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They had gotten to Coruscant the night before, and since then the queen had been deprived of the Jedi's presence.
As they landed on the pad on top of the Senate's main building., they had been met
by other senators, Amidala had been in contact with. The Jedi had left her there for the day along with Sabé. They had gone of to the Jedi temple to report with the council. It had pained Amidala to be separated from them this long, and she had no idea why. She was worried about Obi Wan especially, his wound had healed nicely, but it could still have an unexpected complication. She sighed and turned her attention back to the meeting at hand.
Amidala had been invited to the Senate meeting, held yearly before the social banquet. Two senators, from the planet called Myrrh and another planet called Feinti where discussing the problems that had aroused during a routine exchange of goods. It seemed that the Fentians had smugglers running errands for them. Amidala personally was disgusted with smugglers. She hoped never to meet one; she regarded them with no respect, and saw them as the commonest of criminals. She however didn't see why the Feintians and the Myrrh's where getting so worked up over.
She leaned over to Sabé and whispered.
"This is the most pointless argument, I as a politician has ever witnessed. These guys just want to hear themselves talk."
Sabé stifled a giggle that was rising from her throat.
Amidala turned once more to the argument, and asked the Force for enough strength to endure the rest of the meeting.
She wondered what the Jedi where now doing. Certainly something more exciting than what she was doing.
* * * * * *
"Master Kenobi. Welcome back." Mace Windu said as he welcomed Obi Wan on behalf of the council.
As soon as their ship had touched down, he was called to a meeting with them. And without his apprentice. Obi Wan was worried about what they had to say to him alone.
"Thank you Master Windu, it is a pleasure to be back in the temple." Obi Wan said politely.
"Injured you have been Jedi Kenobi." Said Yoda, pointing his stick towards Obi Wan's ribs.
Obi Wan nodded.
"Yes master Yoda, we were attacked by pirates on the way here." He explained.
"Were they after the queen?" asked Mace Windu.
"No they were not," replied Obi Wan. " The pirates were simply there to take our ship. At least that is my belief."
"Your Belief?" repeated Master Windu.
"Yes, well I caught a glimpse of the man's thoughts, and that's what he was projecting."
The master's nodded.
"How where you injured master Kenobi?" asked one of the masters.
Obi Wan looked at them, he was no longer embarrassed to stand in their midst. HE was now Jedi enough to admit his mistakes.
"I underestimated him, master. He was in touch with the Force, and that thought distracted me enough, he was able to injure me with a hidden weapon.
The Jedi master's all nodded at once.
"Much to learn you still have." Said Yoda.
Obi Wan looked at him and nodded.
"Yes I know master Yoda." He answered sincerely.
"How about the queen Master Kenobi. She arrived here unharmed did she not?" asked another master.
"Yes, her majesty arrived here unharmed."
"You will be accompanying her for her stay here at Coruscant. She shall not leave your sigh until you get her back to the palace." Mace Windu repeated his instructions.
"Yes master."
"And young Skywalker? How did he handle seeing the queen once more?" asked one master.
"He handled himself quite well, masters. He has missed her, and she seems to have missed him a great deal too." He explained. "They care for each other a great deal."
The masters nodded.
"Destiny it is." Said master Yoda.
"You are dismissed master Kenobi." Said Master Windu. "Take care of your wound. And do not let the queen out of your sight."
"Yes masters." Obi Wan bowed to the Jedi, and left the room.
He thought that the meeting had been easier than the recent ones they had called him to.
He felt that there was something more that the Jedi master's knew that they did not wish to discuss with him.
He headed for the training room, Anakin would certainly be there, and they needed to get back to the queen as soon as they could.
* * * * *
"The Force has aligned with the queen and the two Jedi." Said Mace Windu. "Whatever is going to happen, the trigger will be pulled at this banquet."
"Have you foreseen this master Windu?" asked Kladi Mundi.
"Yes, I have foreseen the events through the Force. A great event will happen that involves the queen, young Skywalker and Master Kenobi. Although it is too cloudy for me to see."
"Wait will we. Good is master Kenobi. Fail her will he not." Said master Yoda.
