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Kidan Title: TFN EU Staff Registered: Jul '03	Date Posted: 5/3/06 7:38pm Subject: Pebble in the Sky (Ben/OC) May Legacy Child Entry (Time travel) Epilogue 05/16 - Date Edited: 5/16/06 9:34am (9 edits total) Edited By: Kidan
	Ben Skywalker May Challenge The Challenge: Ben has to have traveled to a time either in Before the Sage or during the Saga. This is the list of words that must be included: esculent: Suitable for eating; edible truncated: shorten by or as if by cutting off askance: (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy Author: Kidan Title: A Pebble in the Sky Summary: Ben Skywalker is transported into the past to just prior to the Battle of Geonosis, how will his presence in that time affect things? Notes: Usual disclaimers. Highlighted words are challenge required words. Only the first use of a challenge word will be highlighted. Other important information will be added here as it comes to me or becomes relevant. PM List: Imperial-Hippy princess_of_naboo A Pebble in the Sky Dramatis Personae Ben Skywalker Valin Halycon Nejaa Halycon Scerra Halycon Nyche Senthe Anakin Skywalker Rostek Horn Syal Senthe Prologue Two minutes before Ben Skywalker disappeared from the galaxy he knew forever, he was strolling carefully down a midlevel Coruscant walkway. As he walked, he was whistling a Melodian wedding song softly to himself. Ben was getting his fair share of looks from the young human females around him. At twenty years old, he has finished out his last growth spurt, which now allows him to tower over his parents at a good 1.87 meters. If one couples that height with the classical lines of his jaw, and wavy ginger hair, then it is easy to understand how Ben so easily attracts the eyes of the girls around him. Not that he was concerned about that, for he was going to meet Jysella at a diner a short distance from his current location. Not knowing that he would not be able to keep that date, not knowing that he would never get to see her again. If he did know, he would probably be running to her now instead of this leisurely stroll, but of course if he ran, then he would probably have stayed in the galaxy that he knew. As he finishes the Melodian wedding song, he starts whistling a Corellian one. This particular wedding song has always been one of his favorites, especially the lines which go: Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, The last of life, for which the first was made He was not entirely sure why he loves that song just as much as he does, but there it was, his favorite verses to his favorite song. He notices the askance look one of the panhandlers gives his Jedi robes, as the panhandler quickly slinks away back into the alley, and Ben just continues walking, on his way to destiny. He dances out of the way as a pack of younglings rush by him, the group so caught up in their arcane game that they barely see the him, even as he is standing in the middle of the walkway. Yet even that does not ruin his day. It is now thirty seconds until he disappears, and he can see her sitting at a table inside the café. He feels a slight rumble and looks towards the horizon, noticing a pillar of smoke from some building exploding. He frowns and then pushes the building and smoke from his mind; he has a date and he is intending to keep it. He notices that she has seen him, and is smiling at him; he returns her smile and waves to her. Then looking down he sees a rag doll on the ground. Even though it has been either discarded or lost, the rag doll has a bright smile stitched to its face, one that Ben cannot help but return. He lifts his foot to step over the rag doll and as he steps down…. -----signature----- You sadistic Yank!! - McEwok http://www.TheExpandedUniverse.com Don't blame me, I voted for Ron Paul
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Lola64 Registered: Mar '05	Date Posted: 5/3/06 8:39pm Subject: RE: Pebble in the Sky (Ben Skywalker/OC, Hal Horn/Nyche, others) May Legacy Child Entry (Time travel
	Well, well, well. I was very excited to pop over here before bed and find a new Kidan classic, or soon to be classic, on this board. Interesting challenge, time travel. And he's going all the way back to Geonosis? Looking forward to reading all about it. Then looking down he sees a rag doll on the ground. Even though it has been either discarded or lost, the rag doll has a bright smile stitched to its face, one that Ben cannot help but return. He lifts his foot to step over the rag doll and as he steps down…. That doll wouldn't happen to be Chuckie, would it? Sounds like the rag doll knew what was about to happen. Eerie. Great start. -----signature----- Kyp/Nurse Lola: the new ship I stalk people. It's a Lola thing. Been gone and is now back. Did you miss me?
