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Amidala felt her head pounding as it was filled over and over again with the gypsy's words.
The greatest love this galaxy will ever see.
She shook her head against her pillow. No it wasn't possible, she wasn't in love with any Jedi, and she couldn't be. But Anakin already thought it was he.
Worth all the pain this love is.
Could it be true? Was she in love with Ani? Was he the Jedi she was supposed to be in love with?
Amidala sighed, what was wrong with her anyway? I don't even believe in that kind of stuff. She thought to herself.
But then why do I feel like this whenever I see him? She thought. Thinking about the Jedi who held her with such tenderness it hurt.
Amidala sighed once more, and put on her robes. She would not be sleeping soundly tonight.
* * * * *
Everyone foretells that the queen will be with Anakin.
It's their destiny isn't it? He thought. No one is going to stand in the way of their destiny. Anakin won't allow it. He's been dreaming of her since the day they met.
He's already so sure that he's the Jedi the queen is in love with. And of course why shouldn't he think it's him, he fit the description, and he loved her.
Obi Wan was not asleep, nor would he be sleeping this night. There was too much in his mind. He tried his best to meditate, but he could feel her.
He knew that the queen could not sleep either, and somehow he felt compelled to come to her. To talk to her. But he couldn't, going to her, responding to her call…it would render a delicate situation more harmful. He had let her feel too much of him. He had said too much to her. They had opened up the bond they had both tried to ignore. The bond that they must at all cost deny.
But it was too late, before his Jedi training could kick in; he was already opening the queen's bedroom.
As a Jedi knight he was supposed to keep all his feelings under control, as a Jedi knight he wasn't supposed to feel this violently. But he felt too much from her. Their feelings seemed to blend now. If she was feeling something, he felt it twice as hard. He only wished that it wasn't the same for her.
Obi Wan wished that he could figure out what happened. How their feelings got so intertwined.
He sighed and headed for the balcony, knowing that that's where she was.
* * * * * *
Why? Why? Why? Amidala asked the air around her. Destiny? She scoffed. I am a queen, my whole life is not my own. But now destiny decides whom I should be with too?
She sighed once more.
"What do you think knight?" she asked quietly. " Do you think I'm ruled by destiny?"
Obi Wan stood behind her. Staring at the sight of Coruscant's buildings.
"We are all ruled by the Force, majesty."
Amidala nodded without turning her head.
" And do you think that's fair Jedi?" she asked feeling pain once more. She no longer knew whether it was coming from her or from him.
Obi Wan did not answer.
"Why Obi Wan?" she asked.
"I cannot explain it my queen." He answered stepping closer to her.
She laughed.
"Of course you can't. Nobody can explain the great and powerful Force."
She looked down at the city lights. And at the ships that were departing every minute.
"Look at them Obi Wan, those people are free." She said her hands stretched in front of her. "They can go wherever they want, without bodyguards, or Jedi knights." She stopped and turned to him. "They are free to love" she whispered.
Obi Wan remained silent.
"They don't have to control their emotions, they don't have to follow the rules like we do. Their lives aren't controlled by what others need from them. They don't have to worry about making the world happy. Don't you ever get tired of doing what everyone wants you to?" she asked, her voice trembling with emotion.
Obi Wan took her hands into his, and looked into her eyes.
"As a knight is it my duty, and as a queen it is yours." He said in a calming voice. "We have chosen this path ourselves. Now it is no longer up to us."
She nodded, blinking the tears away. She smiled and he let go of her hands.
She looked at the city lights once more. She walked closer to the railing.
"Obi Wan, what do you think it would feel like to be free." She asked.
"My queen we are free."
She nodded.
"Yes we are, but to be free like those people down there." She paused taking in a deep breath. " Someday Obi Wan, I will feel as free as those people down there."
They stood quietly watching the lights, until finally Obi Wan broke the silence.
"My queen, you should sleep now." He said backing away from her. " You have another Senate meeting tomorrow. And the banquet is the day after."
She nodded.
"Thank you for coming Obi Wan. I'm sorry I woke you up."
"I heard you my queen, and a knight never ignores a queen's call. And I could not sleep either." He said stepping out of the balcony.
She felt his presence dissipate, and knew that he was no longer in her room. She stood still at the balcony for a moment longer.
As a queen it is yours.
Duty. That's what it was. It was his duty to protect her, that's all there was to it.
There's more to it than that Amidala. She pushed the thought in the back of her mind.
There cannot be more to it than that. After all destiny calls for me to be with Anakin.
It's what everyone wants. What everyone expects. She turned from the city view and entered her room. She closed her eyes and dreamt of him once more.
* * * *OK I don't know if I really like this chapter. So maybe I might take it out and replace it or something. Give me feedback on this chapter please, cause I really don't know if I like it. Am I rushing things? Thanks to all the reviewers, I was really worried for a while that you guys had stopped reading.