* * * * *
"Uh! That was probably the worst experience I have ever had to endure." Amidala exclaimed to her handmaiden once they were alone in their room. She was sitting on the couch, her friend seated right beside her.
"I know. I felt like shooting those two senators myself." Sabé said.
Amidala started giggling, and soon they were both laughing uncontrollably.
"We should do something tonight Sabé. This is the first time we have been so far from home, and in such a big city."
"Yes I know but we should wait for Jedi Kenobi and his apprentice." Sabé said.
The queen's face was now immediately serious. She nodded.
"I wonder if he's alright."
"I'm sure he is my queen." Said Sabé.
"I was talking about master Kenobi."
"Yes I know."
Amidala looked at her friend, and opened her mouth to ask her how she had known, but before she could say anything there was a knock on their door.
"I will get it you majesty." Said Sabé.
Amidala saw her handmaiden check for blaster on her belt, and she smiled. Sabé had always been the most cautious of her handmaidens. Amidala already knew who was on the other side of the door, and knew that it was far form being someone dangerous.
Sabé opened the door slowly, and when she saw who it was.
Jedi Kenobi stepped in, followed by his apprentice.
"Master Kenobi we were just talking about you!" said Amidala.
"Really?" Obi Wan raised his eyebrows now curious as to what they were saying.
"Yes, we were." Said Amidala now getting on her feet. "Since you and Anakin will be at the banquet anyway, I thought that you could escort Sabé. I know Anakin will want to escort me." Amidala said quickly, receiving a shocked reaction from her friend. She smiled at her. You were going to ask him anyway, it's better to get it over with. She thought. And this way, maybe that nauseated feeling I've been getting will go away.
She felt a flicker of surprise go through the two Jedi, but they covered it almost instantly.
"I'd be delighted to escort Sabé." Obi Wan said. "And it's very good thinking my queen. This way Anakin and I will not draw attention form the other guests."
"Yes our thought exactly." Amidala replied smiling again. She looked at Anakin who was smiling at her widely. He was obviously glad to be going with her. She never had any doubt that he would ask her anyway. She then looked at Sabé, who looked less than thrilled. She turned away. She saw the Coruscant markets from her window and remembered her plan to go out.
"Jedi, would you mind coming to the market with me and Sabé?" she asked.
"Well…"
"I have been dying to go all day. Surely you could grant me this one wish, master Kenobi." Amidala said in a voice that suggested it was not a request but an order..
"Of course my queen." Obi Wan said.
Amidala could feel his confusion, as he said the words. She felt him touch her with the Force, but she shut him away. She was confused enough as it was. She didn't know why she was being in such a bad mood all of a sudden. She only hoped that the trip to the market would cure it.
Anyway. She thought. This is probably a delayed reaction to that annoying argument in the senate meeting.
She was the first one out of the door, and Anakin was soon at her side, with Obi Wan not far behind, and Sabé walking alongside the master.
* * * * * *
The market was a wild place. It reminded Amidala of the market she saw while she had been on Tattooine, but much larger.
"Look Ani aren't those the fruits you loved so much?" she asked him pointing to the green fruit.
"Yes, but they just don't grow them here as good as they do back home." Anakin said.
Obi Wan and Sabé had remained quiet during their long walk throught the market place. Both were wondering why the queen was acting so peculiar, but both were too polite to ask the queen in front of the public. Anakin however was too glad to be near her to notice anything amiss.
Suddenly an arm grabbed the queen and yanked her aside. Before she had her hands on the queen, Anakin and Obi Wan had already ignited their lightsabers and Sabé had her blaster at hand. However they did not attack because they saw that it was only a gypsy girl.
Sabé still came to her queen, and stood beside her.
"Let go of her, gypsy."
"A fortune madam? For a little credit?" she asked.
"I'm sorry but I do not believe in that stuff." She said. "But here, take some credits."
She said giving the woman a few coins.
"I do not take credits without working for them." The women answered.
"Then tell me a fortune." Amidala said giving in. She did not want to take her credits back because the young gypsy looked like she really needed it.
"In love are you." She said, then paused, and looked at Amidala with strange-clouded eyes. "With a Jedi." She continued. Amidala gasped, she tried to pry her arm from the girl, but the gypsy held on strong.