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ZaraValinor Registered: May '02	Date Posted: 5/3/06 10:23pm Subject: RE: Pebble in the Sky (Ben Skywalker/OC, Hal Horn/Nyche, others) May Legacy Child Entry (Time travel
	Can't wait to see what changes Ben might wrought. -----signature----- Proud Master to Meredith_Kenobi & Lolly_Tolly "He full-on Obi-Wan'd me!" Dean Winchester - Supernatural
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Kidan Title: TFN EU Staff Registered: Jul '03	Date Posted: 5/4/06 4:43am Subject: RE: Pebble in the Sky (Ben Skywalker/OC, Hal Horn/Nyche, others) May Legacy Child Entry (Time travel
	Lola64 Well, well, well. ahhh...my stalker...i was wondering if you'd find this I was very excited to pop over here before bed and find a new Kidan classic, or soon to be classic, on this board. now you're just TRYING to make me blush... Interesting challenge, time travel. And he's going all the way back to Geonosis? Looking forward to reading all about it. He's traveled back in time to right before the battle, that doesn't mean he's going to take part in it... That doll wouldn't happen to be Chuckie, would it? Sounds like the rag doll knew what was about to happen. Eerie. Well the entire opening sequence is a homage to Mr. Asmiov's firs book by the same name...and in that book, it's a raggedy-ann doll... Great start. Thanks! ZaraValinor Can't wait to see what changes Ben might wrought. Oh I have something lots of fun for this! -----signature----- You sadistic Yank!! - McEwok http://www.TheExpandedUniverse.com Don't blame me, I voted for Ron Paul
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VaderLVR64 Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Feb '04	Date Posted: 5/4/06 7:59am Subject: RE: Pebble in the Sky (Ben Skywalker/OC, Hal Horn/Nyche, others) May Legacy Child Entry (Time travel
	Great start! It will be interesting to see what changes with Ben Skywalker around! -----signature----- R.I.P John, Alex, Jason, and Christian Never forgotten Soldiers' Angels http://soldiersangels.org/ 2114 soldiers waiting for someone to care
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Jade_Pilot Registered: Dec '05	Date Posted: 5/4/06 11:19am Subject: RE: Pebble in the Sky (Ben Skywalker/OC, Hal Horn/Nyche, others) May Legacy Child Entry (Time travel - Date Edited: 5/4/06 11:19am (1 edits total) Edited By: Jade_Pilot
	as he steps down…. Arhghhh! You can't leave me hanging!!!! More, please??? -----signature----- I'm so adjective I verb noun.
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JediMormon Registered: Apr '06	Date Posted: 5/4/06 12:55pm Subject: RE: Pebble in the Sky (Ben Skywalker/OC, Hal Horn/Nyche, others) May Legacy Child Entry (Time travel
	I was liking this until the cliffhanger there at the end. Now I won't be able to get it out of my head for a week...time travel stories rock! -----signature----- Zoe: Preacher, don't the Bible have some pretty specific things to say about killing? Book: Quite specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps.
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_ThatJediScum_ Registered: Jul '05	Date Posted: 5/4/06 2:05pm Subject: RE: Pebble in the Sky (Ben Skywalker/OC, Hal Horn/Nyche, others) May Legacy Child Entry (Time travel
	You know when I saw the Dramatis Personae I said "There goes Kidan and his Ben/Jysella agenda again." You're so cute, but I'm excited to see the Halycons here. I think this is going to be a lot of fun. May I ask, who is Syal Senthe? I've seen her name before and I think she's a Jedi but I have no clue who she is or what she's done. Anyway, I look forward to seeing more of this. Nice start. bran
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QUIGONSGAL Registered: Jun '05	Date Posted: 5/4/06 2:19pm Subject: RE: Pebble in the Sky (Ben Skywalker/OC, Hal Horn/Nyche, others) May Legacy Child Entry (Time travel
	Nice cliffie there, Kidan. Just where do you plan on going with this story? -----signature----- There are many people who live that deserve death; and there are many that are dead that deserve life. Can you give it to them? The pity of one, may rule the fate of many.
