*Outskirts of Mos Espa, Tatooine.*

Tatooine was very hot... though that makes sense given that it's a desert planet. Mostly covered in sand, the endless tan is excruciatingly boring to look at.

Today something new decorated the drab horizon. It was a long silver ship laying on its side. A few individuals were hurrying across the sand towards it.

A young woman, her face hidden in the shadow of her hood, was one of the people walking toward the ship. Her feet crunched across the sand with every step. *I hate this place.* She thought to herself. *Never thought I'd have to come back*

She stopped quickly when she heard the clashing of lightsabers. She half turned and saw a red lightsaber slam against a green one. Their owners were locked tight, each one trying to get through the other's defense.

Axis's eyes widened as she saw the boy standing frozen, staring at the fighting Jedi. *He should have moved by now!* she thought and took off running, kicking up sand and scooping the boy up as she passed, and carrying him to the ship.

"Go, let the captain know that He's in trouble. We need take off," she ordered as she unhooked her crossbow from her belt "Bu-" the boy started to protest. "GO!" He spun and hurried off as she leveled her crossbow. As the ship started to take off, she fired, startling the fighters who turned to look at her.

Qui-gon flipped on to the ramp that she was standing on. She didn't want to say his name out loud, merely nodding at him. She got ready to fire another bolt, if the other fighter were to try to join them.

Just then, the ramp lifted, and closed. She let out a huge sigh, knowing that, for the moment, they were safe on the ship.

She turned around and saw that people were staring at her. "Who are you?" Qui-gon asked sharply, narrowing his eyes. "Alexandra Turnaround, also known as Axis." She responded cheerfully. "And you are?" she asked, with a slight tilt of her head. She already knew the answer.

She waited thinking *I can't exactly say their names considering I've never technically MET them, and knowing me it would probably come out like 'oh, by the way I know the future of all of you people which is how I know all your names.'*

Qui-gon shared a look with someone behind him, signaling for the others to leave, before saying in a very guarded tone, "My name is Qui-gon. This is my Padawan Obi-wan."

The said man stepped out from behind Qui-gon, and looked her over. He turned and raised his eyebrow at Qui-gon before heading back into the deeper part of the ship. Axis smiled after him and said "Cool! Where are you all headed?"

Qui-gon look at her in surprise, "You jumped aboard a ship but you have no idea where it is going?!" he asked incredulously.

Axis gave a half smile, "Well I have plenty of *Ideas, but I don't know which one is true."

Qui-gon's eyes narrowed again, and he said "We're heading to the Alderan system."

Axis nodded as if she agreed, "Okay, well... since I'm already here, could I come with you? I'd rather not face that guy again..." she said, clearly nervous.

Qui-gon's face softened a little. "Yes, for now. Fortunately there's an extra room that you can use. Down the hall, fourth door on the right," he said with a smile.

Axis look up and smiled back a little hesitantly. "Thank you," she murmured, and moved off.

*Curse my anxiety, I probably looked like I was impersonating something or someone...* Axis thought as she made her way to the room and opened the door.

She stepped into the room, and looked around. There was a chair, a bed, a dresser-like thing, and a pile of cushions. Sitting down in the chair, with cushions all around her, she drifted off to sleep.

*Flashback*

*"This is a Warning..." the cloaked figure said, slashing her cheek, "Cross me again, and you can say goodbye to your LIFE!!"*

Axis jolted awake, sweating and breathing heavily. She took a deep breath, held it for 2 seconds and then released it. She did it again a few more times before she was calm enough to get out of the chair.

She glanced into her Realm Jumper (RJ) phone for any new information, but there was none. Flipping off the screen, she saw the ugly scar across her right cheek, winced and loosened her ponytail to cover it up.

*Bang! Bang! Bang!*

Axis jumped at the sudden sound, before realizing that it was just someone knocking on the door. "Who is it?" She called, "Obi-wan," came the muffled reply, so Axis walked over and opened the door. "Yes?" she asked. "Her highness would like to meet you, and also we've landed on Coruscant," he told her as he turned and headed toward the meeting area.

"Follow me," he called back over his shoulder, when she had made no move to follow him. "Ok, I'm coming," she said with a sigh, then trotted after him.

Once in the meeting room, she bowed to the queen, "Your Majesty honors me," she murmured politely. "Rise, Alexandra," the queen commanded. "If anyone should bow it is us, we owe you our thanks for helping Qui-gon."

As one she and her handmaidens bowed, making Axis gasp, "No, no no. I don't want thanks, I just did what anyone else in my position would have done. " she exclaimed. "Please rise..." she breathed out, thinking *Crap, crap, crap, I was told to NOT draw attention to myself, and this is very attention drawing.*

They straightened and regarded her, looking puzzled. One of the handmaidens opened her mouth, but seemed to think better about whatever she was going to say, and closed it.