"This love can only grow, the greatest love this galaxy will ever know. But born from it, will be events that will change the galaxy forever." She said huskily. "Worth the pain, this love is." She said. She then turned her eyes once more to Amidala who still looked shocked. The gypsy's eyes retuned to normal and she let go of Amidala, in a second the gypsy had vanished into the crowd, while Amidala stood still.
"Ami are you ok?" asked Anakin coming to her side now.
"I'm fine Ani." She said. "The woman just shocked me that's all."
"Yes, well, she did say a few interesting things didn't she?" Anakin said smiling.
Amidala realized that he thought the gypsy had been talking about them. There was no reason for him no to, she realized. He could very well be the man the gypsy was talking about. After all she did say Jedi.
"Yes interesting stuff. But I do not believe in that stuff Anakin." She said once more. She started walking around the market and this time Obi Wan was the one beside her. And Anakin was covering their backs, a little far behind, followed by Sabé.
"The gypsy's around here are just misguided women, who cannot read the Force properly." Said Obi Wan. He took the arm that the gypsy had held, and sent it a soothing energy.
"Thank you." Amidala said.
I said I didn't believe that stuff, but what that gypsy said… I have a feeling it might be true. She thought to herself.
Destiny. Whispered Obi Wan in her brain. It was such a soft voice that she truly wondered if she had imagined it.
They continued to walk in silence. Both did not acknowledge the thoughts that had passed throught each other's minds.
Amidala pretending to be interested in the merchandise the sellers were offering, and Obi Wan concentrated on any danger that might be looming.
They did not know why they could feel each other's emotions and thoughts so clearly.
* * * * that's it for this chapter. I have been getting few reviews, after I posted chap 8 and 9. So I haven't felt so motivated in getting these up as I used to. Sorry guys, but without reviews, this author is just way to unsure if anybody is reading the story anymore. Anyway hope you enjoy this one. If you guys come up with a lot of response, the next chapter will be posted tomorrow.
May the Force Be With You.
They had gotten to Coruscant the night before, and since then the queen had been deprived of the Jedi's presence.
As they landed on the pad on top of the Senate's main building., they had been met
by other senators, Amidala had been in contact with. The Jedi had left her there for the day along with Sabé. They had gone of to the Jedi temple to report with the council. It had pained Amidala to be separated from them this long, and she had no idea why. She was worried about Obi Wan especially, his wound had healed nicely, but it could still have an unexpected complication. She sighed and turned her attention back to the meeting at hand.
Amidala had been invited to the Senate meeting, held yearly before the social banquet. Two senators, from the planet called Myrrh and another planet called Feinti where discussing the problems that had aroused during a routine exchange of goods. It seemed that the Fentians had smugglers running errands for them. Amidala personally was disgusted with smugglers. She hoped never to meet one; she regarded them with no respect, and saw them as the commonest of criminals. She however didn't see why the Feintians and the Myrrh's where getting so worked up over.
She leaned over to Sabé and whispered.
"This is the most pointless argument, I as a politician has ever witnessed. These guys just want to hear themselves talk."
Sabé stifled a giggle that was rising from her throat.
Amidala turned once more to the argument, and asked the Force for enough strength to endure the rest of the meeting.
She wondered what the Jedi where now doing. Certainly something more exciting than what she was doing.
* * * * * *
"Master Kenobi. Welcome back." Mace Windu said as he welcomed Obi Wan on behalf of the council.
As soon as their ship had touched down, he was called to a meeting with them. And without his apprentice. Obi Wan was worried about what they had to say to him alone.
"Thank you Master Windu, it is a pleasure to be back in the temple." Obi Wan said politely.
"Injured you have been Jedi Kenobi." Said Yoda, pointing his stick towards Obi Wan's ribs.
Obi Wan nodded.
"Yes master Yoda, we were attacked by pirates on the way here." He explained.
"Were they after the queen?" asked Mace Windu.
"No they were not," replied Obi Wan. " The pirates were simply there to take our ship. At least that is my belief."
"Your Belief?" repeated Master Windu.
