Chapter 9
This morning I was still a sleep but could tell that I wasn't alone in the room, I reached out in the Force to sense who it was and relaxed some, it was one of the handmaidens that was assigned to me while am here, she is very lucky that I can read thoughts too and like a lot of young ladies her mind was on guys and one of the guys her thoughts was on was Anakin.
And she is also lucky that I didn't jump out of the bed with my light saber in my hand.
" Good morning My Lady, you are to meet your mother and sister for breakfast in about twenty minutes." the young girl said.
" Good morning, you are a new person, because I haven't seen you before?" I said slowly sitting up because the side was still a little sore.
" Yes My Lady, I started working here about a month ago, but I won't ever be on the elite force though, but I'm just happy to be working here in the Palace." the you girl said , going over to the curtains and opening them up to let the sun come through the windows.
" The elite force?" I said swing my legs over the edge of the bed.
" The elite force are the handmaidens that are mostly around the Queen, they act as decoys, body guards and they also help her with the stuff I do, like getting your clothes ready, do your hair things like that." the girl said as she went over to the closet and began getting out some clothes that I'm going to wear for breakfast.
" I see, so that you are going to be working for me, I need to know your name?" I asked getting up and going to the chair and picking up my robe.
" Oh sorry, my name is Kendalla." the girl said hanging the clothes on the hook outside of the closet.
" It's nice to meet you Kendalla, I'm Padme and can you please call me by my name. Unlike my sister, who loves titles, I don't like them. I guess you can say it has something to do with that I'm a Jedi so I don't have any needs for such titles." I said looking for my slippers but couldn't find them.
" Yes Ma'am, yes your sister does love her titles, your mother told me that you are a real princess?" Kendalla said looking at me confused as she started making my bed.
" Yes I'm a real princess, but... I gave up that title when I joined the Jedi Order." I said when I started to head out of the room and went into the living area.
" I see, when you are finished with your shower just let me know and I'll help you get dress, is there any thing that I can get you in the mean time." Kendalla asked as she finished making the bed.
" Um... I do need a clean bacta patch for the wound that I have on my left side." I said before heading into the refresher.
" I think that's not a problem, be back in a few minutes with the patch." Kendalla said leaving the room to go and get the patch for me.
I got into the shower and was putting the shampoo in my hair when I felt a present in the apartment with me and it wasn't Kendalla.
" It's just me." Anakin said in my head.
" Oh ok, man you almost got a face full of my saber." I said as I let my breath out.
" Well then I'm glad I told you that I'm here." He said going over to the couch and sitting down.
" So what are you doing here?" I asked as I felt Kendalla's present coming down the hallway.
" Well I got bored hanging out in my room so I thought I come over here and see you, Oh hello." Anakin said in total surprise when Kendalla came back into the room.
" Oh that's Kendalla and she is going to be my handmaiden while we are here. And she was having some dirty thoughts about what she would like to do with you." I said shutting off the water and got out of the shower.
" Oh ok." was all he said.
Grabbing the towel and drying off before heading into the bedroom.
" Um... Padme there is a guy in your living room?" Kendalla said coming into the bedroom with the bacta patch.
" Yes I know, that's Anakin, and before you start flirting with him, he is taken." I said with a smile.
" I understand and don't worry about me flirting with him, I too have a boyfriend or I can say fiancé as of last week." Kendalla said as a huge smile came across her face.
" That's good news and congratulation, so what does he do for a living?" I asked sensing that the thoughts she had about Anakin was just that thoughts, but other thoughts came to her mind of what she and her guy will be doing tonight, I shook my head to break away from those thoughts, then I noticed that she was hold out the bacta patch to me and I put it on my side.
" He is the cook's assistant but he is in training for security." She said handing me my under clothes.
" Really in away that's what I do, now Anakin he is what we call in our Jedi Order a Guardian-in-Training, what I do mostly is diplomatic work, which means I work with a couple of senators, I act mostly like a body guard for them." I said as Kendalla came over with the dress.
" Wow, you must have been all over the galaxy?" Kendalla said as she began buttoning up the back of my dress.
" Yeah I guess I have, but to be honest I really haven't been to that many places, just keep my hair simple, just braid it and then wrap it around my head." I said sitting down at the vanity table and Kendalla began doing my hair.
" Hey Padme we need to hurry if we want to have breakfast." Anakin said coming into the bedroom.
" Hey Anakin, this is Kendalla, Kendalla this is Anakin, since when do you care about being there on time, it would be the first... you know I'm kidding. Well guess what I'm now ready when ever you are." I said getting up and going over to him and giving him a kiss.
" Well most of the time I don't care but this is your family, Oh man you are so very beautiful, I love you so very much." Anakin said pulling me into his arms very careful.
" Thank you and you are looking very handsome too, and I love you too." I said standing on my tip-toes as he leaned his head down and kissed me.
" Ok you two, time for breakfast, um... hello there." Obi-Wan said coming into the bedroom and noticing Kendalla standing there shaking her head.
