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: Woohoo! Saw 'The Phantom Menace' for the fifth time yesterday!!
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Chapter 5~Messing Around
"Master Yoda, you must believe me that Qui-Gon is evil. I wouldn't lie to you about something like this," Lily said. She looked to her Master for support and secretly wished she had brought Obi-Wan along for assistance.
"Believe you, we will not," Yoda said.
"Qui-Gon is honest and truthful. We see it in his eyes," Mace explained.
"When was the last time you even looked in his eyes?" a voice called from the door. It was Obi-Wan; he had come to help them. "I have heard that he hasn't been to the Jedi Council in a year."
"False that must be..." Yoda stated.
"It isn't false. I saw him transformed as a vampire with my own eyes. I wouldn't tell you guys this if it wasn't true! I loved my Master before I knew he was a Sith vampire, and you know that," Obi-Wan said, a tear in his eye from remembering all the times he and his Master shared before he turned on them.
"Master Yoda, Qui-Gon nearly killed me in the work out room. He deliberately pulled me down to increase acceleration...that is how I got those nasty bruises and cracked ribs from falling just thirty feet in the air," Lily said. "You have to believe us, Qui-Gon could prove to be trouble if we keep him here. He almost got to Selina...and he almost got to me."
"We will think it over, but in the mean time, I do believe you two have reserved time in the work out room. You better go if you don't want to lose your spot," Mace said, without even a smile.
Selina and Lily bowed before they exited. "I truly hope that they do eject him from the temple...I can't stay here knowing there's someone out to get me," Lily said.
"Believe me, I know exactly how you feel. Perhaps we should take Obi-Wan with us...I don't feel safe knowing he's Qui-Gon's Padawan," Selina said, with a fearful look on her face.
"I thought you'd never ask," Lily said, with a sly grin on her face as she stopped to catch up with Obi-Wan, who was sluggishly walking back to the apartment he shared with Qui-Gon. "Obi..." Lily began, trying to overcome her nervousness of just looking at his face.
"Yes, Lily?" Obi-Wan asked, arching an eyebrow.
"Would you like to come with us to the work out room? I'm sure we could persuade them to let you come as well," Lily said, winking. "Pleaaaaaaaaaase," Lily pleaded.
"I would be delighted to," Obi-Wan said, with a grin. "I was hoping you'd give me an excuse to not go back to my apartment..."
"Yes...I feel your pain," Lily said, rubbing the remains of the bruise on her back.
Obi-Wan laughed as they walked off to the work out room, leaving Selina in the rear to make sure Qui-Gon didn't end up attacking them while she was in front.
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Qui-Gon sat in his apartment, alone, meditating to try and free himself of his usual angers.
"Just one year ago...Obi-Wan was just as arrogant as I am now and he turned down his first girlfriend at my suggestion...just one year ago when I became this," Qui-Gon muttered. "Everything before that is a blur...why can't I remember anything?"
"Because you don't need to," a voice said behind him. He spun around to find himself face to face with a girl who resembled Lily a little too much. "Those memories will poison your mind, we just supply you with better ones."
"Lily...?" Qui-Gon asked, confused.
"Not quite the real one, but a replica. I'm here to terrorize the temple...and separate the two lovers. They need to be apart for as long as possible to weaken the slayer," the clone said.
"What do you need me for?" Qui-Gon asked.
"You must be the one to influence both of them. Unfortunately they already know you're a vampire, so you'll need to do it through subliminal messages."
"I shall help you in any way possible," Qui-Gon said, bowing before her. "If it means getting rid of that stupid girl."
"We cannot get rid of her, but if Obi-Wan breaks up with her, it will greatly weaken her, and fill her with fear and hatred. Then, we can ask for her to join us," the girl said, sinisterly. For I can only do so much as a clone."
"Either way...having a goody-two-shoes around my boy pisses me off," Qui- Gon sputtered. "How shall we begin?"
"First, we have to let Obi-Wan see me kissing someone else...that will greatly anger him and might work to our advantage."
"Then let us begin. I cannot wait to be free of all this light around me." Qui-Gon motioned with his hand to all the light in the room. "I can tell the absolute darkness of Coruscant is growing weaker with the slayer's victories.
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"Lily, concentrate harder. You must release yourself of all this anger built up because of those kids. You cannot become the strongest slayer if you have all this anger!" Selina scolded.
Lily tried her hardest to think of something that wouldn't make her angry, and her thoughts focused on Obi-Wan, which helped her jump to that last platform that had eluded her just two days ago.
