Handmaidens: Saché's Story ~*~*~*~*~ Author Note - Feb 3

First of all, I have to say, I've really been enjoying this story. I think that so far it has been sadder than your other two...but it's been very well written. Saché is one brave, determined, and stubborn girl! I also really like Ané--she's the mother Saché needs.

I'm interested to see how the situation between Saché and her father gets resolved--please post soon!

~Padme

 

Oooh PrincessPadme, I love your sig! That's such a beautiful song!

 

I'm heeeere! Sorry it took me so long to read and post!

I don't blame Sache at all for faulting her father for the deaths of her mother and brother. She hasn't had any resolution with him. It's natural that she would hold him to blame for that.

Hitting her in the orchard... *throttles Sache's father* She has to learn to defend herself...maybe that's why she became a bodyguard. Or it could be that she's going to have to do something to make her father stop...to defend herself. That could get her on her way. Or maybe it's a combination. (Pay no attention to the speculations of my weird mind.)

Yay! Ane is pregnant again! But ugh!!! He's such a horrible man! I think Ane having children might remind him of his wife, which is why he's being more horrible to Sache. Well, one of the reasons, anyway.

LOL! Sneaking out of windows and climbing down a trellis? Sache's already on her way to her job of protecting the queen.

*sigh* Sache is caught up in the abuse cycle. Get hurt, be angry, be sad, don't leave because you love the person, get hurt...

"Don't send me away. I'm sure it'll get better." Poor deluded child! I'm glad Micha and Ane are there, but I hope they have the sense enough to realize that they have to get Sache away--or put her father somewhere where he can't hurt her.

 

Whew!! **wipes brow** Finals are awful!! But you know what? Being at college without classes and tests is amazing fun!!

Fé - Resolution? What is this resolution you speak of?? Congrats on finishing your semester too!! Lucké, you're almost done!

Mel - I'm very bad at resolution... Congrats on finishing your art project!! *tosses Mel a fizzy fruit drink and some cookies**

Jaya - Aww! Thanks so much!!

bobill - Ha!! Thrashing, thwacking, smaking? Which shall it be? Yeah, Railen is kinda messed up.

Anyanka - How much more, did you ask? Well, that's a secret, but I'll tell you this much... er... probably a lot more...

Luneygirlywoman - Smite him into the Trekkie Universe?? Oh wretched fate worse than death!!

Winter - Yes ma'am!! More right away!

menilma - Micha's kinda quiet, but I bet he was rather angry when Saché told him what was going on. I know I would be.

And Isaac is four years older than Saché, I sort of clarify that in this next post!

Yané - !!!!!!!! Thanks much dear!! lol, Saché tells off her dad a little bit in that last post, I mean, he isn't to bright... drinking kills brain cells and look at how much that man drinks!!

menilma - thanks for the up!!

Denny - **hugs** no no!! It's my fault, I didn't tell you that I posted! Sorré dear! Anyways, I'm glad you liked them!

PrincessPadmé - Welcome!! Thanks so much for your wonderful compliments! I agree, Saché's Story is much sadder and darker than either Rabé or Eirtaé's stories. **sigh** but not to worry, Yané and Sabé's stories will be much more lighthearted. Post coming up right away!

Qwi - **cough** Caité's death comes back to haunt Saché a bit later in the story, but I've said too much, so I'll zip it.

OOooohh!! I have a speculator!! Let's just say this: Some of your speculations are dead on target, others are close. You're good at this.

Okay folks, this is a long next post, which I know everyone will love, and it's happier too, so... yeah... enjoy!!

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It was a few weeks later that Aunt Ané decided that I should know a few things if I wanted to stay on the farm. She started teaching me self-defense. Everyday, right after our tutors let all us kids out of school, she and I would go out onto the hill over the lake, spread out a mat and she would teach me the basics of self-defense for an hour.

I was getting quite good, when Uncle Micha started to teach me how to drive speeder bikes and landspeeders. This was a very interesting endeavor. I think I managed to scare him silly more than one time, although technically, it was his fault. It didn?t take me long to get a hang of driving. It was a lot like riding Yari, different things you do to gain speed or slow down, to change direction. I got a hang of the speeder bikes a lot better than the landspeeders, though I soon became proficient with both.

Father had sort of stopped his rough handling of me, and I think a lot of that was due to my Aunt. She is one of the bravest people I know, she isn?t afraid of anyone, least of all my father. She was my role model. Without my mom, there were basically three major women in my life to guide me. Wyré was one of them, Noumé was the other and Aunt Ané was the third, obviously.

Aunt Ané was a big believer in standing up for yourself, for being self-reliant and able to not only take care of yourself, but those who can?t take care of themselves.

