Title: Letting Go
Author: Tekli
Rating: K
Genre: Angst/General
Pairings: None
Warnings: Um... OCs, Jedi in not-so-favorable light
Disclaimer: Star Wars belongs to George Lucas, not me, and I'm not making any money from this.

Mommy told me not to open the door to strangers, so I didn't. The man with the funny robe just stood there. He looked really bored and he kept on looking at the chrono on the wall. It's hard to read Mommy's chrono, but I think he was there for an hour. It felt like an hour. My holoprogram was halfway over when he left. The show didn't make any sense without the beginning part. Stupid man. He's mean.

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The funny man came again. This time he pressed the little buzzer that Mommy had put on the door, and that was dumb, because he was going to make baby Par wake up. He didn't look like he was having much fun. I think he was glaring at me, but I was hiding behind the curtain, so of course he wasn't. Weird old man. When Mommy came home tonight, I told her about the man with the funny robes. She was really mad at me and said that she would have to stay home tomorrow. I'm not allowed to watch my holoprogram for a week. It's that stupid man's fault.

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Mommy brought me over to Kithie's house today. It was fun. I watched my holoprogram even though I wasn't supposed to. But today got really, really, bad when I went home. The mean man with the dumb robes had Par, and Mommy wasn't anywhere! I started yelling at him, because since Mommy's never home, it's my job to protect little Par, but he just glared at me. I jumped in front of him so he couldn't get into his speeder. He got really mad and was almost yelling when Mommy came and dragged me inside. She said that Par was gone and going to be a Jedi and she wasn't sad or anything, but I was sad 'cause I really liked Par. He was sweet and fun to talk to even if he didn't understand what I was saying. Now I have to be mad at the stupid Jedi man and Mommy. Now my brother's gone.

Author's Note: Once again, originally posted on boards. This was an interesting story to write. I came up with the idea for Mara originally, then changed it to an OC, then thought of naming the OC Ben to see what would happen, and then it came to this.

I love showing things from a different perspective. I can see both sides of an issue very easily, which is good in the sense that I can argue almost anything and drive teachers insane, but it also means that I very rarely have opinions on anything... Plus, I dislike confrontation, so I tend to meld my views (at least somewhat) to fit those of whom I'm around. Bad, but true... Heh...

Reviews are appreciated, but please don't feel pressured. I like questions, but praise is good too... (My ego doesn't need to be fed any more, though)