Whee! People want continuation! Me so thrilled!
All right. Its an AU (way AU), so character's pop in and out. And remember, the SW universe has a problem that maybe Lauren can help fix…
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Title: Crossing over
Chapter Title: pride and prejudice/ intrigue and explanation
Summary: Lauren Stevenson gets stuck in the SW universe…, which has begun to change in horrifying ways…
Disclaimer: Pride and prejudice, lucky charms, Edgar Allen Poe's collections, and anything else that seems very UN star wars is copyright whoever owns it. Star Wars itself is copyright great flannel man, yeah.
POV: New section. The point of view for each chapter alternates, the only one that's totally constant is that of Lauren. In this case the Point of View is Anakin, Amidala, and a little bit of Obi-wan at the end.
Question: If a single thing were to change your perceptions…would everything change?
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Things had been in motion.
They had entered hyperspace about an hour ago, The Jedi talking in low hushed voices, the girl, or whatever she was, had been called before the only governing body on board the ship.
Queen Amidala and Senator Palpatine.
" I will ask you again." Anakin feared queen Amidala to an extent. She had a voice as sharp as a viroblade when angered, "Who are you and where do you come from?"
" You fell from the sky, out of…nothingness." The man called Obi-wan came forward, " You have NO visible force ability. Its like…you aren't even here-"
The thing before them all was bearing the blunt of these questions.
" Hey-" the girl raised her hands, " I'll answer questions, just chill okay? I'm sensing some tension."
" You aren't a Jedi, how can you " Sense" Anything?" Obi-wan said again, " IF you are some sort of pretender I must warn you-" Qui-Gon placed a hand on his apprentices shoulder, saying nothing.
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Lauren sighed.
" Prejudice and pride are difficult things to control." She sat down, staring at the Star Wars characters, " Let me begin by explaining something…" she thought, attempting to put what she was about to say into words.
" I am from another…what you would consider another…dimension."
At this, uproar ensued.
" Impossible!" Palpatine exploded, " Another Dimension…such a thing has never been conceived! Even speculated!"
" We've thought of it," The acrid Tones in Lauren's voice burned through everything, " But then again, my world isn't part of a great big republic…we're just all alone."
Qui-Gon came forward, ever the voice of reason.
" Tell us," he said, looking at Lauren, " Of your world…dimension as you call it." He folded his hands, the uproar silenced, " Why do you fear ours if your world is in another dimension? How is it you know of us?"
God Dammit, Lauren thought that had to be the question.
Without warning, the familiar feeling of falling rushed through her. She drew herself up, and spoke in a very clear voice.
" Manifestations of all dimensions exist throughout all times and places. There is only one Universe, matter cannot be created or destroyed within it. Therefore, all dimensions exist as one, all places are one. They are just perceived differently to the beings who exist within it." Lauren shrunk back, slightly afraid. Everyone was looking at her in wonder and revelation, she unconsciously gestured at her hair and smiled.
" I think something like that anyway." A light had clicked on in her brain, and it had proceeded to shine its rays about everywhere, " Don't laugh but to us…you're a story. A world they make movies about, a movie that gets merchandised. Movies that fans with a pure love write about." She smiled.
" How is this possible?" Obi-wan said, " And how do we know its true? Prove your " Writing power if such a thing exists-" the malice coming from him was palpable. The Queen remained silent, young Anakin Skywalker staring at her with wide blue eyes.
" Your name is Ben Kenobi." Lauren spoke like a schoolgirl, reciting information she had long since memorized, " You were taken as a Padawan learning by Qui-Gon Jinn at the age of thirteen." She finished breathless, " That's all I know. Oh! And-"
She paused.
The awful truth became realized.
This is that world, the world that's going to end. This is a young republic, without the empire, without war, without malice…
" Innocence…"
Qui-Gon came forward, " Pardon? Innocence what?" Amidala had summoned her handmaidens around her; Palpatine was staring at Lauren with a stalking look, like a lion that had a deer in its sights…
Innocence lost, forgotten, likes a world that we never had. They have ideals we wish we had…promises that they would be happy…no war, no strife no-
" It is obvious that this…girl deserves closer study. I will return with her to Courscant where we might be able to find out more about these dimensions."
