Lyianna walked down the flight of stairs in true elegance, until she stood on her dress, when she caught sight of her heart desire(Anakin) and fell tumbling to the floor. She looked up into his deep dreamy eyes, and saw nothing but a mocking humour in them. She stood up and brushed herself off. She looked at him, and forced herself not to laugh, but then had to run off as she began to splutter into hysterics.
Anakin stared after her, she was truly a unique girl, and even though he did not want to admit it, he felt strong feelings towards her.
"Anakin!, come on, we can not be late for this!" Obi-wan-kenobi called, noticing the confusion in Anakin’s mind.
"I am sorry master, I am coming" he walked away from the staircase, but not breaking the stare he was holding with Lyianna, eventually after much coaxing form Obi-wan, he left her stare and walked away.
Leaving her standing looking gormless. She gave a deep sigh and turned away, running speedily across the city centre.
"Padawan Skywalker, listening you were not?" Yoda said. He looked grumpily at Anakin, who jumped immediately out of a daydream.
"I, um. Sorry could you repeat the question?" he said nervously, he looked at Obi-wan, who let his head drop to his hands.
Anakin was feeling very embarrassed, he had been thinking of Lyianna rather than his duties, and now he was in serious trouble.
"Troubled your heart is" Yoda said, seeing straight into Anakin’s heart. Anakin blushed and sat up straighter.
"Well, not really I just had my mind on other things, I am sorry Master Yoda, I will concentrate now" he said doing his best to work his way out of his sticky situation.
Yoda nodded and began to continue talking. Anakin was still very reluctant to listen to any of what he was saying, but forced himself to, as she knew Obi-wan would give him a hard time if he didn’t.
Obi-wan grabbed his Padawan’s shoulder as he tried to run out the door, without being caught.
"Hold it right there, you have got some explaining to do!" he said, looking directly into his eyes.
Anakin squirmed away form his Master, and turned around, he gave a cheesy grin, as a five year old would do, and fluttered his eyelids.
"What do you mean master? Did I do something wrong?" he said innocently. His master gave him a whack on the head, and sighed.
"You need to learn Padawan, that if you become a Jedi you renounce all love affairs, this affection you have with this young girl must be broken!" he said seriously, Anakin turned away and sighed, what he was feeling this moment was driving him mad. He looked out the window, and watched his hearts desire, running freely in the fields, laughing with her friends, in absolute harmony. Nothing, he thought, nothing would ever cause her to love me.
He walked away from his master, and sighed. He had always wanted more than anything to be a Jedi, and now, he had broken one of the greatest rules of the book. He had fallen in love.
Lyianna, ran across the fields, and laughed mockingly as her friend slipped in water and fell to the ground.
She bent down gracefully, and help her friend up, then poured more water over her head and ran away laughing.
After much exercise, and they were both tired out, they flopped to the ground and lay down with their eyes closed.
"Lyianna?" Her friend Jenita said.
"What?"
"Have you ever fallen in love?" As her friend said this Lyianna sat up, she looked at her and sighed.
"Yes, I have, but it was in the most unfortunate circumstances!" she said dreamily.
"Go on" her friend earged.
"It was with a Jedi, he truly captured my heart, but I could never love him because I heard they are not allowed to love," she said sadly. Jenita looked into her friends eyes and smiled.
"You still love him don’t you" she said, as if it had been written across her face.
"Unfortunately yes, I do" Lyianna replied. She looked up into the large windows of the main Jedi quarters, and gave a deep sigh.
Her friend shook her head.
"You’ve got it bad haven’t you!" she said, and then turned her head away.
"Why did you bring the subject up anyway?" Lyianna said, remembering the way that Jenita had said the question.
"Well, it’s just that, I have started to feel some feelings towards... Jar Jar Binks!!!!" she laughed, and ducked the blow that was aimed for the top of her head, Lyianna stood up, still laughing, and began to run back into the city.
She whizzed around the corner, and found herself grabbing hold of an arm, winging round, and landing hard on her bum.
