Excerpts From the Diary of a Handmaiden 5–Supporting Role–Sabé's Diary--Entry 16

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~written in datapad format~

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WE WON!!!!

Naboo is once again ours. And I actually played a role in our victory.

Once we reached the Palace hangar, we freed the pilots and they took off for space. Then we were stopped by some destroyer droids, which Anakin took out for us from the cockpit of a starfighter he was hiding in. He ended up taking off for space in it and he was the one that took out the droid control ship. Pretty good for a little kid, huh?!

Anyway, back to the hangar: the destroyer droids were out of our way, but then the hangar doors opened, and this hideous creature stood there, his face tattooed in red and black, holding a double-bladed light sword. The Jedi said they would take care of that and we left another way. We split up eventually because we were being held up by some droids. Padmé, Panaka, and some of his men went up the side of the building to the Throne Room. Meanwhile the rest of us fought free of the droids and continued on our way up. Then I got a message from Padmé. She needed me to show up at the Throne Room–ASAP–and act as decoy.

And guess what, we made it just in time. I stopped in front of the doors to the Throne Room, took in the scene, and said, "Viceroy. Your occupation here has ended." Pretty good, huh? Especially for me. I just suddenly knew what I had to do. It's like all those months of training and the experiences of the past few days came together finally and that line is the result.

It worked, too. The Viceroy took the bait, sending the droids after me and the rest of my group and we took off down the hall. Halfway down, a hand reached out and grabbed mine, swinging me around a corner. It was Yané. She didn't recognize me at first–she actually thought I was Padmé! That was pretty cool–I must be good at playing the Queen if I could fool Yané, even if only for a few moments.

And I was so glad to see that she and Saché were okay!

Then the droids were deactivated and we could rush back towards the Throne Room. The doors were shut and I though Yané would try to tear them down with her bare hands, but fortunately they opened. We had won!

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