Blue
Waters: episode #20 Anakin and Samantha
Previously: Bail and Samantha were talking when Shmi entered to give C-3PO
and R2-D2 to Bail at Anakin's suggestion. Shmi and Samantha talked. Samantha recognized Shmi. Samantha was talking when she was called by comlink to report to her
palace. When she got there, she met
Anakin.
"I
am Queen Samantha."
Anakin looks puzzled," but I thought you
were Amidala."
"I am…but this is
my real name. Who are you?"
"Anakin," he
says. "Anakin Skywalker."
She just stares at him in total
surprise. He smiles at both her shock
and recognition of his name.
"I told you I wouldn't always be a little
boy."
"Yes you did…please come in."
Anakin follows her into the Coruscant
Palace.
Once they're
inside, Anakin says, "how come you're the Queen of Coruscant and last thing I
knew you were the Queen of Naboo?"
Samantha says,"
that's a long story. My real parents
were the king and queen of Coruscant…I didn't know when I as on Naboo…it was
part of my protection. My full name is
Samantha Amidala Jedi."
Anakin smiled and said, "and mine is Anakin
Luke Skywalker."
It was now Samantha's turn to smile.
"You have to tell
me all about your life since we last saw each other on Naboo."
Anakin says, "Well, I met my family…the rest
of it. Oh, and I freed all the slaves
on Tatooine. I got to see my mother
again. The whole story with my family
is that my father sold my mother when she was pregnant with me to the
Hutts. That's how we became
slaves. I have 2 brothers named Rhun and
Owen. I lived with them for a very
short time, but was able to tell that neither Rhun nor my father liked me. Owen was nice to me."
This entire
conversation Samantha would remember, names included when a certain upcoming
event happens in Blue Waters.
Anakin says, "it's
nice to see you again, but I have to tell you why I'm here. I'm on a secret mission to protect you. You are to come with me when I fight in the
Clone Wars. It has to be a secret. We're to leave right away."
So queen Samantha gathers her things and
tell her parents what's going on. I
think I'm going to have to do a time jump because Blue Waters has to last for 3
years, and Anakin must be 21 at the end of Blue Waters to make the story
work. I can't do the time jump yet…but
I will do one soon. Anyway, Anakin and
Samantha went off on his ship together. Once he got them into hyperspace, he turned towards her.
"This should be interesting…me both a Jedi
Knight and a protector."
Queen Samantha had admired Anakin when she
had known him before, but now she admired him on a new level. Somehow the age difference between 18 and 23
seemed less than 9 and 14, even though it was still the same difference.
"What was she thinking," she told
herself. "He probably already has a
girlfriend."
(Okay, I have to plan out the next part
here.) Okay, pretend that Anakin's
birthday is coming up (his birthday is August 3oth, remember)…it'll be in a
week. Samantha's is July 20, so she's
already 24. That'll be the first time
jump. So the time is now a month after
Anakin was first assigned protecting the Queen. Anakin's after a Maurder ship when 10 Maurder ships attack from
behind out of nowhere. Anakin jerks the
ship to the right.
"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."
He's afraid to
touch her because he doesn't know how she feels towards him. He is beginning to really like her by
now. There's a nearby planet in which
he lands. The Maurders follow. As soon as they land, Anakin grabs
Samantha's hand.
"This way!"
Anakin and Samantha run into a forest. Anakin would have destroyed them if they
were clones (the pursuing Maurders), but they were not…it was Mr. Orange Idiot
and Stu Stupid themselves. After about
10 minutes of running, Anakin glances behind himself.
"I think we lost them."
On the planet that
they are now on, the sun is setting and it is one of the prettiest sunsets
Anakin has ever seen. Maybe if it
hadn't been for the beautiful sunset and the forest, Anakin would not have had
the courage to say the following words, "Samantha, I need to tell you
something. I want to talk to you now,
before I lose this moment."
Until next time!