Title: The Hard Way
Characters: (OCs)
Time Frame: Post-TPM
Disclaimer: Still not mine. (But the OCs are...)
Note: jackyyy17 gave me this challenge:
Challenge: Write a story were no one gets killed, and everyone lives happily ever after.
Catch: Must use the words: Death, deception, despair, and loath
And now, on with the story...
Part one: Telekinesis
"I loathe you."
The man looked away from the window for a moment and frowned at his padawan. "What? Why?"
"For all the deception and despair and death we've seen, you still found a situation that was twice as bad as the last one we were in!" The girl struggled to free her hands from the shackles that held her wrists tightly. "Will you untie me, please?"
The man shook his head. "No."
"Why not?"
"I don't want to."
She stared at him impatiently. "Master? Whatever is going on outside, you'd better come over here and untie me right now. Bird watching can wait."
"I'm not bird watching."
"Master!" Her tone was getting increasingly shrill.
"No."
"Untie me!"
He just looked at her sternly. "No. Do it yourself."
She stared at him. "Master! Untie me!"
"No." He looked out the window again.
"Master?"
"Yes?"
"You didn't tell me just how I'm supposed to do this." She was met with silence as he continued to stare out the window. "Please tell me?"
"Why?"
"Because if you don't, I will cleave you in two as soon as I get free on my own." This earned her a look of disdain. "Why'd you want me to do this excercise, anyway?"
"You know why."
They sat in silence for several minutes as she tried to wiggle and pull free of her bonds some more. Finally, she stared at him again. "I still loathe you, Master."
Later that day, to the mortification of her master, Padawan Moira Melyan finally learned the art of telekinesis. She left him tied to the chair.