Chapter 14! oh my goodness i can't believe i got two chapters up in one day! -jaw drops- but enjoy!
Last time, on A Not-So-Normal Week: Sidious got a leaf blower, Anakin made super cookies, and poor Ahsoka got amnesia.
This time, on A Not-So-Normal Week: Find out if our friends find the cure for Ahsoka's amnesia... or if they catastrophically fail.
A Not-So-Normal Week
Chapter 14: Ice, That's the Cold Stuff Made of Water
Ding, dong! The doorbell rang and Anakin gratefully answered it. He thought it would be Padme, but it was Obi-Wan.
"Padme, I'm so glad to-" Anakin realized it was Obi-Wan, "Um, I mean, hi Obi-Wan."
"Why did you call me Padme?" Obi-Wan asked.
"Because I'm waiting for her to come." Anakin replied.
"Why?"
"Because she's helping me with Ahsoka." Anakin replied again.
"What's wrong with Ahsoka?"
"She has amnesia." Anakin said.
"Oh, my! I can help, if you want." Obi-Wan said.
"Well, I guess she should remember who you are…" Anakin said, and he lead Obi-Wan in and to Ahsoka's room.
"Hey, who's that?" Ahsoka asked as Anakin came in with Obi-Wan.
"This is Obi-Wan, Ahsoka. He's our friend." Anakin said.
"Hello, Ahsoka. Do you remember me?" Obi-Wan asked her gently, taking her hand in his.
"Your voice sounds so familiar…" Ahsoka said breathily, leaning back onto her pillow, "But I can't seem to remember."
"It's alright, your memory will be back soon. We're going to help you." Obi-Wan said.
"How is your head, Ahsoka?" Anakin asked, stepping closer.
Ahsoka winced. "Still hurting."
"You want some ice?" Anakin asked.
"Ice… that's the cold stuff made of water right?" Ahsoka asked.
"Yep. It will help your head feel better." Anakin said.
"It will? Can I have some?" Ahsoka asked.
"Yes. Obi-Wan, please stay with Ahsoka to make sure she doesn't do anything crazy." Anakin said.
Obi-Wan nodded and took a seat on Ahsoka's chair, which Anakin had fixed with duct tape. Anakin left.
"Hey, Obi-Wan?" Ahsoka asked weakly, glancing over at him.
"Yes, Ahsoka?" Obi-Wan replied.
"Do we know someone named Rex?"
"Why, yes, we do. He's a clone captain. Do you have some memory of him?"
"I- I don't know… it's a bit fuzzy, but I remember something. And someone named Chuchi. Do I know someone named Chuchi?" Ahsoka asked.
"Yes! Yes, you do! I think you're getting your memory back, Ahsoka!" Obi-Wan said.
"I am?" Ahsoka said, rubbing her head softly. "I still can't remember how I hit my head though. When I try, my head just hurts more."
"Then don't try right now. I think if we try hard enough, we can have all your memory back by the end of the day." Obi-Wan said.
"Really? You think so?" Ahsoka asked excitedly.
"I think. Hey, I've got an idea…" Obi-Wan adjusted himself and got into a stance with his hands outstretched towards Ahsoka. He sent waves of healing Force into her.
"Oh my goodness," Ahsoka gasped. "I remember!"
"Remember what? Tell me, Ahsoka!" Obi-Wan said.
"I was up at midnight, and I tripped on something." She said. "Let me show you," She got up quickly but suddenly collapsed back to her bed. "I feel dizzy," She said, laying down.
"It's very wonderful you remember, Ahsoka. It's absolutely wonderful, but you still have a bad bump on your head and you still need to rest." Obi-Wan said, so he covered Ahsoka with the sheets and used the Force to gently put her to sleep.
Obi-Wan rushed out of the room as soon as the young Padawan was asleep. "Anakin! She remembers!" He cried.
"Really?" Anakin said excitedly, "I'm going to go make sure,"
"No, she's just fallen asleep. She has still hit her head, and she needs rest." Obi-Wan said, putting his hand on Anakin's shoulder to stop him from going any further.
"Fine. You wanna go do something?" Anakin said.
"Should we really leave Ahsoka alone?" Obi-Wan inquired.
"She'll be fine. She remembers now, remember? I'm going to call Padme and tell her not to come, and then we can leave." Anakin said.
So after calling Padme to tell her the good news and also not to come, Anakin and Obi-Wan exited the quarters.
Little did they know, however, Ahsoka didn't remember everything.
Anakin and Obi-Wan had gone to the cafeteria to get something to eat and a nice warm cup of coffee.
