Hello everyone! I'm back with chapter two of this story! Before you guys can say anything, there were a couple of PMs and yes, a review, saying that the title came from Taylor Swift's songs. Yes, that is true. If you are as big of a Swiftie as I am, the two story titles are Taylor Swift songs. (The first is called 'Begin Again' and this one is called 'Treacherous'.) I don't know 'bout you guys, but I think 'Treacherous' fits the book rather well. :) There's a lyric in the song that says, "This slope is treacherous...I like it." (After you meet a certain character in this story, you'll understand what I mean.) I was also planning to say this when I'm done with this story, but I'm too excited to say anything so...I'll just say it now. I'm considering of doing an actual series on this, 'cause...I just love writing these stories and I have so much planned for all of the characters...so what do you guys say? It's too soon to tell now, but at the end of the story and you guys still love all the characters, do you think I should make a mini-series out of it? *shrug* It's your call. Anyways, so now my rambling is done, so GO ON WITH THE STORY! :)

Chapter 2.

Cadena—

"Nice beauty, why don't you play?" A goon asks, clucking his tongue at me.

"You're gonna regret this for the rest of your life!" I snarled as I began to wrestle with a man. "Ooh, I wouldn't be so sure of that, darling." The man replied and I cringed as I smelled alcohol from his sour breath.

"Let's have some fun, shall we?" The man whispers in my ear and I glared at him. I turned around and did a smash flying kick in his face. I heard his nose break and smiled. You know what? That sounded so good.

I was worried, though.

'I should have brought my light saber!' I thought angrily to myself as I kicked another goon in the stomach. Of course, I could hold out for now, but my light saber was the vital weapon for me. Without it, I wouldn't be as strong.

"Cadena!" Anakin yelled but I waved him off. "I'm fine!" I grunted and kicked a poor guy in the groin. I was about to punch another idiot when someone clapped his hands around my mouth and two more people held down my arms.

"Mmmph!" I tried to scream but it was muffled by the hand.

"Cadena!" Anakin looked over at me and began running. I tried to kick the stupid guys off of me but it was no use.

"Let go of her!" Anakin growled and I heard a loud clicking noise and sank to my knees.

The last thing I heard was Anakin screaming my name.

•◊•

"I'll pay a fair price for her."

"Of course you will. Just give me the credits first, and then she's all yours."

"Here."

"Mm-hm, that is a handsome price you've got for a beauty like her."

"I know my girls."

"Ha, you've got that right."

I let out a moan and opened my eyes. The second I saw what I was seeing, I shut my eyes again, hoping for goodness' sake that this was all a horrible nightmare.

'Anakin is going to wake me up now.' I thought desperately in my head. 'He's gonna begin shaking me up and tell me that it's another day.'

But no matter how I wished for it, nothing came. I reopened my eyes, bracing for the worst.

A group of men were surrounding me, tossing each other credits and guffawing as though they were having the time of their life.

"What do you think you're doing?" I growled, struggling against tight ropes that had held me down to a mattress.

"Welcome to the business, girl." A man drawls from the crowd. "What business?" I asked, narrowing my eyes.

Another man raised his wine bottle and says in slurred speech, "To the selling business!" The crowd cheered and shouted in acknowledgement. I shuddered but managed to say, "I'm not being sold to anybody! I am a Jedi, and if you let me go, the Republic will pay you a handsome price."

"Oh, no, darling, that's not how the business works, you see." The man tells me, wagging a finger at me. "Do you think we trust the Republic? Of course not! With them rules, we might be jeopardizing our entire business just cooperating with them! No, it's better that we stay out of their way."

I struggled against the ropes again and said, "Let me go or I'll—

"You'll do what? You're under my power now, darling." The man croons and stroked my hair. I flinched and tried to scoot away from the filthy fingers.

"Besides, someone has already paid a hefty price for you." He added and undid the ropes. He wrapped a metal collar around my throat and gave a chain to a man standing in the crowd.

"Come here, my pet." The customer purred. I growled and snapped, "I'm not your PET." The man smiled. "Don't be so confident in that yet. You will be a nice slave for me." My eyes widened and the man tossed his head back laughing.

