A/N: Hey peoples, sorry to say this once again but I will be pausing the story once again. Things are becoming hectic on my end because of the season and I will be kinda busy for a while. But just like before I promise that I will update as soon as I can and the story shall be finished. So once again I ask you don't send me hate mail or cry.

Also, the last chapter was THEE most reviewed on yet with 65 REVIEWS! To everyone, Thank you.

To Darkness21: nice line :)

To FBNZ: I will try in future chapters.

And to Charlie019: I don't see how I can even do that since that is the only real advantage the Republic has.

As Always, thank you to everyone who have given nothing but love for this fic. Now on to the next chapter... and HAPPY HOLLIDAYS!

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[ Cry Havoc: The Gathering Storm ]

(Royal Palace, Theed)

The day began like every other day on Naboo, as Queen Neeyutnee sat in her throne room of the Theed royal palace. With her on that day were members of the Naboo Royal Advisory Council, a group that was made up men and women who were in charge of a number of ministries in Theed and was created to assist the monarch manage the day to day affairs of the planet. But today's sitting of the council would be far different than any other in the past, for there were a few persons that had been requested by the council to be present as well.

The first person to arrive was the ambassador for the Terran Union in Theed, Trista Roman. A thirty-eight year old native of Harvest who had been assigned to Naboo for the last five years. She was also a close friend of the queen. The second person to arrive was the U.N.S.C.'s liaison officer to the Naboo Security Force and leader of the small detachment of personnel that were currently assign to the Naboo military as advisers. General David M. Escandor of the U.N.S.C. Army.

The final person to arrive was the GAR liaison to the Naboo government and the commander of the small Clone force that had been station on the planet since the beginning of the war. A clone only known by his rank, "Colonel". These three persons had been called by the council itself to discuss a matter that would not only affect the planet as a whole, but would also change the face of the galaxy forever.

"Gentlemen and lady." Queen Neeyutnee began to address the trio," First of all I want to thank all of you for coming on such short notice, but there is serious business that needs to be attended to." the queen then got up from her throne and walked up to the Clone commander.

"Colonel, as queen of Naboo I am going to have to request that all GAR forces leave the planet and its moons at once." her royal highness said with a stern tone in her voice. "The presence of GAR forces on Naboo has only caused discontent and distrust among its people, and its current occupation of our world is no longer justified considering that hostilities no longer exist between the new confederacy government and ours."

To say that the clone commander was taken aback by the queen's statement would have been correct. "Your majesty," Colonel began, "with all due respect, my orders come from the very top and my men are only here to ensure the safety and security of Naboo."

"Well I am afraid that your solder's services are no longer needed by the Naboo government." Captain Panaka replied from his position next to the queen, with a smile. The captain, like many other in the NSF, was not a big fan of the clone army on his home world.

"But our orders..."

"Are no longer relevant in this matter." Neeyutnee replied, not even giving the clone leader time to finish his statement. The clone was about to speak again when his communicator suddenly went off and he was forced to answer it, not noticing that the Terran general was starting to get a small smile on his face.

"I have just received word that a fleet of unknown vessels have just entered orbit." the clone stated, as her turned to face the queen, "The fleet's commander is requesting to speak with you."

Neeyutnee was taken aback by the colonel's announcement and was unsure as if to meet with the fleet's commander or not, but a slight nod from the Terran general let her know that this fleet was expected. Gesturing to one of her aids, the entire throne room went dark and a some what large holographic projector arose from the floor. Suddenly the image of a rather "hideous" looking creature with mandible like appendages on it's face and wearing some kind of gold plated armor, appeared in front of everyone.

Somehow, the queen was able to fight back her strong urge to hide behind her throne and finding her voice, Neeyutnee said to the new creature "My name is Queen Neeyutnee of Naboo, to whom do I have the pleasure of speaking to."

There was a a moment of uneasy silence between the two leaders before the alien commander finally broke the silence and replied "Queen Neeyutnee, I am Fleet Master Dema 'Dajam of the Fleet of Approaching Salvation. By order of the Sangheili government and by he stipulations laid out in the New Utgard agreement of 2556CE, the forces of the Sangheili Protectorate shall be committed in aid of our human allies."

