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Raptor517 Registered: Sep '06	Date Posted: 6/10 10:38am Subject: Truths of the Heart. AU, Romance, Humor Updated 0609 Palps works on Obi, stirring up bad memories
	Good post. lol at the elkhorn/podracer line. -----signature----- Piercing the Darkness http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/28010631/p1/?1 His Brother's Words http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/26020497/p1/?3 Metamorphosis http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/24997946/p5/?7 Intelligence vs Canon htt
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Veloz Registered: Aug '04	Date Posted: 6/10 11:48am Subject: Truths of the Heart. AU, Romance, Humor Updated 0609 Palps works on Obi, stirring up bad memories
	First i must say, congrats on the new car!!! and i feel ur pain about been broke, cause i'm going thru the same thing aaah what we all must go thru to have wheels Wonderful chapter as usual i will hate to see this story end, so if u come up with a lil' something else, be sure to let me know about it, i wouldnt want to miss it!!! “Why do I feel like I’m willingly walking into a wretched hive of scum and villainy?” Obi-Wan murmured under his breath as the three Jedi disembarked at the landing pad of the Senate office building, drawing their hoods up for the short distance before they would be under cover as rain lashed down upon them. “The sacrificial k’rau thrown on the altar of political expediency.” Cause u r, my dear Obi, walking straight into the lion's den “Why, Obi-Wan – you’re his new best friend.” Mace’s lips twitched as if fighting back a smile. He swiveled his head when he didn’t get the expected rueful snort he expected and quickly decided it would be prudent to drop the teasing when he saw the look Obi-Wan was shooting at him. I can just imagine that look LOL “The second objective is?” Plo encouraged as Obi-Wan unobtrusively studied the Chancellor. A brief flare of alarm had sounded when the man’s gaze had rested on him – Palpatine had seemed concerned how he would react when Aidus had been mentioned, but if so, why had he brought the man’s name into the conversation? For all Palpatine’s professed wish not to distress him with further references to the past, the Chancellor was doing a remarkable job of doing just that. In fact, that glance had seemed almost speculative, rather than concerned. Had Mace noticed, as well? He had quickly glanced at Obi-Wan and then back to the Chancellor, subtly shifting towards his colleague as if to ready to offer reassurance should any be needed. Dont trust this jerk! Something about that thought prickled at Obi-Wan’s nerves, a warning or premonition? Whichever it was, he vowed to be mindful – for when the Force spoke, he listened. Unfortunately, its message was so often clouded these days. Sadly the message is clouded... darn the darkside! Great chapter, i always laugh trying to imagine just how annoying Palpatine must have thought Obi-Wan was, always in the way of his plans Thanks for the pm! and i look forward to the next chapter -----signature----- "Hello there!" "Remember the Force will be with you..always" - Obi Wan Kenobi, ANH "Who's the more foolish...the fool or the fool who follows him?"- Obi Wan Kenobi, ANH
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charie Registered: Oct '07	Date Posted: 6/12 5:40am Subject: Truths of the Heart. AU, Romance, Humor Updated 0609 Palps works on Obi, stirring up bad memories
	Awesome chapter. Love your Palpatine! Thanks for writing and for the pm.
