My first star wars fic and my second fic. This fic focuses on the relationship of Anakin and Padmé. Some made up characters are mine. Please read and let me know what you think.

Oh! And I do not own star wars. Although I wish I do! Hehe

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Chapter 1

Heavy rain started to pour from the dark sky. Trees bow down before the screaming wind. The intense lightning and the roar of the thunder caused a girl to rouse from her sleep, eyes adjusting to the dark. She looked at the clock that read, 2 a.m. She heaved a sigh and headed for the kitchen. 'I could use a cup of hot chocolate', she thought to herself. R2 followed her to the kitchen.

She sat on the comfort of her sofa, legs close to her chest while the cup rests on her knees. She hasn't been sleeping well for these past days. The pressure from work is slowly catching up. Her muscles felt tense. A teenage girl like her should just be doing normal stuffs, well at least normal for her age. 'Why can't I just have an ordinary day where I could hang out with her friends, talk about crushes and other teeny girly stuffs?' she thought to herself. But she is not ordinary. She is after all Padmé Amidala, Queen of Naboo. She was elected to be queen because the people know her to be a good leader, a good daughter and a good person. Everybody likes her, (well maybe not everybody). Sometimes she wishes she could go to some place where nobody knows her. But her people need her. They need someone to protect them from all that threatens their home planet. Small tears start to fall from her eyes. This is so much for her to bear. It's like the whole world is on her shoulders.

She looked outside the window. Darkness met her eyes. She sighed for the ninth time. It has become a habit of her. Seconds of void thinking turned into minutes.

"I really need a break! But that won't be for a long time." she said quietly then got up and headed straight for the bedroom. She immediately fell asleep the moment her head touched her pillow. Tomorrow's another day.

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On the other end of the galaxy, a boy and a girl walked hand in hand under the conceited suns that shine the deserted planet of Tatooine. After minutes of walking, they stopped in front of a junk shop.

"Don't get us in trouble again okay?" the boy said to the girl his eyes searching his.

"Okay." the girl answered. The boy just sighed at the girl's mischievousness then went inside the shop. The girl followed in soon bubbly.

The moment they got in, the boy headed to the "junkyard" for his usual work of finding parts from the defunct space vehicles. While the girl busied herself on cleaning the counter she stopped when a creature came in from the backdoor of the shop yelling of "how incompetent you two are!" under his long snout. It is none other than the owner of the shop, and their owner, Watto. You see, they are slaves and have been for as long as they can remember. The girl rolled her eyes at Watto's rant and just resumed her work. "Get in here boy and get these boxes!" Watto yelled. The boxes are half of their height and full of metal spare parts of vehicles that it's impossible for a boy to lift. Her blood started to boil until she can't take it anymore, she said, "How can you possibly think that he can carry those?". "Why don't you carry it yourself you ugly shit!" she added crossly. Watto spanned his head back to look at her, rage etched in his face. "How dare you talk to me like that you piece of trash!" Watto yelled as he moves towards her ready to strike her with his leash. She closed her eyes and waited for the lash that never came. Slowly she opened her eyes and saw a figure shielding her from the attacker. She recognized it as the boy. Her eyes went wide when she realized that it was his back that received the whipping. "NO!" the boy yelled frighteningly as he face Watto. "Please don't hurt her." He said pleadingly, eyes watering. Watto slapped the boy hard that sent him against the wall. "Ungrateful junks." He said before leaving the room.

The girl rushed to where the boy was standing up in pain, tears starting to form in his eyes but held back. "I'm alright. Don't say anything to mom okay?" he said pleadingly. The girl nodded while small tears fell from her face but smiled nonetheless. The boy smiled back. "I won't let anyone hurt you, always remember that." He said with determination. "I love you." the girl said sweetly. "And I love you too." He replied with a short but affectionate hug. He then pulled his self together. "Back to work." he said.

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On Theed…..

Padmé Amidala, with Captain Panaka on her side, a few bodyguards around and her handmaidens on tow, walked with certain urgency through the corridors out of the palace. She was wearing a blue satin gown. Her face even though hidden under the white mask, wore an unyielding authority. Her piercing brown eyes show both resolve and uncertainty. She just came from a meeting with the other Naboo officials. A rumor of a war threatens their planet. This is all too much to take. There can't be a war. They were just about on the outside of her ship, when suddenly she was pushed aside by the guard on her front left, then the next thing she knew the guard lay unconscious on the ground. Shots were fired around. Captain Panaka and her handmaidens covered her protectively then steered her inside the ship. After a moment, the firing stopped with the assassin able to escape. Alert was sent to every guard on patrol.

Inside the ship, silence filled the air. Panic in everybody's face. No sign of movement can be seen in the room. All breathing heavily, still trying to take in what had just happened. Captain Panaka and the handmaidens all stared at her with concern etched on their faces. She was trying her best not to cry, afraid to show her true feelings. "There is an incoming message from Coruscant your highness." a man in a uniform said, breaking the tension in the air. They all stood up and went after the man to the control room.

A man appeared on the screen. His hair white as snow, crooked nose, and wrinkled face. His face wore an expression like a concerned father to her daughter. It was none other than the man whom she considered to be her mentor, Senator Palpitine

"I've just heard the news milady." Senator Palpitine said eyes full of worry. "I'm overwhelmed to see you're well. We need to take action with this disturbing incident immediately. We've asked the Jedi Council for their aid. They are sending two Jedi's to protect your highness." he said full of authority.

