3 Haunting memories.
Obi-Wan was checking the local Star systems when he saw there was a small planet, with friendly inhabits, just a par-sec away. He looked at the coordinates, and started the ship towards the planet. "Hmm, Xaterween. I never heard of it." Obi-Wan muttered stroking his beard. He flew out from behind a moon, and looked at Xaterween. The contents were lush and green, and the water was bright blue. "Oh I do hope they're civilized." Obi-Wan said heading for a blank spot in the forest.
Obi-Wan landed. He opened the cockpit, and hopped out. He staggered back a few steps. The whole planet seemed to be emanating the living Force.
"What the-?" He breathed. Obi-Wan looked around. He could since something, but he couldn't pinpoint it. He turned as he heard the sound of something landing in the woods. Lots of somethings. Obi-Wan stood his ground, his ship was all most out of fuel any way. He listened, using Jedi training and his Wolfen hearing, to pick up the slightest of sounds.
"It's all right. I come in peace." Obi-Wan said.
No answer. He doubted that his appearance helped much. Then he heard a noise, a very familiar noise, Seven Light sabers ignited all at once.
"No one comes in peace any more." Said a voice.
A voice Obi-Wan thought he would never hear. Cloaked figurers dropped down out of the trees. The Blue, purple, yellow, silver, and one green light sabers flashed. The rain bow of Light Sabers and their owners were advancing. Obi-Wan backed up. He didn't want to fight them, and he had to find out who had the green saber. He backed up into his ship. They made a half circle around him. A purple saber swung forward. Obi-Wan instinctively grabbed his Saber and blocked the swing. He force threw the owner of the purple saber back.
"I'm one of you!" Obi-Wan said running up on to the top of his ship.
A Jedi with a sliver saber stepped forward.
"Come down here Sith! And fight like your reputation says you do!" The Silver Saber Jedi said. Obi-Wan winced and being called a Sith. The Jedi with the green Light saber stepped next to the one with the silver saber.
"Stand down Remore. He means us no harm. Do you Obi-Wan?" Said the Jedi with the green saber looking, up at Obi-Wan. The green saber Jedi removed his hood.
"Master? Master? It's you? Master Qui-Gon? But how?" Obi-Wan said, he lost his footing and went sliding down the side of his ship, he landed looking up at his old master. "It's good to see you Obi-Wan." Qui-Gon said holding out a hand to help. Obi-Wan took Qui-Gon's hand and got up. Qui-Gon looked at Obi-Wan's robotic arm with curiosity, but didn't ask.
"I see things have changed in you." Qui-Gon said starting to walk way.
Obi-Wan tried to follow Qui-Gon, but was stopped by a line of light sabers.
"Let him go." Qui-Gon said turning back.
The sabers reluctantly lifted, but they all remained lit. Obi-Wan walked through.
"Master, what's going on? I thought you were.. Well you know…" Obi-Wan said.
"Dead? Yes, Obi-Wan I was. But these people brought me back. Well not me intentionally, they brought back the person who had the strongest connection to the living Force." Qui-Gon said walking.
Obi-Wan followed, he smiled, it was starting to feel like the old days. Him trailing behind his master. Qui-Gon stopped.
"My, Obi-Wan you have changed. You are so different. Yet I can still since that boyish charm in you." Qui-Gon said holding Obi-Wan at arms length. "I see you took after me. You look good in a beard, Obi-Wan." Qui-Gon said.
Obi-Wan looked down and smiled.
"Thank you Master. Yes things have changed in the last 17 years." Obi-Wan said looking at Qui-Gon.
"17 Years? That's how long I've been gone? Wow Obi-Wan I thought it was less than that." Qui-Gon said shock in his voice. There was an awkward silence between them as they walked.
"So how is Anakin?" Qui-Gon asked trying to lighten the mood.
Obi-Wan knew his master had good intentions but he had picked the wrong person to ask about.
"Umm, well Master. You know of Darth Vader?" Obi-Wan asked.
"Yes I've heard of him." Qui-Gon said.
Qui-Gon could since Obi-Wan reluctance.
"What is it Obi-Wan?" Qui-Gon asked looking at him.
"Well master, Anakin became Darth Vader. He tried to kill me." Obi-Wan said, he didn't add that Anakin had killed Tory.
Qui-Gon shook his head. "I should have seen it. Anakin was to old. He was to scared. I'm sorry I had to put that burden on you Obi-Wan."
Qui-Gon sighed.
"So how is Tory?" Qui-Gon asked.
Obi-Wan winced at the sound of Tory's name. He stopped walking. He looked at his master, he was fighting the urge to cry. Obi-Wan shook slightly as he tried to get the courage to tell Qui-Gon what had happened. But Qui-Gon had already guessed.
"Obi-Wan I'm so sorry." Qui-Gon said laying a hand on Obi-Wan's arm. Obi-Wan nodded wiping his tears away with his left hand.
"It's all right, Master." Obi-Wan murmured.
"Obi-Wan, who killed her?" Qui-Gon asked, his voice just above a whisper. Qui-Gon had cared about Tory also.
