Authors Note: jumps up and down like a pHreak OMG! SO many reviews! Made me write faster! Anyway, I'm going to be working really hard on the next chapter because i have to come to a few decisions about it. And write good angst because i promised Aida there would be lots ;)
Disclaimer: Read the first chappy legal peeps. Too lazy to repeat :)
Review Thank Yous...
Lena Breeze: Ooo thank you times two lol! Look see! Your patience paid off!
Princess-Kinky: Going on...
Snow-Glory: Any review is a great review gobbles them up hmm yummy :D Ouch any sprained body part is not good! And 25 years of stuff! That's impressive! Is Ashden dark-sidey? Is Obi-Wan gonna get hurt? All will be revealed.... eventually ;D
Kusco: Obi-Wan rules ;) holds onto the interest dearly it's gonna get better! honest!
Badger girl: Thankies :D The next chapter is up..... in three... two.... one... now!
Aida: The dinner went well? breathes easier I was kinda winging it with that scene, old friends are hard to write!
Knight Kenobi of Eryn Lasgalen: shusssh no one s'posed to know who it is....
Darienetta Stoke: hands out the Obi-Wan Plushie take it!
Janna Hawkins: You like Bant? And the vegetables? I think my job here is done.... :D I never know whether Obi-Wan can cook or not lol!
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Chapter Seven: Of Talks and Rocks
Once again Obi-Wan found himself mediating in the Room of a Thousand Fountains, and once again he felt Yoda approach.
It seemed the revered Master had taken an unusual interest in him.
"Good evening, Master."
Yoda was settled on the grass opposite him, ears dipped in thought and gimmer stick laid at his side.
"Many questions, you have."
Obi-Wan closed his eyes, sorting through the thoughts that he'd been working over, "A great many."
The wrinkles around his eyes deepened, "Hmm. Ask me, you will."
"Master Yoda, I'm sure you have more pressing matters to deal with than listening to a Knight and his doubts."
The stick flew up and rapped him on the shoulder of its own accord, effectively reminding him of who made whose decisions,
"Make that decision, I will. Ask your questions, discuss them, we will."
Obi-Wan felt discomfort itch at the edges of his mind. Questions that circled his mind were questions that one would ask his Master, or ex-Master if past Knighthood… however Qui-Gon was the cause of a good few of his questions.
"Hmpf. Speak, you will!"
Throwing caution to the Force, he began on one that he knew was spoken of throughout the Temple in hushed tones away from the young ones. "Do you believe the Sith is the cause of our decreasing ability to use the Force?"
"Believe it, I do not. Unfortunate it is, that it is true."
"Will we be defeated?"
"Uncertain, always in motion, the future is."
Obi-Wan nodded, the truth while not comforting was the truth and something one shouldn't shy away from.
"My own question, you will now answer Obi-Wan. Spoken to Qui-Gon, have you?"
If paranoia weren't against the code, he would have been very suspicious of Bant and Yoda for conspiring with each other.
"No."
"Stubborn, you both are."
"Master he has moved on from that part of his life, as have I. The present and the future are what matter."
"Forget the past, you must not!" Yoda got to his feet, jabbing the cane at the young Knight, "Depend on our past, the future does. Determined by our history, the present is! Ignore it, you cannot!"
A little taken aback by the sudden steel in the usually subtle Masters voice, Obi-Wan couldn't respond.
"Stubborn you were already, before Qui-Gon. Gained his affinity for it as well, you have. Need that, you did not. Returning to the Temple within the day, he and Padawan Skywalker are. Speak, you will."
Feeling the bottom fall out from under him, he realised why Bant had bought the subject up -she knew. She knew he was coming back, was going to be here at the same time as he was, and didn't tell him. Now he had to face him.
"As you wish, Master Yoda."
Seating himself once more, Yoda's ears twitched and he relaxed. "Move on, we will. Other questions you have?"
Understanding the previous line of conversation was gloriously over; Obi-Wan knew he needed to seek advice.
"Am I ready to take a Padawan?"
"Levitate these rocks, can you, whilst speaking with me?"
Giving him a confused look, Obi-Wan reached for the Force and wrapped it around the rocks close at hand, imagining a lasso pulling them upward.
"Good, concentrate. Believe you are ready do you?"
"Yes, Master Yoda but I am doubting my thoughts."
"Doubt, you have always had, ungrounded it is, has always been. Force led you here, followed it you did without question. Feel you, that it wishes you to take an apprentice?"
Balancing the rocks, he felt through the whispers and pulls all around he sought for answers he used to know,
"She is too young."
"Chosen one already, have you?" A trace of humour graced his gravel voice
"You know her, she's the young one that was reported missing for a few hours a few nights ago."
"Initiate Fahaay, this is the child you speak of?"
Taking a moment to note Ashden's last name he nodded.
"Too young, why do you say this?"
"She's eight years old."
"Know that I do. Need to be twelve, an Apprentice does not, know that you do."
"So you think I should?"
Yoda slipped into a meditative trance, falling into the Unifying Force. Shadowed feelings and flashes of the future came to his awareness but he moved past them, he'd consider them at another time, and focused on the Knight's true signature.
"Doubt yourself, you should not."
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Post A/N: phew glad that's out of the way.... next chapter soon. Hopefully. I start my 6th form induction on Monday but i've got a couple more exams before then... ack. Everything seems well bad at the moment.... things'll get better soon lol. Aaah the optimist in me! Whoah.... i'm watching Joan of Arcadia and it rocks. Which is weird... because it has God in it. But it's funny as hell! And i'm crushing on the Cute Boy God -the first one she saw who she said she had a crush on too. I'm rambling... shutting up! Please review again! I have uuuh multi-coloured glow sticks this time!
