Trials of an Apprentice
Part Three
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Quatre woke with a start. Beads of sweat rolled down his face and on to his pillow. A shadow moved, there was something in their room with them. Quatre didn't dare to breath as what ever it was moved closer. His master, he could sense was still asleep. He tried to wake him with his thoughts but he wouldn't wake. It was too close now, nearing the end of his bed. Quatres heart was trying to brake out of his chest, beating so loudly he was sure that it echoed off the walls.
That was it, he couldn't just lay there. He sat up, quickly reaching for his lightsaber, but it wasn't there. He reached out for it with the force but he couldn't find it. The shadow was creeping closer. The air around it was thick and heavy almost chocking Quatre as struggled against it.
Somewhere in his subconscious Quatre heard, his name and the shadow vanished.
"Quatre!"
Rashid flew from his bed on the other side of the room towards the young blonde, reaching out to him with his mind trying to calm him down.
"Quatre." He tried again. "What's wrong?"
Quatre did not answer, even as Rashid pulled the shaking boy into his arms, gently rocking him back and forth while whispering comforting words in a calming tone of voice.
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It had been almost three hours ago that Duo had persuaded Trowa to join him and a few others in the exercise halls. It had been a way of working off the extra stress that the mornings test had forced upon him, but now he had just about reached his limit and moved exhaustedly towards the side of the room where a few of the others were already stretched out.
As he sat down, he looked over to towards the two remaining fighters, watching as Heero blocked another blow of Wufei's lightsaber. The loud clash from their lightsaber's colliding, echoed off the walls. He became almost mesmerised by the dance that the two fighters were creating.
He shivered suddenly. A strange feeling of worry was slowly taking up residence in his mind, growing with the heat of the battle in front of him.
"Hay, Tro!"
"Yes Duo?" Trowa asked glancing towards the other boy.
"Are you alright you looked a bit spaced out there for a second." A slight hint of concern laced Duo's usual teasing manner.
"Just an odd feeling, you know the kind that gets stuck in the back of your mind." Trowa shook his head to try to clear it. "It's probably nothing." He tried to shrug it off, smiling persuasively towards his braided friend. Duo didn't look convinced but he let the matter drop.
"If your sure, but you know I'm here if you need me."
Trowa just nodded appreciatively, before turning back to the rest of the group.
"I've got to go" He said apologetically, "I promised my Master that I would start my research for my next project."
"Yeah I'd better get going to." Noin sighed. "I've got to help Master Cole organise the new apprentices."
"Again." Heero said deactivating his weapon, and joining the conversation. "You've been doing that for the past few days now."
"And keeping her away from you?" Duo interrupted, and then laughed at the look of utter frustration that appeared on Heero's face.
"Damnit Duo!"
"Alright, I'm going."
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It was several minutes before Quatre stopped shivering and even longer before Quatre finally spoke. He tried to explain what he had seen, what he had felt. While his master held him never once, interrupting or commenting until he was certain Quatre had finished.
"It couldn't have been a dream master; I can still feel it's presence in the room with us although it's very faint," he sighed softly "but you can't can you?"
Rashid shook his head. Thinking for a moment, considering what had been said before putting forward his own opinion.
"Could it have been someone else's reaction?" Rashid queried "Another's emotions, you have been known to pick others dreams and feelings before, and that reason you can feel it's presence is because who ever you are picking this up from believes that it was real or that It's still in the room with them."
"But it felt so real." Quatre shuddered, turning out of his master's embrace. As he did so his gaze fell upon the bedside table where his lightsaber lay, resting beside his picture frame. He reached out for it with the force and it flew into his out stretched hand. "Maybe your right."
Rashid looked at him questioningly.
"In my dream, my lightsaber wasn't here, I reached out for it but I couldn't find it."
"Then you were probably sensing someone else." Rashid said facing his apprentice, and taking the lightsaber out of Quatres hand, placing it back on the bedside table.
"But who, they would have to be someone close to me, for me to feel it that strongly."
"Or someone with strong force capabilities." Rashid added. "This would be more likely, as we are far from your friends and we know little about the people here."
Quatre glanced up at him his eyes wide.
"What about Hilde?"
"If there was something wrong with either Master Beckevi or his padawan then we would have known about it long before now, the walls to these rooms are thin." Rashid soothed "Now come it is nearly daybreak and my first meeting will begin over first meal, do you wish to accompany me or would you rather begin your own research?"
"If I may master I wish to familiarise myself with the neighbouring area and perhaps ask the opinions of the local people?"
Rashid nodded his consent before getting up from the bed and moving across the room to the bathroom, before he entered he turned back to look at Quatre.
"I will keep my eyes and ears open to anything strange or anything that could cast light on your vision, and you should do the same."
