This is a bad time for me start yet another story but my muse demanded it be written…so here is the first chapter…prologue to the story. I don't know how often I will be able to update but I'll try! My semester here is drawing rapidly to a close so update may be few and infrequent. The summary for this story is in my profile.
Disclaimer- I don't own anything except for some OC's you may see later on.
Jedi Code is the same except for the attachment rule after the fact that Anakin defeated Palpatine. The Council elevated him to the rank of Master after he defeated Palpatine. And as much as I love that Padme is Senator I will be changing that to fit the premise of this story. Anakin is older than her, he is the same age as in EP III (23) and Padme is 21. However many events from Episodes I-III didn't happen for obvious reasons BUT the Clone Wars did occur and Anakin defeated Palpatine during the war. The clone wars ended a year ago.
This will be angsty for a long time but may change!
Unrequited
Chapter One
Sadness permeated her. The lone figure wandered through the Room of a Thousand Fountains like a ghost. Night had fallen hours ago. Sleep would not come to her. She never could sleep. Her mind was consumed with too many thoughts. Most of them were about one person and one person only. Jedi Master Anakin Skywalker.
Why couldn't she stop thinking about him? She had never properly met him. He didn't even know she existed. No one really knew who she was. She was the stranger from Naboo. She was brought to the temple to be trained as a Healer. She arrived at the Temple during the middle of the Clone Wars. The Jedi were desperate to find more healers to help injured Jedi and scoured the galaxy to find new healers to train. They trained her within a few months. She was very talented and one of her many talents was singing. Her singing voice was so melodic and soothing that they often called upon her to calm a Jedi or Padawan in distress.
But all she seemed to care about now was one person. This one person was unattainable. Everyone adored him. The media loved him. He was the poster boy for the Jedi. "The Hero with No Fear", they called him. He was a hero. He single-handedly defeated the Sith. She met him once before she moved to Coruscant but he didn't remember her. It was a very brief encounter. But from that moment on she fell. No other male compared to him.
Why? Why did she love someone she knew about through the gossip and whispers of his many, many, female admirers? To make matters worse…he already belonged to another. A fellow Jedi Knight no less. Rania Tarin. She was a Goddess, with her long blonde hair, perfect complexion, blue eyes and legs that never seemed to end. It seemed fitting that the God and Goddess should be together. They began 'dating' almost immediately after the war ended.
There was talk of them marrying. She only heard of it today and thus the source of her turmoil. How could this happen? Why did she have to fall for the one she could never have? Something had to be done. It wasn't supposed to be this way. She was so certain he would at least notice her just once. Now he was apparently planning on getting married and they had yet to meet!
She often ventured into the Room of a Thousand Fountains to think, draw or observe. Sometimes she hoped she would accidentally bump into him. She came so close once but was called away to help her mentor with something. This was her haven…especially at night when no one was around.
She felt tears threaten to break through. How could she have allowed someone she didn't even know dominate her world so much? She wasn't raised like this. Her parents taught her better than to depend on anyone for anything. She had always been so resilient except in the presence of one. As a child and even a teenager she swore that she would never let a man rule her life like so many other girls her age. Funny how her promise to herself vanished within minutes of encountering him.
She swore that one way or another she would at least get to know him…and perhaps, just perhaps, they would fall in love. Maybe even get married. And yet he didn't even know her name. What made her think he could ever love her?
Her friends called her foolish and passed it off as an infatuation.
"What makes you think it could happen? You've never met!" Mina would say in exasperation.
"I don't know. It's just a feeling." Was her ambiguous response.
"But…you've never met! Don't be so foolish Padme." Mina retorted.
"I am not being foolish." She insisted.
"I just don't want to see you get hurt." Mina would say worriedly.
"I won't get hurt." Padme responded confidently.
"Did you hear Padme?" Ben and Lena rushed to her excitedly. They didn't know of her feelings.
"Hear what?" She asked tiredly.
"Apparently Anakin Skywalker and Rania Turin are planning on getting married!" Lena whispered loudly.
"What?!" She said in shock. This couldn't be happening. "Are you sure you heard correctly?"
"Oh I am sure. I overheard Obi Wan Kenobi talking to Master Ki-Adi-Mundi. Or rather Rania has been pressuring Master Skywalker to get married now and… "
Padme closed her eyes feeling a headache coming on. "Oh…so Anakin is going to ask her to marry him?"
Ben shrugged. "I think so. Apparently they will be leaving for Alderaan in a week for a week-long vacation and they guess he'll pop the question while they are there."
Padme felt sick and dizzy. A second later she collapsed on the ground.
When she came to it was almost nightfall and lying in a bed in the Healers' Ward. Throwing the covers off her she left the room and walked to the Room of a Thousand Fountains.
If only she had listened to her friend Mina. If only she had stopped fantasizing about him long ago. If only she could move on. If only…she wasn't so hopelessly in love with him.
She was hurting and she was indeed a fool.
She continued wandering through the gardens, staring at the ground when she collided with a body.
Stumbling backwards she mumbled an apology without looking up.
"It's alright. Are you ok?" A deep, warm voice said.
Looking up she gasped. Her eyes locked with a pair of beautiful blue eyes.
A/N- There is the first chapter. I hope you guys like it. Please review and let me know what you think.
