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"There are times my queen when I do tire of this Chancellor life." Palpatine said walking with Amidala to the Senatorial meeting.
He had shown up on her living room when Amidala had woken up. It had been a pleasure seeing her friend once more. The chancellor excused his absence from her arrival to Coruscant, saying that something urgent came had been brought up. Amidala willingly believed him, so sure was she that he had no reason to lie to her.
"I cannot believe that Chancellor Palpatine. You seem to thrive on your work." Amidala said smiling warmly at her old advisor.
He smiled in return, his mouth slightly curving on one end.
"Yes well, appearances can be quite deceiving my queen." He said. "Ah here we are." He said stopping at the large entrance.
Amidala stopped.
"Thank you for taking the time to visit me this morning Chancellor, I know that you are a very busy man."
"Ah, but never too busy for you my queen." He responded taking Amidala's jeweled hand and kissing it.
Amidala felt a tinge of ice run down her spine as he did so, and wondered at it.
The chancellor released her hand, and smiled once more.
"Yes well, I do wonder what they'll be screaming about today." He said giving her one last look, then headed for his stage plateau where his two assistants where already seated.
"Yes, I do wonder what kind of boring argument they'll be coming up with today." Amidala said suddenly turning to her handmaiden.
Sabé smiled.
"You know if I had known what a bore these meetings would be, I would not have bothered to come to Coruscant." Said Amidala.
Sabé frowned. That's not something the queen usually expressed.
"My queen, it would be a diplomatic insult to the senate if you were to ignore their invitation to the banquet." She said politely reminding the queen of her position.
Amidala looked at her handmaiden, who had also been her advisor on several occasions. She knew that she was acting irrational, and she had been doing it for two days now. Amidala simply couldn't figure out what was making her so uptight and testy.
Amidala gave the handmaiden a reassuring smile.
"Oh don't worry Sabé I haven't forgotten my diplomatic duties." Amidala said heading for Naboo's plateau. "On the contrary, I'm too aware of it." She whispered to herself.
She sat down at the lone chair in the front of the plateau. She knew that Sabé was right behind her.
Amidala prepared herself for another boring Senate meeting.
* * * *
Ah yes, as innocent as ever. The mighty queen of Naboo. So trusting. When will you learn dear girl? When will you learn that the world is not a fairy tale? That everything ends up destroyed, evil and twisted. You will learn. You will learn. And when you do, you will tremble, along with the galaxy.
** * * * *
"There has been many pleas form your planet. They are saying that there are places were slavery still exist and that it's worse than ever." Said Senator Iumsle from the Juins world situated on the outer rim.
"Well those pleas remain a mystery to us. We have not heard of any pleas. And as far as I know there aren't any slaves in my planet." Said Senator Sahis from the Oeiks world, neighbors to the Juins.
As Sabé heard the Senators argue, she focused on her queen. Amidala had been sitting still for quite a while, and Sabé stared to wonder if she was sleeping. But she moved slightly, and Sabé knew that she was awake. She wondered what her queen had been doing up so late the night before.
She also wondered why Obi Wan Kenobi had been in her quarters. Why had the Jedi gone in without so much as a knock? Sabé knew that he had been there because she had heard his deep voice. She didn't know what had been said, but she knew that it had been him.
As the sole handmaiden protecting the queen, Sabé hadn't been able to sleep soundly since the pirates attacked their ship.
Now she wondered what was bothering her queen. Being her friend, she knew that it was something big; the queen had never been this derailed from her royal duties.
What was wrong with Amidala? She wondered.
* * * * * * *
"Good. Now try it with five." Obi Wan said complementing his apprentice's moves as he parried with the training droids.
Anakin only grunted as he quickly wiped some sweat form his forehead. When Anakin was in his fighting zone, he was not a very good conversationalist. He was always so concentrated on his actions, on the little ripples in the Force.
His master often teased him of this. Of the way Anakin looked after each practice. Like he's just had the worst illness in the world. Often Anakin would laugh with him, knowing that once he was in his zone, he became more than a little weird.
But underneath, Obi Wan was very proud of what his apprentice had accomplished. Obi Wan knew that when his apprentice practiced and when he battled, he was always centered on the Force. As a Jedi should always be.
Anakin blocked the shots the droids were sending to him at once. He maneuvered his lightsaber to circle around his body knowing the exact locations the droids would target next.
"Ah" he exclaimed as one of droids hit him on a leg. His leg felt numb all of a sudden.
"You set them on numb?" he exclaimed to his master.
Obi Wan laughed.
"You said you needed a challenge." He said.
"You could've warned me," Anakin said rubbing his leg.
Obi Wan smiled.
"Fighters do not warn each other of such things padawan. You should always be prepared." He said.
Anakin now stood up straight, but did not move his leg. Obi Wan guessed that it was still a bit numb.
"I know. I wonder if master Yoda ever set these things on numb for you…" Anakin added now smiling at his master.
Obi Wan laughed.
