Star Wars Jedi Apprentice- Prejudice
Chapter 3 - 'Her'
~There's a secret that Obi and Garen share. Only a select few know of it. However will Qui still accept Obi when he finds out his true origin. Its up to the gang and the council to help Qui get over this prejudice What Happens when the boys are in danger? Can Qui get over his feelings to save them? Pretty well AU. First JA Fan Fic
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Qui-Gon sat across from Obi-Wan on the small table while Obi sat on the Sofa. "You look like her you know." Qui-Gon began. Obi looked at him ready and listening. "Her name was Kana. I was twenty-three."
~FlashBack~
Qui-Gon sat in the ancient carriage. He and his master, Dooku, were sent to the planet of Hahlow to convince them to join the Republic and start going forward with their technology. They barely had anything motorized. It was like falling into a fairy tale or something. The country looked dark and barren all the time. Always over cast. There was a legend; a rumor, that the planet was cursed by a shaman long ago. The people of the planet believed it. Qui-Gon didn't believe that though. He didn't believe in curses. The landscape was very depressing though.
The towns folk always seemed nervous. The day he and his master came to town everyone went indoors and closed their doors and windows peeking through cracks with slight curiosity. Qui-Gon really didn't care, they just seemed superstitious. He saw mothers rushing their children in doors and glancing back at him before entering their old cottage like homes. It was like falling into a story for sure. A Ghost story.
They were in the capitol called Lochness. Apparently named after some strange creature living in a lake nearby. The two entered the large spoky looking mansion coming into a kind of party with large orange lanterns with faces. Qui-Gon had read up on some of the culture they practically worshiped spirits and the dead. They held parties in their honor and decorated in their image. He found it very strange. At the entrance of the town were skulls on pikes he figured they were fake for decoration or from those public executions that were so barbaric.
The Master of the House, and leader of the planet, met them as they entered. As his Master and the Leader spoke he glanced over to where a group of people stood. In the center was a girl. She had sandy hair and beautiful ocean blue eyes. She was petite with soft features. She wore a long elegant dress that was common for those people. Frills and puffy skirts. Qui-Gon thought the dresses had to be uncomfortable, but he was a guy so what would he know. She was talking to some other girls. She looked over to him for the corner of her she was smiling. her head turned to face him. He smiled and nodded in her direction as a greeting then put his attention back to his master and the man.
However he looked back again and she was still looking at him. She was about twenty. His master and the man went forward. He went after them glancing back momentarily.
Later after the meeting he was in his room offered to him by the master of the house. Looking out the dark window he watched as the dark clouds went through the sky. A knock came from behind him. He turned to see the girl from earlier standing at the door. He turned completely around to meet her.
She had a kind soft smile. She stepped forward and offered her hand. Qui-Gon knew the custom. He took her hand and kissed it lightly never looking away from her eyes. Two pairs of blue eyes never leaving each other. They hadn't said a word yet. "Did you need something?" He finally asked.
She looked around then back at him. "I was wondering if there was anything you needed. I'm Kana by the way. My father is the leader of Hahlow."
"Ah." Qui understood now where she stood. "Well it's good to meet you, I'm Qui-Gon Jinn." He bowed respectfully. He had at least a complete head over her. She had to look up the entire time. The two sat in his room; he on the bed, she leaning on the bed post, talking about whatever came up.
He was inviting misfortune. He was getting too involved with her. There was something hypnotic about her. He fell in love with her perfect, pure soul, and her beauty.
A few days later they shared their first kiss. Qui-Gon had completely forgotten about the mission. Dooku was getting frustrated. He continually reprimanded him about it but Qui wouldn't listen. It wasn't until he was threatened to be kicked out of the Order that he had to break things off.
She placed a hand on his arm as he had finished telling her. Her soft eyes filled with worry for him and understanding also. "It is as it must be." She kneeled down next to where he was sitting and stroked his hand. That night he left.
Six months later Qui-Gon learned a terrible secret about the Hahlows. He had stayed in contact with Kana as friends only since he left. It was difficult but it was done. However he received a most terrifying message one day from her that she was going to die. He asked why and she told him a sacrifice had to be made to keep the land safe form the curse. If they didn't the curse would be even worse. Outraged he left and headed straight for Hahlow. He got there the night before her execution. She was in prison so she couldn't escape. She had fallen very ill. She was pale like the landscape itself. Her stomach was Swollen from malnutrition it looked like. He held her in his arms that night. Reassuring her that he was there.
She reached up and touched his face. "Qui... I have to tell you something..."
"You need to save your energy."
She smiled lightly. "It doesn't matter anymore."
"Stop!" He whispered.
"The baby was a miscarriage."
"What?"
"Ours." She said trying to explain that they would have had a child had it not died.
"We... ours?"
"Would have been a boy."
"When did...?"
"Tomorrow morning." Her eyes were sad.
Qui-Gon couldn't speak. He would lose his love and his child on the same day. He touched her protruding belly.
"What do you want to name him?
Qui-Gon broke. He began to cry. Kana held him in her arms this time. He cried into her chest for the rest of the night.
The next morning they came for her. He tried to fight them but they held him back. She was on the floor her pleading eyes looking up at him. He screamed her name. However he was knocked unconscious by one of the guards. When he awoke the sun was high in the sky and Dooku was over him. Kana was dead. They had burnt her alive then fed her body remains to the Lochness. Her skull was the only thing saved. It was placed on a pike at the entrance on the town. Her hair was burnt off, her skin and muscle still somewhat visible under the char an eye missing a look of shock on her dead frozen face. Below it on the same pike was a smaller undeveloped skull. When he saw it on his way out of the village he almost went mad. Dooku had to restrain him. From that day on he hated the people of Hahlow for killing two innocent lives for a stupid superstition. He wished them all dead. He never returned to the planet after that. He had many counseling sessions with Yoda and Dooku.
He couldn't even remember how their mission had gone. Somewhere along the line the planet was brought into the Republic but refused to go much further in technology. They still had sacrifices. They preferred their traditions. Qui-Gon hated them for their disgusting and barbaric traditions. He knew they were strange but never thought them to be demented. But they were demented. He hated them.
~End Flashback~
Tears had come to his eyes he couldn't look at Obi-Wan. The boy might side with his people. He felt Obi's hands slide out of his own. Was Obi-Wan angry with him, ashamed that his master could be like this? However he didn't expect to have the boy's arms around him. Obi held Qui's head against his chest, stroking and crying into his master's hair. He held him just as Kana had. Qui pulled Obi-Wan closer and held him. Obi-Wan was his link to Kana. He knew that. Perhaps he could finally cope with his loss through Obi-Wan. The Son he and Kana could never have. He never did name his unborn son.
[AN] Sniff...-wipes tear with hanky- Poor Qui! Hope you guys liked this chappy. -Waves hanky-
I kept having to ask how to spell different words.. like Demented and other gruesome words.. my mom asked "What kind of story are you writing?" O.o
I don't think I gave a real answer.... XD
lolz well Ch 4 is on the way. .
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