The first thought that crossed Ani's mind when he entered Qui-Gon's apartments was how it seemed like someone's deathbed. Glancing around, his thought was confirmed.

Yoda and Mace Windu were there, bending over something Ani couldn't see, talking in low voices. Qui-Gon, obviously having recently been kicked out of their conference, was pacing the room, with Taun We, Padmé, and Anakin talking quietly to him. Luke, Leia, and Boba were talking to Colac with an encouraging air, while the boy was huddled in a corner, looking terrified. And Jar Jar was dancing worriedly around Windu and Yoda, trying to see whatever it was that they were looking at.

Involuntarily, Ani pressed himself against his master's side. Obi-Wan gave his shoulder a squeeze and hurried over to his master and friends. Shaking his head, scolding himself for needing his master's protection, Ani walked over to his own friends.

"What's wrong?" he asked them as he came up behind them. All four looked up. Colac had tears running down his face, Leia seemed confused, Boba angry, and Luke's eyes were bright as if he was trying not to cry. Ani took all of this in with hidden panic. What could make his friends react this way?

Nobody answered his question. They just stared at him, as if they were seeing a ghost.

"Where's Tiv?" asked Ani with a sick feeling, noticing that she was missing.

That, at least, got a reaction out of them. Luke flinched, Leia started shaking, Boba's frown deepened, and Colac started to wail.

"Quiet him, you must, or leave, he will have to!" cried Yoda angrily, whirling on them. "Concentrating, we are! Lose your friend, you might, if distracted, we are."

"Alright, alright, I'm going," snapped Luke, picking up Colac. He didn't seem to have as much trouble carrying the eight-year-old as Ani thought he would. Utterly confused, he followed his friend out.

"What's going on?" demanded Ani as Luke put Colac down in the corridor. A few Jedi poked their heads out of their rooms and glared at the crying child, so Luke took his hand and led him towards the lift.

"Tiv disappeared," explained Luke finally. Ani glanced down, wondering if Colac would be further upset by this, but the boy didn't seem to be listening.

"What? Where? I mean, do we know? Well…"

"She's still in there," Luke told him, jerking his head back at the room they had just left. The trio entered the lift, and Ani pressed the button for the bottom floor.

"We don't know what happened, but we think it may have something to do with… what happened to Master Kenobi a few years ago."

Colac sniffled, glaring at the Jedi meandering about the floor they were on, so the boys reentered the lift, and Ani pressed a random button.

"Master Qui-Gon found her sitting in a chair, staring off into space a few hours ago. He wasn't able to wake her up. Since he had invited everyone to dinner earlier, when people started to show up, he had to explain what was going on. After a while, somebody called Yoda, and Taun We tried to contact your master, since he'd had the most experience with this sort of stuff. Master Qui-Gon only had a few of those vision things, remember? Anyways, we couldn't find you or your master, and when Colac showed up, he started freaking out, so Boba, Leia and I have spent the entire time trying to calm him down."

"Oh." Ani took a moment to digest this. Finally, he asked, "Do we know what happened to her?"

"We think that she's been having those vision things that your master used to get, and she somehow got… stuck in them. At least, that's what I think they said. I'm not quite sure…"

"Has anyone thought to call a healer?" demanded Ani. Luke stared at him, shocked by the sudden display of logic from someone so… illogical.

"Erm… Not really, no. No, I don't think anyone has. They're not trying to keep it quiet, either," he added, anticipating his friend's next question.

"Then let's go up to the Healer's Wing and find one," suggested Ani. Luke nodded, and pressed the button to bring them to that floor. Colac abruptly stopped crying.

"Can a Healer help?" he asked in a childish voice that Ani couldn't remember him ever using before.

"We think so," Luke answered. "They're good at that sort of stuff, and well… it's their job… and…"

"Yes," Ani confirmed. "They have more experience than any of us, and they've probably seen things like what happened to Tiv millions of times."

"I bet the only reason nobody remembered hearing about anything like it was because nobody's ever died or been hurt permanently by this," added Luke. "So Tiv'll be okay, Colac. Don't worry."

"I won't," he answered, looking up at them with such faith that Ani begged the Force that he was right about this.

The lift door opened onto the Healer's Wing to reveal a considerably more dry-eyed Colac, and a very worried Ani and Luke.

Stepping out of the lift, the three boys almost ran into Obi.

"Whoa!" exclaimed Ani, tipping over.

"Woops," said Obi, grabbing the boy by the arm. "Sorry about that one. Didn't see you there."

"That's okay," Ani answered, straightening up with Obi's help. "Where were you going?"

"Down to Master Qui-Gon's apartments," explained the young Jedi. "One of the healers said something to him that she didn't quite explain, and I just got her to explain it to me, so I wanted to tell him. Where are you going?"

"Here," Luke told him. "Something bad happened, and we wanted to get a healer."

"What happened?" asked Obi, looking suddenly worried.

"Tiv got still and was staring into space," Colac informed him. "Master Jinn can't wake her up, but the healers are going to be able to help. We have to find one."

"I'll come with you," offered Obi, "If you'll explain what's going on in more detail."

"Deal," said Luke, grinning in spite of his worry. The four of them turned and left the lift. Nobody sensed that they were being watched.

Sorry that's sort, I just got home and haven't had a chance to unpack yet. My kittens are driving us all crazy by trying to kill each other. Anyway, the vacation was good, blah blah blah, I got all my Christmas shopping done, and then figured out that my aunt and cousins are coming, so I have to get more Christmas shopping done, and now I'm just typing things up instead of unpacking or doing any of the other things that maybe I should actually get done. Bye! PS Please review.