An Angel with a Difference
(Title may change ;))
Summary: AU: How different would the story have been if Padme had also been a jedi... Would have it ended the same? R&R
Author's note: This is our first star wars Fanfic together and it is going to be ratther long and possibly confusing at some points but bare with us. Also though it may look like it a tiny bit once or twice this is NOT a Obi-wan/Padme Fanfic it's just for plot purposes ;) We hope you enjoy this story please review it means alot.
Disclaimer: Star wars belongs to George Lucas of course ;)
Chapter 1-Meeting Someone is Always Special.
The Naboo cruiser landed carefully on the sandy desert planet. The ship caused a small sand wave to ripple gently away from the ship. The sun glinting of its sleek sliver body coming from 1 of Tatooine's 2 stars that heat the planet's surface.
Its separation from the any outsider influence was, for once, a relief to the inhabitants of the cruiser.
Qui-gon Jinn sighed as he stared at the broken hyperdrive they were never going to get anywhere this way. He glanced at the other Jedi who nodded in agreement with his obvious question. They were going to have to leave the ship and buy a new hyperdrive.
"Obi-wan tell Captain Typho what the plan is." He told his Padawan.
"Yes Master," Came his quick reply bowing before heading toward the exit of the bridge.
"Tell my Padawan to meet me outside of the ship as well please Obi-wan. Oh, and tell her bring her cloak it's going to be sandy out there." The stern looking Jedi asked Obi-wan.
"Of course master Rhen." Obi-wan replied before closing the door behind him.
Qui-gon turned to the other Jedi master "How much money do you think this is going to cost?" he asked a hint of worry in his voice.
"More than we have." He replied simply.
Obi-wan quickly explained the Jedi's plans before hurrying to find Padmé. He found her in the space droid hold cleaning one of them.
"Padmé," Obi-wan called as he approached the much younger Padawan. "Master Rhen says to dress for outside because we are going to into town." He told her watching as she jumped up.
"Thanks Obi-wan!" Padmé said flashing one of her trade mark smiles. She put the cloth back with the other cleaning supplies and patted the droid on the head. "You're all clean now R2 master Rhen says he wanted to see you after I was all finished. He is probably at the Bridge." She told the droid before following Obi-wan out to the bunk area where their clothes were kept.
Padmé grabbed her Brown cloak, it was a lighter colour than the one Obi-wan grabbed, and quickly put her arms through the sleeves before clasping it round her neck. It would keep the sand of. She pushed her hood back arranging it to sit properly, this allowed her harm brown ringlets to rest on her cream tunic underneath. The tunic fit perfectly to her body hugging itself to her shape, she finished off the look with some brown tight fitting trouser and shin high boots.
Obi-wan looked relatively similar though his clothes all hung much looser and his tunic was a more earth brown colour with white loose fitting trousers.
The two padawans hurried to the exit of the ship where there Masters waited for them.
"I'm here master." Padmé said, as she entered the room with a smile. Jedi Master Rhen Maldarc just looked at her with a cold expression.
He hadn't always been this way though...
His very first padawan had been a Twi'lek girl named Tin'quee he had been young then, about 30, a Jedi Knight for 8 years and after countless times he took lessons in the temple teaching the younglings a few basic skills, he had clicked with one special one, Tin'quee. She had been very bright youngling always top of the class.
He had been her teacher for 3 years they has become very close a Master and apprentice and Tin'quee was excelling in everything he taught her and despite the rule of no attachments, drummed into him at the very start of his life at the temple, he had become attached to his padawan they were best friends. There no romantic feelings at all just pure innocent friendship.
Then it had all been ripped cruelly away from him. They had been on a mission in Tatooine to talk to an informant about an assignation attempt that had happened in Corusant the senator Balac Leed. It had all been a trap they had been surrounded by 30 or so and had been successful in taking out most of them before Tin'quee missed a plasma bullet; it went straight through her heart. Killing her almost instantly. Rhen had killed the last 3 assassins before running to her sides. To see her take her last breath in this world a smile on her face as she looked at him them her eyes glazed over, dead.
