Broken Wings
Author's Note: Wow, I'm glad people really like this idea. I wasn't really expecting this idea to get such great reviews, but this just made my day when people really liked this idea. Thank You to all those who reviewed and I hoped you like this second chapter.
Buffy sat on the balcony fixing her some new found weapons. Since Qui-Gon refused to tell her where he got that neat little glowing blade, she decided to find a junk yard and make her own weapons. Well, Anakin knew of a great junk yard, but it was owned by the rudest, sneakiest, and ugliest being known only as Watto. He was a big, fat, blue fly that had the breath to match a dog's. When Buffy first met him, her senses went off the charts like before, but she ignored it but now she wished she could have killed the fat nuiscance. Watto owned Anakin and his mother Shmi because their last owner lost them in gambling. 'Looks like there are a few things that were similar to my world.' the blonde Slayer thought as she bent a piece of scrap metal to form a sharp-edge boomerang. Smiling down at her new toy, Buffy looked up to see Qui-Gon before her.
"What's up?"she asked. He looked at her with confusion then pointed to the sky.
"I believe the sky is up."Qui-Gon replied. At this, Buffy rolled her eyes than hopped off the balcony wall and walked over to the man.
"It's a saying from where I come from. It means what is going on."she stated. At this, the Jedi just chuckled as he gripped the blonde's shoulder.
"You are a very strange lady, Buffy, I mean Kamali."he said as he led her inside. Buffy just chuckled with him then smiled she watched Anakin and Padme talk to C-3PO. He was a prototype robot that Anakin had built himself. Suddenly, a new voice entered her thoughts as she turned to see Shmi enter. The woman had become like a second mother after the way she had let Buffy in and care for her.
"Supper is ready."the woman called. The blonde walked off to the kitchen to help serve the food. When she entered, Buffy had to jump over JarJar and R2-D2, who for reasons unknown, were wrestling (it looked like it to Buffy anyway) on the ground.
"Watch it you two, someone is gonna break their neck just trying to just avoid you."Buffy joked. At this, Shmi and her son broke into laughter as Padme and Qui-Gon just shook their heads. The two in question just sulked over to their seats and awaited their food.
"Ah come on you two, she was just playing."Anakin teased as he noticed their sheepish looks. R2-D2 just beeped while JarJar just laughed his odd laugh. At this, everyone else except Buffy began to laugh with the two. As they laughed, the blonde Slayer stared at everyone around her. Closing her eyes, she tried to imagine her friends here laughing like this, but all she could see were these people. Opening her eyes again, she noticed everyone was starting to settle down again. Why couldn't she imagine her friends laughing like this? Was it because she still had fresh pain in her heart from when they betrayed her? Was it because her subconscience blocked them out? Or was it because she knew, deep down in her soul, that her friends could never laugh like this because they didn't have the heart to? Shaking the thoughts from her head, Buffy smiled as Shmi placed her plate of food before her. Glancing at them once more, the blonde just smiled as she began to eat her food. While they ate, Anakin mentioned the pod race tomorrow.
"So, are you all coming?"the little boy asked.
"Yes Ani, we'll be there."Shmi replied.
"So Ani, do you think you have a chance?"she asked. Anakin looked towards her and shrugged.
"Not sure, but my biggest competition is Sebulba."the little boy replied. Buffy knew of Sebulba, but in her opinion he was just a cheat. He was worse than that blu fly Watto.
"Don't worry, you'll beat 'em."the Slayer said. Anakin looked at her with happy eyes. Ruffling the boy's hair, she returned to eating her food.
Soon, supper ended and everyone said their good-nights. Buffy slept outside like she did two nights before, but Shmi was kind enough to make a pallet out on the balcony for her. As the blonde laid down and watched the stars glimmer in the night, her thoughts turned to Earth. Was everyone okay? Were they keeping up the fight without her? All these thoughts swam in her head until finally she began to fall asleep. Turning over to her side, she faced the entrance to the house and closed her heavy eyes and fell asleep with her newly made weapons beside her.