So, I suppose, subconsciously, it was no big surprise the day she handed me a blaster.

We were up on the hill, and I was waiting for her to start the lesson for the day. She

 

Ooh, a post! And a good one too!

Emma, I'm surprised that your disdain for tests and exams didn't bleed into this post too much, especially at this time of year. I'm glad Saché had her standardized testing experience tempered by something more pleasant - goodness knows I didn't when I took the ACT.

I wasn?t talented at playing music

For some reason I found that amusing. No idea why.

Great work!

Mel

 

Yay, another post!

It was nice to see Saché have some fun. I like that you brought Joel back into the story. Will we be seeing him again? If so, I wonder when Saché will realize who he is. That will probably bring up some sad memories though.

Oh yeah, and I like Aunt Ané. She seems very smart and level-headed. Too bad she hasn't gotten rid of Saché's father.

 

Hehe, yes, very light and fluffy! No need to bang anyone's head against the wall here!

I don't like the idea of those schoolteachers making their students recite stuff like that. There are some times when people need to fight for their rights. Period.

On second thoughts, those teachers could use a light wack as a sort of reality slap.

Joel...Joel...Joel... nope, that name doesn't ring a bell... wait a minute, that house that Sache was staying in when her mother was injured... was there a Joel there?

Those Royal Exams remind me hauntingly of the SATs. Three hours of testing, testing, testing... ack.

 

Yes, very fun, poor Sache... having to wear a dress and take a test And that boy... do I sense romance in the air? And I'll bet Miss Sache does well

 

CHICKS!!! *grabs Obischick in a massive bear hug* Omg I can't believe it took me so long to read your new Saché fic. (Darth Boarding School, grrr ... I'm temporarily released from its grip by that incredible liberating thing we call vacation. ) This story rocks! It's even better than Rabé and Eirtaé (congrats on story of the week btw), if that's even possible. I love this! With all these trials she has to go through you really show the strength of Saché's character, and I think it's a nice touch with Joel there. Do I sense a spark of romance? Maybe this time it'll work out ... don't mislead us like you did with Taé and Dev - now that was just mean. Hehe, I still say Taé and Dev belong together. Keep writing, Chicks ... I'm back to cheer for ya!

Give me an S, give me an A,
Give me a C, H, E ....
What does that spell?
OBISCHICK ROCKS!

Returned to her lame cheers, Tahiri has.

 

I liked this part:

So Grandma took us shopping.

She made me get a dress.

She sounds so excited. I can just imagine her going to the shop not knowing what to expect...and coming out with a dress with a look of What-the-heck-is-this-and-what-the-heck-am-I-doing-with-it.

I can relate a lot with Saché.

Personally, I didn?t know what I wanted to be when I grew up. I didn?t like art, I wasn?t talented at playing music, I wasn?t good at public speaking and I certainly didn?t want to be a farmer when I grew up.

Ditto.

And that is so awesome that she met Joel Paron (or is it two R's?)!! That is just too cool!

Great job, Chicks!!! Loved it!! I, personally, am looking forward to your Yané story!! It will totally blow mine out of the water...!

*~~~Yané the Red Nosed Handmaiden~~~*

 

Yikes! I forgot to reply the other day!

So Sache doesn't like dresses? Hmmn... she's not very much like me at all, is she?

And what Aunt Ane had to say about blasters is very true, at least IMHO.

 

Holiday Uppers!

 

Lovelee!

Saché´s growing into that chick we love! I like her aunt and uncle and Noumé of course!

UP

 

UP!

 

Oh oh oh! Wonderful post Obischcik, just wonderful! I wonder why Saché got a special test?? Please, do tell

 

::waves:: Hey, Chica! I'm catching up!! I'll read the other two in a minute, just gimme a sec here...

::faces Darth Real Life across a three-mile-deep chasm with an orb in his foot:: YOU...SHALL NOT...PASS!!!!!!!!!!

I'm loving what you have in this story so far, though. You have an unending series of terrific emotional highs and lows. Sounds like Saché had the roughest childhood of them all. Your descriptions of her childhood settings and her relationships are excellent, and BAH, did you make me want to thwack her father one! I'd be interested to see what happens to him later on.

And now the shades of Saché's handmaiden days fall across our path. Mmmm. Hurry back with post in hand!!!

 

Great post!

 

**stumbles into thread, tired and sick**

Hey! I'm alive!! And I'm going to post!!

But of course, Reader Responses first:

Mely: Lol!! I didn't even realize how, um, ironic that line was in relation to our two stories...

Anyanka: **cough** yes, you will see more of Joel and his older brother later in the story. Can't say more than that. And Railen is Ané's older brother... it would be hard for her to admit that he needs to go.

bobill: I don't like the recitation very much either hon, but I think the Naboo don't realize a lot how much other people don't play by the rules. And I think they will be getting a reality check soon enough.

