Chapter Twenty-Five: A Message

One Month Later

Over the past month River had learned some diffrent techniques with a lightsaber and also learned how to force pull, force push and all that great force stuff. River didn't mind learning things about the force infact she liked it. She got to know Master Yoda better and they became close "friends".

What River didn't like the most was when she had to have lightsaber lessons because Master Windu was the one that was mentoring her.

She had never liked Master Windu and didn't like him even more due to he kept beating her in duels in the most humiliating way and there were just something's about Jedi she just did not like.

And today was one of those days that she was having lightsaber lessons. She was concentrating so hard on Windus lightsaber and his movements but he always found a way to block any of her attacks. She knew that if she fought the way she was used to she would be found out, but soon she was going to go back to the Invisible Hand and she wouldn't have to be nice to any of the Jedi again (except maybe Obi-wan).

She hit the floor hard and her lightsaber was flung from her hand and she had a purple blade pointed at her dangerously. She was glad that General Grievous wasn't there to see her many humiliating defeats. In fact she would make sure that he never found out.

She couldn't bare to disappoint him, the look that he always got in his eyes always teared at her heart, it made her feel like she was a total waste of his now improved time as one of the most powerful leaders of the Separatist's. And she could not believe that she was his apprentice, she felt that she was obligated to treat him way differently than she had to back on Kalee, even though there he was her chief, but she thought that the reason that he treated her the way he did back then was because he loved her. And of course she knew that he didn't now even if deep down she still did.

Windu deactivated his saber and she got up with a sigh.

"You have improved River, not fast but surely and steadily."

He said that to be words of encouragement but she didn't take it that way.

When she was dismissed she headed to her room so that she could sulk in peace.

She made it to her room without running into Obi-wan, Anakin, or her close friends Shaak Ti, Aayla Secura, or Kit Fisto. When she walked in Z10 greeted her with a cheerful selection of beeps. She smiled at him and pulled off her cloak and threw it on the bed and walked out to the balcony.

She couldn't believe that she had made friends with some of the most wise and powerful Jedi's in the entire temple and wondered if Grievous would be pleased if she had. She doubted it because what if she had to face them in battle? Would she be able to stay loyal to her master or would she let them go without him knowing. And she knew that she would have to stay loyal to her master because if she broke the oath she had made she would have to counter bad luck. And bad luck was not her expertise. Even though way back when everybody said that she was a natural at it.

While she stood there a messenger droid flew up to her and handed her a holo-disc. She hit the button knowing whom it was from. A holo-image of Daniel appeared and she smiled.

"Meet me at our usual time and place." and the image disappeared.

She went back inside happy that she was going to get to see him.

They had been meeting once a week on Kamino after sundown over the past month and her master knew nothing about this. Or so she thought. Her relationship with Daniel had been growing and she and him had told each other more than once how much they loved one another.

Back on the shuttle off Coriscant Grievous had found out were Daniel and River met once a week. He didn't mind that much but it still hurt for what reason he did not know. But for some reason he was getting a negative vibe about their meeting tonight and decided to follow her and watch incase something went wrong.