That was the first and last time he had ever gotten attached to anyone or anything. Now 20 years later he could still see that young girls smiling face and here her joyous laughter at a humorous comment he had made. Something had died with her that day. Something he knew he could never get back. His heart. He knew now that your soul mate did exist whether they were just your best friends or you lover, they did exist, and when they died do did part of you.
And now as he stared cold faced at him new Padawan he knew he could and would never become attached to anyone again. He had only chosen Padmé as when she smiled it reminded him so much of Tin'quee her joyous, spritely nature seemed to live on in this girl. That though almost made him smile. Almost.
Padmé was surprised how he could hide all emotion from his features so easily. But that special indifference meant that something was really wrong. Padmé took her Padawan braid nervously.
"Let´s go." Her master said as he pressed the white button that opened the ship doors. Her master just passed her with a quick and strong gaze. She took a deep breath and followed him, Qui-gon and Obi-wan outside.
The sun hit Padmé straight in the face and the air was as dry that made her thirsty.
"Where are we? "Asked Obi-wan as he stared to the sand dunes. The Jedi knights looked at the sand two, but with determination and the feeling of something.
"There is…" Said Qui-gon, but master Rhen didn´t let him finish.
"We better keep moving," Master Rhen interrupted he didn´t liked the feeling he was getting in the force. Something in that planet called to be found. Something dangerous…
It almost reminded of the feeling he had felt when he had visited this planet before. He gently shook his head he would not relive that memory again.
The Jedi started to walk through the rough sand. Padmé was concentrated on letting the sand out of her robes. She and Obi-wan were at the back of the two Jedi knights. They walked for a few hours until they reached a little town. It seemed more like a trade point than a village. Creatures of the entire universe could be found there. Unfortunately not the kind of that Padmé, or anyone, would what to meet.
"We better start" Qui-gon and Rhen entered into a store. Parts of many star ships could be found there. There must be the hyperdrive they needed. Padmé watched carefully as her master and Qui-gon talked with the owner of the star ship parts. When she thought they were getting a deal she just watched as the owner said no with the head and the two Jedi master got out of there.
The sun was melting Padmé in any possible way. Obi-wan seemed to be in the same position but he said nothing about it. They walked through the market form almost an hour and a half. And with that heat she felt as if she had been there all day long. A little drop of sweat went down over her face.
"I can believe they don´t have a stupid hyperdrive" She said in a low voice. But apparently not low enough "This is the outer rim young one. It will be good if you try to learn something from this experience. Besides, if you expect everything to be easy, you will never be a Jedi or a good one at least. " Rhen said coldly as he made his way through all the people. Padmé felt like a fool. She could never do anything right by him.
Qui-gon, felling the tension, decided to go to the last store of the day. A dirty and old script in the wall said Watto´s shop.
Padmé closed her eyes as the shadow cover her body. She had never been so close to roasting in her life. Corusant was never like this and she for that she was glad. The shop was full of scrap metal. Robots, cables, parts of star ships… everything that a mechanic type of person would want, he certainly would have found it here.
"Good day gentlemen!" A strange voice called them from the back of the shop.
Padmé looked up from the funny looking droid she had been staring at. Her eyes widened as she stared at the strange looking blue being that flew towards their group from the back of the shop on small, weak looking, wings.
"A Toydarian," Obi-wan bent down and whispered in her ear.
Padmé nodded as Master Qui-gon stepped forward.
"We are looking for a hyperdrive for a Nabooian ship. My droid here as all the details." He told Watto the owner of the shop.
"Of course right this way," Watto replied in his crafty and gruff voice. He then turned toward back of the shop and yelled something in another language. He then smiled at Qui-gon and said "Right this way," Before leading the two Jedi master out into the Sand waste land to where he kept his larger products.
