The question floated in her head the rest of the night as Anakin dressed her wounds. She was all bruised and scratched up. Anakin ran his hands along the bruised flesh of her back as she lay on her stomach. The colors of the room were bright and vivid but Amari's mood as gray as Anakin messaged the tender and bruised flesh. He was fascinated with the flawless flesh free of any blemish except for a small birthmark shaped like a ring on her shoulder he traced it lightly with his fingers.
"What's this?" he asked as her as he traced it again.
"What is what" she said in a sleepy voice she was in a stupor from the delicious effect his hands had on her. She was positively clueless to what he could mean. He traced it again and she felt the circle. "I do not know, a birth mark perhaps" she spoke as she looked out of the window.
"It is a perfect circle," Anakin said almost in a trance as he traced it again.
"Ani, you are frightening me" she spoke as she stood and pulled her shirt on while facing the wall. The room was lit warmly with the pale orange firelight making the red room seem even red-er as Anakin stood on a side of the bed. Amari sighed and looked at him. The way the light reflected off of his face made him seem menacing, and perhaps slightly evil. He indeed looked formidable but when it came to the force size never really truly mattered seeing as Amari could be viewed as small and frail at first glance. Amari grabbed her robe and walked into another room with Anakin following her.
"Where are you going Amari, I did not mean to frighten you" Anakin spoke as he touched her shoulder she turned around.
"I am going to send a communication, that is all, I am not leaving and if I wanted to you could not stop me so none of this matters" Amari spoke as she turned around again and started towards the communications room. Anakin stood in the door way as he watched her type in their location and then the location of the Jedi Temple. She then took a step back as a small blue hologram of Yoda materialized on the small platform.
"Master Yoda, I know about The Dark Circle now" Amari spoke as she looked at the miniature Yoda, he simply nodded.
"Keep this from you we could not, your hands does your destiny occupy," Yoda said as he nodded.
"They are on not on Tatooine are they Master, I know about the temple on Endor, it all makes sense now Master,"
"Does it Young Amari? Make sense does it? No clue you have of the stakes at risk, in grave danger are we powerful Jedi, in the most peril are you and young skywalker" Amari sighed and shrunk a few inches as she looked down at the ground "The younger you are Mistress Amari the easier it will be for you to be swayed, stay you in Naboo"
"N-no, Master Yoda I refuse to sit here like a wounded bantha waiting for slaughter, I am going to Endor, however I will not take the Padawan with me"
"Defy me you will?"
"Master Yoda I meant no disrespect only that I will be more help to them on Endor than here, Lamari already knows that I am here,"
"Yet you are injured"
"Injured or not I can still wield the force"
"Go if you must, but take the padawan back to Coriscant," The communication ended. Amari turned around and looked at Anakin who stood in the doorway still looking on hurt. He looked like he was about to cry. His aquatic eyes were glassed with tears and he turned around and faced away from her. She walked over.
"Oh Ani, I am sorry, I could not allow you to get involved" She spoke as she touched his thick brown robe he turned around and looked at her.
"Why, when are you to go?" he asked as he looked down at her she looked up at him she then cradled his face and smiled.
"I must go Ani, if I do not people will die, I must leave the day after tomorrow, you must leave as well for Coriscant," he turned away from her and closed his eyes.
"As you wish Mistress Amari," he said coldly before he headed down the hall towards his room. She stood in the hall and looked out of the balcony. The stars were bright overhead; she couldn't help but to gaze out over them with wonder. The coldness in Anakin's voice had hurt her slightly and as she started to walk to her room the words all echoed back. As you wish, but this wasn't what she wished.
She awoke the next morning and sighed. She needed a change so instead of changing into her fighting suit she changed into a white backless gown. The fabric pooled at her feet the sheer shall floated elegantly in the soft wind. She had her hair down and pulled behind her ears.
She left the room with a sigh and headed towards the kitchen. As she was walking down the hall she noticed Anakin standing on the plat form looking out over the beautiful scenery. Amari stood behind him for a moment. She wanted to reach out to him to tell him how she felt but she didn't. Instead she took a step closer and with that step he turned around and smiled.
"Ani, I am sorry about last night, I only did what I had to do" she spoke as she leaned against the rail and peered down at the water. There was a long pause as Anakin watched her gaze at the water.
"I love you" he spoke as he looked at her. The words cause her to look at him and take too steps back.
"Ani, you do not know what you say, Jedi cannot love" she spoke with sad eyes as she took a step closer.
"But one would argue that love is simply the highest form of compassion, and Jedi are meant to be compassionate" He said as he looked at her, this wasn't the response he had wanted.
"Jedi, are also not supposed to feel anything but compassion and with love comes, jealousy, and jealousy lead to fear, fear to anger, anger, to hate and hate to the dark side" she said as she stood near him.
"Then tell me Mistress Amari what is this that I feel, my skin warms at the mention of your name, I can hardly breath when I see you, and even though I know all of this is wrong I cannot help but to feel it, your presence is calming to me" he said as he looked down at her she looked at her feet, perhaps she had brought this on herself.
"But we're not supposed to feel" she said as she looked at him
"Feel what, this?" he said as he caressed her shoulder she took a step back,
"Exactly" she said nodding he closed the distance between them.
"And this" he said as he leaned down and kissed her. It was long and passionate Amari ended it abruptly as she turned away from him.
"Definitely not that" she said as she walked away.