Title: The Knight
Author: Padme
Category: Adventure/Romance
Summary: When things go different than George plans a beautiful new tale is born. One of high adventure, narrow escapes... and and the discovery of the power of true love.
Age: Obi-Wan is 20, Amidala 18
Spoilers: "The Phantom Menace"
Rating: I think PG-13 just to be really safe... because I am not exactly sure where this is going. But as Lao Tzu says, "A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving."
Feedback: Please! I want to know everything and anything that you have say!
Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters, George Lucas and all of his associated companies do. I am making absolutely no money for this, just having fun practicing writing skills. :)
Author's note: Okay, I stretched Amidala's age a little... but as for Obi- Wan... the only real indication of his age in TPM is the novelization... which we all know can't be counted on for anything. So in this story Obi is 20... and he is in my world. :)
The Knight
Part Eleven:
Obi-Wan kept out of sight of most everybody. He sat on a rock with his back against a tree, looking out at the sunlight that bathed the meadow before him. Yet he stayed out of it, just on the edge of the shadows cast by the trees that were their temporary cover.
He felt like he just needed to sit; he needed the peace and calm that nature could provide with its endless simple beauties. He sighed. 'This is ridiculous,' he thought. He felt as though he had over reacted earlier when he had found out the truth about Padme. 'No, not Padme. Amidala,' he corrected himself. 'Force, what am I doing here? All I have to do is talk to her. This is ridiculous. Just because she's really Amidala and not Padme doesn't change anything. And it's just a name. She's still the same person. Heck, what do I have to lose? I've only got one life to live, and this is it.'
He rose and walked determinedly toward Amidala who was busy studying a holo-map of the palace. He approached on the silent wings of hope.
"Amidala," the voice was so quiet the queen hardly heard it. She paused momentarily, finishing a last note on a data pad, then turned to face the owner of the voice.
When her eyes met Obi-Wan's he thought that he saw her quickly hide any surprise that she had.
"Amidala," he spoke so quietly. "I feel that I need to speak with you."
She opened her mouth to speak, but then looked down.
"Why didn't you tell me?"
She knew that she couldn't face those honest, emotion-filled eyes. She continued to look down as she struggled for words.
"Padme?" Obi-Wan prompted after a moment.
Hearing the name that she knew she was to him spoken with such sorrow and anguish her heart sank. She hated that he was in pain and hated even more that she had caused it. She was angry at herself and her words betrayed her emotions.
"I had other important matters to think about besides you, Obi-Wan," she said, more harshly than she intended, looking up. She struggled to meet his gaze for a few moments before she uneasily blinked away.
"Amidala, I-" Anakin suddenly accidentally bumped into the young Jedi, cutting him off.
"Sorry," he muttered then turned to the queen. "Miss, they're here now," he pointed out across the tree grove.
"Good, they made it," she looked off behind Obi-Wan and Anakin to see some of her guards jumping off a speeder.
She turned back to Obi-Wan. The two just looked at each other for a few long moments, reading the sorrow in each other's eyes, until the queen's security forces came running up. The first bumped into Obi-Wan from behind, pushing him into the queen, obviously mistaking the Jedi's humble robes for those of a peasant.. Amidala put her forearm in front of her and Obi-Wan's chest bumped up against her arm. They looked into each other's faces for a moment.
"Sorry, ma'am!" the young soldier quickly spat out.
Obi-Wan looked at him momentarily, then back at the queen. He took a step back and swallowed hard. He kept her gaze as he slowly backed away, his expression seeming even more sorrowful than before, for now it entertained a certain quality of incomprehension.
Just then another young soldier who wasn't watching where he was going stumbled into the unaware Jedi. Obi-Wan had to step out to stop himself from falling. His gaze now broken, he turned his back to the queen and began to walk away, sparing Amidala only a somewhat cold glance over his shoulder as Panaka began to speak to her.
TBC
Author: Padme
Category: Adventure/Romance
Summary: When things go different than George plans a beautiful new tale is born. One of high adventure, narrow escapes... and and the discovery of the power of true love.
Age: Obi-Wan is 20, Amidala 18
Spoilers: "The Phantom Menace"
Rating: I think PG-13 just to be really safe... because I am not exactly sure where this is going. But as Lao Tzu says, "A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving."
Feedback: Please! I want to know everything and anything that you have say!
Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters, George Lucas and all of his associated companies do. I am making absolutely no money for this, just having fun practicing writing skills. :)
Author's note: Okay, I stretched Amidala's age a little... but as for Obi- Wan... the only real indication of his age in TPM is the novelization... which we all know can't be counted on for anything. So in this story Obi is 20... and he is in my world. :)
The Knight
Part Eleven:
Obi-Wan kept out of sight of most everybody. He sat on a rock with his back against a tree, looking out at the sunlight that bathed the meadow before him. Yet he stayed out of it, just on the edge of the shadows cast by the trees that were their temporary cover.
He felt like he just needed to sit; he needed the peace and calm that nature could provide with its endless simple beauties. He sighed. 'This is ridiculous,' he thought. He felt as though he had over reacted earlier when he had found out the truth about Padme. 'No, not Padme. Amidala,' he corrected himself. 'Force, what am I doing here? All I have to do is talk to her. This is ridiculous. Just because she's really Amidala and not Padme doesn't change anything. And it's just a name. She's still the same person. Heck, what do I have to lose? I've only got one life to live, and this is it.'
He rose and walked determinedly toward Amidala who was busy studying a holo-map of the palace. He approached on the silent wings of hope.
"Amidala," the voice was so quiet the queen hardly heard it. She paused momentarily, finishing a last note on a data pad, then turned to face the owner of the voice.
When her eyes met Obi-Wan's he thought that he saw her quickly hide any surprise that she had.
"Amidala," he spoke so quietly. "I feel that I need to speak with you."
She opened her mouth to speak, but then looked down.
"Why didn't you tell me?"
She knew that she couldn't face those honest, emotion-filled eyes. She continued to look down as she struggled for words.
"Padme?" Obi-Wan prompted after a moment.
Hearing the name that she knew she was to him spoken with such sorrow and anguish her heart sank. She hated that he was in pain and hated even more that she had caused it. She was angry at herself and her words betrayed her emotions.
"I had other important matters to think about besides you, Obi-Wan," she said, more harshly than she intended, looking up. She struggled to meet his gaze for a few moments before she uneasily blinked away.
"Amidala, I-" Anakin suddenly accidentally bumped into the young Jedi, cutting him off.
"Sorry," he muttered then turned to the queen. "Miss, they're here now," he pointed out across the tree grove.
"Good, they made it," she looked off behind Obi-Wan and Anakin to see some of her guards jumping off a speeder.
She turned back to Obi-Wan. The two just looked at each other for a few long moments, reading the sorrow in each other's eyes, until the queen's security forces came running up. The first bumped into Obi-Wan from behind, pushing him into the queen, obviously mistaking the Jedi's humble robes for those of a peasant.. Amidala put her forearm in front of her and Obi-Wan's chest bumped up against her arm. They looked into each other's faces for a moment.
"Sorry, ma'am!" the young soldier quickly spat out.
Obi-Wan looked at him momentarily, then back at the queen. He took a step back and swallowed hard. He kept her gaze as he slowly backed away, his expression seeming even more sorrowful than before, for now it entertained a certain quality of incomprehension.
Just then another young soldier who wasn't watching where he was going stumbled into the unaware Jedi. Obi-Wan had to step out to stop himself from falling. His gaze now broken, he turned his back to the queen and began to walk away, sparing Amidala only a somewhat cold glance over his shoulder as Panaka began to speak to her.
TBC