Wonderful is the Mind of a Child

Part III

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...

There was peace in the Republic and one of her Jedi teams was back home from a mission. They would have a short break, before preparing for their next assignment. Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice, Obi-wan Kenobi, were glad to be staying at the Jedi Temple. It had been a long starship flight from Nal Hutta where they had settled a dispute between two Hutt clans.

For Obi-wan, however, homecoming was not so much of a break. To become a Jedi Knight, in addition to the Trials, one had to complete a certain amount of Temple Community Service hours. So Master Qui-Gon had volunteered him for child-care. He would be watching a group of younglings all afternoon.

Obi-wan liked younglings, he supposed. They were cute, and they weren't Hutts. But he would rather be helping out with a sparring class or even cleaning or something. He would have to make sure to go and sign up for the rest of his Temple Service hours himself, before Master Qui-Gon volunteered him to teach how to fly a speeder.

So afternoon found Obi-wan in one of the small classrooms used by the younglings. He was finishing cleaning up after lunch and most of the Jedi students were sitting at the tables, busy with their classwork.

Obi-wan cleared the last counter and ran a hand through his short hair. So far, things had gone pretty well. The children seemed happy, and peaceful, and he wasn't sure where Master Kai had gone, but she would be back soon.

His attention was drawn to one of the tables where a few younglings were talking instead of doing their work like the rest of their friends. Walking closer, Obi-wan saw that it was only one who was talking, the little boy with sandy-blonde hair who had asked Obi-wan earlier why he had a braid in his hair. Now he was holding a comlink. Master Kai must have left hers behind.

Obi-wan heard him saying into it, "No...No fire..."

The boy listened for a minute, then said, "No...Master Yoda not here..."

"No...Master Kai not here...Master Yoda took her to a meeting..."

Obi-wan thought, 'What is going on?' He took the comlink from the little boy and said into it, "Who is this?"

A voice replied, "This is Coruscant Emergency Response. I think your youngling called us by accident."

"Oh! I'm really sorry about that-" Obi-wan started but was cut off.

"Now, make sure you don't yell at him, because we don't want him to be scared to call us if there is a real emergency."

"Um...Okay. I won't." Obi-wan was a Jedi; he'd never yell at him. He added, "May the Force be with you." and disconnected the call, putting the comlink safely in his pocket.

Obi-wan looked down to see the youngling staring up at him with his big blue eyes.

'What should I say to him?' he thought, then told him, "Don't play with a Master's comlink unless it's an emergency, okay?"

The little boy nodded at him, then ran off to join his friend, a Rodian, looking at his data-reader.

Author's Note: This one is based off a true story, too. What characters would ya'll like to see next? I'm thinking of writing one with Mace Windu...maybe... And I'm going to name our little youngling!