in so much pain. Then the pain began to coarse through my body, god it hurt so bad. I yelled for it to stop, I wished it would stop, then I blacked out. I woke up here." She turned her frightened blue eyes to his.
"Well, I'll tell you what we know. You appeared in the middle of the Jedi Council writhing in agony on your bed screaming at the top of your lungs. Your bed and belongings placed in the middle of a circle of people. Master Yoda seemed to know you and took the proper action of soothing your body and sending you immediately to the infirmary." Lorelei looked at him a moment regarding him as if he were insane for a moment. His intense gaze made him rethink her original thought before she figured she had to leave. "What's your name?" He asked her, the question caught her off guard for a moment before she smiled a bit.
"Lorelei Gibaldi." She said to him. He smiled at her seemingly taking in the name as if he had never heard it before. If anything she should have done the same for his, for Obi-Wan was definitely not common where she was from. "Um…Obi-Wan…"Lorelei started letting the name roll off her tongue. "I'm a little hungry." She said just as her stomach growled a little louder than she would have hoped. Obi-Wan seemed to laugh at her as he nodded his head.
"I'd think no one would mind if I stole you from this horrid place for awhile." He stood up gracefully from his chair, he pulled Lorelei's right hand into his own and seemingly ripped her IV clean out of her arm with such a speed she had to blink a few seconds before the pain actually reached her. Rubbing the blood off her hand it was wrapped in a gauzy bandage by Obi-Wan. Giving him a dirty and disturbed look before she swung her legs over the edge for the second time that day.
"Can I change and freshen up a bit before we go out?" She asked him a bit meekly standing on wobbly legs. For some reason, odd to her, she felt lighter than usual.
"I'm sure that can be arranged, we'll go to our rooms and see if your room is ready yet." Lorelei stopped at this as they have only made it to the door of the room.
"Wait, 'OUR' rooms?" She asked him incredulously staring at him as if he had sprouted another head. He chuckled as he pushed the panel to open the door which came with a swoosh. She watched him walk through the threshold and into an even starker white metal hallway. She blanched mentally, if everything were like this she'd surely go insane.
"Yes, our rooms. You are to stay with me and my young Padawan learned Anakin Skywalker." They began to walk faster towards the lift, which reminded Lorelei of an elevator more than a lift. But it wasn't as enclosed, it was open on the other side like glass looking out into the vast city. Lorelei's eyes widened at the flying cars and the vast amount of buildings and lack of trees. The sky was the brightest blue she had ever seen, and the flying cars, she was at a loss for words. Staring wide eyed at the hovering objects she never noticed that the lift had stopped going up until she felt Obi-Wan's hand on her arm pulling her out.
"How…How does that even work? A flying car?" She more or less exclaimed more than asked the question as Obi-Wan kept walking. He regarded the girl a moment thinking she were a little off her rocker before he realized she wasn't from their world. "I mean we only have cars where I live..God this is just a bad nightmare..I'll wake up from my fever and this wont be real, here I'll pinch myself!" She declared but kept up with Obi-Wan who spun on her finally fed up with her panicky chattered.
"Here, let me do the honor!" He cried out as he gripped her arm in a vice like manner and pinched her forearm as hard as he could. Throwing down her arm Lorelei stared after him as he kept walking a moment before she realized that all the pain she was feeling was indeed real. Walking a little faster than usual she caught up to him fuming, her anger broadcasting to everyone imaginable. Obi-Wan looked at her from the left side of his eyes and smirked a little. At least he had managed to get her to shut up, but her anger was quite a big problem.
He stopped outside of a door panel and punched in a code. The door swished open, the entire room was dark as he entered. He muttered something Lorelei couldn't hear and the lights came on nice and soft. The room Lorelei entered definitely needed a woman's touch, but since two boys, or so she hoped, lived there what should she expect? A color palette to make an artist swoon? No, she couldn't. The off white colored walls disappeared into the same colored carpet, soft brown couches and chairs littered the middle of the calm room. Whicker tables sat ornamentally around the room with lamps and various books on them. There was an entire wall dedicated to nothing but glass which looked out on the city with a small door that led to a balcony. She was in love with the room, if only she could redecorate it.
