Thanks to all reviewers! Destiny- you read my mind! I think it'll be a few
chapters b/f that happens, though! That'll be so much fun to write ( Sorry
this has taken so long to get posted! I had exams. *Begins to twitch*. On
with the Story!
Leia's eyes went wide. This man was-would be-Vader. In a way, she had known it ever since she had first seen his face. Now that she looked more closely, she was horrified to discover that his posture was very like that of the dark lord; a little looser, a little more comfortable, perhaps, but definitely recognizable.
"Pleased to meet you, Leia. I trust my Padawan hasn't been bothering you?" Here Obi-Wan shot a glance at Anakin, who smiled innocently.
Leia found she wanted to scream at him, at Vader, Anakin, whatever. How dare someone who had ruined so many lives have a smile that could look so much like that of a child? She felt a wave of comfort, The Force, her subconscious realized, wash over her. She felt the confidence grow in her.
"No, ah, Jedi Kenobi, we were just talking about droids and the like."
"I see." He smiled at her. He turned to Anakin, "I hope you aren't planning to build any new droids, Padawan! Master Windu was talking to me about that just the other day. They're cluttering up the hallways, you should spend your time more productively!"
"Master-"
Leia stopped listening. She did feel more like herself, but she was still upset. Maybe for the duration of this ordeal she could tolerate Ana- No, Vader, not Anakin. She now knew something else about him: he was a very good actor. By the look of it, he had Kenobi completely fooled. He had me fooled, she thought. Vader was probably working as a Jedi so he could spy for Palpatine. Yes, Leia thought, that explains it; he's pretending to be nice just to get close so he can help the future emperor massacre the Jedi Order. Leia glanced over at Master and Padawan. The two seemed to have settled their dispute about droids and they were laughing about something.
"I'll admit Anakin, while that particular droid was a disaster, it was rather amusing watching it chase Master Poof around," Obi-Wan said.
"I didn't mean for it to chase council members around. I just wanted to help improve the training units! I didn't realize the parts had a rather subtle malfunction."
That's rich, Leia thought, Vader wanting to help. And yet, there was something in his eyes that was so trustworthy, so appealing. She found herself almost liking him.
"Yes," said Obi-Wan sarcastically, "who ever would have suspected that parts found in the junk heaps in the lower city might be defective?"
"Well," said Anakin, smirking, "I couldn't be sure there wasn't something wrong without a test run!"
"Padawan-"
"Do the two of you always go on like this?" Leia interrupted, raising an eyebrow. Despite herself, she smiled.
"Yes," said Anakin, "more often than not."
"It's amazing the two of you have managed to accomplish anything at all," Leia said.
"I quite agree, M'lady," said Obi-Wan, mock seriously. Obi-Wan looked at her closer, an expression of bafflement spreading across his face. Leia felt uncomfortable under his stare. She was thankful when Anakin diverted Kenobi's attention.
"Doesn't she remind you of Padmé, Master?"
Obi-Wan's puzzled expression wad quickly replaced with one of reproach and disapproval. He seemed to have forgotten all about Leia.
"Padawan, I think it best if you refer to her as Amidala, as is proper. Actually, I don't think you ought to refer to her at all. The memory of her distracts you from your duties."
"Padmé?" Leia said, gaining a glare from Obi-Wan. That name was so familiar.
Anakin's eyes became unfocused, as if he were looking at some one far away. "I haven't seen her in almost ten years. She's a politician, like you," he gestured to Leia and glanced a slyly at Obi-Wan, but his Master's face was impassive. "She's from Naboo. Amidala is her name of state. She used to be Queen, but a little while ago, the Supreme Chancellor told me she had been elected to the Galactic Senate. She's one of the kindest people I've ever met, and certainly the most bea-"
"That will do extremely well, Anakin. If Leia is a politician, I'm sure she now understands whom you're talking about." On turning to back to Leia, his puzzled look returned. "Which planet are you from, M'lady?"
"Alderaan is my home world." The Jedi Knight's eyebrows scrunched together and he turned his head a little to one side.
"Do you have something against Alderaan, Master Kenobi?" Leia asked, her voice dangerously sweet with a slight twinge of sarcasm on the word "Master".
Obi-Wan raised his eyebrows. She sounded uncannily like Anakin when he was being difficult. "Not at all my lady. I have thoroughly enjoyed the time I've spent on Alderaan.
"Then why are you looking at me like I've just mentioned that I'm the daughter of Jabba the Hutt?" Damn, Leia thought. I have to quit making references to things I've experienced in the future, like Threepio and Jabba.
"I'm merely puzzled, which, I might add, would also be my reaction had you mentioned kinship to Jabba. Leia, did you grow up in a remote part of Alderaan?"
"No," said Leia. Why did it matter where she grew up? She glanced over at Anakin, but he just shrugged.
"Leia, I'm puzzled because you are very strong with the Force. Since you grew up in a populated area of a core world, I cannot understand how you could have not been tested and brought to the Jedi Temple for training," Obi-Wan explained.
