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Chapter 16
There were too many people for Obi-Wan's liking, really. He knew that soon all the attention would be focussed on him. He hated to admit it but he was getting restless – he wanted to do some lightsaber training, but could he ask Mace? He wondered when Mace had become Mace in his mind, and not Master Windu. He was still sat near him, since most people were still eating and talking. He glanced across at Mace, who saw him looking, so he then quickly dropped his gaze.
People were starting to leave and Obi-Wan didn't know what to do. Tom, Bonnie, Emma, Rupert and Sean were heading to the child common room and Obi- Wan thought he'd just go with them when a hand fell on his shoulder. He glanced up and saw Mace stood there. He gave a weak smile to the others. "I'll meet you in a little while," he told them and they left for the common room. He glanced back up at Mace, who led him to a spare room.
"Ok, out with it," Mace told him. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing," Obi-Wan told him. "Why should anything be wrong?"
"Don't lie to me," Mace ordered him sternly.
"Honestly, nothing's wrong," Obi-Wan insisted. The next thing he knew he was being spun around and Mace landed a very hard swat on his backside. "Ow!" he cried out, startled.
"Now tell me, what is wrong? You're ten-years-old, you don't hide your emotions very well," Mace informed him.
"It doesn't matter," Obi-Wan told him, whilst looking at the ground, thinking he had no chance of a training lesson now. This drastic change worried Mace, who knelt so that he was at the same height as his young charge and lifted his chin with his hand. It was then that he remembered Jo's words from the first time he had disciplined Obi-Wan and he picked the boy up in a bear hug, which actually caused him to giggle slightly.
Carrying the lad outside, he placed him on the ground. "Now, what's wrong?" Mace asked again.
"I'm worried about tomorrow," Obi-Wan admitted.
"And what happens tomorrow?" Mace asked, pretending not to have a clue what the young jedi apprentice was talking about.
"We start filming! And I can't think of anything else. I keep thinking of how I'm going to mess up and I can't stay still..." Obi-Wan broke off, practically jumping around Mace. He then stopped, looked at the ground and whispered, "I want a training lesson. It helps calm me down and focus my mind." He didn't look up at Mace.
Mace stepped forward and grabbed Obi-Wan around the waist and carried him tucked under his arm round to where they had had their last training lesson. "Well this is easy sorted, although we'll just go through the kata's and see what you remember from last time."
Obi-Wan remembered almost everything from last time, but he was still struggling with one move, which Mace took him through.
Once finished Obi-Wan ran up to the dorm room he was sharing with Tom, Rupert and Sean to take a shower. He was just tying his shoelaces when another two lads walked in. One looked his age and the other around Sean's age. "Uh... hello," the one around Sean's age told him.
"Hi," Obi-Wan replied. "I take it you two are taking the last two bed's in here then?" he asked.
"It looks that way," the older told him. "I'm Chris by the way, Chris Rankin."
"I'm Dan. I'll wait for you to unpack if you want and then take you down to meet a couple of the other's, if you like," Obi-Wan offered.
"Please," Chris told him. He turned to the other lad in the room. "Do you have any preference on which bed?"
"No, I'm not particularly bothered. And I'm matt, Matt Lewis. What character's are you both playing?" Matt asked.
"Percy Weasley," Chris told him. "Dan?"
"Erm... Harry," he told them shyly. Chris and matt looked at him, shocked.
"Wow..." Matt voiced.
Dan laughed. "Yeah, tell me about it! What about you Matt? What are you playing?"
"Neville Longbottom," Matt told them as he finished unpacking.
"Ready Chris?" Dan asked him as he saw that Matt had finished unpacking.
"Yeah, sure," Chris told them. "How old are you both anyway?"
"Ten," Dan told him.
"Same here," matt said. "And you?"
"Fifteen."
"Same age as Sean," Dan said. "But that makes sense because he's playing Oliver Wood and Oliver and Percy are in the same year."
"Yeah, makes sense then," Matt agreed.
Dan led Chris and Matt into the child common room, relieved to see only Tom, Bonnie, Emma, Rupert and Sean in there and no new faces. "Hey you lot," Dan greeted to get their attention. "These are Chris and matt. And they're taking the other two beds in our room," he told Tom, Rupert and Sean.
Everyone greeted each other and got the introductions over and done with. Rupert seemed to be deep in thought about something and the others just carried on talking, leaving him to think.
They all looked up as Jo entered the room. "I thought I might find you lot in here," she said to Dan, Bonnie, Emma, Rupert, Tom and Sean. "And I see the group has grown," she commented, looking at Chris and Matt. "Don't worry," she told them. "This lot pretty much know the way things work around here by now, they'll help look after you."