"I'm so glad Ahsoka remembers everything," Anakin said as he sipped his coffee.
"Me too. Somehow I get the feeling we shouldn't have left her though." Obi-Wan replied.
Anakin rolled his eyes and shot Obi-Wan a sideways smile. "You worry too much," Anakin said, finishing his coffee.
"Maybe you're right," Obi-Wan agreed, finishing his coffee as well.
"Hey, you wanna go golfing?" Anakin asked Obi-Wan.
"Sure!" Obi-Wan said, so the two went to the golf course.
2 hours later, back in Anakin and Ahsoka's quarters…
Ahsoka opened her eyes. What was going on? She remembered Obi-Wan helping her go to sleep. She sat up and winced as she remembered the bump on her head, and it throbbed as she crawled out of her bed and opened her door.
"Obi-Wan?" She called, "Anakin?" No one was around. Feeling a sudden wave of dizziness, she quickly sat down at the dining room table. "Maybe they have some of that ice stuff." Ahsoka muttered to herself. "Now, where would you keep something cold," She wondered aloud. She eventually wandered into the kitchen. "Hm, maybe in here…" Ahsoka opened the refrigerator. "Brrrrr," She shivered, "It must be in here." She pulled out a jar of pickles.
"This is cold, and hard. This must be ice." Ahsoka decided, and she put it on her head. "That does feel good," She said, taking it to the table and sitting down.
Ahsoka noticed small, long, green objects inside the "ice". "Hm," Ahsoka mumbled. She found the top of the "ice" and smashed it on the table until it finally popped off.
"Interesting…" Ahsoka muttered, taking out an object. She smelled it. It smelled sour. She put one in her mouth. "Oh, that is sour," she said. But she liked it. Little did she remember, but pickles were actually her favorite food.
Ahsoka finished all the pickles, then stared at the green juice left in the jar. "I wonder if you're supposed to eat that too…" Ahsoka said. She drank all the pickle juice. She wrinkled her nose and coughed as the sour liquid went down her throat. "That doesn't taste as good, yuck," Ahsoka muttered.
Ahsoka went back to the refrigerator. She found a container of Anakin's famous chocolate cake. "This looks good," She said, smelling the sweet cake. "And it smells good too." Ahsoka ate all the cake.
She was very full, but she couldn't seem to remember what to do, so she went to go look for more food. She found some leftover pizza and ate it cold.
By this time, Ahsoka wasn't feeling very well. She went and lay on her bed. She was confused. Her head hurt. Her stomach hurt. She wasn't sure if it was her fault or not.
She didn't know what to do. She heard the door bell. "What was that?" She said to herself with a gasp. She ducked under her covers.
The person at the door, Barriss, didn't know why Ahsoka or Anakin wasn't opening the door. "Hello?" She called, knocking harder. "Is anyone home?"
Ahsoka listened and came up to the door. "Who are you?" She asked.
"It's me, Barriss!" Barriss called.
"Who is Barriss? Do I know a Barriss?" Ahsoka asked.
"Yes! You do! Please let me in." Barriss said.
"I can't remember if I know a Barriss or not!" Ahsoka said.
"Please! Let me in!" Barriss said.
"Fine, but if you are an intruder I'm making you leave!" Ahsoka said, and opened the door.
"Ahsoka, what's gotten into you?" Barriss asked.
"I'm not sure. All I know is Anakin said I bumped my head, and- ohhh, I need to sit down," Ahsoka quickly sat on the couch.
"Is something wrong, Ahsoka?" Barriss asked, sitting next to her and setting a hand on her shoulder.
"My stomach hurts, and I don't know why." Ahsoka said.
"Did you eat anything?" Barriss asked.
"Yes." Ahsoka said.
"What did you eat?" Barriss asked again.
"I'll show you," Ahsoka led Barriss into the dining room. "I ate these little green things in that container, the sweet thing in that container, and whatever that was in that container." Ahsoka said, pointing to the containers.
Barriss read the labels on the containers. "Ahsoka, you ate a whole jar of pickles, an entire cake, and a whole pizza! No wonder you have a stomachache."
"Where is Anakin? I'm scared." Ahsoka said.
"What has gotten into you?" Barriss cried. Ahsoka was not acting like herself at all.
"I don't know, I can't remember!" Ahsoka said. She went back on the couch and pulled her legs up to her chest.
Barriss put one and two together. Ahsoka said she bumped her head. She called her master Anakin, and she can't remember anything.
"Oh, Ahsoka," Barriss said gently. She pulled her friend into a hug. "I'm sure Anakin will be back soon. Did he tell you where he was going?"
