Here it is!
~*~
Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan looked at the two senior council members in shock.
"How can that be?" Obi-Wan asked.
"You see," Mace continued, "Rae's maternal line has had passed down through it the job of guardian of time and dimension lines. She can exist in any time or place so there is no knowing where she is going to be in the future."
Qui-Gon took a moment to organize his thought before he spoke. "How do you know this?"
"Told us, young Hennel's grandmother did."
Obi-Wan was a little slower in organizing his thoughts than his Master; finally he was able to speak. "So that is why you are wary of having her become a Padawan? Because you can't see her in the future?"
Mace sighed. "In a way, yes, but mostly because if we decide to allow her to become an initiate and then someone's Padawan we would have to be careful in the choice."
Qui-Gon felt completely exasperated. "Well why not just let her be an initiate and wait for a year to see what happens?"
Obi-Wan looked at his now former Master in slight surprise. It was rare that Qui-Gon lost his usual cool.
Mace and Yoda looked at each other. Then Mace sighed in defeat. "Very well. Both of them shall be allowed in as initiates. We shall announce that along with your Knighthood, Obi-Wan, this afternoon."
"Thank you Masters." The two Jedi bowed to the Senior Council members.
They left the room and walked down the hall.
Obi-Wan turned to Qui-Gon. "Do you plan on taking the boy on as you Padawan now?" There was nothing but true curiosity in the question.
Qui-Gon considered his question. "No." His answer was firm.
Obi-Wan looked at his mentor in surprise. "Why not?"
Qui-Gon smiled at his former Padawan; that smile spoke volumes. It was the slightest bit sad, but mostly knowing. "I meditated and I believe that the Force is guiding me down a different path. I believe that someone else is to be his Master."
Obi-Wan caught a look on Qui-Gon's face when he said "someone else." But it was gone as quickly as it came. Obi-Wan wanted to ask him about it but something stopped him. "Master."
Qui-Gon stopped and smiled at him; there was patience, humor and pain in the smile. "I am no longer your Master, Obi-Wan."
Obi-Wan smirked. "Maybe not in the eyes of the Council, but you will always be my Master in my heart. So you're stuck with me."
Qui-Gon placed a hand on his shoulder. "Thank you, Obi-Wan. I don't know what I would have done without you these past 12 years."
Obi-Wan gave him a boyish grin. "Remained a lonely, old, grumpy Jedi Master."
Qui-Gon raised an eyebrow.
"And on that note I am going to go meditate until the Council calls us." Obi-Wan quickly bowed to Qui-Gon and hurried away.
Qui-Gon shook his head in amusement. He started walking once again, enjoying the tranquility. He walked along a open walkway. He heard some laughter to his right; he looked out the right side of the walkway. Rae sat with the Queen, in normal clothes, and two of the handmaidens, one of them Sabé and the other Qui-Gon didn't know. They were looking over Rae's shoulder and laughing at something she was drawing.
Qui-Gon could tell that Rae enjoyed the company of the young women who were near her age.
He quietly approached them; they were all too engrossed in the picture to notice his approach, even Rae. He looked over her shoulder. The drawing was a caricature of Yoda and Mace. Qui-Gon just barely restrained a laugh. "I do not believe that Masters Yoda and Windu would appreciate the drawing, Rae."
The four girls jumped guiltily and turned and looked at him.
Rae at first blushed; then she sat up straight and stuck her chin out defiantly. "Well they don't have much of a sense of humor then!"
Qui-Gon chuckled. "You would be surprised."
Rae smirked.
Qui-Gon then cleared his throat. "The Council is meeting in a few hours and they have requested your presence."
"Thank you Qui-Gon for letting me know. I'll be there."
Qui-Gon turned and began to leave. "I will leave you girls. Don't get into *too* much trouble."
Rae grinned. "Don't worry we won't get into *too* much trouble."
Qui-Gon shook his head in amusement.
~*~
Rae could hardly contain her excitement. The Council had just announced that she and Ani were to become Initates at the Temple. 'Oh Momma! If you could only be here now!' She was now watching as they preformed Obi-Wan's Knighting Ceremony; she felt so unbelievably proud of her friend.
Qui-Gon cut Obi-Wan's braid off; then handed it to him.
