A.N: Hey so first story whoop! Mostly how Nitza and Bendu met, and yes, huge Pete's Dragon and BFG references ahead. Also since these are drabbles I'm not putting exact detail on what Nitza looks like. This is a free for all. She can be blond, brunette, dark skin, light skin, have a go at it let your imagination run wild.

I don't own Star Wars, just Nitza.

The Beginning

Giants, they were nothing but tall tales to five-year-old Nitza. It was nothing but stuff to distract from the important things in life, such as the future. It was all her parents seemed to talk about. Her future, their future, the future of the Empire. Nitza didn't think of it at all as a boring subject. Being five-years-old, all she could do was take in information. And what she so far knew was that this Empire is what made her and her family travel all the time. Exploring worlds is what gave Nitza entertainment, the need to know more of what was out there. And there was always the question that came with each new world explored. Nitza always heard how the new planet could provide for this Empire, for her family' future, for her own future and the question was, was that it? Couldn't there be more then this future?

There was… they were the Giants.

And how this came to pass, started out with an unhappy beginning.

Nitza and her parents were on a special trip, having taken a private transport to a planet called Atollon. With her father at the steering of the land speeder, her mother sat next to him on the passenger seat. Nitza was in the back, looking at the surroundings of this new world. Though it felt warm with its tan orange soil, shade was provided by tall coral-like flora that grew like trees and stretched as tall as a several story-buildings. Nitza couldn't help but point at each and every one. Her mother would look back, smile, and acknowledge the presence of the coral mesa with her daughter. Her father pointed out how much fun it would be to climb to the top, probably make lookout post for the Empire if they wanted to set up here. It left Nitza with the exciting feeling climbing them and being able to probably see the entire surface from the top. But the exciting feeling was cut short. It's when the spider came out of nowhere.

It all happened too fast for Nitza's little mind to even comprehend that what happened… happened. All she could do was stare at the fire engulfing the crushed vehicle. On her knees, arms wrapped around her own body for comfort, Nitza cried at the sight. It was just… so scary to see… The creature that caused the crash now lay dead burning next to the vehicle, having died instantly on impact, but it wasn't the only one. Her parents had come to the same fate, crushed underneath the vehicle. Though Nitza eyes saw destruction, her mind distracted her to a different sight. Her future.

Nitza shoulders shook with every choking breath she took as she sobbed. Her family was gone, she would never receive the love and care of her parents again. She closed her eyes, letting tears run down her cheeks and down to the dry earth. All the times her mother would hug her, tuck her into bed, gone. She sniffled on instinct, trying to keep her nose from running. The many times her father would be there to teach her to read, or draw…. Gone.

Nitza looked own at her hands, holding up something she grabbed from the ground. It was a chain that had fallen out of the land speeder with her when it collided with the first spider. The chain had a tag and etched into it was the symbol of the Empire. It was her fathers… or at least, it once belonged to him. Nitza put it around her neck to hang like a necklace. Holding the silver tag in her palm she continued to cry. Nitza was alone, she'd be forever alone. And alone, for how long? She looked around her. More of the spider creatures came out from behind small hills or from tunnels in the ground. If she wasn't going to be alone, then she was going to be eaten. Gone herself. What was her future? Nitza was too scared to know.

As she thought about how the end, the feeling of death might be, the creatures got closer and closer to her. With each step they took, the more she began to panic, her cries fading replaced with short breath. Nitza thoughts of death mixed with the fear of the spiders hurting her were too much. She was only five, so all these thoughts were scrambled in her young mind, incomprehensive.

She couldn't comprehend death, she couldn't even comprehend life. The spiders were just a few feet away now

She couldn't understand what had happened to her parents and why, it had been so fast, so much.

The Spiders were getting closer, she would not survive.

They were right in front of her…

She ran.

