Hey guys, I finished the first mini-chapter! Its a little choppy. Im not a great writer. Im a big Star Wars fan though. Please leave a comment in the end. I would like some feedback. Negative, or positive. Either is fine with me. I just need the truth. I would like to improve. I really enjoy writing, but I dont know if Im that great. You tell me. :) Thanks for your help. Have fun, Autumn. (And anybody else who actually wants to read it...) Im going to stop going on and on now. Here's the story.

 

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Star Wars Episode II ½: Chapter 1

“Remember to clear your mind of all thoughts. Concentrate on the ball of light.”
“Yes, Master Ani”
“Concentrate. Silence”

I cleared my mind, trying to resist looking at Anakin’s smile. I slowly rotated my hands and focused on the ball. This force trick was difficult for me because I had no experience with handling balls. I was never good at throwing a baseball, or catching a marble. But I kept trying.

“Close your eyes. Concentrate”

Anakin placed his arms around my waist. I stood their in silence, closing my eyes. The only thing I could hear was the sound of the ball buzzing and floating in the air. Anakin’s delicate hands touched my arm and moved it in a horizontal motion.

“Easy does it. Clear your mind. Only think of the ball.”
“Yes master.”

I tried as hard as I could and the ball started to rotate. Anakin grinned and said “Great,  Ann! Brilliant. Now let’s try again. This time, let’s try to concentrate harder, and make the light rotate faster. Breathe, and focus.”

I breathed in, and then I exhaled. Somehow, his presence was… soothing. It made me feel, relaxed. But the only problem was, I wanted to impress him so much that I got nervous. Still, I tried. I directed my attention to the ball. I looked around me, and imagined everything disappearing. I was now in a black void with a small luminous light in which I was assigned to move. I breathed once again, and closed my eyes. Then, surprisingly, the ball started to rotate faster than I could imagine! I looked at Anakin, and he smiled once again.

“Would you like to do this once more?”
“I would love to. This force trick is turning me into a photophilia.”

“Well, you practice by yourself. Concentrate really hard. You are getting good at this, but you still need to practice. I have to go talk to Padmé. Maybe you can meet her later. I will ask her if she would like to meet you.”

“That’d be great. Thanks. May I go practice in the library? I’ll be nearthe archive systems, or in the study room.”
”That’s fine with me. Don’t get into trouble, young padawan.”
“Okay, thank you.”

“If you need to reach me, I will be on my air-speeder heading towards Naboo. Keep this tracking device. I will check it every hour or so, don’t go running around getting into danger.”

I watched Anakin exit the Jedi Temple and hoped that I would meet Padmé. She sounded so sweet, and loyal to Queen Jamillia. A few minutes later, I headed toward the Coruscant Library. While I rode a speeder-bike to the Library, I was stopped by an officer.

“Do you know that you have to be 17 to drive that thing?”
I lied and told the officer that I was 16 ½, when I was really only 15 ½.
”Yes, um. Sorry sir. I’m in a rush, I need to get to the library to…. Umm… study for my SYW test. I’m sorry.”
“I shall let it slip this time. Next time, you will have to do some community service for the planet of Muunilinst.”
“Yes sir. I’m terribly sorry!”

I headed off before he had time to question me any further. Or lecture me. I drove very carefully and slowly. I also tried to sit up tall, so I would look older. I don’t know if anyone noticed. As I zoomed past a bar, I heard a big ‘splat’. I got off my bike on the bike-walk and saw a nasty 30 inch kouhun on the ground. I had smooshed it. Those things are known as small, silent, deadly arthropods. They are extremely poisonous creatures employed by assassins who don't want to be traced.

“Eew. That’s just plain nasty. I wonder what it was after. Icky.”
“Hey Kystál Ann!”

I looked around to see who was calling my name. I spotted a girl waving her arms at me. She started running quickly to me. Then I realized it was the girl that sat in front of me in Remes Art class.

“Call me Ann. So, how are you doing Auur Mara? What are you doing here?”

“I am okay. I need help with my assignment though. I cant seem to find a good planet to draw for the school wall out in front. I wanted to do Kashyyyk, but I don’t know. And I’m here because I live with my cousin. She lives 3 blocks away. I take the ship to school.”

“Well, I chose to draw Corellia in charcoal. Beautiful planet.”
“Yeah, it is.”
“Well, I’m on my way to the library. Would you like to come with me, Auur?"

Suddenly I realized that I wasn’t allowed to expose myself as a Jedi learner to anyone except the Jedi council, my family, or a master.

