Title: “Temple Mischief: What the…?”
Rating: G
Summary: Who’s got the giggles?

Obi-Wan was growing impatient with his Padawan. Anakin had been pacing the floor for two hours, and he wasn’t showing any signs of slowing.

“Master, why do they make us wait? We’ve been stuck in this ship for nearly three days…why can’t they just let us off?”

“Calm down, Anakin. Permission to land is NOT permission for armed men to come onto the planet. We need clearance.”

“But Master…they knew we were coming!”

“Yes, Anakin, they did…”

“But Master –”

“Patience, Anakin.”

“Master…”

“Anakin…you must remember that we are not only on a diplomatic mission from Coruscant, but we are armed, and can be considered quite dangerous. The proper precautions must be taken, even if we do not intend to harm anyone. Let them follow their routine. We will wait here for clearance. Besides, Anakin, you know that the Corellians are very untrusting of outsiders.”

“Yes, Master.” Anakin, dejectedly, sat down and folded his arms into his cloak. They’d been sitting in the docking bay for nearly three hours, waiting for clearance to de-board, and Anakin was going stir crazy. He couldn’t understand how his Master could stay so calm and collected when everyone else around him was so insanely bored.

What seemed like an eternity later, the console beeped and their permission to de-board was gurgled out to them. Not a moment too soon, either. Obi-Wan, though he had kept up the air of calm serenity, was not only screaming with boredom in his head, but ready to strangle his restless Padawan.

~ + ~

Being that it was just a simple check-up in the Corellian Sector, Obi-Wan thought he and Anakin would be finished and jetting on to Aaris III before the second sun had set…

No such luck.

Just as they finished the circuit of the twin planets, Talus and Tralus, Obi-Wan’s comlink beeped. He answered, and was none too pleased to hear the voice of Master Windu fill the air.

“Obi-Wan, we have been informed by the President of Corellia that there has been an uprising in one of the settlements of Selonia. He has requested that you take Anakin and secure the peace as quickly as possible.”

“Yes, Master Windu,” was his only, flat, response. Anakin groaned, and this time was not reprimanded for it, as the elder Jedi felt the same way. “Come on, then,” he said, and they headed back to the ship.

~ + ~

Come to find out, there was not uprising on Selonia. A box of fireworks for the Corellian New Year celebration had somehow caught fire and gone off two weeks early.

Obi-Wan, upon hearing this, started laughing, for lack of a better reaction. He wanted to scream, but his extensive Force-training refused to let him, so he laughed. And laughed. And laughed. Anakin laughed too, though more from the amusement of seeing his ever-stoic Master giggling like an Alderannian youngling than from stress.

After several moments, the Padawan dragged his Master back to an upright position, bowed in apology to the confused Selonian before him, and ushered Obi-Wan back to the ship. Once inside, the Jedi Knight regained his composure, wiped the tears from his eyes, and took control of the ship, acting as if nothing had happened.

They headed back over to Corellia to give the final reports, and as they were on their way out of the palace, Obi-Wan spied a group of children talking noisily about Jedi and playing with little plastic objects that looked somewhat like people.

One of them noticed him watching them and quickly hushed the others by making known his presence. “Is it really him?” Obi-Wan heard, followed by “It can’t be…”, “What’s he doing here?”, “Its not him!” , and things of that sort. Grinning, he strode over and knelt next to them.

Obi-Wan was in the middle of introducing himself and Anakin when he caught a glimpse of the toy in the youngest Drall’s hand.

“What’s that?” he asked once introductions were through.

“Oh…nothing,” the child answered quickly, hiding the toy behind his back.

“Oh come now… I just want to see it. It looks interesting.” Reluctantly, the child handed over the toy as the rest of the group burst into nervous giggles. “What the…?!” It was a humanoid figure, and when Obi-Wan turned it over to see the face, he realized that it looked like….

“You? Master? That toy looks like you…”

Obi-Wan’s face fell.

Where on earth did this child get something that so closely resembled him? He looked around at the other toys and noticed that –

“Anakin…there’s one of you too. And of Master Windu. And Master Yoda.”

Obi-Wan looked back at the toy in his hand and his face contorted wildly, making the children giggle. Next thing Anakin knew, his Master’s giggles had returned and he was rolling on the ground, laughing with the children.

Anakin, exasperated, shook his head and headed back to the ship.

“I’ll pick you up when you grow up, Master.”

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