Nessie woke up, to the sound of someone moaning, but it was hurting type of moaning. Rolling over, she looked over to Anakin’s bed and saw that he was tossing and turning, before he moaned again. The only thing she could do at the moment was try to go back to sleep. When she did drift back to sleep, the strange dream came back and that's when she realized that it was Anakin's dream. It had to do with someone who used to be in his life.
Anakin woke up and sat up in bed. He looked around the room, to see that everyone was still asleep or so he thought. Getting up, he grabbed the robe at the end of his bed, then he made his way to the door and left the room. Walking down the hallway, he could feel everyone on the floor and they were all asleep. Coming up to the turbo-lift, he hit the down button on the call box. The lift came to a stop on the floor and the doors opened up to an empty car. Getting on, he hit the button that he wanted and the lift began to move downwards, to the level that he wanted. The lift stopped and the doors opened up. Anakin stepped out of the lift and headed down the hallway, to the room of the Thousands Fountains. Opening the doors, he walked through and made his way to one of the smaller fountains, near the back of the room. Sitting down on the ground, he crossed his legs, before closing his eyes. He breathed in and out a couple of times, before he started his deep meditation.
Back upstairs, in the dorm room, Nessie sat up and reached out with the Force. She felt Anakin and he was meditating. She could also feel that he was a little bit calmer, then what he was when he left the room. Getting up from the bed, she grabbed the robe on her bed, put it on, before heading out of the room. Walking down the hallway, she came to the lift. Hitting the button on the call box, she stood there, trying to remember what level that the Fountains were on. The sound of the bell brought her out of her thoughts. Stepping onto the lift, Nessie reached out with the Force, to see which button Anakin had pushed, only few minutes ago. After seeing the button he hit, she reached out to the buttons and hit the button that she saw Anakin hit. The doors closed and the lift moved downwards to the level that she knew that Anakin was on. The lift stopped and once again, the doors opened up and Nessie stepped out of the lift and started heading for the doors of the Thousand Fountains. Walking into the room, Nessie used the Force and it led her to a small fountain in the back of the room.
" Am glad it is you, who found me, because I really don't want to be with the others." Anakin said, without opening his eyes.
“ Am glad to hear that. I understand what you are saying about them. They are nice people, but there are times, when you just want to be alone, to think about things." Nessie said, looking down at Anakin and not really sure what to do.
" Please, have a seat and join me. Um ... can I ask you, how you got here? That is, if you can remember what happened that is. If not, that is okay." Anakin opened his eyes and stretched out his legs.
" Well, believe it or not, I do remember what happened and how I got here too." Nessie began to tell Anakin, as she sat down next to him.
" Really?" Anakin looked at her in surprise.
" Yes, really. Well, my master and I were to go to a planet and deliver medical supplies and machine parts, but it was not to be. It seems that we were followed, by a band of pirates. Once we were away from Corellia air space, they attacked. Just before they took the ship, my master told me to go and hide; which I did. It seems like my master had sent the council a message, as he was dying." Nessie said, as she lean back against the fountain.
" Wow. So, how did you get here on Coruscant?" Anakin asked, also leaning back against the fountain.
" Well, it seems that these pirates have a hide out here. Where, I cannot tell you, because all I know is, once we landed, they started going through the cargo. That’s when they found me. Then, the last thing I saw, was bright flash of light and then waking up in the medical center." Nessie said, as she started to yawning.
" I see. It must have been close by, to where you were founded at. I guess, my next question is, how did you know where I was?" Anakin asked, as he turned to look at the girl sitting next to him.
" I could see your nightmare, that you were having. I felt you wake up and leave the room, and I felt your presence, all the way down here." Nessie said turning to face Anakin.
" Oh, wow. You know, you are the very first person, who could do that. I am fine now. Thank you for caring enough to come and look for me. Why don't you go back to bed? l will be there in a few minutes." Anakin took Nessie's hands and held them, but as he touched her, they both felt a shock, as the Force wrapped itself around them.
Anakin leaned forward, just as Nessie leaned forward and their lips meet. He gently kissed her, before pulling away from her and giving her a smile.