Chris (the director one) and Mace entered behind Jo. "Bedtime," Chris told them. "We have a big day tomorrow."
Tom, Dan, Rupert, Emma, Bonnie and Sean knew better than to argue and Chris and Matt followed their example. Dan gave Mace a hug and was rewarded with a kiss on his forehead. The seven then made their way to their rooms.
When Emma and Bonnie entered their room, they found another girl in there. "Hi," she greeted them. "You must be Emma and Bonnie. I'm Eleanor Columbus."
"Any relation to Chris, the director?" Bonnie asked.
"He's my uncle. Which is probably why I've gotten a role," Eleanor admitted.
"Who are you playing?" Emma asked.
"Susan Bones, so it's not really a major part."
"It's better than nothing though," Bonnie said with a grin.
"Definitely better than nothing," Eleanor agreed as she climbed into her bed. Emma and Bonnie followed her example and soon all three girls were asleep.
The boys were also getting into bed and Dan was getting very worried about what the next day would bring. He looked across at Rupert and tried to gauge whether he was as scared as himself. He couldn't tell, Rupert looked completely calm.
Climbing into bed, Dan heard Sean snicker. "What's so funny?" he asked.
"I take it that it's going to be the same for Matt and Chris as it was for me? With the folders?" Sean said.
Dan, Tom and Rupert laughed. "I don't see why not," Tom commented.
Matt sighed. "This is not helping to reassure someone who's terrified about tomorrow," he said, clearly talking about himself.
"You're terrified?!" Dan asked. "I'm the one playing the title role!"
Everyone else laughed. "Relax Dan, you'll be fine," Rupert told him. "Apparently me, you and Emma have chemistry, remember?" Rupert was thinking of the scene they had acted out for Bonnie when they were still on Courscant, before they had even met Tom.
"Does anyone know what we are filming?" Matt asked.
"No," Tom answered through a yawn and that was the end of the conversation and soon they were all asleep.
The next day Dan woke up to a feeling of absolute dread. He showered quickly and was dressed before any of the others were even awake. He was really scared. He hadn't even seen the script! Soon Rupert woke up and Dan waited while he quickly had a shower and got dressed. Then the two of them made their way down to the Great hall. A lot of the crew were about, but not many of the cast, since it was still early.
Soon they were sat at a table with glasses of milk. Julie Walters came and sat with them. "What are you doing up at this time?" she asked.
"Couldn't sleep," Dan told her.
"Too scared," Rupert added.
Julie just smiled at them. "I'm sure you'll be fine," she told them. "You have my complete confidence."
Dan smiled back at her shyly, and took another sip of milk.
"Have you ate anything?" Julie asked. They both shook their heads and Julie started mothering them. They ended up eating something, just to please her. Then they discovered that they did feel better since they had ate and sent grins her way.
"How about a bit of fresh air?" Julie asked. "It'll be a while before anyone else starts to make an appearance."
Dan and Rupert agreed and followed her outside. Both were starting to feel a lot better about the day ahead. They were a bit excited even. They grinned across at each other, knowing that the journey really started today. Dan found himself suddenly eager to meet the rest of the cast, he didn't feel all that shy anymore. He wanted to know who was playing everyone else, and whom he would be working closely with.
There was a crisp breeze and Dan was aware that cold weather would be coming soon. He was also aware that he didn't know what planet he was on. He wondered if it had snow. He hoped it did. That would surely spell a lot of fun.
Soon, Julie led them back inside, where they met Chris (the director one, not Chris Rankin who plays Percy). He grinned at Dan and Rupert. "How ware you feeling?" he asked them.
"Ok," Dan told him.
"Yeah, we're pretty good," Rupert added.
"Come with me then, please," Chris told them and he led them to a room where they hadn't been before. Then they caught sight of the Hogwarts uniforms hung up and they grinned across at each other. "Can you remember how to get here?" Chris asked. They both nodded. "Then I want you back here by ten o'clock, ok?"
"Sure," Dan told him.
"No problem," was Rupert's reply.
Dan and Rupert shared another look. They could tell that they were both as excited as each other. They left the room and set course for the Great Hall, deciding to see if anyone else was up and about yet, since it was now about half-eight in the morning. They were shocked at the difference in the Great hall, which now had four long tables and benches set up, as well as what they guessed was a head table.
"Well, I'll hazard a guess that we're shooting a Great hall scene first," Rupert said dryly.
"I'll agree with you on that one," Dan told him. "Hey," he then said. "Is that Andrew? The one we done the photo shoot with?"
"Looks like it," Rupert agreed. "Plus he has a camera with him. Want to go and say hello?"
"Yeah, come on," and the two made their way across the Great hall to see him, one of the many friends they had already made.
