Qui-gon awoke to the insistent ringing of the com unit. He dragged himself out of bed and over to the machine. He hit the answer button "Jinn here." He growled. Qui-gon was never in a good mood when awakened from a nap. He managed to wake up enough to look at the caller on the screen. "Well don't you look chipper." Mace said. "When you wake me up from a nap not even 20 minutes after I've finally gone to sleep you should not be surprised if I'm grumpy." "I know your tired Qui-gon but the council has finished our emergency session and have decided we will see to your debriefing in an hour." "Well thank you for notifying me. I'll go wake Obi-wan." "Alright I'll see you in an hour then." And with that the communication ended.

Qui-gon sat down at his desk and attempted to finish waking up. With a sigh he stood again, and stretched before heading t Obi-wan's chamber. He walked in to see Obi-wan sweating and tossing in his sleep. He quickly walked over and grabbed the boy's shoulders. "Obi-wan! Obi-wan, Wake up! It's just a dream!" With a startled jolt Obi-wan woke and with out conscious thought pulled himself out of Qui-gon's grip. That small movement cause Qui-gon to move back and give the boy room. He watched with no small amount of curiosity as Obi-wan pulled himself together. Very quickly, he noticed. A horrible though dawned on him. **The only reason that Obi-wan would be able to shake off a nightmare that fast was if he had them regularly.** Qui-gon was horrified to realize that Obi-wan had been having nightmares often enough to get practiced in shaking them off and acting as if nothing had happened. Looking at his apprentice now he would never have guessed that only a few moments ago he had been thrashing in his sleep.

**I never felt them! When he was little I used to wake and come soothe his night terrors but as he got older they stopped. Or so I thought. He obviously just started hiding them from me.** While Qui-gon wanted to call Obi-wan on this and ask why in heavens name did he hide his nightmares he knew this was not the time. He also conceded to him self that he didn't wan to ask because he didn't want to be told that Obi-wan didn't trust him. The though that Obi-wan had been suffering and not coming to him, what ever the reason he chose not to was, hurt Qui-gon. It hurt him more than he had really though possible. As he looked back at Obi-wan the boy spoke up. "Have we been summoned Master?" "Yes Obi-wan. We report to the council in an hour. Which gives us just enough time to wake up all the way before we go."

Obi-wan swung his legs to the side of the bed and stood up stretching, much as Qui-gon had earlier. But Obi-wan didn't stop at that movement he shifted into a simple stretching exercise designed to loosed all the muscles. Qui-gon stood and headed out as he realized Obi-wan was fully awake.

"I am going to see if I can pick up some basic provisions so we can eat before we leave." "That sounds good Master. I have a feeling this will be a very long session." Qui-gon gave the boy an odd look before he headed out the rooms door.

Obi-wan realized his slip almost as soon as he said it. He couldn't believe himself. He all but told his master that he had seen something. He collapsed into his desk chair. It had to be the vision he had had while sleeping. It was the same one he had related to Yoda earlier. It still shook him even after seeing once before. This time everything was sharper. More detailed. The fact that he knew what the emergency session of the council had been about was not helping his peace of mind either. On top of all that his shields were starting to crack. He would not be able to maintain them at the strength he had been for very much longer. The force shoves and the prophecies had been coming more and more frequent and more and more vivid.

The one thing he wished for was for his master to figure out what was happening. The he wouldn't have to hide it anymore. Then he would have someone to function as an anchor. On the other hand he hoped Qui-gon never found out. He did not want to put the pressure of dealing with his force visions on anyone else. But he had a feeling the force had other idea's for him.

While he had tried to avoid seeing his own future it was not always possible. Especially when the force decided to show it to him. He knew that Qui-gon would find out about the visions eventually. He even knew what the likely way it would happen was. But beyond that there were several possibilities. Most of which he didn't want to even contemplate. But unfortunately he would eventually. The day was coming quickly when his shields would crack and he would be thrown into a prophecy in front of his master. And after that, well who knew what would happen. Obi-wan certainly didn't.

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Qui-gon returned just as Obi-wan was entering their common room. After a quick meal of cold sandwiches they grabbed their reports and headed off to the council chambers. Moving at a quick pace most others that saw them in the hallway quickly moved out of their way. Qui-gon, was oblivious to that fact. Obi-wan was not. After a particularly stunning dodge he had to wince. Qui-gon was so intent on getting to the council chambers that he was not paying attention to anything other than his goal.

