Part 10
(Quick Note: When you see these // // it means it's a dream sequence.)
Anakin and Taris tried to control their laughter as their Masters stood in front on them with their arms crossed over their chests and looking rather peeved.
"Yes Master?" Taris managed to compose herself long enough to ask that question.
Obi-Wan stared at her long and hard before a small smirk seemed to briefly pass over his lips and then a quiet little chuckle. "I found your." He trailed off thinking of what to say. "Present in my bed."
"You did Master? Did you like it?" Taris asked as she lost control again and began laughing once more along with Anakin who'd been silent next to her.
"Oh I loved it. I was so estatic to receive it." Obi-Wan replied sarcastically.
Qui-Gon turned slightly to look at him. "What was your present Obi-Wan? Was it the same thing that I received?"
He looked at the older man questionably. "I'm not sure Qui-Gon. What was your present?"
"Well," Qui-Gon began, "The whole bottom half of my sleep couch was covered in honey, shaving cream, and some other type of lotion." He paused and looked down at Obi-Wan's goo covered pants. "I'd say from the looks of it you did receive the same present."
"I did indeed. Let me tell you, it wasn't very pleasant either. I think that a certain Padawan of mine is going to be cleaning it up before she goes to sleep." He said looking towards Taris who looked as if she was waiting for him to assign more of the punishment that was sure to come. "Does that seem fair to you Taris?"
Taris stared at him, almost in shock, for a minute before replying. "Y-yes Master." She agreed. Oh she defiantly agreed that it was fair! Anything was better than extra meditation and more work that he usually assigned.
Anakin stood next to Taris silently hoping that his Master would let him off as easy as Obi-Wan had let Taris off. He hadn't said a thing since the two older Jedi had emerged from their rooms, but instead opted to stay quiet and just see how it would unfold. He, too, was almost shocked at how easy Taris seemed to have gotten off. He was almost sure that Obi-Wan would've been the more upset of the too, but as he looked at the older man it seemed as if he was almost slightly amused by it all.
Qui-Gon turned to look at his Padawan who was standing quietly waiting for his Master to speak to him. "Well Anakin, do you think that cleaning up the mess you made in my sleep couch before you go to sleep is a fair enough?"
Anakin didn't even hesitate for a moment to agree with him. "Yes Master."
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Taris quickly stripped her Master's sleep couch and cleaned them before putting new sheets on the couch. She was well aware of Obi-Wan's eyes following her every movement as he sat on her sleep couch quietly watching her. She, however, didn't turn once to meet his gaze until she was done.
"All set Master." She told him as she finally turned to face him a good time later.
"Thank you Padawan." He nodded to her as he stood up and proceeded the short distance to his own sleep couch.
Taris watched him for a moment as he got comfortable before she then climbed into her own sleep couch and got comfortable.
With a wave of his hand Obi-Wan lazily turned off the lights in the small sleeping quarters and attempted to go to sleep. He was almost asleep when Taris's voice brought him back to a state of full conciousness.
"You're not upset Master are you?" Taris asked quietly. It was unusual for her Master to let her off so easily and barely say a word to her before he went to sleep. It bothered her that he may be upset with her for the little prank.
Obi-Wan took a deep breath and slowly let it out. "No Taris, I'm not upset. Just merely tired. I knew that you and Anakin were up to something earlier, but I didn't know what. I'm not upset with you. I understand how boring these long travels can get and that you two just wanted to have a little fun."
Taris nodded even though she knew he couldn't see her. "Ok." She replied quietly and closed her eyes and slowly began to drift off into a peaceful sleep.
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// Cold. She was cold. The ground was covered with snow as it fell around her. Her body was being held tightly against another. It was then that she felt slightly warmer than before. Taris lifted her head up to try to see who was holding her trying to help keep her warm. She was met with the shockingly blue eyes of her Master. He had taken off his robe and was holding her tightly with the robe wrapped around both of them.
"C-cold. S-so cold M-ma s-ster." She managed to stutter out as her body whole body visibly shook. "I c-can't feel an-any p-part of m-m b-body M-mas t-ter." She didn't understand where she was or why she was so cold. She couldn't remember how she got there.
"Shh Padawan. Don't try to speak. Save your strength." Obi-Wan placed a shaky finger to her lips before tightening his arms around her trying to pull her closer than she already was to him.