"Treat her nice, Hondo." A man yells from the crowd and a bunch of whoops came up. I cringed and was dragged away.

•◊•

"Where are you taking me?" I asked as the man, Hondo, led me to a small ship. "Ah, curious little girl, aren't you?" Hondo asks, laughing and I glared at him.

"Florrum, my darling. You will meet the rest of your friends there." He says after a minute of my cold stares. "I won't have any friends in your stupid little planet." I growled. "Your kind is a disgrace to the Republic!"

Hondo feigned a shocked gasp and tisked. "Ah, but my dear, I'm not talking about my friends, no, no, no, that would not work. You're other friends." I narrowed my eyes at him. "Who are you talking about?" I asked slowly.

"Your fellow slave members." Hondo replied shortly and the ship took off. I was forced to sit down and I curled myself into a ball to avoid the stares of other men surrounding me. "You are all pirates." I growled at Hondo. Hondo shrugged. "Businessmen, pirates…what does your kind say? Potato, potato." He said carelessly.

"You have to hand me back to the Republic. They will find me and I promise you, my friends will NOT be happy." I snarled. Hondo smiled. "The Republic will not find you on Florrum. They will never know that you are with us." I struggled against the bonds and said, "They will! My master is quick, and clever, and he can be downright dangerous if he has to…he'll kill you if you don't hand me over to him!"

Hondo laughed and said, "I won't be so sure of that." I spat and shouted, "You're a monster!" Hondo snapped his fingers and yelled, "Enough! If there is one thing I cannot stand, it is bickering! Quiet down, little pet, or else I will have to take…precautions."

I narrowed my eyes. "What precautions?" I asked and heard a clicking noise.

'Stupid pirates.' I thought, dazed and fell into unconsciousness.

•◊•

"Is she dead?"

"I don't think so; Hondo wouldn't bring in dead slaves."

"He's an idiot."

"Shut up! Do you want him to hear that?"

"I'm not scared of him!"

"Don't be reckless, that is what will get you killed."

For the second time, I awoke to voices. I opened my eyes sluggishly and looked around the room. Human, Togaruta, and Twi'lek faces were all looking down at me with scared eyes.

"Who are you?" A Twi'lek girl asks me as I struggled to sit up. "Are you okay?" I felt a lump rise in my throat and tried to swallow it down. "I'm fine." I mumbled.

I moaned and put my head in my hands. "Where am I?" I asked. "Florrum. Also known as the hell hole." The Twi'lek girl replied and I managed to smirk at her. "Thank you for that lovely image." I mumbled. "You might as well get used to it." A Togaruta boy calls from a corner. "We've been here longer than we can remember, and no doubt it you'll be one of us soon."

I narrowed my eyes at him, shaking my head. "My master will come and get me." I said defiantly and the Twi'lek girl tilted her head to the side. "You were close to your previous master? What was he like? Did he treat his slaves well?" She asks in a hurried voice.

I raised an eyebrow. "What? No! I'm not a slave, I'm a Jedi Padawan." I said, raising my hands. The Twi'lek girl's eyes sparkled. "You're a Jedi? Yes! That means you can save us!" Before I could say anything else, the girl ran forward and wrapped her skinny arms around my waist. "I knew this day would come!" She cried happily.

I gently pushed the girl off of me and then said, "I will help you…but, what exactly are we all doing here?"

The Twi'lek's eyes widened. "You mean you don't know?" She asks. I nodded. "We're all slaves, prisoners of the pirates." The Togaruta boy says. "My name is Lachanda. What's yours?" The Twi'lek girl tells me, extending a hand. "And Tajed over there is correct. We are all slaves."

I shook the hand and replied, "I'm Cadena, and don't worry. I refuse to become a slave." The Togaruta named Tajed smirked. "Don't be so true to that." He mutters to me and I glared at him. "I'm trying to help, if you didn't notice!" Tajed shrugged and returned to being in his corner.

"What's going on here?" A voice comes from the group of boys and girls that were watching us a minute ago.

A human boy around my age comes through the group and crossed his arms. I narrowed my eyes at him. He had dirty blond hair that was trimmed short at the edges, and bright, blue eyes that glared at me with the same amount of coldness that I gave him.