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Valairy_Scot Registered: Sep '05	Date Posted: 6/14 9:55am Subject: Truths of the Heart. AU, Romance, Humor Updated 0609 Palps works on Obi, stirring up bad memories
	earlybird-obi-wan Great update with Obi meeting Palps, the always seducing and devious mind. Oh, that’s so true. He not only sticks the knife in, but twists it. MiralukaJedi Palpatine is a real nasty piece of work. A great Sith. p_stotts Quite scummy of Palpatine to bring up such a touchy subject, but Obi-Wan's hard-won serenity will do the trick. Good thing Palps wasn't able to "cheer up" Obi-Wan some weeks back, right? I also hope Obi-Wan doesn't forget his niggling doubts regarding Palpatine. Perhaps closer examination of said doubts are in order? Oh, if only the war and looking for Ventress and worrying about Anakin didn't preoccupy him. Gkilkenny: It always amazed me how some of the greatest Jedi on the Council could be blindsided by one man.[/i] He's very adept at concealing himself in the Force. Dianethx: Love the ominous tone of this. From the Queen of Ominous - wow. Thanks a lot and I still miss your presence on the boards. GeneralKenobi7 Your writing of Palpatine really amazes me, it's so in character. Thank you. I find him so easy to write. raptor517 Glad you enjoyed it. Veloz I can hardly believe it – it’s a long story why I bought a car (old car ran fine, I loved it, but a long series of coincidences lead to this:) It was nice in the morning on its first official trip; rained a bit in the afternoon. Timed the trip just right, and managed a bit of tromping around on my snowshoes, dressed just as you see me here. Great chapter, i always laugh trying to imagine just how annoying Palpatine must have thought Obi-Wan was, always in the way of his plans. I think Palps must have really hated Obi-Wan. charie Awesome chapter. Thanks. -----signature----- http://boards.theforce.net/fan_fiction_resource/b10304/25405090/p3/?52 Prolific Author thread: list & links there. Muse fueled by coffee. Often AWOL despite frequent sipping. Writes on inspiration, not a schedule. 2007-2008 the quality years
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Valairy_Scot Registered: Sep '05	Date Posted: 6/16 12:48am Subject: Truths of the Heart. AU, Romance, Humor Updated 0609 Palps works on Obi, stirring up bad memories
	I feel like I should put you guys out of your misery and just post the last few remaining chapters...I figure I've lost roughly 2/3 of my readers over this story and its predecessor - I hope it's DRL and not declining quality in the story, but - well, considering how well my latest story is (not) going,.... FYI: I may take a break from writing over the summer (as I have the last 2-3 weeks). The muse is on vacation and didn't leave a return date - it may return should clouds and rain return or work slow down - heck, that might be later this week, even (change of weather is forecasted). I'll still be around the boards, though, reading everyone else's wonderful stories. Good luck to the nominees. PM's later. Chapter 33. The Way of the Force The flames had died down and were all but extinguished; the bodies reduced to bits of bone and ash. The souls of three more Jedi soared free now, one with the Force. Their earthly bodies would stride planets no more; their luminous selves would stride stars. Obi-Wan stood with bowed head, next to his fellow Council members. He had stood in the funerary all too many times in the last few years. It had been a rare thing when he had been young…still all but new to him when he had stood next to Qui-Gon’s body all those many years ago on Naboo. These Jedi were casualties of yet another battle: two who returned only in shells of flesh and one who released the body to join them shortly after. He had known one quite well; the other two less so. While one loss was more personal, the death of them all saddened him even as he sought to release his grief in the Force; to accept the knowledge that they were at last in peace. Watching as the flames caressed their earthly remains, Obi-Wan had seen again that pyre of long ago: the clasped hands, the face quiet as if in sleep. It hadn’t quite seemed real, back then; a dream that should have been a nightmare, but the nightmares had come only at night, not there at the side of his master. Newly knighted Obi-Wan Kenobi had then stood as chief mourner at the pyre of the man who had been mentor, teacher, and father to him for half his life. He had stood there as mentor, teacher, and father in training, hoping in time he would fulfill those roles half as well, be that same hero to his young charge as his master had been to him. Anakin had needed Obi-Wan’s strength, then, but his hero had remained Qui-Gon Jinn. Never Obi-Wan Kenobi, never the substitute, never the one he had nearly supplanted. He gave his new master affection, but not his devotion. He gave his loyalty, but not his full trust. With a soft sigh of remembrance as he returned to the present, the Jedi stirred a little, aware what had triggered that memory. It was Anakin’s absence that