Hello everybody! Here's another update from Yours Truly. Juggling two fanfics is so fun! If only school didn't get in the way. :/ Ah, well. I'm almost DONE! Graduation sounds so sweet right now. Once summer rolls around, I'll update way more often (if I'm not off doing summer-like activities). I'll have much more down time, so I'll be able to satisfy everyone's hunger for quality fanfiction! …Well, not really. I don't consider myself an AWESOME writer per say. I'm good enough, I think. On that note, enjoy this chapter!
Ayy Kaim: Your review made me laugh, as always! I consider myself a Loki fangirl, so sending him over here to threaten me to update was kryptonite to me. XD Ha, poor Luke. I hope my fate won't be the same as his. You've certainly stated on a daily basis that you want to squish me. And random-fan803. About that: she's been extremely busy and told me to tell you that she's had too much to do to update (PS her kryptonite is Ewan McGregor. Hint, hint). So if she doesn't update again anytime soon, unleash her ultimate weakness!
AaylaKit: OMG that made my day. Poor Ahsoka. May the Force be with her. In response to your question, I figured that the planet exists in such a way that it is possible to sustain life without melting the chocolate.
LadySaxophone: I KNOW RIGHT! XD Oh, sweet, blissful chocolate. Come to me in my times of cramps and misery! 0_0 ANYWAY, thanks for the review. I'm glad you like my portrayal of the characters, because I was worried that I didn't do a very good job.
Obi-Wan was the first to step through the Portal. "I have a feeling that we're not on Coruscant yet," he said, looking around. "Well, I'm sure it's way better than the Chocolate Planet anyway and wow is that a tree?" He looked up to see that it was indeed a tree. It was also, however, so big that the top wasn't visible from Obi-Wan's current point of view.
"Hey, Master," Anakin said, stepping out from behind. Obi-Wan jumped. Anakin laughed. "You scare so easily."
"It's impossible to sense the Portal's whereabouts, you know," Obi-Wan answered tersely. "I couldn't feel you behind me."
"Excuses, excuses." Anakin shrugged and turned around to see Kit and Ahoska stepping through. Kit had an armful of chocolate rocks.
"What? Don't look at me like that. I'll probably never get to see a Chocolate Planet again for as long as I live. I needed some edible souvenirs. Just in case we end up on a deserted planet with no food or water."
"Wouldn't the rocks melt, then?" Obi-Wan asked.
"I—they—oh, shut up." Kit put the rocks down. "We'll just have to eat them fast, okay? Or put the melted chocolate in a cup to drink later."
"And where will we get the cup?" Obi-Wan spoke up again.
"You know what, Kenobi?" Kit held up a hand and used his thumb and four fingers to imitate a person talking. "This is what you're doing…" He closed the imaginary mouth that he made with his fingers. "And this is what you should be doing."
"Very funny, Fisto."
"UP! You're still talking! Do I have to do it again? This is what you're doing…"
"Alright, I get the point." Obi-Wan held up a hand. "Just don't do that anymore."
"Obviously you don't because you're still talking," Kit said obnoxiously. Obi-Wan rolled his eyes but did not speak this time. "That's better. So Anakin, where are we?"
Anakin peered up at the tree that Obi-Wan had been staring at. "Evidently we're on a planet with trees of gigantic proportions," he remarked. "If my estimate is correct, I'd say that that tree is about ten times the size of your average house."
"Um, Master? Speaking of average house…" Ahoska said nervously from a distance away.
"What?" Anakin rushed over to join her. "What are you talking about—oh. That average house." They were standing in front of a house far bigger than the tree. "Yeesh. I think I know where we are now. Let's call it Giant Planet. Everything is way bigger than what we've got back home." As if his words were an alarm, the door opened. "Oh, kriff. If the trees and houses are gigantic, then the people must be…"
Before Anakin could finish his sentence, a little girl almost the size of a house stepped onto the porch. She had long blonde hair, green eyes, and a pretty pink dress. She stopped when her gaze fell upon the small group. "What—who are you?" She knelt down so she could peer at them more closely.
