"She...She's gone, Obi-wan..." Padme said, her voice barely above a
whisper. In the last couple days the small group had really gotten attached
to the girl.
Obi-wan's face portrayed shock.
"No." he said
Obi-wan closed his eyes, and clenched his teeth together. "She...told me she would die in the battle. She had a vision of it, of all the jedi fighting and when she came over to me, she was shot...."
Padme and Anakin simply stared at him.
Padme solemnly bowed her head, "At least she is one with the force.."
Anakin and Obi-wan nodded in agreement.
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When Leera ran in front of Obi-wan, she remembered being hit..then nothing....
It was like the feeling of floating for a while, but then she finally opened her eyes.
Brightness. Light.
In awe, Leera stood up and looked around, the realization coming to her.
Obi-wan had told her about 'becoming one with the force,' when jedi die.
This was it.
Leera grinned and walked forward into eternity.
____________________
A while later at the Kenobi / Skywalker house, Obi-wan and Ani were just finishing speaking to Mace on behalf of the council over commlink.
"So, the sith are gone, for now?" Mace asked.
Obi-wan nodded, "As far as we can see."
"Yes, but the Jedi have been proved blind to the Darkside." Mace Windu argued.
"Well then, The Emperor and Vader are defeated." Obi-wan said.
The twelve members of the council were silent for a moment.
Obi-wan sighed, bringing up the question of which he dreaded the answer, "Master, what is to become of my apprentice? As you all know, he was in fact innocent to the attacks against the jedi."
At this Mace almost smiled as Obi-wan and Ani awaited the council's answer.
"We have been discussing this ever since Padawan Skywalker has been found again...and we have decided to accept him back into the order." Mace told him.
Anakin grinned as did Obi-wan.
"This is wonderful Master!" Anakin whispered.
"But...." Mace continued, causing Anakin's grin to fade, fearing something terrible.
"Yes?" Anakin asked.
"Your works in the last few days has convinced the council, and you've been appointed to the level of Jedi Knight." Mace said.
Anakin's jaw dropped in surpize and he remained silent and he looked as if in shock.
Obi-wan nudged him with his elbow, "Well, aren't you going to say anything?" he asked.
Anakin quickly recovered, "T..T..Thank you Masters!" he exclaimed.
Both Obi-wan and Mace grinned.
"Can I go tell Padme?" Anakin asked the two.
Mace nodded, and Anakin quickly bowed before running off.
After he was gone, Obi-wan turned back to his friend.
"What's wrong, Obi-wan?"
"I don't know, but..well, these past ten years, I've always felt that I've been letting qui-gon down with how I trained Anakin. When he left, it was as if my worst fears had become reality, " he paused.
Mace nodded, "That's understandable."
"You remember Leera?" Obi-wan asked.
Mace nodded, "Yes, her death is most regrettable as with any death."
"Yes, well she died trying to save me. In a way, I feel as if I could have prevented it, somehow." Obi-wan muttered.
"My friend, we both know it was the will of the force." Mace said.
Obi-wan nodded, "Yes. Thank you Mace. Now I have to go track down Anakin." he said with a bow, and turned the commlink off with a sigh.
He turned around and left the room.
"Anakin! I'm going to take a quick walk outside, I will be back shortly." Obi-wan yelled before walking outside.
Taking his first step outdoors, Obi-wan noticed the many stars in the tattoine sky.
Memories of ten years ago and before came rushing back to him.
Obi-wan slowly sat down in the sand near the house, reliving what once was.
At the temple on Corusant, before he was a padawan, wondering of what adventures he would someday have.
A few years later, at Melida/Daan, with his friends Cerasi and Nield, when he had left the Jedi order.
Yes, And right after Qui-gon had died, looking up at the stars and wondering how could all those lives just go on while Qui-gon was gone.....
Obi-wan closed his eyes and sighed.
Behind him, he felt a tremor in the force.
~What?~ he thought, his eyes popping open. Slowly he turned around.
Obi-wan stared in disbeilef at the man- or illusion- that stood infront of him.
"Qui-gon?" he breathed.
The translucent figure before him grinned. "Hello, Obi-wan."
In shock, Obi-wan stood.
"How are you here? And why?"
Qui-gon smiled peaccefully, "Come, walk with me." he said, gesturing with his hand.
Obi-wan nodded.
