Part 11
"Taris? What's wrong?" Obi-Wan asked her. He had woken up when he had heard her scream and he thought that for the briefest of moments he could feel pain coming from her through their bond.
"N-nothing. It was just a bad dream I guess." Taris responded. She glanced over at him through the darkness of the room and could see his form in the dark. He was fully awake and sitting on the edge of his sleep couch staring at her. She didn't lie to him per say because for all she knew it could just be a bad reoccurring dream.
Obi-Wan stared at her for a long minute not really believing her before he layback down. "Do you want to talk about it?"
"No, that's ok. I'll just try to go back to sleep." Taris placed her hands between her knees to try to stop the shaking before she too lay back down. "Goodnight Master."
"Goodnight Taris." Obi-Wan replied as he drifted off back into his peaceful sleep.
A while later Taris found herself still wide awake and listening to Obi- Wan's quiet, even breathing next to her. Oh how she wished she could just go to sleep without a worry on her mind like her Master. She had already tried some techniques that she'd learned at the Temple for quieting her mind, but they weren't working. Taris was tired and wanted to go to sleep but she couldn't. Every time she fell asleep or even closed her eyes the nightmares came back.
Hours later her tiredness finally won her over and she drifted off into a peaceful sleep for a couple of hours.
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Taris was lazily lying on her sleep couch after mid-day meal. She had woken up early that morning, long before everyone else, and spent some time quietly meditating by herself while she waited for someone else to wake up. Qui-Gon had been the first one to wake up and he soon was meditating too. When Taris had finished up her meditation, Obi-Wan was just literally stumbling out of their sleeping quarters. Anakin had woken up shortly after and was slightly grumpy, which Taris assumed was probably due to a lack of sleep.
Taris's datapad was now slowly revolving in the air above her head as she effortlessly used the Force to suspend it in mid-air and spin it. She had been doing her Jedi History class work for quite a while and had decided to take a break. Instead of joining Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon out in the main area of the ship, she had opted to stay in her dimly lit sleeping quarters and just relax, maybe even take a nap since she didn't get all that much sleep the night before.
She was pulled out of her thoughts when the door slid open and Obi-Wan walked in. He took a seat on his sleep couch facing her. He didn't say anything to her, but instead he just watched her closely for a few minutes. When he didn't say anything for a while and didn't even seem as if he was going to say something, Taris decided to break the silence. "Did you want me for something Master?"
It took him a long time to finally shake his head slightly. "No, not exactly." He said slowly as if he was unsure of what to say.
"Is something wrong?" Taris asked with a puzzled expression on her face that clearly showed her confusion.
Obi-Wan leaned forward and rested his elbows on his legs and clasped his hands together in front of him. "I don't know. Why don't you tell me Taris?"
If it was possible for her to look even more confused than she already did, then she would've. "What do you mean?" She asked.
Obi-Wan sighed and looked down at the floor as he tried to figure out the best way to say what he had to say. "You've been acting.different lately and kind of distant. You've also had your shields up rather tightly these last few days and you're not sleeping much anymore and you're hardly talking to anyone." He paused for a moment before continuing. "So why don't you try telling me what's wrong and has been bothering you? Maybe I can help."
Taris felt slightly bad for hiding everything from her Master, but she didn't know how or where to start.
"Start from the beginning Padawan." Obi-Wan said softly as he leaned forward to catch her eyes, which were continually roaming the room.
She looked up quickly and into her Master's eyes. She hadn't realized that she'd let her shields slip and her Master could hear her thoughts. She quickly started working to push them back up, but something stopped her. Taris knew what she needed to do. She needed to tell her Master about everything. It was time for her to tell him of the.dreams that she'd been having.
"Taris if something is bothering you, then you need to talk about it. Tell me what's been bothering you. It might help to finally talk about it." Obi- Wan prodded gently.
Something seemed to finally break in the young girl sitting before him, for her shoulders suddenly slumped forward and she dropped her head. When she looked back up at him, Obi-Wan was surprised as he noticed for the first time how tired her eyes looked.
Taris finally caved in and began telling him of her dreams and anything else about the upcoming mission that had been bothering here. "So basically for the past four or five days I keep having that same dream over and over again and it just-it seems so real."
Obi-Wan had quietly been listening to everything that Taris had said and was now quietly contemplating what she'd told him. He wasn't sure what the dreams meant and obviously neither did Taris. "Perhaps that dreams are a warning of what's to come. Not like a vision, but maybe it's a warning that something is going to go wrong. Has the dream ever started at an earlier spot or maybe even continued on past where it normally ends or rather when you wake up?"
