Road 7

Nuada's eyes widened in shock the human knew the old ways? He gazed at the weapon in his hands. He could either take her vow of loyalty and make her his vassal. In which case she would have to obey him or he could send her and her friends away.

She was human that in itself he did not trust. She had aided his sister though Nuala had misled them. Was she worthy of his trust and if she wasn't why did he start a relationship with her already. That last part he could at least answer.

He wanted to know for a fact that he still craved a female's touch and that the human hadn't changed that. He studied the weapon in his hands the metal was white though the color was natural not painted on. He lifted it and examined it more closely. It bore a strange vine pattern on the hilt, which concealed a set of buttons on its side. Not only was it beautiful but he sensed in her hands it was quite deadly.

He looked down at her and put one hand under her chin, raising her face so he could see her eyes."I accept you as my vassal and pledge my protection to you and yours" said Nuada after it was said he realized he had just inadvertedly accepted his sister back through her.

"now go I must think" he said she nodded extending her hand for her blade. He placed it in her hand. "it is very beautiful" he said she smiled at him "so are yours" she answered Nuada sighed regretting that he had lost his weapons to those wretched humans.

She smiled at him and walked across the room retrieved a cloth wrapped bundle and set it on his lap. "what is this?" he said "consider it a present my lord" she said and walked out of the room. He unwrapped it slowly fortunately the bindings were loose already.

The cloth parted and setting on his lap were his weapons. They had been cleaned lovingly since he last used them so they gleamed in the light. He caressed the hilt of his spear and his hand tried to cramp. He absently picked up the rubber ball she had given him and squeezed.

She had given him hope, now all he had to do was act on it. Charlie walked into the dining hall area and her friends eyed her quizzically. "Well?" they said at last when she said nothing. She smirked and poured herself some stew. Wink watched her walk past him and sit down with her friends.

"we work for him now" said Charlie "say what, what did you do?" said Beth "pledged my loyalty to his cause" said Charlie "sure it wasn't to him?" said Sam "yeah that too" said Charlie "what did you do?" said Beth. Wink cleared his throat and they turned towards him.

He glared at Sam and Beth then got up and left the room. She waited until he was gone."I blew him and strip teased for him" said Charlie a wicked smile curved her lips. "Was he you know?" said Sam "oh yeah like a race horse" said Charlie Sam clapped her hands over her mouth.

"so are you going to you know, later or something?" said Beth "yeah he wants to heal first and I think that's a good idea" said Charlie "so what exactly do we do as his vassals?" said Beth "I'm his vassal technically you're my house hold" said Charlie her friends looked irritated

"what strange customs remember, speaking of which where's Nuala?" said Charlie "she ran upstairs I think she was trying to get far away from something" said Beth Charlie chuckled and put her bowl up "I'm going to go talk to her" said Charlie she walked off in the direction of one of the out buildings.

She could feel Nuala's dismay through the force so she followed it. She found the girl crying in one of the small bedrooms. Charlie kneeled down beside her. "hey you ok?" she asked "did you enjoy yourself?" asked Nuala "yes why?" said Charlie "are you using him?" said Nuala

Charlie narrowed her eyes at her perhaps she wasn't as naïve as Nuada thought. "no I actually like him why?" said Charlie "he hates your kind why would he allow your touch?" said Nuala. Charlie wasn't sure if she was asking a question or stating something. "maybe because I'm different and I did just save his life" said Charlie "you defended me I should be happy you found some peace with my brother" said Nuala Charlie wisely kept the grin from her face; yeah she did get a piece. Nuala looked over at her

"promise me you won't break his heart, he's been hurt so much I couldn't bear if he had this wound as well" said Nuala Charlie nodded "I won't you have my word" said Charlie "no, I'll try?" said Nuala "there is do or not do there is no try" said Charlie. "what do you plan to do with me?" said Nuala.

Charlie sighed and looked her over. She wasn't sure what she wanted to do with Nuala. When the master is ready a student will appear, came Lukes words back to her. Charlie grinned why not; she had to have at least the same amount of stamina as her brother."I'm going to teach you" said Charlie

Nuala looked up at her and frowned "teach me what?" said Nuala "to be a Jedi, as of this moment you are my apprentice" said Charlie "when do we start?" said Nuala. Her face looked somewhat apprehensive but no longer deflated.

"tomorrow morning, I'll wake you early so get some sleep now" said Charlie. Charlie returned to her friends and told them the news. "your kidding Nuala?" said Beth "yeah I'm gonna dig around see if I can find the parts to make a practice saber" said Charlie. She went out of the one temple and started checking store rooms.

Wink spotted her digging through a bin in one of buildings. The bin was filled with broken parts and tools. "what are you doing?" said wink "looking for the components to make a second one of these" said Charlie she patted her saber.

"why?" said wink "because my apprentice needs a practice blade" said Charlie "Apprentice?" said wink "yeah I'm going to teach Nuala to be a Jedi" said Charlie wink started laughing, he laughed so hard he held his stomach and his eyes watered.

Charlie turned to him her hands on both her hips and said "why is that so funny" said Charlie wink tried to answer her through his case of the giggles and she ended up waiting till he caught his breath. "because small insects scare her a battle is something she could not handle" said wink. Charlie nodded, yeah the princess was soft. Pampered and primped, oh so proper. "she will" said Charlie