recalled that first time together and all the times subsequent, even if he could all but hear his master’s admonitions. Do not live in the past or the future, Padawan, for the only moment that counts is this one. He closed his eyes and tilted his head upwards, a slight smile on his lips as the memory of those words washed across his mind. Yes, Master. And so it was that this time when he returned his attention to the waning flames, he saw neither past nor future. Instead he felt: the eternal pulse of the Force that bound them all. He felt the sorrow bound to the curls of smoke that ascended and he felt the gradual acceptance that crept into sorrow’s place. In that feeling, he again knew that death was merely a doorway, not an ending, and that in the fullness of time one could indeed rejoice at another’s return home to the Force, for death that merely transformed into life. It was a lesson he relearned each time he stood before the flames, for a human heart mourned what a Jedi would come to accept, each time confronted with death. The younger Jedi present were still learning these lessons; their focus on the physical: the transformation of flesh to ash, of curls of smoke, and of odors that once identified could never again be mistaken for anything else. Even with the slight breeze waffling the edges of cloaks and loose locks of hair, the acrid odor mingled with the sweeter smell of h’a’ria, the traditional wood of a Jedi funeral pyre. This wood burned with little smoke; aromatic with a hint of spice, it was the perfect wood for a funeral pyre. Those older felt, saw and smelt little of these things, far more attuned to the spiritual than physical aspect of the ancient ritual. Like those around him, Obi-Wan gathered his grief and pain and joined it to the last wisps of dissipating smoke to find the release he sought in the Force and the acceptance in turn; the sure knowledge that they were at last in peace. Peace. It eluded the living; it seemed only achievable in death these days. Kenobi! He passed a hand over his forehead, chiding himself for such negative and unproductive thoughts. Unconstructive pessimism was a useless waste of energy and not something he was given to. Peace was always achievable if one believed. Joy and beauty were still to be found; hope and love still abounded. He just needed to meditate and bring his focus back into balance. Yes, comrades fell and innocents suffered, war raged on, and yes; he was separate from all that, untouched, but only because war had touched him. He was home to recuperate and heal, and if he had found love and contentment in the moment, it did not mean that he minimized the suffering of others. It just seemed so. Now that he was healthy, he felt it was his duty to return to where he was needed, for the simple and incontrovertible fact remained that living beings were dying each day – and he, Obi-Wan Kenobi, was home safe with the woman he loved. While so many others were in jeopardy, he was not. He glanced across the room to find Siri’s eyes resting on him. Wordless though their communication was, he saw in the pinch of her fingers against the cuff of her robe, the small biting of her lips and the blink of her eyes that she was remembering standing here, mourning another death – his. He sent silent comfort through their bond: even should I someday lie here before you, I will not have left you, for we live in the Force. Should I lie here before you, I will have merely gone ahead and will wait for you – just don’t rush to join me. He hid a smile; let her thoughts warm his heart even if not allowed to upturn his lips, this solemn occasion. He glanced at all the other Jedi gathered round: Yoda, Mace, Ki-Adi-Mundi, Plo Koon. Jayren and a solemn contingent of younglings. Friends and colleagues, all. Bant, Neille, healers who were not with patients, Bant who had done all in her power to save one and found it not enough. They all knew loss, but none knew failure, for loss was transitory and the Force home to them all. They knew that, deep in their souls, and it comforted when the human heart grieved. Obi-Wan returned his eyes to the last of the flames, dying into glowing embers of red and yellow, the blue of intense heat long past. Crimson and gold….a tremor shuddered through his body. Faces…faces danced in the flame…eyes reflected the red slash of a crimson blade, the yellow of unleashed hate and fury…the clash of blades and the sizzle of blaster bolts as Jedi piled up like the wood of a funeral pyre…a young female padawan’s face, upturned to the light, sprawled on her back, her last act an attempt to shield the crechlings behind her, all dead as well…the light fading from Siri’s eyes as she gasped her last…Jedi cut down…his padawan’s back, stiff with outrage as he faced the carnage… …with a strangled swallow, Obi-Wan pulled out of the vision and blinked. They stood as yet; his comrades, his friends, and the woman he loved, still stood. The bond that connected him to Anakin was still intact, if silent. But for how long? Was this a vision of the future to be or warning of what might come