Turning tail, she went up a hill behind her that had not been blocked by the spiders. As soon as she got to the top, the creatures figured out what was happening and chased after her. She ran through a small path surrounded by a forest of the coral flora. It was dark now as the sun began to set making the path in front of her dark and ominous. Being little, and feeling sad and scared, she had little energy in her. Nitza had only ran for a minute, her small strides taking her no deeper into the coral forest until she stopped to catch her breath. A few moments later, the sound of hissing was heard. She looked back to see the creatures, three of them, had caught up to her. She froze up for a second, her feet rooted to the ground as she then began to tremble. Adrenaline was going through her veins, shocking her, keeping her from running away. Nitza began to cry, knowing she couldn't do anything to stop it.

She fell to her knees out of tiredness and defeat. It was over. The creatures closed in on her, surrounding her on all sides except for behind her. Nitza looked up at the one just in front of her, her eyes becoming glossy as tears began to form. She bit her lip, trying to keep back a cry of fear as the the spider leaned down so it's face was just inches from hers. When it hissed, Nitza felt the heat of it's breath come her way. She ignored the smell of rotten flesh, she didn't much care. She stared into it's dark beady eyes, almost as black as the night that surrounded them. It was in those eyes she saw her reflections, her fear. She was going to die. Nitza kept crying. She let the tears fall as she bowed her head and closed her eyes.

The Spiders each took one step forward, ready to grab her, take her to their cave, eat her…

But they only managed to take a step forward until a sound like thunder was heard from behind Nitza. With their mandrels, the spiders made nervous clicking sounds and backed away from the girl. Noticing they had stopped and hearing the sound of thunder grow louder, Nitza's crying had ceased immediately. Her little heart continued to beat fast, but for some reason, the sound of the thunder, and the fact it scared the spiders, was reassuring. Nitza looked back, seeing what the source was. It wasn't thunder for sure, but it was coming from behind a cluttered forest of tall coral mesa. Nitza squinted her eyes, seeing that some of the coral was moving, and getting bigger… or closer?

Two of the spiders left in a hurry, each one going in different directions as the thunder sound got louder coming from just behind the line of coral stacks. Nitza fully turned around now, watching as the the moving coral came out of the shadowy forest into the light of the moon as it began to shine brighter with the coming night. Nitza gave a loud gasp, seeing a giant creature, a beast, unlike anything the girl could ever imagine. It was almost as tall as the coral forest. It had horns on it's head, looking much like the coral flora around them. Its shell from its arms to the back all the way to the tail was covered in the coral, acting like large scales sticking out of it. It has stumpy back feet and long front arms. It walked on all fours, supporting itself on the front from the knuckles. Its face was ape-like, large crusty eyebrows almost hiding it's white almost pupil-less eyes.

The spider who stayed behind did not move when the beast approached, that is until the beast gave a large grunt, air flaring from its nostrils. The spider made a quick retreat into a cave in a nearby hill. Nitza looked once to the spider, then at the beast. They were scared of the big monster. The question was, should she be too?

"What's this?" The beast said in a booming, and yet, curious and calm tone. The creature bent down, their muzzle now inches away from Nitza's nose as it gave one big sniff. Nitza sniffled and began to tear up again. Was this thing like the spiders? Did it mean to hurt her? "Are-are you going to eat me?" She asked, her voice cracking as she looked at the creature with sad eyes.

The creature blinked, then suddenly raised its head and gave a hearty laugh. For a moment, Nitza felt… happy… his laugh made her feel so much safer. She even stopped crying, leaving only drying tears on her fac. But in remembering the situation she was in, and not knowing the intentions of the creature, she became afraid once again. The creature stopped laughing, but kept a smile on its face as it lowered its head to Nitza's level again and said with curiosity, "You think because I'm big you think I'm a man-eating monster?"

Nitza wiped away the last of her tears with her sleeves. Nitza didn't know how to respond. Obviously, now that she had time to think, the answer was yes. But what was the creature getting at? Was he trying to say he wasn't going to eat her? The girl could only stare. And now that she had more time to think, she came to the realization that it talked. It was talking to her like… any other person. Was this beast a creature, or a person? Seeing as how she hadn't responded, the creature said, "Your kind… so simple minded… so blind."

Having now relaxed, with only her mind being the one in disarray, Nitza asked with more confidence now, "What's that mean?"