Relieved that they were no longer bowing, Axis turned to Qui-gon and, grinning, said "I thought you were heading to the Alderan system. So why are we on Coruscant?"

Qui-gon looked at her in surprise, then glanced at Obi-wan who was trying to hide his smile, and shook his head ruefully.

"I would like to make up a reason, but I suspect that you knew I was lying... Am I correct?" Qui-gon said in mock reproach.

Axis sighed, "Yeah, I knew. What're you gonna do now?"

"We're going to try to convince the Senate to help the situation on Naboo," The voice came from the man standing by the door, whose name she couldn't think of off the top of her head. She nodded at him anyway, signaling that she understood.

"Alright, that would make sense." Axis muttered to herself. Then the man who had spoken told the queen, "Senator Palpatine is waiting outside for us to depart from the ship." Axis involuntarily stiffened, before forcing herself to relax.

She did not miss the look that passed between Qui-gon and Obi-wan, and sighed internally, knowing there would be questions asked later.

Just then the boy she had rescued came around the corner with a Gungan, and the Queen gestured for Qui-gon to lead the way down the ramp. Axis fell in line behind the Jedi, as they departed.

The planet of Coruscant was covered with skyscrapers, with no natural thing in sight. Axis looked around and gulped at the long drop off the side of the platform. She forced herself to turn away from the edge and focused her eyes back to the front.

There were two men in the robes of the Republic Senate, along with a group of guards. Qui-gon and Obi-wan bowed in greeting, and Axis, the boy Anakin and the Gungan Jar Jar all followed suit.

Queen Amidala came flowing down the ramp after them. With her handmaidens and guards surrounding her, she stopped in front of the Senate members.

She looked at her emissary, Senator Palpatine, as he bowed to her. "It is a great relief to see you alive and well, Your Majesty." He spoke with a smile, "May I present Chancellor Valorum."

"Welcome, Your Highness." Valorum, a tall silver haired man, said with a faint smile on his face, "It is an honor to..." At this point Axis tuned out the conversation, while she tried to figure out how to handle coming events.

She stiffened when she noticed that Senator Palpatine had come up beside her, and took a half step away from him. "You look nervous." He stated with a tilt of his head, "Y-yeah, Um... well I've never been here before." She said not looking at him.

Axis fiddled nervously with her cloak, then tightened her ponytail. "Oh my..." Palpatine murmured shocked, and reached up to touch her scar. "Don't touch me!" She snapped, then instantly regretted it, when she saw the look she was getting from the others.

Chancellor Valorum hurried over, "What's wro-- Oh my!" He looked surprised, then angry, "How did no one notice this cut?!"

Axis blushed a little as everyone else came over to see. Qui-gon's eyes widened when he saw it and he asked, "Why have you been hiding this from us?"

"I've had it for a while, why are you all making such a big deal about it?" She asked confused.

Then she felt a warm liquid sliding slowly down her cheek, and automatically reached up to touch her scar, except that it wasn't just a scar anymore, but had a shallow cut in it.

Shallow it may have been, but it was bleeding a lot. Axis asked, "Could someone please give me something to stop the bleeding?"

One of the handmaidens handed her a handkerchief, which she pressed against her cheek.

"Alright, we'll head to the medbay now," Qui-gon said to the queen, gesturing to Axis and Obi-wan, "We'll meet up later."

Amidala nodded and gestured for everyone else to move off. Then, as soon as Senator Palpatine moved after them, Axis felt the cut stop bleeding. She lowered the handkerchief thinking *I'll need to wash this for that handmaiden, and thank her for lending it to me*

Qui-gon gently grabbed her arm and pulled her towards what she assumed was the direction of the infirmary, ignoring her protest of "I'm Fine!" and signaled Obi-wan to bring up the rear.

Qui-gon pulled her into a place that looked like a waiting room, "Sit down, please, we will be back fairly soon." He said, and when she nodded he jerked his head at Obi-wan, and headed through two big doors that were on the other side of the room.

*Well crap* she thought, *either the storyline is messed up because they're not going to the council meeting, or they ARE in the meeting, and are probably going to bring me up with the council, Either way...*

Just then the doors opened and Qui-gon and Obi-wan walked back through. Then they gestured for her to go inside.

"Rhiech." She thought (or rather said), "What?" Obi-wan asked confused. *I said that out loud didn't I?* she thought trying to ignore him as she walked through the doorway.

"Alexandra are you, hmm?" Master Yoda asked, and she nodded Then a different voice cut in, "Why do you fear Senator Palpatine?" which made her freeze.

"What?!"