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Kidan Title: TFN EU Staff Registered: Jul '03	Date Posted: 5/4/06 2:25pm Subject: RE: Pebble in the Sky (Ben Skywalker/OC, Hal Horn/Nyche, others) May Legacy Child Entry (Time travel - Date Edited: 5/4/06 2:27pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Kidan
	VaderLVR64 Great start! It will be interesting to see what changes with Ben Skywalker around! Yes it will, an like I told Zara, Ihave some fun things in mind Jade_Pilot as he steps down…. Arhghhh! You can't leave me hanging!!!! How else am I to ensure you come back for chapter one??? More, please??? I'll start posting soon, though I think i might have to post once a week... JediMormon I was liking this until the cliffhanger there at the end. Now I won't be able to get it out of my head for a week...time travel stories rock! :D I like my cliffhanger! _ThatJediScum_ You know when I saw the Dramatis Personae I said "There goes Kidan and his Ben/Jysella agenda again." You're so cute, but I'm excited to see the Halycons here. I think this is going to be a lot of fun. sorry, but Jysella does not get to appear in this fic, or at least beyond what's already been mentioned... May I ask, who is Syal Senthe? I've seen her name before and I think she's a Jedi but I have no clue who she is or what she's done. She's an OC. Syal is the name of Wedge's sister an daughter, and I'm using it here as just a common Corellian name....The last name, I just pulled out of thin air, and attached it to Nyche (who Valin marries as Hal Horn) and made them both sisters...so for this story, she's Jysella's great-aunt... Anyway, I look forward to seeing more of this. Nice start. Thanks! EDIT: I HATE IT when I miss one QUIGONSGAL Nice cliffie there, Kidan. Thanks! I liked my cliffie! Just where do you plan on going with this story? Why to the end of course innocent smile -----signature----- You sadistic Yank!! - McEwok http://www.TheExpandedUniverse.com Don't blame me, I voted for Ron Paul
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_ThatJediScum_ Registered: Jul '05	Date Posted: 5/4/06 3:00pm Subject: RE: Pebble in the Sky (Ben Skywalker/OC, Hal Horn/Nyche, others) May Legacy Child Entry (Time travel
	She's an OC. Syal is the name of Wedge's sister an daughter, and I'm using it here as just a common Corellian name....The last name, I just pulled out of thin air, and attached it to Nyche (who Valin marries as Hal Horn) and made them both sisters...so for this story, she's Jysella's great-aunt... Thanks. I don't know why that name looked familiar to me. . . :::bran scratches head wondering where her mind went::: bran
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Kidan Title: TFN EU Staff Registered: Jul '03	Date Posted: 5/5/06 1:21pm Subject: RE: Pebble in the Sky (Ben Skywalker/OC, Hal Horn/Nyche, others) May Legacy Child Entry (Time travel
	_ThatJediScum_ Thanks. I don't know why that name looked familiar to me. . . :::bran scratches head wondering where her mind went::: It probably had to do with the name Syal.....and it's possible Senthe came from somewhere as well, an I just can't remember.. -----signature----- You sadistic Yank!! - McEwok http://www.TheExpandedUniverse.com Don't blame me, I voted for Ron Paul
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Kidan Title: TFN EU Staff Registered: Jul '03	Date Posted: 5/5/06 1:23pm Subject: RE: Pebble in the Sky (Ben Skywalker/OC, Hal Horn/Nyche, others) May Legacy Child Entry (Time travel - Date Edited: 5/5/06 2:26pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Kidan
	Chapter 1 For Ben Skywalker what happened occurred between one step and the next. He literally lifted his foot to step over the rag doll and was suddenly assailed with dizziness. Then as he lowered his foot, all the air whooshes out of him, and he collapses to the grass. He closes his eyes fighting the nausea, not wanting to throw up. Finally his thoughts and mind calms down enough that he can wonder about the grass he is sitting on. He opens his eyes, and sees it growing wild all around him, a bright vibrant green, he looks around at the trees and flowers, and he can smell the scents of springtime. He looks around once more, trying to find a hint, any sign of the durocrete that he was walking on, looking for some hint of the shops and restaurants which mere moments ago surrounded him. Hoping against hope for some sight of Jysella. Looking down once more he notices the rag doll. He shouts in joy, a brief moment of reality, and then he notices that it has been truncated, sliced in half, as smoothly as if someone had taken a lightsaber to it. Ben leans down to examine the doll closer; noticing that the cut is unburned, and so smooth and precise, none of the stuffing