"Oh... ooohps?" she said, as she stood up and brushed herself off. She was about to tell the person she had crashed into to mind where they were going, when she realized whom it was she had crashed into.
"Oh, god, I’m so sorry!" she muttered, she looked back at her friend, who was stifling her laughter.
Anakin stared into the young girls large aqua blue eyes, completely transfixed by the ultimate beauty of her.
"No, not at all, don’t worry about it£" he said dreamily " I’ll see you later" he added, in hoping she would agree.
Lyianna blushed, and cast her eyes down.
"Sure, maybe you will" she said. She kept staring at the ground, and tried so hard not to look up and show her bright red cheeks. Anakin began to fidget and eventually he gave up.
"Um, excuse me do you think you could possibly let go of my arm?" he said, Lyianna looked up and noticed that she was still holding not his arm from when she had fallen over.
"Oh god sorry!" Lyianna felt her face burning; she turned away when she felt him grab her shoulder.
"Sorry, but I was just wondering, what’s your name?" Anakin said. If he wanted to find her again it would help if he knew her name.
"Lyianna" she squeaked out.
Anakin said the name to him self a few times, and smiled.
"You have a beautiful name!" he said.
"Thank you Anakin" she replied and walked away quickly.
Anakin stood still for a few moments, and then a thought came to him. "How did she know my name?"
He had not much time to think about this, before a group of his fellow Jedi came running up to him, in only the speed a Jedi could run.
They spoke a few hurried words to him, and he turned and ran faster than any other person could run.
Standing in the shadows watching was Lyianna, her heart leapt as she heard the words ‘ must leave quickly’ and then saw Anakin turn and run, before she had thought at all, she began to chase after him.
Quickly she sprinted through the streets, making sure she was not being followed, or was not seen by any Jedi.
She just saw Anakin, running top a small hovercraft, the engine began to start and to her horror she saw the craft begin to race down the runway.
She began to sprint after him and as the craft took off, she leapt up and caught the back of his seat, and went soaring up with him.
She gave a small yelp as she saw her city getting further and further away from her. Anakin had heard her yelp, and turned around quickly in shock. As he realised there was a young girl on the back of his craft his only option was to haul her up to safety.
He turned around, and grabbed her arm, slowly he began to pull her up until eventually she was safely in the seat behind him.
"What are you doing up here!" he said, Lyianna took the head dress off of her head, revealing her pretty face.
"I forgot to tell you something," she said with a cunning smile on her face.
"Oh?"
"I forgot to tell you that I prefer to be called Lia, for short" she said with humour in her voice.
He smiled at her and then turned around to face the hover controls.
"I guess I’ll have to take you back down now then," he said, almost sorrowfully.
"NO!!!!!" Lyianna exclaimed, "I mean no, I have such a boring life back at home I would love to come on a Jedi mission, please I know it is going to be dangerous but I would so much like to come, and after all I am not completely hopeless, you may value my presence!" she said rather rationally. She was so desperate to get to know Anakin that she was prepared to go to the greatest lengths to do so. Anakin was quite taken back by all that she had said, but he was nor reluctant to agree with her.
"Very well, but you must not tell a single person that I have allowed you to accompany me, it may cause some uproar," he said. Lyianna grinned and said, "You know, you just made my day!" Anakin laughed, and then explained to her how her controls worked, she only had to do manage a few things and her own seatbelt, which was a little confusing but managed it in the end.
"Hole on tight then" Anakin yelled, and pushed his foot down on the accelerator. Lyianna gave a small cry, as she felt the wind roar past her, and the speed picking up, but she very soon began to enjoy it.
"Where are we going anyway?" she called, the noise of the wind moving so fast drowned out her voice, but Anakin could just make out what she was saying.
"Tatoowine" he replied, "We have to go and negotiate with the emperor" Lyianna gasped, she leant forward and rested her head on his shoulder.
"You mean THE emperor, you mean the evil guy that does NOT negotiate!" she said sarcastically, a little frightened of what he had just told her.
