Saga Freefall 1&2 the morning after the wedding. (A&P,) Author Announce re Obi-Wan's tale 1 September

A new tale, this takes place the day after the wedding, Anakin's thoughts...

By posting it here I hope I can get it finished soon!!

Edit: It's finished!



Without Further Adue....






Freefall.

He was falling, from what or where he didn?t know? but? falling.

He was dreaming, there was no other explanation for it.

Falling.

Any moment now, he would awaken in his familiar bunk in the Jedi Temple. Obi-Wan would be calling to him to get up before lunchtime?

Falling.

But?

The sheets were too soft.

Geonosis.

Mom.

Falling?

Anakin struggled against the pull of the dreams, but sleep wasn?t ready to relinquish it?s hold on him just yet. He groaned, feeling pressure on his chest and his?

his?

No?

His arm.

Falling?

Gone, lost to Dooku?

And Padmé?

Falling?.

He snapped himself awake, sweating. There was pain in his arm? or where his arm should have been. Angry, sharp pain, almost unbearably so. Only the pressure on his chest distracted his attention from it. Pressure caused by?


?Padmé??

 

That's an interesting musical start Breezy. What will happen next?

 

The prolouge for your new story!
It's lookin good! Can't wait to see where it goes from here!

 

Interesting start, DB. Those dreams always are hard to handle when you wake up.



Although I kind of expected him to land with a SPLAT! onto something. But I guess this works too.

 

Looking good, DB. Can't wait to see what you do with this one.

 

Oh good! Another story!

 

DB: anakin_girl is teaching me how to read, and she's starting me out with the best...your story. Good job.

 

k- I'm going to finally follow one of these from the beginning. Quite the tease there.

Purrrrr! Ani.

Only complaint... no visuals of bare chested Anakin, I'm assuming they are on the way

 

Another Breezy fic.

YAY!!!!

Its fantastic as usual. Very discriptive and very Ani.

 

Hello Every-booody!!!


The next posty will be up soon, but in the meantime, a few thank yous!!


scuiggefest

Thank you!! That was the exact feeling I was looking for...

APF

Me too! We'll see where Ani takes us shall we?

Lexy

Dreams are Always a bear to write.. they have their own logic that's hard to capture...


AG!

Scary thing, this is not a dark tale... I've written my fallen Ani, it's time to explore the 'before' time...

Dally

Always good to see you!



AGC

Swell! He're some Kitty-Gon brownie foundation for you!




PLJ

Ani's more than bare chested, I assure you as we'll soon find out!



darla101

Thank you! Ani's voice is my favorite to use...

More soon!


With a special thank you to 'PoolBoy' for helping me get started again! DB

 

Part 2:

Freefall, the conclusion.




He lay there for a moment, almost afraid to breath, lest she vanish into the haze of



sleep and dreams when suddenly, with an unladylike grunt and sigh, she rolled off of



him. Fully awake now, as dream women certainly did not ?grunt?, Anakin lay there for a little longer, watching her breathe.



The memories came flooding back in a rush. They had traveled to Geonosis, to save Obi-Wan? there had been a terrible, terrible battle and her pledge of love. He had nearly lost her, not to the arena beast, but to an accident of war?



In his heart of hearts, he knew that despite Obi-Wan?s admonishment, he should have gone back. Had he known for sure that Padmé had been safe, he would have been less out of control when they had confronted Dooku. Less?





Unable to save his real arm, he healers had been quick to fit him with the prosthetic.



He flexed the fingers experimentally and winced as the pain shot through the remainder of his upper arm. He briefly considered the Force-infused pain medication the Healers had given him before they had left yet set the thought aside for now. He wanted his head clear for at least a little while and although he knew he would need to take it very soon, it could wait a little longer.



Padmé. She had been briefly admitted to the Healers Ward to tend to the wounds from the Nexu, but as soon as she had been able, she had insisted on assisting the beleaguered Healers. He knew that it was, at least in part, an excuse to be near him but her innate kindness and need to serve were so ingrained into her very being that she would have insisted on being there in any circumstance. He stroked the top of her head with his real hand, savoring the sensation of her hair against his fingertips. The very nearness of her was almost too much to bear, and although it was now his very right to touch her, he found himself almost? No. Right now, but for the very real need to get up and relieve himself, he would have been content just to lie here next to her and watch her sleep.



Sighing, Anakin disentangled his long legs from Padmé?s (who had immediately wrapped her ankles around his the moment she had resettled.) and got out of bed. Out of comfort rather than any false sense of modesty, he picked up the silky robe that had been flung haphazardly over the chair the night before. As he had done with her hair only moments before, he lightly traced his fingers over the veil of her wedding dress before making his way to the fresher.