is damaged at all. Ben once more looks at the various trees, glancing from one to another, still wondering what to make of it all. For a brief moment he considers that he's gone insane. Then quickly pushes that from his mind as he still feels the same. He reaches out with the Force, first trying to find Jysella, and then his parents. Yet while he can find people that resemble them, he cannot sense them at all. He can feel his confusion and fears clawing at his spine, raising chill bumps on his arms. Without realizing it, he begins talking aloud to himself, the mere sound of his voice soothing him slightly. "Am I crazy? No, I'm not, but where am I?" He looks around again, trying to see anything he can recognize. "Maybe I'm dreaming or having a Force vision." He remembers reading somewhere that people should pinch themselves to awaken from a dream, so he quickly does so, and feels the small nip of pain. Frowning as he realizes that he could just as easily dreamed that pain as truly felt it; he tries to think of something else. He wipes his forehead, brushing away the cold sweat that has appeared on it. "What about amnesia?" Then he puts his head on his knees and starts to quietly sob, venting his confusion and pain. Could he have wondered all the way to this planet, wherever it was, in a blank fog? What could he have done during that time? What did he do during that time? "No!" His own cry of disbelief startles him. He looks down, noticing that he is still wearing the same robes that he put on for his date, then there is the doll, what would it be doing out here in the woods so far from civilization, especially when he had just stepped over the exact same one on Coruscant. The quiet desolation begins to wear on him, and he quickly stands. He realizes that he will soon need to find people, shelter, even something to eat. He will need to find a way to get in touch with Jysella, and apologize for disappearing on her. Looking around, he starts walking through where the trees seem the thinnest, hoping to find some sign of sentience in that direction. Valin Halycon is a happy man, well almost. He is a mere seventeen years old, but he has found the girl that he is going to marry. Her name is Nyche Senthe, and at sixteen she is what he considers the perfection in feminine form. Smooth skin, long wavy black hair, and sparkling green eyes, and a figure to die for. But what Valin likes the best is her matter-of-fact way of approaching life. If he had to choose one word to describe her emotionally and intellectually he would have to go with "grounded." If he had to choose a single word to describe her overall, he would have to go with "perfect." To say he is smitten is an understatement. He watches her laugh for a moment, and then turns his attention briefly to the third person in their party. Her name is Syal Senthe and she is Nyche's older sister, and is a spitting image of her sister physically. Emotionally is another story. Where Nyche is calm and collected, Syal is wild and exuberant. He is still amazed that the same parents can produce children so different from one another. He turns his attention back to Nyche, and wonders once again how exactly the Jedi can deny love and marriage. He is suddenly very glad that his father did not turn him over to the Temple for training when he was born, but undertook to train him secretly, in much the same way he was secretly married. Valin wonders what sort of pressures such a secret would inflict on the heart, how someone could withstand that pressure for so long without breaking. He knows that he wants to scream out his love for Nyche from the tallest spire of Coronet, even if such a gesture would cause her to blush uncontrollably. He lands the speeder in the small clearing where they are planning on having their picnic. He quickly gets out, and walks to the brook which flows through the clearing, creating a gentle babbling noise in the background. Then turning his attention back to the girls, he can't help but smile at them, his love, and their chaperone. A crashing sound draws his attention and he turns around to face the sound, hoping that it's not one of the larger predators that can occasionally be found in the woods this far out. He frowns as a man stumbles out of the forest, dressed in what appears to be torn and dirty Jedi robes. Valin looks him over, noticing the ginger hair is unkempt and dirty, and the stubble of growth on the man's cheeks. he looks at the three of them, and Valin can feel the shock coming off of him in the Force. He collapses to his knees, and his voice is harsh and low. "Thank the Force." Then the man collapses, falling unconscious. Valin carries him over to the speeder, and leans him up against it, then grabbing one of the