At the Queen's bedroom-
Padme' stands outside on her balcony, sighing deeply, letting the cool, night, breeze brush past her skin. She looks at her ring, which she holds with her fingers. She looks at it remembering the moments Crevin and she had together. A tear falls down her soft cheek, but she makes no noise.
Knock.
"Come in."
"It's me milady. Where are you?"
"Out here."
Sabe walks to the curtains attached above the doorway to the balcony.
"I thought you were retiring milady?"
"Yes retiring from the world, I just wanted to relax, and clear my thoughts."
"In other words think about Crevin?"
Padme' turns her head, and nods, with dry tear upon her cheeks, but she wipes it off immediately. She walks inside and picks a nightgown to wear, from her walk in closet.
"Anakin seems to have changed a lot," says Sabe'.
"Yes taller, naïve, and stubborn," she answers with annoyance in her voice.
"But yet he is very charming, intelligent, and I personally think he has grown up to a handsome man."
Padme' walked out with her blue, lace, nightgown on and sat to fix her hair.
"That is true, for his personality I mean," she hesitates.
"You know you can admit that he looks cute."
"Alright yes, he has grown from cute to handsome, yes I agree." Padme' takes the rest of the pins out and lets her hair bounce free before brushing it.
"He told me, in somewhat of his words, that he missed you."
"Well Sabe he had a crush on me ten years ago I suppose he would still miss me."
"You know he is a grown man now, you don't have to think of him as that little boy anymore."
"I know it's just I'm tired, and stressed out right now, dismiss please Sabe." Padme' arises from the chair.
"Yes milady." Sabe bows, and leaves to her room.
Padme' gets in her bed, and closes her weary eyes.
~Morning~
Padme' awakes from the birds perched on her balcony, chirping away happily. She stands up and grabs her robe, and walks out the balcony causing the birds to flee. She looks outside, it's still chilly, but the day's warmth is coming in slowly, the sun arising showing light. But it is still only dawn so just about everyone is asleep.
Slash movements, making humming sounds, disturb her thoughts. She looks down and sees Anakin practicing with his lightsaber. He's only wearing, since it being dawn, his dark tan shirt, loosely put on, with also brown pants. She watches how he swings his saber with such grace. Then he stops to take a breather and sits down on the grass. He wipes his sweat off with his sleeve and lets his upper body fall to the ground looking at the sky. But then he stops moving and stares at something. Padme's eyebrows furrow, wondering what he's looking at. He sits up and stares intently, Padme' then realizes he's staring at her. Her heart jumps and walks inside immediately, her heart runs up her throat, beating fast.
She then goes into her closet and picks out her light-layered blue dress and puts it on; she walks out and sits down brushing her hair. She stands up and creeps outside seeing that Obi-Wan has fallen asleep; she tiptoes down the stairs and almost out the door.
"What are you doing milady," asks a familiar voice? She turns fully around seeing it's only Anakin.
"I am going to visit a friend," she whispers back.
"You can't go out alone it's too dangerous."
"Then if you're so worried you may follow me."
"Yes milady."
"Please stop calling me that, you're a friend here Anakin, you may call me Padme."
"Alright then, Padme." He smiles at her, but she doesn't return one back.
She walks out into the field and stops to kneel down.
"What are you doing," asks Anakin raising his voice to normal.
"I'm getting something for my friend,"
"What is your friend exactly?"
"You'll see." She picks up these certain berries that grow on certain flowers.
She walks to the waterfall and stops at the tip of the forest. She whistles, and out comes a huge, beautiful, white animal; it has dark- colored hooves, with wavy, white hair grown above of it, a long wavy white mane, with a long tail of which the hair almost touches the ground, matching with a short, white, fur coat. Can you guess what it is already?
"What is that," asks Anakin watching it eat from her palm.
"It's a horse, an Arabian horse; my ex-fiancé went to a far off planet and had it cloned for me. This species used to live on a planet called Earth; I learned about them in history books, and was always fascinated by them." Anakin notices that she seems to sadden whenever she mentions her dead finance.
"It's a beautiful creature."
"Yes she is, her name is Nahima; it means Mystic."
"It suits her. Is she friendly?"
"Yes of course, here." She opens his and, the warm connection he feels makes him jump inside. Padme then laid some grass on his hand.
"Now keep your hand out flat, so she won't accidentally nip any of your fingers."
"That's comforting," he says sarcastically, making Padme frown.
"And try not to be scared, she'll feel it and get spooked."
"Oh she's a Jedi as well," jokes Anakin, but Padme didn't seem to be in the mood for sarcasm or jokes; she doesn't seem to be in the mood for anything anymore.
"No, it's just instinct, most animals have that." She strokes the horse with her hand, but her face still stays distressed.
"Are there any more of her kind here?"
"Yes after he gave Nahima as a gift, I asked him if we could breed this species again, (she lowers her face, a gloomy aurora surrounding her.) so our future children could ride them, and keep it as a pet."
"Do you miss him?"
"What?" she looks up and back at him.
"Do you miss your fiancé?"
"Yes, I miss him, every day I do."