"Your room, Lorelei, is this one." Obi-Wan said cutting her out of her thoughts, she nodded as she walked towards him, she didn't realize she was in her bare feet until she stubbed her toe on a small table. Scolding herself mentally she reached the man she would be sharing an apartment with. She entered the room and expected to find her bed, only it wasn't there. Frowning she couldn't find a light switch or a lamp in the room just a long queen sized bed with a plain white comforter on it with four large pillows, a brown whicker night stand and a door that was either a closet or a bathroom. She was hoping for the first one. On one side was an armoire and then a vanity, on the far right wall was a small desk and chair underneath of a large window with it's curtains drawn. If it weren't for the sun peaking through she wouldn't have been able to see anything in the room, she did manage to notice her luggage to the left of her. "Take as long as you need to prepare yourself, the door to your left is a joint door to a refresher." She blinked confused at this before letting it go. Obi-Wan took this as a sign to leave and retreated out of the room letting the door close behind him.
Lorelei was left in the room not knowing how to turn the lights on. Grumbling to herself, she tried clapping her hands. When that didn't work she just threw her hands up and walked gingerly over to the curtain, only bumping into the bed once before pulling the curtains back. The bright sun nearly blinded her but it made the room look prettier than it originally had been. Sighing to herself she shivered as a blast of cool air hit her and it felt odd to be cold. Lifting up the dark purple suitcase from beside the door she flung it onto her bed and began to unzip it. She shifted through the clothing inside it before laying them out gingerly on her bed.
Finally she decided on wearing a pair of tight dark blue denim flares with a tight white tank top. She pulled a light pink colored wrap shirt, that ties in the front out of her suitcase and immediately put it on. It's what she wore if she wanted to wear her shear tank tops, but had to put something over her shoulders. Pulling her arms through the thin material she felt concealed even though she was wearing a thin amount of clothing. Tying the shirt just under her small bust. Both shirts clung to her body and the outfit stuck to her form like a glove. She was unaware of the effect she'd have on many of the students at the academy she would be staying at. Her hair after much inspection at the vanity mirror could have been worse, but she just pulled it into a messy bun, and tied a pink ribbon around it. Letting a few hairs fall down to frame her face she was satisfied before pulling on a pair of socks and her black and white Chuck Taylors. Deciding on no make up this time, she felt better to be out of the old clothes, even though she hadn't showered yet it felt better to just change and get some food in her.
Getting up she turned to go to the door and realized she didn't know how to get out. Frowning she walked up to it and stood in front of it a moment before she just gingerly knocked. Nothing happened. Knocking a bit louder she waited patiently as nothing happened again. Cursing loudly, she pounded on the door until the door opened to reveal Obi-Wan and a surprised yet skeptical nine year old boy behind him. Lorelei glared at the laughing Jedi, whatever that meant, and turned to the small boy she knew to be Anakin.
"What's so funny, Mister Kenobi?" She asked him glaring, he stiffened at being called Mister. He regarded her clothing and change in appearance before he put on a look of mock hurt.
"Me, laughing at you? No…no dear helpless little girl. I was merely amused by the fact that there's a vein about to explode from your forehead." He laughed as her eyes became wide and a hand flew to her forehead. She ignored him after she realized she had been stupid to believe a vein was actually popping from her forehead and turned to Anakin.
"Hello, I'm Lorelei." She said and held out her hand for the small boy. His dark blue eyes looked up into her own and she smiled. He was a truly beautiful boy, but she sensed a mystery about him that she'd never felt before. Even though she was cast into this strange place, it was no match for him. His sandy blonde hair fell around his head like a dirty halo but still innocent enough. His little white Jedi outfit look cute on him, Lorelei thought that if she had a child she'd want him to look just like Anakin. He truly was a lady killer, she could only imagine him when he got older. The boy took her hand almost willingly and she shook it as she barely heard him say his name with confidence. She couldn't believe such a small child had so much in him it was amazing.
"You'll have to excuse Master Kenobi, he can be a bit estranged sometimes." The boy grinned as his young master turned on him and gave him a stern stare. "But, I can assure you that we will teach you how to open and close the doors, and yes Master Kenobi's room is right next to yours." Lorelei opened and closed her mouth after hearing this a bit freaked by the child.
"How did you know..?"
"I'll explain that to you later, but right now we've wasted too much time, we're going to miss the midday meal." Obi-Wan turned to leave as Lorelei turned to Anakin smiling down at him.
"He always this annoying?"
"Worse." Lorelei giggled at this as they began to follow Obi-Wan to wherever they could get food. Chattering mildly with Anakin she was relieved that she could at least trust one or two people in this vast place. They seemed normal enough at least.
Until, she reached the cafeteria. Inside the huge room were people, but not people, all different kinds of people. Lorelei had to stop and stare gaping with her mouth open, she must have looked like a fish out of water for some of the, "children" began pointing and snickering at her. Closing her mouth she turned to Obi-Wan who was smiling at her, but it was a smile that said she was "special" and not in the good way.
