Star Warped

A/N: Ok, some people were confused at the last chapter. This is a crossover story. I take characters from two stories and put them together. This particular story is a Star Wars and Lord of the Rings Crossover. So there are characters from both movies. A note about the last chapter, do you know how hard I tried to resist putting the song 'A Whole New World' from Aladdin in there?! I try not to be corny…oh well. It probably woulda scared the crud outta anyone who read it. As for the way I keep switching POVs, that's how the Star Wars stories are written, they have two story lines going at once. Sorry for the confusion! If you don't understand the title of the chapter, I'm sorry. It's 'When Harry Met Sally' with different words. n.~ Sad uneducated youth…

Chapter 3- When Obi met Sammy

As Obi-Wan and Anakin stood in the large circular room, they felt the large eyes of Yoda staring hard at them. Anakin wondered how often the Jedi Master got a face-lift, he had to do it about every 100 years to keep up with those wrinkles. He cringed. "Something wrong is there, with you young Skywalker?" Said the little green Jedi that was seated on a tiny bean bag-like chair. Anakin shook his head, "No master Yoda." Yoda gave him an inquisitive glance before turning back to Obi-Wan. "Master Kenobi," he began. "Many difficulties, the Republic is faced with. Nine intruders, there are." Mace Windu, another highly respected Jedi master, interrupted Yoda in fear that the small master's interpretation of the events might take three days to tell. "Nine people interrupted the Senate's meeting today," he said bluntly. "How?" Obi-Wan said in surprise. "They stole the platform of Nebula, one of the systems that has joined the separatists." The Jedi and his padawan stood transfixed in the middle of the room. Finally Obi-Wan managed to say something. "Do we have any idea who they were?" he asked nervously. "Little is there to know. Know that little, we do." Said Yoda, obviously a little frustrated at being interrupted earlier. Obi-Wan stood patiently awaiting the master's response, but Anakin showed signs of agitation. Once again, Mace Windu began where Yoda had left off. "From the descriptions that the Senators were able to give us, we can conclude that there were four short people with curly hair, one tall man with bright blonde hair, another short man, only with an unkept beard, two more tall men with dirty faces, and one large man with a great gray beard and a 'Large spiffy hat.'" Obi-Wan froze, perhaps he hadn't been dreaming, perhaps that little driving accident with Anakin didn't make him crazy, perhaps the people that he saw on the landing platform were real.

The Jedi Knight and his Padawan quickly made their way through the deserted corridor of the Jedi Temple. Obi-Wan was deep in thought about the nine mysterious people and he needed to meditate. His Padawan wanted to meditate, but about different issues. As they came into a small room that was dark and quiet, Obi-Wan and Anakin settled themselves on the floor and began their meditation. Obi-Wan couldn't make sense of it all, when he had seen those people, he hadn't felt any disturbance in the Force about them. They seemed as if…as if they didn't belong. But why didn't he sense this when he first saw them? He felt the Force grow strong around his Padawan. 'Good,' he thought, 'Anakin's finally learned to center in on what's important.' But the Jedi didn't probe his Padawan's thoughts because he was to deeply entranced in his own. Anakin was not thinking about the outsiders, they were the last thing that he cared about at the moment. He was trying to figure out some of life's major questions. Suddenly, without his control, words spilled from his mouth. "Master, if you're traveling at the speed of light and you turn your headlights on, what happens?" Obi-Wan looked up in surprise. "I…uh…" He didn't know the answer, but he wasn't about to let Anakin know that. "I thought you were meditating." He said calmly. "I was," said his Padawan. "But I can't focus, even with the help of the force!" "Relax, keep an open mind." Obi-Wan said. "But Master! If I have an open mind why don't my brains fall out?" Anakin replied, his eyes widening as if he had no control over what he was saying. Obi-Wan was taken aback. "You seemed to be filled with questions today." He said. "I, I don't know what's come over me." His Padawan replied. "Perhaps a short walk would ease your frustration." Obi-Wan suggested. Anakin nodded in agreement, glad for any excuse to get out of the Temple where he could feel people constantly watching him.

Unfortunately, Anakin didn't know that they'd be walking through the halls of the Senate building. He felt more on edge here than he did at the Temple. Here there were more eyes watching him, some of them gave looks of approval, but others made their feelings clear by casting him dirty looks. Beside him, Obi-Wan could feel his Padawan growing tenser by the second. 'What could possibly make him this uneasy?' he thought to himself. 'Has he sensed something that I have not?' As if it was an answer to his question, nine figures came rushing down the hall at top speed. Anakin and Obi-Wan drew their lightsabers immediately and began to rum toward the approaching group. One of the members let out an ear-piercing shriek that echoed in the large hall. Obi-Wan and Anakin thought that they had lost their hearing as they turned to say something to the people. When their hearing returned, the intruders were running down the hall and heading for the turbo lift. Anakin, without thinking, started off after them. "Anakin!" Yelled Obi-Wan, surprised at the speed of his young apprentice but not surprised at his extreme predictability. "Never thinking about the consequences." He muttered softly as he began to run after his Padawan.

When Obi-Wan finally reached the place where his Padawan was, he found that Anakin had things under control, for once. He had used the people's unfamiliarity of the building to his advantage and had them in a corner with his lightsaber fully drawn, the glowing blade pointed at them. Obi-Wan tried to hide a smile, he was impressed. "Well, we seem to have found the mystery men."

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A/N: Ok, another short chapter. Sorry. I've been outta ideas for a while 'cause I'm brain dead. I had to work with little people all week. It was torture. The only cool part about it was that we got to do archery by ourselves when the little people weren't there! n.n I think we scared the little people…oh well. I'm gonna go to another camp, so I'm gonna be gone for two weeks. *Tear* I miss you already! Ok, well, mabye I don't, but oh well! I'll keep writing, but nothing will get posted for a while. Bye Bye!