Taris thought for a minute before shaking her head. "No, it always starts in the same exact spot and I always wake up at the same spot too. Nothing ever changes in the dreams either. They're consistent and are exactly the same every time."
Obi-Wan nodded and was silent for a little bit. "I'm going to go meditate on this. Maybe I can come up with something, but I'm also going to speak with Qui-Gon too. Maybe he'll see something or notice something that I didn't. In the mean time you might want to catch up on some of the sleep that you've been missing out on lately."
"Yes Master." Taris agreed with him. "And I'm sorry for not telling you sooner. I know I should have, but something was stopping me."
Obi-Wan stood up and placed a hand on her shoulder. "I understand, just next time try telling me a little sooner, but I do understand and it's ok. Don't worry about it." He gave her shoulder a little squeeze and started towards the door, but when he was about to open it Taris's voice stopped him so he turned around.
Taris gave him a little smile. "I'll try not to Master, but then again I don't worry, I tend to brood over things just like you."
Obi-Wan feigned hurt. "I don't brood." He protested. "I just merely think about something that's been bothering me a lot." He flashed her one of his rare smiles before he turned and left the room.
Taris laughed and shook her head as he left and fell back onto her sleep couch. Once she had gotten comfortable she decided to take a little nap. Closing her eyes she slowly let out a breath and tried to relax and willed her body to sleep. A faint smile was upon her lips as she realized how talking about it had helped her, but she still couldn't shake the foreboding feeling that she had about the mission.
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I hope that you've been enjoying my story so far and my latest installment! PLEASE let me know what you think! Whether it's good or bad, I wanna know! I also like to know that I have readers out there who are actually reading this stuff! ^_^
I'm sorry that this took me so long to post, but keep looking for the next chapter. It should be up much sooner than this one was! I'm also sorry if this chapter was a little boring. I didn't know what else to write and I'm still working on getting the story really going (I know.if it takes a story 11 chapters or so to get going that's kind of sad/bad.) but the next chapter should be better!
Also.I just wanna let ya'll know that I also have a short story that I just wrote called "This Is Not Goodbye" you may want to check that out. It's only 1 chapter, not too long and it's pretty much Qui-Gon's thoughts and feelings on that fateful day on Naboo when he left the physical world and became one with the Force! So if you're interested check that out and let me know what you thought of that one too!
Much love, peace, and thanks
~ ewanobiwan ~
"Taris? What's wrong?" Obi-Wan asked her. He had woken up when he had heard her scream and he thought that for the briefest of moments he could feel pain coming from her through their bond.
"N-nothing. It was just a bad dream I guess." Taris responded. She glanced over at him through the darkness of the room and could see his form in the dark. He was fully awake and sitting on the edge of his sleep couch staring at her. She didn't lie to him per say because for all she knew it could just be a bad reoccurring dream.
Obi-Wan stared at her for a long minute not really believing her before he layback down. "Do you want to talk about it?"
"No, that's ok. I'll just try to go back to sleep." Taris placed her hands between her knees to try to stop the shaking before she too lay back down. "Goodnight Master."
"Goodnight Taris." Obi-Wan replied as he drifted off back into his peaceful sleep.
A while later Taris found herself still wide awake and listening to Obi- Wan's quiet, even breathing next to her. Oh how she wished she could just go to sleep without a worry on her mind like her Master. She had already tried some techniques that she'd learned at the Temple for quieting her mind, but they weren't working. Taris was tired and wanted to go to sleep but she couldn't. Every time she fell asleep or even closed her eyes the nightmares came back.
Hours later her tiredness finally won her over and she drifted off into a peaceful sleep for a couple of hours.
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Taris was lazily lying on her sleep couch after mid-day meal. She had woken up early that morning, long before everyone else, and spent some time quietly meditating by herself while she waited for someone else to wake up. Qui-Gon had been the first one to wake up and he soon was meditating too. When Taris had finished up her meditation, Obi-Wan was just literally stumbling out of their sleeping quarters. Anakin had woken up shortly after and was slightly grumpy, which Taris assumed was probably due to a lack of sleep.
Taris's datapad was now slowly revolving in the air above her head as she effortlessly used the Force to suspend it in mid-air and spin it. She had been doing her Jedi History class work for quite a while and had decided to take a break. Instead of joining Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon out in the main area of the ship, she had opted to stay in her dimly lit sleeping quarters and just relax, maybe even take a nap since she didn't get all that much sleep the night before.
She was pulled out of her thoughts when the door slid open and Obi-Wan walked in. He took a seat on his sleep couch facing her. He didn't say anything to her, but instead he just watched her closely for a few minutes. When he didn't say anything for a while and didn't even seem as if he was going to say something, Taris decided to break the silence. "Did you want me for something Master?"
