"Holy Space junk Chae'la, no one has ever been so calm like that before the council's scrutiny, at least no one I know," Obi-Wan exclaimed as they left the room.
"It's true young one, you did very well. I sense that the masters were impressed. Even Mace liked you," Qui-Gon smiled kindly at me and I smiled right back.
"Master, would you mind if I took Chae'la with me around the temple. I'm sure she'd love a tour."
"It's been my dream to see it with my own eyes since the first vision I had of it," Chae'la looked expectantly from Obi-Wan to Qui-Gon.
"Yes that should be alright," came the nod from Qui-Gon.
"Chae'la, one minute please," Qui-Gon stopped her with a hand on her elbow, "I need to thank you for intervening when you did with Xanatos, that message changed his life. Made him the great man he is today. I fear that without your intervention, things would be quite different," Qui-Gon said with a determined seriousness to his eyes.
Chae'la split into a huge grin and told Qui-Gon that it was her pleasure. Taking off to see the temple, Chae'la practically skipped down the hall with Obi-Wan. Obi-Wan took Chae'la through the temple pointing out certain things and other things Chae'la pointed out. Her knowledge of the temple was impressive. By the time they reached the room of a thousand fountains, Chae'la was literally glowing in her excitement. Her skin had changed from a pale to shinning gold. Quite unexpectedly, in one of the gardens, Obi-Wan and Chae'la came across a young human girl sitting behind a tree crying. The two of them gingerly approached.
"What is wrong youngling?" Chae'la asked bending down to the Young one's level. She uncovered her eyes and explained that she was lost.
"What is your name?" Chae'la asked gently
"Oli Eromtew from the Wampa clan," Obi-Wan looked at the girl with sympathy, she couldn't be more than two years old. Chae'la had rocked back slightly when she heard the name and put her hand on Obi-Wan's arm to steady herself. After a moment Chae'la looked at the girl again.
"Well Obi-Wan here will take you to the crèche where you are supposed to be okay?" Chae'la smiled brilliantly at the young girl picking her up.
"I'll be here waiting for you," Chae'la told Obi-Wan with brimming tears in her eyes, as she handed Obi-Wan the young girl. Obi-Wan quite confused, agreed anyway and took Oli back to the crèche where the other younglings were. After a heartfelt thanks from the Jedi on duty Obi-Wan headed back to the garden. He could see Chae'la sitting under the same tree as the young girl.
Obi-Wan awkwardly sat beside a now weeping Chae'la. Obi-Wan kept quiet, knowing that Chae'la would talk when she was ready. Chae'la was quiet for a while, trying to get her emotions under control.
"My master always said that I had a gift, but it doesn't feel like a gift in circumstances like this. That little girl dies just before her sixth birthday. She has Kowt's disease. There is no cure to that Obi and it is a horrible death." Chae'la continued to cry for a little while but soon composed herself. Obi-Wan tried to offer her some comfort with his presence.
"There is no death, there is the force," Obi-Wan quoted the timeless code to Chae'la who nodded acceptingly. The two of them sat together for a while, watching the lights start to dim and as the artificial sunset started.
"It is immensely beautiful here. I used to dream about coming here when I was young. It feels like home." Chae'la glanced around the room locating all of the spots she had seen in her visions.
There at the top of waterfall was where Chae'la had seen the dark apprentice Bruck Chun fall to his death after a lightsaber duel with Obi-Wan. In the lake near it was where Bant Eerin, Obi-Wan's close friend, was held captive. Chained to the bottom by Bruck and Xanatos, who in this vision had turned to the dark side, Bant had almost drowned. Xanatos had tried to destroy the temple with Bruck. Chae'la was happy to know that the event had never occurred. Xanatos had ended taking the young Bruck Chun as his apprentice, understanding and knowing the need for power and how to curb the desire. The two Jedi were quite close and both of them had been able to stave off the dark side together. The flowing water in the room shimmered and light bounced playfully off of the sparkling surface of the lake. Obi-Wan and Chae'la stayed at the lake until they were once again summoned by the Council.