A/n: thank you so much Culf for all the review and support, if It weren't
for you, I might not be writing this still! Thanks to Trigan, and
anonymous, also for the reviews, and thanks so much to everyone else who
had reviewed, also! :)
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"So, Now what?" Ria asked. She was tired from walking through the dessert, and wanted to rest.
Anakin turned to her, "I am not leaving here untill I find them!" he angrily said.
Then he turned to Leera, "Do you think you can find them?" he asked.
A look of uncertanty crossed Her face, "I..don't know, maybe..."
"Can you try?" Anakin asked.
Leera nodded, and sat down on the hot sand, and closed her eyes.
Anakin and Ria sat down beside her and waited, at least they would get to rest for a while...
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*Flash*
Leera's eyes popped open.
In her vision, it was just like before.
But different, somehow.
She walked for a while through the dessert, and saw the house in the distance.
She ran towards it.
When she reached it, she saw blaster marks on the door.
~Oh no.~ she thought, as she slowly open the door.
Chills ran up her spine, and everything went dark.
"Hello?" she called.
She blinked as her eyes adjusted to the light.
"Soo it will end." A voice said from behind her.
Leera spun, and she saw a figure cloak in black.
"Who..Who are you?" She stuttered.
Laughter emerged from the figure, and in a flash he was gone.
"Hello."A voice said.
Leera turned to see who it was now, and she saw a man with longish brown hair, and a beard staring at her.
"Who..?" leera asked.
The man shook his head and smiled.
"What a mistake they've made." He mumbled.
"Who? what?" Leera asked confused.
"It is destiny's way." The man muttered.
The man shook his head once more, and everything just vanished.
Leera found herself standing out side the house once more.
Something about it looked different, but she wasn't sure what.
Then she saw the balck Blaster burns where gone from the door.
Leera felt her finger over the door where the burns had been.
Then, everything stopped.
*Flash*
Leera opened her eys, and she was back with Anakin and Ria.
"Are you alright?" Ria asked her.
Leera realised that she was shaking, and wrapped her arms around herself to stop it.
"Did you see anything?" Ria asked her.
Leera stared at them and nodded, "I..I.." she said stuttering.
Noticing how shook up she was Anakin asked her what was wrong.
Leera blinked," I say a mna, clovered in black, and soon it shall end, and the door..They just disapeared..." Leera said, and shook her head.
Leera's eyes began to close, and she fell aslepp right there in the sand.
"Come on, we'll go back to the ship and rest, and in the morning, we can continue." Anakin said, as he reache dover, and picked up Leera's body, and Ria and Him began the walk back to the ship as the twin suns set in the sky.....
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Nightmares filled Anakin sleep that night.
Horrible dreams of him murdering Obi-wan and the Tuskens and worst of all, Padme.
Anakin bolted awake, as he dreamed of himself running a lightsaber through her sleeping body.
~No...It's alright... Just a dream, just a dream...~ he thought, trying to calm himself down.
Anakin walked out into the main part of the ship and found Ria sitting there alone.
Anakin went over to her, "Are you alright?" he asked.
Ria looked over at him, surprised.
"I...I'm fine." she quickly said.
"You sure?" He asked, taking a seat beside her.
Ria nodded, "I...just couldn't sleep." she said.
"Same here." Anakin quietly said.
They remained silent for a while, a thne Ria turned to him.
"I..I need to tell you that I..haven't been telling you the entire truth.." She said.
Anakin looked at her suspiciously, "You lied?"
"Sorta..." Ria whispered.
"What about?" Anakin asked.
"I..I told you that I was forced to leave the temple when I was 13, and that's not exactly true, I..I did have a master, and we were together until I was 19, when the last remnants of our bond faded away. He went to the council and demanded that I be removed from his care. And they didn't think that someone so old could recreate a bond with a master, so that was the end of my life for the Jedi...." Ria said, in a rush.
Anakin stared at her silent for a moment, "You didn't have to lie to me." He said flatly.