It took him a long time to finally shake his head slightly. "No, not exactly." He said slowly as if he was unsure of what to say.
"Is something wrong?" Taris asked with a puzzled expression on her face that clearly showed her confusion.
Obi-Wan leaned forward and rested his elbows on his legs and clasped his hands together in front of him. "I don't know. Why don't you tell me Taris?"
If it was possible for her to look even more confused than she already did, then she would've. "What do you mean?" She asked.
Obi-Wan sighed and looked down at the floor as he tried to figure out the best way to say what he had to say. "You've been acting.different lately and kind of distant. You've also had your shields up rather tightly these last few days and you're not sleeping much anymore and you're hardly talking to anyone." He paused for a moment before continuing. "So why don't you try telling me what's wrong and has been bothering you? Maybe I can help."
Taris felt slightly bad for hiding everything from her Master, but she didn't know how or where to start.
"Start from the beginning Padawan." Obi-Wan said softly as he leaned forward to catch her eyes, which were continually roaming the room.
She looked up quickly and into her Master's eyes. She hadn't realized that she'd let her shields slip and her Master could hear her thoughts. She quickly started working to push them back up, but something stopped her. Taris knew what she needed to do. She needed to tell her Master about everything. It was time for her to tell him of the.dreams that she'd been having.
"Taris if something is bothering you, then you need to talk about it. Tell me what's been bothering you. It might help to finally talk about it." Obi- Wan prodded gently.
Something seemed to finally break in the young girl sitting before him, for her shoulders suddenly slumped forward and she dropped her head. When she looked back up at him, Obi-Wan was surprised as he noticed for the first time how tired her eyes looked.
Taris finally caved in and began telling him of her dreams and anything else about the upcoming mission that had been bothering here. "So basically for the past four or five days I keep having that same dream over and over again and it just-it seems so real."
Obi-Wan had quietly been listening to everything that Taris had said and was now quietly contemplating what she'd told him. He wasn't sure what the dreams meant and obviously neither did Taris. "Perhaps that dreams are a warning of what's to come. Not like a vision, but maybe it's a warning that something is going to go wrong. Has the dream ever started at an earlier spot or maybe even continued on past where it normally ends or rather when you wake up?"
Taris thought for a minute before shaking her head. "No, it always starts in the same exact spot and I always wake up at the same spot too. Nothing ever changes in the dreams either. They're consistent and are exactly the same every time."
Obi-Wan nodded and was silent for a little bit. "I'm going to go meditate on this. Maybe I can come up with something, but I'm also going to speak with Qui-Gon too. Maybe he'll see something or notice something that I didn't. In the mean time you might want to catch up on some of the sleep that you've been missing out on lately."
"Yes Master." Taris agreed with him. "And I'm sorry for not telling you sooner. I know I should have, but something was stopping me."
Obi-Wan stood up and placed a hand on her shoulder. "I understand, just next time try telling me a little sooner, but I do understand and it's ok. Don't worry about it." He gave her shoulder a little squeeze and started towards the door, but when he was about to open it Taris's voice stopped him so he turned around.
Taris gave him a little smile. "I'll try not to Master, but then again I don't worry, I tend to brood over things just like you."
Obi-Wan feigned hurt. "I don't brood." He protested. "I just merely think about something that's been bothering me a lot." He flashed her one of his rare smiles before he turned and left the room.
Taris laughed and shook her head as he left and fell back onto her sleep couch. Once she had gotten comfortable she decided to take a little nap. Closing her eyes she slowly let out a breath and tried to relax and willed her body to sleep. A faint smile was upon her lips as she realized how talking about it had helped her, but she still couldn't shake the foreboding feeling that she had about the mission.
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I hope that you've been enjoying my story so far and my latest installment! PLEASE let me know what you think! Whether it's good or bad, I wanna know! I also like to know that I have readers out there who are actually reading this stuff! ^_^
I'm sorry that this took me so long to post, but keep looking for the next chapter. It should be up much sooner than this one was! I'm also sorry if this chapter was a little boring. I didn't know what else to write and I'm still working on getting the story really going (I know.if it takes a story 11 chapters or so to get going that's kind of sad/bad.) but the next chapter should be better!
Also.I just wanna let ya'll know that I also have a short story that I just wrote called "This Is Not Goodbye" you may want to check that out. It's only 1 chapter, not too long and it's pretty much Qui-Gon's thoughts and feelings on that fateful day on Naboo when he left the physical world and became one with the Force! So if you're interested check that out and let me know what you thought of that one too!
Much love, peace, and thanks
~ ewanobiwan ~