Summery: The Trade Federation has invaded the peaceful planet of Naboo, now Queen Amidala and the Jedi Ambassadors, Qui-Gon Jinn & Obi-Wan Kenobi travel to Tatooine where they meet two unlikley heros, the Twin Suns Of Tatooine.

Disclaimer: I do not own Star Wars, George Lucas does, I'm just play with his Galaxy.

A/N: It will be a while before I get another chapter of this posted, as I still have quite a bit still written on paper, but I really wanted to get chapter 1 out because I'm very excited about this story and I could't wait to share it. So please read & review and let me know what you think. The name Arian is pronounced Ar-ee-in and Ari is Pronounced Ar-ee.

Star Wars Episode I: The Twin Suns Of Tatooine

Chapter 1: Meet the Suns

Queen Amidala s royal yacht settled to the sand on the out skirts of Mos Espa. After a few minutes a small group, made up of one Jedi master-disguised as a moisture farmer-one Gungan and one R2 unit, began the long trek towards the city. They had only gotten about fifty meters away when two figures came running from the ship, Captain Panaka, head of royal security and the handmaiden Padm Naberrie.

The Queen commands you to take her handmaiden with you. "She s curious about the planet," Panaka told Qui-Gon when they had caught up.

"No more commands from her highness today, Captain," Qui-Gon replied.

"I've been trained in defense, I can take care of myself," Padmé said, her voice soft yet firm.

Qui-Gon could see the strength in her eyes, the courage, he could also see that neither she nor the Captain would take no for an answer. "This is not a good idea," he said. "Stay close to me."

The group, now including the young handmaiden, once again made it s way towards Mos Espa. On the way, Qui-Gon told Padmé about the planet and its inhabitants.

Soon, they came to a square that was surrounded by junk dealers. We ll try one of the smaller dealers first, Qui-Gon said. He could tell that the girl was forcing herself to stay quiet.

They entered one of the small shops and a pudgy blue creature-a toydarian-flew up to them from behind the counter. "What do you want?" the creature asked in huttese.

"I need parts for a J-type 327 Nubian," Qui-Gon said.

"Ah Yes, Nubian, we have lots of that." The toydarian then turned towards the back of the shop. "Boys! Get in here!"

Two young boys came in from the yard at the back of the shop. They were identical twins, around fourteen standard years of age, with blond hair and blue eyes. One of the boys cast the newcomers a curious glance, but quickly turned his attention to the toydarian when he started speaking. The other boy ignored both the newcomers and the toydarian, and for ignoring the toydarian, he received a slap across the face.

Padmé was shocked by this- the creature hit the boy and the boy did nothing but become submissive.

The toydarian gave the boys some orders then took Qui-Gon and R2-D2 out to the yard.

One of the boys sat on the edge of the counter, the other boy-the one the creature had hit, Padmé noticed-went to a utility closet and pulled out a broom then began the impossible task of sweeping the sand from the floor.

The boy on the counter watched Padmé as she looked around the shop, all the while pretending to clean a little part he d picked up from the counter. "Are you an angel?" he asked her suddenly.

Padmé turned around startled, "what?"

The boy lowered his head in embarrassment, blushing. "An angel," he repeated, then he raised his head and their eyes met, "they're the most beautiful creatures in the universe. They're so beautiful and so kind, they make even the most hardened space pirates cry like children."

"Beautiful!" Padmé was both shocked and unnerved by this boy.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that." The boy looked down at his hands, his cheeks flushing again.

The other boy stopped his sweeping. "Smooth, Ani, real smooth," he said with a laugh, in the same language as the creature.

"Shut up, Ari," Ani snapped at his twin.

All of the sudden there was a loud crash and a yelp from the far corner of the shop. "Jar Jar!" Padmé exclaimed, she had forgotten about the Gungan. "Oh no," she groaned, Jar Jar had activated a small droid that was now running around, knocking down anything and everything in its path.

"Hey," Ari yelled as he hit the droid s nose with the broomstick. "Look what you did, do you know what will happen if Watto sees this?"

Jar Jar shook his head, his long ears flopping this way and that. "Ah, no."

"I'll get a beating."

Padmé was horrified. "A beating? You're slaves?"

"We're human beings!" Ani retorted.

"I-I'm sorry, I don't fully understand. This is a strange place to me."

"Watto's coming," Ani said suddenly as he hopped of the counter. "We need to clean this up before he sees it."

"Let me help you," Padmé offered, as she bent down and pick a few parts up off the floor.

Ani stole glances at her as he gathered up some droid parts. "I'm Anakin Skywalker and that's Arian."

The girl looked up at Anakin with a soft smile, "I'm Padmé Naberrie."

At that same moment Watto, Qui-Gon and R2 came in from the yard. "Padmé , Jar Jar, we're leaving," Qui-Gon said curtly.

Jar Jar was quick to follow Qui-Gon out the door, but Padmé paused for just a moment, "I'm glad to have met you, Anakin," she said, giving Anakin another soft smile. "And you Arian."

Arian just shook his with a grunt as he continued picking up parts from the floor. However, Anakin returned Padmé's warm smile, "I m glad I met you to," he replied, as she walked out of the shop.

"Outlanders!" Watto said with disgust. "They think because we live so far from the core, we know nothing!"

"They seemed nice to me," Anakin said as he continued to stare at the spot were once had stood an angel; at least, to him she was an angel.

Arian just rolled his eyes at Anakin.

Watto hovered in place for a moment then he turned to the boys. "Clean this mess up, then you can go home."

Anakin smiled as he began cleaning up the mess, if he and Arian could get the shop clean quickly, maybe he could see Padmé again, if she and her companions were still in the city.

TBC...