Because when I was born, the Jedi were a bit too preoccupied by your padawan murdering people in cold blood to think about testing me, was the first answer that came to Leia's mind. Probably not a good thing to say. Well, when in doubt, play dumb, not her usual strategy, but it seemed most practical.
"I don't know. No one ever mentioned my training as a Jedi." Not exactly true, she thought, but close enough.
"I sense anger and uncertainty in you," stated Anakin.
Leia glared at him. "Don't tell me what I'm like or how I feel, Anakin Skywalker," she snapped. Where the hell did he get off telling her about anger and uncertainly? She wanted to throw something at him. She wanted to take that glass he was holding and ram it straight down his traitorous throat.
Behind Anakin, a plate began to jiggle and rise slightly off the counter, edging towards the padawan. Leia and Anakin didn't notice, but a shaken Obi-Wan did and quickly waved a hand to still the plate.
"I'm sorry! I didn't mean to offend you, Leia. Honestly, I-" Leia was surprised. He looked genuinely upset.
"My padawan often doesn't think before he speaks, M'lady. He is always forward. A quality that often results in trouble. But this time, he is correct."
Leia glared. No, she thought. Stop it! I was sent here to learn and grow! I'm letting myself be the worst that's in me. I'm giving into the Vader that's in me! She shot a glare at Anakin, who cowed under her stare, then turned to Obi-Wan.
"Can you please explain to me what you mean, Jedi Kenobi?" She said, her pleasant diplomatic voice back in place.
"M'lady, Leia, as I said, you are strong with the Force and, as Anakin somewhat indelicately put it, there is anger and uncertainly in you."
"Is this one of your famous lectures?" Leia wanted to know. Obi-Wan shot a glare at Anakin, but smiled.
"Not at all. I simply noticed that when you got.um.upset with Anakin you lost control over a part of your subconscious and unintentionally woke some of your dormant Force abilities. You moved a plate behind Anakin on the counter over there."
"What do I do about these dormant abilities?" Leia asked.
"Leia, I'm afraid it's terribly dangerous to have such strong Force potential and lack any harmony with it," Obi-Wan said, not adding that a person such as Leia was in danger of falling to the dark side if something were not done.
"Harmony with the Force?" Leia asked.
"Control over it," Anakin explained. Leia flashed him a smile, but Obi-Wan looked seriously disturbed by his padawan's comment.
"Well, how do I achieve this. this harmony with the abilities I posses?"
"You will require instruction by a Jedi," Obi-Wan said, adding to himself, this woman could become dangerous, though she seems powerfully good now.
""You could come to the Temple!" Anakin declared.
A/N: sorry it was so short, I'll write more next time! Please, please review! Reviews make my day! Until the next chapter, Beachglass5387
Leia's eyes went wide. This man was-would be-Vader. In a way, she had known it ever since she had first seen his face. Now that she looked more closely, she was horrified to discover that his posture was very like that of the dark lord; a little looser, a little more comfortable, perhaps, but definitely recognizable.
"Pleased to meet you, Leia. I trust my Padawan hasn't been bothering you?" Here Obi-Wan shot a glance at Anakin, who smiled innocently.
Leia found she wanted to scream at him, at Vader, Anakin, whatever. How dare someone who had ruined so many lives have a smile that could look so much like that of a child? She felt a wave of comfort, The Force, her subconscious realized, wash over her. She felt the confidence grow in her.
"No, ah, Jedi Kenobi, we were just talking about droids and the like."
"I see." He smiled at her. He turned to Anakin, "I hope you aren't planning to build any new droids, Padawan! Master Windu was talking to me about that just the other day. They're cluttering up the hallways, you should spend your time more productively!"
"Master-"
Leia stopped listening. She did feel more like herself, but she was still upset. Maybe for the duration of this ordeal she could tolerate Ana- No, Vader, not Anakin. She now knew something else about him: he was a very good actor. By the look of it, he had Kenobi completely fooled. He had me fooled, she thought. Vader was probably working as a Jedi so he could spy for Palpatine. Yes, Leia thought, that explains it; he's pretending to be nice just to get close so he can help the future emperor massacre the Jedi Order. Leia glanced over at Master and Padawan. The two seemed to have settled their dispute about droids and they were laughing about something.
"I'll admit Anakin, while that particular droid was a disaster, it was rather amusing watching it chase Master Poof around," Obi-Wan said.
"I didn't mean for it to chase council members around. I just wanted to help improve the training units! I didn't realize the parts had a rather subtle malfunction."
That's rich, Leia thought, Vader wanting to help. And yet, there was something in his eyes that was so trustworthy, so appealing. She found herself almost liking him.
"Yes," said Obi-Wan sarcastically, "who ever would have suspected that parts found in the junk heaps in the lower city might be defective?"
"Well," said Anakin, smirking, "I couldn't be sure there wasn't something wrong without a test run!"
"Padawan-"
"Do the two of you always go on like this?" Leia interrupted, raising an eyebrow. Despite herself, she smiled.
"Yes," said Anakin, "more often than not."
"It's amazing the two of you have managed to accomplish anything at all," Leia said.