"I did it!" Lily exclaimed, laughing.
"All right, now jump down," Obi-Wan said, grinning. "What good is it to jump to a high platform if you can't jump down to the ground properly?"
Lily focused all her remaining energy on keeping her stable as she leaped off the highest platform and decelerated herself until she touched the hard wooden floor.
"You're becoming quite the slayer," Selina said, placing her hands on Lily's shoulders.
"I'm going to go in the halls, it's stuffy in here," Obi-Wan said.
"All right, we'll be heading to our apartment," Selina said.
Obi-Wan roamed down the halls and leaned against the wall, letting out a deep breath. He grinned at Lily as she and Selina walked out of the work out room. Lily paused for a second to blow him a kiss and wink before she continued.
Obi-Wan sighed and slowly walked back to the apartment, secretly hoping Qui- Gon wouldn't be home. He already knew that there was no chance he wouldn't be home, because where else would a vampire go if he didn't want to be noticed? His thoughts went back to Lily, and when he turned the corner, his jaw dropped.
Lily, or rather the replica of Lily, was passionately kissing another Padawan, and it definitely wasn't anyone who resembled him. "Lily...?"
The replica broke away from the kiss; turned around to grin for a second at Obi-Wan, and then turned back to the guy he was surprising with a kiss.
Obi-Wan ran the rest of the way to his apartment in tears, and he was too deep in thought about what this meant that he didn't even notice the real Lily trying to stop him to find out what was wrong.
"That's weird...I wonder what upset him so much," Selina said.
"I don't know...but I have a very bad feeling about this," Lily said, grimly. "I think it may have something to do with a familiar presence I'm sensing..."
"Describe this familiar presence," Selina ordered.
"It feels a lot like...me," Lily said, starting to disbelieve what she had said the moment the words left her mouth. "But it can't be...I mean how could anyone have made a clone of me?"
"It's possible...but I highly doubt it," Selina said.
"Oh no...I think I know what happened!" Lily said, all of a sudden. "I just got a trace of what Obi-Wan was thinking..."
"Poor Obi-Wan...you don't think he thought that was you?" Selina asked.
"Why else would he be running at top speed with tears openly flowing?" Lily asked, her hands on her hips. "Someone's trying to break us up...but they didn't count on me finding out first."
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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: Woohoo! Saw 'The Phantom Menace' for the fifth time yesterday!!
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Chapter 5~Messing Around
"Master Yoda, you must believe me that Qui-Gon is evil. I wouldn't lie to you about something like this," Lily said. She looked to her Master for support and secretly wished she had brought Obi-Wan along for assistance.
"Believe you, we will not," Yoda said.
"Qui-Gon is honest and truthful. We see it in his eyes," Mace explained.
"When was the last time you even looked in his eyes?" a voice called from the door. It was Obi-Wan; he had come to help them. "I have heard that he hasn't been to the Jedi Council in a year."
"False that must be..." Yoda stated.
"It isn't false. I saw him transformed as a vampire with my own eyes. I wouldn't tell you guys this if it wasn't true! I loved my Master before I knew he was a Sith vampire, and you know that," Obi-Wan said, a tear in his eye from remembering all the times he and his Master shared before he turned on them.
"Master Yoda, Qui-Gon nearly killed me in the work out room. He deliberately pulled me down to increase acceleration...that is how I got those nasty bruises and cracked ribs from falling just thirty feet in the air," Lily said. "You have to believe us, Qui-Gon could prove to be trouble if we keep him here. He almost got to Selina...and he almost got to me."
"We will think it over, but in the mean time, I do believe you two have reserved time in the work out room. You better go if you don't want to lose your spot," Mace said, without even a smile.
Selina and Lily bowed before they exited. "I truly hope that they do eject him from the temple...I can't stay here knowing there's someone out to get me," Lily said.
"Believe me, I know exactly how you feel. Perhaps we should take Obi-Wan with us...I don't feel safe knowing he's Qui-Gon's Padawan," Selina said, with a fearful look on her face.
"I thought you'd never ask," Lily said, with a sly grin on her face as she stopped to catch up with Obi-Wan, who was sluggishly walking back to the apartment he shared with Qui-Gon. "Obi..." Lily began, trying to overcome her nervousness of just looking at his face.
"Yes, Lily?" Obi-Wan asked, arching an eyebrow.
"Would you like to come with us to the work out room? I'm sure we could persuade them to let you come as well," Lily said, winking. "Pleaaaaaaaaaase," Lily pleaded.
