Author's Note: Not that long of a chapter, but necessary for a later one. I promise the next will be much longer.
Chapters 6-14 have been edited with slight changes being added to them:
Chapter 7 includes a geographical description of Coruscant,
Chapter 8 includes a description of the Senate building
Chapter 10 includes a geographical description of Naboo
Chapter 57 responses:
G-Anakin 13: Sorry, but I can't tell you anything about Padme's death. It'd reveal too much being that she doesn't die in childbirth. Wow! Was that just a spoiler I let slip?
Twisted Words (): Hey dudette! (Or dude, whichever you are, but still hey!) Yeah, maybe Obi's a little clueless, but somehow I get the feeling that if he was told that he'd be insulted. Ha, ha! Hmm, I didn't notice about Padme's maturity. Yeah, maybe it is the pregnancy.
Sica Meni: That's cool about your sister. I appreciate the support. Tell her thanx!
The Lure of the Dark Side: Chronicle 1-The Turning of an Era
Episode V: Revenge of the Sith
Chapter 13: The Foolishness of a Youngling
After stalking off angrily from her argument with Obi-Wan, Antellica headed for the cafeteria in hunger. Collecting a meal of hashed potatoes and a blueberry muffin on a tray, she went and sat by herself at a table. The cafeteria was never crowded in the mornings. If people came in, they usually just collected a muffin or piece of fruit and were on their way. Mornings were when people were busy in the temple, bustling about for lessons and as such didn't have time to eat. Lunch and dinner was when everyone was in here.
Antellica was just taking a bite into her blueberry muffin when a semi-commotion started at the entrance of the cafeteria. When she saw the cause of it, she smiled. The younglings had arrived for breakfast.
"Antellica!" a few of the younglings called running over towards her.
"Tyria! Nichos! Eelysa! Hi!" she greeted the three as they ran over and accepted them and the other younglings who were now running to her with open arms. The only Jedi among them who came over at a gentle walk was Master Adi Gallia, who was laughing, and Natalyn, who was glaring daggers at Antellica. The last of which was ignored.
"Antellica! Why, I didn't expect to see you again so soon," Master Adi greeted.
"Hello Master Adi," Antellica greeted with a smile. "It turns out that despite the fact I already had breakfast before coming here, I got hungry again."
The younglings all started chattering at once in excitement. Since Antellica was there they all wanted to sit with her and have the same meal she was having. They all did so, even Master Adi, with the exception of Natalyn of course. She defiantly had boxed cereal and ended up spilling her jug of milk since she was too preoccupied with glaring at Antellica, who was currently being shown a picture Tyria had drawn of her. Antellica smirked slightly at the eleven-year-old when this happened, earning her the words "I hate you" mouthed at her by an angry Natalyn.
"Jedi aren't allowed to hate Natalyn," Antellica lectured. "Be wary of your feelings."
Natalyn coughed and proceeded to strut off with her nose in the air to collect another jug of milk.
After a two hour meal that seemed to go on forever because the kids ate so slow and wouldn't stop talking, since she wasn't doing anything, Antellica joined the younglings for their daily history lesson. And it was a good thing too, because not long after Adi started reading about the twenty-five year ago Stark Hyperspace War, Master Windu spoke over the room's intercom alerting her to report to the Council Room immediately. Once assuring her that she didn't mind continuing with the history lesson, Master Adi thanked her and left.
Antellica continued with the first chapter of the book, and was about to start the second when she was rudely interrupted by Natalyn who said, "We're only allowed to go over one chapter a day. Everyone knows that."
Antellica slammed the book shut and gave Natalyn a mocking smile. "Well than Natalyn, you can go in that corner over there while the rest of us hear more about the war."
"Yeah, but-" Natalyn began to protest.
"The corner Natalyn! Now!" Antellica commanded harshly.
Natalyn glared at her a moment before getting up and flipping her hair. "Master Adi will hear about this."
"Oh yes she will," Antellica said softly icy. "Because I'll be the one telling her."
Natalyn angrily stalked over to the corner Antellica had pointed to and turned her back to everyone. Antellica and the others merely laughed before she continued reading.
An hour had passed by the time Antellica finished reading the fourth chapter and still Master Adi hadn't returned. Because they'd usually be starting their lightsaber practice with Yoda right about then, she suggested that they meditate a bit while she went to see how long Master Adi was going to be.
"You can't tell us what to do. You're not our teacher."
That comment came from Natalyn, though Antellica choose to ignore her.
As the other younglings were settling themselves down for meditation, Natalyn defiantly stood. "I'm not meditating because I don't want to. You can't make me."
"Oh shut up Natalyn," a ten year old twi'lek named Thrynni said.
"You shut up, you stupid alien freak. All aliens are dumb and stupid and they look weird."
Being that about half the class was non-human this insult offended more than one person. A few of the boys challenged Natalyn to a duel, while some of the smaller ones cried. Others simply sat, unaffected by the insult. The human members of the class meanwhile were shaking their fists at Natalyn and saying mean things to her in turn. She continued to spit out more insults and Antellica attempted to calm all fifty children down to no result.
Eventually Antellica got tired of all the rowdiness and whipped out her blaster pistol. Setting the weapon to stun, she blasted it at the ceiling. Silence happened instantly. She slowly lowered the pistol back to her pocket.
"Ha! The girl wields a blaster and yet she calls herself a Jedi," Natalyn jeered.
"You will go back over to that corner I assigned you to earlier," Antellica said in a deadly whisper. "As for the rest of you," she turned to address the others, "Meditation."
The children did as she instructed and Natalyn, who had defiantly stayed in the place she was at, got her arm pulled by Antellica over to the corner she'd commanded her to go to.
"Listen to me Natalyn," Antellica commanded. "And look at me when I'm talking to you girl," she added in a bark for Natalyn had been intently watching the floor. Natalyn looked up at her, a bit surprised by her harshness. But Antellica didn't care. She was fed up with this little girl's bull.
"I don't know what your problem is, but this arrogance of yours and pitiful teasing of others has got to stop. Now you will stay in this corner until either myself of Master Adi returns. Within that time you will think about every mean thing you have done to belittle others and cast them into the Force. And I expect an apology the next time I see you."
With that Antellica stalked out of the Younglings Quarters and made for the High Council Tower of the Jedi Temple.