Disclaimer: Read the first chappy legal peeps. Too lazy to repeat :)
Review Thank Yous...
Lena Breeze: Ooo thank you times two lol! Look see! Your patience paid off!
Princess-Kinky: Going on...
Snow-Glory: Any review is a great review gobbles them up hmm yummy :D Ouch any sprained body part is not good! And 25 years of stuff! That's impressive! Is Ashden dark-sidey? Is Obi-Wan gonna get hurt? All will be revealed.... eventually ;D
Kusco: Obi-Wan rules ;) holds onto the interest dearly it's gonna get better! honest!
Badger girl: Thankies :D The next chapter is up..... in three... two.... one... now!
Aida: The dinner went well? breathes easier I was kinda winging it with that scene, old friends are hard to write!
Knight Kenobi of Eryn Lasgalen: shusssh no one s'posed to know who it is....
Darienetta Stoke: hands out the Obi-Wan Plushie take it!
Janna Hawkins: You like Bant? And the vegetables? I think my job here is done.... :D I never know whether Obi-Wan can cook or not lol!
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Chapter Seven: Of Talks and Rocks
Once again Obi-Wan found himself mediating in the Room of a Thousand Fountains, and once again he felt Yoda approach.
It seemed the revered Master had taken an unusual interest in him.
"Good evening, Master."
Yoda was settled on the grass opposite him, ears dipped in thought and gimmer stick laid at his side.
"Many questions, you have."
Obi-Wan closed his eyes, sorting through the thoughts that he'd been working over, "A great many."
The wrinkles around his eyes deepened, "Hmm. Ask me, you will."
"Master Yoda, I'm sure you have more pressing matters to deal with than listening to a Knight and his doubts."
The stick flew up and rapped him on the shoulder of its own accord, effectively reminding him of who made whose decisions,
"Make that decision, I will. Ask your questions, discuss them, we will."
Obi-Wan felt discomfort itch at the edges of his mind. Questions that circled his mind were questions that one would ask his Master, or ex-Master if past Knighthood… however Qui-Gon was the cause of a good few of his questions.
"Hmpf. Speak, you will!"
Throwing caution to the Force, he began on one that he knew was spoken of throughout the Temple in hushed tones away from the young ones. "Do you believe the Sith is the cause of our decreasing ability to use the Force?"
"Believe it, I do not. Unfortunate it is, that it is true."
"Will we be defeated?"
"Uncertain, always in motion, the future is."
Obi-Wan nodded, the truth while not comforting was the truth and something one shouldn't shy away from.
"My own question, you will now answer Obi-Wan. Spoken to Qui-Gon, have you?"
If paranoia weren't against the code, he would have been very suspicious of Bant and Yoda for conspiring with each other.
"No."
"Stubborn, you both are."
"Master he has moved on from that part of his life, as have I. The present and the future are what matter."
"Forget the past, you must not!" Yoda got to his feet, jabbing the cane at the young Knight, "Depend on our past, the future does. Determined by our history, the present is! Ignore it, you cannot!"
A little taken aback by the sudden steel in the usually subtle Masters voice, Obi-Wan couldn't respond.
"Stubborn you were already, before Qui-Gon. Gained his affinity for it as well, you have. Need that, you did not. Returning to the Temple within the day, he and Padawan Skywalker are. Speak, you will."
Feeling the bottom fall out from under him, he realised why Bant had bought the subject up -she knew. She knew he was coming back, was going to be here at the same time as he was, and didn't tell him. Now he had to face him.
"As you wish, Master Yoda."
Seating himself once more, Yoda's ears twitched and he relaxed. "Move on, we will. Other questions you have?"
Understanding the previous line of conversation was gloriously over; Obi-Wan knew he needed to seek advice.
"Am I ready to take a Padawan?"
"Levitate these rocks, can you, whilst speaking with me?"
Giving him a confused look, Obi-Wan reached for the Force and wrapped it around the rocks close at hand, imagining a lasso pulling them upward.
"Good, concentrate. Believe you are ready do you?"
"Yes, Master Yoda but I am doubting my thoughts."
"Doubt, you have always had, ungrounded it is, has always been. Force led you here, followed it you did without question. Feel you, that it wishes you to take an apprentice?"
Balancing the rocks, he felt through the whispers and pulls all around he sought for answers he used to know,
"She is too young."
"Chosen one already, have you?" A trace of humour graced his gravel voice
"You know her, she's the young one that was reported missing for a few hours a few nights ago."
"Initiate Fahaay, this is the child you speak of?"
Taking a moment to note Ashden's last name he nodded.
"Too young, why do you say this?"
"She's eight years old."
"Know that I do. Need to be twelve, an Apprentice does not, know that you do."
"So you think I should?"
Yoda slipped into a meditative trance, falling into the Unifying Force. Shadowed feelings and flashes of the future came to his awareness but he moved past them, he'd consider them at another time, and focused on the Knight's true signature.
"Doubt yourself, you should not."
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Post A/N: phew glad that's out of the way.... next chapter soon. Hopefully. I start my 6th form induction on Monday but i've got a couple more exams before then... ack. Everything seems well bad at the moment.... things'll get better soon lol. Aaah the optimist in me! Whoah.... i'm watching Joan of Arcadia and it rocks. Which is weird... because it has God in it. But it's funny as hell! And i'm crushing on the Cute Boy God -the first one she saw who she said she had a crush on too. I'm rambling... shutting up! Please review again! I have uuuh multi-coloured glow sticks this time!