It was cold. That was the first thing Buffy noticed as she opened her eyes. Everything was foggy, but soon it began to clear and she gasped at what she saw. She was in some type of hanger with unique airplanes all around her. Getting up slowly, she found herself in a battle of some sorts. She could distinguish a few familiar faces like Padme's and Qui-Gon. Looking at them with confusion, she nearly jumped out of her skin as the plane beside her fired up. It roared to life then piloted itself out of the hanger. Looking back at the small battle, she noticed everyone had froze infront of the doors. Running over, she found her evil radar kicking into high gear. Looking over Padme's shoulder, she saw a man with black robes on with a red painted face with black stripes also. He had three small horns growing out his head and it made Buffy wonder. Qui-Gon said something to Padme, and soon she and the others were rushing off in another direction.
"What is going on?"Buffy whispered. Suddenly, the red-faced man pulled out a metal rod and two glowing blades appeared at each end of the rod. Looking over to Qui-Gon, she noticed he ignited his green, glow blade and took a defensive stance. Another man, about two or three years older than her ignited one of his own glowing blades, except it was blue.
"Where do you get those?"Buffy asked with jealosy. Suddenly, the red-faced man began to speak.
"Now you will die, Jedi."he whispered with venom.
"What's a Jedi?"mumbled the blonde. Then, the three men charged. They were dueling with excellent skill, Buffy found herself fascinated. She watched as they struck blow for blow with their glowing weapons, then horror struck. It was a trap! He was trying to lead them towards the doors. Her eyes widen as she rushed forward to warn them, but Buffy found she passed right through Qui-Gon.
"Oh God, I'm a ghost."she whispered. Looking at herself, then back up to the three fighters, her heart sunk as the red-faced man had actually got them into the doors. Ignoring her gut feeling to stay away,she rushed forward and found herself passing right through the doors. As she stumbled through them, she gasped as she saw the unknown man with the blue blade be kicked off the small walkway. He plummeted to the ground, but miraciously managed to grab ahold of the side of a small walkway. Looking back up, Buffy saw Qui-Gon and the red-faced man dodge eachother's attacks. They were walking towards another set of doors and Buffy used her Slayer agility to jump up onto the next walkway. Looking down, she half expected herself to be falling. Sighing when she wasn't, she raced forward and found she was joined by the unknown man with the blue blade. Looking at him, she noticed his worried expression.
"You and me both, buddy."Buffy mumbled. She ran and ran until she found herself infront of a laser field. Growling, she began to walk forward, when she heard a voice yell no. Turning around, she saw no one and found herself confused. Ignoring the voice, she walked right up to the laser field, but she vanished before anything happened.
Awaking with a cold sweat on her brow, Buffy looked down at herself and noticed she wasn't a ghost. Looking at her hand, she also noticed she was gripping the metal boomerang she made earlier. Placing it down, she looked all around but saw no red-faced man and no unknown warrior. Knowing she wouldn't be able to go back to sleep after that one, the Slayer laid against the clay wall beside her. Taking a deep breath, she managed to calm her nerves. That dream meant something and that voice she knew all to well. Wiping away the last of the beads of sweat, she looked up to see light. Looking up and over the clay wall, she saw the two suns begining to rise. Watching with awe as the suns began to rise, she nearly jumped out of her skin when she sensed someone behind her. Turning around, she just chuckled as she realised it was only Padme.
"Padme, you gave me a fright."Buffy mumbled as she gripped her chest.
"Sorry Kamali, but I just wanted to watch the sunrise."the brunette replied. Buffy simply nodded as she turned back to watch as well. Padme walked up beside her and leaned against the clay wall.
"It's so beautiful."the blonde Slayer whispered.
"Yes it is. It reminds me in someways of the sunrise on Naboo."Padme replied. Buffy looked to her with a raised eyebrow.
"Naboo?"she asked. Padme turned to her with widen eyes.
"Oh, I'm sorry I forgot about your amnesia."Padme apologized. Waving her hand to say it was okay, Bufy turned back to the sunrise.
"I don't mind it as much anymore. I'm glad I'm able to know you and you friends."she replied. At this, Padme smiled and leaned against the clay with looking at the blonde.
"You are strange yet some how comforting."the brunette said. Buffy chuckled at this as she turned back to look at Padme.
"You mentioned Naboo."the blonde said. Padme smiled as she began to tell all of Naboo.