After a few steps, "Please answer me, Master." Obi-wan pleaded.
"It is by will of the Force that I am here. I needed to talk to you." Qui- gon explained.
"I've missed you Obi-wan." he said.
"And I've missed you too Master," Obi-wan replied, still in a bit of shock.
Silence.
Qui-gon suddenly stopped walking, and turned to Obi-wan. "Obi-wan, I just needed to tell you that you are not a failure. Don't ever believe that. You have been a great master to Anakin, most likely better than I ever would have been."
Obi-wan looked over at him in disbilief.
"Yes, Obi-wan. I know I put a lot of pressure on you to train Anakin, but he has turned out just fine. And with Leera, Master windu was right, there was nothing you could have done. She is enjoying heaven though -if that's what you want to call it...She foundher parents." Qui-gon explained.
"Her parents?"
"Yes, they died when she was very young, and after that she was sld as a slave where your friend Ria found her." Qui-gon explained.
Obi-wan nodded. "Tell her we miss her."
Qui-gon nodded, "Of course, Padawan."
With that single word, even more memories came rushing back to Obi-wan. Padawan.....
"I've really missed you Qui-gon." he whispered.
Qui-gon smiled, and began to fade.
"No, wait Master!" Obi-wan pleaded.
"Promise me, Obi-wan, you won't forget." he asked, continuing to fade a way.
"What?"Forget what?!" he asked. "Please Master, don't leave!"
"That you won't forget you aren't a failure, and that I am proud of you..." Qui-gon replied, as he disapeared.
Obi-wan stood there in the dark, hearing the words he had never thought he would hear.
He stood there for quite sometime, wondering if that had really happened, and remebering exactly what his Master had told him.
Sometime later, though he he had no idea how much later, Anakin came wandering out.
"Master?" he called.
Obi-wan turned around, "Yes, Anakin?"
"Are you alright?"
Obi-wan nodded.
"Mace just called, he wants to know how soon can we get to Corusant, they've decided to rebuild the Temple." Anakin explained.
Obi-wan looked back out at the sand, remembering the past few months, and the night before in particular.
Then he turned back to Anakin, "Tell them we're on our way...that is, as long as you agree, Knight Skywalker."
Anakin grinned, "Then I guess we're going to Corusant!"
Obi-wan's face portrayed shock.
"No." he said
Obi-wan closed his eyes, and clenched his teeth together. "She...told me she would die in the battle. She had a vision of it, of all the jedi fighting and when she came over to me, she was shot...."
Padme and Anakin simply stared at him.
Padme solemnly bowed her head, "At least she is one with the force.."
Anakin and Obi-wan nodded in agreement.
_________________
When Leera ran in front of Obi-wan, she remembered being hit..then nothing....
It was like the feeling of floating for a while, but then she finally opened her eyes.
Brightness. Light.
In awe, Leera stood up and looked around, the realization coming to her.
Obi-wan had told her about 'becoming one with the force,' when jedi die.
This was it.
Leera grinned and walked forward into eternity.
____________________
A while later at the Kenobi / Skywalker house, Obi-wan and Ani were just finishing speaking to Mace on behalf of the council over commlink.
"So, the sith are gone, for now?" Mace asked.
Obi-wan nodded, "As far as we can see."
"Yes, but the Jedi have been proved blind to the Darkside." Mace Windu argued.
"Well then, The Emperor and Vader are defeated." Obi-wan said.
The twelve members of the council were silent for a moment.
Obi-wan sighed, bringing up the question of which he dreaded the answer, "Master, what is to become of my apprentice? As you all know, he was in fact innocent to the attacks against the jedi."
At this Mace almost smiled as Obi-wan and Ani awaited the council's answer.
"We have been discussing this ever since Padawan Skywalker has been found again...and we have decided to accept him back into the order." Mace told him.
Anakin grinned as did Obi-wan.
"This is wonderful Master!" Anakin whispered.
"But...." Mace continued, causing Anakin's grin to fade, fearing something terrible.
"Yes?" Anakin asked.
"Your works in the last few days has convinced the council, and you've been appointed to the level of Jedi Knight." Mace said.
Anakin's jaw dropped in surpize and he remained silent and he looked as if in shock.
Obi-wan nudged him with his elbow, "Well, aren't you going to say anything?" he asked.
Anakin quickly recovered, "T..T..Thank you Masters!" he exclaimed.
