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The
Tangled Web
~In the Jedi Temple halls~
Senetor Padmé walked
briskly down the long halls of the Jedi Temple. It had been years since
her last visit and she looked around in awe. Every thing had changed. Farther
down the hall a large group of young Jedi padawans were standing listening
patiently to a Jedi Knight talk about the importance of maintaining a level
head and focusing on the issue at hand.
They don't even look old
enough to be in puberty.
Padmé thought to herself as she passed
the group. A few male heads turned to watch her pass by. She smiled to
herself at how some of them stared. I guess I was wrong. Maybe SOME
have a few raging hormones.
She continued down the hall
and smiled as she passed a few women Jedi with a small boy. She remembered
to when she was 14, and she had met that littly boy on Tatooine. He had
always dreamed of becoming a Jedi and now his dream was probably very true.
Sighing deeply, she tried to remember his name.
"It started with an S....right?...Nooo...
Maybe it was a K...Ugh, Why am I so terrible with names!?" she sighed again
angrily and feeling very guilty for forgetting his name. He was a sweet
boy. Very kind and giving. He had helped them get off that god-forsaken
planet! But that was 10 long years ago. She was a Queen back then. Over
the years, she had stepped down from her thrown and become a Senator instead.
She hated ruling an entire plant. Senate duty was far more interesting
anyway.
Deep in thought, and obviously
not paying any attention to where she was walking, Padmé turned
the corner and bumped into two tall men.
"Oww!" she muttered under
her breath as she rubbed her head. She looked up at them, they were padawans,
in their late teens, early twenties- so she guessed. One had black hair
and dark blue eyes. The other was much taller, and had blonde hair and
sky blue eyes. They were both very muscular.
"I'm sorry are you ok, Miss?"
the one with the black hair asked.
She glared and sighed. "I
guess I'm alright. But I bumped into HIS shoulder...It's not particularly
soft either!" She rubbed her head again.
"Well you should watch where
you are going next time," the other padawan said with the blonde hair.
His eyes were flashing with a mixture of humour as well as mischeif.
She furrowed her eyebrows
again and pouted. She pushed past them and continued down the hall. "Fine! I'll TRY to watch where I'm going since I seem to be such a safety
hazard!" she yelled behind her shoulder angrily.
Huffing and muttering jibberish
to herself she finally found the room she was searching for. She knocked
on the door twice and waited patiently. A small voice from inside told
her to come in. She let herself in and looked around.
"Over here, I am," said a
little voice.
Padmé looked in the
direction of the voice and smiled when she saw two little green ears sticking
up behind a table.
"Master Yoda! It's me, Senetor
Padmé Naberrie," she said as she walked over to the little green
creature.
"Expecting you, I have. To
talk about the new treaty, you wish. Hmm?" he said smiling at her. His
eyes were bright as ever.
Padmé kneeled infront
of him out of respect and also to be at eye level with him. "Yes. Master
Yoda."
"Ahh.. Know many things,
I do!" he walked around her, and looked at her, almost inspecting her.
"Long time it has been since your last visit. Has it not?"
"Yes, Master Yoda. I've just
been so busy lately with the new treaty and--"
"Know of all this, I do.
But what troubles you? Fear is the path to the dark side."
Grinning at the tiny Jedi,
Padmé finally cleared her throat and said, " It's hard to explain.
It's just that If I don't get this treaty signed by the Jedi Council, it
will all fall apart! I need all the members to sign it otherwise the senate
will never approve."
"Yes...hmm? Understand I
do. See what I can do, I will." he then tapped her shoulder with his gimmer
stick. He then hobbled toward to door and smiled back at her. "Miss you
we have, Padmé. Welcome you, we do."
"Thank you so much Master
Yoda!" she bowed again before leaving the room and walking down the long
halls again.
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~At the same time~
"I can't belive you were
so rude to that girl back there! Man, she was gorgeous!" the black haired
padawan said to his friend. The other just shrugged and continued walking
without saying a word.
"Oh come on Skywaller, you
have to admit she was really pretty!"
The blonde padawan finally
spoke, but his words were cold and almost bitter. "I didn't really take
a good look at her. I just noticed that she seemed a bit too stuck up for
my liking. She's not even from Corusant, she doesn't look like she belongs
here. She's a foreigner."
The dark haired Jedi rolled
his eyes and playfully smacked his friend's shoulder. "Come on, lighten
up! What's wrong with you anyway? You've been in a bad mood all week! What
happened to the fun, prankster I used to know?" he elbowed his friend and
grinned lopsidedly.
The blonde Jedi just glared
at him.
"See what I mean! You're
a real stick-in-the-mud lately! What's gotten into you? Got in trouble
again and your sulking about how Obi-Wan's gonna punish you? Huh? huh?"
"Shut up Darien! I'm not
in trouble..."
"Then what's wrong?"
"Nothing! Just leave me alone!"
"Whoa, calm down. I just
want to know why you've been so weird lately. I just wanna help you, Anakin."
"It's nothing. Really. Let's
just to go dinner. I'm starving!"
"Sure thing! You know I never
pass up an opportunity for free food!"
Anakin rolled his eyes and
kept walking. "Don't I know it."
"Hey! Are you calling me
fat?"
"No, Dar...."
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