Pure, seething raw hatred rose up out of the depths of Lauren's soul. Her eyes became chips of glacial ice as she stared down the gullet of the guy every star wars fan secretly hated. He who had changed Anakin, he who had ended the Jedi, he who had tried to kill Luke, who had enslaved the wookies-
The Jedi must have noticed it because they stepped back involuntarily from her.
" I'm NOT going anywhere with you." She sneered, " Sorry, I have a thing about politicians directly in contact with a governing body." She grinned, all traces of hatred gone, " Nothing personal."
She watched his face freeze.
He knew that she knew who he was and what he was.
" I am intrigued." Amidala spoke finally, " Tell me more of your world, Captain Pananka has just informed me that we won't be leaving hyper space for another hour." She folded her hands across her enormous dress, stoic eyes gazing into Laurens.
Is that Padme or is it Sabe? Lauren thought, facing the queen more directly, Its difficult to figure out who's who.
Lauren grinned and began.
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Amidala stared at this girl with interest. She wore odd clothing, her hair totally different from anything she was used to. The thing that intrigued her most was her eyes, bluer then the sky over the ocean near Theed…
Her home…
She was going back, they were going to Kick out the Trade Federation on the Ass and live to tell about it. And when it was finally over-
" Your Highness?" The girl stared at her, " May I begin?"
" Please do." Amidala said, flustered," She had become trapped in the things to come. The Gungans would help, they had to help, and then-"
" My world is dark." The girl spoke in an unsure voice, " Not innocent. We've had a lot of war, a lot of pain and suffering. Pleasure and pain dance together like two bitches your highness, sorry for the language but my world…plain and simple has seen a lot of evil."
" Whom do you fight with?" Amidala leaned forward, " If you are as alone as you say, not even aware of the existence of other worlds…who do you kill?"
" Ourselves."
That shocked everyone.
" Why?" Pananka emerged from the back of the ship; " There hasn't been a full scale war between single species since…"
" I doubt you'd remember." Lauren looked at him, " But we don't just fight, we live, we breath, we party- we do lots of other things." She sighed," The biggest difference is technology, and our…uh overly heightened aggression. I mean, you guys use Data-pads, we still use paper!"
" Paper?" Qui-Gon said, " That hasn't been…only the oldest of text at the Jedi temple are written on PAPER!" Lauren noted the excitement in his voice, highly unusual.
" Well, we're kinda behind. We have movies and stuff, and…" she was interrupted by a loud crash outside. The floor rocked as Amidala yelled for some information. It rocked again, and a second time, throwing Anakin Skywalker into a nearby bulkhead.
" What's happening?"
Pananka came forward, " YOUR HIGHNESS!" he paused," We're being attacked by a small freighter that seems to have followed us out of Hyperspace- or a ship or something. I don't really know." He shrugged his shoulders. Lauren ran out to the front, looking at the screen to see what dove in front of them-
" Fuck!"
" I don't know what that is," Ric Ole' yelled, " But I think we can get it, how the hell did such a small ship fire into hyperspace that fast?"
" It's a short range fighter." Lauren and Obi-wan said together, then they both looked at each other.
However, in Lauren's stomach a lump was growing.
Because the Ship in front of them was an imperial twin cannon TIE fighter.
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Well? What a great way to end the second chapter huh? I'll have more time to write now that spring break is coming up and my homework load has lessened GREATLY. This'll be several chapters long, trying to draw it out…
A few notes:
Some of the ideas are taken from other people who have written oh-look-we're-in-another-universe-fanfics. To those of you who I borrowed from I apologize. If you see something that looks familiar email me or write a review and I'll give you due credit. They were cool ideas and as Stephen King once wrote
" Fan love is the purest form of love there is."
Uh, Lauren's little speal comes from another story of mine (for coming NEVER) called Gateguardians. It's the opening paragraph, my explanation for how powerful stories have effects on us. They're powerful because they actually exist.
Well, that's it. Read, review, and expect Chapter three: Death Rebirth/Anime and coffee coming soon! (like probably tomorrow.)