Okanabe: Next Chapter. I'm TRYING to do a chapter a day, but I highly doubt that will be possible. So I'm doing what I can when I can. Here's the next chapter...


Who I Am

Without a doubt, Keira was amazed. She was Obi-Wan Kenobi's, the fabled Obi-Wan Kenobi's daughter! She had been up all night thinking about it. Luckily, the Jedi enjoyed Espresso and Cappucino almost as much as most Americans. She was thankful for that. Her mind continued on the route of thoughts about her father.

In some ways, Keira was ecstatic. She had always wondered who her real birth parents were, and now...she was getting one of the best of the lot that she could of gotten!

But in other ways, Keira was disappointed. Why so young? Why had he been so young to make that decision? If you did your math right, Siri Tachi was 16 when she had Keira, than it means that Obi-Wan was 16 too.

Keira sighed. She didn't know exactly what to think now. She wanted more than ever to meet him, yet she didn't want to meet him. She didn't want to see his expression on his face when he found out.

A knock on the door aroused her thoughts. Keira got up from the floor and went to answer it. To her surprise it was Knight Terrill.

"Hello," said Terrill.

I have never seen such a melancholy in my entire life! Keira thought. He barely even smiles!

"I have been asked to escort you to the Food Court. It is 12 o'clock and it is time for your mission."

"Oh," Keira responded with a sigh. She then followed Terrill.

"You seem down," Terrill said quietly as they were heading towards the Food Court.

"I just miss my home," Keira responded. At least he had a heart.

"Oh," Terrill said.

Just then, as if this hadn't hit her before, a thought came to her. "Didn't Master Yoda say if I didn't want to complete this mission, I could go home?" Keira asked.

Terrill looked at Keira. "Yes...but, I don't think that would be wise."

"How would it not be wise?" Keira asked. She truly wanted to go home. She wasn't that thrilled about meeting her father now.

"Master Yoda gave you a mission. He wants you to complete it. I suggest you do it. Right now, you don't have the greatest reputation in the world and this might help you. Not only that, but this is the oppurtunity of a life time," said Terrill.

"What do you mean I don't have that good of a reputation?" Keira asked, locking gazes with Terrill.

"You're a civilian in a Jedi Temple where the majority of Jedi can only be trained at the beginning of their lives, yet you're being invited freely, being the age you are!" Terrill snapped.

Keira looked flabbergasted and shocked. First, she had no idea that the Jedi Temple was considering training for her. Second, this was not Terrill's normal personality.

He must've sensed her unease. "I'm sorry...I shouldn't have said that. My Master's always telling me to control my temper."

Keira nodded. But she was still shocked. "I didn't know the Council was considering me for training," she said blankly.

"Well, now you know," said Terrill. "I can blurt out things I really don't mean to."

"It's sometime's nice to have someone to blurt things out to you," Keira said.

"That is true...in some cases. Like mine," Terrill smirked.

There's a smile! Or half of one! At least I can see his teeth. Keira thought.

By this time they were already at the hoverlift. Keira looked at it in dismay.

"Are you sure we can't just...walk down?" she asked. "I don't want to get in that thing again."

"You need to get used to it. The stairs are not always going to be available to you," Terrill said quietly.

"You sounded like Qui-Gon Jinn," Keira said thoughtfully.

"Who?" Terrill asked, obvious confusion in his voice.

"Never mind," Keira mumbled as they got into the hoverlift.

When the hoverlift started, she almost shrieked as she felt her feet go about an inch in the air and then going back down.

"Going down," Terrill said.

"How do you keep from hitting the ceiling!" Keira exclaimed holding on to the railing.

"It takes practice," he smirked again.

Keira growled. He was being cocky today. This was very interesting...and highly annoying.

Finally when they got to their stop, Keira jumped out of the hoverlift.

"I hate that thing," Keira snarled.

She was surprised when Terrill came out and whirled her around to face him.

"Never say...'I hate' in the Temple," Terrill said. "It makes the Jedi Masters nervous. Especially when it's a newcomer saying that."

Keira nodded obediently. She didn't exactly want anyone nervous around her. Especially when there was nothing to be nervous about. Not to mention, she needed some sort of a good reputation.

"This is the Food Court. Find who you're supposed to find. I'll be waiting here when you're through. Here's some credits to buy lunch," Terrill said, handing Keira money that looked an awful lot like credit cards.

"May the Force be with you..." Terrill said.

"May the Force be with you too," Keira replied.

And in her heart...she prayed whole heartedly that the Force would be with her.