"There's more, and I didn't think tat since you were a jedi, you'd like to hear it.... But, after I left the Temple, I became a bounty hunter, and that's how I found Leera. Her parents were killed, and she was being sold as a slave. I bought her and set her free, but we became friends.... And now, sevral years later, here we are.." Ria said, her voice trailing off....
Anakin stared at her for a second longer. "So, you didn't tell me, because you didn't think I would like to hear it?Why?And Then why right now did you decide to tell me?
Ria sighed, "I...I know what the council thinks of the lost twenty, and I recognised you as a Jedi, so I didn't want to tell you, because this was my first time that I might actually get to help the Jedi, not cause them trouble.... And I told you now because, well I'm not sure....I guess I did learn something from being at the temple after all.." She said with a laugh.
Anakin smiled. He noticed out the window that the suns was begining to rise off the horizon.
"I'm going to go use the 'fresher, when Leera wakes up, tell her we can leave as soon as you two are ready." Anakin said.
Ria just nodded, and her gaze drifted out the window at Tattoine's twin suns, and she just stared out into the morning.....
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About an hour later, they began their journey.
As they stepped out of the ship, Anakin turned to Leera, "I want you to lead the way." he told her.
"What? why? She asked confused.
"I think you can find it," Anakin told her. "Just close your eyes, and reach into the force, and just walk where it takes you." He said.
"Okay, I guess." Leera said, and she did as Ani told her.
A second later, her eyes popped back open, and she turned back to Ani and Ria, "I see it!" she said, and closed her eyes once more and nodded.
"This way." she said, and pointed in the direction, and started walking, with Anakin and Ria trailing behind her.....
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Quite some time later, Leera stopped, so Ani and Ria stopped walking right behind her.
"What?" Ria asked, "Why'd you stop?" she asked, then she looked past Anakin's shoulder and gasped, there, in te distance was a small sand colored building.
"That's it." Leera whispered in awe.
Anakin stared for a moment, then began to run towards it.
"Hey, wait!" Leera called, and she and Ria raced after him.
Finally, Anakin reached to door, and paused.
Leera came up behind him, and a couple seconds later, Ria joined them.
"Well, aren't you going to knock or something?" Ria whispered.
Anakin took a deep breath, and slowly reached his hand for ward and knocked.
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"So, Now what?" Ria asked. She was tired from walking through the dessert, and wanted to rest.
Anakin turned to her, "I am not leaving here untill I find them!" he angrily said.
Then he turned to Leera, "Do you think you can find them?" he asked.
A look of uncertanty crossed Her face, "I..don't know, maybe..."
"Can you try?" Anakin asked.
Leera nodded, and sat down on the hot sand, and closed her eyes.
Anakin and Ria sat down beside her and waited, at least they would get to rest for a while...
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*Flash*
Leera's eyes popped open.
In her vision, it was just like before.
But different, somehow.
She walked for a while through the dessert, and saw the house in the distance.
She ran towards it.
When she reached it, she saw blaster marks on the door.
~Oh no.~ she thought, as she slowly open the door.
Chills ran up her spine, and everything went dark.
"Hello?" she called.
She blinked as her eyes adjusted to the light.
"Soo it will end." A voice said from behind her.
Leera spun, and she saw a figure cloak in black.
"Who..Who are you?" She stuttered.
Laughter emerged from the figure, and in a flash he was gone.
"Hello."A voice said.
Leera turned to see who it was now, and she saw a man with longish brown hair, and a beard staring at her.
"Who..?" leera asked.
The man shook his head and smiled.
"What a mistake they've made." He mumbled.
"Who? what?" Leera asked confused.
"It is destiny's way." The man muttered.
The man shook his head once more, and everything just vanished.
Leera found herself standing out side the house once more.
Something about it looked different, but she wasn't sure what.
Then she saw the balck Blaster burns where gone from the door.
Leera felt her finger over the door where the burns had been.
Then, everything stopped.
*Flash*
Leera opened her eys, and she was back with Anakin and Ria.
"Are you alright?" Ria asked her.
Leera realised that she was shaking, and wrapped her arms around herself to stop it.
"Did you see anything?" Ria asked her.
Leera stared at them and nodded, "I..I.." she said stuttering.