Voices filled her ears as Buffy struggled to find Shmi and the others. They were at the races, but the blonde had got lost in the sea of people and creatures. Walking around, using her senses to find Qui-Gon, she smiled when she did. Rushing into a nearby door, she noticed Qui-Gon talking to Watto. Her sensitive hearing heard them talking about releasing Anakin if he won this race. Walking slowly towards them, she saw Watto throw a colored dice onto the floor. Looking up at Qui-Gon, she noticed him waving his hand and the dice landed on blue. Watto cursed then scurried off. Looking at the blue fly then back to the smirking man, Buffy began to grow curious.
"Okay, there is something you're not telling me, isn't there?"asked Buffy. Qui-Gon looked to her and saw her narrowed gaze. Sighing, he gripped her shoulder and stared at her with such sadness.
"I can not tell you...yet. You will learn more once we return to Coruscant, I promise."he said before walking off. 'Coruscant, where is that?' her mind asked. Sighing, she walked over to see Padme talking to Anakin.
"You've never won a race."asked a suprised Padme. Buffy walked up and stood beside her.
"Who hasn't won a race?"she asked.
"Anakin hasn't. He hasn't even finished one."the brunette said to the blonde. The Slayer looked back to the boy in question and noticed his sadden gaze. Bending down to his eye level, she lifted his chin up and smiled at him.
"I have faith in him that he will win."she whispered. Anakin stared at her long and hard with suprised eyes. Smiling, Buffy undid her cross necklace that Angel had given her so long ago and looked at it lovingly. She never really knew why she had kept it, but it always stayed with her through all her troubles and perils back on Earth. "Here, wear this as a token of luck."she whispered. Anakin fingered the silver cross, then a wide smile broke onto his face as he hugged Buffy.
"Thanks, I'll need it."he said. Buffy nodded and stood up while ruffling the little boy's hair. Looking back at Padme, she motioned for the girl to follow. Padme hesitated, then followed the blonde Slayer. The two women walked out to the VIP balcony they had to watch the race. Buffy smiled as she noticed how concerned Shmi was for her son. Walking up to the woman, she squeezed her shoulder in comfort.
"Ani will be okay."the blonde said. Shmi turned to her and smiled at the kind words, then turned back to see the racers appearing on the race track. Anakin waved to them with a wide smile on his face. Buffy waved back to the little boy, then scowled when she sall the purple little rodent known as Sebulba. The roar of people cheering for him made Buffy want to vomit. Soon, a big slug creature came out, but she couldn't remmeber his name. Wasn't it Jabba? The blonde Slayer just shrugged as she turned back to watch Anakin, but her sharp eyesight caught something a miss. Looking confused, she turned around and began to make her way back, but was caught by Qui-Gon.
"Where are you going Kamali?"he asked with a raised eyebrow.
"I saw Sebulba tamper with Anakin's pod racer."she replied.
"Well, I know you wish to help him, but Anakin must win this on his own."the Jedi replied. Buffy's hazel eyes widen in shock.
"He could get hurt if we don't fix that part that the little, purple rodent tampered with."she whispered. Qui-Gon just squeezed her shoulder in reassurance. He led her back to the balcony and watched as the light signaled the racers to go. Sebulba was in the led, followed by others, but two were stuck in the same place. Anakin was trying to get his engine to fire back up, while a little pink alien threw a little tantrum. Buffy grew anxious as she saw how far behind Anakin would be. 'Come on Ani, you can do it!' the blonde's mind cheered. Suddenly, Anakin's pod racer rose in the air then shot off. Cheers filled the stands as Anakin tried to gain upon the others in the race. Buffy let out the breath she had been holding once Anakin took off.
"Do you think he can catch up?"Padme asked her. Looking to the brunette, all the Slayer could do was nod her head yes. 'You can do it Ani, just believe.' her mind whispered. She noticed Qui-Gon looking at her with a small smile and she scowled. How did he know what she was feling and thinking! Did he not know of a thing called privacy? Looking at the little device they had that showed them where Anakin was, she noticed a few ugly creatures shooting at the racers.