"Yes, well I caught a glimpse of the man's thoughts, and that's what he was projecting."
The master's nodded.
"How where you injured master Kenobi?" asked one of the masters.
Obi Wan looked at them, he was no longer embarrassed to stand in their midst. HE was now Jedi enough to admit his mistakes.
"I underestimated him, master. He was in touch with the Force, and that thought distracted me enough, he was able to injure me with a hidden weapon.
The Jedi master's all nodded at once.
"Much to learn you still have." Said Yoda.
Obi Wan looked at him and nodded.
"Yes I know master Yoda." He answered sincerely.
"How about the queen Master Kenobi. She arrived here unharmed did she not?" asked another master.
"Yes, her majesty arrived here unharmed."
"You will be accompanying her for her stay here at Coruscant. She shall not leave your sigh until you get her back to the palace." Mace Windu repeated his instructions.
"Yes master."
"And young Skywalker? How did he handle seeing the queen once more?" asked one master.
"He handled himself quite well, masters. He has missed her, and she seems to have missed him a great deal too." He explained. "They care for each other a great deal."
The masters nodded.
"Destiny it is." Said master Yoda.
"You are dismissed master Kenobi." Said Master Windu. "Take care of your wound. And do not let the queen out of your sight."
"Yes masters." Obi Wan bowed to the Jedi, and left the room.
He thought that the meeting had been easier than the recent ones they had called him to.
He felt that there was something more that the Jedi master's knew that they did not wish to discuss with him.
He headed for the training room, Anakin would certainly be there, and they needed to get back to the queen as soon as they could.
* * * * *
"The Force has aligned with the queen and the two Jedi." Said Mace Windu. "Whatever is going to happen, the trigger will be pulled at this banquet."
"Have you foreseen this master Windu?" asked Kladi Mundi.
"Yes, I have foreseen the events through the Force. A great event will happen that involves the queen, young Skywalker and Master Kenobi. Although it is too cloudy for me to see."
"Wait will we. Good is master Kenobi. Fail her will he not." Said master Yoda.
* * * * *
"Uh! That was probably the worst experience I have ever had to endure." Amidala exclaimed to her handmaiden once they were alone in their room. She was sitting on the couch, her friend seated right beside her.
"I know. I felt like shooting those two senators myself." Sabé said.
Amidala started giggling, and soon they were both laughing uncontrollably.
"We should do something tonight Sabé. This is the first time we have been so far from home, and in such a big city."
"Yes I know but we should wait for Jedi Kenobi and his apprentice." Sabé said.
The queen's face was now immediately serious. She nodded.
"I wonder if he's alright."
"I'm sure he is my queen." Said Sabé.
"I was talking about master Kenobi."
"Yes I know."
Amidala looked at her friend, and opened her mouth to ask her how she had known, but before she could say anything there was a knock on their door.
"I will get it you majesty." Said Sabé.
Amidala saw her handmaiden check for blaster on her belt, and she smiled. Sabé had always been the most cautious of her handmaidens. Amidala already knew who was on the other side of the door, and knew that it was far form being someone dangerous.
Sabé opened the door slowly, and when she saw who it was.
Jedi Kenobi stepped in, followed by his apprentice.
"Master Kenobi we were just talking about you!" said Amidala.
"Really?" Obi Wan raised his eyebrows now curious as to what they were saying.
"Yes, we were." Said Amidala now getting on her feet. "Since you and Anakin will be at the banquet anyway, I thought that you could escort Sabé. I know Anakin will want to escort me." Amidala said quickly, receiving a shocked reaction from her friend. She smiled at her. You were going to ask him anyway, it's better to get it over with. She thought. And this way, maybe that nauseated feeling I've been getting will go away.
She felt a flicker of surprise go through the two Jedi, but they covered it almost instantly.
"I'd be delighted to escort Sabé." Obi Wan said. "And it's very good thinking my queen. This way Anakin and I will not draw attention form the other guests."
"Yes our thought exactly." Amidala replied smiling again. She looked at Anakin who was smiling at her widely. He was obviously glad to be going with her. She never had any doubt that he would ask her anyway. She then looked at Sabé, who looked less than thrilled. She turned away. She saw the Coruscant markets from her window and remembered her plan to go out.