Taris weakly nodded. It seemed like it took forever and it took a lot of energy and strength just to complete that simple task. She was tired. So very tired and could barely comprehend what was going on. And Obi-Wan.what was it that she could feel through there bond? Fear. It was fear. He was scared. Master? What's wrong? You're.scared. Why?
Obi-Wan barely heard his Padawan through their bond. Her voice was so soft in his head. He could feel her life force flickering. Don't worry about me Padawan. Worry about yourself. Just rest little one. Rest. He sent a sleep force suggestion to her through the bond. He tried to find his calm center, but for once he couldn't reach it.
Obi-Wan squeezed his eyes shut and tried to calm his raging fears. He felt a hand grip his shoulder and looked up into his former Master's eyes. "Thank the force you're finally here. I don't know how much longer she'll be able to hold on. She's slipping Qui-Gon and I can't help her."
"Everything's going to be alright Obi-Wan." Qui-Gon tried to reassure the younger man. "Anakin and I have managed to get a ship and he's waiting for us not to far from here. Hurry."
Obi-Wan felt his Taris's limp body shiver as he slowly stood up and the robe fell off her body. She was going to make it. She HAD to make. He'd just found her after searching for months. He couldn't lose her now that he'd found her again. He knew she was a fighter, but he didn't know how much longer she could hold on and fight.
Qui-Gon helped him place her on a sleep couch and placed many blankets over her to keep her warm while they left to go find med supplies.
They returned a little while later and slowly removed the covers and some of her clothing as they began to clean and dress the wounds, placing what little bacta patches they had on the more severe wounds.
Obi-Wan inhaled sharply and felt his anger flare as he took off her shirt which revealed dark, ugly bruises, cuts, and scars all over her body. He knew that she had been beaten and tormented, but never had he imagined that this much damage had been done to the young Padawan. He had to struggle to slowly release his anger to the Force as he softly rang his fingers over her back.
He quickly pulled his hand back when he heard a soft whimper come from Taris as her eyes slowly opened.
"It hurts Master." She told him quietly as her eyes began to fill with tears.
"What hurts Taris?" He asked as he lay his hand on her forehead. Force she was burning up!
"Everything." She was silently crying now. "Everything hurts Master! Make it stop. Please! Make the pain go away!" She whimpered softly as the pain became more and more evident.
"Shh. Shh. I know it hurts Padawan. I know." Obi-Wan held her hands in his and he tried to help her release some of the pain into the Force. "It's ok. You're going to be ok. We're going home now. Do you remember what happened?"
Taris shook her head. "No." Another quiet whimper escaped her lips as she desperately tried to remember what happened. But she couldn't remember anything. The last thing she could remember was her family. They were on a mission to protect the Senator of Calibo and she'd run into her family and that was the last thing she could remember. "I-I can't remember Master."
"It's ok. Don't worry about that now. Just rest." Obi-Wan ran a hand over her head as he tried to soothe her. Anakin was with her when everything happened a few months before. He'd been with her most of the time. He'd talk to him later to find out what happened.
Taris stared at him and the pain in her eyes changed to fear. "I'm dieing Master aren't I? I'm not going to make it home am I?"
Obi-Wan swallowed a huge lump in his throat as he spoke and tried to keep his voice from faltering. "Yes you are, but you're going to make it home and the Healer's at the Temple are going to take good care of you. You're going to be fine. I promise."
Taris shook her head sadly. "I know I'm not going to make it Master." She told him as a sudden pang of pain shot through her body causing her to scream. //
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"Ahh!" Taris shot up in her bed screaming. The pain. It felt so real. The dream. That felt so real too. She'd been having the same dream every night since right before they were assigned this mission. Every time she closed her eyes it would come back. Was it really a dream? Or was it a vision of what was going to happen on the mission? "It was just a dream. Just a dream." She told herself quietly as she tried to slow down and steady her breathing.
More to come soon..
Ha ha! I hope this was a good chapter! Please tell me what you think/thought and any suggestions/ideas are welcome. Thank you to EVERYONE who has been leaving reviews (or feedback!) it's greatly appreciated! (
Emerald - Hey! Glad that you've found my lil ole story! I hope that you continue to read it and enjoy it. And of course I hope that you continue to leave reviews! ( Thank you so much for your review!
ER - I wrote more! So now you found out what the prank is. Lol! I know not the greatest prank in the world, but all the types of pranks that I do or people I know do just wouldn't work with a Jedi! Lol! Hope you liked the prank and the story. I also hope that you will continue to read and review my story! Thanks a bunch!