"That’s the guy!" he said almost cheerfully, he laughed as she gave a small whimper and then back in her seat.
"OH boy!" she said, and the craft bolted forwards, going much faster.
"Obi wan, listen, he is the only one that can do it, he has a power with him that only he consists of."
Obi wan, sighed, he was not sure if his Padawan was ready for this, his heart was with other matters at this time and he may not be able to concentrate fully on his job.
"I know you are right, but he is still only a Padawan not a Jedi, and sending him over there on that mission is bad enough when he knows what he has to do, but you send him over there and he doesn’t! Forgive me master, but this was not a wise decision in my eyes"
With out he walked out leaving his master standing alone, slightly concerned as to whether the decision he had made was a good one, after all if anyone new Anakin Skywalker well it would be Obi wan Kenobi.
Anakin gently rested the craft onto the ground, and climbed out of his eat. He offered a hand to Lyianna, which she accepted, and climbed out of the craft.
"So now where do we go? To the emperor?" Lyianna said, still thrilled from the speed of the craft, and so she was still in high spirits. She slumped against the craft and stroked the shiny metal that was painted in a brilliant yellow.
"No, we have some other priorities that come first!" he said, "Follow me!" and he began to walk away in the direction of group of small buildings a few miles away. Lyianna hopped to her feet, and began to pace after him.
When they came to a halt Lyianna gave a small laugh.
"Ah, I see priorities hey?" she said. She looked up at the café that stood before her. It seemed quite nice.
"I always consider my stomach before all other matters, you can definitely not negotiate, when you stomach is growling with hunger"
Lyianna laughed, ah yes but what are you really hungry for? She thought, but then focused her mind on other things.
Anakin lead her into the café and they sat down at a table. He smiled at her and gave her the menu that was on the table. She spent a few minutes reading it and then looked up.
"So, what are you having then?" Anakin said. He saw the shocked expression on her face and laughed. He took the menu from her hands and scanned the paper, he then chuckled quietly to him self. The chuckle grew to a laugh, and his laugh grew to hysterics, and he ended up sprawled across the floor laughing so much his stomach was aching.
Lyianna stared at him bewildered, she had no idea what it was that he found so funny, as far as she knew the food on that menu was very unfamiliar, and she was not to sure if she wanted it.
Anakin finally pulled himself together and explained to her that she had been reading the menu in a foreign language, which was why it all sounded so strange.
At last they were seated with a couple of drinks and were talking together quietly.
"So what made you want to be a Jedi? Don’t you have to leave all your family and obey so many rules, I was even told that you were not allowed to... love?"
Lyianna said, she was very curious about the Jedi life, and it was true, she had been told they could not love and she was very keen to find out whether it were true or not.
Anakin sighed and looked out the window.
"Yes it is true we are not a allowed to love, but that prevents nothing, we, well I, still fall in love," he said woefully. Lyianna looked at him.
"What harm can there come from falling in love, love has no evil it is pure good" she said. Anakin looked into her eyes.
"I know, it makes no sense to me either, which is why I pay no attention to the rule, the only thing is my master Obi Wan Kenobi can sense every feeling I feel, and so it causes me much awkwardness when I see the one whom I love" he said. Lyianna felt her heart sink. He was already in love with another person, of course, she had not thought of that, and after all her efforts, only to be pushed away.
"Who is it that you love?" She said, not really wishing to hear. Anakin smiled at her, then took her hand and looked straight into her eyes.
"You" he said, and he smiled at her. Lyianna sat back in her seat and gasped. Anakin cringed a he realised what he had just said. He went silent in embarrassment, and bowed his head.
"What are you ashamed of?" Lyianna said, noticing the shame wiped across his face.
"I should not have said that" Anakin said still with his head bowed. Lyianna stood up and walked over to him she knelt down on one knee and lifted his head with one finger.