"Obi-Wan helped me fall asleep. When I woke up, they were gone!" Ahsoka sniffled, "Maybe they don't care about me."
"Nonsense, Ahsoka!" Barriss said as a tear dripped down Ahsoka's face. "Your master cares about you very much."
"H-he does?" Ahsoka whispered.
"Yes. You don't remember this, but a few days ago, you got a horrible rash all over your body, and your master cared so much, he almost didn't let me in to see you." Barriss said.
"Really?"
"Yes. And when he dropped you off at my sleepover, he cared so much he almost didn't want to leave you at my quarters."
"You know what?" Ahsoka said, wiping away her tears. "I think I remember that!"
"You do?"
"Yes!"
"Awesome! And do you remember when we played Apples to Apples?" Barriss asked.
"Yes!"
"And… remember when Chuchi sprayed perfume in your face?"
"Yes!" Ahsoka's expression dimmed. "But I don't want to remember that."
The two girls laughed. "I need to go find my master right now!" Ahsoka said excitedly.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on." Barriss said, stopping her. "You need to stay here. First of all, we don't know where he is. And second, you're still hurt."
Ahsoka winced as she gingerly touched her head. "You're right." Ahsoka said.
Meanwhile, at the golf course:
"WOOO!" Anakin shouted victoriously. "Hole in one!" He danced around the green turf.
Obi-Wan sighed. "Anakin, when you said we were going to play golf, I thought you meant a real golf course, not a mini-golf golf course." He said, gesturing to the mini-golf course they were playing on.
Anakin laughed. "Mini-golf is waaaaaay more fun, Obi-Wan." Anakin said.
The two finished their last two holes. "Shouldn't we go back now?" Obi-Wan asked, "We need to check on Ahsoka."
"Yeah, that would probably be a good idea." Anakin said.
They went back and were greeted by an enthusiastic Ahsoka. "Skyguy! I remember everything!" She shouted for joy.
"That's awesome, Ahsoka!" Anakin said.
Ahsoka sat back down on the couch.
Barriss smiled. "Glad you guys are back. Ahsoka didn't remember everything just about a half hour ago. She was sad because she thought you didn't care about her."
Anakin's happy expression deflated. "She thought that?" He stared at the ground sadly.
"Yes." Barriss said. "And also, don't go too hard on her, she's just eaten a lot, and she's not feeling very well."
"Why did she do that?" Anakin asked.
"She didn't have her memory, so she wasn't sure why she was feeling full." Barriss explained.
"Oh," Anakin understood now. He went and sat by Ahsoka on the couch. "So, you remember everything now?"
"Yes," Ahsoka said. "Everything."
"So, I take it your not hungry for lunch… right?" Anakin said.
Ahsoka grimaced. "Definitely not." The two laughed.
"Would you at least like to come sit with us while we eat?" Anakin suggested.
"Alright." Ahsoka said. "Let's go."
Anakin went with Ahsoka to the table. He found the three empty containers and jar. "What's this?" He asked, holding up the empty jar.
"That's what Ahsoka ate." Barriss said.
Ahsoka looked sheepish as Anakin's jaw dropped to the ground. "Alright, well I guess we should probably clean this stuff up," Anakin said, clearing the stuff off the table.
Anakin made lunch while the other three sat down at the table to wait.
"Oh, Ahsoka, that reminds me," Barriss said, taking something out of her purse, "I have something for you." she handed Ahsoka a small marble.
"A new marble for my collection!" Ahsoka squealed. "Thank you, Barriss!" Ahsoka dropped it in her pocket.
Suddenly Ahsoka gasped. Her face paled. She clutched at her side.
"What's wrong, Ahsoka?" They all asked her worriedly.
"My pocket…" Ahsoka said, "It's going to-" She gasped again. "No!" Everything in Ahsoka's pocket gushed out and filled the room. They were all squished underneath it all.
Ahsoka struggled to breathe and pushed a bath tub off of her. "I'm so sorry, everyone!" Ahsoka said, panting to catch her breath. "Is anyone hurt?"
"If you consider being squished under Obi-Wan and a car not being hurt, I'm fine." Anakin said in a strained voice.
"Oh dear," Ahsoka said, she pried the car and Obi-Wan off of her master.
"Obi-Wan, are you alright?" Ahsoka asked.
"WOO!" Obi-Wan cried, "That was fun! Let's do it again!"
"No," Anakin said, "I thought I told you to make sure this didn't happen again, Ahsoka." Anakin said sternly.
