Chapter 1
" Good morning, sweetie breakfast will be ready in a couple of minutes, so go get your data pads and homework ready for school." Shmi said as Anakin came into the kitchen.
" Morning mom, ok." Anakin said as he turned around and headed out of the kitchen and ran up the stairs so he could get his stuff ready for school.
Anakin entered his room and went over to his desk and looked around for his backpack, but did not see it where he had laid it down next to his desk the night before, so he turned around and that is when he saw it hanging on the peg on the wall next to the door.
" I wish she would leave things where I put them." Anakin mumbled to himself as he went over to the wall and grabbed his bag.
Going back to the desk he put the bag in the chair while he grabbed his homework chips and putting them into his bag, then he grabbed his data pad and data math pad and put them into the bag too.
Then he began looking for an extra data chip for his History class and that's when he felt a tremble, just before there was a low rumbling sound that was going over the town.
" What in the world?" Anakin said as he grabbed his bag and headed back downstairs.
" Breakfast is ready, what was that sound?" Shmi asked as Anakin came back into the kitchen and she put the plate down on the table.
" That is great am so hungry, am not sure this looks good mom." Anakin put the bag on the back of the chair before he sat down.
" Sweetie you are always hungry, and thank you, hopefully it is not something bad." Shmi smiled at Anakin, but faded a little when she thought about her second oldest child as her oldest son walked into the room.
" Morning everyone, oh man that smells so great mom." Owen came into the kitchen and took his seat next to Anakin.
" Morning Owen, here you go, are you ready for your test this morning?" Shmi asked as she put a plate down in front of Owen.
" Yes ma'am, I am ready did you guys feel that rumble, a few minutes a go?" Owen asked as grabbed his fork and knife.
" Yes we did, and I thought the dishes were going to fall out of the cabinets and it did make them rattle too, morning dear the Caf is ready let me get your cup." Shmi put the Nerf sausage on the plate, and turned around when Cliegg came into the room.
" Morning boys, thanks dear." Cliegg said coming over to Shmi and giving her a quick kiss before grabbing his cup and pouring himself a cup of Caf.
" Oh, I wanted to let you guys know that I will be late tonight because Beru and I will be at the library and study for the economics class." Owen reminded his parents.
" Ok that is fine, and you said something about having a class tonight." Shmi put the two plates down on the table just as Cliegg came to the table and put his and Shmi's cup of Caf down on the table before sitting down himself.
" Yes, I have a lecture on History, and it starts after four so I will be home just a little after you serve dinner tonight." Cliegg said cutting up his Nerf sausage.
" Ok then I will keep your plate warm, and what about you Ani?" Shmi looked at her youngest child.
" I will be home straight from school so I will be having dinner with you mom." Anakin said taking a sip of his milk.
" Thank you Ani, you better hurry up, you don't want to be late for school." Shmi looked up at the clock and saw the time.
" Yes ma'am, breakfast was great as always." Anakin wiped his face with the napkin, before getting up from the table and grabbing his bag from the back of the chair.
Anakin went over to his mother's side and leaned towards her he kissed her on the cheek.
" See you later and have a great day at school." Shmi said as she watched Anakin rush out of the kitchen.
Anakin lift the house and began walking down the sidewalk when he saw a couple of droids flying around the block on their hover bikes.
" Now I wonder why they are here, man there are more of them." Anakin said to himself as he turned the corner and saw six droids heading for the town square, that was very close to the palace.
There was another low rumbling sound and then the ground shook a little. Anakin looked up and saw a transport ship flying low over the town and landing just beyond the city's wall.
" Forget school something is going on and it is not good either, come on pick up." Anakin said to himself as he stood in the middle of the sidewalk and hit his com-link.
" Anakin are you ok; what is going on, I felt another rumble." Shmi asked sounding a little worried.
" I know mom, and I know what caused it too, a droid transport, and I saw more droids than normal on the streets." Anakin said as four more droids flew by.
" Oh no, Anakin forget about school get to the palace and see about your sister. I have a feeling something is about to happen and it involves her." Shmi sounded even more scared.