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Chapter 16
There were too many people for Obi-Wan's liking, really. He knew that soon all the attention would be focussed on him. He hated to admit it but he was getting restless – he wanted to do some lightsaber training, but could he ask Mace? He wondered when Mace had become Mace in his mind, and not Master Windu. He was still sat near him, since most people were still eating and talking. He glanced across at Mace, who saw him looking, so he then quickly dropped his gaze.
People were starting to leave and Obi-Wan didn't know what to do. Tom, Bonnie, Emma, Rupert and Sean were heading to the child common room and Obi- Wan thought he'd just go with them when a hand fell on his shoulder. He glanced up and saw Mace stood there. He gave a weak smile to the others. "I'll meet you in a little while," he told them and they left for the common room. He glanced back up at Mace, who led him to a spare room.
"Ok, out with it," Mace told him. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing," Obi-Wan told him. "Why should anything be wrong?"
"Don't lie to me," Mace ordered him sternly.
"Honestly, nothing's wrong," Obi-Wan insisted. The next thing he knew he was being spun around and Mace landed a very hard swat on his backside. "Ow!" he cried out, startled.
"Now tell me, what is wrong? You're ten-years-old, you don't hide your emotions very well," Mace informed him.
"It doesn't matter," Obi-Wan told him, whilst looking at the ground, thinking he had no chance of a training lesson now. This drastic change worried Mace, who knelt so that he was at the same height as his young charge and lifted his chin with his hand. It was then that he remembered Jo's words from the first time he had disciplined Obi-Wan and he picked the boy up in a bear hug, which actually caused him to giggle slightly.
Carrying the lad outside, he placed him on the ground. "Now, what's wrong?" Mace asked again.
"I'm worried about tomorrow," Obi-Wan admitted.
"And what happens tomorrow?" Mace asked, pretending not to have a clue what the young jedi apprentice was talking about.
"We start filming! And I can't think of anything else. I keep thinking of how I'm going to mess up and I can't stay still..." Obi-Wan broke off, practically jumping around Mace. He then stopped, looked at the ground and whispered, "I want a training lesson. It helps calm me down and focus my mind." He didn't look up at Mace.
Mace stepped forward and grabbed Obi-Wan around the waist and carried him tucked under his arm round to where they had had their last training lesson. "Well this is easy sorted, although we'll just go through the kata's and see what you remember from last time."
Obi-Wan remembered almost everything from last time, but he was still struggling with one move, which Mace took him through.
Once finished Obi-Wan ran up to the dorm room he was sharing with Tom, Rupert and Sean to take a shower. He was just tying his shoelaces when another two lads walked in. One looked his age and the other around Sean's age. "Uh... hello," the one around Sean's age told him.
"Hi," Obi-Wan replied. "I take it you two are taking the last two bed's in here then?" he asked.
"It looks that way," the older told him. "I'm Chris by the way, Chris Rankin."
"I'm Dan. I'll wait for you to unpack if you want and then take you down to meet a couple of the other's, if you like," Obi-Wan offered.
"Please," Chris told him. He turned to the other lad in the room. "Do you have any preference on which bed?"
"No, I'm not particularly bothered. And I'm matt, Matt Lewis. What character's are you both playing?" Matt asked.
"Percy Weasley," Chris told him. "Dan?"
"Erm... Harry," he told them shyly. Chris and matt looked at him, shocked.
"Wow..." Matt voiced.
Dan laughed. "Yeah, tell me about it! What about you Matt? What are you playing?"
"Neville Longbottom," Matt told them as he finished unpacking.
"Ready Chris?" Dan asked him as he saw that Matt had finished unpacking.
"Yeah, sure," Chris told them. "How old are you both anyway?"
"Ten," Dan told him.
"Same here," matt said. "And you?"
"Fifteen."
"Same age as Sean," Dan said. "But that makes sense because he's playing Oliver Wood and Oliver and Percy are in the same year."
"Yeah, makes sense then," Matt agreed.
Dan led Chris and Matt into the child common room, relieved to see only Tom, Bonnie, Emma, Rupert and Sean in there and no new faces. "Hey you lot," Dan greeted to get their attention. "These are Chris and matt. And they're taking the other two beds in our room," he told Tom, Rupert and Sean.
Everyone greeted each other and got the introductions over and done with. Rupert seemed to be deep in thought about something and the others just carried on talking, leaving him to think.
They all looked up as Jo entered the room. "I thought I might find you lot in here," she said to Dan, Bonnie, Emma, Rupert, Tom and Sean. "And I see the group has grown," she commented, looking at Chris and Matt. "Don't worry," she told them. "This lot pretty much know the way things work around here by now, they'll help look after you."