May The Force Be With You
Amidala felt her head pounding as it was filled over and over again with the gypsy's words.
The greatest love this galaxy will ever see.
She shook her head against her pillow. No it wasn't possible, she wasn't in love with any Jedi, and she couldn't be. But Anakin already thought it was he.
Worth all the pain this love is.
Could it be true? Was she in love with Ani? Was he the Jedi she was supposed to be in love with?
Amidala sighed, what was wrong with her anyway? I don't even believe in that kind of stuff. She thought to herself.
But then why do I feel like this whenever I see him? She thought. Thinking about the Jedi who held her with such tenderness it hurt.
Amidala sighed once more, and put on her robes. She would not be sleeping soundly tonight.
* * * * *
Everyone foretells that the queen will be with Anakin.
It's their destiny isn't it? He thought. No one is going to stand in the way of their destiny. Anakin won't allow it. He's been dreaming of her since the day they met.
He's already so sure that he's the Jedi the queen is in love with. And of course why shouldn't he think it's him, he fit the description, and he loved her.
Obi Wan was not asleep, nor would he be sleeping this night. There was too much in his mind. He tried his best to meditate, but he could feel her.
He knew that the queen could not sleep either, and somehow he felt compelled to come to her. To talk to her. But he couldn't, going to her, responding to her call…it would render a delicate situation more harmful. He had let her feel too much of him. He had said too much to her. They had opened up the bond they had both tried to ignore. The bond that they must at all cost deny.
But it was too late, before his Jedi training could kick in; he was already opening the queen's bedroom.
As a Jedi knight he was supposed to keep all his feelings under control, as a Jedi knight he wasn't supposed to feel this violently. But he felt too much from her. Their feelings seemed to blend now. If she was feeling something, he felt it twice as hard. He only wished that it wasn't the same for her.
Obi Wan wished that he could figure out what happened. How their feelings got so intertwined.
He sighed and headed for the balcony, knowing that that's where she was.
* * * * * *
Why? Why? Why? Amidala asked the air around her. Destiny? She scoffed. I am a queen, my whole life is not my own. But now destiny decides whom I should be with too?
She sighed once more.
"What do you think knight?" she asked quietly. " Do you think I'm ruled by destiny?"
Obi Wan stood behind her. Staring at the sight of Coruscant's buildings.
"We are all ruled by the Force, majesty."
Amidala nodded without turning her head.
" And do you think that's fair Jedi?" she asked feeling pain once more. She no longer knew whether it was coming from her or from him.
Obi Wan did not answer.
"Why Obi Wan?" she asked.
"I cannot explain it my queen." He answered stepping closer to her.
She laughed.
"Of course you can't. Nobody can explain the great and powerful Force."
She looked down at the city lights. And at the ships that were departing every minute.
"Look at them Obi Wan, those people are free." She said her hands stretched in front of her. "They can go wherever they want, without bodyguards, or Jedi knights." She stopped and turned to him. "They are free to love" she whispered.
Obi Wan remained silent.
"They don't have to control their emotions, they don't have to follow the rules like we do. Their lives aren't controlled by what others need from them. They don't have to worry about making the world happy. Don't you ever get tired of doing what everyone wants you to?" she asked, her voice trembling with emotion.
Obi Wan took her hands into his, and looked into her eyes.
"As a knight is it my duty, and as a queen it is yours." He said in a calming voice. "We have chosen this path ourselves. Now it is no longer up to us."
She nodded, blinking the tears away. She smiled and he let go of her hands.
She looked at the city lights once more. She walked closer to the railing.
"Obi Wan, what do you think it would feel like to be free." She asked.
"My queen we are free."
She nodded.
"Yes we are, but to be free like those people down there." She paused taking in a deep breath. " Someday Obi Wan, I will feel as free as those people down there."
They stood quietly watching the lights, until finally Obi Wan broke the silence.
"My queen, you should sleep now." He said backing away from her. " You have another Senate meeting tomorrow. And the banquet is the day after."
She nodded.
"Thank you for coming Obi Wan. I'm sorry I woke you up."
"I heard you my queen, and a knight never ignores a queen's call. And I could not sleep either." He said stepping out of the balcony.
She felt his presence dissipate, and knew that he was no longer in her room. She stood still at the balcony for a moment longer.
As a queen it is yours.
Duty. That's what it was. It was his duty to protect her, that's all there was to it.
There's more to it than that Amidala. She pushed the thought in the back of her mind.
There cannot be more to it than that. After all destiny calls for me to be with Anakin.
It's what everyone wants. What everyone expects. She turned from the city view and entered her room. She closed her eyes and dreamt of him once more.
* * * *OK I don't know if I really like this chapter. So maybe I might take it out and replace it or something. Give me feedback on this chapter please, cause I really don't know if I like it. Am I rushing things? Thanks to all the reviewers, I was really worried for a while that you guys had stopped reading.
May The Force Be With You