(Quick Note: When you see these // // it means it's a dream sequence.)
Anakin and Taris tried to control their laughter as their Masters stood in front on them with their arms crossed over their chests and looking rather peeved.
"Yes Master?" Taris managed to compose herself long enough to ask that question.
Obi-Wan stared at her long and hard before a small smirk seemed to briefly pass over his lips and then a quiet little chuckle. "I found your." He trailed off thinking of what to say. "Present in my bed."
"You did Master? Did you like it?" Taris asked as she lost control again and began laughing once more along with Anakin who'd been silent next to her.
"Oh I loved it. I was so estatic to receive it." Obi-Wan replied sarcastically.
Qui-Gon turned slightly to look at him. "What was your present Obi-Wan? Was it the same thing that I received?"
He looked at the older man questionably. "I'm not sure Qui-Gon. What was your present?"
"Well," Qui-Gon began, "The whole bottom half of my sleep couch was covered in honey, shaving cream, and some other type of lotion." He paused and looked down at Obi-Wan's goo covered pants. "I'd say from the looks of it you did receive the same present."
"I did indeed. Let me tell you, it wasn't very pleasant either. I think that a certain Padawan of mine is going to be cleaning it up before she goes to sleep." He said looking towards Taris who looked as if she was waiting for him to assign more of the punishment that was sure to come. "Does that seem fair to you Taris?"
Taris stared at him, almost in shock, for a minute before replying. "Y-yes Master." She agreed. Oh she defiantly agreed that it was fair! Anything was better than extra meditation and more work that he usually assigned.
Anakin stood next to Taris silently hoping that his Master would let him off as easy as Obi-Wan had let Taris off. He hadn't said a thing since the two older Jedi had emerged from their rooms, but instead opted to stay quiet and just see how it would unfold. He, too, was almost shocked at how easy Taris seemed to have gotten off. He was almost sure that Obi-Wan would've been the more upset of the too, but as he looked at the older man it seemed as if he was almost slightly amused by it all.
Qui-Gon turned to look at his Padawan who was standing quietly waiting for his Master to speak to him. "Well Anakin, do you think that cleaning up the mess you made in my sleep couch before you go to sleep is a fair enough?"
Anakin didn't even hesitate for a moment to agree with him. "Yes Master."
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Taris quickly stripped her Master's sleep couch and cleaned them before putting new sheets on the couch. She was well aware of Obi-Wan's eyes following her every movement as he sat on her sleep couch quietly watching her. She, however, didn't turn once to meet his gaze until she was done.
"All set Master." She told him as she finally turned to face him a good time later.
"Thank you Padawan." He nodded to her as he stood up and proceeded the short distance to his own sleep couch.
Taris watched him for a moment as he got comfortable before she then climbed into her own sleep couch and got comfortable.
With a wave of his hand Obi-Wan lazily turned off the lights in the small sleeping quarters and attempted to go to sleep. He was almost asleep when Taris's voice brought him back to a state of full conciousness.
"You're not upset Master are you?" Taris asked quietly. It was unusual for her Master to let her off so easily and barely say a word to her before he went to sleep. It bothered her that he may be upset with her for the little prank.
Obi-Wan took a deep breath and slowly let it out. "No Taris, I'm not upset. Just merely tired. I knew that you and Anakin were up to something earlier, but I didn't know what. I'm not upset with you. I understand how boring these long travels can get and that you two just wanted to have a little fun."
Taris nodded even though she knew he couldn't see her. "Ok." She replied quietly and closed her eyes and slowly began to drift off into a peaceful sleep.
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// Cold. She was cold. The ground was covered with snow as it fell around her. Her body was being held tightly against another. It was then that she felt slightly warmer than before. Taris lifted her head up to try to see who was holding her trying to help keep her warm. She was met with the shockingly blue eyes of her Master. He had taken off his robe and was holding her tightly with the robe wrapped around both of them.
"C-cold. S-so cold M-ma s-ster." She managed to stutter out as her body whole body visibly shook. "I c-can't feel an-any p-part of m-m b-body M-mas t-ter." She didn't understand where she was or why she was so cold. She couldn't remember how she got there.
"Shh Padawan. Don't try to speak. Save your strength." Obi-Wan placed a shaky finger to her lips before tightening his arms around her trying to pull her closer than she already was to him.