bottles of water; he slowly raises it to the man's lips. Looking down he notices the lightsaber hilt attached to the man's belt. The stranger sputters slightly, and starts coming to. His grey eyes lock on each of them in turn and Valin gently probes him with the Force, sensing the deep, understated power within him. "Can anyone tell me which planet I'm on?" Syal who had spent the entire time, hovering over Valin, watching the stranger intently speaks up to answer his question. "Corellia. Why wouldn't you know what planet you're on? Where did you think you are? And what's your name?" Valin sees the shock register in the strangers face, as he once more looks at Syal, and reaches out to gently caress her cheek. His voice when he speaks is a low whisper. "You look so much like my Jysella." -----signature----- You sadistic Yank!! - McEwok http://www.TheExpandedUniverse.com Don't blame me, I voted for Ron Paul
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Lola64 Registered: Mar '05	Date Posted: 5/5/06 7:29pm Subject: RE: Pebble in the Sky (Ben/OC, Hal/Nyche, others) May Legacy Child Entry (Time travel) **Ch 1 05/05
	Fabulous chapter Kidan. Valin Halycon is a happy man, well almost. He is a mere seventeen years old, but he has found the girl that he is going to marry. Her name is Nyche Senthe, and at sixteen she is what he considers the perfection in feminine form. Smooth skin, long wavy black hair, and sparkling green eyes, and a figure to die for. But what Valin likes the best is her matter-of-fact way of approaching life. If he had to choose one word to describe her emotionally and intellectually he would have to go with "grounded." If he had to choose a single word to describe her overall, he would have to go with "perfect." Just beautiful writing. I only stalk the best you know. He frowns as a man stumbles out of the forest, dressed in what appears to be torn and dirty Jedi robes. Valin looks him over, noticing the ginger hair is unkempt and dirty, and the stubble of growth on the man's cheeks. he looks at the three of them, and Valin can feel the shock coming off of him in the Force. He collapses to his knees, and his voice is harsh and low. "Thank the Force." Yikes. Poor Ben. How long was he walking? Valin sees the shock register in the strangers face, as he once more looks at Syal, and reaches out to gently caress her cheek. His voice when he speaks is a low whisper. "You look so much like my Jysella." You're not going to make them an item, are you? That'd be neat. Hey Jys, when I went back in time I sort of kissed your great Aunt Syal. Soooo looking forward to more. -----signature----- Kyp/Nurse Lola: the new ship I stalk people. It's a Lola thing. Been gone and is now back. Did you miss me?
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Kidan Title: TFN EU Staff Registered: Jul '03	Date Posted: 5/5/06 9:50pm Subject: RE: Pebble in the Sky (Ben/OC, Hal/Nyche, others) May Legacy Child Entry (Time travel) **Ch 1 05/05
	Lola64 Fabulous chapter Kidan. Thanks! Just beautiful writing. I only stalk the best you know. im afraid i'm going to wake up tomorrow morning with a monster ego... Yikes. Poor Ben. How long was he walking? couple days, a week? You're not going to make them an item, are you? That'd be neat. Hey Jys, when I went back in time I sort of kissed your great Aunt Syal. actually, yes I am... Soooo looking forward to more. fear not, there is more, though I'm afraid this one will be even shorter than Pleasure & Pain... -----signature----- You sadistic Yank!! - McEwok http://www.TheExpandedUniverse.com Don't blame me, I voted for Ron Paul
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Kidan Title: TFN EU Staff Registered: Jul '03	Date Posted: 5/9/06 7:56pm Subject: RE: Pebble in the Sky (Ben/OC, Hal/Nyche, others) May Legacy Child Entry (Time travel) **Ch 2 05/09
	Chapter 2 A strange expression crosses Syal’s face. “Who’s Jysella?” Ben’s eyes once more focus on the here and now. “She’s my girlfriend. I was meeting her for lunch, when something happened.” Valin frowns. “Girlfriend? Aren’t you a Jedi? And what were you doing meeting her way out here?” Ben shakes his head, as if trying to clear it. “Yes, my girlfriend, and yes I am a Jedi. But I wasn’t meeting her out here; I wasn’t even on this planet. I was on Coruscant.” The three share a look, and Nyche steps up as Syal goes to ask some more questions. “I’m certain that we all have questions we want to ask the Master Jedi, but for now, he could probably use something to eat, and to go see a medic.” The look she shoots Valin and Syal leaves no room for argument, as Ben slowly nods his head. “Yes, something to eat would be wonderful, thank you.” Syal rushes off to find something esculent, and grabs some fruit from