to pass, what might yet be averted? Force grant me the ability to see what I must do, to hear your will, to obey your wish… let me not be an obstacle but your ally and accomplice. He breathed out the shock of the vision as he had learned years ago. He had been free of such intensely disturbing ones as this for many years now. A movement to one side caught his eye. Yoda was nodding, ever so slightly, touched by the vision as well, eyes thoughtful and concerned as they studied Obi-Wan. Of all the Jedi, Yoda saw deepest into the Force and received visions most other Jedi did not. Had he shared Obi-Wan’s vision: in full or altered; had he merely been brushed by it? A slow blink of his eyes told Obi-Wan they would speak of this later; a wave of calm was sent to sooth him. Obi-Wan relaxed and nodded ever so slightly. He let it go…released it into the Force, the horror dispelled, but the warning not to be ignored. * With a slight nod of his head, Yoda indicated it was time for the assembled Jedi to disperse. First to leave were the youngest by seniority; the last, the Council members, with only close friends remaining behind as desired. Taking a deep breath of fresh air as he started down the worn stone steps, Obi-Wan felt more than saw Siri step forward to walk at his side. “Hey, there.” Her fingers found his and pressed; released. They walked in silence for a few minutes. He glanced at her and saw the faintest shimmer in her eyes. “Are you okay?” “Yeah, yeah, I am,” she said. “Many of us will fall in this war, Obi-Wan, many of us have already. Once I thought you had. My mourning is behind me, not that I wouldn’t care if you died – I would mind terribly – but I do know you would be waiting for me, having merely gone ahead. If I go before you, well, how you deal with it is your problem.” She managed a small smile that Obi-Wan returned. He didn’t think he wanted to tell her about the vision he’d just had. He might just find out what life was like without Siri – he would face that when it came, if it came. Not now. Force willing, not for a long time. ** Though the healers had pronounced Obi-Wan healed in both mind and body, it seemed the Council was not so convinced, or at least Mace and Yoda. They flat out told him he would be on personal leave for some time yet. “So eager are you, to return to war?” Yoda asked, his ears swiveling in disappointment. He stared at Obi-Wan intently, his very look demanding that Obi-Wan look deep within himself before responding. The three of them sat in Yoda’s quarters, on the meditation cushions the little master preferred. Most of the Council was away at battle. “Yoda, leave Obi-Wan alone,” Mace chided gently, but Yoda remained unmoved. Obi-Wan scowled, but Yoda was unmoved, just as he remained when Obi-Wan sighed and settled into meditation. He finally raised his eyes to Yoda. “I would prefer none of us ever to return to war,” he said firmly. “I wish not to be here when I am needed there, though, and I wish to see Anakin through his training. Other than some lingering concerns over his mastery of himself that I have and you minimize, his knighting seems not far off.” “And of Ventress – what say you should Anakin return without her?” Yoda encouraged. A blink was the only betrayal of Obi-Wan’s surprise. He realized he had assumed Anakin would succeed, for he could remember very few instances of Anakin failing at a task, though some had turned out less than successful. “I should wish to pursue her myself,” he admitted, after due consideration. Mace stared at him while Yoda only nodded in acknowledgment. He hesitated, but self-knowledge was the bedrock of a Jedi, so he delved deeper. “I – yes, it is personal,” he finally confessed. A soft humph was Yoda’s response; Mace leaned forward with a quizzical look at Yoda, not Obi-Wan, then cleared his throat and asked why. “Because of Anakin, as well as for Ventress.” It was the honest response, the truest response he could articulate. “Remember, I knew rejection once. I thought my life was destroyed when I was sent away to Bandomeer, but I know now I would have survived. Then, had you not accepted me back after that Melida/Daan debacle, I would have survived, though I thought differently then. “Yet, what would have become of me had I been sought by darkness, never had known the power of the light as I was immersed in darkness? What would I be even now had I not escaped from Ventress? That Sith mask – it would have turned me, eventually. Not one of us is invincible in the light – when the dark has snuffed out any trace of light, any of us could succumb. “What would Anakin be now had not the Order accepted him? Would the Sith have found him, turned him into another Sith had we left him be? Is Ventress what she is because the Sith found her and groomed her for evil? She is not evil at heart – I know she was twisted and perverted into what she is, as I might have been, as Anakin could possibly have been.” He saw again in his mind’s eye the broken figure of a girl, covered in blood, abused at the feet of her dead parents. She was no childish innocent, not with