Summery: A poor StarWars fan is tormented and teased, her parents hate her she has no friends and has been having odd dreams about Anakin Skywalker he trains her in the ways of the Jedi, she thinks she will never meet him awake until he comes to her as Darth Vader and takes her away saying she will be his redeemer what's a poor 14 year old to do?
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Chapter 2 Padawan?
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Anakin looked at Obi-Wan's weary face "O.K. Peck lets try this again," Anakin looked at the boy with a smug smile, he was trying to teach that worthless boy a slightly advanced lightsaber move and failing.
He had taught the move to Romaine and she mastered it on her 5th time, he thought proudly. He couldn't even do it on his 22nd time, 'And it was Romaine's first time with a lightsaber too'
And this is the boy Obi-Wan was so proud of? He snorted that Padawan was truly pathetic. The young boy frowned "I can't do it master I'm not ready yet," Obi-Wan frowned, then sighed "Fine go take a break,"
The boy smiled and took off, he finally noticed Anakin, "Hello my old Padawan," he frowned at Anakin's smug look, what does he have to be smug about.
"Obi-Wan, what possessed you to take that boy as your padawan please I must know," his master frowned "I owed someone a favor, so when he dumped his padawan off on me I couldn't refuse," he looked sadly at the boy as he talked to the other padawan's.
"That poor boy, the force has gotten weaker with him as he got older, now you can barely tell if he even has the force," Anakin felt a little pity for the child "What do you think is wrong with him?"
"I don't know, but I'll find out," he turned to Anakin, he had a strange look on his face "There is something different about you today…" Anakin looked at him dead in the eye.
"I'm the same as I was yesterday," he felt nervous, that link he had with Romaine, could it be sensed by other Jedi? If he was caught training her the repercussions would be serious. He could even be kicked out of the order.
He didn't want to leave his Padawan, she was a fast learner, strong with the force, and did everything he said. The ideal student, plus she was easy to talk to and had a good sense of humor, if only he could do something about her parents.
He looked back at Obi-Wan .
"What?" The older Jedi looked at him sternly.
"Anakin are you keeping something from me."
The youth shook his head, "No master, nothing," he said master out of habit, he really had to get used to saying Obi-Wan.
He gave him one last stern look but didn't say anything, he could tell his old Padawan was lying and he would find out what about.
He turned and left Anakin to his thoughts he still had to find out why the force was leaving Peck first, then he would find out what his old padawan was up to if he knew Anakin it would get him into trouble.
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Romaine was so BOARD she hated school, she had no friends no one liked her. They called her a geek and mocked her. She frowned as she tried to listen to her teacher drone on and on about Geometry.
She was in all the advanced classes. She was smart but ever since she discovered the world of StarWars, she had started slacking in he lessons. She felt something hit the back of her head.
She looked behind her it was one of the upperclassmen. How she shared this class with the likes of them she would never know. Romaine was surprised they even got IN the class room they where so stupid. She glared at the people around the room. They hadn't messed with her in a while ever since she proven she could defend her self.
She chuckled, the boy probably still had those casts on his arms. She wondered what her master was doing now, she reached out with the force until she felt him she felt…
Worry,
Worry? What's wrong?
Fear… Relief, concern.
She would have to ask him what happened later, "Miss. Star!" she shook her head the whole class was snickering as her teacher scolded her about sleeping in class.
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Romaine sighed. This had been a tiring day, all she wanted to do was sleep. She felt the weight of her backpack and remembered all the homework she had.
She walked through the quiet house her parents where at work still they always where at this time a day. She quickly went up to her room to do her homework.
Ok first up Science!
3 hours later…
'So tired' she had actually gotten all her homework done tonight, and some of her make-up work. She sighed now she could sleep, she was gone as soon as her head hit the pillow.
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She opened her eyes she was back in the Padawan training room, she looked around Anakin was nowhere in sight. She sat and waited and waited, she was bored, she saw the lightsaber's she and Anakin practiced with yesterday.
She looked at all the different lightsabers, and instantly she wondered how they worked. She had an evil grin on her face, what if she 'accidentally' took one apart.
She grabbed the closest one to her (And to her delight it was purple her 2nd
favorite color yay!) and looked for a way to open it up, 'Hmm how to open it?'
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Anakin went to his and Padme's apartment half awake, he was exhausted. It felt like someone was trying to get into his mind all day (Probably Obi-Wan) , he had to sit through long meetings with the rest of the Jedi council, and he wasn't even able to pick up on Romaine's emotions every time he did he got,
Sleeping,
He sighed as he pulled up to the apartment, finally he could rest. He walked in to the apartment, it was dark and quiet. He walked until he was in the bedroom and lying in the bed was his angel.
He smiled, she was so perfect, he laid down and tried not to wake her. When he was comfortable Padme turned in her sleep and cuddled closer to him, how did she even know he was there? Was this some 6th sense all women had?
He shook his head what in the world was he thinking of, he must be really tired. He took one last look at Padme and drifted off to sleep.