"Jedi, would you mind coming to the market with me and Sabé?" she asked.
"Well…"
"I have been dying to go all day. Surely you could grant me this one wish, master Kenobi." Amidala said in a voice that suggested it was not a request but an order..
"Of course my queen." Obi Wan said.
Amidala could feel his confusion, as he said the words. She felt him touch her with the Force, but she shut him away. She was confused enough as it was. She didn't know why she was being in such a bad mood all of a sudden. She only hoped that the trip to the market would cure it.
Anyway. She thought. This is probably a delayed reaction to that annoying argument in the senate meeting.
She was the first one out of the door, and Anakin was soon at her side, with Obi Wan not far behind, and Sabé walking alongside the master.
* * * * * *
The market was a wild place. It reminded Amidala of the market she saw while she had been on Tattooine, but much larger.
"Look Ani aren't those the fruits you loved so much?" she asked him pointing to the green fruit.
"Yes, but they just don't grow them here as good as they do back home." Anakin said.
Obi Wan and Sabé had remained quiet during their long walk throught the market place. Both were wondering why the queen was acting so peculiar, but both were too polite to ask the queen in front of the public. Anakin however was too glad to be near her to notice anything amiss.
Suddenly an arm grabbed the queen and yanked her aside. Before she had her hands on the queen, Anakin and Obi Wan had already ignited their lightsabers and Sabé had her blaster at hand. However they did not attack because they saw that it was only a gypsy girl.
Sabé still came to her queen, and stood beside her.
"Let go of her, gypsy."
"A fortune madam? For a little credit?" she asked.
"I'm sorry but I do not believe in that stuff." She said. "But here, take some credits."
She said giving the woman a few coins.
"I do not take credits without working for them." The women answered.
"Then tell me a fortune." Amidala said giving in. She did not want to take her credits back because the young gypsy looked like she really needed it.
"In love are you." She said, then paused, and looked at Amidala with strange-clouded eyes. "With a Jedi." She continued. Amidala gasped, she tried to pry her arm from the girl, but the gypsy held on strong.
"This love can only grow, the greatest love this galaxy will ever know. But born from it, will be events that will change the galaxy forever." She said huskily. "Worth the pain, this love is." She said. She then turned her eyes once more to Amidala who still looked shocked. The gypsy's eyes retuned to normal and she let go of Amidala, in a second the gypsy had vanished into the crowd, while Amidala stood still.
"Ami are you ok?" asked Anakin coming to her side now.
"I'm fine Ani." She said. "The woman just shocked me that's all."
"Yes, well, she did say a few interesting things didn't she?" Anakin said smiling.
Amidala realized that he thought the gypsy had been talking about them. There was no reason for him no to, she realized. He could very well be the man the gypsy was talking about. After all she did say Jedi.
"Yes interesting stuff. But I do not believe in that stuff Anakin." She said once more. She started walking around the market and this time Obi Wan was the one beside her. And Anakin was covering their backs, a little far behind, followed by Sabé.
"The gypsy's around here are just misguided women, who cannot read the Force properly." Said Obi Wan. He took the arm that the gypsy had held, and sent it a soothing energy.
"Thank you." Amidala said.
I said I didn't believe that stuff, but what that gypsy said… I have a feeling it might be true. She thought to herself.
Destiny. Whispered Obi Wan in her brain. It was such a soft voice that she truly wondered if she had imagined it.
They continued to walk in silence. Both did not acknowledge the thoughts that had passed throught each other's minds.
Amidala pretending to be interested in the merchandise the sellers were offering, and Obi Wan concentrated on any danger that might be looming.
They did not know why they could feel each other's emotions and thoughts so clearly.
* * * * that's it for this chapter. I have been getting few reviews, after I posted chap 8 and 9. So I haven't felt so motivated in getting these up as I used to. Sorry guys, but without reviews, this author is just way to unsure if anybody is reading the story anymore. Anyway hope you enjoy this one. If you guys come up with a lot of response, the next chapter will be posted tomorrow.
May the Force Be With You.