" Yes mom, am heading that way now, I will call you later to let you know what is going on." Anakin told his mother, before shutting off his com-link.
" Ok, and be careful." Shmi said before the com-link went silent.
Anakin took an alley way so that way he stayed out of sight, coming to a dead end, he saw a latter.
Climbing up the latter which led to the roof top of the building, getting on the roof he looked out over the wall of the city and that's when he saw them a huge invasion army of battle droids.
" Oh my gods, it is a full on invasion force, I better get to the palace and warn Amidala and get her out of the city." Anakin said to himself before leaving his spot on the wall and headed for the palace.
Getting down off the roof Anakin and made his way through the streets of the small town and going through the small forest and over to the river.
As he crossed the river and staying in the woods, Anakin saw, more squads of the droid army. Once Anakin left the woods he followed the river until he came to the wall of the palace, then followed the wall until he came to the waterfall.
He found the small hole in the wall and he climbed through it and that was when he saw one regiment of droids entering the city with battle tanks.
" Man this is not good." Anakin mumbled.
Keeping in the shadows and the alleyways Anakin made it to the back wall of Palace.
Looking around to make sure he was not being watched, he began tapping on the wall and a door slid open to reveal a secret entrance.
Entering the door he, closed the door behind him before following the long and dimly lit tunnel.
At the end of the tunnel there was a hidden door, knocking on the wall twice the hidden door opened up.
Stepping out of the hidden passage way Anakin sneaks down the hallway, he then heard the footsteps of a small group of Droids coming down the hallway.
Stepping behind a column he saw the droids go by him and they were escorting their prisoners, which was the Queen and her handmaidens.
Once they walked past him he took off down the opposite direction to see if he could find the head of security, who showed up with eight members of the security team.
" Captain Panak!" Anakin yelled out.
" Anakin what are you doing here?" Captain said as he stopped in front of the young man.
" I came to warn you about the huge droid army that is gather outside the city." Anakin said.
" Great, I need to know which way did they go, and get the Queen out of here, and it seems I will have to try to find a way to get her past all the droids." Captain Panak said as he looked down the hallway but did not see anything.
" We can try to get her out through the tunnels and they went this way, so follow me." Anakin said as he pointed the way the droids went.
" Anakin you need to stay out of the way, but you can meet us at the tunnel that leads to the courtyard, and we can make a run for the hanger bay from there." Captain Panak motion for Anakin to head for the other hidden tunnel.
Anakin nodded and went to the right while Captain Panak and his security team went straight.
Anakin got to the hidden and opened it up and stepped inside the tunnel and waited for the Captain Panak and the Queen.
Anakin was about to doze off when the hidden door opened up and the Queen came inside the tunnel followed by the handmaidens, the security and Captain Panak closed the door.
" Ani what are you doing here are you supposed to be in school." The Queen said as she came up to Anakin.
" Amidala, hey sis well I was on my way until I saw a huge droid army outside the city wall, and I had to come here and get you out of here before something really bad happens to you. And mom knows am here, so come on lets get out of here." Anakin gives his sister a quick hug before grabbing her hand and tried to lead her to the courtyard.
" Ani I cannot leave my people, I have to say here with them." Amidala said pulling her hand away from her brother.
" Your Majesty your brother is right we need to get you out of here, and that means get you off the planet too." Captain Panak said.
" He is right Your Majesty we need to get you out of here." Sabe said as she begged her mistress to listen to reason.
" Ok, but how are we going to get through the blockade?" Amidala asked.
" We will think about that when the times comes, but first we need to get you to the ship first." Captain Panak said as he watch the Queen lower her head, because she knew that everyone was right she needed to leave.
Anakin took his sister's hand and led her down the tunnel until they came to the end.
Captain Panak opened the door slowly then stepped out of the secret passage looking around to see that the courtyard was empty, he then motion for everyone to follow him out of the secret tunnel.
" So far so good, let's hope it stays that way." Captain Panak said as he led the group out and took them closer to the hanger bay.
As they walked around the very empty courtyard and the only thing anyone could see is the sunlight bathed the buildings that surround the courtyard. And in the background they could hear the rush of the waterfalls and bubble of the fountains.