"Oh he set them on much worse than numb padawan." He said. Then pausing he looked at his watch. " Padawan I must go to the council now. I have a meeting with them in fifteen minutes. You should change from those clothes because after the meeting we must go back to the Senate building." He instructed. "The meeting will soon be over. After you get cleaned up meet me at the Council entrance." Anakin nodded.
"Yes master. Good luck with the council. Hope you don't get into too much trouble." He teased heading for the door.
"Ha! That's your job my padawan. Anakin be at the entrance I don't want to have to go looking for you.
"Yes master!" his padawan cried into his head.
Sighing Obi Wan headed for the council.
* * * * * *
Amidala had sighed in relief as the meeting came to a close. It had been called close earlier than expected and so the Jedi had not yet returned. Her handmaiden had gone into her bedroom, and had said that she would be watching the vid screens for any news. Amidala knew that her handmaiden was also worried about her, and she was sorry for that. She didn't want anyone to be worrying about her, but lately Amidala just wanted to break free. And tonight that's just what she had planned.
Amidala glanced over at her window and saw the city light up as darkness covered it.
Yes, tonight I will get to see you. She thought.
She went to the bathroom and quickly put on dark clothes beneath her robes. She had chosen a brown robe so she wouldn't stand out. Standing out while making a getaway was the last thing she wanted.
As she strode out of the bathroom, she was careful to be as quiet as possible.
I hope those vid screens are on loud. She thought to herself. And indeed she could hear the program her friend was watching all the way from her door. The queen sighed a little in relief.
Sabé wouldn't hear her if the screens were that loud. Sabé had a very attuned sense of hearing, that was required in a bodyguard, but in return Amidala had been trained in hiding and getaways, in case of trouble.
She opened her door as quietly as possible and quickly left her room.
She hoped to the Force that nobody in the hall would recognize her.
She pulled her hood closer to her face and kept on walking, her heart pounding in her throat.
* * * * *End of chapter. The next one is going to be good so help me… Anyway I'm really going to make the next chapter good, I'll try anyway. I hope you liked this one. Thanks for giving feedback on the last one. Thanks so much to DENISE B. for the e-mail. You have no idea how much I appreciate that. Thanks for taking the time to write. Anyway I sincerely hope I don't screw up and all of you end up hating the way this story is going. Just keep reading and reviewing. Anyway for those who have read this far into my note, thanks.
And May The Force Be With You.
Also has anyone else been having toruble uplaoding Word???
Cause i can' tuplaod on it anymore.., is it my computer's fault???
"There are times my queen when I do tire of this Chancellor life." Palpatine said walking with Amidala to the Senatorial meeting.
He had shown up on her living room when Amidala had woken up. It had been a pleasure seeing her friend once more. The chancellor excused his absence from her arrival to Coruscant, saying that something urgent came had been brought up. Amidala willingly believed him, so sure was she that he had no reason to lie to her.
"I cannot believe that Chancellor Palpatine. You seem to thrive on your work." Amidala said smiling warmly at her old advisor.
He smiled in return, his mouth slightly curving on one end.
"Yes well, appearances can be quite deceiving my queen." He said. "Ah here we are." He said stopping at the large entrance.
Amidala stopped.
"Thank you for taking the time to visit me this morning Chancellor, I know that you are a very busy man."
"Ah, but never too busy for you my queen." He responded taking Amidala's jeweled hand and kissing it.
Amidala felt a tinge of ice run down her spine as he did so, and wondered at it.
The chancellor released her hand, and smiled once more.
"Yes well, I do wonder what they'll be screaming about today." He said giving her one last look, then headed for his stage plateau where his two assistants where already seated.
"Yes, I do wonder what kind of boring argument they'll be coming up with today." Amidala said suddenly turning to her handmaiden.
Sabé smiled.
"You know if I had known what a bore these meetings would be, I would not have bothered to come to Coruscant." Said Amidala.
Sabé frowned. That's not something the queen usually expressed.
"My queen, it would be a diplomatic insult to the senate if you were to ignore their invitation to the banquet." She said politely reminding the queen of her position.
Amidala looked at her handmaiden, who had also been her advisor on several occasions. She knew that she was acting irrational, and she had been doing it for two days now. Amidala simply couldn't figure out what was making her so uptight and testy.
Amidala gave the handmaiden a reassuring smile.
"Oh don't worry Sabé I haven't forgotten my diplomatic duties." Amidala said heading for Naboo's plateau. "On the contrary, I'm too aware of it." She whispered to herself.
She sat down at the lone chair in the front of the plateau. She knew that Sabé was right behind her.
Amidala prepared herself for another boring Senate meeting.
* * * *
Ah yes, as innocent as ever. The mighty queen of Naboo. So trusting. When will you learn dear girl? When will you learn that the world is not a fairy tale? That everything ends up destroyed, evil and twisted. You will learn. You will learn. And when you do, you will tremble, along with the galaxy.