"Congratulations, Obi-Wan Kenobi. Rank of Knight you now are."
Obi-Wan bowed to Yoda, the rest of the Council and then to Qui-Gon. Then he turned back to the Council. "Masters I would like to request to take on Anakin Skywalker as my Padawan."
There were murmurs of surprise. Mace and Yoda looked at each other; then turned back to Obi-Wan. "Requested, Qui-Gon already has. To him first choice is given."
Qui-Gon stepped forward. "I would like to withdraw my request, for I do not believe that it is the will of the Force that I should take on Anakin, and I believe that Obi-Wan is the one to take him on. I would, however, to request to take on Raechel Hennel as my Padawan."
To say that Rae was surprised would have been an understatement to the nth degree. She turned her eyes, which were as big a saucers, to Qui-Gon; her jaw hit the floor and she was gasping repeatedly for air, when she heard those words.
Anakin was also in shock as he stared at Obi-Wan.
Rae was pretty sure that it was damn near impossible to surprise Mace and Yoda, and she could see the shock on their faces that they were try to hide.
Mace took a deep breath as he looked back at them. "Seeing as Qui-Gon has removed his request, Obi-Wan, your request is now top." He turned to Rae and Anakin. "You both have been requested as Padawans. Do you accept?"
"Yes!" Anakin all but shouted as he turned to Obi-Wan.
Rae took a deep breath, trying to act something relatively close to her age as she looked at Qui-Gon. "I accept." Though outwardly to a non-Force user, she looked perfectly calm. To the Masters and Knights she was bubbling over with joy.
A small smile appeared on Yoda's face as the new Padawan-Master/Knight teams turned to face the Council. "Approve of pairings the Council does."
There was applause from the small gathering.
Mace cleared his throat. "Obi-Wan, we will need to speak to you and Anakin later. Qui-Gon and Raechel, could we speak to you now?"
Rae almost nodded, but she caught herself and looked up at her new Master, knowing that from now on she would have to defer to him now.
Qui-Gon nodded and the pair followed the two Senior Council members to a smaller room.
Mace and Yoda each took a seat while Rae and Qui-Gon stood in front of them.
"Rae, did you mother ever give you her necklace?" Mace asked.
Rae bit her lip; then gently pulled out her necklace for them to see.
"Do you know what that necklace means?"
"Means? Well my mother told me it is called maze and it is supposed to help the wearer through difficult times and emerge stronger." She shrugged.
Yoda shook his head. "Mean that we do not. Tell you she did not about what you are."
Rae looked at them completely and utterly confused. "I don't understand what you are talking about."
"Important job your family has. A Guardian you are."
Rae blinked.
Mace leaned forward. "You see, Raechel, passed down through your maternal line is the job of Guardian of the Time and Dimension Lines. You can jump through times and dimensions, or bring things/people to you from other times and dimensions with just a wish and," he pointed at her necklace, "by having that touching your skin."
Rae's jaw had long ago hit the floor. At first she didn't believe it, but when he mentioned how she could jump through times and dimensions it hit her. She had been clutching her necklace and had made a wish to be there. 'Holy, friggin, frippin cow! This is unbelievable!' She took a breath and noticed them all watching her for a reaction. "Umm...well...uhh...wow."
//You are very articulate Padawan.// She heard Qui-Gon chuckle in her head.
She glared at him out of the corner of her eye. //Haha.//
Yoda spoke again. "Warn you we must, happen things may by accident until learned to control it you have."
"Thank you Masters." Qui-Gon bowed to them; Rae followed suit.
"May the Force be with you," Mace told them as the bowed.
Rae walked along side Qui-Gon out of the room.
The End
(At least until the next part.)
~*~
YAHOO! This is the first multi-chapter fic I have ever written and FINISHED! I am going to have a little party! Treats for everyone! ::Hands out treats.:: I actually didn't know that this was going to be the end of this part until I reached the end and I looked at it and realized that that was how I wanted this part to end. I am going to actually miss working on this part of the whole story, but I am kinda glad to be moving on to the next part. So here I close this chapter and shall be opening the next one very soon; perhaps with a trailer/teaser.
I hope you have enjoyed reading this story as much and I have writing it! Thank you for all of the support and for putting up with my evilness!
Until next time!
