It was in the pre-dawn morning, and Vanessa laid there next to Anakin, watching him sleep. He looked so peaceful and did not have any stress, but she also knew that today was his last day here, or it would be, only if him and Obi-Wan agree to what Lord Melrey wanted from them.
“ I do have some questions for you.” Anakin opened his eyes, before rolling over, so that way, he was facing Vanessa.
“ Sure. I will try to answer them for you.” Vanessa reached over and moved some hair out of Anakin’s face.
“ Where is your family and are they slaves too?” Anakin took Vanessa’s hand and held it.
“ Um . . . no, they are not slaves and never was. I do not even know, if they are still alive.” Vanessa lowered her eyes, so that way, Anakin could not see the tears coming into her eyes.
“ What do you mean, that you do not even know they are alive?” Anakin noticed a tear rolled from her eyes and he reached out and wiped it away.
“ Just what I said. For you see, when I was five years old, my family’s farm was invaded by warriors. They slaughtered all the animals and either captured or killed the workers. Well, me and Allyson were the only two that were kidnapped, and we were even lucky enough to be together.” Vanessa jumped slightly, when she heard the sound of thunder rumbling across the sky. ,p>“ Really? Let me guess, it was Lord Melrey that kidnapped you and Allyson.” Anakin also laid there, listening to the thunder and realized that there is a storm coming close to them.
“ No! You have him all wrong. He is not the one who kidnapped me. It was him, who helped us escape our captors. For you see, he too was kidnapped.” Vanessa moved closer to Anakin, just as lightening lit up the sky outside the hut.
“ I see and who is the person that kidnapped you all?” Anakin pulled the girl closer to him and held her.
“ Well, the person is Sir Proteus. He lead the raids and you have seen the castle that he lives in.” Vanessa wrapped her arms around Anakin’s body.
“ Yes, I have, but how did you get here?” Anakin rested his chin on top of the girl’s head.
“ Well, it was Lord Melrey, who started a revolt. He managed to breakout over hundred people, before we came here. If you have noticed, we all live in wooden huts, while Sir Proteus lives in a huge castle. Yes, Lord Melrey’s place is nice, but at least he shares his place and even private grounds with us.” Vanessa kissed Anakin’s bare chest.
“ Really? Then, how is it that he is free and you are still a slave?” Anakin felt himself start getting hard and he pulled Vanessa closer to him, so she could feel him.
“ Yes, he is free, and so are most of the men, and women too. I thought I told you all about the way we could be free.” Vanessa looked up and smiled at Anakin, as she wrapped her right leg around his hips and felt him move inside of her.
“ Yes, you did. Oh, yes.” was all Anakin said, before he rolled Vanessa onto her back and began not only kissing her, but began passionately making love to her.
“ I was wondering why Lord Melrey’s place is more better than everyone’s?” Obi-Wan took a sip of his coffee, as Allyson fixed his breakfast.
“ Master Melrey’s original house used to be where his hut is now. All the stuff in it, he and Lady Regina salvaged it, from the ruins of their home. Where all the huts are now, were the original village.” Allyson turned, giving Obi-Wan an eyeful of what she had or lack of clothing, under the see through robe.
“ So, what happened here?” Obi-Wan began to have the idea of forgetting breakfast and take Allyson back to bed and make love to her again.
“ Sir Proteus is what happened. He came with an invading army and destroyed everything here. He would have, if it had not been for Lord Nickolas. He had a huge army that came and destroyed most of Sir Proteus’s army. He did not get here in time, to save Master Melrey from being captured by Sir Proteus.” Allyson flipped the pancake and then turning the sausage links.
“ Are you telling me that Lord Melrey was a prisoner of Sir Proteus?” Obi-Wan got up and came up behind Allyson and wrapped his arms around Allyson’s . He slightly pulled her up against him, so she could feel how hard she was making him.
“ Um . . . yes. He was also made a slave too. It was about three years ago, when he lead a revolt and freed most of us. Even if we are free, we are not. For you see, Sir Proteus has a bounty on us. If we leave the planet, we are hunted down and brought back to him. It is his decision, if we live or die, but it was a couple of years ago, that he freed the older men and older women, and the couples that were married or engaged.” Allyson unwrapped Obi-Wan’s arms from her waist, so she could get the plates to put the food on.
“ Really? So, what about the ones who are not married? The children and teenagers, are they slaves or are they free?” Obi-Wan took one of the plates that she held out to him.
“ The children are born free. Um, the children, teens and the ones that were not married, when they were captured by Sir Proteus about three years ago, are still slaves. Now, the only way for the boys to be free is, when they turn twenty, they get their freedom. As for the women, they have to marry a free man.” Allyson brought her plate and the pot of Caf to the table.
“ I see.” was all Obi-Wan could say, as he was trying to think what he could do for Allyson.
They sat there eating their breakfast and Obi-Wan was telling her about some of the things that a Jedi does. It was then, that Allyson told him about some of the visions that Vanessa has had. The scary thing is, all her visions have come true too. They all stayed inside the huts today, because of the huge thunder storm that lasted all day. Most of the day was either spent sleeping, making love or playing some card games, until it was dinner time. They made it through the village, to the dining hut and had dinner with the other villagers. Then, there was more games, even dancing and singing too.
Four hours later, the two Jedi and the two slave girls walked through the rain and back to the guest huts. They went to bed, and fell asleep, listening to thunder storm that lasted all night long and even into the next three days.