Title: Protecting The Hurtful
Author: Sparkling Diamond Satine
Disclaimer: * sniffle * All right, I'll admit it! I don't own Obi-Wan…or Buffy the Vampire Slayer…but I do own this idea, and Lily so NO ONE STEAL IT OR ELSE!!!
Rating: Let's keep this PG-13…language, violence, very possibly some romance if I'm in a good mood.
Note: I hope you enjoy this chapter; I'm trying to go away from the usual Obi-Wan romance fics. Don't worry; Lily won't fall in love until much much later in the story! I've got the plot all worked out ;D See previous chapter for Legend and summary.
Note 2: Just a word about the vampires. They can't walk in sunlight and they can only be killed by decapitation by the crystals in lightsabers. They're less like Buffy's vampires than the Anne Rice ones. A vampire can only be created by drinking the blood so that one drop is left, and then having the victim drink a vampire's blood. If there's anything else I forgot to mention, please do ask!
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Chapter 2~Refusing To Believe
"Did you hear what happened? Obi-Wan nearly killed a Padawan!" Lily managed to make out from her bed in the Healers.
"I heard something completely different. I heard that Lily girl was off training the platforms by herself and Obi-Wan tried to catch her in time before she fell, but couldn't," another voice said.
One of the Healers walked into her room at the Healers and smiled. "I'm sorry about making you suffer in the bacta tank," she said. She had golden brown hair that fell to her shoulders and wore the standard uniform of a Healer. She placed a hand on Lily's shoulder. "You had three cracked ribs and came very close to collapsing a lung."
"Wow, how'd I manage that?" Lily asked, barely remembering anything.
"Perhaps this young man could answer that," the Healer said, letting Obi- Wan into her room, and walking out the door to give them some privacy.
"Obi-Wan, I can't really remember to clearly…what happened to me?" Lily asked. She tried to read his thoughts to see what he was thinking, but Obi- Wan was blocking them for some reason.
"I thought you could tell me. We were in the platform room and my Master had you try a very hard leap. I thought you would make it, but it seemed that gravity was a bit too strong," Obi-Wan said. 'God she's even more beautiful than I thought!'
"Now I'm starting to remember!" Lily said with a growl. 'Stupid Qui-Gon…he tried to kill me!' Lily thought.
"You said…before…or rather mind-projected…that you weren't who I thought I was," Obi-Wan said, hoping with all his heart Lily would remember and tell him the truth instead of lying.
"Well, you know how I said Master Yoda was feeling very generous the day I was accepted…" Lily began, starting to let her eyes wander away from Obi- Wan's face. "Well…the real reason I got accepted was because it was necessary. You see, there's a breed of vampires roaming around Coruscant; they're the ones who made it night all the time. It seems that I'm one of very few people who can not only kill these vampires, but also possess the strength in the Force to defeat those called Sith vampires."
"You're trying to tell me that you got in just because you can kill these…VAMPIRES?? Those things are just legends…fairy tales to get children to do chores or eat their vegetables," Obi-Wan said, stubborn as can be.
"That's where you're wrong, Obi-Wan. Vampires are very real, and I fear they're trying to take over the Temple as we speak," Lily said, letting her eyes meet Obi-Wan's eyes.
"I won't listen to this! Now I know why those kids make fun of you…you just make up lies to try and make friends. Next time why don't you just be yourself and maybe you'd actually have friends," Obi-Wan said, getting up from his seat at the bed and making his way to the door.
"I thought you were different, Obi-Wan…but you're just like everyone else, stubborn and shallow. Look in the mirror, Obi-Wan. I am being myself…" Lily said, struggling to get up, but her ribs still hurt her.
Obi-Wan just scoffed at her and left, pondering on what Lily had just said. He realized what she said was true; he was acting like everyone else, just like he feared would happen. He decided to ask his Master for guidance, when Lily remembered the most important piece of information…Obi-Wan's Master was one of the Sith vampires and that's why he tried to kill her!
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"You didn't kill her?" a voice called into Qui-Gon's comlink.