" Well, I guess, I should be going now. I will see you in a few minutes." Nessie stood up and smiled down at Anakin, before turning away from him and leaving the room.
Nessie walked back down the hallway again, to the lift that was still there, on the floor that she was on. Stepping into the lift, she hit the button that the dorm room was on. She stepped out of the lift, when it stopped on the floor that she needed. Walking into the room, Nessie saw that everybody was still asleep. Going over to her bed, she took off her robe, before climbing into bed and falling back to sleep.
" Great, he is gone." Romy said, as he sat up and looked over to Anakin's bed and saw that he wasn't there.
" You don't think he left the Temple?" Rebekka looked over to the bed too.
" I don't know. The last time Obi-Wan was gone, he was found in one of the lower levels of the city." Romy said, as he remembered Obi-Wan going out to find his roaming Padawan.
" He is still in the Temple." Nessie says out loud, without moving to face the other Padawans.
" How do you know?" Tracie said looking over to Nessie.
" I just know." Nessie said ,before pulling the covers closer around her.
" Well, the only thing we can do, is wait and see if you are right, Nessie." Romy said, as he got up and left the room for the refresher.
The girls just laid back down and went back to sleep. When Romy came back to the room, he went back to bed and back to sleep.
" Where did you go?" Romy asked Anakin, as he sat up in the bed.
" Yeah, Anakin. Where were you? We were worried about you." Tracie said, as she too sat up and looked over to Anakin.
" You know what, guys? If you were so worried about me, then you guys would have come to look for me." Anakin said, as he sat up and looked over to the other three Padawans.
" Um . . . the only person that wasn't here." Rebekka said, as she looked over to Nessie.
" I'm glad to have all of you here. Mostly you, Padawan Skywalker. Padawan Nessie, I have a message from Master Yoda. He would like to see you before breakfast. Anakin, can you please show her to the Council Chambers." the dorm Mistress said, as she looked at both Padawans.
" Yes, Mistress." Anakin said, as he looked over to Nessie.
" Good. Now, everyone up. It is time for breakfast." the elderly lady said, before leaving the room.
" Well, we better get going. It is not a good idea to keep Master Yoda waiting." Anakin said, as he got up and left the room.
" I wonder what he wants with me?" Nessie said, as she got up and followed Anakin out of the room.
" Why do I get a feeling that something is going on with them?" Romy said, as he got up from his bed.
What he didn't see, was the sad look come across Tracie's face. It was also here, when Tracie realized that Anakin had a thing for the new girl.
Anakin and Nessie stepped out of the lift and walked down the small hallway, before coming to a doorway.
" Well, here is the Council Chamber of the High Council. I will sit right here and wait for you." Anakin nodded towards the doorway.
“ Thanks. Well, I guess I should see what Master Yoda wants." Nessie gave Anakin a nervous smile.
" One small word of advice. Don't show Master Yoda that you are nervous about being there." Anakin took a hold of Nessie's hand and gave it a small squeeze.
Nessie nodded, before going to the doorway, and ringing the bell. The door slid open, she walked into the room.
" Padawan Nessie ,please come in." Master Windu said, as he motioned for Nessie to come up to them.
" I was told that you wanted to see me?" Nessie stopped in the middle of the room and was facing the two Jedi Masters that was in the room.
" Yes. We are glad to see you up and about, we are. Need to know what happened to you and your Master." Master Yoda said, nodding his head to Nessie.
“ Thank you, Master. Well, I can, at the moment, remember a few things, but that is all." Nessie looked at both Masters.
" We understand. So, please tell us what you know. We have the last message and murder of your Master." Master Windu smiled at Nessie, to let her know that it was
ok for her to tell them what she knows.
" Ok. Well, we were to take some medical supplies and mechanical parts to a planet. When we were just out of Corellia's space, we were attacked. Just before they came on to the ship, he told me to go and hide in the cargo hold. I just hid, when the shots were fired." Nessie said, as tears started to come to her eyes.