As they entered the council chambers, the huge doors swung open to admit them. Seated around the circle was the council. As they strode to the center of the circle Obi-wan realized he was being scrutinized by Masters Windu and Yoda. When they reached the center Obi-wan bowed with his master and tried to convey through his eyes that he was fine. A slight relaxation of Mace and Yoda assured it had been caught. Master Yoda was the first to speak. "Sorry we are about the delay. Other issues, we had to discuss before able we were to speak with you." "That is quite alright Master. We took the time to catch up on some more sleep. We were both exhausted." Qui-gon murmured in assurance. "Good. Now review we will what happened on the mission. Master Jinn?" Qui-gon bowed again. "We arrived on Aluria on schedule and we made our way to our quarters. We then headed to the council chambers as the first meeting between the two tribes was to begin almost immediately. I began to mediate as normal but this time I felt that I could not comprehend what either side wanted. I tried my best but there were no agreements by the end of the meeting. After conferring extensively with Obi-wan, who seemed to understand them, I was still as a loss as to what to do. But I was saved from making that decision. It seems that as I conferred with Obi-wan we were overheard from delegates from both sides. The made it very clear at the next meeting that I was not to mediate any more. Either Obi-wan took over or we both left. Since it seemed ...unwise to put off the meetings any longer I allowed Obi-wan to take over the mediations while he did confer with me on some principal ideas all of the work was done by him. He was able to find an agreement that worked for both parties. I believe that it will hold for many generations."

Obi-wan felt a warm glow inside that his master felt he had done a good job. He was happy to have helped them. Of course his ability to see things that had happen in the past helped. In the end all the tribes had really wanted was an agreement to work together and that everyone should have an input on things. It was very simple to pound out a document that both sides would accept after that. "Padawan Kenobi, do you think that this will help the people of Aluria?" He looked at Master Windu a moment before answering his question. "Yes Master I do. They genuinely want to be at peace. In reality they were long before we came in to mediate. They just wanted it to be formal. And since they had no idea how such a treaty should be created, they argued just to make it look good." "Hmm are you sure they were actually at peace before you arrived?" Master Gallia asked. "Yes Master. I did some looking at their historical documents while I was there. They have been at peace for two generations at least." The masters looked around at each other. Mace was the first to speak up. "Well since there were no complications, we can end this debriefing now. We have your reports and if we have any further questions we can ask you at a later date. "Thank you Masters" Qui-gon and Obi-wan murmured. They both bowed and then headed out of the council chambers.

As they were walking back Obi-wan was hit by a particularly intense flash. It involved him and Master Yoda and Master Windu in the private chambers reserved for the two senior council members. Few even knew the location of the chambers. Obi-wan was one of the few. He realized that he must have a meeting with Master Windu and Yoda. He let himself sink into the force for a second. He felt that he should head there as soon as possible.

As they entered the quarters Obi-wan spoke up "Master have we anything else to do today?" "No Obi-wan we have time to ourselves until tomorrow." "Then may I please be excused? I wan to go see who is in the temple." Qui-gon smiled indulgently"Of course Obi-wan, Just be back by curfew." "I will Master. Thank you." With that Obi-wan quickly walked down the corridors that they had just came. Qui-gon smiled and thought that it was good to see Obi-wan talking to his friends.

Obi-wan walked quickly to the lift that would take him to the level with the senior council members chamber. He keyed in the access code that Master Yoda had given him some years before. He leaned against the wall lift as is began rising. He remembered the first time Master Windu had been present at a meeting with Yoda. It had happen because Master Windu had gotten on the lift at a higher floor an then noticed Obi-wan. He had questioned him about how he got there all Obi-wan said was "See Yoda." Mace had eventually picked the young child up and carried him to the chamber himself. There he had questioned Yoda about why he would give a seven year old child the code to the lift. Yoda had told him. And Mace had never questioned his wisdom, on that particular topic, again.

The lift doors whooshed open on the top of the North Spire. He walked into the room and seated himself down on one of the two chairs in the chamber. He had only been there for a few moments when Master Yoda and Master Windu arrived. "Owe me 5 credits you do!" Yoda exclaimed as he walked into see the boy already there. "Told you I would that he would be waiting." He cackled merrily at the look on Mace's face. Mace sighed and turned to Obi-wan. "Vision?" "Yep" "Well I guess it makes sense. What happen in the emergency session is very disturbing. And possibly dangerous to you." And with that a now sober Yoda and Mace sat down across from the boy and began to fill him in.