** * * * *
"There has been many pleas form your planet. They are saying that there are places were slavery still exist and that it's worse than ever." Said Senator Iumsle from the Juins world situated on the outer rim.
"Well those pleas remain a mystery to us. We have not heard of any pleas. And as far as I know there aren't any slaves in my planet." Said Senator Sahis from the Oeiks world, neighbors to the Juins.
As Sabé heard the Senators argue, she focused on her queen. Amidala had been sitting still for quite a while, and Sabé stared to wonder if she was sleeping. But she moved slightly, and Sabé knew that she was awake. She wondered what her queen had been doing up so late the night before.
She also wondered why Obi Wan Kenobi had been in her quarters. Why had the Jedi gone in without so much as a knock? Sabé knew that he had been there because she had heard his deep voice. She didn't know what had been said, but she knew that it had been him.
As the sole handmaiden protecting the queen, Sabé hadn't been able to sleep soundly since the pirates attacked their ship.
Now she wondered what was bothering her queen. Being her friend, she knew that it was something big; the queen had never been this derailed from her royal duties.
What was wrong with Amidala? She wondered.
* * * * * * *
"Good. Now try it with five." Obi Wan said complementing his apprentice's moves as he parried with the training droids.
Anakin only grunted as he quickly wiped some sweat form his forehead. When Anakin was in his fighting zone, he was not a very good conversationalist. He was always so concentrated on his actions, on the little ripples in the Force.
His master often teased him of this. Of the way Anakin looked after each practice. Like he's just had the worst illness in the world. Often Anakin would laugh with him, knowing that once he was in his zone, he became more than a little weird.
But underneath, Obi Wan was very proud of what his apprentice had accomplished. Obi Wan knew that when his apprentice practiced and when he battled, he was always centered on the Force. As a Jedi should always be.
Anakin blocked the shots the droids were sending to him at once. He maneuvered his lightsaber to circle around his body knowing the exact locations the droids would target next.
"Ah" he exclaimed as one of droids hit him on a leg. His leg felt numb all of a sudden.
"You set them on numb?" he exclaimed to his master.
Obi Wan laughed.
"You said you needed a challenge." He said.
"You could've warned me," Anakin said rubbing his leg.
Obi Wan smiled.
"Fighters do not warn each other of such things padawan. You should always be prepared." He said.
Anakin now stood up straight, but did not move his leg. Obi Wan guessed that it was still a bit numb.
"I know. I wonder if master Yoda ever set these things on numb for you…" Anakin added now smiling at his master.
Obi Wan laughed.
"Oh he set them on much worse than numb padawan." He said. Then pausing he looked at his watch. " Padawan I must go to the council now. I have a meeting with them in fifteen minutes. You should change from those clothes because after the meeting we must go back to the Senate building." He instructed. "The meeting will soon be over. After you get cleaned up meet me at the Council entrance." Anakin nodded.
"Yes master. Good luck with the council. Hope you don't get into too much trouble." He teased heading for the door.
"Ha! That's your job my padawan. Anakin be at the entrance I don't want to have to go looking for you.
"Yes master!" his padawan cried into his head.
Sighing Obi Wan headed for the council.
* * * * * *
Amidala had sighed in relief as the meeting came to a close. It had been called close earlier than expected and so the Jedi had not yet returned. Her handmaiden had gone into her bedroom, and had said that she would be watching the vid screens for any news. Amidala knew that her handmaiden was also worried about her, and she was sorry for that. She didn't want anyone to be worrying about her, but lately Amidala just wanted to break free. And tonight that's just what she had planned.
Amidala glanced over at her window and saw the city light up as darkness covered it.
Yes, tonight I will get to see you. She thought.
She went to the bathroom and quickly put on dark clothes beneath her robes. She had chosen a brown robe so she wouldn't stand out. Standing out while making a getaway was the last thing she wanted.
As she strode out of the bathroom, she was careful to be as quiet as possible.
I hope those vid screens are on loud. She thought to herself. And indeed she could hear the program her friend was watching all the way from her door. The queen sighed a little in relief.
Sabé wouldn't hear her if the screens were that loud. Sabé had a very attuned sense of hearing, that was required in a bodyguard, but in return Amidala had been trained in hiding and getaways, in case of trouble.
She opened her door as quietly as possible and quickly left her room.
She hoped to the Force that nobody in the hall would recognize her.
She pulled her hood closer to her face and kept on walking, her heart pounding in her throat.
* * * * *End of chapter. The next one is going to be good so help me… Anyway I'm really going to make the next chapter good, I'll try anyway. I hope you liked this one. Thanks for giving feedback on the last one. Thanks so much to DENISE B. for the e-mail. You have no idea how much I appreciate that. Thanks for taking the time to write. Anyway I sincerely hope I don't screw up and all of you end up hating the way this story is going. Just keep reading and reviewing. Anyway for those who have read this far into my note, thanks.
And May The Force Be With You.
Also has anyone else been having toruble uplaoding Word???
Cause i can' tuplaod on it anymore.., is it my computer's fault???