Taris weakly nodded. It seemed like it took forever and it took a lot of energy and strength just to complete that simple task. She was tired. So very tired and could barely comprehend what was going on. And Obi-Wan.what was it that she could feel through there bond? Fear. It was fear. He was scared. Master? What's wrong? You're.scared. Why?
Obi-Wan barely heard his Padawan through their bond. Her voice was so soft in his head. He could feel her life force flickering. Don't worry about me Padawan. Worry about yourself. Just rest little one. Rest. He sent a sleep force suggestion to her through the bond. He tried to find his calm center, but for once he couldn't reach it.
Obi-Wan squeezed his eyes shut and tried to calm his raging fears. He felt a hand grip his shoulder and looked up into his former Master's eyes. "Thank the force you're finally here. I don't know how much longer she'll be able to hold on. She's slipping Qui-Gon and I can't help her."
"Everything's going to be alright Obi-Wan." Qui-Gon tried to reassure the younger man. "Anakin and I have managed to get a ship and he's waiting for us not to far from here. Hurry."
Obi-Wan felt his Taris's limp body shiver as he slowly stood up and the robe fell off her body. She was going to make it. She HAD to make. He'd just found her after searching for months. He couldn't lose her now that he'd found her again. He knew she was a fighter, but he didn't know how much longer she could hold on and fight.
Qui-Gon helped him place her on a sleep couch and placed many blankets over her to keep her warm while they left to go find med supplies.
They returned a little while later and slowly removed the covers and some of her clothing as they began to clean and dress the wounds, placing what little bacta patches they had on the more severe wounds.
Obi-Wan inhaled sharply and felt his anger flare as he took off her shirt which revealed dark, ugly bruises, cuts, and scars all over her body. He knew that she had been beaten and tormented, but never had he imagined that this much damage had been done to the young Padawan. He had to struggle to slowly release his anger to the Force as he softly rang his fingers over her back.
He quickly pulled his hand back when he heard a soft whimper come from Taris as her eyes slowly opened.
"It hurts Master." She told him quietly as her eyes began to fill with tears.
"What hurts Taris?" He asked as he lay his hand on her forehead. Force she was burning up!
"Everything." She was silently crying now. "Everything hurts Master! Make it stop. Please! Make the pain go away!" She whimpered softly as the pain became more and more evident.
"Shh. Shh. I know it hurts Padawan. I know." Obi-Wan held her hands in his and he tried to help her release some of the pain into the Force. "It's ok. You're going to be ok. We're going home now. Do you remember what happened?"
Taris shook her head. "No." Another quiet whimper escaped her lips as she desperately tried to remember what happened. But she couldn't remember anything. The last thing she could remember was her family. They were on a mission to protect the Senator of Calibo and she'd run into her family and that was the last thing she could remember. "I-I can't remember Master."
"It's ok. Don't worry about that now. Just rest." Obi-Wan ran a hand over her head as he tried to soothe her. Anakin was with her when everything happened a few months before. He'd been with her most of the time. He'd talk to him later to find out what happened.
Taris stared at him and the pain in her eyes changed to fear. "I'm dieing Master aren't I? I'm not going to make it home am I?"
Obi-Wan swallowed a huge lump in his throat as he spoke and tried to keep his voice from faltering. "Yes you are, but you're going to make it home and the Healer's at the Temple are going to take good care of you. You're going to be fine. I promise."
Taris shook her head sadly. "I know I'm not going to make it Master." She told him as a sudden pang of pain shot through her body causing her to scream. //
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"Ahh!" Taris shot up in her bed screaming. The pain. It felt so real. The dream. That felt so real too. She'd been having the same dream every night since right before they were assigned this mission. Every time she closed her eyes it would come back. Was it really a dream? Or was it a vision of what was going to happen on the mission? "It was just a dream. Just a dream." She told herself quietly as she tried to slow down and steady her breathing.
More to come soon..
Ha ha! I hope this was a good chapter! Please tell me what you think/thought and any suggestions/ideas are welcome. Thank you to EVERYONE who has been leaving reviews (or feedback!) it's greatly appreciated! (
Emerald - Hey! Glad that you've found my lil ole story! I hope that you continue to read it and enjoy it. And of course I hope that you continue to leave reviews! ( Thank you so much for your review!
ER - I wrote more! So now you found out what the prank is. Lol! I know not the greatest prank in the world, but all the types of pranks that I do or people I know do just wouldn't work with a Jedi! Lol! Hope you liked the prank and the story. I also hope that you will continue to read and review my story! Thanks a bunch!