"Um…hello there." Obi-Wan said.
"Hi!" the girl exclaimed. "Oh my gosh, they're so cute! Mommy, toys that talk!"
"Do what now?" Kit objected.
A woman who actually was the size of a house joined them. "Clara, how many times do I have to tell you to stop making up stories? I'm sure there are no toys that can talk. If you'll excuse me, I've got to get back to fixing dinner. Go outside and play or something."
"No, seriously, Mommy! Look!"
The woman looked down and, sure enough, saw the Jedi. "Oh. Those talking toys. What do you know?" She reached down and picked up Anakin. "I'm sure they don't really talk, honey."
"Actually, you'll find that one quite talkative," Obi-Wan said, pointing at Kit.
"Remember our conversation? This is what you're doing…"
Obi-Wan shut up immediately, not wanting to go through that again.
"Let me go!" Anakin shouted, struggling.
"Oh, they do talk. Wow."
Anakin tried to reach for his lightsaber. Kit sensed his intentions and called up, "I wouldn't do that if I were you! If you anger her, she might squish you!" He laughed. "As interesting as that would be, I wouldn't prefer to see Anakin guts everywhere. No thanks. I mean, there's the mess, and the lawsuit…"
"Hey, Kit?" Anakin said, looking down.
"Yeah?"
"Shut up."
Kit shrugged. "Just saying. I seem to get that a lot, don't I?"
"And you said I was annoying," Obi-Wan mused.
"Um, guys? I hate to interrupt, but I'm in a bit of a situation here…" Anakin said through his teeth.
"They're awfully intelligent for toys," the woman remarked, squeezing Anakin a little. "They feel like normal people to me."
Anakin made a strange noise when she squeezed him. "That's because we are normal people…yow!" He tried harder to free himself, but the longer he struggled, the tighter she gripped him. His face was beginning to change color. "Guys…!"
"Let him go!" Ahoska shouted. "You're killing him!"
The woman promptly let go. Anakin dropped a long way before using the Force to cushion his fall. He lay on the ground dramatically. "Obi-Wan…come…closer…" Obi-Wan leaned closer. "I…don't…think…I'll make…it…" Anakin placed his hand on Obi-Wan's cheek. "I want you to do something for me. Carve onto my tombstone…'Here lies Anakin Skywalker, the Awesome Pwning Pilot of the Galaxy.' Got it?"
"Yes, but we probably wouldn't bury you. We'd probably have a similar funeral to Qui-Gon's," Obi-Wan said.
Anakin snapped into a sitting position. "Wow, dude, I was kidding. Seriously. Keep the flames at a distance, please."
Kit laughed. "Nice acting, Skywalker."
"Are you quite finished?" the woman asked.
"Of course not! I haven't gotten my standing ovation yet," Anakin said.
"Keep your day job," Obi-Wan remarked.
"Pwned!" Kit and Ahsoka shouted at the same time.
"Yeah, yeah. I've heard that line tons of times. It's really not that interesting. So what are our fates now? Are we to become this girl's playthings?" Anakin asked. "I personally do not want to be squeezed again. Just saying."
"They're so cool, Mommy!" Clara said, jumping up and down. As she did, the Jedi felt the ground trembling beneath them. "Can I keep them? Please?"
"That's up to them. They obviously have minds of their own," the woman answered. "If they had sense, they'd turn around and run away before they end up half-dead like the dramatic actor down there."
Anakin laughed. "Ha! You called me…wow. Nice. Well, um…I say we take her advice. See you around!"
Before the Jedi could leave, another figure appeared. He was much larger. "What's all the commotion over here?" he asked.
Anakin, Kit, Ahsoka, and Obi-Wan all looked up. As different as they were in personality, they all shared the same sense of panic. This was a very dangerous planet. Way more dangerous than the Chocolate Planet (as much as Obi-Wan wouldn't admit it) and possibly worse than the Evil Planet. The three older Jedi, however, refused to accept that it was even considerably worse than the Hug-Me-Bear Clan and their ways of cuteness. They were glad that Ahsoka had not witnessed its horrors, because she would have hated it. Well, come to think of it, she might have found it rather cute at first. But it would drive her crazy eventually.
