Kel was walking down the halls when she heard someone singing, off-key, at that. She followed the awful noise, and came to Owen's room where he was singing a soppy love ballad while bouncing around the room.
"What in the name of the Goddess is going on?" she asked Merric, who was sitting with a bunch of the other boys to watch the spectacle.
"Owen's gone crazy over a new court lady!" Merric shouted over the noise.
"Lady Amidaya," Owen said wistfully. "Eyes like the sky at dusk, hair like moonbeams--"
"Wow," Kel said. "He's been hanging out with Neal WAY too much!"
"You're right about that, Kel!" Seaver said.
"And look what she dropped in the hallway!" Owen continued, holding up a pink hankerchief.
"Anyone who uses PINK to blow her nose isn't worth all this trouble, Owen," Neal said from the doorway.
"Like YOU should talk!" Faleron said, pushing Neal.
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For the next few days, Owen was obbsessed with Lady Amidaya. He took the pink hankercheif everywhere, and talked about her constantly. Finally, the squires convinced him to take the hankercheif back to the girl of his dreams. Kel went with him, after much begging on his part.
He knocked on the lady's door, and when he heard, "Come in," he and Kel opened the door.
Lady Amidaya was sitting on the bed, writing in a book. "Yes?" she asked.
"Uh, my lady, well you see, um--we--uh," Owen stuttered.
"My lady, my friend her found one of your hankerchiefs. He's here to return it." Kel said calmly, covering for Owen.
Lady Amidaya took the hankerchief and looked at it. "This isn't mine." she said.
"but, my lady," Kel pointed to the corner. "Your name is embroidered right here."
"Meesa not Lady Amidaya, meesa Jar Jar Binks. Exsqeeeze me!" he said, walking out the door. "I has me to find sheepies."
Just then a huge herd of sheep thundered past the door. Jar Jar ran after them, yelling, "Sheepies! Come back, Sheepies you must!"
Kel sat up in bed and screamed. That had to have been the scariest dream in the history of Tortall.
"Kel! What's wrong?" Neal asked coming into the room, followed by Owen, Faleron, and Cleon.
"Owen! You were in love with Lady Amidaya, but she turned into Jar Jar Binks, and then the sheepies---"
"Kel, you had a weird dream. That's no reason to get upset," Cleon said.
Kel glared at him. "That was not a dream, that was a NIGHTMARE!" she shrieked at him.
"Where'd you see Jar Jar?" Faleron asked.
"What?"
"Where did you see Jar Jar?" Faleron repeated, grabbing a blue light saber. Kel hadn't noticed he had a rat tail.
"In the hall...."
"Jar Jar! My friend! Come back!" he shouted running out the door.
Then Cleon suddenly had on read and black face paint with teeny horn things coming out of his head.
"Darth Maul!" Neal shouted, pulling out a green light saber while his hair turned grayish. "Now I shall avenge you for my death!" They started fighting with light sabers.
"Be careful you must," Owen said, turning into a little green dude with pointy ears.
Kel stared at her friends, then pulled the cover over her head and went back to sleep. No dream could be crazier than this.
Author's Note: Guess who's obsessed with Phantom Menace? Yep! Me! I is all perky again, much to the annoyace of my sister--did that last sentence even make sense? Oh well. Sugar is good. I think I'll go eat some more :-)))))))))))))))))