They turned a corner that was when they ran into the small squadron of battle droids.
" The Queen get her!" the droid sergeant said looking at the small group in front of them.
" Great!" was all Captain Panak said before opening fire on the droids.
The small skirmish did not last long when the droids were destroyed and the small group took off again towards the hanger bay.
Then they ran into a small group of droids only this time they gave themselves up to the droids.
The droids surrounded them and Anakin was watching the leader of the droids and that was when he noticed that the sergeant was looking up from the group and then Anakin turned his head and saw two men standing in front of them.
" Are you Queen Amidala of Naboo?" the tall long haired man stepped forward.
" Who are you?" Amidala asked hesitantly.
" Ambassadors from the Supreme Chancellor, and we seek and audience with you, Your Highness." The taller man inclined his head slightly.
Before Amidala could answer him a group of six droids showed up and began firing upon them, and like before the small fight was over with the droids reduced to scrap metal.
Once everyone had collected the weapons the taller man came back to the Queen.
" Your Highness, I am Qui-Gon Jinn and my companion is Obi-Wan Kenobi. We are Jedi Knights as well as Ambassadors for the Supreme Chancellor." The Jedi Knight Master said as he faced the young Queen.
" Your negotiations seem to have failed Ambassador." Sabe said.
" The negotiations never took place, and we must make contact with the Republic." Qui-Gon kept his eyes directed towards the Queen.
" We can't, they are blocking out all our communications." Captain Panak stepped forward.
" Do you have transports?" Qui-Gon asked as somewhere close by an alarm went off.
" In the main hanger, and it is this way." Captain Panak nodded in the direction they were heading for in the first place.
Once they got to the bay they saw that there were droids all over the hanger bay, and the only way to get to the ship was fight their way to the ship.
When they made it to the ship they all boarded as quickly as possible, and once everybody was on board the pilot blasted the ship through the hanger doors, and lifted away from the city of Theed and into the blue, sunlit sky.
In space the cluster of Trade Federation Battleships came into view, and they were blocking their way.
Explosions sounded close by and the ship rocked as there was a near miss. Then the running lights began to flicker, and the ship shook violently, and more explosions sounded, and the craft was buffeted from side to side.
After a few minutes the pilot along with the Jedi got them somewhat safely away.
The pilot realized that their hyperdrive had been destroyed and they had to find a place close by for them to land so they could fix the hyperdrive. And the closes place they could find was a planet called Tatooine.
It was a few minutes later they set a course for Tatooine and hopefully they can find the parts they need to fix the ship.
Two hours later the landed the ship on the remote desert planet.
" This place is a very lonely place I will let her Majesty know where we are?" Captain Panak said getting up from his seat.
" Captain where are we?" Sabe asked as the security Captain into the private quarters of the Queen.
" We are on a planet called Tatooine, but I have to tell you that this place is not safe for the Queen because it is controlled by the Hutts." Panak said as Sabe gasped.
" I see Ani I want you to go with Jedi Master Jinn, and get as much info you can about this planet." Amidala looked at her little brother.
Anakin nodded and ran out of the ship and ran up to the Jedi Master.
" I am to go with you, the Queen's orders." Anakin said as he looked up to the Jedi Master and saw that the man was not happy for him to come with him.
The only thing Qui-Gon did was nod his head and then told the young man to stay close by to him.
Twenty minutes they walked into the town and found a small junk shop at the other end of the town.
Going inside they saw an older man sitting behind the counter.
" Good afternoon, can I help you?" the man asked.
" Yes we need parts for a J-type 327 Nubian." Qui-Gon said.
" I see, let me see my inventory log and see if I have the parts." The older man said.
" Hey daddy, I brought you lunch, oh hello." The young girl said coming into the room.
" That is good sit it on the counter, and yes I have some of the parts, so please follow me, and Padme please watch the shop." The older man said before he led Qui-Gon to the back of the shop.
Padme went behind the counter and sat down on the stool and picked up one of the parts that her father was cleaning and started cleaning it, and she also watched the young man in front of her.
And that was when she realized she found her soulmate. And like Padme Anakin knew that he too found his soulmate.