"Sabe told Master Obi-Wan and me about what happened three weeks ago, and I just want to say you have my sympathy." He lays a hand her shoulder as comfort, but it makes her feel a little uncomfortable.
"I am grateful for that Ani," she says softly.
Whinny!
Anakin jumps, taking his hand off Padme; he sees another Arabian horse, only it's all black.
"And who's that?"
"That's Wakiza, it means determined warrior. I named him that because he found a liking for Nahima, even though she resists his affection a lot, he always is by her side protecting her."
It made Anakin nervous, it almost sounds like them.
"Let's ride them," he says suddenly.
"What," she asks, raising an eyebrow.
Anakin mounts Wakiza, who acting obediently towards him, "Ride, come on, it will do you some good to clear your mind."
Padme' stares unsure what to say.
"Please Padme."
"All right then, but we can't do it for too long, or we'll both get in trouble," she says mounting Nahima.
"Don't be such a stiff, loosen up."
"A stiff!" But Anakin can't hear her; he has already galloped away. So she gallops after him. She can see that she can't catch up to him, he is too far ahead of her, but she knows a shortcut.
Anakin glances a few times at the far away Padme, he giggles finding this fun, and that he's probably got Padme mad, but she is too far away yell at him. (Or is she?) With out warning, Padme is right beside him, galloping at his pace.
"How?"
"I knew a shortcut."
Anakin smiles, and this time he almost caught a smile upon her face but she then makes a stern expression, "So I'm stiff huh? We'll see who's stiff. HYA!" Nahima bolts in front of Wakiza, going faster then him.
Anakin smirks, "HYA!"
Wakiza runs faster but not as fast as Nahima. After 10 minutes of this race, they rest near the waterfall with Nahima and Wakiza grazing along side the water.
"How did you learn to ride like that," asks Padme?
"On one of my missions I went to Fyredil, a planet freezing all year long. My Master and I couldn't drive ships, because they would freeze, so we rode a creature called Taun-Tauns, they're similar to a horse but have two legs."
"Interesting."
"What about you, how did you learn to ride a horse?"
"I taught myself."
"Oh, I had to be taught by a local, the first few times I fell on my butt."
Padme giggles, Anakin joins in, enjoying the moment that she actually looks happy for once. But she stops and looks at the sun, it has almost come up.
"We should get back," she says standing up.
"Alright then." Anakin arises and walks away with Padme. He enjoyed the fun they had; now he wishes it lasted forever.
~10 minutes later~
"I see them," yells Sabe!
Captain Typhoo, and Obi-Wan run out but not too far since Padme and Anakin are almost there.
"Where were you milady, we thought you were captured or dead!"
"It's alright Typhoo, I went to relax my nerves, and to relieve my stress. Anakin accompanied me, ensuring I was safe from harm."
"Milady, you should come inside and get dressed in your formal clothes, The Jedi Council wish to speak with you and your guests here."
"Alright then." Padme follows Sabe inside, with Captain Typhoo leaving after them.
"Padawan, you know how dangerous it is for her to come out now!"
"I know Master, but she really needed some time to relax, and I was there protecting her."
"Alright you'll get away with this one, but please don't do it again."
"Yes Master."
They both then leave to go inside, with Anakin thinking about Padme more then ever before. ***************************************************************************
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Padme' stands outside on her balcony, sighing deeply, letting the cool, night, breeze brush past her skin. She looks at her ring, which she holds with her fingers. She looks at it remembering the moments Crevin and she had together. A tear falls down her soft cheek, but she makes no noise.
Knock.
"Come in."
"It's me milady. Where are you?"
"Out here."
Sabe walks to the curtains attached above the doorway to the balcony.
"I thought you were retiring milady?"
"Yes retiring from the world, I just wanted to relax, and clear my thoughts."
"In other words think about Crevin?"
Padme' turns her head, and nods, with dry tear upon her cheeks, but she wipes it off immediately. She walks inside and picks a nightgown to wear, from her walk in closet.
"Anakin seems to have changed a lot," says Sabe'.
"Yes taller, naïve, and stubborn," she answers with annoyance in her voice.
"But yet he is very charming, intelligent, and I personally think he has grown up to a handsome man."
Padme' walked out with her blue, lace, nightgown on and sat to fix her hair.
"That is true, for his personality I mean," she hesitates.
"You know you can admit that he looks cute."
"Alright yes, he has grown from cute to handsome, yes I agree." Padme' takes the rest of the pins out and lets her hair bounce free before brushing it.
"He told me, in somewhat of his words, that he missed you."
"Well Sabe he had a crush on me ten years ago I suppose he would still miss me."
"You know he is a grown man now, you don't have to think of him as that little boy anymore."
"I know it's just I'm tired, and stressed out right now, dismiss please Sabe." Padme' arises from the chair.
"Yes milady." Sabe bows, and leaves to her room.
Padme' gets in her bed, and closes her weary eyes.
~Morning~
Padme' awakes from the birds perched on her balcony, chirping away happily. She stands up and grabs her robe, and walks out the balcony causing the birds to flee. She looks outside, it's still chilly, but the day's warmth is coming in slowly, the sun arising showing light. But it is still only dawn so just about everyone is asleep.
