Shorts, a Drabble Series

by Arhani 'Hanny' Daforcena

As the title presumes, a collection of very short passages on Obi-Wan Kenobi, and the woman he loved, and loved him. She is the Viceroy of a neutral system, and a great ally to the Jedi and the Republic. Also, they are other SW-related drabbles. RNR PLS!

11. Hope

Characters: Kourei/Bunch of Younglings/ Lil Bariss Offee/Solomon Goldsmith, Otonashi Saya and Diva (Borrowed from Blood+)

"A long, long time ago, there was a Knight, who fell in love with a Queen," Kourei said to the class of Jedi younglings that she had volunteered to substitute before her meeting with Master Yoda. "But, the Queen's sister, another Queen, and the one he served, would not allow it, and ordered all her minions to stop them from meeting one another." She smiled, looking at the reactions of the younglings, quite remembering her own when she had heard that ancient tale for the first time. "And when the Knight found out, he tried everything that he could to see his beloved once again, only to experience the worst failure…"

Then, a little Mirallian female raised her hand and asked, "Lady Ar-Kourei, did the Knight kill the other Queen before trying to meet the one he loved?"

Kourei chuckled, and nodded. "Yes, he gave in to the Dark Side, for a moment, to seek what he thought was right, but in the end, when he saw the frail, defenselessness of his own Master, he repented, and was struck down in the cruelest way."

The younglings all ooohed and aaahed at the ending of Kourei's story, and she took the opportunity to teach them about the need for balance of the Force within oneself, and also the Force as a whole. She would have taught them about non-attachment, but that would have been too hypocritical of her to do so, for obvious reasons. Her understanding of the Force, had been that of the Potentium, in which there was only the Force, which her former-Jedi mentor taught her about. And now, she would pass this almost-extinct school of thought to these younglings.

Soon after the class had ended, their Jedi Minder came back from her appointment, and Kourei was on her way. She knew that although these younglings might not have put much thought of her unorthodox words, but one of them would surely remember, and interpret those words into her own theories. That youngling was Bariss Offee, a future Jedi Knight, whom Kourei knew would rise just as high as the new recruit, Anakin Skywalker.