A.N: doo doo doo I'm sick doo doo doo bed ridden with chicken noodle soup doo doo doo
Eye of Sparta: Definitely
Lynn Friedman-kinsey: I'm glad you love the Kanan interactions, they're fun to write! Can't get enough of the Hebrew name, same!
FossilQueen1984: That's ok, and thank you for reading! I have a thing for feral children stories so and Bendu is fin to write so makes sense. The Imperials you saw… keep that thought in mind.
I don't own Star Wars, just Nitza.
Holocron Help
Part 1
A couple of days after Nitza had first officially met the strangers, the last of the storms came and gone. The sun was coming down as Nitza and Bendu were finishing up cleaning up after the last storm of the season. Some boulders had crushed some tunnels entrances of krykna homes. So when Bendu was moving them, Nitza would help with the Krykna.
She stood by one open entrance with a couple adolescent krykna. She tried leading them back to their home. "Go in, go in, go in… it's not dangerous anymore. No, no, no…" The krykna looked at each other, worried. Nitza giggled and ran into the cave and hid behind the wall. "It's all cozy in here. You can come in." Bendu was done moving the boulders and had come to watch the scene from outside. Krykna were still skeptical. Nitza continued, "It also echoes in here…. ECHO!" her voice rang throughout the tunnels and was heard by the krykna outside. They all took a couple steps back out of surprise.
The Bendu saw it all and gave a laugh. Even though he knew words weren't something the krykna understood, he still said to them, "Don't worry, her yell is the only scary thing about her."
Nitza ran out, hearing Bendu's words. She curled her fingers like claws and gave a devilish grin, "My yell can make earth shakes! Move storms! Rawr!"
Bendu shook his head, with a grin still on his face. "All right, all right, let them through Nitza."
"Right, right, right." She stepped aside as the krykna crawled into the tunnel. "That's the last one. Yep, yep, yep."
"Let's head back then."
As they did, Nitza rode on Bendu's head. She got a view of the tips of High Trees. Seeing them Nitza asked, "I want to go back, yep, yep, yep."
"If that is what you want. I'm not stopping you."
"I know… but… I told you what Kanan said about the Bog- I mean Ezra. Do you think I still should go back?"
"Knowing what you told me of what Kanan Jarrus has said… I believe progress between the relationship with his apprentice is possible. In addition to him giving me the Holocron to keep, High Trees is safer then it was before. That does not mean it is completely safe."
"Ugh…. Bendu…. Just say yes or no…. it was always yes or no. Always, always, always."
"Always is much too definite of a term I would use."
"Yes but it always sounded like that. Wait- I said always."
Bendu sighed and said, "This is your decision, not mine. If it is in your nature that is."
"Hmmm… okay…." Nitza agreed, a little disappointed.
The sun set when the two reached the Pit, creating a beautiful starry night over Atollon. The moon was even bright enough to give light to see far and wide. That's what kept Nitza awake late into the night. Bendu had gone to sleep, resting near Nitza's coral tree. Or at least, he was trying to sleep. He would lay down with his head on his hands, and then raise his head from his whenever he heard Nitza laugh. She was rolling down a slightly steep hill by the pit. She would go on her side and let gravity pull her down. When she reached the bottom, she would sometimes let out a laugh.
After a couple of times of Nitza rolling down the hill, another sound was heard. It grew louder as it grew closer. It was ear piercing. Bendu used the Force to drown it out but he turned his head to face it in the direction it came from. Beyond the Pit. He furrowed his eyebrows and growled. Nitza was climbing up the hill again when she saw something far from the pit. It was a small light at first, and then it started getting brighter and closer. "Bendu…" Nitza began worriedly.
"Come." Bendu stood up and held out his hand. Nitza ran down the hill and then jumped into Bendu's outstretched palm. He places her on his shoulder and began to get into camouflage position. Nitza hid in the crock of his neck behind a coral shell plate. As Bendu had his back turned to what was coming, Nitza peeked out to look at what transpired. It turned out to be Ezra and Kanan as they rode in on a speeder. "Huh…" Nitza whispered, surprised to see them both here together. Bendu didn't have to look. He sensed their presence coming and something else annoying….
