Palpatine's Lullaby

Based on the song, My Lullaby, from The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride.

Who knew Palpatine, the Supreme Chancellor and secret Sith Lord Darth Sidious could be so nurturing.


Coruscant

As the Coruscanti suns were setting, Palpatine fianlly decided to retire to his private chambers for the evening, when his comm screen lit up.

"Supreme Chancellor, you have a visitor." Said his secretary.

Palpatine raised a brow, "A visitor?" He didn't have any more appointments today.

"Shall I send him in?"

Palpatine hesitated, but wondered who he could be, "Very well."

The door opened to reveal a young boy, wearing a Jedi robes and tunic. And finally a Padawan braid.

"Padawan Skywalker," Said Palpatine in a pleasant, but surprised tone.

Apparently the boy and his Master, Obi-Wan Kenobi had gotten into his some sort of disagreement.

Palpatine was most curious, "What was this...disagreement about?"

Skywalker didn't say much. He looked like didn't know what to say.

It was what he didn't say, what Palpatine noticed that told him everything he needed to know.

Palpatine noticed the fury simmering in the boy.

He almost shook his head as a smiled.

Every time Palpatine saw this seemingly guiless pleasant-faced boy, this Forceful boy, he could now see the path to the Sith and their glorious rise to power.

Anakin didn't like the look that came over Palpatine face, "Sir..."

"Hush!" Palpatine snapped.

Seeing that he had frightened the boy, "Hush," He said in a soothing, gentle voice. He knelt down to be eye level with the boy. "My young friend. You must be exhausted." He rested his fingers against the boy's head.

Moments later, the boy began to yawn.

Palpatine ushered the boy to a chair and covered the boy in a cloak. "Sleep, my young Jedi," He whispered in an almost soothing tone. "Let your dreams take wing." He smiled and said out of earshot. "One day when you're big and strong, you will be a Sith!"

"Hm," Anakin briefly opened his sleepy eyes. "Good night..." And leaned back against the chair as sleep took over him.

"Good night, my future apprentice," Palpatine whispered. "Tomorrow, your training intensifies."

Palpatine stalked back to his private office.

Now that the Sith were finally being revealed, he would be persecuted.

Left alone with no defense. Maul was gone.

And when Palpatine thought of what that arrogant brute, Kenobi had done to Maul, he got a little tense.

But then he had planned a plan so pretty that he didn't feel so depressed, because it soothed his inner rage and it helped him meditate.

The sound of Kenobi's dying gasp.

The Order's Padawans and Younglings squealing in his grasp.

Master Yoda's mournful cry.

That was his lullaby.

Now the past he had tried forgetting and his foes he could forgive. From the Jedi's arrogance and letting the Republic fall into its weakened state. And finally Kenobi for killing Maul.

The trouble was that, while he knew it was petty, but he hated to let them live.

Sate Pestage looked down at the boy in the chair, "So you found yourself somebody who will...deal with the Jedi?" When the time came. Sate didn't know all the details, but he knew his longtime associate had plans for the Jedi Order.

"Oh," Palpatine smirked, "The battle may be bloody," He raised the hood of his cloak. "But that kind of works for me."

The melody of blood red lightsabers.

A counterpoint of painful hollers.

The symphony of death.

That was his lullaby

Now Plagueis and Maul are gone, but he and Tyranus were still around.

Sidious to groom this young lad.

While Tyranus was the perfect placeholder until the boy learned to be a killer with a lust for being bad!

Pestage stared down at the boy. He didn't see anything special or powerful about him. "Sleep, you little sleemo!"

Sidious glared at Sate.

While Sate was no Jedi, he could sense Palpatine's anger. "I mean, precious little thing," Sate corrected himself.

"One day when you're big and strong you will be a Sith!"

The pounding of the drums of impending war.

The thrill of Anakin's mighty rage.

The joy of vengeance.

Testify!

Sidious could hear the thunderous applause. Beings cheering him on and shuddering at his future apprentice.

"Skywalker, what a guy." Sate Pestage moaned under his breathe.

Darth Sidious nodded in approval.

He then went out onto the balcony to look at the Jedi Temple.

Payback time is nearing.

And then his flag would fly against the blood-red sky.

That was his lullaby!

End.


Well, what do you think?

Trivia: I don't know if Palpatine was really upset or angry over the loss of Maul, but I could see him being angry over it. I mean he trained Maul for at least ten to maybe twenty years. Then Obi-Wan kills him and all that work is gone.

I'm thinking about one day doing one over the song, One of Us, also from The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride.

Working chapter 7 of Surprises: The Price of Freedom. Hopefully I'll update it and The Supreme Commander and the Grand Vizier.

Review please.