Disclaimer: I do not own Star Wars, or Tortall and any of its characters.
And sadly I do not own the Whomping Willow. Which I'm not even sure will be
in this story. but you can't be too careful. I might just squeeze it in
there..
Anakin woke up the next morning slightly nervous. He had never really been out with a girl, unless being stuck in a locker with Tahiri on an asteroid with very little oxygen counted.
He finally got up and walked over to the closet and pulled out his pants and put them on. He then found a clean tunic and put that on, clipped his lightsaber to his belt, and put on his boots. When he was dressed, he left his room and went to his Uncle's to pick up Ben.
Anakin knocked on the door, and said "Good Morning."
A few seconds later his uncle opened the door and said, rather groggily, "Hello." He led Anakin into the room and said "Sit down, Mara is in the other room, getting Ben ready. She'll be a few minutes."
"Uncle Luke, when was the first time you felt you were truly in love?" Anakin asked.
"Well, let me think about that," he paused for a moment. "I'd have to say when I was about 23. I met this woman name Gaeriel Captison, who was atrocious in comparison to Mara." Mara walked in the room, holding Ben.
"You just said that because I just walked in." She turned to Anakin, "He would have said she was gorgeous, had I not been within ear shot."
Anakin laughed, "No, he wouldn't've. I know him."
"Okay, yeah you're right," Mara admitted as she handed Ben to Anakin. "But his first real love was."
"Never mind." Luke interrupted.
"No, now she has to tell me, since you seem so embarrassed by it."
"Fine, go ahead tell him. But it's not a pretty story. Now that I look back, its really gross."
"Anyway, when he first met your mother, he was in love with her. Of course when he found out that she was his sister, about 4 years later I might add, he realized that it was only the feeling one has for a sibling."
"Hey!! I stopped liking her the moment I saw she and Han together. They were meant for each other from the start."
"Okay, can we drop this subject, its getting creepy."
"You brought it up," Mar pointed out.
"Yeah, and now I regret it." Anakin stood up, still holding Ben in his arms, " I have to go now." He walked out the door and down the hall to Aly's room. When he got there he tried knocking, but realized he couldn't do it with Ben in his arms. He then used the Force to knock on the door. Aly opened it a second later, and Anakin walked into her room.
"Good morning," she said, "Let's go now. I want to show you something." She walked passed Anakin and down the hall. He was a few steps behind, still holding Ben. They continued walking until they got to the kitchen, where Aly stopped and picked up a basket that had been prepared for them.
A little while later they found themselves alone just outside the town. "So, where we going?" Anakin asked.
"I wanted to show you this tree I discovered a few weeks ago. I thought perhaps you would be able to help me figure out how to stop it from doing what it does."
"Why would you want to stop a tree from doing anything? I've never encountered a tree that did anything bad, except the ones with pollen that people are allergic to." (a/n: Lol. armor. forests. bad things.)
"Oh, well. You'll see with this one." She stopped, looked around and said, "Ha. There it is, come on." She led Anakin down to a very ordinary looking willow tree, picked up a stone and threw it at the tree. To Anakin's surprise, the tree started swatting at the air with its branches.
"Well, I've never seen a tree do that before."
"Me either," Aly said, then added, "I think it may have been grown to be used as a guard for something, but I have no clue what, or how to make it stop."
Anakin reached out to the tree with the Force, and found a knothole down near the bottom. He put some pressure on it and the tree stopped violently swinging its branches. "I think I've figured it out."
"Yeah." Aly reached out with her Sight, saw the knothole, and locked the image and exact location of it in her memory. She figured the information might come in handy for future problems. "Come on, lets go sit under it!"
"Okay." Anakin walked towards the tree, and sat Ben down on a patch of grass. He then sat down next to Ben and motioned for Aly to sit. Aly looked around for a moment, the placed herself next to Anakin. She pulled the food from the basket and set it out in front of them.
"I even brought something for Ben," she said and held up a bottle of milk.
Anakin laughed, "I don't think he's hungry right now." He nodded towards Ben, who had fallen asleep on the grass.
"I think you're right."