As he came out, he paused again, just to take in the vision of? her. She lay there, blissfully unaware, with one arm cuddling her pillow close, the other tucked under her head. Her hair was a tousled mess, so unlike her normal stately bearing yet he found this much more alluring. Once again he found himself questioning how or what he had done to deserve the love of this woman. His Angel?



Snapping him away from his reverie, his arm suddenly flared in pain and he bit back the scream that wanted so desperately to escape. Anakin gripped the side of the chair, willing the pain to subside long enough for him to hold it in and after what seemed like an eternity, it released its hold at last. Reluctantly, he wandered over to the dresser to reluctantly prepare the infusion that would ease the pain, but rob him of any lucid thought for the next several hours.





Stirring the powder into a glass of wine, he let his thoughts drift back to the journey back to Naboo. They had traveled using a small chartered ship, unescorted and quite alone. The fact that the Separatist movement had escalated into a full scale war had not diminished the danger, yet all available fighters had been assigned to other sectors. The Chancellor, once again proving his faith in Anakin, had assured the Council that the young man was more than capable of completing his assignment. If Ob

 

Awwww.....I love it, Breezy. And very in character for Anakin--I could just see him not wanting to take any pain meds because of the lack of control involved.

Great post.

(And Tom said to tell you he likes the Kitty-Gon brownie foundation. )

 

Awwww... that was very sweet. I like the way you get into Anakin's head and his dreamlike quality that he sees in Padme.

I also loved Padme snorting - sooo ladylike

Lovely, lovely... purrrrrrr!

 

OH MY..WHAT A LOVELY CHAPTER.. I MISSED PART 1.. WHERE DID IT GO?

 

Very interesting. Great post!

In some ways he has grown up (wanting peace rather than adventure), while in others he is more troubled than ever (the pain and fear are worse now). Such a complex character... I enjoyed this version of him!

 

Great start thus far, DB! I agree, it's very much in character for Anakin to not want to surrender control to anything, even medication.

--MissPadme

 

This was really beautiful. I enjoyed it.

 

Thanks Guys...





Will post more kudos later...been a day.

 

Giving this another bump...

 

Very touching. I like that you explored the angst and fear inside him -- especially when it's contrasted with the happiness of his wedding. I hope you write more!

 

Oh, my, DB, you've done it again.

In the hands of a lesser writer a vignette like this could so easily have been cloying, and full of banal endearments and awkward fumbling. Instead you have given us a seamless, sophisticated story that takes two well-known characters and adds completely fresh elements and insights.

I love the way you began it with the dream -although you just had to make that into a teaser, didnt you! I can imagine that a lot of these elements of his life must seem like a dream to Anakin, and that he sometimes has to pinch himself to see whether it's real.

But of course the pain does that for him, doesn't it? There is so much wonderful detail here- the solid reality of the woman beside him, the not-so-fairytale struggle to heal, and this:

As he had done with her hair only moments before, he lightly traced his fingers over the veil of her wedding dress before making his way to the fresher.

Joined. Of course. You make it all so clear.

Wonderful!

 

Such very sweet lovely Ani-Padme mush - and you know that means a lot from me dear!
It was interesting to me to read about Anakin's fear of losing control, especially since, in the end, he did loose that and much more when subcombing to the dark side, in my humble opinion anyway!
So, Breezy, what canst thou expecth next?

 

I am going to catch up withb everyone this week (I hope!)

I must pause to thank Geo3 for helping me revise the second part and making sure my hair was combed and shoes were tied....

 

Ok OK... Sorry about the delay!




AG


My heart that is Anakin says that you are very right....


PLJ

I couldn't resist....

Quingark

Part one is the teaser.... its a sort short story...


Lex

Thank you... it's another facet of 'my boy'...

Miss Padme

I think we're on to something here...

stacysatrip

Thank you!

Dally

Loyal freind to new writers and old alike.... see my footnote...

Geo



Such high praise... thank you again for tidying things up!

FAB

So glad you came!



Notes:

?Goodnight, husband?? She'd spoken the words not even knowing if he had heard her... She placed her finger to his lips and he kissed it almost reflexively; most likely in his sleep, but she had to be sure...


? ? ?

Wait DB! I hear you cry! That wasn't in the story??




"I don't know Dex..." Obi-Wan sighed heavily. "Master Offee says to leave him find his path, Master Sengi tells me to keep him close in... The Council wants him to finish the mission but..."

The table groaned under his massive bulk as Dex leaned in closer to the Jedi.
"My friend," he chuckled. "Allow me to tell you about the Packer, his son and the eopie..."

Three total tales... four characters... a trio or quartet?

Comming soon...

 

DarthBreezy - Posting quality Jedi Nookie since June 2002!

Great story! And I must thank you for the wonderful images running around in my head right now.