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He looked around he was back in the Jedi temple, he wondered if Romaine was here. Suddenly he heard an evil cackle "I'VE DONE IT! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"
He was startled, what in the world had she done, he rushed to the Padawan training area, and saw Romaine sitting on the floor covered in grime.
"Romaine?" she looked up happily.
"Oh hello master!" she said cheerfully.
"What did you do?"
She held up a lightsaber "It took me a few tries but I've finally finished it,"
He picked it up and checked it over. It was perfect. He ignited it and saw it was blue. It worked just fine, "You made this?"
She nodded. "It took me a while but I finally figured it out."
He nodded impressed it had only taken him once too, he was good at fixing and building things, and apparently she was too, "Well, I'm impressed," she felt she could fly when he praised her. "Go get cleaned up," she looked at her self and rushed off.
Anakin looked at the area, it was a mess there where parts everywhere, apparently she had taken apart quite a few Lightsabers before she made hers.
He sat and meditated, it was easy to do here, nice and quiet. He didn't know how long he sat there, (10 minutes) but in no time he heard Romaine's soft footsteps.
He opened his eyes just as she burst into the room, "Sorry it took me so long master!" she was panting heavily, "You see I couldn't find any water anywhere!" she said annoyed.
"So I started shouting about this place having no water when a door appeared! When I opened it there was a hot spring!"
Now poor old Anakin was confused, "What's a hot spring?"
The poor girl looked startled ,"How can you not know what a hot spring is!" she shouted loudly- he winced, she could be very loud when she wanted to.
"Well I was born on a desert planet, so there wasn't much water."
She smacked her head "Of course how could I have forgotten!" she looked angry with herself but instantly perked up. "Well I can show you!" she grabbed his hand and dragged him out of the room.
She dragged him into the area where the Jedi and there padawan's lived, she stopped halfway down the hall in front of a strange door. It was simple but elegant it was a wooden door, with vines and flowers carved into it, there where various birds and animals he did not recognize.
He realized she was explaining the various, plants and animals in the carving, "…and there is a Crane and that's Honeysuckle,"
"So these are things from your planet?" she nodded happily, "Yep! Its all my favorite things!" she said gleefully, she stopped when she realized the door was not what she came to show him.
She looked at the panel by the door, it was used to count how many people where in the spring if there where too many it sealed its self "Anakin you do the honors," she jestured toward the panel.
'Its strange,' he thought 'I know how it works,' he put his hand on the panel, the door instantly reacted it transformed, he recognized it instantly, it was the kind of door he used on Tatooine.
Romaines eyes widened in shock, "I didn't know it could do that," she placed her own hand on the panel and the door transformed into a plain white door. She tried again a different door.
"Cool!" she squealed in delight, he smiled at her hyper attitude, she was so alive and happy around him. If only her parents could see this bright happy girl he could see.
After a minute he realized that she had alredy gone inside, he quickly rushed into the room. The first thing he noticed was the steam it was a little hard to breath.
He was in a large hallway with quite a few doors, when he opened them he found medium sized holes in the ground filled with hot water, they also had stone floors that felt slightly cool to the touch. But there was one door that was locked.
He reached out with his mental link to Romaine and found she was in the locked hot spring.
'Nice place,'
'I know isn't it great!'
'Well do you want me to wait for you?'
'No… why don't you try the hot spring next to mine, they are really comfortable, and the warm water really helps stress.'
He shrugged and decided to take her advice.
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It was very good advice, there where large stones to sit on in the spring, and soft sand on the bottom, he felt warm and relaxed.
'So enjoying the hot spring?'
'Yes I am,'
Now would be a good time to ask her about the odd emotions he felt earlier, and about how she knew so much about him when they never met before.
'Romaine what happened earlier today, I felt some strange emotions earlier today, like defend and fight,'
'Oh that… I was in a small fight, some idiot said if I had a master they would be weak and desperate, so naturally I defended you, you're the best master in the world in my opinion,'
He smiled, he thought he wasn't any good at this at first, but hearing her say that made him feal proud. Now he knew why Obi-Wan always looked so happy around the beginning of his training, when he always said that he was the best master to the other padawans.
'Well another question, how do you know so much about me, and other planets if you never left your own?'
'…. I will tell you in time, not now but in time,'
He sighed if he pryed, she would get angry and probably start yelling. He sighed again and decided to wait until she was good and ready to talk, 'I wonder how she knows so much.'
He sunk deeper into the warm water, it was better not to linger on such thoughts.
'Well I got some strange emotions from you too,'
'Really what?'
'Worry,'
'Well I think my old master, Obi-Wan, suspects something,'
She snorted 'I'm not surprised, he will be hard to fool, he's not stupid, if he was he wouldn't be a master,'
She was right, he should talk to her more often. He closed his eyes and let the warm water further relax him.
'What if he finds out?'
'We'll worry about that when the time comes,'
'You know that we didn't do any training today?'
'Sorry about that master… don't worry I will train harder next time.'
He chuckled 'I'm sure you will,'
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