And so this is the beginning of Episode Two, I hope you guys are enjoying this series. Please, let me know.
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Ten years had passed and I had become stronger than I knew I could be. Master Windu was proud of the Jedi I was becoming, I would soon be ready for the trails. But one trail that had been testing me for the past ten years was the thoughts of Anakin and Obi-Wan. I had learnt that Obi-Wan had taken Anakin in as a Padawan after the death of Qui-Gon. I worried for them both and Master Windu had sensed this. Which is why I felt that he was putting me through the ultimate test when he informed me I would be on protection control with them both for Senator Padmae.
I stood with Master Windu in the elevator that over looked the planet of Coruscant. I kept straightening my robes and double, if not triple checking, over myself. It took only for myself to repeat myself before Master Windu spoke up.
"Relax Camari. You are letting your mind get carried away again." He warns and I smile a genuine smile once again.
"I haven't seen either of them in ten years, Master. I'm sure you could understand my excitement." I tell him and he chuckles at me.
"I know. I just worry that you will sometimes slip too far into your mind for your own good." He sighs and I look up at him.
"If you feel this way, then why are you putting me as extra protection for the Senator?" I ask and he goes to answer but the doors slide open and we are greeted by Jar-Jar.
"Master Jedi! Welcome, meas so excited to meet you!" Jar-Jar greets us and I smile at him.
"It's nice to meet you again Jar-Jar." I say and then he leads myself and Master Windu towards where Padmae was standing.
"Senator Padmae, it's a pleasure to meet you again." I greet as I bow to her.
"And a pleasure it is to meet with you again, Camari." She says with a smile.
"I could remember the first time you came into Watto's shop all those years ago. Feels like another life time." I say as I recall the memories how she and her crew had helped me leave the rock known as Tatooine.
"Senator, my Padawan will be joining Master Obi-Wan and his Padawan while they offer protection from whoever it is that is targeting you. She is well trained and very trustworthy. You can be assured she will take care of you." Master Windu speaks, taking us back to our formalities of why I am here.
"I don't need protection, I want to know who did this." Padmae replies but nothing is further said about the matter as Master Windu takes his leave and I'm left with Padmae.
"I know it's not within my orders to do so, but I will find out who has targeted you, Padmae. You have my word." I promise her and she smiles at me.
"Thank you Camari. I'm sure you must be tired from training all these years?" She asks and I shake my head. "I don't mind. I'm doing what I must, as you are." I reply and we both share a life before Jar-Jar returns to the room with two cloaked figures behind him.
I freeze in my position while Padmae and her personal guard walk towards them. I stay where I am on the balcony for a moment, trying to calm the rate of my heart at just the sight of him. Then I take a deep breath and walk towards them.
"Camari?" Anakin is the first to notice me and the childish smile he always used to have spreads across his face.
"Yea Anakin it is me." I reply and he chuckles before hugging me for a slight moment. "Okay, now your height is bothering me. When did you get so tall?" I ask as I look him up and down.
"It has been ten years, Camari." He reminds me and I roll my eyes at him before laughing again. Then it was time to turn my attention to him.
"Master Obi-Wan, I'm afraid it has been too long." I say as he returns my smile.
"It is has indeed Camari, it's wonderful to see you again." He replies and shakes my hand.
After we had discussed with Padmae our reasons being here and a little disagreement between Anakin and Obi-Wan, I had taken my robe off and was currently standing with Anakin.
"You still haven't changed." I comment as he longingly looks towards Padmae's room.
"There hasn't been a day that I haven't thought about her." He replies and I give him an offended look.
"So, you never remembered the girl who treated you as her brother. I'm a little offended Ani." I pout my lips and cross my arms.
"You were on my mind too. I would ask Obi-Wan how you were." He replies and my heart rate picks up again at the mention of his name.
"Obi-Wan?" I ask as I walk towards the balcony, while Anakin stayed in his place.
"Yes. He would ask Master Windu how you're training was going. He was worried about you." He replies and I feel a small smile pull at my lips. My mind drifted off to thoughts I had during my ten years separated from the man that showed me how love would form. We didn't spend very long together, but each moment I had with him, I felt myself falling deeper into the endless pit of emotions that would stir into me when he was around.
To find out that he had asked my own Master how I was doing made me almost dizzy. That feeling wasn't helped when I thought back to when I gave him the device that would allow him to see any memory he wanted. Much disclosed to his knowledge did he know I had created a second one that would also bring up what memory he thought of. What shocked me the most was when I came up in his memories from time to time.
"Camari?" I'm shook from my thoughts as I turn around to find that Obi-Wan was stood at the door way of the balcony.
"Obi-Wan." I breathe and then clear my thought. "Is something wrong?" I ask him and he smiles at me.
"No, everything is quite alright. Anakin to keeping an ear out on the Senator." He replies as he walks closer to me. I only just now notice the slight height difference and realise I must tilt my head back slightly.
"I almost didn't recognise you with the beard." I say as I look at his facial hair as he strokes it. "It suits you." I smile and he looks at me and it felt like we were back on the platform before he left to Naboo.
"You cut your hair." He says after a moment. I run my hand through the locks of my hair and sigh.
"It kept getting in my way, it feels better." I reply and he smiles.
"You look beautiful." He says. I lower my hand and look down at my feet for a moment as my face lit up with a smile.
"Careful now, Master Obi-Wan. As Master Windu says, those kinds of thoughts can lead to trouble." I warn him and he shakes his head as a chuckle rumbles through his body.
"Those troubles wouldn't be enough to slow me down." He assures me.
Camari sat in mediation while Obi-Wan watched his Padawan on the balcony.
"You look tired." He says and Anakin looks at him for a moment.
"I don't sleep well, anymore." He replies and Obi-Wan slightly frowns, worry sipping through him.
"Because of your mother?" He asks his Padawan, who nods his head.
"I don't know why I keep dreaming of her." He stares out over the city life.
Obi-Wan looks over his shoulder at the young woman before briefly thinking about the similar problem he had been having with his own dreams. She had been in his mind since the day he left. His dreams were invaded by her every time he would rest. Some were of them just talking, others were of them fighting side by side. He knew that he had to control his thoughts, Jedi were not allowed to form attachments and he didn't want to lose his place with the Jedi.
"Dreams pass in time."