Kat Tru
~*~
Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan looked at the two senior council members in shock.
"How can that be?" Obi-Wan asked.
"You see," Mace continued, "Rae's maternal line has had passed down through it the job of guardian of time and dimension lines. She can exist in any time or place so there is no knowing where she is going to be in the future."
Qui-Gon took a moment to organize his thought before he spoke. "How do you know this?"
"Told us, young Hennel's grandmother did."
Obi-Wan was a little slower in organizing his thoughts than his Master; finally he was able to speak. "So that is why you are wary of having her become a Padawan? Because you can't see her in the future?"
Mace sighed. "In a way, yes, but mostly because if we decide to allow her to become an initiate and then someone's Padawan we would have to be careful in the choice."
Qui-Gon felt completely exasperated. "Well why not just let her be an initiate and wait for a year to see what happens?"
Obi-Wan looked at his now former Master in slight surprise. It was rare that Qui-Gon lost his usual cool.
Mace and Yoda looked at each other. Then Mace sighed in defeat. "Very well. Both of them shall be allowed in as initiates. We shall announce that along with your Knighthood, Obi-Wan, this afternoon."
"Thank you Masters." The two Jedi bowed to the Senior Council members.
They left the room and walked down the hall.
Obi-Wan turned to Qui-Gon. "Do you plan on taking the boy on as you Padawan now?" There was nothing but true curiosity in the question.
Qui-Gon considered his question. "No." His answer was firm.
Obi-Wan looked at his mentor in surprise. "Why not?"
Qui-Gon smiled at his former Padawan; that smile spoke volumes. It was the slightest bit sad, but mostly knowing. "I meditated and I believe that the Force is guiding me down a different path. I believe that someone else is to be his Master."
Obi-Wan caught a look on Qui-Gon's face when he said "someone else." But it was gone as quickly as it came. Obi-Wan wanted to ask him about it but something stopped him. "Master."
Qui-Gon stopped and smiled at him; there was patience, humor and pain in the smile. "I am no longer your Master, Obi-Wan."
Obi-Wan smirked. "Maybe not in the eyes of the Council, but you will always be my Master in my heart. So you're stuck with me."
Qui-Gon placed a hand on his shoulder. "Thank you, Obi-Wan. I don't know what I would have done without you these past 12 years."
Obi-Wan gave him a boyish grin. "Remained a lonely, old, grumpy Jedi Master."
Qui-Gon raised an eyebrow.
"And on that note I am going to go meditate until the Council calls us." Obi-Wan quickly bowed to Qui-Gon and hurried away.
Qui-Gon shook his head in amusement. He started walking once again, enjoying the tranquility. He walked along a open walkway. He heard some laughter to his right; he looked out the right side of the walkway. Rae sat with the Queen, in normal clothes, and two of the handmaidens, one of them Sabé and the other Qui-Gon didn't know. They were looking over Rae's shoulder and laughing at something she was drawing.
Qui-Gon could tell that Rae enjoyed the company of the young women who were near her age.
He quietly approached them; they were all too engrossed in the picture to notice his approach, even Rae. He looked over her shoulder. The drawing was a caricature of Yoda and Mace. Qui-Gon just barely restrained a laugh. "I do not believe that Masters Yoda and Windu would appreciate the drawing, Rae."
The four girls jumped guiltily and turned and looked at him.
Rae at first blushed; then she sat up straight and stuck her chin out defiantly. "Well they don't have much of a sense of humor then!"
Qui-Gon chuckled. "You would be surprised."
Rae smirked.
Qui-Gon then cleared his throat. "The Council is meeting in a few hours and they have requested your presence."
"Thank you Qui-Gon for letting me know. I'll be there."
Qui-Gon turned and began to leave. "I will leave you girls. Don't get into *too* much trouble."
Rae grinned. "Don't worry we won't get into *too* much trouble."
Qui-Gon shook his head in amusement.
~*~
Rae could hardly contain her excitement. The Council had just announced that she and Ani were to become Initates at the Temple. 'Oh Momma! If you could only be here now!' She was now watching as they preformed Obi-Wan's Knighting Ceremony; she felt so unbelievably proud of her friend.
Qui-Gon cut Obi-Wan's braid off; then handed it to him.
