Chapter One
Anakin walked through the halls of the Massassi Temple, just thinking quietly to himself. He stopped walking suddenly, and brought himself back to attention. He looked around to remember where he was. He had stopped right in front of Luke's office. Anakin shook himself, and kept walking.
*()*()*()*
Luke sat in his office talking to one of his students. The poor kid was having a difficult time adjusting. She hadn't been away from her parents for this long before, and was the worse for it. He didn't want to send her home, not even for a little while, but that was just something that had to happen before she got physically ill again.
"I understand. It can be very hard being this far away. I'll tell you what, one week from now you can go see your parents for another week, then come back here, and keep training. Then we'll see if you can go for longer without them afterward, and get you used to being without them."
The girl's mood brightened visibly, which was a good sign, as she had gotten very pale, and at lost at least 5 pounds in weight since she had arrived.
After she had left, Luke sat back in his chair and rubbed his eyes. He wondered for a moment if he should've let Mara handle that. Women tend to be more emotional then men naturally, but then again, Mara had been taken from her parents at the age of five, and new nothing at all about seperation anxiety.
Luke felt a familiar presence pass through the hall. He could tell without even thinking about it that it was Anakin. Anakin with quite a mindfull, which he wasn't bothering to hide. In any version of boarding-school, such as this one, privacy was valued. Knowing that Anakin didn't bother to hide his thoughts, even remotely, like putting a 'Do not disturb' or 'stay out' sign on a door, let alone locking it, he didn't feel too guilty taking a quick look at what was on his nephew's mind.
Luke's eyes snapped open. How did Anakin know about her? And who was she, anyway?
Anakin stopped outside the door for a moment. He must've sensed Luke's suprise. He started to walk away again.
Luke practically jumped out of his chair and opened the door in a hurry, leaning out. "Anakin?"
*()*()*()*
Anakin turned around suddenly. "Yeah?"
Luke was leaning out of his office doorway the same as that girl had done in his dream. "Could I have a word with you for a moment?"
"Sure." Anakin stepped into Luke's office. "What about?"
"You've sure got alot of things bouncing around in your head. You were thinking pretty loudly a moment ago. It's a wonder the whole school isn't asking who she is."
Anakin thought for a moment. No, he hadn't been hiding his thoughts at all. "Well, good thing they're not, I wouldn't know what to tell them. I've never seen her in real life, only in dreams. I don't even know if she's real."
Luke nodded. "Real life is what you make of it, Anakin. But I'll tell you this much, she does exsist. Not just in dreams, though that's the only way I ever remember seeing her, but she is real."
"How do you know she is, if you've only seen her in dreams?"
"Because I can remember when I was a very small child, dreaming, of course, I must've been about three years old, asking her why she and Ben hadn't visited since I had gone to live with my aunt and uncle Lars."
Anakin thought for a moment. "Since you had gone to live with them? I thought you lived with them your whole life?"
"I did. Or, I thought I did. Untill reccently, when I dug that out of my mind. I dream about her on a regular basis, never could figure it out. You know, she has never answered me, ever."
"If she's real, why doesn't she age?"
Luke shrugged. "I don't know."
Anakin walked through the halls of the Massassi Temple, just thinking quietly to himself. He stopped walking suddenly, and brought himself back to attention. He looked around to remember where he was. He had stopped right in front of Luke's office. Anakin shook himself, and kept walking.
*()*()*()*
Luke sat in his office talking to one of his students. The poor kid was having a difficult time adjusting. She hadn't been away from her parents for this long before, and was the worse for it. He didn't want to send her home, not even for a little while, but that was just something that had to happen before she got physically ill again.
"I understand. It can be very hard being this far away. I'll tell you what, one week from now you can go see your parents for another week, then come back here, and keep training. Then we'll see if you can go for longer without them afterward, and get you used to being without them."
The girl's mood brightened visibly, which was a good sign, as she had gotten very pale, and at lost at least 5 pounds in weight since she had arrived.
After she had left, Luke sat back in his chair and rubbed his eyes. He wondered for a moment if he should've let Mara handle that. Women tend to be more emotional then men naturally, but then again, Mara had been taken from her parents at the age of five, and new nothing at all about seperation anxiety.
Luke felt a familiar presence pass through the hall. He could tell without even thinking about it that it was Anakin. Anakin with quite a mindfull, which he wasn't bothering to hide. In any version of boarding-school, such as this one, privacy was valued. Knowing that Anakin didn't bother to hide his thoughts, even remotely, like putting a 'Do not disturb' or 'stay out' sign on a door, let alone locking it, he didn't feel too guilty taking a quick look at what was on his nephew's mind.
Luke's eyes snapped open. How did Anakin know about her? And who was she, anyway?
Anakin stopped outside the door for a moment. He must've sensed Luke's suprise. He started to walk away again.
Luke practically jumped out of his chair and opened the door in a hurry, leaning out. "Anakin?"
*()*()*()*
Anakin turned around suddenly. "Yeah?"
Luke was leaning out of his office doorway the same as that girl had done in his dream. "Could I have a word with you for a moment?"
"Sure." Anakin stepped into Luke's office. "What about?"
"You've sure got alot of things bouncing around in your head. You were thinking pretty loudly a moment ago. It's a wonder the whole school isn't asking who she is."
Anakin thought for a moment. No, he hadn't been hiding his thoughts at all. "Well, good thing they're not, I wouldn't know what to tell them. I've never seen her in real life, only in dreams. I don't even know if she's real."
Luke nodded. "Real life is what you make of it, Anakin. But I'll tell you this much, she does exsist. Not just in dreams, though that's the only way I ever remember seeing her, but she is real."
"How do you know she is, if you've only seen her in dreams?"
"Because I can remember when I was a very small child, dreaming, of course, I must've been about three years old, asking her why she and Ben hadn't visited since I had gone to live with my aunt and uncle Lars."
Anakin thought for a moment. "Since you had gone to live with them? I thought you lived with them your whole life?"
"I did. Or, I thought I did. Untill reccently, when I dug that out of my mind. I dream about her on a regular basis, never could figure it out. You know, she has never answered me, ever."
"If she's real, why doesn't she age?"
Luke shrugged. "I don't know."