warlords for parents who took her on their own vicious and bloody campaigns, but she had been a child and exposed to a life no child should ever be. Just as with Anakin, scars of a life no child should ever face had affected the young person and adult each had grown into. Anakin would forever strive to stand out, to be noticed, to need approval – all things a Jedi should never desire. Obi-Wan’s goal had always been to help Anakin control what he could not suppress, to modify what he could not discard. Ventress as well sought acceptance in the only way she knew how. He wanted to show her a different way; a path the Force opened before her if she just recognized it as the opportunity it was. “You want to redeem her?” Mace said quietly, steepling his fingers and looking at Obi-Wan with a hint of pity. “I want her to have a chance to redeem herself,” Obi-Wan countered. “Because I felt in her a spark of light that has not been swallowed by the dark. I saw – I saw her tears and I remembered the tears…of a Jedi.” The three Jedi looked at each, until Yoda got up and slowly paced over to Obi-Wan to stand at his knee and look searchingly at him. With a small nod, a three-fingered hand patted the surprised Jedi’s knee. Mace merely raised an eyebrow as he watched. “Talk we will, when your padawan returns. See first whether Ventress accompanies him, or not,” Yoda pronounced with finality, as he climbed onto his hoverchair and guided it out of the room. His last words drifted back to them. “Savior you cannot be, young Obi-Wan, but the beacon of light in the window to guide the lost in from the dark you may prove to be. Guardian of the Light you are. Allow you to try, we should.” Yoda’s words deeply moved Obi-Wan; it was a sign of trust as well as hope. He had no grand illusions about being such a “candle to light the dark;” he merely knew that he could not just stand by and watch a person drown in darkness when all it might take to save that person was just one hand extended to help. “Yoda has a point,” Mace conceded. “If you don’t mind telling me, what significance do tears have?” “Hope,” Obi-Wan said simply. “When I was fighting that mask, Mace, I…I cried at what I was feeling, what part of me gloried in, and now I see, my tears meant hope – that not all light was yet extinguished and there was still – hope. Even if I never again shed tears outwardly, I hope my heart never loses the capacity to feel them.” The older Jedi stood and dropped a hand on the younger Jedi’s shoulder. “We will see if your padawan returns with Ventress before our next step. For now, Obi-Wan, your time with the younglings is time well spent. They are our hope for the future; their guidance is no less important than the war effort.” A Force ghost nodded, etheral hands resting on his padawan's shoulders. All Obi-Wan needed now was knowledge; he now had all the tools he needed to save Anakin and thus, the lives of so many more. Knowledge was the last link - and Qui-Gon could not impart that. From where or whence that knowledge would come - or if it would come in time - the Force did not reveal. As for this moment - the ghost was in full agreement with both Jedi. Teach them, my padawan: teach them all to nurture the tears of a Jedi yet not allow the tears to overrule the mind - in tandem they must work, the heart and mind in balance. One who achieves that has achieved all that a mortal being is capable of. -----signature----- http://boards.theforce.net/fan_fiction_resource/b10304/25405090/p3/?52 Prolific Author thread: list & links there. Muse fueled by coffee. Often AWOL despite frequent sipping. Writes on inspiration, not a schedule. 2007-2008 the quality years
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p_stotts Registered: Jan '01	Date Posted: 6/16 5:16am Subject: Truths of the Heart. AU, Romance, Humor Updated 0616. Obi's glimpse of a terrible future.... - Date Edited: 6/16 5:17am (1 edits total) Edited By: p_stotts
	sniff So lovely! I wish Qui-Gon could break through that last barrier and appear to Obi-Wan. The poor guy could use the guidance and wisdom of his former master. sigh Perhaps some day in the not too distant future. shoots a look at Valairy You know, one cure for writer's block is to keep writing. Seriously, I can totally relate. That's why I haven't finished The Bright Shinies yet. I guess I'll go back and work on that when I'm done with Demons. Although, I do have a sequel in mind for Demons. The story has wandered its way into The Saga era. Congrats on your new vehicle. It sure is a beauty! Both of our cars are at least 10 years old, but we can't afford to replace either at the moment. Kids sure are a drain on the old finances, but they're worth it. Have fun with your new car this summer. Lastly, Congratulations on your nomination! You certainly deserve it. I love all your stories and am happy to see your talent acknowledged. Edit - Yay! I got first post! I'm almost as quick at you in responding! -----signature----- How many of you believe in psycho-kinesis? Raise my hand. - Larry the Cable Guy Proud master to Gkilkenny! Stories in my bio.