Obi-Wan looked down. "Anakin, I mean Darth Vader." Obi-Wan mumbled. Qui-Gon nodded. He wouldn't bring up Tory or Anakin any more. "Come on Obi-Wan, you must be hungry." Qui-Gon said putting an arm around Obi-Wan's neck. "Actually I'm still thinking of that turn over." Obi-Wan said grinning. Qui-Gon laughed, perhaps his old Padawan wasn't completely replaced by the man Obi-Wan had become.
Over a dinner of shrimp stew, bread, and a salad. Obi-Wan found out that his old master had been brought back six years ago. Qui-Gon had started teaching the inhabitants that had Jedi potential, how to use the Force. The little group that had cornered Obi-Wan were the ones Qui-Gon was teaching.
"Well the way they weld those Sabers, you must be very proud." Obi-Wan said.
"Yes they are good." Qui-Gon said smiling.
"Obi-Wan, were did you get that arm." Qui-Gon asked.
"Well Anakin cut off my arm. But I designed this one and built it my self." Obi-Wan said. "Thank you for the food master." Obi-Wan said as he finished.
"Obi-Wan, I am not your master any more. Please call me Qui-Gon." Qui-Gon said handing the plates to a droid.
"Yes Mast- I mean Qui-Gon." Obi-Wan smiled. Obi-Wan went to get up and promptly fell over. He had had a few more beers than he though. Qui-Gon helped Obi-Wan up, and led Obi-Wan to his room. Qui-Gon sighed as he shut Obi-Wan's door. Never in Qui-Gon life would he have thought that Obi-Wan would've started drinking. It was sad in many ways. Qui-Gon had seen the hurt, and pain in Obi-Wan's eyes when ever Tory's name was brought up. He knew that Obi-Wan just trying to drown out the pain. Qui-Gon walked out in to the forest, heading to the cliff that he meditated on. He needed to think about what he was going to do now.
A chilling howl ripped through the still night. The beast was snarling, Qui-Gon moved near it, hands out using the force to try and calm the wild thing. Its golden fur glinted in the moon light. A low growl rumbled from its throat. Changes hung off of it, metal cuffs on the Wolfen's legs and hands kept it from striking out. The Wolfen's steely blue eyes calmed as Qui-Gon moved closer. Qui-Gon close enough to touch it. But then the Wolfen spun around, lunging out at the darkness. There was the pop of a dart gun being fired, the dart hit the Wolfen in the shoulder. The Wolfen growled and the fur slipped away, a man was standing in the Werewolf's place. Qui-Gon stood there shocked, the man was Obi-Wan.
"Master, help me, please…" Obi-Wan said. The pleading in his voice wrenched at Qui-Gon. He had no way of knowing how to help Obi-Wan. Qui-Gon walked over to Obi-Wan.
"Obi-Wan, how did this happen?" Qui-Gon asked, he started pulling off the changes. Obi-Wan stared at Qui-Gon in shock.
"Master, you never used to be able to help me before." Obi-Wan said.
"Before? Obi-Wan what do you mean before?" Qui-Gon asked.
"You always tried to get to me, but there was a wall. We could see each other but you never could get through." Obi-Wan said.
Qui-Gon was fiddling with the collar around Obi-Wan's neck.
"Okay, Obi-Wan you are almost out…" Qui-Gon said the collar almost off. He heard the sound of a light saber igniting. Spinning around, Qui-Gon saw the red beam.
"Obi-Wan go!" Qui-Gon yelled. He felt the Force pick him up and through him.
Qui-Gon's eyes snapped open. He was still standing on the cliffs edge. He could feel sweat running down his brow. He looked around, there was no Sith, no red light saber, no Obi-Wan. Qui-Gon thought about it for a moment. He realized that he hadn't been in reality, he had been in a nightmare, Obi-Wan's nightmare. Qui-Gon turned and headed back for his room, and sleep couch. He wondered what all had happened to Obi-Wan to cause him to have started drinking, and the horrendous nightmares. Qui-Gon sighed as he lay down in his sleep couch. I might never be close enough to him to find out what happened. Qui-Gon thought. He pulled up his covers, and fell asleep. His mind wandering on the events of that night.
Qui-Gon opened his door the next day, to find Obi-Wan just about to nock on it. "Oh Mast- Qui-Gon, you're up I was just about to come and wake you." Obi-Wan said.
"Yes I'm awake, Obi-Wan we must talk." Qui-Gon said looking at Obi-Wan. There was something different about Obi-Wan. His eyes seemed deadened. Like he was only alive because he was existing. Qui-Gon walked out of his room. Obi-Wan walking next to him. They talked of little things like the plant life and animals, as Qui-Gon led Obi-Wan through the woods. Qui-Gon walked out on to a cliff, they were close to a waterfall.
"Qui-Gon I suppose you wish to speak with me in private." Obi-Wan said, Qui-Gon smiled, Obi-Wan still had that knack for stating the obvious.
"Yes Obi-Wan I do. Last night I think some how I was transported in to your dream, well you nightmare." Qui-Gon said studying Obi-Wan. Obi-Wan looked out over the gorge, not looking at Qui-Gon.