"You said to make her suffer, unfortunately my Padawan got her to the Healers before her lung collapsed," Qui-Gon said. He sensed his Padawan coming near, so he tied up the conversation. "Don't worry, soon we will have the most powerful Jedi on our side, and I have just the idea of how to turn him against our enemy. He is coming, so I must leave you, goodbye." He switched off the comlink and placed it on the table.
"Master, I need some help…this girl is driving me mad, but somewhere deep inside I know she's right," Obi-Wan said to the back of Obi-Wan.
"Is it this…Lily?" Qui-Gon asked, hoping that he would say yes so he could start on his plan.
"Yes, she tried to tell me some stupid thing about how she really got here and deep inside I feel she may be telling the truth…but it's so ridiculous!" Obi-Wan said, still not sure what to believe.
"Let me tell you what I think. This Lily girl is trouble, stay away from her. She's already tearing at your reputation, everyone's starting to think you almost killed her!" Qui-Gon yelled. "If you just ran away with me when I called to you, no one would believe this rumor."
"I couldn't just leave her…she's my friend and she could have died if I left her there!" Obi-Wan said, beginning to wonder what was going on with his Master. He wondered who could have spread those rumors about him, considering he only sensed Qui-Gon's presence at the time of her fall, and no one else's. Would his Master do something so strange just to get his boy's attention?
"You have to stop worrying about others and focus on yourself and your reputation. Once you become a Jedi knight you won't have time to be with Lily, so don't try and focus on her. She'll just end up breaking your heart," Qui-Gon said, hoping Obi-Wan was buying all this senseless crap.
"I know that there is meaning to what you're saying, but I just can't sit here and listen to this. There are more important people out there than yourself, Master, you need to open your eyes before they destroy you!" Obi- Wan said, storming out of his room. He needed to find a Jedi knight that would tell him something more reasonable. He looked around for Lily's Master.
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"I know not many people like you right now, Lily, but you have to help Obi- Wan even if it seems like he's starting to become part of the crowd. If you don't help him, I fear he will end up in this room with you and there will be nothing we can do to help him," the same Healer with the golden brown hair said.
"I just don't want to break his heart, that's all. I can tell by the way he looks at me that he wishes he weren't training to be a Jedi knight, just so he could be with me," Lily said, sadly. "The truth is, I like Obi-Wan, but that's where it ends. I can't love someone I just met…and I don't even know if I can trust him to keep my secret."
"I'm glad you told me, Padawan Lily, I am someone you most definitely can trust," the Healer said, with a smile.
"What is your name again?" Lily asked, trying to search her memory for the name to this face.
"Bernadella," she said, with a smile across her lips. "You shall be cleared to leave this room tomorrow, but I need you to rest in order for your ribs to fully heal. They're in one piece now, but should you strain yourself, they're weak enough to break again."
"Thank you, Bernadella. If Obi-Wan stops by, tell him to please trust me and come when I wake up," Lily said, trying to force herself to sleep.
"Don't worry, I will," Healer Bernadella said, moving into another room to inject another patient with some medicine.
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"Master Selina, I need to ask you something," Obi-Wan said, sensing her uptightedness when his head popped into their apartment.
"How did she get hurt?" she asked, before Obi-Wan could continue.
"Master Qui-Gon forced her to do something she wasn't ready for," Obi-Wan said simply. "I tried my best to keep him from making her leap to the last platform, but he refused to stop."
"That's what I was afraid of," Master Selina said, a grim frown crossing her lips. "I think your Master has gone mad, he hasn't been acting himself lately."
"I know…just today he's been telling me to stay away from Lily but I can't stop thinking about her!" Obi-Wan said, groaning.
"I'd stay distant from Qui-Gon as much as possible. We cannot risk losing you to whatever your Master is suffering from," Selina-Frinn said. "Please be careful, you know I've always thought of you as the son I never had." Selina let a half-smile escape her lips when she saw Obi-Wan blush.
"I'm going to visit Lily, I'm starting to believe that what she said was true," Obi-Wan said, placing a kiss on Selina's forehead. "You are like the mother I haven't had the chance to see in hundreds of years."
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* Ahem * I hope you are enjoying this as much as I am. Please tell me how I can make this better as the ideas just kind of flow and I don't really know what I'm doing hehe.