Chris (the director one) and Mace entered behind Jo. "Bedtime," Chris told them. "We have a big day tomorrow."
Tom, Dan, Rupert, Emma, Bonnie and Sean knew better than to argue and Chris and Matt followed their example. Dan gave Mace a hug and was rewarded with a kiss on his forehead. The seven then made their way to their rooms.
When Emma and Bonnie entered their room, they found another girl in there. "Hi," she greeted them. "You must be Emma and Bonnie. I'm Eleanor Columbus."
"Any relation to Chris, the director?" Bonnie asked.
"He's my uncle. Which is probably why I've gotten a role," Eleanor admitted.
"Who are you playing?" Emma asked.
"Susan Bones, so it's not really a major part."
"It's better than nothing though," Bonnie said with a grin.
"Definitely better than nothing," Eleanor agreed as she climbed into her bed. Emma and Bonnie followed her example and soon all three girls were asleep.
The boys were also getting into bed and Dan was getting very worried about what the next day would bring. He looked across at Rupert and tried to gauge whether he was as scared as himself. He couldn't tell, Rupert looked completely calm.
Climbing into bed, Dan heard Sean snicker. "What's so funny?" he asked.
"I take it that it's going to be the same for Matt and Chris as it was for me? With the folders?" Sean said.
Dan, Tom and Rupert laughed. "I don't see why not," Tom commented.
Matt sighed. "This is not helping to reassure someone who's terrified about tomorrow," he said, clearly talking about himself.
"You're terrified?!" Dan asked. "I'm the one playing the title role!"
Everyone else laughed. "Relax Dan, you'll be fine," Rupert told him. "Apparently me, you and Emma have chemistry, remember?" Rupert was thinking of the scene they had acted out for Bonnie when they were still on Courscant, before they had even met Tom.
"Does anyone know what we are filming?" Matt asked.
"No," Tom answered through a yawn and that was the end of the conversation and soon they were all asleep.
The next day Dan woke up to a feeling of absolute dread. He showered quickly and was dressed before any of the others were even awake. He was really scared. He hadn't even seen the script! Soon Rupert woke up and Dan waited while he quickly had a shower and got dressed. Then the two of them made their way down to the Great hall. A lot of the crew were about, but not many of the cast, since it was still early.
Soon they were sat at a table with glasses of milk. Julie Walters came and sat with them. "What are you doing up at this time?" she asked.
"Couldn't sleep," Dan told her.
"Too scared," Rupert added.
Julie just smiled at them. "I'm sure you'll be fine," she told them. "You have my complete confidence."
Dan smiled back at her shyly, and took another sip of milk.
"Have you ate anything?" Julie asked. They both shook their heads and Julie started mothering them. They ended up eating something, just to please her. Then they discovered that they did feel better since they had ate and sent grins her way.
"How about a bit of fresh air?" Julie asked. "It'll be a while before anyone else starts to make an appearance."
Dan and Rupert agreed and followed her outside. Both were starting to feel a lot better about the day ahead. They were a bit excited even. They grinned across at each other, knowing that the journey really started today. Dan found himself suddenly eager to meet the rest of the cast, he didn't feel all that shy anymore. He wanted to know who was playing everyone else, and whom he would be working closely with.
There was a crisp breeze and Dan was aware that cold weather would be coming soon. He was also aware that he didn't know what planet he was on. He wondered if it had snow. He hoped it did. That would surely spell a lot of fun.
Soon, Julie led them back inside, where they met Chris (the director one, not Chris Rankin who plays Percy). He grinned at Dan and Rupert. "How ware you feeling?" he asked them.
"Ok," Dan told him.
"Yeah, we're pretty good," Rupert added.
"Come with me then, please," Chris told them and he led them to a room where they hadn't been before. Then they caught sight of the Hogwarts uniforms hung up and they grinned across at each other. "Can you remember how to get here?" Chris asked. They both nodded. "Then I want you back here by ten o'clock, ok?"
"Sure," Dan told him.
"No problem," was Rupert's reply.
Dan and Rupert shared another look. They could tell that they were both as excited as each other. They left the room and set course for the Great Hall, deciding to see if anyone else was up and about yet, since it was now about half-eight in the morning. They were shocked at the difference in the Great hall, which now had four long tables and benches set up, as well as what they guessed was a head table.
"Well, I'll hazard a guess that we're shooting a Great hall scene first," Rupert said dryly.
"I'll agree with you on that one," Dan told him. "Hey," he then said. "Is that Andrew? The one we done the photo shoot with?"
"Looks like it," Rupert agreed. "Plus he has a camera with him. Want to go and say hello?"
"Yeah, come on," and the two made their way across the Great hall to see him, one of the many friends they had already made.
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