"Yes master"
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Quatre woke with a start. Beads of sweat rolled down his face and on to his pillow. A shadow moved, there was something in their room with them. Quatre didn't dare to breath as what ever it was moved closer. His master, he could sense was still asleep. He tried to wake him with his thoughts but he wouldn't wake. It was too close now, nearing the end of his bed. Quatres heart was trying to brake out of his chest, beating so loudly he was sure that it echoed off the walls.
That was it, he couldn't just lay there. He sat up, quickly reaching for his lightsaber, but it wasn't there. He reached out for it with the force but he couldn't find it. The shadow was creeping closer. The air around it was thick and heavy almost chocking Quatre as struggled against it.
Somewhere in his subconscious Quatre heard, his name and the shadow vanished.
"Quatre!"
Rashid flew from his bed on the other side of the room towards the young blonde, reaching out to him with his mind trying to calm him down.
"Quatre." He tried again. "What's wrong?"
Quatre did not answer, even as Rashid pulled the shaking boy into his arms, gently rocking him back and forth while whispering comforting words in a calming tone of voice.
~*~
It had been almost three hours ago that Duo had persuaded Trowa to join him and a few others in the exercise halls. It had been a way of working off the extra stress that the mornings test had forced upon him, but now he had just about reached his limit and moved exhaustedly towards the side of the room where a few of the others were already stretched out.
As he sat down, he looked over to towards the two remaining fighters, watching as Heero blocked another blow of Wufei's lightsaber. The loud clash from their lightsaber's colliding, echoed off the walls. He became almost mesmerised by the dance that the two fighters were creating.
He shivered suddenly. A strange feeling of worry was slowly taking up residence in his mind, growing with the heat of the battle in front of him.
"Hay, Tro!"
"Yes Duo?" Trowa asked glancing towards the other boy.
"Are you alright you looked a bit spaced out there for a second." A slight hint of concern laced Duo's usual teasing manner.
"Just an odd feeling, you know the kind that gets stuck in the back of your mind." Trowa shook his head to try to clear it. "It's probably nothing." He tried to shrug it off, smiling persuasively towards his braided friend. Duo didn't look convinced but he let the matter drop.
"If your sure, but you know I'm here if you need me."
Trowa just nodded appreciatively, before turning back to the rest of the group.
"I've got to go" He said apologetically, "I promised my Master that I would start my research for my next project."
"Yeah I'd better get going to." Noin sighed. "I've got to help Master Cole organise the new apprentices."
"Again." Heero said deactivating his weapon, and joining the conversation. "You've been doing that for the past few days now."
"And keeping her away from you?" Duo interrupted, and then laughed at the look of utter frustration that appeared on Heero's face.
"Damnit Duo!"
"Alright, I'm going."
~*~
It was several minutes before Quatre stopped shivering and even longer before Quatre finally spoke. He tried to explain what he had seen, what he had felt. While his master held him never once, interrupting or commenting until he was certain Quatre had finished.
"It couldn't have been a dream master; I can still feel it's presence in the room with us although it's very faint," he sighed softly "but you can't can you?"
Rashid shook his head. Thinking for a moment, considering what had been said before putting forward his own opinion.
"Could it have been someone else's reaction?" Rashid queried "Another's emotions, you have been known to pick others dreams and feelings before, and that reason you can feel it's presence is because who ever you are picking this up from believes that it was real or that It's still in the room with them."
"But it felt so real." Quatre shuddered, turning out of his master's embrace. As he did so his gaze fell upon the bedside table where his lightsaber lay, resting beside his picture frame. He reached out for it with the force and it flew into his out stretched hand. "Maybe your right."
Rashid looked at him questioningly.
"In my dream, my lightsaber wasn't here, I reached out for it but I couldn't find it."
"Then you were probably sensing someone else." Rashid said facing his apprentice, and taking the lightsaber out of Quatres hand, placing it back on the bedside table.
"But who, they would have to be someone close to me, for me to feel it that strongly."
"Or someone with strong force capabilities." Rashid added. "This would be more likely, as we are far from your friends and we know little about the people here."
Quatre glanced up at him his eyes wide.
"What about Hilde?"
"If there was something wrong with either Master Beckevi or his padawan then we would have known about it long before now, the walls to these rooms are thin." Rashid soothed "Now come it is nearly daybreak and my first meeting will begin over first meal, do you wish to accompany me or would you rather begin your own research?"
"If I may master I wish to familiarise myself with the neighbouring area and perhaps ask the opinions of the local people?"
Rashid nodded his consent before getting up from the bed and moving across the room to the bathroom, before he entered he turned back to look at Quatre.
"I will keep my eyes and ears open to anything strange or anything that could cast light on your vision, and you should do the same."
"Yes master"
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