A/N: Dedicated to Timewatch, who provided the one-shot from which this chapter gets its name. Now, this one I feel kinda proud of. XD Enjoy!

DISCLAIMER: Seriously, if you're looking for the person who owns these characters, it's not me. Look "Lucas, George" up in the phonebook, though, that might help...

Suddenly, she hovers before me.

Beautiful.

Smiling.

Pure.

"Sheelal?"

My name…

My first name…

"Jedi?"

She laughs, chimes in the depths of the black space behind her.

I tremble, charmed.

"I have a name, too, General."

Deep inside me, I feel an ache demanding her touch. I reach out.

She suddenly moves away, separated from me by some thin sheet, her jewel eyes suddenly sorrowful.

I frown. This was wrong. "Shaak Ti. Come closer."

She shakes her head, scattering shadows of sparks. "You will use me. You care not for me."

Confusion. And pain.

For some reason, her words slice my heart.

"No. I promise you, Jedi. Come to me." My claws reach out once more.

But it is too late, and her gentle eyes are already fading.

"NO!" I grasp blindly, hands flailing wildly in the darkness, but she is already gone.

I awake, heaving, but unsurprised. She visits me, and vanishes, every night.

A/N: Ta-daa! I had fun writing this, a lot, actually. Dream sequences are always fun because anything can happen, and there's no mess to clean up afterwords. Reviews?

P.S. This was partly inspired by Timewatch's prompt, but also by the music from the musical Love Never Dies, particularly the following song, for which I've provided the lyrics...

No, seriously, go on YouTube and look up the song. It is AH-mazing. Too bad Andrew Lloyd Webber owns it, and not me...*sniff*

"Till I Hear You Sing" from Love Never Dies

Ten long years,
Living a mere facade of life.
Ten long years,
Wasting my time on smoke and noise!
In my mind,
I hear melodies, pure and unearthly,
But I find
I can't give them a voice without you.

My Christine...
My Christine...
Lost and gone...
Lost and gone...

The day starts, the day ends.
Time crawls by.
Night steals in, pacing the floor.
The moments creep,
Yet, I can't bear to sleep
Till I hear you sing...

And weeks pass, and months pass.
Seasons fly.
Still, you don't walk through the door.
And, in a haze,
I count the silent days
Till I hear you sing once more.

And sometimes, at nighttime,
I dream that you are there,
But wake, holding nothing
But the empty air.

And years come, and years go.
Time runs dry.
Still, I ache down to the core.
My broken soul
Can't be alive and whole
Till I hear you sing once more.

And music! Your music!
It teases at my ear!
I turn, and it fades away,
And you're not here!

Let hopes pass, let dreams pass!
Let them die!
Without you, what are they for?
I always feel
No more than halfway real
Till I hear you sing once more!