“Oh. I’m sorry. I cant. I wish I could. I really do. But they banned me from the library.”
“What did you do Mara?”
“Well…. It’s a real long story. I, well, I kind of broke one of their systems before. It cost them 5,000 units to pay for. I had to pay for 70%.”
“Oh I am real sorry.”
“Its okay. My fault. Maybe I can just go ask René Thaid. She’s lives by me, and she’s a good friend of mine. She is also smart.”
“Okay, well see you later.”

I breathed a sigh of relief. Phew! I was so glad that she didn’t come. She was really nice, but I couldn’t tell her. I vowed I wouldn’t! When I reached the library, I placed the small light inside my bag and pretended it wasn’t even in there. I smiled at the librarian.

“Excuse me; may I please use the private study room?”
“Young lady, just a minute. I am trying to screen this book.”
“Um. Okay. I’m…sorry.”

She gave me the “evil eye” and started to type away. I sat down by a nearby tube chair and waited. 15 minutes had elapsed and she still wasn’t finished. I got impatient.

“I need to use the study room.”
“I am aware of that. You told me.”
“So may I use it?”
“Ugh. I am not done!”
“I have to study! This is school we’re talking about!”, I lied.
“Fine. Must you be in a rush? Since its school, I will allow you to go in now. Thanks for delaying my screening.”
“Sheesh. I just want to study.”
“Here are the keys. Pull down the drapes of the door window when you are in. Leave the keys in the bucket. If they are missing you will pay a fine of 894 units.”
“That’s a lot of units.”
“I know. NOW GO.”
“Alrighty. Thanks…”
“Teens these days. So impatient.”
“Miss cranky”, I mumbled under my breath.
“What?!”
“I said Thankie.”

I rushed to the study room and locked the door. I closed the windows so nobody would catch me. I shined an awesome smile, and took out the ball of light. It looked so small compared to a planet. I closed my eyes, and let the ball levitate for a couple minutes.

“Come on baby, spin for me.”

I concentrated as hard as I could. I thought “Spin, spin, spin!” Suddenly, I heard a buzzing noise. I opened my eyes, and the ball was rotating!

“YES!!”

Then the ball dropped right to the ground and rolled under the desk.

“Oh great. It was because I screamed.”

I crawled under the desk and picked it up. I dusted it off and carefully placed it back into the air. I continued to do this force trick for hours. Soon I became tired. I sat down to take a break. Then I started to head a ringing sound. At first I thought it was just my mind, but after a while, I felt a vibration in my pocket. Aha! It was my porta-phone. I answered it quickly.

Me: Hello? Who is this?
Anakin: This is your master. What are you up to right now?
Me: Oh. I am taking a break.
Anakin: Good. You need the rest. Padmé is going to pick you up in 10 minutes.
Me: Alright. Are you coming?
Anakin: No. The queen has requested me to go with Obi Wan to do something.
Me: Good luck.
Anakin: I wont be back till tomorrow. Padmé will take care of you until you must go home.
Me: Oh. Okay. Tell her I will wait in the front of the library.
Anakin: I just told her. She’s starting her ship now.
Me: Okay then, bye. Don’t get hurt.
Anakin: I wont. As long as Obi Wan doesn’t stop me from trying something new. Sometimes he doesnt allow me to do something, because he thinks that Im not 'ready' yet. He doesnt know my true power. Anyway, bye.
Me: Bye! I will see you tomorrow. 

I waited for Padmé for ten minutes. She arrived in a fancy silver ship. I was obviously impressed. I placed my speeder-bike inside the trunk and came aboard. Padmé smiled.

“So how are you doing, Kystál?”
“Great. Thank you. Are you doing good too?”
“Indeed I am. But I am a little worried.”
“About what?”
“Politics.”
“I wouldn’t understand”
“Its complicated, you probably would understand. But it would be hard to.”
“I see.”
“Where do you want to go? Are you hungry?”
“Capital Mall?”
“If you want to.”
“Thanks Padmé. You are the best!”
“I want to go too anyways. Ha-ha. I spotted the cutest dress. I am going to wear it to the Masquerade party that the Queen is throwing soon. Its beautiful. We can stop by the shop and I can show you!”
“Sounds awesome”

Halfway through the trip back, I fell asleep. Luckily, she woke me up. We went around the mall for about 3 hours. My favorite shops were the Pretzel Madham, Ziuug, and Pri Zi Ki. I saw the dress that she was talking about, and it was beautiful! A long silky & lavender dress. It had diamonds on the V- neck, and the sleeves looked like they were taken off of a renaissance dress. She bough that, and a matching mask. When she tried it on, I was amazed! It worked for her! She told me that she could invite one person. And she was going to invite Anakin, but he was already invited. So she invited me! I was so excited! She even bought me a dress. A tube dress that was light teal, with sequins. It also had renaissance sleeves that were white. Padmé was so generous! She even got a white mask with matching sequins on the rim for me.

That day, Padmé became on of my best friends...