Of Love and War Book 1: Dawn of a New Life

Chapter 8: Dreamworld

"The Force is strong with him."

"He is to be trained then?"

"He will not be trained."

"No?"

"Clouded this boy's future is..."

"I will train him then. I take Anakin as my Padawan learner."

"Young Skywalker's fate will be decided later."

"Zelina, Anakin, stay there, all right?"

"Ani! What are you doing? Qui-Gon said to stay here! ANI!"

"NOOO!"

"It's...it's...too late...."

"No!"

"Obi-Wan...Promise me you will train the boy...and watch out for the girl..."

"Yes Master!"

"He is the Chosen One. He will bring balance...train him..."

Sobbing...that's all Zelina heard now, was broken sobbing...

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"Zee...Zee, wake up, we're almost there."

Zelina cracked her eyes open groggily, blinking rapidly as she slowly came to consciousness.

"We're almost in the atmosphere!" Anakin's voice told her cheerfully. "Obi-Wan told me how the whole planet's one big city!"

She rubbed her eyes sleepily before she answered her friend. "Already? I've been asleep that long?"

"You needed it," interjected another voice she recognized as Obi-Wan. She smiled sheepishly at him when her eyes found him standing beside Anakin, looking at her with a small smile.

"I guess so," she said lightly, untangling herself from the blanket. How had Anakin managed to wiggle away without waking her up?

"I was just taking Anakin to the cockpit so that he could get a good first view of Coruscant. You're welcome to join us," Obi-Wan said, putting a hand on Anakin's shoulder. Anakin nodded enthusiastically.

"Come on sleepyhead, hurry up!" he joked.

Zelina grinned and stood up, running a hand through her hair a few times and stumbling over to them sleepily. "Alright, Alright, I'm coming..." she mumbled out.

Obi-Wan chuckled and put his free hand on her shoulder, leading her along. "Come on little one."

Zelina leaned into Obi-Wan as they walked along, Anakin somehow wide awake as he strolled along beside them. "How are you so awake?" she mumbled to him.

"I slept well last night," Anakin said cheerily.

"Lucky for you..." Zelina muttered.

"Did you not sleep well?" Obi-Wan asked curiously.

Zelina shook her head. "I had a nightmare last night," she said tiredly.

"That's why you were moving so much in your sleep," Anakin mused.

"What was it about?" Obi-Wan asked.

Zelina shrugged. "Stuff..." she said quietly. "I don't remember it all really...just bits and pieces..."

Apparently Obi-Wan caught onto the fact that Zelina didn't want to talk about her dream right now, because he didn't press her for details, he simply shook his head. "Maybe you can tell me later...if you remember anything, that is."