"Why not?" She said, and then planted a kiss on his lips, "Because I feel the same way too" she said, and then walked out of the café leaving him in completely stunned (and the bill)
Anakin walked out of the café and looked around, Lyianna was nowhere to be seen. He called her name, but there was no reply. He was beginning to panic when he heard the familiar laugh of Lyianna sound form above him. He stared up to see her hovering on top of his craft.
"Gee’s Lyianna, get down you don’t know how to work that thing!" He called, a little worried that she was going to go and break it or something like that.
"Hey! Don’t worry! I have it all figured out, this makes you stop," she pointed to a button, "this makes you start," she pointed to another "and this," she put her hand on a small leaver, "this makes you go faster!" and with that she pulled as hard as she could on the leaver, causing it to go flying forwards, so fast that Anakin could hardly follow it with his eyes.
The craft performed a few very impressive stunts, and Anakin was beginning to fell not so worried, when he heard a small scream, and just saw the craft go flying into a wall quite a long way away.
"LYIANNA!!!!" He yelled, and began to run as fast as he could towards the craft. He was not to far off when he heard a few clashes and bangs, and Lyianna’s head appeared from underneath the crumpled pile of metal.
"Yes?" she said shyly, expecting him to have a huge go at her.
"Lyianna, what the hell did you do that for! You scared the life out of me!" he cried. Helping her out form underneath the crumpled craft.
"Oh I don’t know I thought it might be fun!!! Why do you think I did it? It was an accident!" she called.
"Yes but you still shouldn’t have flown it anyway!"
"I wanted to try it, it looked so fun flying a craft!"
"But it is not easy! And besides, you are not supposed to even be here with me let alone flying the Jedi property!"
"Well I just thought I could handle it, I guess I was wrong. I’m sorry"
Anakin sighed took a step towards her and wiped the hair out of her face.
"Its okay, those stunts were quite impressive, just don’t do it again, I was worried!" Lyianna smiled.
"I promise, I won’t do I again without a licence, but only on one condition," she said
"What?" Anakin said suspiciously, Lyianna took a step towards him, and put her hand round his neck.
"Teach me" and she kissed him lightly upon his lips. He wrapped his arms round her waist and pulled her closer to him, she smiled at him, but her smile was broken by the silence of a kiss.
They walked back to the town, arms around each other, talking happily about the lives they used to live.
Anakin walked into the small hostel, and asked for a double room.
He took the key from the receptionist, and together they walked up the stairs and into the luxury room they would be staying in.
Lyianna gasped as she saw the huge double bed and went running towards it, did a small summersault and landed on her back on the soft bed, she was soon followed by Anakin who lay down next to her.
"We have a problem" he said, Lyianna turned her head and looked at him.
"What?"
"There is only one bed"
"That’s not a problem" Anakin went wide-eyed at her in astonishment.
"You can sleep on the floor!" she said, then leapt off the bed and began to block the pillows that were aimed at her. Anakin clasped her by the waist and hauled her back to the bed; she was squirming madly and then screamed as he began to tickle her ribs.
"Get off me you great oaf!!" she squealed, and finally he let go of her, and she flopped down on to the bed breathless.
"But its still not a problem" She said, then winked at him and walked into the shower room.
Anakin lay on the bed and stared at the ceiling. Being with Lyianna was all he had ever hoped for, but there was something bothering him, he knew that every minute he was with her, he was breaking all his Jedi rules. He heard the shower turn on and few moments later he heard her voice singing softly.
A while later she walked out the bathroom wrapped in a short white towel, her was twisted up in another towel, and it sat perfectly on her head.
Lyianna looked around the room, and spotted a cupboard in the corner, she opened it up and smiled. There was whole range of clothes in there, she chose a light purple gown, which fitted her perfectly and then slipped into bed. Anakin soon joined her, and the lights were turned out.
Troops marched across the terrain, leaving huge marks across the sand. Huge ships hovered along side the clones, making sure all were in line; the million of them were each in step, making it a rather daunting sight to see. This though, was only half of them.
Lyianna flopped back onto her pillow and sighed, what was heaven compared to this?