"Congratulations, Obi-Wan Kenobi. Rank of Knight you now are."
Obi-Wan bowed to Yoda, the rest of the Council and then to Qui-Gon. Then he turned back to the Council. "Masters I would like to request to take on Anakin Skywalker as my Padawan."
There were murmurs of surprise. Mace and Yoda looked at each other; then turned back to Obi-Wan. "Requested, Qui-Gon already has. To him first choice is given."
Qui-Gon stepped forward. "I would like to withdraw my request, for I do not believe that it is the will of the Force that I should take on Anakin, and I believe that Obi-Wan is the one to take him on. I would, however, to request to take on Raechel Hennel as my Padawan."
To say that Rae was surprised would have been an understatement to the nth degree. She turned her eyes, which were as big a saucers, to Qui-Gon; her jaw hit the floor and she was gasping repeatedly for air, when she heard those words.
Anakin was also in shock as he stared at Obi-Wan.
Rae was pretty sure that it was damn near impossible to surprise Mace and Yoda, and she could see the shock on their faces that they were try to hide.
Mace took a deep breath as he looked back at them. "Seeing as Qui-Gon has removed his request, Obi-Wan, your request is now top." He turned to Rae and Anakin. "You both have been requested as Padawans. Do you accept?"
"Yes!" Anakin all but shouted as he turned to Obi-Wan.
Rae took a deep breath, trying to act something relatively close to her age as she looked at Qui-Gon. "I accept." Though outwardly to a non-Force user, she looked perfectly calm. To the Masters and Knights she was bubbling over with joy.
A small smile appeared on Yoda's face as the new Padawan-Master/Knight teams turned to face the Council. "Approve of pairings the Council does."
There was applause from the small gathering.
Mace cleared his throat. "Obi-Wan, we will need to speak to you and Anakin later. Qui-Gon and Raechel, could we speak to you now?"
Rae almost nodded, but she caught herself and looked up at her new Master, knowing that from now on she would have to defer to him now.
Qui-Gon nodded and the pair followed the two Senior Council members to a smaller room.
Mace and Yoda each took a seat while Rae and Qui-Gon stood in front of them.
"Rae, did you mother ever give you her necklace?" Mace asked.
Rae bit her lip; then gently pulled out her necklace for them to see.
"Do you know what that necklace means?"
"Means? Well my mother told me it is called maze and it is supposed to help the wearer through difficult times and emerge stronger." She shrugged.
Yoda shook his head. "Mean that we do not. Tell you she did not about what you are."
Rae looked at them completely and utterly confused. "I don't understand what you are talking about."
"Important job your family has. A Guardian you are."
Rae blinked.
Mace leaned forward. "You see, Raechel, passed down through your maternal line is the job of Guardian of the Time and Dimension Lines. You can jump through times and dimensions, or bring things/people to you from other times and dimensions with just a wish and," he pointed at her necklace, "by having that touching your skin."
Rae's jaw had long ago hit the floor. At first she didn't believe it, but when he mentioned how she could jump through times and dimensions it hit her. She had been clutching her necklace and had made a wish to be there. 'Holy, friggin, frippin cow! This is unbelievable!' She took a breath and noticed them all watching her for a reaction. "Umm...well...uhh...wow."
//You are very articulate Padawan.// She heard Qui-Gon chuckle in her head.
She glared at him out of the corner of her eye. //Haha.//
Yoda spoke again. "Warn you we must, happen things may by accident until learned to control it you have."
"Thank you Masters." Qui-Gon bowed to them; Rae followed suit.
"May the Force be with you," Mace told them as the bowed.
Rae walked along side Qui-Gon out of the room.
The End
(At least until the next part.)
~*~
YAHOO! This is the first multi-chapter fic I have ever written and FINISHED! I am going to have a little party! Treats for everyone! ::Hands out treats.:: I actually didn't know that this was going to be the end of this part until I reached the end and I looked at it and realized that that was how I wanted this part to end. I am going to actually miss working on this part of the whole story, but I am kinda glad to be moving on to the next part. So here I close this chapter and shall be opening the next one very soon; perhaps with a trailer/teaser.
I hope you have enjoyed reading this story as much and I have writing it! Thank you for all of the support and for putting up with my evilness!
Until next time!
Kat Tru
