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Skywalker Adventures: Mysteries on Naboo
Anakin and Padme escape the Empire to Tatooine where they hope to raise their twins in peace. Six months later, news spreads that Padme's grandmother has been murdered by a rogue Jedi. Wanting to say goodbye to her beloved grandmother and find out the truth, Padme and Anakin go to Naboo to attend her funeral. However, they'll discover long kept secrets and quickly realize that sneaking out will be harder than sneaking in.
Prologue:
Coruscant; 18 bby
Malorum kneeled before his master and emperor. Although he had been under Sidious' apprenticeship for several months now, it was enough to instill fear and respect for the man. In latest developments however, the emperor's temper had been short due to a recent failure and a betrayal.
"How much of the data was taken?" the emperor enquired.
"A great deal, my master," Malorum answered, trying to keep the tremble out of his voice. "Most of it was what was left from the Jedi Archives after Order 66. They did not find the plans for the project or our security detail." That last sentence was to reassure the emperor and himself. He was suddenly hit with a blast of force lightning.
"You incompetent fool! You let them escape!" Sidious roared.
Malorum coiled in pain and screamed as the lightning coursed through his body. Then as abruptly as the attack happened, it ended. He laid there on the ground gasping for breath as the Sith Master stood over him. "The data the Jedi have taken is still enough to help them rebuild their order with the help of their rebel friends," he snarled. Then his expression changed all of a sudden.
Malorum looked up, curious to know what his master was thinking. It was impossible for anyone to sense what the Sith Master was feeling after decades of being shrouded in the dark side, hiding from the Jedi.
"On second thought, perhaps we can use this to our advantage."
"My Lord?" Malorum asked, stunned by his change of attitude.
"The information on the data will help the Jedi to a minimum, but it is incomplete. In order for the Jedi to rebuild their order they must obtain the last bit of the data: a Jedi holocron that contains the names of every force-sensitive in the galaxy."
Malorum gathered himself up to continue to kneel before his master. "Master, I had believed that the holocron was destroyed during the purge."
"No," his master corrected him. "It was stolen by a Jedi in the midst of Order 66 and escaped with it: Anakin Skywalker."
Skywalker.
Malorum clenched his teeth and fists. "The Hero with No Fear," poster boy of the Jedi Order, and now wanted fugitive of the Empire. It was no secret that Anakin Skywalker had been Sidious' first choice of an apprentice. His master never hesitated to compare him to Skywalker, as motivation to try harder and make himself worthy to be a Sith apprentice.
"Skywalker has the Jedi holocron that the Jedi will need to find candidates. We find him first, not only will we have the list of every force sensitive in the galaxy to command, but we will have something even greater: Skywalker's child," Sidious told him.
"Child?"
Malorum knew about Skywalker's secret relationship with Amidala and that she had been eight months pregnant when the Empire was formed and she disappeared. No one knew where she was or what the gender of her child had been.
"Yes," Sidious hissed. "Any child fathered by Skywalker would be the perfect weapon for me. You are to find Skywalker. Bring him, Amidala, and their child to me alive."
"What about the traitor, My Lord?" Malorum asked.
"I will deal with him. See to it that you find Skywalker before he does. And remember if you fail again, there is always another to replace you.
Malorum inwardly shivered at the coldness radiating off Sidious, knowing how true it was.
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Tatooine; 18 bby
Padme carefully sprinkled the seasoning into the stew, remembering the last time she did it wrong. Her sister-in-law Beru came into the kitchen carrying a tray of raised doe for supper that night.
"Everything alright in here?" she asked, setting the tray down.
"Yes, it didn't over boil like last time," Padme answered with a smile.
"Then we can season and butter the bread again this time," Beru returned the smile.
When Anakin and Padme had first come to Tatooine with their twins Luke and Leia, Owen and Beru had welcomed them with open arms. Anakin immediately took up work helping Owen with the vaporators and making sure the droids were working while Beru took Padme under her wing to help run the homestead. Years of having her own private cook as queen then senator had caused Padme to become out of practice in knowing how to cook. One instance resulting in nearly poisoning Owen, and another almost burning the homestead down.
Padme walked over to Beru as she gathered the butter, salt, and seasoning together. "Now, do you remember how to butter correctly?" Beru asked. Padme grabbed the stick of butter and rubbed it on the four small loaves. She then reached for the seasoning. "Uh-uh," Beru said. "Try again." Padme paused then grabbed the bottle of grinded cheese and sprinkled it on the loaves. Next she grabbed the seasoning and sprinkled that on before grabbing the tray to put into the oven.
