THE 11TH KINGDOM
DISCLAIMER: We do not own Star Wars, George Lucas does. We do not own the 10th Kingdom, NBC does. Candie K. and me, Kaeli, just own the story that that is in, that is all.
CHAPTER ONE:
Queen Amidala stared straight ahead as she listened to Captain Panaka talk about something. She really didn't know, since she was in a daydream. She ignored the Naboo captain, her eyes in a daze. She missed Anakin a lot, since he was nominated to be on the Jedi Council. Amidala was proud that her husband had come a long way from the slave boy that she first met many years ago. Yet, the queen saw the defiance in him as she once did in Qui-Gon Jinn. But, that is what she loved about him.
"Your Majesty, are you even listening to what I am saying?" Panaka asked. Amidala snapped out of her trance, blinking her brown eyes.
"Sorry. I was just thinking about something else. What were you saying?" The queen asked, trying to hide her embarrassment. The captain smiled, knowing what she was thinking about.
"Well, for the last couple of days, the Gungan's have noticed that something is wrong in the swamps. They said that a part of the forest does not look right. I have not seen it personally, but others of the Naboo guard have." He said slowly, making sure that Amidala was listening to him.
"Why do they say that part of the forest doesn't look right? What does it look like?" Amidala asked, leaning forward.
"They say that it looks wavy in a way, like it is a portal to another dimension. It is about the size of a mirror, but I am not sure. No one has gone through it yet, but some Gungans have heard voices coming from it." Panaka said, blinking slowly. Amidala placed her back on the throne, as she looked at him. Maybe I can go see it, She thought as she looked around the throne room. Panaka smiled, knowing what the queen was thinking. He spoke quickly before the queen could open her mouth. "I would like to see it, as long as you would come along. But, I think the twins should stay here at this time. We don't know what will happen when we go check it out."
"Agreed." Amidala said, a satisfied look on her face.
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"Well, I see that the process worked once again." Sidious said, walking the halls of the abandoned palace. He looked over at Darth Maul, careful not to show his face from under the hood that he wore. The Sith had his apprentice cloned years ago, just in case something happened to the real thing. He was glad that he did.
"What do you mean, Master?" Maul asked, a confused look on his face. Leaves crunched from under his boots as he turned to look at his master.
"Why, a queen. She was very powerful until her daughter killed her, unknowably, by poison." Sidious replied, turning his head away from the other. "She will be even more powerful than the original. Much more."
"Master, one more question." Maul's clone asked, blinking slightly.
"Yes, go on." The older Sith said, not moving.
"Where are we? I do not recognize this part of Naboo." He said, turning his back to the other. He walked slowly forward, the leaves crunching under him. Maul gazed around, taking in the site of the abandoned palace.
"We are no longer in Naboo. That is all I can tell you." Sidious said, turning his head towards his apprentice. "That is all you need to know at this time. Now, we will wait until the cloning is complete."
Maul nodded, not turning his head towards his master. He was staring at the painting of a long dead queen holding an apple. The picture blinked at him, or so the Sith thought. He rubbed his eyes as he stared at the painting again, blinking his eyes slowly. Maul looked over at Sidious as he smiled wickedly.
****
Virginia woke up with a start. Sweat was dripping down her forehead as she glanced over at the time. 2:30 in the morning. The waitress sighed and looked over at Wolf, who was sound asleep. He looks so sweet when he sleeps, Virginia thought, smiling. She took the covers off of her and swung her legs over on the side. She could not sleep for some reason. The girl had a strange feeling about something.
"Virginia?" Wolf's voice called over to her as she stood up.
"Yes?" Virginia asked, looking over at him. He rolled over onto his back and opened his eyes. Wolf smiled at her from the bed.
"What are you doing?" He asked playfully. She smiled, blushing slightly, hoping the. When she first met the wolf several years ago, he was trying to eat her grandmother only to get to her and the transformed Prince Wendell. She didn't want to have anything to do with him at that time. Now, they were married and raising a child, Virginia was in love with him alot.
"Just going to check up on Nina." She replied, sitting on the edge of the bed. Wolf sat up and crawled over to Virginia. He smiled at her lovingly as he gently kissed the girl on the cheek.
"Something is wrong, isn't? Oh, I can just feel it!" He said, sitting next to her. Virginia sighed and looked over at her husband.
"I feel like something is going on in the kingdoms." Virginia said, putting her head on his shoulder. "I don't know. Hopefully, there is nothing going on. Maybe we should go back to the kingdoms, to see what is going on."
"Yeah, but how? We can't get back unless the mirror is turned on in the castle." Wolf informed her, placing his head on hers. "I don't think anything is going on. Wurrf."
"Maybe...." She whispered, closing her eyes tightly.
***
"Master?" Darth Maul asked.
"Yes?" Sidious said.
"What are we looking for?" he asked.
"Here," his master said, as he picked up a piece of auburn hair. "This was a piece of the Queen's hair. When cloned she will be a powerful alley. We must now get back to the ship where the cloning can take place."
"Yes Master," Maul nodded. And followed his master to a room filled with many different mirror. Darth Sidious went towards a full length mirror and pushed a knob. Which after a few minutes showed the beautiful forests of Naboo. They went through one at a time. They got to Naboo in a few seconds.
***
Amidala had changed into a more comfortable outfit that was close to what her handmaidens wear.
"Where mommy going?" asked four year old Luke, as Amidala put the twins down for their afternoon nap.
"I am just going to the forest out of Theed," she told both of them.
"Oh, hurry back." Leia said.
"I'll try" she said as she kissed both of them on the cheek.
"Do or do not, there is no try," Luke said before his mother closed the door.
Amidala laughed. Luke has been spending too much time with Yoda. She thought. She made her way to the throne room where Captain Panaka, Sabe`, and few other guards waited for her.
"Your highness," Panaka said as she came closer. "We are waiting for.." his voice trailed off, when a gugan fell and his face landed right before Amidala feet.
"Hellousa," Jar Jar said. Amidala helped him up to his feet with a smile. She could hear the soft laughter of Sabe` and a few other guards. "Mesa is going ta show you whereusa the weirdus stuff is."
"Alright General Binks lead the way," Queen Amidala told him.
The group walked in the forest for several minutes. "They it isua," Jar Jar said pointed to a piece of forest that just didn't fit in.
Minutes after looking it over two figures came out of the wavy dimension. Amidala recognized one of them quickly. It was Darth Maul who was supposedly dead, as Obi-Wan said, but he was wrong. The other one was just a figure that was covered with a dark cloak. Once the Sith say them he grab Sabe` and pointed his lightsaber at her.
"Go back, Maul," the dark figure said. He quickly took a frightened Sabe` into the mirror. All the Nubians had their blasters out but were afraid to shot, think of what might happen to Sabe`. The dark figure, lifted his hands and sent lighting bolts out to all of them, which took them all into total darkness.