Summary: Sent back sixty years in time by a freak hyperspace accident, Senator Amidala finds herself faced with a choice: to change the future or watch as two Jedi walk blindly to their destinies.

A/N: This is a adaptation of Cmdr. Gabe E's story "What Time has Forgotten". She never finished it and has not updated it since 2005. I liked the idea a lot and I blame Jurious and her fic "Eclipse" for the Dooku/Padme pairing. I felt the idea had merit and after much thinking and research, I have two chapters written thus far. It'll mostly be written from Dooku's point of view since I am most comfortable with his character, but Qui-Gon and Padme's will have their chapters where Dooku can't cover it.

Please excuse any continuity or fact errors that may crop up. It has been years since I have written for Star Wars and the memory is not as good as it use to be. I am researching and digging up my old books on the era as best I can. And time travel is a confusing conundrum to play with.

Anyway Dooku is 21 and Qui-Gon is 10. Padme, I think is 25 when she gets tossed back in time. If you want to know what Dooku might look like at a young age, just look up Christopher Lee on Google Images.

This will probably be the longest written story I've ever done and reviews and constructive criticism is much appreciated and nurses the ego...erm muses. :D

In Motion the Future Is

WAR RAGES ACROSS THE GALAXY AS THE DROID FORCES OF THE SINISTER COUNT DOOKU PRESSES EVER FORWARD TOWARD THE SEPARATIST GOAL OF DEFEATING THE GALACTIC REPUBLIC. ALTHOUGH THE VALIANT JEDI KNIGHTS OF THE REPUBLIC ARE SPREAD THIN ON SEVERAL FRONTS AND ARE UNABLE TO ANSWER EVERY SEPARATIST PLOT, THERE ARE THOSE WHO DO RISE UP TO ACCEPT THE CHALLENGES OF THE WAR IN THE NAME OF THE REPUBLIC.

IN ANSWER TO SUCH A PLOT, SUPREME CHANCELLOR PALPATINE SENDS SENATOR AMIDALA ON A DIPLOMATIC MISSION TO YAGA MINOR IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE SEPARATIST'S FROM GAINING CONTROL OF THE SYSTEM'S SHIPYARDS. EN ROUTE, A NEW SEPARATIST WARSHIP PULLS THE SENATOR'S STARSHIP OUT OF HYPERSPACE INTO THE MIDDLE OF A BATTLE WITH REPUBLIC FORCES, BEFORE SHE CAN EVEN REACH YAGA MINOR.

DESPERATE TO FLEE FROM THE DROID SUBFIGHTERS AND UNABLE TO BOARD A REPUBLIC CRUISER, AMIDALA RISKS JUMPING INTO HYPERSPACE WHILE UNDER FIRE AND THE INFLUENCE OF AN ARTIFICIAL GRAVITY WELL. THE SENATOR'S SHIP TAKES A HIT TO THE HYPERDRIVE JUST AS THE VESSEL MAKES THE JUMP, HURTLING HER THROUGH HYPERSPACE AND INTO DARKNESS...