Chapter Four: Changes
"Master why is everyone so interested in this little girl?" 19-year-old Obi-Wan Kenobi asked his Master Qui-Gon Jinn. They had been back at the Jedi Temple for just a few hours and all Obi-Wan had heard about was this new youngling that Master Windu had saved.
"Because Obi-Wan she has the highest midichlorian count of any known Jedi." Qui-Gon answered as they walked through the halls of the Jedi Temple.
"Doesn't that make her the Chosen One?"
"No one is sure yet. From what I've been told from Master Plo is that this child's future is still too cloudy and changing for even Master Yoda to grasp." Qui-Gon said as they continued down the hall.
Obi-Wan contemplated this notion as they continued to walk through the halls in silence. After a few more minutes, Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan come upon Master Windu walking with a female youngling. The two groups approached each other from across the large hallway. The closer Obi-Wan got towards Master Windu and the youngling; he noticed that this youngling was looking around in awe and wonder. "What an odd child," he thought to himself.
"Ah Master Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan," Windu said greeting them both.
"Master Windu," Qui-Gon acknowledged. Obi-Wan nodded in response and stood silently next to his Master. "Who is this youngling?"
"This is Audrey Skywalker. She is starting her training today. Audrey, this is Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice, Obi-Wan Kenobi." Windu said making introductions.
Audrey didn't say anything but instead she smiled gently at them. Qui-Gon said hello to her and Obi-Wan just smiled back. Yet as he smiled back at her, Obi-Wan felt a warm, loving feeling wash over him. He had never felt anything like that before. And that worried him. But for some reason, he felt that he couldn't tell Qui-Gon about it.
The feeling quickly vanished as Master Windu and Audrey began to walk down the hall again. Obi-Wan tried to shake his uneasiness over what had just happened, but he couldn't. There was something about that little girl…
Qui-Gon could feel his Padawan's nervousness, but made no mention of it.
Some things were meant to be discovered on their own…
He was supposed to be in bed asleep, but Obi-Wan found that he couldn't. The feeling that he had gotten from Audrey Skywalker earlier in the day, still bugged him hours later. Maybe mediating would help him.
As he sat up and closed his eyes as he let the Force surround him. And very quickly images appeared to him. They were images of two humans; a male and a female, engaged in a secret pact…no wait a marriage. But to him it felt like this was a forbidden union. His meditation session ended as quickly as it had begun. This vision confused him even more than his feeling earlier had. How could a union be forbidden if it was meant to be?
Then it dawned on him. Marriage and attachment were forbidden by the Jedi code. Could this have been a vision of his future? Would he turn his back on the Jedi code?
Or was it meant to be a warning about something else?