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earlybird-obi-wan Title: PT Scene Contest Winner Registered: Aug '06	Date Posted: 6/16 8:18am Subject: Truths of the Heart. AU, Romance, Humor Updated 0616. Obi's glimpse of a terrible future.... - Date Edited: 6/16 9:13am (1 edits total) Edited By: earlybird-obi-wan
	Instead he felt: the eternal pulse of the Force that bound them all. He felt the sorrow bound to the curls of smoke that ascended and he felt the gradual acceptance that crept into sorrow’s place. In that feeling, he again knew that death was merely a doorway, not an ending, and that in the fullness of time one could indeed rejoice at another’s return home to the Force, for death that merely transformed into life. It was a lesson he relearned each time he stood before the flames, for a human heart mourned what a Jedi would come to accept, each time confronted with death And it is so true, death 'is' merely a doorway A Force ghost nodded, etheral hands resting on his padawan's shoulders. All Obi-Wan needed now was knowledge; he now had all the tools he needed to save Anakin and thus, the lives of so many more. Knowledge was the last link - and Qui-Gon could not impart that. From where or whence that knowledge would come - or if it would come in time - the Force did not reveal. As for this moment - the ghost was in full agreement with both Jedi. Teach them, my padawan: teach them all to nurture the tears of a Jedi yet not allow the tears to overrule the mind - in tandem they must work, the heart and mind in balance. One who achieves that has achieved all that a mortal being is capable of. and Obi-Wan will be the one to save Anakin by guiding Luke Edit and Keep writing these lovely stories. I would sure miss them and congrats to the noms. And loved the scenery and your new car -----signature----- writer and Star Wars fan FANART [link=http://boards.theforce.net/fan_art/b10020/25793899]fanart[/link] stories in my bio
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MiralukaJedi Registered: May '08	Date Posted: 6/16 9:31am Subject: Truths of the Heart. AU, Romance, Humor Updated 0616. Obi's glimpse of a terrible future....
	One would definitely hope that Obi-Wan's vision doesn't come to pass. But if it's meant to be.... -----signature----- I'm amusing, if only to myself ~ a twisted sense of humour can do that to a person :; Call and Answer~ http://boards.theforce.net/beyond_the_saga/b10477/28668422/p1/?3 I, Exile~ http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/29148129/p13
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Gkilkenny Registered: Mar '04	Date Posted: 6/16 8:42pm Subject: Truths of the Heart. AU, Romance, Humor Updated 0616. Obi's glimpse of a terrible future.... - Date Edited: 6/16 8:45pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Gkilkenny
	I love the scenery behind the car...Wasn't it too cold for shorts and t Shirt? Brrrr. I don't like winter much, although I liked going to the snow fields. I look around the boards and there aren’t many of us diehard Obi-Wan supporters left. I find when I lose focus and my muse disappears from time to time, it’s the moment when I have to watch TPM again and bring out the JA books and refresh my memory why I like writing about Obi-Wan so much. I dread it when one of us decides to stop writing. It's like the death knell for Star Wars. It will happen one day probably to all of us. Although I’m not looking forward to that day. I enjoy your stories immensely, and I hope your break away from writing, sees you come back refreshed and with new ideas to keep Obi-Wan in the picture. Congratulations on your nominations and good luck to you. His last words drifted back to them. “Savior you cannot be, young Obi-Wan, but the beacon of light in the window to guide the lost in from the dark you may prove to be. Guardian of the Light you are. Allow you to try, we should.” Yoda’s words deeply moved Obi-Wan; it was a sign of trust as well as hope. He had no grand illusions about being such a “candle to light the dark;” he merely knew that he could not just stand by and watch a person drown in darkness when all it might take to save that person was just one hand extended to help. Yet a saviour he does turn out to be. If not for him watching over Luke, who would've trained him and sent him off to Yoda to become a Jedi.... Ummm. Anakin(Darth Vader) may have eventually chucked Palpy over the edge but it was Obi-Wan who set it all in motion. Great writing Val -----signature----- Proud Padawan to p_stotts Peace over anger - honour over hate - Strength over fear. Links to Stories in my Bio. Obi-Wan forever.
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Valairy_Scot Registered: Sep '05	Date Posted: 6/17 1:15pm Subject: Truths of the Heart. AU, Romance, Humor Updated 0616. Obi's glimpse of a terrible future....