" Hello, you must be Master Kenobi, I'm Kendalla, I'm going to be Padme's handmaiden while she is here at the Palace." Kendalla said as she bowed her head to Obi-Wan before walking pass me and Anakin.
" Hello, Kendalla it's nice to meet you, come on you two." Obi-Wan said but this time he sounded a little more impatient.
" Ok we are coming, so get your underwear out of a wad." Anakin said letting me go and we headed out of the of the room.
" Ok now that we are ready please follow me and I'll take you to the dining room." Kendalla said as she headed for the door, and shaking her head in amusement.
We followed her down the hallway to a large double doors at the end of the hallway.
Kendalla knocked on the door and the door opened up by one of Amidala's handmaidens.
" The Jedi are here to have breakfast with Her Majesty and Lady Naberrie." Kendalla said to the Chief of the Handmaidens, who nodded and open the door further and letting us inside the room.
We walked into the room and we were very surprise to see how very modestly the room was decorated from the public room that is down stairs.
" Padme, Obi-Wan and Anakin please come in and have a seat, while we wait for breakfast." Amidala said coming over to us and giving us each a hug.
" Careful please." I said as she gave me a hug.
" I know, your wound so how is it doing today?" she asked as we headed over to the couch and sat down.
" It's doing better today, there is still a little bit of pain when I move a certain way." I said as both my parents came into the room.
" Oh before I forget I got this package, but it's addressed to you, so why would it come here?" Amidala said going over to her desk and opening the desk drawer and grabbing a small box.
" Really, I don't know who would have sent the package here and have it for me?" I said as Amidala handed me the package.
" Oh well I'm not sure what it could be, but do you think it could have come from somebody who knew that you would come here?" Amidala said sitting in the chair across from me, Anakin and Obi-Wan.
I opened up the box and load and behold there was the Jedi Orange Crystal.
" Oh my ... this is the Crystal that was missing ... um ... I know who sent this ... but the question is why." I said as my eyes began to tear up.
" Um ... Padme there is a message cube." Anakin said picking up the cube and handing it to me.
" Thanks, well let's see what she has to say and hope fully she will say why she sent the Crystal here." I said putting the cube on the small table and the vision of Lily came up.
" Padme wasn't that your late Jedi Master?" Amidala asked as she looked at the cube.
" Yes, that was Lily, before Gabrieel killed her." I said as I looked down at the cube.
" Hey Padme, if you are seeing this message then you will know that my surprise for you has been ruin, all thanks to Gabrieel. He was the one who stolen the Crystal from the jeweler, who was holding the Crystal for your Grandfather, so I had to sneak into the warehouse and take the Crystal back, and the only place I knew where Gabrieel and his buddies wouldn't look and it would be safe was here on Naboo with your sister. I had bought the Crystal from your Grandfather so that way I could give it to you when you passed your Trails, and I had this feeling that Gabrieel would learn that I had taken the Crystal from him, and he would come after me and all the cargo that was on my ship all to get the Crystal back. It's getting late and I need to get some sleep. Congratulation on everything you do in your life, and you're the best person that I'm glad to have known Lily." the message ended and I just sat there in total shock because she totally believed that I was ready for the Jedi Trails.
" Wow." was all I could say.
" She is right Padme, and I too feel that you are ready for the Trails." Obi-Wan said with a huge smile on his face.
" Thanks Obi-Wan." I said as the butler came into the room.
" Breakfast is served Your Majesty." he said as he looked at Amidala as he bowed his head.
" Well come on everybody it's time to eat." Amidala said getting up from the chair and heading for the dining room.
We got up and followed her and took our seats at the table.
" Oh man we are going to be missing Grandma and Grandpa's wedding Anniversary party tonight." I said as the butler and some of the kitchen staff served us our breakfast.
" Damn that's right, well I guess we are just going to have to send them a message." My father said as he took a sip of his Caf.
" Ok, man I was really looking forward in being there, because everybody was going to be there too." I said as one of the maids poured my tea for me.
" I know and I too wanted to be there too, but with the problem that just came up, has put a stop to that trip." Amidala said buttering her toast.
" So what are you doing after breakfast Padme." my mom asked as she took a sip of her tea.
" I need to meditate today, I have a lot of stuff running in my head and it's giving me a headache." I said taking a bite of my omelet.
" I hate it when you have those headaches, and I hope that you can clear up this headache and it goes away." mom said as she gave me a smile.
" Yeah I know." I said as we all ate our breakfast and made small talk about things that has been going on in our lives.
After breakfast I got up and was about to head to my room so that way I could get out of my dress, when the butler came up to me.
" Excuse me my Lady, but there is a call for you from a Jedi Master Windu." the butler said as he came up to me.
" Thank you, I'll take in my room." I said giving him a thank you nod.
" Very well my lady, and I'll patch it to your rooms." He said bowing his head.
" I wonder what he has for us?" Anakin said as we made are way to my rooms.
" I don't know, but I do hope it is something that we can use in our investigation." I said opening the door and walked into the room.
