Chapter 13

AmyAmidala: All shall be revealed lol

Jedi X-man Serena Kenobi: I liked the joke but in this chapter their jokes go too far

Back to the story...

"Now you two be on your best behaviour! You know this is a really important dinner." Tahl reminded her children as she helped Ben fix his dress robes.

"Mum this stupid dinner happens every single year! Why do the stupid Council members insist on having a stupid big dinner with everyone from the Temple on the 24th of July and invite boring old farts from the senate!" Ben exclaimed and Faith giggled.

Tahl looked at him sharply and said in a silent yet angry voice.

"Ben Jinn! I've told you a thousand times not to use that language!"

"Mum do you know what the desert is tonight?" Faith asked sweetly.

"Yes….why?" Tahl asked suspiciously.

"Desert is the best part duh!" Ben remarked cheekily and his mother hit him on the back of the head but it didn't hurt him.

"Ben don't be cheeky and Faith the answer to your question is a cake, a big giant vanilla cake."

Ben looked at Faith who smiled slightly.

"Um mum since we're both ready…" Faith turned to look quickly in the mirror to see if her purple dress looked ok then continued.

"can we please go meet up with our friends?"

"Fine at least I'll have some peace for an hour, be at the hall for 8!" Tahl answered as she grabbed some of their dirty clothes and flung them into the basket when she turned around they were gone.

"Right so how are we gonna pull this off?" Faith asked her brother as they hid behind a statue of some famous dead Jedi.

"The entrance to the kitchen is right over there but some of the Council and the Chancellor are there." Ben whispered to her.

At the mention of Chancellor Palpatine Faith started to feel weird she felt uneasy around him but she could explain why.

"Ok Faith you distract them and I'll sneak into the kitchen and hide the fireblaster2000 into the cake I'll use the Force so I don't ruin it and I've got one of the controls. You still plan on using your make up later?" Ben asked her and she nodded she felt a bit better but she was still confused as to why she felt weird around the Chancellor he wasn't an evil man.

"Ok Faith work your magic!" Ben grinned and she got up and smoothed down her dress.

Master's Windu, Gallia, Mundi and Palpatine were talking they stop near the kitchen so they could see who was entering and leaving.

"Oh look its Padawan Jinn." Adi smiled brightly as the young girl approached them.

Palpatine's head swivelled round and he looked at the young girl he felt her uneasiness and knew right away why she felt that but he kept his mouth shut.

Faith then dramatically gasped and fell onto the floor. The 4 of them rushed down and Ben rushed into the kitchen he planted the device in no problem and no one caught him he bolted back out and when Faith sensed he was well away she blinked wearily and said in a small voice.

"W-What happened?"

"You fell Faith, are you ok? Do you want me to contact your parents?" Master Mundi asked her kindly.

"No Masters I'm quite all right honestly I just felt a little dizzy but I'm sure after the dinner tonight I'll be as right as rain." Faith giggled nervously as she got up then bowed and walked quickly away.

"You were pretty good Faith now I have the device when the speech that Master Windu makes gets boring….not that it isn't boring to start with!" Ben stated and Faith rolled her eyes and he continued.

"I'll push the little red button and cake will go everywhere!" Ben exclaimed and Faith turned to him.

"This will be the best 24th of July dinner yet! No-one will ever be able to out prank us." Faith declared as they walked back to their apartment.

"You don't think we'll get into trouble do you?" Ben asked her and before she could reply a voice asked behind them.

"Get in trouble for what?"

The two youngsters jumped and then turned to face the person who scared them.

"SELENA! Stop doing that!" Faith said breathlessly she had her hand on her heart to check she wasn't suffering from a heart attack.

"I'm sorry, I'll stop but I'm curious..."

"No your nosy" Ben replied staring at his big sister.

"Ok let me rephrase that I'm nosy and I wanna know why you think you'll get into trouble?" Selena laughed.

"I was going to say do you think I'll get into trouble for not finishing my book for class until someone gave me a fright." Ben answered her and the three of them walked in.

"There you two are! We almost sent a whole search party to look for you!" Qui Gon teased.

"We were just with our friend's dad it's not like we went to another planet!" Faith replied cheekily.

"Good now we're all here we can go." Tahl replied as she walked out with Qui Gon.

Tahl wore a dark blue dress, Selena wore a light blue dress and all of the men wore black dress robes.

There was a huge table and it was in the centre of the hall, hundreds of chairs were lined against the table.

Tahl, Ben and Obi Wan sat together and Selena, Qui Gon and Faith on the other.

"Mum can Ben switch with Selena? I would hate for Obi Wan to go off Selena and start to like Ben in that way." Faith asked her mum this caused Ben to laugh and Selena and Obi Wan just looked at Faith whose face was serious.

"Switch." Tahl growled and the two did as they were told.

"Thank you, now Selena your husband's beside you now, we all don't need to worry." Faith stated happily.

Everyone had eaten their first two courses Ben and Faith were grinning happily they couldn't wait for desert! Everyone then groaned silently as Master Windu stood up and ordered everyone to be quiet as the annual speech about how good the Senate and the Temple was began.

Ten minutes into the speech and Ben and Faith struggled to stay awake they yawned and pretended to fall asleep until their angry mother kicked them.

"Enough!" Tahl hissed.

Qui Gon looked at them but he couldn't stay mad at them they were only kids after all.

Obi Wan and Selena grinned at themand when Ben pulled out the small black device Obi Wan asked puzzled.

"What's that…"

Ben pushed the button and before anyone could do anything the cake went everywhere. Everyone was startled and Tahl whose face was covered in cream wiped her eyes which were narrowed into slits looked sharply at them. Both of them pointed at each other to say 'It wasn't me it was Ben/Faith!"

Master Windu stood up enraged he knew Jedi were supposed to be calm but he had enough in the past month he had been written on, covered in blue paint, had signs stuck to his back and now he had cake all over himself!

"WHO DID THIS!"

No one replied they all turned to look at Ben and Faith.

"I guess we're washing dishes for a year then huh?" Faith asked as she and Ben stood up.

"GET OUT AND GO TO THE COUNCIL ROOM….NOW!" Mace bellowed.

Ben and Faith got up and Master Windu shouted before they stopped.

"FAITH BEFORE YOU EVEN THINK OF WALKING OUT THAT DOOR YOU CAN GIVE ME THAT GLOW MAKE UP THAT DOESN'T COME OFF FOR A DAY!"

"I never even got to use it!" Faith cried in protest.

Everyone looked at her and when she saw how angry her parents were she grinned sheepishly.

"Not that I was going to use it."

Faith walked forward her cheeks burning she had pulled pranks but everyone was staring she knew that she and her brother had gone to far this time.

She handed the angry Master the box and walked quickly up to her brother and they practically ran out. They walked silently to the Council Room and when they waited on the Master rejoining them Ben admitted sadly,

"I'm sorry Faith this is my entire entire fault."

"No Ben, we're both to blame for this besides did you see the look on their faces?" Faith grinned happily as she hugged her older brother.

"Hmm buying a fireblaster2000, 20 credits, Jedi clothes 100 credits, Seeing the look on Master Windu's face after we destroyed the cake….priceless!" Ben joked and they laughed until they heard the turbo lift doors open and the entire Council and their parents came out and they trudged inside to await their punishment.

A/N- Chapter 14 will up shortly please Review

Arwen