"Um... I beg your pardon?" a now very puzzled queen asked the "Fleet Master". But it was General Escandor who answered the queen's and said, "Your Majesty Fleet Master 'Dajam, as well as her fleet, are apart of the task force that my government promised to protect Naboo once you broke away from the Republic."

"What!?" the colonel exclaimed. "Is this true?"

"We are afraid so." Panaka replied, as he walked up to the now stunned clone. "The people of Naboo no longer believe that the Republic is acting in the best interest of Naboo. As a result the government of Naboo and its people longer considers ourselves as part of the Republic."

"But what about the Gungans?" the clone commander asked the assembled group, "I am very certain that Boss Nass would not allow his people to leave the safety that the Republic offers."

"Wesa no bout leaving Republic." a new voice interjected from behind the colonel. For now entering the throne room was the leader of he Gungan people in question, "(Tic tic tic) Wesa talk wit queeny on many days and wesa agree that Gungan people no happy wit Republic clones.(tic tic tic)"

"There is your answer." The queen told the now stunned commander. "Have all of your men off my planet and out of our system as soon as possible, or I will allow our new friends here to remove you by force. The choice is up to you."

The Colonel was in a state of complete shock and confusion. He was basically being told by the queen that he and his men were no longer welcomed on Naboo and they were to either leave of their own free will be forcibly removed by these new comers who were obviously allied with the Terrans.

He could have just as easily refused and order his men to move on the capital at once, seeing that Naboo had now clearly sided with the Terran government and since the TUG and the Republic were at war, then this would be the first battle of that conflict. A battle that they would have surly win.

But what about those alien ships in orbit? Chances were that those ships were loaded with thousands of solders that could have easily joined the battle on the planet below and easily destroy his army. Which would have been severely weakened by that point, after fighting to take the planet. It would have been a blood bath.

"Your... majesty..." The now defeated commander began, "I... I will honor your request." and with that one statement, the clone turned on his heel and exited the throne room. But as he made his way out of the palace , the clone was completely unaware that he was not the only one being "asked" to leave by a planet's ruling government.

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(Coruscant, 24 hours later)

If Sideous was not absolutely livid before, he certainly was now. From the reports that he was getting from his many contacts throughout the galaxy, it looked like as if a number of key planets were planning to break away from the Republic and join the Terran Union. Now even though this piece of information would normally not bother him, (The Republic still had thousands of worlds compared to the three dozen that planned to break away), it was what said planets plan to do once they cut all ties with the Republic.

If the Terrans were to truly gain an alliance with these break away worlds, then that would give their military access to a number of major shipping lanes and resources that would be vital to his plan of creating an empire. Not to mention that it would also give the UNSC prime locations to set up bases to strike at the Republic. A fact that was not lost on the Republic navy.

But the one thing that really had the the Sith lord fuming was the fact that the Terrans had the one thing that Republic overlooked. Allies.

They called themselves the Sangheili and within the last few hours these "creatures" had amassed literally hundreds of ships over many of the break away worlds and made sure that all Republic forces left those worlds at once. So far these Sangheili seemed to be only interested in protecting those planets rather than engaging in actual combat, but if these creatures were truly acting on the behalf of the Terran Government, then the last thing he wanted was to start a war on 3 fronts.

It was like no matter what he did, the Terrans were some how always able to be one step ahead of him. If he were to save face and ensure his plans of galactic domination would succeed, Sideous would have to do the unthinkable and push back his timetable until the "Republic" had the ability to fight a war on a much larger scale. The GAR may have been able to take on the UNSC and/or the CIS, but with a third party in play, it would have been nothing short of a disaster. The sith needed time to rebuild is clone armies and navy before he could even think about starting another war.

But even though his plans to punish the those blasted Terrans had suffered a major set back, Sideous was still poised to exterminate the Jedi once and for all. The Clone Wars had taken a terrible toll on the order and their numbers were at their lowest in centuries, not to mention that the Jedi were now being seen as nothing more than enforcers and the galaxy was starting to get a bit wary about them. If there was ever a time for him to move, now would be it.