"I would be delighted to," Obi-Wan said, with a grin. "I was hoping you'd give me an excuse to not go back to my apartment..."
"Yes...I feel your pain," Lily said, rubbing the remains of the bruise on her back.
Obi-Wan laughed as they walked off to the work out room, leaving Selina in the rear to make sure Qui-Gon didn't end up attacking them while she was in front.
~*~
Qui-Gon sat in his apartment, alone, meditating to try and free himself of his usual angers.
"Just one year ago...Obi-Wan was just as arrogant as I am now and he turned down his first girlfriend at my suggestion...just one year ago when I became this," Qui-Gon muttered. "Everything before that is a blur...why can't I remember anything?"
"Because you don't need to," a voice said behind him. He spun around to find himself face to face with a girl who resembled Lily a little too much. "Those memories will poison your mind, we just supply you with better ones."
"Lily...?" Qui-Gon asked, confused.
"Not quite the real one, but a replica. I'm here to terrorize the temple...and separate the two lovers. They need to be apart for as long as possible to weaken the slayer," the clone said.
"What do you need me for?" Qui-Gon asked.
"You must be the one to influence both of them. Unfortunately they already know you're a vampire, so you'll need to do it through subliminal messages."
"I shall help you in any way possible," Qui-Gon said, bowing before her. "If it means getting rid of that stupid girl."
"We cannot get rid of her, but if Obi-Wan breaks up with her, it will greatly weaken her, and fill her with fear and hatred. Then, we can ask for her to join us," the girl said, sinisterly. For I can only do so much as a clone."
"Either way...having a goody-two-shoes around my boy pisses me off," Qui- Gon sputtered. "How shall we begin?"
"First, we have to let Obi-Wan see me kissing someone else...that will greatly anger him and might work to our advantage."
"Then let us begin. I cannot wait to be free of all this light around me." Qui-Gon motioned with his hand to all the light in the room. "I can tell the absolute darkness of Coruscant is growing weaker with the slayer's victories.
~*~
"Lily, concentrate harder. You must release yourself of all this anger built up because of those kids. You cannot become the strongest slayer if you have all this anger!" Selina scolded.
Lily tried her hardest to think of something that wouldn't make her angry, and her thoughts focused on Obi-Wan, which helped her jump to that last platform that had eluded her just two days ago.
"I did it!" Lily exclaimed, laughing.
"All right, now jump down," Obi-Wan said, grinning. "What good is it to jump to a high platform if you can't jump down to the ground properly?"
Lily focused all her remaining energy on keeping her stable as she leaped off the highest platform and decelerated herself until she touched the hard wooden floor.
"You're becoming quite the slayer," Selina said, placing her hands on Lily's shoulders.
"I'm going to go in the halls, it's stuffy in here," Obi-Wan said.
"All right, we'll be heading to our apartment," Selina said.
Obi-Wan roamed down the halls and leaned against the wall, letting out a deep breath. He grinned at Lily as she and Selina walked out of the work out room. Lily paused for a second to blow him a kiss and wink before she continued.
Obi-Wan sighed and slowly walked back to the apartment, secretly hoping Qui- Gon wouldn't be home. He already knew that there was no chance he wouldn't be home, because where else would a vampire go if he didn't want to be noticed? His thoughts went back to Lily, and when he turned the corner, his jaw dropped.
Lily, or rather the replica of Lily, was passionately kissing another Padawan, and it definitely wasn't anyone who resembled him. "Lily...?"
The replica broke away from the kiss; turned around to grin for a second at Obi-Wan, and then turned back to the guy he was surprising with a kiss.
Obi-Wan ran the rest of the way to his apartment in tears, and he was too deep in thought about what this meant that he didn't even notice the real Lily trying to stop him to find out what was wrong.
"That's weird...I wonder what upset him so much," Selina said.
"I don't know...but I have a very bad feeling about this," Lily said, grimly. "I think it may have something to do with a familiar presence I'm sensing..."
"Describe this familiar presence," Selina ordered.
"It feels a lot like...me," Lily said, starting to disbelieve what she had said the moment the words left her mouth. "But it can't be...I mean how could anyone have made a clone of me?"
"It's possible...but I highly doubt it," Selina said.
"Oh no...I think I know what happened!" Lily said, all of a sudden. "I just got a trace of what Obi-Wan was thinking..."
"Poor Obi-Wan...you don't think he thought that was you?" Selina asked.
"Why else would he be running at top speed with tears openly flowing?" Lily asked, her hands on her hips. "Someone's trying to break us up...but they didn't count on me finding out first."
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