"I know, I'm so sorry," Ahsoka said, "It was the marble Barriss gave me-" She gasped in horror. "Barriss."
They searched the pile of junk crowding the area. "Barriss? Barriss!" Ahsoka called. No reply.
"Barriss!" Ahsoka choked on tears that suddenly appeared in her throat. "Barriss," Tears started to pour down Ahsoka's face. "Oh, Barriss."
Anakin set a comforting hand on Ahsoka's shoulder. "Don't worry, Ahsoka. We'll find her."
Ahsoka managed a small smile and wiped her tears. "Alright, Skyguy."
They searched for what seemed like forever. Obi-Wan was helping too. But after searching all day, they didn't find her.
Ahsoka was blinking back tears the whole time. Finally she let them out and sobbed into her hands.
"Ahsoka," Anakin said gently. "It's alright, don't cry."
"It's all my fault, Skyguy." Ahsoka said, sniffing, "If I didn't have so much stuff in my pocket, this would've never happened!" She cried harder.
"It's not your fault, Ahsoka," Anakin said, trying to comfort her.
"Yes it is!" Ahsoka wailed, tears increasing and pouring down her cheeks.
"No, no, it's alright-" Suddenly Anakin heard something. It sounded like, crunching.
"Obi-Wan, are you eating cheese puffs again?" Anakin called.
"No, I'm not." Obi-Wan replied. He walked up to them and they saw he was not lying.
"That could only mean-" Ahsoka gasped. "Barriss!"
They followed the sound into Ahsoka's house and into the kitchen, where they found Barriss eating Ahsoka's chips.
"Barriss!" Ahsoka cried.
Barriss froze and set down the chips. "Sorry, Ahsoka, I was hungry and-"
"I'm so glad you're alive!" Ahsoka rushed up and hugged Barriss.
"What do you mean? I've been here the whole time." Barriss said. "After all the stuff came out of your pocket I got stuck in your house, then I got hungry… so I ate your chips. Sorry about that."
"Well, I'm just glad you're ok." Ahsoka said.
The four went outside and Ahsoka put everything away in the right order. She clipped the pocket closed and fell back onto the couch with a weary sigh. "That was tough," She said, leaning into the couch.
"Yeah." Anakin agreed. "And I still have to make dinner now!" Anakin went off into the kitchen to make dinner.
About a half hour later, everyone was sitting around the table for dinner. It had been a while since Ahsoka had eaten the pickles, cake, and pizza, so she was hungry too.
They all enjoyed a delicious meal of chicken, mashed potatoes with gravy, and biscuits.
After the meal, Ahsoka leaned back in her chair and sighed. "That was really good." Ahsoka said.
"Yes," Obi-Wan agreed, "You are a wonderful cook, Anakin."
Anakin laughed. "You guys thought I cooked that?" He laughed harder. "That was a frozen meal from the grocery store!"
Obi-Wan rolled his eyes. Ahsoka giggled. Barriss sighed.
Ahsoka reached over and patted Anakin's shoulder. "Well, then you tell the person at the grocery store it was really good." She said with a broad smile. They all burst out laughing.
They all sighed and were silent for a minute. Ahsoka got up out of her chair. "I think I'm going to go to bed early tonight, guys. My head still hurts a bit." She said.
"Alright," Anakin said.
"Good night, Ahsoka." Everyone said.
"Good night," Ahsoka said to them, and she went into her room, got ready for bed, snuggled under her covers, and went to sleep.
Barriss had gone back to her quarters, so that just left Anakin and Obi-Wan. "Hey, Kenob's. You want a milkshake?" Anakin asked.
Obi-Wan winced. "I said don't call me that!"
"Well do you want a milkshake?"
"Um, sure, I guess." Obi-Wan said.
So Anakin went in the kitchen and put some ice cream and milk in the blender. He turned it on and quickly poured the milkshakes.
"Here ya go," Anakin said, handing Obi-Wan a milkshake.
"Mmmm, this is good. What kind of ice cream did you use?" Obi-Wan asked.
"Mint chip and vanilla." Anakin said, sipping his.
"It's really good."
"Thanks." Anakin replied.
The two men talked for a while, but eventually Obi-Wan had to go get some sleep. So Obi-Wan left, and Anakin went to bed.
As Anakin lay on his pillow, he smiled to himself as he knew that Ahsoka was back to normal…
Or at least… as normal as she could be.
Stay tuned for chapter 15!
As of now i have no idea at all how long this story will be, i love writing it so much it will probably be very long. So for all you readers who want more, more is on the way!