All he would have to do now was sit and wait for the right moment for the jedi to make their move and activate "Order 65", it would give more than enough reason for him to activate "Order 66". The Jedi would finally meet there doom and there would be no one stopping him from creating his new empire. Not to mention, that he was on the verge of turning one of the Jedi to the ways of the dark side of the force and making him his new apprentice. That fact alone made the would be chancellor forget about those break away planets and their Terran allies.

But as the Sith leader sat behind his desk and think his unholy thoughts, he was completely unaware that his would be apprentice was about to do something that would forever change the way how the members of the order lived their lives.

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"Anakin... is this true? Are you and Padme really husband and... wife?" a shocked and confused Obi Wan Kenobi asked his former padawan and long time friend, as he and the rest of the Jedi council met in the temple. The younger man nodded a bit a replied, "It is true, me and Padme were married just over two years ago on Naboo."

"But.. this goes against everything in the Jedi code!" Mace Windu added, "It is forbidden for Jedi to marry!"

"But to love, it is not." Master Yoda interrupted, "Follow his heart, young Skywalker did. But judge him, we should not."

"But the code says..." Windu was about to speak again, but the raised hand and replied, "Know what the code says, I do."

"But you are okay with his move?" Shaak Ti asked from her seat.

"The only constant, change is." the elder Jedi began, "Change, is what the Jedi must do. Or risk extinction , we will. Anakin's example, we must follow."

"Follow his example?" Kenobi asked curiously.

"What we use to be, the Jedi are no longer. Hated and feared, because of who we are in the galaxy. If we do not change, win, the Sith will."

For long minutes the assembled Jedi either stood or sat in there spot and thought about what the order's wisest member had said and allowed his words to sink in. It was true that the Jedi had had become both feared and hated throughout the galaxy because of what they did during the war and as a result, they were no longer seen as the beacons of light that stood against the darkness. Instead, the people now only saw them as the leaders of the massive clone armies, which only brought pain and destruction where ever they went.

For some of the elder Jedi, they thought that Anikin was the "Chosen one" from legend. The one who would finally bring balance to the force and destroy the Dark Lord once and for all. If that were the case, then maybe his marriage to the Naboo senator, was not so taboo after all.

Obi Wan then stepped forward and walked up to his younger friend. "Anakin," the Jedi master began, "I have always trusted you and have considered you as a very close friend. If you are truly happy with the senator and she loves you as much as you say, then I am happy for you my friend"

Slowly but surely the other members that were there made their way to the young Jedi and began to give him their blessings. It was then at that very point, Anakin began to feel as if a great burden had been lifted off his shoulders and a feeling of great relief filled his heart. He no longer had to hide his secret from the people that gave him a new life, for they now accepted his decision to marry and were wishing and his bride well.

"Thank you everyone, but there is a serious matter that we need to tend to." Skywalker said firmly. "Palpatine, or rather Darth Sideous, has basically caused another rift to form within the senate."

"Indeed." Windu said with a nod. "It sickens me just how he was able to fool us for so long."

"Deceive all of all, he did." Yoda replied, "Underestimate his power, I did. Total control over the senate, he has."

"Then he must be removed." Mace said firmly.

"That may not be so easy." Anakin interjected, "He may have already planned to deal with us once we found out just who he was."

"Plus there is matter with 'Order 66'" Shaak Ti added as well, "He could still activate it and have the clones turn on us."

"Looks like we are truly between a rock and a hard place." Obi Wan comment, as he and the rest of the group went into deep thought on to what they should do next. Suddenly the group could hear faint explosions coming from the distance and when the looked to see what was the cause, the Jedi were met with the most horrific sight.

For in the distance and in the direction of the Terran embassy, the assembled group saw what looked like a Terran freighter falling out of the sky in flames and crashing into some near by buildings.

"It looks like we may have no choice but to engage the Chancellor, head on now."