She rolled over and laid her head on his chest whilst wrapping her arms round his waist. She felt his hand run up her leg and then grab her round the waist, tickling her right where she hated it most. She squealed and sat up quickly smacking his arm whilst she went, desperately trying to get him to stop tickling her.
He laughed at her mockingly, then stood up and walked into the shower room, and he turned on the taps.
"Hey!" He heard Lyianna’s voice calling through the door, as she rapped her knuckles on it noisily.
He unlocked the locks, and leant in the doorway. Lyianna grabbed the opportunity and pulled him out the bathroom and ran in herself, making sure she locked the door behind her.
By the end of the morning they had accomplished to fight for the shower, get dressed, and fall about aimlessly in hysterics.
At last Anakin explained that they would have to lave, and reluctantly Lyianna began to pack her things.
"So, where do we go now?" Lyianna asked, slightly curious to what crazy plan Anakin had in mind for her now.
"I think what would be good idea if we went and got another craft!" he said and he put an arm round her shoulders, "Why are you so interested anyway?" Lyianna looked up at him and grinned.
"Oh I was just wondering which sort of painful death you had in mind for me in this mission" she joked, but as she said it Anakin noticed her voice crack.
He stopped walking and turned to face her.
"Your scared aren’t you" he said gently, she nodded, and tears weld up in her eyes.
"I am scared of losing you," she said in a hoarse whisper. Anakin kissed her fore head.
"I will not leave you, and I will not let you die a painful death" he said comfortingly. He understood why Lyianna was worried, it was not everyday that she has to come face to face with the emperor not so sure if this was all that was worrying her.
He took her in his arms and kissed her, she was so content like this, but the guiltiness inside her was rising fast. She shook her head and stepped away from him.
"No!" she exclaimed, "No, I am not going to let you throw away your perfectly good career for me. What you have is so unreal, and not many others can get it. So no Anakin I will not let you concentrate on me more than your task" she said, then turned her head away as tears began to cascade down her cheeks.
Anakin took a step back in shock; this was not what he had expected. It had come completely out of the blue.
"What do you mean?" was all he managed to say. Lyianna looked up, her eyes still shining with tears.
"I know that as long as I am with you, you will be concentrating more on me than what you are really here for, no Anakin, get this job done, and then concentrate on other affairs, like affairs of the heart" she said solemnly. Anakin could only stare at her, what she had just said had really bowled him over. He stood and stared at her, which was all he could do after what she had said.
"Don’t look at me like that Ani’ I am not doing this out of spite, if only you knew how much this is hurting me, because I really, truly..."
"Don’t, don’t say it, save me the humiliation, I wouldn’t waste you breath" he said, his eyes blazing. Lyianna shook her head, and tried to hold in the tears that were blinding her.
Anakin began to walk away, but as he did Lyianna called out something that made his heart stop.
"I love you Anakin, and you can not deny that, but get this done, get it done for me, not with me" she called, he did not looked back, but Lyianna knew that it had touched him.
Slowly she had turned around and began to walk away, that was one of the hardest thing she had ever had to do.
Anakin walked away slowly, resisting the temptation to turn back. He knew why it was that Lyianna had done this to him, and he understood that, but the love he felt for her was so strong, even being rejected in good causes, caused his heart to wrench for her even more. He knew that she was right, he would be concentrating more on her safely than his own if he had taken her with him, but now all he would think about was her not being with him. He desperately tried to drive these thoughts out of his head, and told himself that every move he made to stay alive, he would do for Lyianna.
Lyianna turned round and watched the tall figure of Anakin get further and further away. She had never had to do any thing so hard, and yet it felt so good, knowing that she had probably given him much better chance of succeeding his mission, was a pleasing thought, but knowing she would see him again alive, was a much better one. She turned back again, and began to walk away from him.
It seemed so strange to Lyianna that she was be walking away from him, it was as if the elastic that was binding them together was being stretched much to far, as they walked in opposite directions, further and further apart.
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