"Jedi don't have nightmares." Obi-Wan muttered.
"No, they think they don't. But every one has bad dreams. I believe that stomping out all emotions is what caused the Jedi to fall. They didn't trust them selves enough." Qui-Gon said putting a hand on Obi-Wan's shoulder. Obi-Wan turned, he couldn't believe it. Master Qui-Gon, his Master Qui-Gon had just said that the Jedi system was flawed from the beginning. The same Master that all those years ago had told him to stop loving first Siri, then Tory? Obi-Wan stood there in shock, mouth hanging open a little.
"Obi-Wan you are not the only one that has changed. I have spent the last six years of my life training Padawans and they love. It doesn't seem to affect them. Love is a part of the Force. No matter what others think. For love can not exist with out anger, nor anger exists with out love." Qui-Gon said he looked at Obi-Wan.
"So now you don't mind love?" Obi-Wan asked he looked at Qui-Gon.
"No Obi-Wan, now I have come to understand that love is something that shouldn't be suppressed. I am sorry about what happened to Tory, I under stand your pain." Qui-Gon said turning to face the gorge.
"What was that Wolfen humanoid that you were in your dream?" Qui-Gon asked, watching the haze coming from the water fall.
"Qui-Gon, like you said, things have changed. About 11 years ago I was bitten by a Werewolf named Darth Xandorion, and I have been one my self ever since." Obi-Wan said. His mind was lost in thought, the rain bows of the hazy mist were baffling. Qui-Gon sinced Obi-Wan's want to be alone, "I will see you to night." Qui-Gon said, he stayed for a moment and then turned around and headed back to the out post.
Qui-Gon walked through the streets of the city with determination. He need to find out what had happened to Tory all those years ago. It wasn't that he didn't believe Obi-Wan, it was just something didn't fit. Why would Anakin kill Tory? It didn't make any since. I must find out what made Anakin go over too the dark side. What happened, why, and how he became Lord Vader. Qui-Gon thought, his cloak blowing out behind him. He swept into the records room in the Jedi training camp. Sitting down he began flipping through Holocrons, and records.
Obi-Wan stood on the edge of the cliff, letting his feelings slide away. He cleared his mind, feeling the Force flow through him, he felt the mist form around him. Obi-Wan had never had visions of the past or of the future. He felt his conscious mind slipped away, lost in the things of the future.
Obi-Wan's eyes snapped open. He stood there for a long time thinking over the things he had seen. It all seemed... Impossible.
"Are you all right?" Said a voice. Obi-Wan turned, there was a shadow in the trees.
"Yes I'm fine." Obi-Wan said letting his hand stray near his saber.
"You must be the one every one is talking about." Said the voice, still in the shadows. "You must be the new Jedi, no one trusts you except for my Master, Master Qui-Gon. But I trust him so there for I trust you, regardless of what the others seem to think a bout you. Aren't Jedi not supposed to assume any thing? I mean that is what it is all about, the whole keep you mind blank and open to the truth thing. Right?" She asked stepping into the sun. Her long blonde hair hung over one shoulder, her leaf green eyes were glinting in the sun.
"Well some times even Jedi are clouded by their pigheadedness, and will not to see the truth." Obi-wan said looking at the girl, she couldn't of been more than 16.
"So what's your name? My master has a great respect for you." She asked walking over to the cliff.
"Obi-Wan Kenobi. From what I understand, Qui-Gon trains all the Padawans here." Obi-Wan said, he wasn't very comfortable around her.
"Yes, but I am Master Qui-Gon's main Padawan, and he is my master. My name is Rachel Balice" She said. Either she missed my sarcasm or she chose to ignore it. Obi-Wan thought.
"Oh I just chose to ignore you rude comet." She said glaring a little at Obi-Wan. Obi-Wan felt the living Force move, he could since some thing, a present. Tory? Obi-wan thought. He felt the Force move, he wondered if Tory was strong enough to make contact through the Force.
"Rachel it was nice meeting you. But I must see to some thing." Obi-Wan said, in truth he just wanted to get away from her. He walked away, deeper in to the woods.
He found him self long after dark sitting on the broken wing of his star fighter. He began scratching off an oil stain with his robotic arm. He saw a bit of red paint, maroon red. He scratched off some more. The last half of a ship name came through. "-lta-7? That was… No I don't believe it!" Obi-Wan muttered. He scraped off some more oil. Obi-Wan's grinned it was his old ship! "Wondered where it went!" Obi-Wan said hopping in to the open cockpit. He flicked on the controls. The engines sputtered to life. Obi-Wan smiled. "The Delta-7. I knew that this old seat felt familiar." Obi-Wan ran his hands along the controls. "Shame it's out of fuel…" He sighed, turned off the engines, and started to get out. There was a thud as some thing landed on the front of the ship. It was a large cloaked figure, a long red light saber ignited. Obi-Wan popped the hood open, and scrambled out. Grabbing his Saber he activated it, blocking the swing of the red one. (more will come…)