"Thank you senator, but there is no need for such aid. The Captain is doing his best to protect me. I'm perfectly capable of myself." she replied with hint of annoyance in her voice, but smiled nonetheless.

"We can't afford to lose you milady, especially with rumors of war." He paused. "The decision is final." replied Palpitine. This got her. He knew her weakness. He knew she would do everything for the safety of her people.

After a moment of silence, she spoke up rather hopeful. "I guess I have no choice then. Thank you senator." Palpitine smiled widely, and said earnestly, "It is settled then. They will fly in first thing in the morning." She smiled back and nodded. The screen went off and the senator was gone.

When they arrived at her house, she went straight to her room. She fell on the bed with a heavy body and sighed deeply. She marked this day the worst day of her life. 'I don't need to be baby sit.' she fell asleep with the very last angry thought on her mind

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Coruscant. Jedi Temple. Two men were fighting rather vigorously. One was older than the other. More like father and son, rather than Master and Padawan. He had a long black hair with a slight trace of white in it, beard covers the lower part of his face, and strange eyes. The younger one has a short hair with a couple left braided, hang on his right ear. Sweat covers their bodies.

Green and blue sabers dance gracefully against each other. Both unyielding. They stopped briefly, both watchful eyes waits for a move. The younger man launched forward against the older man with pace and virtuosity. The older man defended himself from the attack, when he saw an opening. He elbowed the man's arm that made the saber of his opponent lose grip on his saber. He then smacked the back of his head with the other end of his saber. The man slid down holding the back of his head. He then took the advantage of getting the younger one's saber using the force.

The older man turned off his saber and looked down on the man and smiled. "You're getting really good at duels." The old man said while helping the young man stand. The young man smiled back then said, "I guess years of training have finally paid off Master." The old man tapped the young man's shoulders and chuckled heartily.

"Someday you'll be a great Jedi Master Obi-Wan." the old man said faithfully.

"It's because I had the best teacher one could have Master Qui-Gon." He replied warmheartedly. The two smiled at each other. Then headed out of the room to their respective quarters.

After an hour, the Jedi Council summoned the two. They met outside the council's room. The moment they entered the room, Master Yoda, the little green creature, greeted them. "Good it is to see you both again Master Qui-Gon and Padawan Kenobi." He said, with the long years of existence of his tone. The others in the room seconded.

"Thank you Masters." both replied slightly bowed.

Then the dark bald man beside Yoda spoke up. "You and your padawan was summoned here for a mission." He said with authority in his voice. All eyes were on him as he speaks. "Senator Palpitine asked the council to send Jedi aid to the queen of Naboo in order to protect her. There had been an assassination attempt in her life moments before you were summoned." He said in a serious tone. "You are to depart first thing in the morning." He added.

"Yes master." Qui-Gon replied.

"You will be briefed the moment you arrive. May the force be with you." this time it was Master Yoda who spoke.

The two bowed before the council before leaving the room.

The two parted ways and headed to their rooms to get ready for tomorrows departure.

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A woman was just about to finish preparing dinner when she heard the front door opened. "Dinner's ready!" she called out. She heard footsteps running towards to where she was. A girl appeared by the kitchen door. She was smiling adorably at the sight of her. "Hey mum!" the girl said coolly and then moved towards the woman and gave her hug. "Oh I missed you my baby!" she said lovingly. "I missed you too mom!" the girl equally replied.

Then a boy came in shortly after the little girl. "I'm hungry!" the boys said, he pulled a chair and sat.

"You're always hungry Ani." The girl said teased.

"Am not!" he teased back then stuck out his tongue at the girl.

The woman shook her head amusingly at the two's jovial bicker. "I missed you Ani" she said with a hug. "Missed you back mom!" the boy said lovingly who hugged back.

They ate dinner happily while exchanging stories of what they did that day. After washing the dishes, the mother tucked her children in their beds and said goodnight before heading to her own room.

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Around midnight.

The boy bolted straight up from his sleep. He got up and sat on a chair in front of his sketchpad. He got hold of his charcoal then closed his eyes. He took a deep breath before opening his eyes; then his hand started moving through the pad like it has its own mind. After sometime, he has stopped what he was doing and got back in bed.

6am the next day.

The sound of the whistle from the boiling water and the smell of food woke the girl up. She scratched the sleep from her eyes and got up. She went for her brother's bedroom to wake him. When she entered the room, she ran straight up the bed where the boy laid facing from her. She jumped up and down around the bed like a ball (you know the one where the kids jump on their parents' bed in the morning shouting WAKE UP MOM DAD!). The bed made squeaky noises.

"Five more minutes!" the boy said groggily.

"Okay." She said while she sits up the bed. She looked around when something caught her eyes.

She saw a figure drawn on the sketchpad of his brother. It was a plain sketch because it has no color and all. You can see superfluous lines, like an artist that wasn't sure of what he's doing, unsure of what he's doing. She stood up to look at it closely. It was a woman, a beautiful one. She have a heart shaped face accessorized with a thin red lips. But what struck her most were her eyes. It seems like it can see right through you. 'I wonder where he'd seen this lady.' She thought. Her void gazing was cut off by a loud yawn coming from the bed. She looked around to see her brother waking.

"Get up sleepyhead. Mom made us breakfast." She said nonchalantly with her thoughts still on the drawing and went out the room.

"Alright, alright!" he said as followed shortly.

To be continued…..

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A.N. What do you think? All types of comment will be very much appreciated. Thanks!