Orcs??? Rights??? Legolas was so flabbergasted that it took him twice as
long as it normally took him to find and shoot two rabbits for their
dinner. When he returned to the make-shift camp, he would neither look at
or acknowledge Anakin, and busied himself by skinning and cooking his
catch. Did Rabbits have rights too? He snorted at the thought. He gave no
voice to it however, and merely gave the Jed-Eye a pointed glare.
Anakin could not think of what he had done wrong. The elf-dude must certainly be prejudiced or something to be offended over such a ... truth! So, he decided to pretend that nothing out of the ordinary happened, and eyed the Rabbits uncertainly.
"What are those things?" he asked.
Legolas dropped his knife to gape at him.
"What?"
"... What sort of animal are they?"
He had seen so many animals in so many different planets that he could not recall what the small, furry, and somewhat cute ones were that Legolas was cooking.
"A rabbit, dollost edan!" Legolas cried. "Tell me you do not know what a rabbit is!"
Anakin shrugged. Legolas groaned.
"Where are you from, human? Surely you must have at least seen a rabbit before!"
"Well..." he chuckled nervously. "Actually I was born in Tatooine, but then I was taken to Naboo by this Jedi called Qui-Gon-Gin. He was a pretty cool guy. He died. This Sith lord skewered him. So then Obi-Wan, his apprentice, brought me and this weird Lizard-Dude to Coruscant. There, Yoda foretold that I would turn to the dark side. Obi took me as his apprentice anyway. Ha! And so, to make a very long story short, I was just cruising back from a top-secret-Jedi-mission to meet up with Obi. We were going to go to another mission, but it's cool cuz we were going to help out this totally hot chick. Her name's Padme. She's a princess, y'know. But... my ship ran out of fuel and crash-landed on this planet. Oh yeah! Lego! Do you know if there's any repair shop about that takes republican credits?"
For a very long time Legolas stared at Anakin. His blue eyes were very wide and his rather handsome features expressionless. What little the Elven prince did understand from the Jed-Eye only led him to one explanation. He was crazy.
***
The sun rose to a beautiful, cloudless day. Birds sang. Animals stirred and rose to greet the morn. A cool autumn breeze rustled in the trees. The streams gurgled and ran happily on their journey to the sea. Everything about the new day spelt out peace and happiness. Except for the rather irritated elf and his 'captive'. Legolas and Anakin walked together down a path, the prince latching onto the Jed-Eye's arm and nearly dragging him forward. The boy whined and squirmed and threatened and begged to be let set free.
Legolas had no such intentions. They just had to walk a few more hours, and they would reach Thranduil's halls. He longed for his time with the Jed-Eye to be over. It was very straining, mentally and physically, to listen to hours and hours of constant gibbering nonsense pouring forth from the mouth of Anakin. As they walked, a strange beeping sound game from Anakin's direction. Legolas looked at him.
"What was that?" he asked.
Anakin's face lit up.
"Oh! Yay! My light saber's fully charged!"
He yanked his arm away from Legolas, and dug out his light saber from his robes. He grinned as he saw a little green light blink on and off on the handle. Phew! Good thing Obi-Wan didn't know that he had left it on... again. Without thinking he flipped on the switch, and smiled at the cool light sword. He twirled it around a few times, just to make sure that it still worked. When he turned it off he realized that he was alone on the path. He blinked, and then looked around for the weird elf-dude. He eventually saw him, gazing at him from behind a tree... a safe distance away.
"Hey, Lego, whatcha doing over there?"
Legolas glared.
"You are a wizard!"
Anakin blinked for a second time.
"No I'm not."
"Then what was... that?!?"
"What? This?" he held up his light saber. "Oh, it's just my light saber."
He turned it on again to show Legolas. The elf reacted by stringing his bow and notching an arrow swifter than Anakin's intelligence could follow.
"Put it out!"
"What?" Anakin looked at him innocently.
"Drop it!"
"Why?"
"Now!"
"No!"
Legolas fired. Anakin made a funny squeaking sound and blocked the arrow with his light saber. He narrowed his eyes at the elf.
"What was that for?"
"Turn it off!"
"I don't want to," Anakin sniffed and crossed his arms, as best as he could with the light saber in his hand. "You can't hurt me, anyway."
Legolas shot again, and again. Anakin was slightly amused. Hey, maybe he could finally get away from the evil elf dude! Yeah! Then he would run for the nearest junk shop and get enough parts to fix up his busted ship.