"I say we run," Anakin said stiffly.
"I say that's a good idea," Kit said.
"Don't run. Any sudden movements, and we could surely be squished. Back away slowly. All of you. Just keep backing up. Don't break eye contact. Keep moving." They did just that. The giants stared down at them. There was amusement on their faces. They found the little band of Jedi quite amusing. "Okay…now run!" Obi-Wan ordered.
The Jedi turned tail and fled. The girl ran after them, just as Obi-Wan had feared. "We'll get squashed!" Kit shouted.
"Keep going! Use the Force to speed your steps!" Obi-Wan urged.
They ran all the way to a lake. "Dive!" Kit yelled, jumping into the water. Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Ahsoka followed. The girl stood on the bank, her eyes filling with tears.
"Oh, great. We upset her," Anakin said when he surfaced.
"She was going to kill us!" Ahsoka objected, surfacing as well. "Which is better? Saving our skins or getting pulverized by someone the size of an average house?"
"Good point, Snips. I've trained you well."
Obi-Wan appeared, but Kit did not. "Master Fisto? He must still be underwater! Help me find him."
Anakin and Ahsoka exchanged amused glances. "He's aquatic," Anakin said. "He'll be fine."
"I knew that," Obi-Wan said. "No, seriously, I did!"
"Sure you did. Great, now we're all wet. Let's get back to the bank. Force knows we won't be able to swim to the other side. I mean, look at the size of this lake." Anakin looked around. "No point treading water forever. Let Kit enjoy himself down there."
Kit, of course, was enjoying himself. The gigantic fish were fascinating to him. He found himself racing one across the gigantic reef in the gigantic lake on the gigantic planet. Getting irritated at my repeated use of the same adjective? Good. That was my intention.
The other three finally made it to the bank and hauled themselves out. Kit leapt into the air like a dolphin and plunged back in. Anakin smiled. Kit was truly himself when he was surrounded by water.
"Hey, guys. What's up?" Kit said, reluctantly getting out of the water to join them. "This is more like it. I like the massive expanse of water. Nice touch. I wonder if there is big food here? I'm starving."
"Giant food would be nice," Ahsoka said.
"We could climb a fruit tree and risk falling to our dooms and breaking our necks," Anakin suggested, pointing at an exotic fruit tree.
"Come on, Master. You know we've climbed big things before. We have the Force on our side! Let's go!"
Anakin laughed. "Of course. Lead on, apprentice."
"Gladly." Ahsoka ran in the direction of a tree with large pink fruit. "There's one with brown fruit over there, and here's pink, and some purple over there…Where do we start?"
"I'll get the blue," Anakin said, pointing to a different tree that Ahsoka had missed. "You get pink, Kit will get purple, and Obi-Wan will get brown. We'll meet at the bank and eat then. All we have to do is climb up and use the Force to guide them down to the ground. Easy enough, right?"
They took their time climbing up the trees and getting fruit. They finally sat down to eat. "We're definitely resting after this," Ahsoka decided. "I don't know about you, but I'm about to drop."
"Agreed," Kit said. "I'm sure there's a nice big place we can settle down in."
"How about those leaves?" Anakin suggested. "They'll provide good concealment so that we won't be visible to the creepy creatures of the dark."
"Stop trying to scare us, Anakin," Obi-Wan said, "because it won't work. I'm sure we've seen way worse than this planet has to offer."
"Oh yeah? What about the gigantic insects?" Anakin asked. When no one answered, he said, "I rest my case. Leaves it is."
"Can we eat already?" Without waiting for an answer, Ahsoka picked up a pink fruit and started eating it. "Wow, it's so good! I can't describe the taste, but it's amazing."
Obi-Wan took a bite out of the brown fruit he'd collected. His eyes widened slightly. "Oh, no."
"What is it, Master?" Anakin asked.
"This fruit…tastes like chocolate!"
Disclaimer: I still do not own Star Wars, nor do I own the "Creepy Creatures of the Dark" reference from SpongeBob.