Noticing how shook up she was Anakin asked her what was wrong.
Leera blinked," I say a mna, clovered in black, and soon it shall end, and the door..They just disapeared..." Leera said, and shook her head.
Leera's eyes began to close, and she fell aslepp right there in the sand.
"Come on, we'll go back to the ship and rest, and in the morning, we can continue." Anakin said, as he reache dover, and picked up Leera's body, and Ria and Him began the walk back to the ship as the twin suns set in the sky.....
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Nightmares filled Anakin sleep that night.
Horrible dreams of him murdering Obi-wan and the Tuskens and worst of all, Padme.
Anakin bolted awake, as he dreamed of himself running a lightsaber through her sleeping body.
~No...It's alright... Just a dream, just a dream...~ he thought, trying to calm himself down.
Anakin walked out into the main part of the ship and found Ria sitting there alone.
Anakin went over to her, "Are you alright?" he asked.
Ria looked over at him, surprised.
"I...I'm fine." she quickly said.
"You sure?" He asked, taking a seat beside her.
Ria nodded, "I...just couldn't sleep." she said.
"Same here." Anakin quietly said.
They remained silent for a while, a thne Ria turned to him.
"I..I need to tell you that I..haven't been telling you the entire truth.." She said.
Anakin looked at her suspiciously, "You lied?"
"Sorta..." Ria whispered.
"What about?" Anakin asked.
"I..I told you that I was forced to leave the temple when I was 13, and that's not exactly true, I..I did have a master, and we were together until I was 19, when the last remnants of our bond faded away. He went to the council and demanded that I be removed from his care. And they didn't think that someone so old could recreate a bond with a master, so that was the end of my life for the Jedi...." Ria said, in a rush.
Anakin stared at her silent for a moment, "You didn't have to lie to me." He said flatly.
"There's more, and I didn't think tat since you were a jedi, you'd like to hear it.... But, after I left the Temple, I became a bounty hunter, and that's how I found Leera. Her parents were killed, and she was being sold as a slave. I bought her and set her free, but we became friends.... And now, sevral years later, here we are.." Ria said, her voice trailing off....
Anakin stared at her for a second longer. "So, you didn't tell me, because you didn't think I would like to hear it?Why?And Then why right now did you decide to tell me?
Ria sighed, "I...I know what the council thinks of the lost twenty, and I recognised you as a Jedi, so I didn't want to tell you, because this was my first time that I might actually get to help the Jedi, not cause them trouble.... And I told you now because, well I'm not sure....I guess I did learn something from being at the temple after all.." She said with a laugh.
Anakin smiled. He noticed out the window that the suns was begining to rise off the horizon.
"I'm going to go use the 'fresher, when Leera wakes up, tell her we can leave as soon as you two are ready." Anakin said.
Ria just nodded, and her gaze drifted out the window at Tattoine's twin suns, and she just stared out into the morning.....
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About an hour later, they began their journey.
As they stepped out of the ship, Anakin turned to Leera, "I want you to lead the way." he told her.
"What? why? She asked confused.
"I think you can find it," Anakin told her. "Just close your eyes, and reach into the force, and just walk where it takes you." He said.
"Okay, I guess." Leera said, and she did as Ani told her.
A second later, her eyes popped back open, and she turned back to Ani and Ria, "I see it!" she said, and closed her eyes once more and nodded.
"This way." she said, and pointed in the direction, and started walking, with Anakin and Ria trailing behind her.....
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Quite some time later, Leera stopped, so Ani and Ria stopped walking right behind her.
"What?" Ria asked, "Why'd you stop?" she asked, then she looked past Anakin's shoulder and gasped, there, in te distance was a small sand colored building.
"That's it." Leera whispered in awe.
Anakin stared for a moment, then began to run towards it.
"Hey, wait!" Leera called, and she and Ria raced after him.
Finally, Anakin reached to door, and paused.
Leera came up behind him, and a couple seconds later, Ria joined them.
"Well, aren't you going to knock or something?" Ria whispered.
Anakin took a deep breath, and slowly reached his hand for ward and knocked.