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Chapter 10- A Dark Story
Nousha and I decide to take a walk. The bright sun shines on the sidewalk outside the temple and warms us as we stroll.
"What were you doing awake so early?" She asks.
"Oh, the Jedi council wanted to talk to me." I reply. I realize that I'm rubbing my neck nervously. I whip my hand back down to my side.
"About me?" Nousha sounds half annoyed and half expectant. "Whatever." She shrugs and looks away. I can feel her anger radiating off of her like a hot oven.
"Why does that make you so mad?" I ask, inwardly slapping myself for asking her such a stupid question.
She turns to look at me, her ice blue eyes filled with rage.
"If the Jedi had cared about the safety of the galaxy, they would have saved me when they had the chance." She snarls.
I wait for more of an explanation. Nousha sighs.
"When I woke up on that planet as a child, hardly more than 7 years old, I knew nothing. I must have been brainwashed. I don't know where I came from or who took me. I saw a Jedi after being dragged off to an orphanage. I pleaded for help, but he told me to go back to the people who took me. He told me that everything was alright now. Even at a young age, I recognized that he didn't care about me. The Jedi don't care about the small things, they only things they care about are the big things. The things that make them look good in the eyes of the republic." Nousha stops for a huge breath of air.
I stare at her in horror. "Most Jedi aren't like that." I say.
"How would you know, you're one of them." The anger in her eyes is almost scary.
"Calm down." I say and sit her down on an iron bench. "I know that most of these people care too much to let that ever happen to anyone again. I don't know who did it, but I'm sure he's gone now. The council wouldn't tolerate it."
Nousha still refuses to meet my eye. I can only hope that she accepts what I'm saying. Then, I do something stupid that confirms what I suspected about me and Nousha. I tuck a loose strand of her wavy blonde hair behind her ear.
I immediately know that I have fallen for her. How could I not. She was so lonely and so broken, and so beautiful. She turns to look at me.
"I'm trusting you, again." She says. As she looks straight at me, a small smile forms on her lips and her voice is tinged with humor. "You seem to be pretty trustworthy."
I find myself smiling back at her. But somewhere, in the depths of my heart, I know that I'm not trustworthy. Tonight, the council will need the information she just gave me. I feel a sense of betrayal in my heart. I stand up and offer her my hand.
"I'm good, thank you." She says and stands up. She starts heading back toward the temple. I stare after her for a second before following her.
Later…
"She was kidnapped?" Cinum asks.
"That's what she says." I mumble. I can't shake the feeling of betrayal growing inside.
"Good, it is, that you found this out." Yoda remarks. "The more we know, the better."
Cinum puts a reassuring hand on my shoulder.
I look at his kind face. The face I've looked at with awe since I was twelve. Now, I want to tell him everything. Everything I'm feeling about Nousha especially. But I know that I wouldn't be able to tell him anyways. It's forbidden for Jedi to have attachments.
I feel terrible as the council discusses Nousha around me. I quit paying attention and zone out.
"You are free to leave Travis." One of the council members says to me. I leave quickly and storm down the halls. I'm angry at myself and at the council. I also am longing to be Nousha's friend without being secretive.
I head mindlessly to my favorite place. There is a hidden walkway that spans a good portion of the temple roof. I walk back and forth, fighting with my feelings for a while. The wind blows through my thick brown hair as I stare at the city. What have I gotten myself into?
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