"These people are aliens." Lorelei hissed to Obi-Wan as Anakin began to laugh at her. They walked towards the food and began to prepare plates, Lorelei not recognizing anything except something that looked like a fuzzy strawberry, she had Anakin pick what he thought she might like.
"Yes, I realize these people are aliens." Obi-Wan's curt answer made Lorelei mad as she still followed them towards a table to sit and eat. She took a seat next to Anakin opposite the bench from Obi-Wan who began eating as soon as they sat down.
"Ok." She just shut her mouth. I wasn't wise to piss off the people whom have saved you no matter what they look like. Eyes widening she picked up her metal fork and began to poke around at her food.
"It's ok, I picked out some meats and cheeses and a few fruits. I thought maybe you'd like it." Anakin said to her, Lorelei turned to the bright eyed boy and smiled, ruffling his hair with her free hand she turned and began to nibble on a piece of meat and seemed satisfied. It was an in between taste of bratwurst and Italian sausage but a tad bit sweet. She loved it. She watched Anakin scoot a glass of water near to her and she smiled in thanks continuing to eat. Her stomach happily accepted the food and she immediately began to feel better. The cheese, she was very surprised to find it had a sharper taste than that of the cheese she found on her home planet. Maybe they didn't process it the same way they did on Earth. It was still good though, the fruit however. Was, the sweetest fruit she'd ever had, it was almost hard to eat it was so sweet, hurt your mouth after awhile.
"Thanks for picking this out Anakin, it's delicious." Lorelei said taking a quick sip of her water. Turning to Obi-Wan, thinking he had cooled down from his ass like state she smiled. "So, care to explain why and how there are…aliens?" The response she received was a little surprising.
"They're people too you know, just because they're aliens doesn't mean anything bad. Us Jedi do no discriminate here, but it seems your people do." After the words Obi-Wan had spoke came out he had wished they had not at all for the look on Lorelei's face was not a happy one. After sitting there a moment just simply staring at him as if he were the worst person alive, he saw the moisture swell at the bottom of her eyes before she slammed her glass down on the table so hard it cracked and in one fluid motion she was up and out of her seat on the bench and sprinting across the cafeteria before she was out of the doorway. Obi-Wan was at a loss for words, turning to his Padawan Anakin, he sighed slightly exhausted. At Anakin's disapproving glance the Master sighed even more if possible.
"Master, that was really uncalled for, think about what she must be going through, not used to any of this."
"I suppose you're right Anakin, I should go find her and apologize." Saying this they both rolled there eyes as the glass shattered after the cracks spread, the water soaking the table. "Please clean this mess up, and you can have the rest of the day to yourself." Anakin nodded smiling to himself as he did as his Master commanded, watching out of the corner of his eyes as he left in billowing robes. The only problem with that was, she didn't want to be found, and his Master was too thick headed to really see that.
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Lorelei was fuming that much was for sure. She couldn't believe that the guy she was forced to stay with could be that much of a jerk Grumbling to herself she wanted nothing more than to go to sleep and never see Obi-Wan again, but she knew she'd only think this way for the moment. He had hurt her feelings by first being nice to her then by being mean to her, it was like the guy was Bi-polar or something. She sighed finding a lift and taking it all the way down. She didn't realize they were so high up, on floor forty-three, and their room was higher up.
It didn't take too long to get to the bottom of the whole place, which she was happy for, getting off she was almost lost in a sea of leisurely strolling aliens and humans of all shapes and sizes wearing the same if not a different color outfit. Robes or whatever they wore. She managed to find an opening to the outside and smiled as she realized there was a garden set off to the side. She spotted Obi-Wan and couldn't figure out why he was in a sea of people looking around stupidly. Growling she started to run into the garden until it felt like she had come to a maze and surely would never find herself a way out.
"Stupid guys always have to be so evil." She huffed as she came to a clearing in the garden of nothing but soft grass and soft flowers all around her. The sun was very bright and shining down on her in hot waves but she did not care, it felt good. Sitting down she laid back gently against the ground, the grass was soft and smelled sweet making her smile. Not the same as at home, but it was close. She had to put one hand over her eyes to keep the blinding sun out of them. "Ugh, he makes me so angry right now, not like I can help not being from here!." She exclaimed to herself. She puffed out her chest and rolled onto her stomach playing with some pieces of grass. She didn't hear the footsteps that stopped beside her.
