Here and Now
Chapter 2: the force works in mysterious ways
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He fell. Panic started to rise. Everything was a greyish blur around him. At first the only thing he was able to hear was the flapping of his tunic, that was caused by the speed of his fall. But then…."Obi-Wan, bedtime!"…… " A Padawan you will be!"….
What was that? He heard voices. Maybe just hallucinations, but they sounded so real. Voices of a long forgotten past. He heard his crèche-master calling him, he heard Master Yoda, telling him that he would be a Padawan, followed by Bruck's teasing because of his clumsiness. Then colours and forms started to dance in front of his tired eyes. The colours and forms sharpened, but no that couldn't be!
Obi-Wan didn't trust his eyes because now he even could see the owners of those voices. The Jedi rubbed his eyes. Now he even got the impression, that his whole life was shown to him like a movie. Shocked he closed his eyes. The Padawan took deep calming breaths. The sharp wind burned in his lungs…inhale…exhale…inhale…exhale… There is no emotion, there is peace!….
But suddenly- as if someone had pressed the "pause-button"- the whole scenario stopped or to be more precise was frozen in. His eyes snapped open and he realized that he wasn't falling anymore. "What the hell is going on?" He was puzzled. The force was collecting itself around him. His nervous mind was searching for an answer for all this and Kenobi tried to drown his fears by reaching out for it. Then he caught a glimpse of a picture that was hovering in front of him. It was a landscape he knew all too well-Naboo. The rich green of the grass, the wild vegetation. He imagined that he was even able to smell the scent of this untouched nature. Well…actually… he was able to smell the scent of it. But there was a stench of evil that penetrated the fragrance of innocence.
The force around Kenobi was getting stronger and stronger. Before Obi-Wan knew he was catapulted towards the picture and found himself sitting on the grass. "Am I dead?", he wondered. True, he should have been dead, nobody could survive a fall like that- not even a Jedi! "Jedi? A proper Jedi wouldn't have failed his Master or wouldn't have made it so easy for a Sith to kill him." Disappointed with himself he let his gaze wander. "Here we go again! You are behaving like the 13-year-old boy, who was full of self-doubts!", he warned himself. His eyes caught sight of a slender figure who was approaching him. The Apprentice didn't recognize him at first, but it was Jar-Jar Binks! Now he knew that he wasn't dead because if he was, he would be in Hell! He would be condemned to spend the eternity with this pathetic life-form! But this place was far too nice and too cool to be Hell. He stood up from the soft grass and went in Jar-Jar's direction. He wanted to ask the Gungan a few very important question, but he was never able to say a single word because Jar-Jar cut him off.
"Qui-Gon mesa sending! Yousa being expected by him. Yousa being in big poodo this time!" And the always nervous Gungan ran off. These were almost the same words Jar-Jar had spoken to him the morning before the battle! These were the exact words! That very morning Obi-Wan had gone meditating in order to find his focus. But he had lost track of time and had been late and therefore Qui-Gon had been angry with him. Obi-Wan looked around. This was even the same place, where he had meditated! A chilly wind blew over the grass and he wrapped his cloak tighter around his body. His cloak? He wasn't wearing it during the sword-duel with the Sith. His Lasersword! He looked down and saw the familiar weapon being attached to his belt, though it should have been gone forever! It fell, with him into the pit! He looked down at his hands. The scratch! He scratched his hand, when grabbed for the ledge in the pit! This wasn't a dream! Confusion was written all over his face. It was the will of the force that he survived, so much is clear. "I must be reliving this fateful day!", he concluded. Obi-Wan had read of that phenomena before but never believed in it. Joy and relief flooded his senses! He was allowed to correct the mistakes, that had been made during their battle against the evil. This time he would win, this time his Master would survive, even if it meant that it would cost his own life!..
Tbc.