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"What now Master Jedi?" Padme said, and Qui-Gon cocked his head to one side as he stared at the girl.
Worry and concern, not for her herself but her people radiated off her in waves, and once again Qui-Gon wondered why she shone so brightly in the Force. Padme Amidala wasn't a Force sensitive, but it was as if the Force had marked her for some reason. Though in comparison to his first impression of the youth now following them that dimmed to nothing.
"Now we wait for a friend to arrive," he said simply.
Padme blinked, frowning and looking at Anakin who shrugged his shoulders in ignorance. "You have a friend here?"
"My friend should not actually be here, and I would not call him a friend exactly…" Qui-Gon said, trying to think of a simple way to describe his relationship with his former Master, and failing. "Master Dooku will at the very least be able to help us in some fashion."
"Help you with your ship, or help you free and rescue me?" The boy asked, cocking his head and looking up at the towering Jedi. He seemed more certain that ever that the Jedi Master was here to free him and his mother from their slavery.
"We shall see," Qui-Gon said. "I'm unwilling to promise anything at this moment."
"So we're just going to stand here then," Padme asked, frowning. "That doesn't seem like a good…"
She cut off as the boy next to her gasped, literally jumping off the ground and almost hiding behind her in fear. "Ghost!"
Qui-Gon turned, staring down the pathway at yes a Force Ghost which had just come through a wall. She, it was a redhead with the most magnificent mane of hair he had ever seen, turned disappearing for a moment before moving over to the entrance to an alleyway. She hovered in the air as four individuals came through the alleyway behind her.
Well, at least young Anakin has proven that he is indeed Force Sensitive, it isn't just my own senses playing tricks on me. Qui-Gon he thought philosophically his mind pushing aside his shock at seeing a Force Ghost with difficulty. I have to wonder what in the Force is going on here however, not just my old master but a Force Ghost, two young padawans and… could that be Master Fay?
This close he could feel the power of the two padawans below their Force Stealth. They were both powerful, and this close Qui-Gon knew he had met the young Twi'lek girl in passing on Coruscant. The boy however was a complete unknown, and he felt even more powerful. There was also some kind of Force bond between the two of them. That was all his sense could tell through their Force cloak however.
"Master Qui-Gon," Master Dooku said, bowing his head somewhat ironically at the younger man. "Who are your companions?" he said, casting a disdainful glance towards Jar-Jar, then an interrogative look over at Anakin and Padme.
"I could ask the same of you master," Qui-Gon retorted dryly.
"Wh, What about the ghost, can't you do something about it!?" Anakin interrupted, and the ghost in question looked at him before laughing and making a face at him. Anakin seemed to gather his courage at that and came out from behind Padme.
"Anakin, there's no such thing as ghosts." Padme said slowly, looking from the newcomers, the two youngest shorter individuals seeming not interested in the conversation, turning to one another, silent under their hoods. Given it was getting cold out now the sun had begun to go down, Padme could relate, but it still seemed somewhat rude.
Anakin stared up at the angel then over to the Ghost who laughed. "She can't see me child, only Force sensitives can. My name is Lily, but don't worry, I won't hurt you, whatever ghost stories you've heard around here."
For a moment her words didn't register, Anakin simply shocked at hearing a Ghost speak so normally. Then they did and his eyes widened and he looked over to the Jedi. "I knew it, you are here to rescue us! I will be a Jedi!"
Dooku looked from Lily down to the boy then over to Fay who had just introduced herself to Qui-Gon. She too was looking at the boy contemplatively. "I see there is more to talk about than just what brings us all here.
"Indeed, but this is not the perfect correct venue to speak of any such thing Master Dooku," said Qui-Gon looking around him. Noe one else had seemed to notice them, and it was only now that Qui-Gon felt why: someone had put some kind of aversion field with the Force, turning everyone away from them. My old master has seemingly learned new tricks, impressive.
"You can come to my house," Anakin said with a shrug. "I was going to put Master Qui-Gon and Padme up anyway. So long as you can pay for your own food and everything."
"We can do that and more," Master Dooku said with a tiny smirk on his stern face, whose meaning Qui-Gon could not fathom. He looked at one of his companions, a tall woman in a cloak that barely covered her face, allowing luminous features to be seen. "Lead the way, Anakin was it?"
Anakin nodded and moved off to do that, with Padme falling in beside him, glancing at the two young-seeming padawans in their cloaks, interest in who they were and why they were so silent filling her. She noticed as they walked that once or twice Master Fay had to reach out and grab at one or another to keep them moving and she wondered if perhaps they were hurt in some way.
They soon reached the Skywalker house. Outside the door to the tiny house stood a middle-aged woman, who stared at Anakin shaking her head. "Annie, what've I told you about inviting people home?"
"We will not impose on you for long good lady," Master Dooku said grandly, bowing from the waist as he took her hand, kissing it gently. "I am Master Dooku, and I promise my companions and I will only impose on you for perhaps the night, perhaps less. We will also pay for the use of your house, never fear."
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