"No, I don't think you can help it." A deep voice said above her, she craned her neck sideways to look up at the person who was speaking to her. He was of dark skin, with a shaved head, his dark brown eyes were wise as well as old. He wore dark from robes with a utility belt, almost like Batman's to her child like mind, with a few things on it she couldn't identify. His brown boots made small indentations in the grass as he walked around her watching her intently but no emotion splayed across his defined features. Lorelei regarded the man with slight wary then interest before engaging him.
"Hi." She said as he sat down on her right. The man smiled a bit before plucking a piece of grass out of the massive field and studying it. " Who are you?" she asked him curious about the man.
"My name is Mace Windu, I am a Jedi Master here at the Jedi Temple." Lorelei nodded slowly, still not knowing what a Jedi was but seemingly understanding that they lived there and worked there. "I hoped that young Master Kenobi hasn't offended you too badly." He started again with ease. Lorelei huffed a bit but decided to keep quiet, this man seemed to have a purpose there and something told her she could trust him.
"No, not entirely, I was just upset that he was being nice to me one minute then so mean the next. I mean, I did just wake up in a strange place with aliens!" She said the last part low her eye lashes turned down to shield her embarrassed eyes as the man began to chuckle low in his chest. "I haven't offended anyone, right?"
"No young one, you have not. I understand, you're world was only a world of humans wasn't it?" At the shake of her head he smiled. "So, you can't help the fact that you've never seen an alien before, it's not your fault that you did not know about them here and what they would look like. Tell me do you despise them?" Lorelei thought a moment before shaking her head 'no'. Mace smiled at her as she began to pick at the grass again.
"Obi-Wan said that I did though. He said that all my people probably do." She bit her bottom lip before turning her eyes from the ground to Mace's face. "Which in truth they probably do. I mean, our number one fear is being invaded from the planet Mars or something. Aliens from outer space come to steal our women, impregnate them then dump them off to have their children grow and over throw us." She sighed and threw down the mangled grass. "But, I know not to judge a book by it's cover." She seemed to try and reassure herself more than Mace what she thought. "I know that these people aren't bad I can feel it." She sighed and looked back down again. Mace shifted causing her to glance at him again. "Do you know why I'm here?" The question caught the Jedi off guard which was hard to do. He thought a moment, only from what he had heard from his old Master was what he knew, and that wasn't very much.
"Know. He does not." Came a squiggled voice behind the direction Lorelei was currently looking. Turning herself to look at the person, she was shocked to find a little green man with pointed ears and rapidly thinning white hair. She almost passed out if it weren't for the fact he was so cute. But something told her that he was just as dangerous as he was cute. Sitting up on her butt just as he sat down she looked at him curiously.
"Who are you?" She asked him, he smiled at her, his wrinkled skin moving over his face. His wide olive green eyes peering at her with a love that she'd never seen before. This green person knew her and knew her well or so he thought he did.
"Master Yoda I am." He said never breaking eye contact with her. "Tell me, Young one, why are you here?" His question made her furrow her carefully sculpted brows together before she let out an exasperated sigh. Throwing her hands up she placed them on her knees staring at him.
"If I knew I wouldn't need to ask you people, I mean don't get me wrong, I'm thankful and everything, but all I know is that I was sick since I was seven and now miraculously I'm healed." She sighed again for the billionth time that day suddenly very tired.
"Curious. Lost is your past, even more so your future." His words began to confuse Lorelei but she just let it go. She knew she needed to listen to him. "Come it will, slowly." He seemed to think he had said all he could for he stood up on his wobbly legs, leaning stiffly on his wooden cane. Turning to Mace, a silent understanding seemed to pass between them as they left.
"Wait, what was that?" Lorelei asked thoroughly confused now, this whole encounter made no sense and now all she wanted was to go to sleep. Mace was the one to turn around and give her a piece of paper.
"These are directions to Master Kenobi's apartment, you should rest after your ordeal, it is nice to see you awake Young One." Lorelei took the paper gingerly nodding to him a bit not speaking, just watching him leave. She looked around herself after they left, and sighed. It couldn't have been longer than an hour or maybe less that she had been out there but she wanted to go back inside. Taking a look at the map she began to walk out of the maze of flowers and paths stopping every once in awhile to pluck a few and wrapped the whole bundle in a bouquet with her pink ribbon from her hair. Satisfied with it, she trudged inside the marvelous place. The marble underneath her feet o the beautifully painted pillars and walls, it was amazing. She waited in line with a few people her age for the lift, but didn't wait too long, which she was thankful for once again.
