Disclaimer: I do not own Star Wars or any of the inhabitants therein. I am not making any money off this, so please don't sue me.
This is my first fanfic, really just to test the system, but if you want more chapters let me know and I'll see what I can come up with. These are humorous little segments of "what the movies didn't show you."
Anakin and Obi-wan were back in the training room, getting in some saber practice after their long journey back from Ansion. Their Council briefing had, in Anakin's eyes, been long and boring, but the physical activity helped work out some of the tension. Obi-wan had just won yet another practice duel when a younger Padawan entered the room.
"Knight Kenobi, the Council has requested the presence of you and your Padawan in the chamber as soon as possible."
"Tell them we'll be there within a half an hour," instructed Obi-wan.
"Weren't we just in there?" groaned Anakin after the Padawan had left. "Can't they live without us for twenty minutes at a time?"
Obi-wan wasn't sure whether to scold his Padawan for his poor attitude or laugh; truly, he himself was mildly annoyed with this second summoning. He chose a middle ground: teasing Anakin.
"What have you managed to do in twenty minutes that has them upset with us?" he accused smilingly.
"Why is it always my fault?" Anakin cried melodramatically, turning a supplicating gaze to the ceiling. He then flashed a thoroughly saucy gaze at his Master and shot back, "Maybe it's you who's in trouble this time, and they just want me along to make sure you don't blame it on me."
"Oh, go on!" Obi-wan exclaimed in mock frustration. He'd gotten a smile our of Anakin, and that had been his goal. "Go and get cleaned up. I'll stop by your room in thirty minutes to get you." They each went off to their rooms to wash and change into fresh robes.
Anakin was ready in fifteen minutes, so he flipped on the HoloNet until Obi-wan got there. He was stunned at what he saw. Footage of a ship which he recognized as belonging to Padmé Amidala shimmered in ghostly blue. The ship had just come into the landing pad when it mysteriously exploded, obviously the victim of an attack of some sort. The former Queen of Naboo, now a Senator, had been coming to Coruscant to vote on the controversial Military Creation Act, and traffic cams had captured the episode for all to see. Anakin hid his eyes in his hands; no one could have survived that! He couldn't believe she was gone – just like that! He desperately wished he had been able to see her again; but that might have made things worse…
…His ear suddenly caught the sound of her voice from the holoreceiver. At first he though it was some sort of tribute to her, but when she finished, the reporter came back on.
"The Senator's speech was made all the more dramatic by the fact that she arrived just after the announcement of her presumed death. It was timed so well it almost seems like the whole incident might have been planned…"
Anakin tuned out the reporter again; the holocam was panning the crowd of Senators, and he was hoping to catch a glimpse of her. "Presumed death" meant she must not be dead after all!
He didn't even hear Obi-wan's knock on the door. "Anakin?" When that failed to elicit a response, Obi-wan flung open the door and entered the room. "Anakin! Let's go and get this over with!"
"Did you see?" Anakin asked excitedly, oblivious to Obi-wan's command. "Her ship got blown up on the landing platform and they thought she was dead, and then she showed up and made a speech to the Senate!"
Obi-wan was thoroughly confused. "What? Who got blown up?"
"Senator Amidala!" Anakin was still searching the screen for her, but the reporter was reviewing the different factions in the Senate, the camera highlighting each section as she spoke of it.
Obi-wan checked his chrono anxiously. "Well, we'll worry about that later. Right now, we are supposed to be in the Council chamber! Come on!"
"I'm coming," Anakin replied, his voice distant, shuffling slowly away from the holoprojector without taking his eyes off it; he was still hoping for a glimpse of the beautiful Senator who had been his friend when he was a child.
"Hurry!"
Anakin scowled and practically ran across the room, all while still glancing over his shoulder –
-- and smacked solidly into the door that Obi-wan had allowed to swing shut after he entered the room.
"Ow!" he yelped in surprise and pain, rubbing his head and staring with wide eyes at the offending door.
Obi-wan stared at him with curious amusement and said drily, "Anakin, I believe it's traditional to open doors before going through them."
Anakin scowled again and flung the door open with far greater force than was necessary, then huffily marched through it, nursing his wounded pride. Obi-wan followed, shaking his head.