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Chapter 1

Makina

The temple was quiet as I sat down, fixing my Astro droid, R5-C2. His red plating glowed in the sunlight, and he gave out a chirp of happiness as his antenna slid back into place.

"Now I just have to polish you." I mumbled, grabbing a rag from the floor. I sprayed a sparkling liquid on the old cloth and started to rub R5's head. When I lifted the rag, to look at my work, my Astro droid blinded me. "Okay, maybe a little too much." I told him, and he beeped in agreement. I patted R5 and said, "You're good to go." That's when my best friend, Tula strolled in. "Hi." I said, and Tula jumped.

"Oh. Hi, Makina. I didn't see you there." She replied, her body relaxing with every word.

"You didn't?" I joked. " I thought I sounded like a hungry rancor in here." Tula and I giggled a bit.

"But Makina, I need to tell you something." Tula said, her voice concerned.

"What?" I asked. Now I was getting concerned because Tula is always care-free, and when she gets worried, something bad was going to happen.

"I just saw Ventress leave the Senate building!" She exclaimed. "And I saw her dragging Senator Chu-Chi behind her!" Tula started pacing back and forth, mumbling to herself what kind of plan they should form. Tula stood up straight. "I know!" She said and put on a mischievous grin. The young girl looked around the small room to make sure no one was there and could hear her plan. " Ventress will probably strike again, right?" Tula asked.

"Right..." I answered, not knowing where this would lead to.

"So, I think that we should dress like senators!" Tula said excitedly. Marietta could be the senator. Me, you, Valerie and Michelle could be the hand maidens!"

"Tula..." I began to say. "That is a really good idea! If Ventress would want another senator, we would be there to stop her! Plus, we could find out why she would want Chu-Chi in the first place!" I finished. Tula nodded.

"You got it. Go get the girls and meet me in my quarters. I'll have supplies ready." Tula told me and started to exit. Then she turned bak around to face me. "I'll tell you where they are so we can get started faster. Marietta is in the training room, by the time you get there, she should be about finished. Valerie is in the hangar, polishing Master Plo's star fighter. And Michelle is in The Main Hall. Remember, meet you in my quarters in fifteen minutes." She finished, and ran off.

"Marietta first." I told R5, and he beeped with happiness. He liked Marietta because she would always spend time with him. I started to walk out of the room. The sun was setting, making the room dim. I heard R5 rolling behind me, and I turned around. "R5, why don't you follow Tula and help her out?" I asked him. He gave out a few beeps, and rolled after Tula. I walked until I saw a door that had a glowing blue sign over it, reading, 'Training'. I walked inside and immediately I saw my sister, Marietta. She was fighting with another padawan that I recognized. My sister was having a match with her best friend, Valerie. Their green lightsaber's lit up Valereie's yellow skin, casting a dark green shadow on it.

They look like twins! Their skin is the exact same shade! I thought. This would help us somehow, but i'm not sure how. Valerie force-pushed her friend away, making the yellow skinned twi'lek win the round. My sister got up, and shook hands with her friend.

"Good game." She said, then noticed me. "Hi, Makina!" She said then gave me a great big hug.

"Ok, emergency Tula meeting. We need Valerie too." I said, nodding to the other Twi'lek, paying them no attention while her master praised her. Go to Tula's living quarters, and she'll fill you in." I told her, and headed out the door. When I glanced over my shoulder, I saw my sister tapping her friend and whispering in her ear. Valerie nodded and they started to walk out behind me. I walked back into The Main Hall, and looked around. Then, I saw a flash of blonde hair. Michelle was sitting down against a pillar, reading a book. It was titled, 'History of Ryloth'. One moment she would look like it was the most interesting book ever, then she would look like she was ready to fall asleep.

"Michelle!" I called, waving my hand so she could see me. She looked up.

"What, Makina?" She asked, a little fustrated.

"Tula emergency. We need to go to her quarters." I told her, thinking that it has been fifteen minutes atleast. We were late.

"No, Makina. You need to go. I'm trying to study." She said and look back down at the book.

"We get to go on a mission to the Senate building..." I whispered. Michelle had a spark of interest in her pretty blue eyes.

"And..." She asked, trying to get details.

"We get to dress up, and see about Sepratist kidnapping..." I told her. Michelle tapped her chin, trying to figure out what was more interesting.

"Ok, mission with you guys over a dumb book. Who cares how King Fortunsti died seven thousand years ago?" She said.

"Um.. King Fortunsti probably cared." I pointed out.

"Whatever. OK, what do we do now?" She asked, standing up and pushing the book aside.

"Tula said we should meet her in her living quarters." I said.

"OK...?" Michelle replied, and I was afraid she was loosing interest. You could never keep her attention for too long. I was surprised she might have picked a book over us. When we where near Tula's quarters, Michelle almost got lost. She would wander down a hallway without knowing that I was in front of her. She would turn around in she couldn't see me. "Makina?" She asked. Her voice echoed.

"Michelle!" I said back. It sounded like she was a couple hundred feet to my left. I ran up the hallway, took a left, and ran right into her.

"Ugh!" Michelle said as she hit the carpeted floors.

"You alright?" I asked, feeling her arms to see if she had hurt herself.

"My shoulder." she mumbled, grabbing it with the hand that I was not touching.

"Let me see." I told her. I peeled her hand off her shoulder. I pushed, and felt nothing out of the ordanary.

"Ow!" Michelle wailed.

"It's OK, it's OK" I said, trying to sooth her. I rolled up her sleeve, and all I saw was a large bruise. "You only have a bruise." I told her, trying to ignore the pain in my leg and foot. Would she just ask me if I'm OK? Wait, no. Others first. That's the Jedi way. I thought. I helped her up, and as I stood up, I again tried to ignore my leg. But I couldn't. I walked a few steps, limping, then Michelle noticed my leg.

"Makina, are you alright?" She asked, her tone concerned.

"Yes..." I mumbled, and leaned onto Michelle.

"You sure?" She said.

I couldn't say anything. My leg was burning, and my head was thumping. My teeth were closed tight, and my tongue was bleeding. My stomach felt like it was rolling. My vision went blurry and I collapsed.

"Makina!" Michelle wailed, and put a hand on my forehead, then my heart. Then she ran off into the maze of hallways screaming "Help!"

My body had gone numb. The last thing I saw was Tula leaning over me.

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