"And the salt?"
"Goes on after they're baked, and after we've buttered them," Padme answers.
Beru smiled, impressed. "Very good. Now we'll just let the stew boil until the breads' done. Then we'll call the guys in for dinner."
A cry from the baby monitor went off, grabbing their attention. "Sounds like somebody else needs you." Padme nodded before leaving the kitchen to head to the living room where her children were for their afternoon nap.
Not surprisingly, it was Leia who was crying. She was so much like Anakin. Always waking up screaming and crying from a nightmare according to Anakin. He knew what the babies were feeling, being able to sense the fear they had when they sometimes dreamed. Padme picked Leia up from her spot on the couch and began to rock her. Soon, Leia calmed down to look at Padme with her matching brown eyes.
"Did you have a bad dream?" Padme smiled gently at her. No sooner had she said it, Luke began to whimper from his spot on the couch. Leia started crying again, probably feeling her brother's distress. Padme frowned. Luke didn't usually cry in his sleep like Leia did. Not since he was a couple months old and was able to sleep through the night.
Adjusting Leia in one arm, she reached down and got Luke. Then she went over to the rocking chair in the corner and started rocking the crying babies. Eventually, they settled down, but they continued to stare at Padme as if afraid that she would disappear. Anakin had told her months ago that force sensitive children could sense things from adults, so she tried to send them her love and comfort. Since she wasn't force sensitive she doubted it did much, but she couldn't help but feel a twinge of fear that something must be bothering them so much that disturbed them like this. She would talk with Anakin about it after dinner before going to bed that night. She was just being overprotective, wasn't she?
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Naboo; 66 bby
Padme woke up feeling better than she had in a while. She had come home for school retreat when the plague had hit her village and infected her and several other children as the first victims.
She turned her head to see Mammy, her old childhood nursemaid sitting by her bedside. "Mammy?"
Tears spilled down the old woman's wrinkled face. "Oh Little Pixie! Thank Shiraya!" She leaned down and kissed Padme's hand.
Padme's mind was fuzzy and she felt so weak. What else had happened? Where were her parents and the rest of her family?
"Where-"she coughed a bit. Mammy helped her sit up and drink some water on her bedside.
"Careful. You've been sick for two weeks. We thought we were going to lose you as well," Mammy seemed to be on the edge of tears again.
"As well? What do you-"Padme stopped, a sudden dread filling her. She remembered playing ball with her niece and the other children when she started feeling dizzy and her head began to ache until everything went black. She dimly remembered hearing her parents' worried voices over her head, and her mother's gentle touch as she placed a cooling rag on her head.
"Your sister hurried to take the little one over to her grandmother's before she got sick as well," Mammy quickly reassured her. Almost too quickly.
"Mammy." Padme pushed herself up more. "Where's Mama and Papa?"
Mammy shook her head, fresh tears spilling over until she began to sob.
"Mammy?" Padme asked worriedly, flinging her feet to the ground. The old woman continued to sob hysterically. Panic filled Padme that she shot to her feet, forgetting her health and ran as fast as she could out of her room and down the stairs towards her parents' bedroom.
"Mama! Papa!"
She stopped all of a sudden when she found a familiar figure outside her parents' bedroom. "Papa!" The man turned towards her. His gray eyes widened in surprise and disbelief.
"Padme?" he whispered.
"Papa!"
She flung herself into her father's arms. He nearly collapsed from surprise and the sudden weight. He stood there, shocked for a moment before wrapping his arms around her. Soon they were clutching one another, not wanting to let each other go. Padme felt so relieved to see her father alive and not infected by the plague.
"Padme," her father said, breaking away from the shock she had given him. "Why aren't you in bed? You're still weak."
Padme was surprised to see tears in her father's eyes. She remembered instantly that she hadn't seen nor heard anything about her mother. "Papa, where's Mama?"
Her father didn't answer her. Instead, he turned his head towards the bedroom. Padme followed his eyes and felt her heart stuck in her throat. On the bed, laid her kind and wonderful mother. She wasn't breathing, and her skin was pale, a contrast to her usually tan color. Just like that, Padme felt the effects to her illness catch up, and made her knees collapse under her. Her father kept a tight hold on her as she held on to him, crying for the loss of her dear Mama.
This is my very first fanfic so please be easy on me. This is also part of a series I'm doing had Anakin not gone to the Dark Side and he and Padme were able to raise Luke and Leia together. I hope you guys like it. Let me know what you think of it.
