Tiv was very confused. If these people were all Sith, why were they helping her? If, by now she knew they were Sith, and they knew she knew they were Sith, why didn't they come out and admit it? She was confused, but she didn't want to push it by asking the wrong question. Even living the way she had, she knew plenty of horror stories about what the Sith did to people who annoyed them.

Not that she hadn't heard an equal amount of horror stories about the Jedi. Tiv had never been completely sure about becoming a Jedi, but now she was equally unsure about the Sith. They wouldn't hurt her, of that she was certain. If they did, so what? It wasn't any real loss, although she should get Colac out as soon as this started to seem dangerous.

No, what was really bothering Tiv was how they had lied. For no apparent reason, too. After all, she didn't have anything against the Sith, or for the Jedi. These Sith certainly seemed the type to think things through and do the proper amount of research before jumping into something. Force knew Qui-Gon was constantly lecturing her about it. So, if they had really learned anything about her or her life before kidnapping her into their apprenticeship, they would have learned not to bother lying.

She would have met an offer of apprenticeship made by the Sith the very same as she met the one made by the Jedi: she didn't know if she wanted to do it, but it wasn't as if she had a choice.

"Hey, Tiv! Tiv, guess what I found out!" Colac ran up to her, shortly followed by Leia.

"What is it, Colac?" asked Tiv tiredly.

"This girl here," he gestured wildly at Leia, "she's a real princess! Like in one of Nami's mom's stories! She's going to rule a whole big place one day!"

Leia smiled shyly. "Hi," she said.

"Leia's really, really interested in the Jedi!" Colac continued, ignoring his new friend's shyness. "She's smart, too. You should tell her about your training, Tiv! I would, but I don't know enough."

Tiv smiled. It was hard to be depressed about the whole Jedi/Sith debate when little kids were so interested in a simple Padawan's training.

"Well, what do you want to know, Leia?" she asked gently. Leia grinned.

"Everything!" she exclaimed, and Tiv restrained laughter.

"Everything, huh. Well, that's going to be difficult. What do you already know?"

Leia frowned. "Nothing, really. I know that they were great protectors of the galaxy, and they died out a long time ago, but I don't know why. I didn't even know that they existed anymore."

Tiv hid her surprise well, considering the circumstances. "Anything else?" she asked.

"I know they used this thingy called the Force, but a lot of people now thing it's bogus. That's because the Jedi aren't around here anymore to teach it, and to prove to everybody that it exists. They started training when they were really, really little, and then they trained until they were even bigger than you are now! It took a lot of training, but it was worth it, because the Jedi were really good and tough and everything."

This time, Tiv couldn't help but smile. "Well, you got the basics about right," she said. "When someone is found to be Force-sensitive, that means they can use the Force, they're taken to the Jedi Temple as infants. It's very, very rare for the Council to accept someone older than that. They're called 'initiates' at that stage, and they train until they're old enough to be taken as Padawans. Then a Knight or Master, two levels of Jedi past their apprenticeship, accepts them into personal training as a apprentice, or Padawan to that specific Jedi, who's called their Master."

"Who's your Master?" asked Leia curiously.

"His name's Qui-Gon Jinn. I'll introduce you to him later, if I get the chance. Anyway, they train and train until their Master says that they're old enough to take their Trials, to see if they really can become a full-grown Jedi. Then they're a Knight, if they pass, that is. After being a Knight for a while, if the Council sees fit, you become a Master."

"So what's the Council?"

Tiv went on to explain about the Council, lightsabers, fighting techniques, the Force, and anything else that Leia could think of, which was quite a lot. But the whole time, her mind was in complete chaos.

What had Leia meant, she didn't know they existed anymore? Why had she said that they had died out? And what about Obi-Wan? He had said Qui-Gon was dead, and all of this was just holograms or Sith or something. That fit with her images. What she was seeing was the truth. Qui-Gon had died, Obi-Wan had taken Anakin as his Padawan… and then what? How did they end up here? Where was here?

And to top it all, she didn't even know whether she cared or not. She had to choose a side eventually… But not now. For now, she had better just try to figure out what was going on, who to trust, and whether the Anakin Obi-Wan was talking about was really Anakin her master's friend.

Oooh, this was so confusing!

Well, I took forever to update, and now all I come up with is a short, uneventful chapter. Please don't shoot me! I can explain! No, really, I'm sorry. I've been having some trouble in school, and I'm getting migraines, and my dog got put to sleep, and I'm really stressed out and I had writer's block! Wow, I've had a bad week. I'll make it up to you somehow. Just remember the ten page chapter. See? You don't hate me so much after all. Thank you, Phoenix Red Lion for reviewing.