We circled each other curiously, as though wondering who was going to pounce first. "Who are you?" I asked quietly. "The name is Jim." The boy replied. "Who are you?" I straightened myself up and put my hands on my hips, trying to look as intimidating as possible.

"I am Cadena." I replied, watching him carefully. Jim nodded and says, "You must be the newbie." I glared at him. "I'm not a newbie slave, if that's what you're saying. I plan on breaking us all out of here." Jim laughed, which sounded odd in this place. "What's so funny?" I asked defiantly, crossing my arms.

"You've got to have a lot of guts to try and break out of here." Jim tells me. I raised an eyebrow. "Thankfully, I've got a lot of guts." I shot back. "I'm a Jedi." Murmurs broke out in the group of kids and even Jim looked surprised.

"She's here to help us!" Lachanda says excitedly. "I told you that we shouldn't give up all hope!" Jim still didn't reply. He finally said, "I'll help you."

"No thanks, you've already given me ten reasons why to not trust you." I replied coldly. Jim shook his head. "If you want to break us out of here, you're gonna need all of the help you can get and frankly, I'm your best chance." He tells me.

"Who says that I don't have a chance by myself?" I asked. Jim stepped up to me until we were nose to nose. "I did." He says quietly. "I've been here longer than you, and I know this place better than the rest of us." I frowned. "Why?" I asked. Jim smiled at me. "You're not the only one who's wanted to try breaking out of here." He told me and I felt my heart beating faster.

I blinked and then pushed him away from me. "Fine, you can help." I said gruffly. "Just don't do anything stupid." Jim smirked and stuffed his hands in his pockets. "I won't do anything stupid." He says lightly. "Maybe you will."

Before I got a chance to say anything else, the doors opened and a pirate clapped his hands. "Alright, kids, time to get to work!" He snarled.

•◊•

"Who is Jim really, anyways?" I asked Lachanda as we washed the dirty kitchen.

"He's our leader." Lachanda replied, handing me a wet cloth. "He's been here longer than any of us. Whenever a new slave comes, he's usually the one who helps out." I raised an eyebrow. "He didn't really help out when I came." I muttered.

Lachanda shrugged. "Maybe he was taking him time. Or maybe he just wanted to wait and watch what kind of person you were." She told me and I snorted. "'Wait and watch'?" I asked, laughing bitterly. Lachanda shrugged again. "Jim has his ways, but if there's anything that we learned from him, it's that he's got the best instincts." She says and I sighed.

"Cheer up; he's a great guy once you get to know him." Lachanda tells me and I smirked. "I don't want to get to know him, we're breaking out of here!" I hissed. Lachanda sighed. "You're gonna have to get to know him sooner or later." She says quietly. "If you guys want to break us all out, he's gonna be the guy that you need."

A/N: Ok, ok, I'll say it now: For those of you who watched 'Star Trek: 2009' or 'Star Trek: Into Darkness', you'll recognize Jim as Jim Kirk. I know, I know, STAR TREK DOES NOT BELONG IN THE STAR WARS UNIVERSE! *GASP* But hang in there for now, okay? (Plus, I find Chris Pine just so...adorable...)

Jim: You should be so glad that I'm not Chris Pine...for now.

Anakin: You should have seen her before...she likes me, too! XD

Me: *blushing furiously* Anakin, I mean the animated version of you! And Jim, I don't like you YOU, I like Chris Pine...ish.

Anakin and Jim: *snickering*

Me: *moans and face palms* Jim, do the review notice.

Jim: Why me?

Me: 'Cause I said so.

Cadena: Translation-'You were being a jerk so now I can show you my wrath as being the writer.'

Me: *slaps Cadena high five* You said it!

Anakin: *pats Jim's back reassuringly* It'll be fine, kid. I survived, you will, too.

Me: Oh, for heaven's sake, you're just doing a freaking review notice, not going off into a suicidal mission!

Jim: Thanks, man. *deep breath* Please review, give feedback, but don't send any hater comments, or else Katierosefun will chase you down to the ends of the earth.

Me: Sounds promising.

Jim: *shrugs* I did my best.

Anakin: Great job, kiddo. YOU'RE ALIVE! *begins cheering*

Me: *face palms again* See ya guys later! ;)