Author: Sparkling Diamond Satine
Disclaimer: * sniffle * All right, I'll admit it! I don't own Obi-Wan…or Buffy the Vampire Slayer…but I do own this idea, and Lily so NO ONE STEAL IT OR ELSE!!!
Rating: Let's keep this PG-13…language, violence, very possibly some romance if I'm in a good mood.
Note: I hope you enjoy this chapter; I'm trying to go away from the usual Obi-Wan romance fics. Don't worry; Lily won't fall in love until much much later in the story! I've got the plot all worked out ;D See previous chapter for Legend and summary.
Note 2: Just a word about the vampires. They can't walk in sunlight and they can only be killed by decapitation by the crystals in lightsabers. They're less like Buffy's vampires than the Anne Rice ones. A vampire can only be created by drinking the blood so that one drop is left, and then having the victim drink a vampire's blood. If there's anything else I forgot to mention, please do ask!
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Chapter 2~Refusing To Believe
"Did you hear what happened? Obi-Wan nearly killed a Padawan!" Lily managed to make out from her bed in the Healers.
"I heard something completely different. I heard that Lily girl was off training the platforms by herself and Obi-Wan tried to catch her in time before she fell, but couldn't," another voice said.
One of the Healers walked into her room at the Healers and smiled. "I'm sorry about making you suffer in the bacta tank," she said. She had golden brown hair that fell to her shoulders and wore the standard uniform of a Healer. She placed a hand on Lily's shoulder. "You had three cracked ribs and came very close to collapsing a lung."
"Wow, how'd I manage that?" Lily asked, barely remembering anything.
"Perhaps this young man could answer that," the Healer said, letting Obi- Wan into her room, and walking out the door to give them some privacy.
"Obi-Wan, I can't really remember to clearly…what happened to me?" Lily asked. She tried to read his thoughts to see what he was thinking, but Obi- Wan was blocking them for some reason.
"I thought you could tell me. We were in the platform room and my Master had you try a very hard leap. I thought you would make it, but it seemed that gravity was a bit too strong," Obi-Wan said. 'God she's even more beautiful than I thought!'
"Now I'm starting to remember!" Lily said with a growl. 'Stupid Qui-Gon…he tried to kill me!' Lily thought.
"You said…before…or rather mind-projected…that you weren't who I thought I was," Obi-Wan said, hoping with all his heart Lily would remember and tell him the truth instead of lying.
"Well, you know how I said Master Yoda was feeling very generous the day I was accepted…" Lily began, starting to let her eyes wander away from Obi- Wan's face. "Well…the real reason I got accepted was because it was necessary. You see, there's a breed of vampires roaming around Coruscant; they're the ones who made it night all the time. It seems that I'm one of very few people who can not only kill these vampires, but also possess the strength in the Force to defeat those called Sith vampires."
"You're trying to tell me that you got in just because you can kill these…VAMPIRES?? Those things are just legends…fairy tales to get children to do chores or eat their vegetables," Obi-Wan said, stubborn as can be.
"That's where you're wrong, Obi-Wan. Vampires are very real, and I fear they're trying to take over the Temple as we speak," Lily said, letting her eyes meet Obi-Wan's eyes.
"I won't listen to this! Now I know why those kids make fun of you…you just make up lies to try and make friends. Next time why don't you just be yourself and maybe you'd actually have friends," Obi-Wan said, getting up from his seat at the bed and making his way to the door.
"I thought you were different, Obi-Wan…but you're just like everyone else, stubborn and shallow. Look in the mirror, Obi-Wan. I am being myself…" Lily said, struggling to get up, but her ribs still hurt her.
Obi-Wan just scoffed at her and left, pondering on what Lily had just said. He realized what she said was true; he was acting like everyone else, just like he feared would happen. He decided to ask his Master for guidance, when Lily remembered the most important piece of information…Obi-Wan's Master was one of the Sith vampires and that's why he tried to kill her!
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"You didn't kill her?" a voice called into Qui-Gon's comlink.