Going over to the desk I hit the com-link button that was flashing to let us know that there was a call waiting for me.
" Morning Master Windu?" I said hitting the button and Master Windu came into view.
" Well it's really night here, I have some news for you. Do you remember those two traders. Well it turns out that they are not traders, they are really agents and they were hired to get the Crystal back to the owner, and they had told us that it was Lily who had contacted them and had set up a meeting with them on Coruscant, so that way she could hand over the Crystal to them, so that way they could give it back to the King of Corellia, but we all know that she never made it to that meeting, and the Crystal is still missing. And they also said it was for a present for the King's Granddaughter and they were to had it over to him in about three weeks for a surprise party to congratulate her for some kind of Trails that she has to go thru. But we all know that has all now changed when she died." Master Windu said as he lit some candles so that way he could start his night time meditations.
" Um ... really, well you can tell them that the Crystal is safe, that's because Lily sent it here to Naboo and I have it in my hands as we speak, and the Crystal is a present but it's not from the King of Corellia, who is my Grandfather and present is from Lily she had bought them as a present to say congratulations for passing the Trails and entering the Knighthood." I said as I felt my eyes began to tear up.
" I see, so she believes that you are ready for the Trails then." He said raising an eyebrow at me.
" Um ... yes sir she had said so, and even Master Obi-Wan has said so too." I said giving him a somewhat smile.
" I see, well then guess what, I too believe that you are ready for the Trails." he said with a huge smile.
" Thank you Master." I said returning his smile with my eyes welling up with happy tears.
" Time for meditation before bed time so I'll let you go and do what ever it was you were going to do." he said as he raised his eyebrows because he saw Anakin standing behind me.
" Yes it's meditation time, and that's what I'm about to do myself, May the Force be with You Master." I said before shutting of the Com-Link.
" May the Force be with the both of you and Anakin." he said with a nod before shutting off his com-link.
" Well I guess it's time we tell Obi-Wan what we have learned?" Anakin said coming up to me and pulling up from the chair and wrapping his arms around me and began kissing me.
" It can wait but Anakin I really do need to meditate, and there is really no privacy here like there is on Corellia, plus I'm still store in my side." I said just as there was a knock on the door.
" You're right about the private part." Anakin said as he let go of me and went over to the couch and sat down.
" Come in." I called out as I put the Crystal in the desk drawer.
" You ready to meditate Padme, um ... Anakin you don't look ready." Obi-Wan said coming into the room.
" I will be ready in a couple of minutes, but I need Anakin for a few seconds, then I'll send him to his rooms so he can get ready to meditate with us too." I said pulling Anakin by the arm towards the bedroom.
" Not with ..." Anakin started to say.
" I just need you to unbutton the back of my dress for me please, then go to your rooms." I said shutting the bedroom door.
" Ok, then come here and turn around." Anakin said as I came up to him and turning around and he began to unbutton my dress.
" After meditating I will need to lay down until it's time for lunch and try to get rid of this headache." I said as I felt Anakin place a couple of kisses on my bare shoulders.
" Ok, there you go baby and I'll see you in a little bit, love you Padme so very much." Anakin said as I turned to face him he leaned down and kissed me one last time before heading for the bedroom door.
" Thank you and I love you so very much too." I said letting he dress fall to the floor and I stood there in my underwear.
Anakin left the room and headed for his room to change his clothes too.
After three hours of meditation we went inside just in time for lunch, but this time it's only with Amidala, me, Anakin and Obi-Wan and we sat down at a small table out on the balcony that over looks the Ocean.
" I can't wait in two weeks." Amidala said as she took a small bite of her salad.
" What's going on in two weeks?" I asked taking a sip of my tea.
" The Senator's Ball on Coruscant." Amidala said as she had dreamy look came across her face.
" Damn I forgot about that stupid party. How come you are going, the only reason why I'm going is because I'm representing the Jedi well me and two other girls and our escorts." I said looking at Anakin who just nodded at me.
" Well the new Queen wants me to go to representing Naboo, my term as Queen ends four days before the party and she begged me." Amidala said.
" Well to be honest I'm really thinking about not even going." I said eating the last bit of my Nerf stake.
" Not going to the party, please go Padme, because I wont know anybody there at the party so pretty please go for me." Amidala began to beg me.
" Ok, I'll go but just for you." I said as I finished my lunch.
" Thank you, well I guess it's time to get back to work, what about you Padme?" Amidala said as she got up from the table.
" I'm going to lay down, after I change this patch." I said also getting up from the table.
Amidala nodded as we went are separate ways for the rest of the day.
" Well I have to go to my quarters and be in a council meeting, what about you Anakin?" Obi-Wan asked having a feeling that he wasn't going to be by himself.
" I'm going to lay down too." Anakin said as we made it to Obi-Wan's rooms.
He nodded and went into his room. I grabbed Anakin's hand and led him down the hall way to my rooms. Once in the room, we got undress climbed into bed and Anakin pulled me into his arms and we fell sound asleep.
