A Long Time Ago, In a Galaxy Far Away

Chapter 4

Anakin caught the girl with the Force moments before she could hit the ground. To say that he was confused would be an understatement. First she said that they were on Earth, a planet he had never heard of before, and then acted as though it would be crazy for them to be on any other planet. But the moment he had said Coruscant, he had felt her recognition slide over him. When Anakin had turned on his saber, he had been able to make her out. She was padawan aged and was bundled up due to the cold, however he could make out her black hair and blue eyes. He also could tell how quickly she had paled staring at his saber. Then she looked straight at him.

"Your Anakin Skywalker," she had said, her voice high pitched as he sensed panic and recognition rush through her.

Anakin didn't know what to make of it. Yes, he was famous, the Hero With No Fear, but no one had ever acted like that upon meeting him.

And then she fainted.

"What the kriff was that about?" Anakin asked out loud as Padmé bent down next to the girl. Anakin released his hold on her and she dropped the last few centimeters to the ground.

"Well, perhaps we shouldn't have turned on a lightsaber of all things," Obi-Wan muttered.

"I don't think that would have mattered, she recognized me," Anakin replied as something darted past his leg. He looked down and saw a dark grey tabby cat dart by his leg and to the girl, hissing at Padmé as it climb onto the girl's chest.

"We aren't going to hurt you," Padmé told it. The cat was having none of it and hissed pinning its ears. "Or her."

For some reason, Anakin got the feeling the later was what the cat was worried about.

"Well, what do you suggest Obi-Wan?" Anakin asked.

"We might as well wait for her to come around, see if she will answer questions without the lightsaber."

"Besides that? It's getting cold out and we don't know where we are."

"She will answer that as well, patience," Obi-Wan said as he bent down to touch the girl. The cat hissed. "We aren't here to hurt you," Obi-Wan told it, using the Force to get the meaning across. The cat stopped hissing and looked at him curiously. Obi-Wan then touched the girl sensing her. She was alright, no real reason from having passed out besides shock. Shock of what, Obi-Wan was still trying to figure out himself. While Anakin was Anakin, Obi-Wan couldn't fathom why just seeing him would cause her to faint. "She'll be up in a bit."

Anakin looked back at where the cat had come from and saw a small shelter that looked like it had been man made. There were six kittens bedded down in it. He looked at the bag the girl was carrying.

"What do you think she was here for?" Padmé asked as she rubbed her arms to try and get warmer.

"I think she was helping the kittens and their mother," Anakin said. "That's probably her entire reason for her being out right now."

The kittens noticed the absence of their mother at that point and they began to look around. Upon seeing Anakin, they huddled together in fear, but their mother meowed to them and it wasn't long before four of them, two white, one black and white, and a brown tabby were bounding over to their mother with an orange tabby and brown kitten not far behind.

"Do you think she will mind if we try to find something for Padmé?" Anakin asked, nodding to the girl's bag as he tried to help warm Padmé up. He felt the cold as well, but he had dealt with fluctuating temperatures before.

"I think we can wait to ask her," Obi-Wan replied as the girl began to stir thanks to the kittens climbing on her.