Both Obi-wan and Mace grinned.
"Can I go tell Padme?" Anakin asked the two.
Mace nodded, and Anakin quickly bowed before running off.
After he was gone, Obi-wan turned back to his friend.
"What's wrong, Obi-wan?"
"I don't know, but..well, these past ten years, I've always felt that I've been letting qui-gon down with how I trained Anakin. When he left, it was as if my worst fears had become reality, " he paused.
Mace nodded, "That's understandable."
"You remember Leera?" Obi-wan asked.
Mace nodded, "Yes, her death is most regrettable as with any death."
"Yes, well she died trying to save me. In a way, I feel as if I could have prevented it, somehow." Obi-wan muttered.
"My friend, we both know it was the will of the force." Mace said.
Obi-wan nodded, "Yes. Thank you Mace. Now I have to go track down Anakin." he said with a bow, and turned the commlink off with a sigh.
He turned around and left the room.
"Anakin! I'm going to take a quick walk outside, I will be back shortly." Obi-wan yelled before walking outside.
Taking his first step outdoors, Obi-wan noticed the many stars in the tattoine sky.
Memories of ten years ago and before came rushing back to him.
Obi-wan slowly sat down in the sand near the house, reliving what once was.
At the temple on Corusant, before he was a padawan, wondering of what adventures he would someday have.
A few years later, at Melida/Daan, with his friends Cerasi and Nield, when he had left the Jedi order.
Yes, And right after Qui-gon had died, looking up at the stars and wondering how could all those lives just go on while Qui-gon was gone.....
Obi-wan closed his eyes and sighed.
Behind him, he felt a tremor in the force.
~What?~ he thought, his eyes popping open. Slowly he turned around.
Obi-wan stared in disbeilef at the man- or illusion- that stood infront of him.
"Qui-gon?" he breathed.
The translucent figure before him grinned. "Hello, Obi-wan."
In shock, Obi-wan stood.
"How are you here? And why?"
Qui-gon smiled peaccefully, "Come, walk with me." he said, gesturing with his hand.
Obi-wan nodded.
After a few steps, "Please answer me, Master." Obi-wan pleaded.
"It is by will of the Force that I am here. I needed to talk to you." Qui- gon explained.
"I've missed you Obi-wan." he said.
"And I've missed you too Master," Obi-wan replied, still in a bit of shock.
Silence.
Qui-gon suddenly stopped walking, and turned to Obi-wan. "Obi-wan, I just needed to tell you that you are not a failure. Don't ever believe that. You have been a great master to Anakin, most likely better than I ever would have been."
Obi-wan looked over at him in disbilief.
"Yes, Obi-wan. I know I put a lot of pressure on you to train Anakin, but he has turned out just fine. And with Leera, Master windu was right, there was nothing you could have done. She is enjoying heaven though -if that's what you want to call it...She foundher parents." Qui-gon explained.
"Her parents?"
"Yes, they died when she was very young, and after that she was sld as a slave where your friend Ria found her." Qui-gon explained.
Obi-wan nodded. "Tell her we miss her."
Qui-gon nodded, "Of course, Padawan."
With that single word, even more memories came rushing back to Obi-wan. Padawan.....
"I've really missed you Qui-gon." he whispered.
Qui-gon smiled, and began to fade.
"No, wait Master!" Obi-wan pleaded.
"Promise me, Obi-wan, you won't forget." he asked, continuing to fade a way.
"What?"Forget what?!" he asked. "Please Master, don't leave!"
"That you won't forget you aren't a failure, and that I am proud of you..." Qui-gon replied, as he disapeared.
Obi-wan stood there in the dark, hearing the words he had never thought he would hear.
He stood there for quite sometime, wondering if that had really happened, and remebering exactly what his Master had told him.
Sometime later, though he he had no idea how much later, Anakin came wandering out.
"Master?" he called.
Obi-wan turned around, "Yes, Anakin?"
"Are you alright?"
Obi-wan nodded.
"Mace just called, he wants to know how soon can we get to Corusant, they've decided to rebuild the Temple." Anakin explained.
Obi-wan looked back out at the sand, remembering the past few months, and the night before in particular.
Then he turned back to Anakin, "Tell them we're on our way...that is, as long as you agree, Knight Skywalker."
Anakin grinned, "Then I guess we're going to Corusant!"