Chapter 3: Lies, Lies, Lies
Seven years later, Danny was twelve years old. She had even longer brown hair, and she was almost up to Rei's shoulders.
One day, Danny came home from Jedi training and walked into the kitchen and saw her father there with his back turned to her. She smelt some sort of soup cooking, and smiled.
"How did training go?" Rei asked without having to turn around.
"It was okay. I got to train with Kenobi again," Danny answered, sitting at the table.
"What's so bad about him, anyway?" Rei asked before placing a bowl of soup in front of her.
"Nothing..." She answered. She blushed after she said it, and Rei smiled, knowing that she had a crush on Kenobi. Obi-Wan Kenobi was the Padawan of Qui-Gon Jinn. He was tall, had brown hair, and deep blue eyes. He had a Padawan braid sitting on his right shoulder, and some locks of hair tied behind his head.
Danny saw the look on his face. "What?" She asked.
"Could my baby girl have a crush on a certain Padawan?" Rei asked. He walked toward her and wrapped his arms around her neck. Danny rolled her eyes.
"Dad," She said. He laughed. After a few minutes silence and Rei had sat back down to eat his bowl of soup, Danny suddenly asked, "What was my mother like?"
Rei looked up at her, staring at her for a minute. "Your mother..." He said. He knew he would have to lie. He couldn't stand it, but he didn't have a choice. He didn't want her to know the pain of her true past. "Your mother was very beautiful. She loved you very much. She would sing to you every night to get you asleep," Rei lied with a sad sort of look in his eyes.
Danny smiled, playing with her spoon. "I wish I had known her," She said.
"She would have loved you. You're a lot like her," Rei said.
Rei finished his soup, and got up and put it into the sink. "I'm going to go see Master Yoda. I'll be back soon." With that, he left to talk to Master Yoda.
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Rei kneeled in front of Yoda in the Jedi Council chamber where the two of them were alone.
"Master, for the last twelve years, I have been lying to Danielle about the truth. Today she asked me about her mother, and I feel I can lie to her no longer," Rei said.
Yoda turned and looked at him. "Mm. For the best, you thought it was to lie to her. Love her, you do, don't want to hurt her," Yoda said.
"I do love her as if she were my own daughter. If I hadn't taken her as my daughter, she would have had a hard and cruel life. She is also the Chosen One. She doesn't know it, yet, but she will help bring peace to the galaxy," Rei said.