Nitza watched as Ezra rode the speeder down the side of the pit and then let it sit by the edge of the slope, right behind Bendu. As they got off Nitza saw Ezra stick one of the transponders into the dirt. Bendu and Nitza slightly grumbled, hearing the annoying sound of beeps in their own way. Kanan went to walk in the middle of the Pit, calling out, "Bendu! Bendu are you here?"
"Bendu?" Ezra said confused as he followed behind Kanan, "Who's Bendu? There's nothing here." Feeling them walk with backs to him, Bendu decided to slowly turn around and reach out to the transponder. He grabbed it in his hands and went back to hiding, all without letting two strangers know he was there. Nitza moved closer to Bendu's head to watch as he broke the transponder in his hands.
"Bendu, I need the Holocron! Bendu!" Kanan continued to call. Bendu chuffed. He needed to Holocron, after he just gave it to Bendu to keep away from his apprentice. And he demanded it like Bendu was his to control. Hmmm….. beings these days…. So demanding….
"Oh but I do see crawlers, lots of them!" Ezra yelled out, worry in his voice. "Hey, where's our thumper?" Nitza went back to looking at the strangers. As soon as Bendu broke the…. Thumper…. As Ezra called it, krykna came and began to surround him and Kanan. And Nitza could see it…. in his posture…. His eyes. He was…. Afraid…. Nitza had been afraid of him. Bendu said it was normal to be afraid. For the first time, Nitza saw Ezra as… a person…. And not a Bogen.
Kanan tried to calm him down but Ezra didn't seem to listen. He pulled out an item and suddenly a green light shot out from it. It was a lightsaber, like Kanan, but green in light. Nitza was amazed, wondering how many colors were possible. As Ezra used it to try and scare the krykna away, Kanan said, "It's possible to get along with them."
"Hmm, tried that, remember?" Ezra reasoned. "Almost ripped my face off." Bendu growled. If Kanan needed a lesson in sight, then the boy Ezra clearly needed a lesson in listening. Bendu closed his eyes, concentrated, and used the Force to connect minds with the krykna. He asked them to leave at their own will. The krykna complied and dispersed quickly.
Kanan felt them leave, saying, "He's here."
"What?" Ezra asked. Bendu rolled his eyes. He tossed the broken piece of the transponder over his shoulder and they landed a couple feet away from Ezra. Then Bendu began to move. He stood making the dust of the ground around him make a cloud around his feet. Nitza hung on to his shoulder plate tight as he turned around to face the strangers. Kanan stood tall with a smirk on his face while Ezra was slack with mouth hanging open so wide his jaw looked like it would fall off. Nitza giggled silently. Bendu began, "The Jedi returns and with his student." He saw Ezra's reaction and decided to humor the situation. "Perhaps for a talk?" and then Bendu gave a hearty laugh.
"I don't believe it…." Ezra gasped. Then suddenly his eyes grew wider when he spotted Nitza sitting on Bendu's shoulder. "And I don't believe it…." he said pointing to her.
Nitza didn't hide this time. Instead, she stood up to walk to the end of Bendu's shoulder. She gave a shy wave and a shy, "Hello."
Ezra's eyes darted back and forth between Nitza and Bendu before looking to Kanan. "Did you know that this is what Nitza meant when she said she wasn't living alone out here?"
"I figured it out the end of her last visit," Kanan said.
Nitza whispered into Bendu's ear, "Put me down." The giant nodded and held out his hand so that she would jump on it. Ezra and Kanan watched amazed as Bendu gently put Nitza down on the ground. She then slowly went up to Ezra and said, "I forgive you about using the Force to scare me… and thank you for saving me."
Ezra felt relief, knowing what she meant. "Thank you and your welcome Nitza… that means a lot coming from you" He held out a hand to her. She looked at it, remembering that Housen had done the same thing. So Nitza did the same she did before, she grabbed Ezra's hand and he shook it.
"Unfortunately we don't have time to chat," Kanan began sounded serious.
A.N: Then we get the Jedi POV next. Nitza and Bendu have a little talk again. Ezra's mind is blown sky high by not only Bendu but Nitza being there. All fun things and more soon. I'm KikaKatTIOI, peace out!
