I'll Always Think of You.....
Part Four
Written by Lady Serenity Moon
My mother stood only a few metres from me, but her attention wasn't focused on me. She chose to look at Amidala who had her two handmaidens
standing beside her seat. My mother almost looked like she thought she was in trouble. One guard stood at the front door and the other stood at
the back. Freddy stood next to me and Obi-Wan learnt up against a nearby wall. The room was almost the same as I had seen last, I'm glad
that nothing much had changed.
"What can I do for you?" Mother asked. Amidala smiled, "It's not what you could do for us it's what we could do for you." Mother looked shocked
and taken back. "Yes please, go on," she answered. "I have brought somebody from your past with me and they would like to be reunited with you
again," Amidala told her. Mother frowned. "But I have nobody special from my past, but ---," she stopped in mid-sentence. Tears slipped down
her face.
Amidala was about to speak but I cut her off, "Mother, please don't cry" Amidala frowned at me, I could tell that she have prefered to explain some
things before I told her my true identity. Mother gasped. "Ani," She spoke barely in a whisper. "I told you I'd come back for you," I told her. She
smiled and her face showed it's true age. She nodded and pulled me towards her for a hug."Everybody said that you were going to never come
back, but I never believed them. Now look at you, your all grown up and quite handsome I must say."
"Aww, mum," I whined, trying to impersonate the voice I used to use when I younger, hoping that it would bring back some good memories.
"It's amazing some girl hasn't snapped you up already," Mother joked. She didn't know how close to the truth she was. Amidala giggled.
"Ani, my you haven't introduced me to any of your friends yet," She scolded me. "I was getting to that but I have something to
tell you," I admitted. How will she take the news that I'm know a Jedi, well Padawan anyway. Obi-Wan thinks that I will become a knight any
day now.
"Come on, don't make me wait." I carefully pulled my cloak up to reveal my lightsaber. I lifted the Jedi weapn off the belt on my waist and placed
it in Mum's hands. "Oh by the force, Ani, your a Jedi now right?" I nodded. Mum suddenly started to cry. "I'm so proud of you. I must remember
to thank Qui-Gon if I ever see him." A quick tear rolled down my face. Obi-Wan looked away and Amidala's gaze drifted down towards the floor.
"What happened?" Mum asked. I chose not to answer her silently hoping that somebody would take off where I left off. "He died a few days
after you met him. He was killed by a Sith," Obi-Wan told her. Mum stood up and walked towards Obi-Wan, "And you would be?" "Jedi Knight
Obi-Wan Kenobi, Qui-Gon's Padawan." "He's my master the one who trained me," I spoke up. "I'm truely sorry for bringing that subject up,"
Mother told Obi-Wan. "You didn't know. Don't worry about it," Obi-Wan answered.
Since I had not introduced her to everybody she had decided to do it herself. She walked over to Freddy and smiled at him. "I suppose your a
Jedi too." Freddy chuckled. "No, I'm Commander Freddy Jones in the Royal Naboo Army under Master Skywalker's command," Freddy answered.
"Master Skywalker? Ani, there must be things that you are yet to tell me." True there was, since I got married to Amidala the people had voted
to give me the honourary title of 'Master' for all I had done in the past and in the present.
Mother smiled and I kept quiet. Amidala was next on the list. "And who might this beautiful lady be? I think I remember you, would you have
been that young handmaiden, Padmè. I think your name was." Amidala smiled, "I was playing the part of a young handmaiden but my real name is
Queen Amidala of Naboo. Sabè, my chief handmaiden was playing the part of the Queen while I was away. These are two of my handmaidens,
Lady Sabè, my decoy and Lady Sachè."
"Nice to meet you all especially you Amidala --," Mother was really asking for Ami's full name. Amidala looked towards me and I nodded. "Amidala
Padmè Skywalker." Mum nearly chocked when she heard the name, she immediately looked back and forth behind Amidala and myself and the
rings on our fingers. All these years I imagined myself telling mother of my marriage to Ami. In my dream she had reacted differently but
none of that mattered now.
I stood there with a giant grin on my face. Amidala smiled and took my hand. "Your married to Ani?" Mum asked. "Yes." "Oh my, Anakin. I
told you to get a girl but a Queen, that's another matter." "We didn't intend to fall in love it just --." "Happened," Amidala answered finishing
my sentence. "I just can't believe this. Tell me two things. How long have you been married and tell me now do you two have children?" "Umm
let me think four or five years now and no not yet anyway," Amidala answered. Are those the traditional questions a mother asks her child?
"I'm so proud of you Ani, your everything I hoped you to be. You have everything you will ever need." I shooked my head, "No you mum. We
want to take you back to Naboo." Say yes, please. You can live like a Queen anything you want you got it..just come back with me.
Mum frowned and a tears rolled down her cheek, "I can never come with you, I'm not allowed."
Sorry if that was short but bare with me. Was it awful?? I know that I didn't really go into to detail. I was trying to focase on other things. I have
something special in store next chapter. Here some clues to the plot of this story: podracers, gambling, secrets revealed, new characters and
much more. Stay tuned - LSM