Legolas grew so annoyed, that he changed tactics. By giving the Jedi a few more arrows to deflect and distract him, he managed a few strategic moves to end up directly behind Anakin. His blue eyes glittered in triumph as the point of his arrow pressed against the Jed-Eye's neck.
"Block this one," he said with a chuckle. "Or drop the light sword."
Anakin could not think of what he had done wrong. The elf-dude must certainly be prejudiced or something to be offended over such a ... truth! So, he decided to pretend that nothing out of the ordinary happened, and eyed the Rabbits uncertainly.
"What are those things?" he asked.
Legolas dropped his knife to gape at him.
"What?"
"... What sort of animal are they?"
He had seen so many animals in so many different planets that he could not recall what the small, furry, and somewhat cute ones were that Legolas was cooking.
"A rabbit, dollost edan!" Legolas cried. "Tell me you do not know what a rabbit is!"
Anakin shrugged. Legolas groaned.
"Where are you from, human? Surely you must have at least seen a rabbit before!"
"Well..." he chuckled nervously. "Actually I was born in Tatooine, but then I was taken to Naboo by this Jedi called Qui-Gon-Gin. He was a pretty cool guy. He died. This Sith lord skewered him. So then Obi-Wan, his apprentice, brought me and this weird Lizard-Dude to Coruscant. There, Yoda foretold that I would turn to the dark side. Obi took me as his apprentice anyway. Ha! And so, to make a very long story short, I was just cruising back from a top-secret-Jedi-mission to meet up with Obi. We were going to go to another mission, but it's cool cuz we were going to help out this totally hot chick. Her name's Padme. She's a princess, y'know. But... my ship ran out of fuel and crash-landed on this planet. Oh yeah! Lego! Do you know if there's any repair shop about that takes republican credits?"
For a very long time Legolas stared at Anakin. His blue eyes were very wide and his rather handsome features expressionless. What little the Elven prince did understand from the Jed-Eye only led him to one explanation. He was crazy.
***
The sun rose to a beautiful, cloudless day. Birds sang. Animals stirred and rose to greet the morn. A cool autumn breeze rustled in the trees. The streams gurgled and ran happily on their journey to the sea. Everything about the new day spelt out peace and happiness. Except for the rather irritated elf and his 'captive'. Legolas and Anakin walked together down a path, the prince latching onto the Jed-Eye's arm and nearly dragging him forward. The boy whined and squirmed and threatened and begged to be let set free.
Legolas had no such intentions. They just had to walk a few more hours, and they would reach Thranduil's halls. He longed for his time with the Jed-Eye to be over. It was very straining, mentally and physically, to listen to hours and hours of constant gibbering nonsense pouring forth from the mouth of Anakin. As they walked, a strange beeping sound game from Anakin's direction. Legolas looked at him.
"What was that?" he asked.
Anakin's face lit up.
"Oh! Yay! My light saber's fully charged!"
He yanked his arm away from Legolas, and dug out his light saber from his robes. He grinned as he saw a little green light blink on and off on the handle. Phew! Good thing Obi-Wan didn't know that he had left it on... again. Without thinking he flipped on the switch, and smiled at the cool light sword. He twirled it around a few times, just to make sure that it still worked. When he turned it off he realized that he was alone on the path. He blinked, and then looked around for the weird elf-dude. He eventually saw him, gazing at him from behind a tree... a safe distance away.
"Hey, Lego, whatcha doing over there?"
Legolas glared.
"You are a wizard!"
Anakin blinked for a second time.
"No I'm not."
"Then what was... that?!?"
"What? This?" he held up his light saber. "Oh, it's just my light saber."
He turned it on again to show Legolas. The elf reacted by stringing his bow and notching an arrow swifter than Anakin's intelligence could follow.
"Put it out!"
"What?" Anakin looked at him innocently.
"Drop it!"
"Why?"
"Now!"
"No!"
Legolas fired. Anakin made a funny squeaking sound and blocked the arrow with his light saber. He narrowed his eyes at the elf.
"What was that for?"
"Turn it off!"
"I don't want to," Anakin sniffed and crossed his arms, as best as he could with the light saber in his hand. "You can't hurt me, anyway."
Legolas shot again, and again. Anakin was slightly amused. Hey, maybe he could finally get away from the evil elf dude! Yeah! Then he would run for the nearest junk shop and get enough parts to fix up his busted ship.
Legolas grew so annoyed, that he changed tactics. By giving the Jedi a few more arrows to deflect and distract him, he managed a few strategic moves to end up directly behind Anakin. His blue eyes glittered in triumph as the point of his arrow pressed against the Jed-Eye's neck.
"Block this one," he said with a chuckle. "Or drop the light sword."