Luney: Romance? Well, I'm positive that Saché doesn't sense it...

TAHIRI GIRL!!!: **massive bear hug** Omg!! How are you dear?? I'm so glad you're here!! It just didn't feel quite right without my cheerleader!! **groans** oh no!! Now don't you bring up Taé and Dev! Things will work out for them later, I promise!!

Yané: Lovely holiday sock! lol! Saché was so thrilled to get her dress, as you can tell... I'm so glad you can relate to her! That's a major motive of mine, my readers being able to tell where the character is coming from, even though they may not have had the same experiences or had the same choices.

Féth: I have given thee a new name, I think it works... She's like you a bit dear. Very kind and sweet and pretty. Dresses just weren't practical on the farm, and as a result Saché is uneasy in them and uneasiness is easily interpreted as dislike or fear. Wow, do I ramble or what??

Denny: Thanks so much dearie!!

menilma: heh, it's really not a special test, it's just the test assigned to her, you know how in some schools they give slightly different tests to students sitting next to each other so they can't cheat off each other? that's what this is... Glad you liked the post though!

SEB!!!!: **waves and hugs** I'm so happy you're here!! And I'm so glad you like it so far!

Oh dear yes, Saché probably has the worst childhood out of all the handmaidens, Rabé and Eirtaé have some sort of unhappy things that happen to them, but it's more in their adolescents (I just KNOW that's spelled wrong), but Saché was just a child. And her father's destiny is going to make people think, I hope.

Jaya: Thanks so much!

Thanks for the ups Tahiri girl and Anyanka!!

This is a sort of lighthearted post as well, some cuteness towards the end and middle, so enjoy all!

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Life returned to semi-normalcy when we returned to the farm. Our scores came back a couple weeks later, and much to my surprise, and happiness, I had gotten a 92%. Crisé had gotten an 84% and Ashé had gotten an 86%. We were all really happy. The average score for our year was a 65%, we had done really good comparatively! The three of us were very excited about that, us, farmgirls, had completely kicked our competition?s butt!

We continued with our chores and work. I continued working with Aunt Ané on martial arts and my shooting skills, even though our time was cut back a lot, mainly by Aunt Ané getting burdened with a lot of work, father was not always drunk anymore, but he didn?t do anything, and Uncle Micha and Aunt Ané had their hands full. Noumé may have had something to do with this as well. She disapproved of me learning how to shoot, even though she admitted that martial arts were useful to learn.

The year I turned fourteen, the harvest was bad and the farm suffered because of it. A lot of this had to do with the fact that we didn?t have enough wo

 

I sense some strange and quick growing up coming soon.....


I also sense some bad foreshadowing vibes as a result of Saché's argument with Isaac.

 

Great post! Keep it up .

 

How cute. Crisé...*sigh* how many girls like that did I know in middle school? Saché vs. Isaac--hehe. "Useless Advice File", I love it. Looks like they can't even escape growth spurts in the GFFA...ouch. Poor kid.

 

Yay, a postie! A happy postie! 92 in a class average of 65? I need Sache to tutor me! And how old is Reke? Is she old enough to ride? Is it okay for her to ride? And do I sense a love connection between little Isaac and little Sache?????

 

Another lovely post, Obischick! Now why do I get the feeling that something bad is going to happen?

I guess you're right about Ané and Saché's father. I keep forgetting that they're siblings because Ané is a million times nicer.

 

Sorry I haven't posted in so long! I've had trouble concentrating enough to keep up on everything. Ten weeks left until Anakin's due date, so maybe I'll get my brain back then.

Missed two posts!

First post: I loved Ane teaching Sache these thigns...I really like the way Ane sees things. This line especially was so profound: ?Saché, I want you to know that weapons are not evil. They have no brain; therefore they have no mortality, no compassion, no thoughts or feelings. It?s the person behind the weapon that you should worry about.? I nodded my understanding, Aunt Ané smiled at me. ?You can?t always take everything at face value Saché, remember that. Always question, always discover the reason, the motive.?

And Joel Paron...wonder why that name is familiar.

It was great seeing Sache in the city eating out and going to plays...she needed that. She needed to see her grandmother, too...and I'm sure her grandmother needed to see her.


Second post: New workers! And it was fun to see Reke going riding with Sache and Ashe.

I think that was one of the last times I ever felt like a child, free and unburdened, not a care in the world besides not falling out of my saddle. Hmmm...something's going to happen with Sache. Something bad or something good? I'll have to wait to have that question answered.

 

Yay! Great postie!!

Sorry I can't provide specific feedback...I'm a little wired right now...


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