Anakin was running away from something. He was on a strange world. Tahiri was running in front of him. He stopped, Tahiri turned around.
"No!" she screamed.
Anakin pushed himself up, away from the dream. Or had it been a vision? Either way, he felt disgusting, he had sticky sweat all over him.
He turned around the room, he couldn't find Mynalni. That gave him freedom.
Anakin went outside to run. It was cool and damp, he never heated up. He could feel the Force flow through him as he used it as fuel. It refreshed him. His muscles started to hurt, and he turned back.
When he returned, Mynalni was back.
"Tell me about her," she said.
Anakins head turned back, "Who?"
"Your friend, the one who was shaped."
"Oh. Well, she talks a lot, and goes everywhere barefoot. But she changed a lot when she was shaped. She doesn't seem as spunky now. She refuses to get rid of the scars they marked her with on her forehead. But she's still just as beautiful." Anakin stopped. Had he really said that?
Mynalni smiled, "Ah," her eyes sparkled.
"I didn't mean to say that," he sputtered.
"Friends grow up," she said simply.
Anakin thought about that. Things had started changing since he was around her again. When he first saw her on Yavin Four, after he had left the academy, he almost hadn't recognized her. She had changed. She wasn't nine, Tahiri was fifteen now. Anakin had noticed things about her. Things he had never noticed before. Her eyes, her hair. They used to just be normal, but now, nothing was.
And he had kissed her. What had he been thinking? No, he knew. Anakin was so afraid of losing her again, like he almost had on Yavin Four, it had surprised him. Anakin smiled, it had certainly surprised her.
Anakin reminisced back to the dream. Was it the Force trying to warn him? It worried him that Tahiri was with him. He didn't want her in any danger. Since Yavin, he could see he had gotten protective, but he couldn't help it. He knew as a Jedi, Tahiri was put in those situations, but he couldn't help it. At times, Tahiri had been more than a friend. and he couldn't lose her.
But he knew he had to build his physical strength before he could see her. Clearing his thoughts, he headed outside.