"I'd like to shoot at them and see what they think about it."Buffy mumbled. Shmi heard though and chuckled at the young blonde. Soon, their attention was back to watching the race. As they watched Sebulba pass the finish line (with a scowl from Buffy at that), they also noticed Anakin was gaining speed. Cheers erupted from the crowd as the racers started on their second lap. Anakin was gaining on Sebulba and Buffy cheered for that. Suddenly, her demon senses went off the charts again, but she ignored it like she had been doing since she got here. Looking back at the computer screen, her eyes widen in fear as she noticed one of the little boy's begin to fail. Looking up to Qui-Gon, she glared at him, but he simply raised his hands in mock surrender. Shmi looked like she was about to cry as she watched her son try and get his engine back on line.
"Come on Ani, you can do it."Buffy whispered. Then, he soared off after Sebulba and the blonde couldn't help but be relieved. Ever since she came here, Anakin had become like a little brother to her. Continuing to watch the race, she noticed Sebulba and Anakin get hooked together. They struggled to release themselves, but nothing seemed to work. Finally, Anakin had released himself and zoomed off. Sebulba was thrown forward and smashed into a rock formation. Cheers erupted and Shmi cried as Anakin crosed the finish line, winning the race.
That night, they had a celebration in Shmi's house. Padme and Anakin played with C-3PO and R2-D2 while JaJar tried to sing a song from his native world. Buffy laughed like she hadn't laughed in a long time as Qui-Gon threatened to cut out JarJar's voice box if he continued the song. Soon, the celebrations died down to a small meal with eager talkings as Anakin couldn't seem to contain himself.
"Man, I thought I was a goner."the little boy said as he ate.
"I knew you could do it."Qui-Gon said. Buffy nodded her head in agreement as did Shmi.
"You suprised me, that's for sure."Padme replied. At this, everyone laughed. Starting to calm down, Buffy noticed Qui-Gon's serious expression.
"What's wrong Qui-Gon?"she asked. This didn't sem like a time to be serious. The man in question turned to her and smiled weakly, then turned to look Anakin in the eye.
"Ani, what if I was to tell you that Watto set you free. How would you feel?"he asked. A hushed silence fell over the room as the question seemed to hold so much importance.
"I would feel great. Me and mom can finally be free!"Anakin cheered after a few hushed seconds. Qui-Gon shook his head as he looked at Anakin with that serious demeanor around him again.
"Anakin, I was only able to get Watto to free you...not your mother."the man replied. Buffy closed her eyes and bent her head down. He did not just say what she thought he just did? What was he expecting Anakin to do in the universe?
"But, I can't leave mom."Anakin whispered as he turned to his mother. Shmi looked to her son and smiled sadly.
"Anakin, you know as well as I that you belong out there, not here. I'll be fine."she whispered. Mother and daughter embraced in a hug that made Buffy jealous. 'I shouldn't be angry that he gets to be with his mother. I spent almost my whole life with my mother and it was a wonderful time.'she thought. Looking to Qui-Gon, her hazel eyes hardened.
"Where do you expect him to go?"she asked. Qui-Gon turned to her and saw her steel eyes. Sighing, he knew he would have to explain everything to her sooner or later. He prefered later.
"We're taking him to Coruscant before the Jedi Council. I wish to train the boy to become a Jedi Knight."he said.
"What is a Jedi?"Buffy asked. She knew he was keeping secrets from her, but she hated that it was so many.
"All will be told in due time."Qui-Gon simply replied. Buffy stared at him long and hard and knew sh wasn't going to get any answers from him anytime soon. Sighing, she nodded her head in consent and continued to eat her food. "You will come as well."he continued. At this, Buffy spit out her food, only for it to land on JarJar.
"What! Look mister, I don't do space travel."she replied.
"You wish to protect the boy, do you not?"he asked. The blonde Slayer stared at him and knew he was right, she did want to protect Anakin with all her heart.
"Fine, but I don't like it."she replied. Qui-Gon simply nodded his head and turned to Anakin. The two looked at one another and a secret understanding seemed to pass between them. Buffy smirked as she watched it because she remembered feeling the same way when she first met Giles. Her eyes soon became watery at the thought of her old watcher. 'Stop it, he didn't care about you like you thought he did.' she scolded. Qui-Gon glanced and her and she just glanced at her food.
"We'll leave tomorrow, okay?"he said after turning to Anakin. At this, the little boy and Slayer nodded.
Author's Note: Yes! Okay, sorry for the long wait, but I just got this new program installed and I am trying to learn how to send something from it because i have a beta! Thanxs Emily for deciding to partner up with me, you will definetly make this story better.