the picnic basket. She takes it back to Ben, and as she hands it over asks a question. “What’s your name?” Between bites he answers her question. “Ben, Ben Skywalker.” She smiles at him, a large one, which reminds Ben so much of Jysella’s. “I’m Syal, and that’s Nyche and he’s Valin.” Then lowering her voice to a whisper so Nyche can’t hear, she asks another question. “I thought Jedi weren’t supposed to form attachments or have relationships like that.” Ben frowns at her question, wondering where she dredged up that tidbit of information. “That was the Old Jedi Order, when my dad rebuilt the Order after the Purges; he saw no reason to not allow attachments.” Ben watches as the three of them once more share a look, confusion evident on all of their faces. Finally Syal voices their confusion. “What are you talking about?” Ben looks between the three of them. “Vader? The Empire? The Purges? Even the war with the Yuuzhan Vong. Most of this is school-age galactic history.” Valin shakes his head, to show that they still don’t know what he’s talking about. And Ben once more questions his sanity. Valin looks between the two girls once more. “Let’s take him to my dad; he’ll know what to do.” With nods all around, they get back into Valin’s speeder and head back into Coronet. The home of Nejaa & Scerra Halycon, Coronet, Corellia. Valin lands the speeder in front of his house, and quickly jumps out, even as they are entering the home, he is calling out. “Hey Dad!” “In here.” Valin leads the group through a formal sitting room, into a more family oriented den. Sitting at a duvet are a distinguished looking man, and lovely woman, Ben looks closer at the man, as he resembles Master Horn. Across from them is another middle-aged man, wearing a high-necked tunic, with a green logo on the breast. Valin walks over to the pair on the duvet. “Dad, we found someone in the woods.” Then looking back towards Ben, he gestures that he should come forward. “Ben Skywalker, meet my parents, Nejaa and Scerra Halycon, and a family friend Rostek Horn. Mom, dad, Mr. Horn, may I present Master Jedi, Ben Skywalker.” Ben absently notes the scared look which passes between Valin’s parents, but most of his attention is focused on Rostek. He looks the man up and down, having seen multiple pictures of him over the years, Ben clearly recognizes him. Yet he is decades younger than he should be, then he has any right to be. “How can this be?” He can hear Nejaa behind him. “How can what be?” He points towards Rostek. “Him, he’s young.” Ben doesn’t realize that he’s about to faint, that seeing Rostek Horn at thirty-nine, when by all rights he should be well into his nineties is just one more thing than his brain is currently prepared to handle. As he starts to fall, he can feel Valin’s hands reach out and grab him, lowering him gently to the ground. Then unconsciousness claims him. Gives him a respite from what he’s suffering through, gives his overloaded brain time to process everything that’s happened. Dooku’s Hanger Bay, Geonosis Anakin Skywalker fights with single-minded ferocity. He started this battle with two borrowed blades, one of which has already been sliced in two. He powers his blows with his anger and fear. An anger directed at the Sith before him for trying to kill Padme and Obi-wan, a fear due to having left Padme out on the sands while chasing Dooku. Yet for all his skills, for all the power he places into every blow, the old man he’s fighting matches strike by strike, playing with him. Anakin fights in near silence, his blade a blur, trying, hoping for an opening, while Dooku fights in equal silence, batting away Anakin’s blade as if he’s not trying. And that’s because Count Dooku is not trying. Finally beginning to tire, Dooku goes on the offensive again, and quickly slides his blade beneath Anakin’s guard. A quick lift of the blade leaves Anakin screaming in pain and shock as his sword arm falls to the ground. Dooku smiles and Force pushes Anakin on top of Obi-wan. As Anakin lies on the ground; the shock of having an arm suddenly cut off renders him unconscious. As he drifts in that deep pool of blackness, he receives a vision of a man, a few years older than himself, with ginger hair, fighting a dark monstrosity wearing a suit of black armor and a twirling cape. Their sabers locked the blue of his contrasting sharply with the red of the monstrosity’s saber. What it means, he does not know, but he feels a connection to the man, an interlocking of fate, and he wonders when they will meet. He wonders if when they do, will they be friends or foes? -----signature----- You sadistic Yank!! - McEwok http://www.TheExpandedUniverse.com Don't blame me, I voted for Ron Paul
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