A/N: This is the end of this chapter. Please review!!! I need ideas! Thank you to those of you who have reviewed, I appreciate it.
Anakin woke up the next morning slightly nervous. He had never really been out with a girl, unless being stuck in a locker with Tahiri on an asteroid with very little oxygen counted.
He finally got up and walked over to the closet and pulled out his pants and put them on. He then found a clean tunic and put that on, clipped his lightsaber to his belt, and put on his boots. When he was dressed, he left his room and went to his Uncle's to pick up Ben.
Anakin knocked on the door, and said "Good Morning."
A few seconds later his uncle opened the door and said, rather groggily, "Hello." He led Anakin into the room and said "Sit down, Mara is in the other room, getting Ben ready. She'll be a few minutes."
"Uncle Luke, when was the first time you felt you were truly in love?" Anakin asked.
"Well, let me think about that," he paused for a moment. "I'd have to say when I was about 23. I met this woman name Gaeriel Captison, who was atrocious in comparison to Mara." Mara walked in the room, holding Ben.
"You just said that because I just walked in." She turned to Anakin, "He would have said she was gorgeous, had I not been within ear shot."
Anakin laughed, "No, he wouldn't've. I know him."
"Okay, yeah you're right," Mara admitted as she handed Ben to Anakin. "But his first real love was."
"Never mind." Luke interrupted.
"No, now she has to tell me, since you seem so embarrassed by it."
"Fine, go ahead tell him. But it's not a pretty story. Now that I look back, its really gross."
"Anyway, when he first met your mother, he was in love with her. Of course when he found out that she was his sister, about 4 years later I might add, he realized that it was only the feeling one has for a sibling."
"Hey!! I stopped liking her the moment I saw she and Han together. They were meant for each other from the start."
"Okay, can we drop this subject, its getting creepy."
"You brought it up," Mar pointed out.
"Yeah, and now I regret it." Anakin stood up, still holding Ben in his arms, " I have to go now." He walked out the door and down the hall to Aly's room. When he got there he tried knocking, but realized he couldn't do it with Ben in his arms. He then used the Force to knock on the door. Aly opened it a second later, and Anakin walked into her room.
"Good morning," she said, "Let's go now. I want to show you something." She walked passed Anakin and down the hall. He was a few steps behind, still holding Ben. They continued walking until they got to the kitchen, where Aly stopped and picked up a basket that had been prepared for them.
A little while later they found themselves alone just outside the town. "So, where we going?" Anakin asked.
"I wanted to show you this tree I discovered a few weeks ago. I thought perhaps you would be able to help me figure out how to stop it from doing what it does."
"Why would you want to stop a tree from doing anything? I've never encountered a tree that did anything bad, except the ones with pollen that people are allergic to." (a/n: Lol. armor. forests. bad things.)
"Oh, well. You'll see with this one." She stopped, looked around and said, "Ha. There it is, come on." She led Anakin down to a very ordinary looking willow tree, picked up a stone and threw it at the tree. To Anakin's surprise, the tree started swatting at the air with its branches.
"Well, I've never seen a tree do that before."
"Me either," Aly said, then added, "I think it may have been grown to be used as a guard for something, but I have no clue what, or how to make it stop."
Anakin reached out to the tree with the Force, and found a knothole down near the bottom. He put some pressure on it and the tree stopped violently swinging its branches. "I think I've figured it out."
"Yeah." Aly reached out with her Sight, saw the knothole, and locked the image and exact location of it in her memory. She figured the information might come in handy for future problems. "Come on, lets go sit under it!"
"Okay." Anakin walked towards the tree, and sat Ben down on a patch of grass. He then sat down next to Ben and motioned for Aly to sit. Aly looked around for a moment, the placed herself next to Anakin. She pulled the food from the basket and set it out in front of them.
"I even brought something for Ben," she said and held up a bottle of milk.
Anakin laughed, "I don't think he's hungry right now." He nodded towards Ben, who had fallen asleep on the grass.
"I think you're right."
A/N: This is the end of this chapter. Please review!!! I need ideas! Thank you to those of you who have reviewed, I appreciate it.