"You said to make her suffer, unfortunately my Padawan got her to the Healers before her lung collapsed," Qui-Gon said. He sensed his Padawan coming near, so he tied up the conversation. "Don't worry, soon we will have the most powerful Jedi on our side, and I have just the idea of how to turn him against our enemy. He is coming, so I must leave you, goodbye." He switched off the comlink and placed it on the table.
"Master, I need some help…this girl is driving me mad, but somewhere deep inside I know she's right," Obi-Wan said to the back of Obi-Wan.
"Is it this…Lily?" Qui-Gon asked, hoping that he would say yes so he could start on his plan.
"Yes, she tried to tell me some stupid thing about how she really got here and deep inside I feel she may be telling the truth…but it's so ridiculous!" Obi-Wan said, still not sure what to believe.
"Let me tell you what I think. This Lily girl is trouble, stay away from her. She's already tearing at your reputation, everyone's starting to think you almost killed her!" Qui-Gon yelled. "If you just ran away with me when I called to you, no one would believe this rumor."
"I couldn't just leave her…she's my friend and she could have died if I left her there!" Obi-Wan said, beginning to wonder what was going on with his Master. He wondered who could have spread those rumors about him, considering he only sensed Qui-Gon's presence at the time of her fall, and no one else's. Would his Master do something so strange just to get his boy's attention?
"You have to stop worrying about others and focus on yourself and your reputation. Once you become a Jedi knight you won't have time to be with Lily, so don't try and focus on her. She'll just end up breaking your heart," Qui-Gon said, hoping Obi-Wan was buying all this senseless crap.
"I know that there is meaning to what you're saying, but I just can't sit here and listen to this. There are more important people out there than yourself, Master, you need to open your eyes before they destroy you!" Obi- Wan said, storming out of his room. He needed to find a Jedi knight that would tell him something more reasonable. He looked around for Lily's Master.
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"I know not many people like you right now, Lily, but you have to help Obi- Wan even if it seems like he's starting to become part of the crowd. If you don't help him, I fear he will end up in this room with you and there will be nothing we can do to help him," the same Healer with the golden brown hair said.
"I just don't want to break his heart, that's all. I can tell by the way he looks at me that he wishes he weren't training to be a Jedi knight, just so he could be with me," Lily said, sadly. "The truth is, I like Obi-Wan, but that's where it ends. I can't love someone I just met…and I don't even know if I can trust him to keep my secret."
"I'm glad you told me, Padawan Lily, I am someone you most definitely can trust," the Healer said, with a smile.
"What is your name again?" Lily asked, trying to search her memory for the name to this face.
"Bernadella," she said, with a smile across her lips. "You shall be cleared to leave this room tomorrow, but I need you to rest in order for your ribs to fully heal. They're in one piece now, but should you strain yourself, they're weak enough to break again."
"Thank you, Bernadella. If Obi-Wan stops by, tell him to please trust me and come when I wake up," Lily said, trying to force herself to sleep.
"Don't worry, I will," Healer Bernadella said, moving into another room to inject another patient with some medicine.
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"Master Selina, I need to ask you something," Obi-Wan said, sensing her uptightedness when his head popped into their apartment.
"How did she get hurt?" she asked, before Obi-Wan could continue.
"Master Qui-Gon forced her to do something she wasn't ready for," Obi-Wan said simply. "I tried my best to keep him from making her leap to the last platform, but he refused to stop."
"That's what I was afraid of," Master Selina said, a grim frown crossing her lips. "I think your Master has gone mad, he hasn't been acting himself lately."
"I know…just today he's been telling me to stay away from Lily but I can't stop thinking about her!" Obi-Wan said, groaning.
"I'd stay distant from Qui-Gon as much as possible. We cannot risk losing you to whatever your Master is suffering from," Selina-Frinn said. "Please be careful, you know I've always thought of you as the son I never had." Selina let a half-smile escape her lips when she saw Obi-Wan blush.
"I'm going to visit Lily, I'm starting to believe that what she said was true," Obi-Wan said, placing a kiss on Selina's forehead. "You are like the mother I haven't had the chance to see in hundreds of years."
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* Ahem * I hope you are enjoying this as much as I am. Please tell me how I can make this better as the ideas just kind of flow and I don't really know what I'm doing hehe.