"You think what you see is what's there, but you never think to look deeper."

Confused, she asked again, "What's that mean?"

The creature chuckled again, "One so small, you can only comprehend so much." As if it suddenly occurred to him, the creature raised an eyebrow and asked, "Where do you come from?"

"Um…" Nitza began with smile, "I don't know. Mommy and daddy and me always move around. We don't stay…." remembering her parents, Nitza faltered. Frowning, she looked back in the direction of the hill she had gone over. She could see smoke, and the glow of the fire now became visible as the sun gad set and night took over. They were gone…

The creature followed her line of vision, getting up on his hind feet to get a better view of what was over the hill. He saw enough to tell him what had happened, and who this little girl might be. He went down on all fours again, kicking up dust as he did. Nitza had to shield herself from the cloud until it dispersed. The creature bent down once again, this time saying with a solemn tone, "Is there anyone else here?"

Nitza shook her head from side to side slowly, without looking away from the sight of the smoke. Her parents were the only ones, and the Empire… who ever… would they come? They wouldn't know what happened. They wouldn't come. She would be alone.

She heard the familiar sound of hissing and she became frightened. She looked up at a cave close by. There a spider creature stood, eyeing her with dark soulless eyes. She wanted to get up and run but she ended up stumbling on to her bottom and scooting back with her feet. She won't be able to get far, she would be killed. Before the spider could take a step outside the cave, the giant put one large hand down on the ground between the spider and Nitza his coral like arm blocking the spiders view of the young girl. The creature didn't attack, merely stared at the spider until the legged-being turned around and disappeared inside the cave again.

Out of shock of what happened, Nitza looked at the creature wide-eyed. "How did you do that?"

"One needs to be at peace."

"At peace?"

"Be calm."

"But, but how? They want to eat me. And when they do I'll…. I'll…"

Understanding what she meant, the creature said non-chalantly, "Such is the way of things…. That is if you do not remain at peace."

"But, but- I don't want to die!" she began to cry again, closing her eyes tight to keep the tears back. This thing was saying she would die. And for a moment he had her feel secure. Why was this happening? Suddenly she felt a large presence around her. She opened her eyes and gasped.

The Creature had put his giant hand around her to shield her. As she stopped crying, the creature said, "Is that what you think will happen? You will die?"

"My-my mommy and daddy are gone. No one can help me. Those spiders want to eat me. I can't run."

"Then you have sealed your fate."

"What?"

"Say you will die, you will die."

"No, you said it."

"I did not. I said it may be true, if you do not remain at peace. Your future is something you determine, little one. The way to do that is by knowing the present."

The present? Now? But now didn't matter, did it? What would the now change anything? "I don't know… what..."

"A small mind can only learn so much. Time will help you understand." He noticed the krykna peaking out through the cave entrance again, and then he looked at Nitza. Time was something she didn't have. He suddenly felt the need to protect this girl, even though it wasn't his place to intervene with nature. Should he listen to his instincts or nature? The Giant gave a loud sigh, letting the back of his hand go down, flat on the ground. "Come with me."

When he said that, Nitza suddenly figured what he was doing. "You want to help me?"

For a second, the expression on his face, that of calm, turned to surprise and even doubt. Nitza wondered what he thinking. Was he surprised that he was helping her? Was he wondering if he should try and help, or as he said before, let things happen. But as soon as she saw it, the surprise turned back to knowing and he said again, "Come."

Nervously, Nitza stood up on shaky feet. She climbed on to his palm, and she noticed how rough they felt at the touch. She even stroked her soft young hands to feel the comparison. The feeling made her giggle, for the first time since the accident. When she sat down on his palm immediately the Giant raised it's hand and brought her up so that she was level with his eyes. "Wow…" she gasped, becoming more and more aware at his immensity. The giant chuckled at her wondrous gaze. Then she asked, "What are you?"

"I am Bendu, the Bendu."

"I am Nitza…. Just…. Nitza."

A.N: I swear this is longest one, every other story should be short. Not much to say except, character development? I don't know. More soon, I'm KikaKatTIOI, peace out