Sacrifice- Anakin's little sister

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I woke up shaking, I was laying in a bed covered in a light satin like duvet. I huffed out a breath and brought the duvet up to my face. The fabric felt cool against my burning face. I lay back wiping my forehead of sweat and closed my eyes to see the face of the burned man with no eyes. I sat straight back up and climbed out of bed. "im probably not going to get any sleep.. Maybe I should call ani.. Wait a minute.. Im at his apartment.." I stood, straightening out the big shirt I wore, and shorts underneath, and walked out the open door. I went down the halls closing my eyes to find my older brother. I heard light snoring coming from a room on my right. I walked into the doorway and saw Anakin and Padme sleeping side by side. I went over to anakin and tried shaking him awake but to no avail.

I eventually gave up trying to wake him up and went over to padme. I placed a hand over her arm and shook her gently. She slept silently. Her eyes opened slowly and she sat up. "Kara, what's wrong? are you okay?" I shook my head. "I had a nightmare.. I tried waking anakin up.. I didn't get very far.. Sorry for waking you.." she turned to ani laughing quietly. "it's alright. he sleeps through everything. It's normal for him." He lay on his back with no shirt on, his mechanical hand laying over his stomach. "he was always a heavy sleeper.." she turned back to me smiling. She moved closer to anakin and patted the space next to her. I climbed in and she hugged me into her. She stroked my hair lightly, something my mother would do when I was upset back home on tatooine. I held one hand on her arm as I curled into her. I listened to her heartbeat and found myself almost asleep. She rubbed my arm with her thumb, still stroking my hair.

Anakin

I woke up yawning, tired. I turned to see padme turned away from me. I pushed myself up on one elbow and saw Kara curled up in a ball next to padme. Padme had her arms wrapped around her and she was smiling softly, her head up against the top of karas forehead. I put a hand on padmes arm and she opened her eyes. She turned to me and then back to Kara. "she had a nightmare.. She came in and tried waking you up.. After not being able to she woke me up. She was asleep ever since.. Ani.. When was the last time she actually slept?" I looked down at Kara her breathing even and slow. "I have no clue.. She slept for a while on the cruiser, up until we landed and I carried her here.. I don't have the slightest idea of when she was last fully asleep." "it has to have been quite a while since she did.. She almost passed out after she laid down with me.. Im worried about her ani.." I reached over and pushed some hair out of her face. "I am too padme.. I am too." we looked at each other. "I have to get ready for the Senate meeting today.. What are the mysterious wonder siblings going to do today hmm?" she raised an eyebrow at me smirking. "well.. We're off duty for a couple days.. Im going to take kara up to the temple. Master yoda wants to talk to her about her nightmares." "he knows?" "I was speaking with the council when ahsoka came running in and told me about it. I believe Obiwan said something." she nodded and slowly set karas head down on the pillow and out of her arms. Kara was still fast asleep. I got up out of bed and she followed getting up from my side. I walked back over to kara and pulled the blanket back up to her chin. She must have been in a serious deep sleep if she hasn't woken up yet. "okay ani. I'm heading out." I turned and hugged padme. "I will see you tonight." she nodded and walked out of the room. I turned around to see Kara still out like a light. I turned around and walked out of my room and into the kitchen. "im going to make Kara some breakfast."

Kara

I lurched forward and panted as I felt dizzy. I put a hand to my forehead and wiped away a bead of sweat. I swung my legs off of the bed and stood straight stretching my arms above my head. I walked out the open door and into the hallway. I smelled bacon all of a sudden. I raised an eyebrow and walked faster toward the smell. I walked through an arch in the hallway and found anakin standing over a stove. "anakin?" he turned around with a spatula in one hand and a fork in the other. I burst out in laughter as I saw his frustrated expression. "How in the heck does padme make this stuff? It burns!" he was leaning far away from the popping bacon and flinched each time the oil popped. I moved to the stove and turned the temperature down. It calmed down only popping on occasion. "you had it up too high big bro." I laughed lightly as I sat in on the counter.

He walked cautiously over and poked at it. "Thanks." We sat in comfortable silence. I watched him make the rest of the bacon with ease, and then he went on to making pancakes. He handed some bacon my way, which I happily accepted. After eating about five pieces, the pancakes were finished. We sat down at the table and sat in comfortable silence as we ate. I turned and saw the orange juice on the countertop. I used the force to bring it towards me and I grabbed it, filling my glass and handing it to anakin. "After we eat, I'm going to take you down to the temple. Master Yoda would like to speak with you about your dreams." I looked up eyes wide. "Anakin..." he shook his head at me. "Don't anakin me. Obiwan and I were reporting to the council when Ahsoka ran in saying a bunch of clones were trying to break down your door after hearing yelling and screaming." I looked down, staring at my hands. "Okay." We finished eating in silence. I got up cleaning my place at the table and I placed my dish in the sink, rinsing them before heading off to get dressed.
As I walked into my room I saw that my robes had been cleaned and folded neatly on my bed. I picked them up and changed quickly. I walked out and saw anakin was dressed and ready to go. He grabbed his robe and slid it over his arms and left the Hood down. I did the same, except I put mine up. We walked out together and got into his speeder.

As Anakin flew the speeder, i held my lightsaber in my hands and played with it absentmindedly. My mind wandered to master Taru and the many other jedi who have fallen during this terrible war. 'What would have become of my master if she had lived? And what did that dream of anakin's crimson eyes try to push through to me? Is something darker at play here?' I watched as tall buildings sped by us. Soon, the temple was in clear view and we landed on one of the ground landing pads. I stood up and got off the speeder as anakin stood. My short bob moved slightly as the breeze caught it, my hood rustled a bit as my hair brushed against it. i closed my eyes enjoying the breeze, and opened them walking forward into the temple.

Anakin and i walked down the long hallway of the main temple, the commons, as Ahsoka and i called it. I could see Master Obi-Wan and Master Plo talking next to one of the monastery pillars. We approached them and they both turned to us, smiling. "Ah, anakin, Miss Kara. Master Yoda was awaiting your arrival."

Worry filled the pit in my stomach. What was master Yoda going to say if he thought my nightmares showed I was headed down a path to the dark side? I have no idea as to what the nightmares mean...

We came to the meditation roon i had grown all too familiar with during my training with master Taru. "Meditate and calm your mind young Kara. Until then you will not be able to be at peace." I jumped a little as i remembered her voice perfectly.