	p_stotts: Seriously, I can totally relate. That's why I haven't finished The Bright Shinies yet. I guess I'll go back and work on that when I'm done with Demons. Ah, I've been wondering where that story disappeared to! I suspect the muse may have gone on vacation with the car - or maybe it hid while I was doing the car research, number crunching, etc. My mind has been elsewhere, I must admit, for several weeks now. Maybe I DROWNED the muse by ignoring it! Ack! earlybird-obi-wan: Recognize the mountain? I'll keep writing - I've got more stories in the pipeline but they're sorta written and sorta need a LOT of work before posting. MiralukaJedi: Ummm...we'll see. Perhaps it's one of the clues that will set Obi-Wan on the path to helping Anakin destroy Palps. Perhaps. Gkilkenny: I was plenty warm at 5400' in shorts and in the sun - even sweated while snowshoeing the few minutes I was snowshoeing dressed in shorts/top. That's PARADISE! (literally and figuratively) at Mt. Rainier - the flowers there in summer are, well, see for yourself: Don't worry, I'm not going away and I'm not going to stop writing Obi-Wan-centric stories. I just need - inspiration (bribes?). Thanks for the kind words all - and noms? I haven't paid any attention to the noms as yet - was I nommed in Saga? Thank you! -----signature----- http://boards.theforce.net/fan_fiction_resource/b10304/25405090/p3/?52 Prolific Author thread: list & links there. Muse fueled by coffee. Often AWOL despite frequent sipping. Writes on inspiration, not a schedule. 2007-2008 the quality years
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charie Registered: Oct '07	Date Posted: 6/17 2:34pm Subject: Truths of the Heart. AU, Romance, Humor Updated 0616. Obi's glimpse of a terrible future....
	Leave it to Obi-wan to feel guilty for surviving. I love how this is moving along. Don't stop!!! I can beg if you want me to...
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obsessedwithSW Registered: May '05	Date Posted: 6/17 10:00pm Subject: Truths of the Heart. AU, Romance, Humor Updated 0616. Obi's glimpse of a terrible future....
	Actually Ive been a bad reader who has turned lurker because I hardly have any time and have been too brain dead to post a coherent response. YOur story is wonderful as always I think DRL have been picking off older members from reading/writing as the once had. Keep up the good work Val it isnt about you that people have fallen to the wayside. -----signature----- Yes Darth Maul -bring sexy back! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW8kOYvwVng Avid SiriWaner ! Stories in Bio
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Raptor517 Registered: Sep '06	Date Posted: 6/17 10:05pm Subject: Truths of the Heart. AU, Romance, Humor Updated 0616. Obi's glimpse of a terrible future....
	I demand another post. Nice pics, btw. Mountains rock. Raptor517 -----signature----- Piercing the Darkness http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/28010631/p1/?1 His Brother's Words http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/26020497/p1/?3 Metamorphosis http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/24997946/p5/?7 Intelligence vs Canon htt
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Gkilkenny Registered: Mar '04	Date Posted: 6/18 5:58am Subject: Truths of the Heart. AU, Romance, Humor Updated 0616. Obi's glimpse of a terrible future....
	That is an amazing picture. I've never seen such a beautiful field of flowers and the snow capped mountains in the background. It looks so peaceful. Bribes? I'm good at bribes give me a hint. What do you need. -----signature----- Proud Padawan to p_stotts Peace over anger - honour over hate - Strength over fear. Links to Stories in my Bio. Obi-Wan forever.
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smoke20ts Registered: Jun '05	Date Posted: 6/18 6:15am Subject: Truths of the Heart. AU, Romance, Humor Updated 0616. Obi's glimpse of a terrible future....
	Do not live in the past or the future, Padawan, for the only moment that counts is this one. He closed his eyes and tilted his head upwards, a slight smile on his lips as the memory of those words washed across his mind. Yes, Master. And so it was that this time when he returned his attention to the waning flames, he saw neither past nor future. Instead he felt: the eternal pulse of the Force that bound them all. He felt the sorrow bound to the curls of smoke that ascended and he felt the gradual acceptance that crept into sorrow’s place. In that feeling, he again knew that death was merely a doorway, not an ending, and that in the fullness of time one could indeed rejoice at another’s return home to the Force, for death that merely transformed into life. It was a lesson he relearned each time he stood before the flames, for a human heart mourned what a Jedi would come to accept, each time confronted with death. Wow! I really found this (actually the entire funeral scene) to be extremely moving. Once more, I absolutely loved the picture that you have painted with words. As for Obi-Wan's vision, hopefully he can make some sense of it and put what he learns to good use. I look forward to more. PS You haven't lost me as a reader. The last few weeks have been extremely busy with work (our busiest time) and family health issues which left little time for much else. Things should return to somewhat normal soon (I hope)
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