Obi-Wan found himself in Theed library after a short breakfast.
He was amazed at the amount of material the library actually had. The
entire building was only as big as a single wing of the Coruscant
public library, but that was still considerably large, especially for
a planet as small and removed as Naboo.

Of course, Naboo had always been a sophisticated planet. The
Naboo were well known for their love of the arts. It would make sense
that they were interested in the written word.

Making his way through the hushed building Obi-Wan noticed
that there were many texts on the history of Naboo. This was a culture
that cherished the past.

It was some time before Obi-Wan managed to find the computer
terminals. The Naboo may be wealthy and artistic, he thought, but
they certainly don't know how to make a simple floor plan.

Sitting down in front of a terminal he quickly accessed the
public holonet. Going directly to the Nubian database he began a
search for any information regarding Anakin Skywalker.




It is not often that one sees the ancient Jedi Master Yoda
being coddled by two teenage girls and enjoying it immensely. Mace
Windu was cursing himself for not bringing a holorecorder. The rest
of the council would have loved to see this.

Yane and Sache were cooing over Yoda as if he were an infant.
He did nothing to stop them. In fact, he seemed to rather enjoy it.

Stepping into the small meeting room Mace cleared his throat
loudly. He hadn't realized that the little green alien was capable of
turning such an interesting shade of red. At a glance from Mace the
two handmaidens left the room, giggling as they went. Mace was certain
he heard one of them mutter something about a 'cute little fellow'.
He struggled to hold in his laughter.

"Speak of this you will to no one. Foolish girls they are.
Hurt their feelings I did not want to." Yoda waved his gimmer stick
weakly he knew he sounded unconvincing. Mace nodded, suddenly serious.

"Of course. We should probably discuss our reason for being
here before the queen arrives." He seated himself across from Yoda.

"Dangerous the Sith are. Fear Amidala they do." Mace nodded.

"Yes, but why? What can a young queen from a little known
planet do to the Sith."

"Find this out we must." Just then the doors slid open and
queen Amidala walked into the room, followed by her ever present
handmaidens, Anakin, and Captain Panaka. The Jedi stood and bowed.
Amidala seated herself at the head of the table. Her handmaidens
clustered around her. Anakin and Panaka flanked the door.

"Jedi Masters," Amidala began in her deep voice, "We would
like to welcome you to Naboo. We are sorry We could not receive you
yesterday, but We were in meetings."

"It is quite all right Your Majesty. Lord Skywalker was very
courteous."

"We thank you for attending Our bonding ceremony, but your
message left Us with the impression that you have come here for
another reason." Yoda and Mace shared a gaze.

"Indeed we have queen Amidala."

"Want you dead the Sith do." Mace sighed inwardly. Yoda wasn't
known for his tactfulness. Only slight surprise showed on the queen's
painted face before her expression was wiped clean once more.

"We trust that you intend to offer Us protection."

"Of course Your Majesty. A Jedi will be with you at all times
until the threat has been dealt with." Amidala nodded.

"We thank you for your concern. We apologize, but We have
pressing matters of state to attend to. You may discuss details with
Captain Panaka and Lord Skywalker." With no further words Amidala
rose and swept out of the room. Only the slightest hurrying of her
step signified that she was at all worried.





Obi-Wan growled in frustration. He'd been looking for nearly
half a day and he had pitifully little useful information on Anakin.
So far he had been able to discover that he was twenty-four years
old, he had been one of the top students in his class at the
University of Theed, despite missing out on eleven years of
schooling, (The Naboo apparently started school at age three despite
not learning anything until the age of six.) he was currently a
trainee of sorts under Captain Panaka, he was an excellent pilot, and
he enjoyed a close relationship with the queen. Hardly anything new.

He hadn't been able to access anything more. Apparently
certain information was accessible only by Naboo citizens. Closing
down the station he wondered what exactly had been in those files he
couldn't access. It couldn't have been anything truly bad. It was
accessible to the entire planet. It was just outsiders who weren't
allowed to see it.

As he left the library Obi-Wan wondered exactly how an entire
planet expected to keep secrets. That was what they were doing after
all. It hadn't been just Anakin's files that were closed off. Perhaps
there was more to this backwater planet than he had first thought.