"I quite agree, M'lady," said Obi-Wan, mock seriously. Obi-Wan looked at her closer, an expression of bafflement spreading across his face. Leia felt uncomfortable under his stare. She was thankful when Anakin diverted Kenobi's attention.
"Doesn't she remind you of Padmé, Master?"
Obi-Wan's puzzled expression wad quickly replaced with one of reproach and disapproval. He seemed to have forgotten all about Leia.
"Padawan, I think it best if you refer to her as Amidala, as is proper. Actually, I don't think you ought to refer to her at all. The memory of her distracts you from your duties."
"Padmé?" Leia said, gaining a glare from Obi-Wan. That name was so familiar.
Anakin's eyes became unfocused, as if he were looking at some one far away. "I haven't seen her in almost ten years. She's a politician, like you," he gestured to Leia and glanced a slyly at Obi-Wan, but his Master's face was impassive. "She's from Naboo. Amidala is her name of state. She used to be Queen, but a little while ago, the Supreme Chancellor told me she had been elected to the Galactic Senate. She's one of the kindest people I've ever met, and certainly the most bea-"
"That will do extremely well, Anakin. If Leia is a politician, I'm sure she now understands whom you're talking about." On turning to back to Leia, his puzzled look returned. "Which planet are you from, M'lady?"
"Alderaan is my home world." The Jedi Knight's eyebrows scrunched together and he turned his head a little to one side.
"Do you have something against Alderaan, Master Kenobi?" Leia asked, her voice dangerously sweet with a slight twinge of sarcasm on the word "Master".
Obi-Wan raised his eyebrows. She sounded uncannily like Anakin when he was being difficult. "Not at all my lady. I have thoroughly enjoyed the time I've spent on Alderaan.
"Then why are you looking at me like I've just mentioned that I'm the daughter of Jabba the Hutt?" Damn, Leia thought. I have to quit making references to things I've experienced in the future, like Threepio and Jabba.
"I'm merely puzzled, which, I might add, would also be my reaction had you mentioned kinship to Jabba. Leia, did you grow up in a remote part of Alderaan?"
"No," said Leia. Why did it matter where she grew up? She glanced over at Anakin, but he just shrugged.
"Leia, I'm puzzled because you are very strong with the Force. Since you grew up in a populated area of a core world, I cannot understand how you could have not been tested and brought to the Jedi Temple for training," Obi-Wan explained.
Because when I was born, the Jedi were a bit too preoccupied by your padawan murdering people in cold blood to think about testing me, was the first answer that came to Leia's mind. Probably not a good thing to say. Well, when in doubt, play dumb, not her usual strategy, but it seemed most practical.
"I don't know. No one ever mentioned my training as a Jedi." Not exactly true, she thought, but close enough.
"I sense anger and uncertainty in you," stated Anakin.
Leia glared at him. "Don't tell me what I'm like or how I feel, Anakin Skywalker," she snapped. Where the hell did he get off telling her about anger and uncertainly? She wanted to throw something at him. She wanted to take that glass he was holding and ram it straight down his traitorous throat.
Behind Anakin, a plate began to jiggle and rise slightly off the counter, edging towards the padawan. Leia and Anakin didn't notice, but a shaken Obi-Wan did and quickly waved a hand to still the plate.
"I'm sorry! I didn't mean to offend you, Leia. Honestly, I-" Leia was surprised. He looked genuinely upset.
"My padawan often doesn't think before he speaks, M'lady. He is always forward. A quality that often results in trouble. But this time, he is correct."
Leia glared. No, she thought. Stop it! I was sent here to learn and grow! I'm letting myself be the worst that's in me. I'm giving into the Vader that's in me! She shot a glare at Anakin, who cowed under her stare, then turned to Obi-Wan.
"Can you please explain to me what you mean, Jedi Kenobi?" She said, her pleasant diplomatic voice back in place.
"M'lady, Leia, as I said, you are strong with the Force and, as Anakin somewhat indelicately put it, there is anger and uncertainly in you."
"Is this one of your famous lectures?" Leia wanted to know. Obi-Wan shot a glare at Anakin, but smiled.
"Not at all. I simply noticed that when you got.um.upset with Anakin you lost control over a part of your subconscious and unintentionally woke some of your dormant Force abilities. You moved a plate behind Anakin on the counter over there."
"What do I do about these dormant abilities?" Leia asked.
"Leia, I'm afraid it's terribly dangerous to have such strong Force potential and lack any harmony with it," Obi-Wan said, not adding that a person such as Leia was in danger of falling to the dark side if something were not done.
"Harmony with the Force?" Leia asked.
"Control over it," Anakin explained. Leia flashed him a smile, but Obi-Wan looked seriously disturbed by his padawan's comment.
"Well, how do I achieve this. this harmony with the abilities I posses?"
"You will require instruction by a Jedi," Obi-Wan said, adding to himself, this woman could become dangerous, though she seems powerfully good now.
""You could come to the Temple!" Anakin declared.
A/N: sorry it was so short, I'll write more next time! Please, please review! Reviews make my day! Until the next chapter, Beachglass5387