Hey lovely reviewers! Another chapter is ready for ya! Thanks to all your great, encouraging comments.
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Note: Here is a picture of the person cast to play Lexi in our story. This is a picture of when she's nine.
www. starmania. com / CourtneeDraper / images / hh. jpg
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Me, the Aryll, is thinking of drawing Obi-Wan/Ana pics and Lexi/Anakin pics sometime. :D Heh heh.
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"Light in the Shadow"
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Chapter 4
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Lexxa gazed around her room with a pleased smile. It was perfectly clean and organized. Her master would be…satisfied.
She fell on her bed and stared up at the ceiling. Her Master didn't know about her Music Pads or her Holo Discs, not to mention the data pads on which she recorded songs that she wrote herself. If he ever found all these things, he would be furious. He'd been mad enough this afternoon because she had let her room get a little messy. Ok, pretty messy, but that's what happened when she stayed up writing songs in the secret of night. Sometimes she barely even felt like a Jedi. It wasn't like she was treated like one, well, like one to the person it mattered most.
She thought of her report on the Durm'hel system. One in the outer rim. Her report had been the top of the class. But of course all she got was a "Let me read it." And then "Good. You could've enhanced your sentence structure and it could've been longer, Padawan." She sighed, reluctantly remembering the moment that he'd managed to pick even her best work apart.
Lexi envied Mariana with her nice, handsome master.
Bheemp. Bheemp. Bheemp.
Lexi rolled off her bed and dropped to the floor, quickly digging under the mattress of her bed. She produced a small laptop, all rights reserved to Anakin Skywalker. This was another possession that her Master would not stand for if he ever found out. Lexi loved the little laptop though, and that fact that Anakin had pieced it together himself was even better. She opened the tiny computer and was greeted to a message alert from Anakin.
JediHero: How's it going, Lexi? You like your computer?
Lexi smiled. Anakin had made little computers for him, Lexi, and Ana. They were very old, and most of their parts were outdated, but they worked well enough.
Avaline: How could I not like it? It's great.
JediHero: I know, I'm a genius, huh?
Lexi giggled. Anakin, always so modest.
JediHero: Can I come over? I'm really bored.
Avaline: No. Sorry, but my Master will be home soon and I should get ready for bed. I don't want anymore trouble.
JediHero: I understand. Hey, can I ask you something?
Avaline: You already did.
JediHero: No, really. Why is your screenname 'Avaline'?
Avaline: She's an amazing singer from Haruun Kal. She's my favorite singer ever!
JediHero: Oh, ok, whatever. I'll see you tomorrow, then?
Lexi rolled her eyes, and shook her head. It figured Anakin would care less about music.
Avaline: Yea. Goodnight, Anakin.
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( Next Day: Late Afternoon )
Lexxa jumped at the ring of the doorbell. 'Anakin,' she decided happily and went to open the door for him.
"Hey!" She greeted her friend cheerfully. Her eyes fell to a disc he was holding. "What's that?"
"It's a new flight simulator." Anakin explained excitedly as he slid past her into the apartment, "Just came out yesterday! Master Jinn got it for me!"
"Wow, your master's really cool." Lexxa said, admiring the disc.
"You wanna play?" Anakin asked, plopping down on the couch. "I haven't played it yet."
"I'm not good at flying. Not like you are."
"It's fine. I'll teach you!"
"I don't even have the simulator base though." Lexxa said.
"That's why I brought mine." Anakin replied nonchalantly. He was already setting up the simulator base.
Lexxa watched in awe as the talented young mechanic set up the simulator base and entered the disc. Anakin returned to the couch and handed Lexxa one of the joy sticks. "Here it's pretty self explanatory."
Lexxa took the remote from him and studied it for a moment before nodding.
"So where do you wanna go?" Anakin asked, gesturing at the list of planets that appeared before them.
"Naboo?" Lexxa wondered.
Anakin nodded and selected Naboo. The two played for a couple of hours. Lexxa picked up pretty fast and Anakin started to have a harder time beating her. They took a break and Lexxa brought in some Jama Juice for them.
The comm unit signaled and Lexxa called it to her hand with the Force. "Padawan Lysk speaking." She said. "Anakin, it's for you."
Anakin took the comm from her. "Yes, Master?" Anakin said knowingly. He spoke for while with Qui-Gon and then hung up with an unhappy look on his face.
"What is it?" Lexxa asked.
"My Master is leaving now for the other side of Coruscant. He will be there all day tomorrow because of some political issue."
"I thought you didn't like political missions that involve only negotiations and absolutely no aggressive negotiations?" Lexxa teased.
"I don't." Anakin confirmed. "That's not the problem."
"Then what's wrong?" Lexxa repeated, her brows furrowing in concerned puzzlement.
"Ana's Master will be conducting my afternoon lightsaber training session."
"And?" Lexxa asked, still not catching on.
"I don't think he likes me much." Anakin said ruefully. He sent the comm flying back to the unit with the Force. It went too low and knocked over his cup of Jama Juice in the process. The purple liquid spilled all over the floor. "Sith!" Anakin muttered unhappily.
The door to the apartment hissed open at that moment. It was Lexxa's turn to cuss under her breath. The padawans stood as Lexi's Master Lottos marched into the living room.
"Lexxa. Padawan Skywalker." He said nodding to each of them. "Lexxa, dinner is in fifteen minutes, please-" he stopped noticing the splotch of Jama juice. The Jedi Knight glared at the two young padawans. "So which one of you is responsible for this mess?"
Lexxa noticed the flicker of fear in Anakin's eyes before his shields shot up and locked in place.
"I am." Lexxa said.
"Well, don't stand there, go get towels! Do something!"
"Yes, Master." Lexxa said as she ran to the kitchen.
"I think you should go home now, Padawan Skywalker." Master Lottos said cooly.
Anakin risked a fleeting glare before he bowed, grabbed up his things, and bolted out the door.
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Anakin hurried along down the great halls of the Jedi Temple. He let his legs guide him to a destination well known as he trapped himself in worried thought. Lexi had covered for him, and he felt horrible about it. What if she got in trouble? Like extra lightsaber practice? Or grounding from having any leisure time?
He slowed into a slumpy walk, his head hanging. All he ever did was cause trouble. If he'd had any Master other than Qui-Gon, he most likely would've been booted from the Order a month ago.
"Anakin? Are you all right?" A familiar, soft voice asked behind him.
Anakin straightened up and turned around to see Ana making her way toward him. She looked worn out. "Oh. Hi, Ana. Yeah, I'm all right, I just kind of got Lexi in trouble. I was visiting and I spilled my drink. She covered for me."
Ana gave him a sympathetic smile. "It's okay, it was an accident, right?" She frowned a bit. "I'm sure Lexi can tough it out...she's had to deal with her Master before...I'm just not sure if she tells the whole truth about what he says to her. I've been meaning to ask her..."
"We should ask her together. She shouldn't have to endure that by herself."
Ana nodded, walking beside him. "We should ask her at lunch tomorrow."
Anakin bobbed his head tiredly, sighing. "So Master Kenobi has you practicing everyday? Me and Lexi miss you."
Ana smiled sheepishly. "Don't worry. I'm just putting in a little extra practice until I get the hang of working with two lightsabers."
"Cheater." Anakin murmured.
Ana glared at him before licking her finger and sticking it in his ear.
"Ew, gross! You know I hate that!" Anakin cried.
Ana cackled and shot down the hall; Anakin sprinted after her.
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TBC...
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There you have it! Chapter 5 will either be out later today or tomorrow. It'll start getting to dah big drama drama in that chapter, lol.
Thank you for reading and reviewing!
-Aryll & Alley