" You don't know where you both were going? Do you know how you got here?" Master Windu asked, as he watched the girl trying to remember where her and her Master was going to.
" Sorry. I can't remember the destination of where the cargo was going to. All I know is, the pirates have a place somewhere here on Coruscant. I don't know where. A couple of pirates took the ship to their place here. They found me still hiding in the cargo hold and there was a flash of bright light. Then, the next thing I know, I wake up here in the Temple's medical center." Nessie said, as she looked at both Masters.
" We see. Need these supplies, does the planet. Mmmm?" Master Yoda asked.
" Yes, Master. They really need these supplies and they are counting on us to deliver them to this place. I will need some help with the delivery. " Nessie said.
" Was there a list of the cargo?" Master Windu asked.
" Yes, sir." Nessie bent down, took off her shoe and twisted her heel, which opened up. Nessie dumped out a small chip and handed over the small chip.
" We will see what's on it and get the stuff for you. So, do you have any one, that you would like to go with you?" Master Windu asked as looked at the chip.
" Um . . . yes. There is someone that I want to go with me, because he is the only person I know." Nessie said.
" Padawan Skywalker, you want to go with you. Do you not?" Master Yoda asked, with a little smile on his face.
" Um . . . Yes, sir." Nessie said, as she turned a little bit towards the doors, hoping that he was still waiting for her.
" Yes, Skywalker should go with you. Leave after breakfast, you both will." Master Yoda said, as he could feel that Anakin was outside, in the hallway waiting for Nessie.
" Thank you, Master Yoda." Nessie said, as she bowed her head.
" We will call you to let you know, when the ship is ready and which one it is. Have a safe trip and we will see you back here, at the end of the week. May The Force Be With you both." Master Windu said, as he dismissed Nessie.
Nessie bowed, turned around and left the room.
" So, how did things go?” Anakin asked ,as he stood up and saw a smile on Nessie's face.
" Things went great. Hope you have some clean clothes, because we are going to finish the job that my Master and I were doing, when we were attacked." Nessie said, as they walked down the hallway to the lift.
" Great. So, when do we leave?" Anakin asked, as they stepped on to the lift, as a couple Jedi Knights stepped out of the lift.
" We will be leaving after breakfast. Master Windu will call me, when the ship is ready." Nessie said, as they got off the lift and headed for the dining hall.
" Hey, guys. We thought you would not join us for breakfast." Romy said,as Anakin and Nessie sat down at the table, with the other three Padawans.
" She was talking to Masters Yoda and Windu. It seems, we are going to go to deliver some stuff to a planet that Nessie and her Master were doing, before she came here." Anakin said, as he started to eat his breakfast.
Really? Man, that sounds like fun. So, do you know where you are going to?" Tracie asked, as she finished her breakfast.
" Um, at the moment, we don't know where we are going to. I can't remember the location, but am sure, it will come to me, once we are in space." Nessie said, as she started to eat her breakfast.
Thirty minutes later ,the small group went back to the dorm room. Anakin and Nessie had just finished packing their small bags, when Nessie got the call that ship was ready.
Anakin led them to the hanger bay and to the small cargo ship was waiting for them.
Once in their seats, Anakin in the pilot's chair and Nessie in the co-pilot's chair, Anakin started up the ship and they were heading out in to outer space.
" Ok. So, do you know where we are going?" Anakin asked, but when he turned to Nessie,he saw that she was looking straight ahead and with her eyes closed. She put in the coordinates of where they were going.
" Ok. We have the coordinates in the Navigation computer, so we can jump to hyperspace, whenever you ready." Nessie said, as she sat back in her chair.
" So, do you know where we are going?" Anakin asked, as he looked over to her.
" Um . . . yes, I do know. We are going to Tatooine." Nessie said, with a smile on her face.
" Really?" Anakin said in surprise.Now, he knew why she asked him to go with her.
" Yes, Anakin. I know what your dreams were about. That is why I asked for you to come with me." was all Nessie said, as Anakin pulled the lever back and sent them into hyperspace.
Anakin and Nessie both sat back in their seats and started to meditate, while they were speeding towards Tatooine.