"You wait here Padmé; Obi-wan make sure she doesn't hurt herself." Master Rhen commanded gruffly before following Qui-gon, Padmé scowled at his back.
Padmé stood there waiting for the others to return when she heard footsteps coming from the back room which, Padmé had decided, looked like a storage cupboard.
A small boy appeared in dirty blonde coloured clothes he looked only a year than her, she smiled at him.
The boy stopped to look at the stranger and couldn't help but smile back at her, if somewhat shyly. He jumped onto the counter which wasn't very high so he was about half a head higher than Padmé though she a few feet back diagonally away from him so she wasn't looking up.
She was so pretty he thought to himself as he looked back into those beautiful brown eyes. "Are you an Angel?" He asked blurting the question out before he could stop himself.
Padmé felt a smile extending all over her face. An angel? No one ever told her that. Of course many people have said that she was a pretty girl. But an angel?
"What?" She asked as she reached the little boy. His eyes are so beautiful she thought, of a very unusual blue. Obi-wan watched the scene interested but keeping his distance.
"An angel" He repeated as he tried to sound sure and confident of what he was asking. He had never seen something so beautiful as the way her brown eyes illumined with a little bit of shines "I heard a pilot talk about them. They are the most beautiful creatures in the entire universe and I think they live in the moons of Lego".
She smiled and looked at the ground as she tried to imagined what could have make think that boy she was such an important and graceful creature.
"So are you?," He asked again as he gave a step towards her.
"No" She then turned to Obi- wan to share her smile "But you are got to be smart if you know about angels? "She knew that the angels were not very known creatures. Lego was a planet far away from Corusant and also they were very divine and wise creatures.
He gave her a shy smile and the turned towards the store and saw that the two gentlemen that were with the girl were talking with Watto and the Toydarian said something about the money and… Jedi.
"Some said that" he said as he turned towards her "But I learn many things from the pilots. You know I am one myself, the youngest one that have ever raced, podracing that is. I used the money I get in the race to help my mom. Of course there are sometimes that Watto don´t let me race…and he takes most the winnings."
Padmé felt confused for a second and then she understood completely "You are a slave aren´t you?" She asked as she gave a step towards him. She felt sad that the republic could allow something like that still happened.
But Anakin felt a punch in his chest. He didn´t wanted that beautiful creature to felt sorry for him "I am a person and my name in Anakin!" He knew his tone was rude and regretted immediately the words got out of his mouth. But so many years fighting to be treated like an equal blew out of the little boy.
"I am sorry" She said shyly. At that point Obi-wan was outside the shop watching the merchants come and go "This is…-" She was going to said that was her first mission outside the temple, but she remembered that the fact of them being Jedi should be kept from everyone in this strange and arid planet" new for me. My name is Padmé" She tried to restore the quiet talk they were having.
He seemed to forget that he was mad in the speed of a second. In that moment the two Jedi entered the shop again and started to walk towards the exit. Anakin felt something inside his, something that yelled him that they couldn't go, that she couldn´t go .Padmé looked at her master and he just raised an eyebrow as he turned and saw the boy that was standing next her apprentice.
"It´s better if we go now" He said with his cold expression as always. They boy felt ashamed. Somehow this man was more threatening than even a Hutt.
"It was nice to meet you Anakin" She said with blighting eyes as she prepared to follow her Master and Jedi Qui-gon. She turned and walked out.
"Nice to meet you to Padmé!" He shouted to her with anxiety.
Obi-wan joined the group as they got out "You shouldn´t have given him you name Padawan" Master Rhen looked at her with a gaze that would petrify anyone, but not Padmé, or least not anymore. His constant disappointment in her was the worst of her punishments.
"I am sorry master" She said, but she couldn´t help to turn to the shop when they were a few more meters away from it and hide a smile as she looked back at the sand in the floor.
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