The people gave her odd looks as she got on and began reading a piece of paper. Not only was she dressed differently from them but she was also the only one who didn't know where she was going. She got off at the right floor or so she hoped, following the map she came to a set of doors. She stood outside of it for a bit, before sighing. Turning to look down both sides of the hallway she was nervously trying to find any reason for not entering that home.
Chasing her childish fears away she realized anyways she didn't know how to open the door. Sighing, she knocked lightly on the door, smiling with relief as it swished open to reveal Anakin and no one else. He smiled and stepped back allowing her to come inside. Noticing the flowers in her hands he grinned brighter, she seemed to have calmed down but her disposition was slightly nervous.
"Hello Anakin, can you get me a vase of water please, I was in this massive garden downstairs and couldn't help but pick them on my way out." Anakin nodded before rushing into what looked like a kitchen. She noticed how dark the apartment was and frowned, she really wanted to change it but knew it wasn't her place. Following him into the kitchen Lorelei sat on a stool placing the flowers on the counter.
"Did you have fun in the gardens? They're always peaceful this time of year." Anakin tried striking up conversation, as he pulled the pink ribbon off the bouquet and began to gently place them in the water. For being nine his insight on certain things was very advanced.
"Yeah, they were pretty, then again, I was interrupted by these two guys." She mentioned offhandedly standing up and leaving the vase in the middle of the counter. Anakin turned to her worry clearly written on his face before he seemingly mentally reprimanded himself. Following Lorelei out of the kitchen and into their sitting room he sat on the floor by her while she positioned herself gently on the couch. "You know, it's ok to be scared and worry about someone Anakin." She said looking down at him. "I don't know what made you think other wise, but I saw it on your face in your eyes, it's ok to feel those things." Her words touched him and his eyes began to water.
"That sounds like something my mother would say to me." Lorelei looked at the boy sadly before running a hand over his shoulder to soothe him.
"Would say Anakin? She doesn't live here with you?" Her question must have been a bad one for Anakin seemed to tense up as he angrily wiped his tears away. Lorelei gave him a sad look before wiping his tears away from him with her thumbs. "It's ok Anakin, you don't have to tell me, just remember that I'm always here for you no matter what. Ok?"
"Ok, but please call me Ani, everyone does." Lorelei smiled and bent down to give him a hug from behind. His demeanor changed from sad to happy instantly and he was on his feet grinning from ear to ear. Lorelei smiled thinking she had done something great by making him happy when a pillow coming out of no where hit her in the side of the head. Blinking confused she looked around thinking she'd see Obi-Wan finally down from his mood, but found no one there but the blank darkness. Blinking around confused she turned to Anakin's grinning smug looking face before she put two and two together. Even though it confused her and scared her she laughed and picked up the offending object.
"Oh, you'll pay Skywalker, you'll pay dearly." She began to raise the pillow as he reached for one behind him. He giggled as they began to pound on each other, Anakin was clearly winning however being a boy and far more wicked.
What ensued was the biggest pillow fight anyone had ever had the pleasure to witness. Neither occupant noticed the exhausted figure enter the room from the main entrance as they threw, advanced, and blocked each playful blow from the other. It was a lethal game the pillow fight was. It was one thing that could make or break a friendship, one bloody nose meant the bigger difference. Obi-Wan smiled at the two as they lay panting on the ground, Lorelei laid there staring up at the ceiling, her hair half coming out of the messy bun she was wearing it in and her clothes were all messed up, her face flushed. His Padawan's hair in much the same shape, only better because of it's shortness. His clothes were just as creased as hers but it was worth it, he hadn't heard Anakin laugh so much in the few short months he had been there.
He saw their chests even out as they both fell asleep on the plush carpeted floor. They looked like brother and sister, only minus the hateful bruises they could inflict upon each other. He smiled wider if possible at the sight of them, their innocent faces smoothed from lines of worry or happiness, just sleep claimed them, eyelashes resting against small soft cheeks. It was a beautiful sight, he left them there, asleep, going into his room he changed for bed and fell into it. It had certainly been the most exhausting day he'd ever had.
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Author's Note: Alright, I'm just here to thank everyone for reading this. I'm not quite happy with it, I mean it did kick off nicely, but eh. Haha, then again my BETA said it was…brilliant. But, then again she's psycho, so that doesn't say very much. But, I hope you all liked it.
This story has actually been burning a hole in my mind for two months. My friend finally persuaded me into writing it before I went insane. I can honestly say, it worked. Only now, I'm very frustrated with making it come to a close.
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