Slash movements, making humming sounds, disturb her thoughts. She looks down and sees Anakin practicing with his lightsaber. He's only wearing, since it being dawn, his dark tan shirt, loosely put on, with also brown pants. She watches how he swings his saber with such grace. Then he stops to take a breather and sits down on the grass. He wipes his sweat off with his sleeve and lets his upper body fall to the ground looking at the sky. But then he stops moving and stares at something. Padme's eyebrows furrow, wondering what he's looking at. He sits up and stares intently, Padme' then realizes he's staring at her. Her heart jumps and walks inside immediately, her heart runs up her throat, beating fast.
She then goes into her closet and picks out her light-layered blue dress and puts it on; she walks out and sits down brushing her hair. She stands up and creeps outside seeing that Obi-Wan has fallen asleep; she tiptoes down the stairs and almost out the door.
"What are you doing milady," asks a familiar voice? She turns fully around seeing it's only Anakin.
"I am going to visit a friend," she whispers back.
"You can't go out alone it's too dangerous."
"Then if you're so worried you may follow me."
"Yes milady."
"Please stop calling me that, you're a friend here Anakin, you may call me Padme."
"Alright then, Padme." He smiles at her, but she doesn't return one back.
She walks out into the field and stops to kneel down.
"What are you doing," asks Anakin raising his voice to normal.
"I'm getting something for my friend,"
"What is your friend exactly?"
"You'll see." She picks up these certain berries that grow on certain flowers.
She walks to the waterfall and stops at the tip of the forest. She whistles, and out comes a huge, beautiful, white animal; it has dark- colored hooves, with wavy, white hair grown above of it, a long wavy white mane, with a long tail of which the hair almost touches the ground, matching with a short, white, fur coat. Can you guess what it is already?
"What is that," asks Anakin watching it eat from her palm.
"It's a horse, an Arabian horse; my ex-fiancé went to a far off planet and had it cloned for me. This species used to live on a planet called Earth; I learned about them in history books, and was always fascinated by them." Anakin notices that she seems to sadden whenever she mentions her dead finance.
"It's a beautiful creature."
"Yes she is, her name is Nahima; it means Mystic."
"It suits her. Is she friendly?"
"Yes of course, here." She opens his and, the warm connection he feels makes him jump inside. Padme then laid some grass on his hand.
"Now keep your hand out flat, so she won't accidentally nip any of your fingers."
"That's comforting," he says sarcastically, making Padme frown.
"And try not to be scared, she'll feel it and get spooked."
"Oh she's a Jedi as well," jokes Anakin, but Padme didn't seem to be in the mood for sarcasm or jokes; she doesn't seem to be in the mood for anything anymore.
"No, it's just instinct, most animals have that." She strokes the horse with her hand, but her face still stays distressed.
"Are there any more of her kind here?"
"Yes after he gave Nahima as a gift, I asked him if we could breed this species again, (she lowers her face, a gloomy aurora surrounding her.) so our future children could ride them, and keep it as a pet."
"Do you miss him?"
"What?" she looks up and back at him.
"Do you miss your fiancé?"
"Yes, I miss him, every day I do."
"Sabe told Master Obi-Wan and me about what happened three weeks ago, and I just want to say you have my sympathy." He lays a hand her shoulder as comfort, but it makes her feel a little uncomfortable.
"I am grateful for that Ani," she says softly.
Whinny!
Anakin jumps, taking his hand off Padme; he sees another Arabian horse, only it's all black.
"And who's that?"
"That's Wakiza, it means determined warrior. I named him that because he found a liking for Nahima, even though she resists his affection a lot, he always is by her side protecting her."
It made Anakin nervous, it almost sounds like them.
"Let's ride them," he says suddenly.
"What," she asks, raising an eyebrow.
Anakin mounts Wakiza, who acting obediently towards him, "Ride, come on, it will do you some good to clear your mind."
Padme' stares unsure what to say.
"Please Padme."
"All right then, but we can't do it for too long, or we'll both get in trouble," she says mounting Nahima.
"Don't be such a stiff, loosen up."
"A stiff!" But Anakin can't hear her; he has already galloped away. So she gallops after him. She can see that she can't catch up to him, he is too far ahead of her, but she knows a shortcut.
Anakin glances a few times at the far away Padme, he giggles finding this fun, and that he's probably got Padme mad, but she is too far away yell at him. (Or is she?) With out warning, Padme is right beside him, galloping at his pace.
"How?"
"I knew a shortcut."
Anakin smiles, and this time he almost caught a smile upon her face but she then makes a stern expression, "So I'm stiff huh? We'll see who's stiff. HYA!" Nahima bolts in front of Wakiza, going faster then him.
Anakin smirks, "HYA!"
Wakiza runs faster but not as fast as Nahima. After 10 minutes of this race, they rest near the waterfall with Nahima and Wakiza grazing along side the water.
"How did you learn to ride like that," asks Padme?
"On one of my missions I went to Fyredil, a planet freezing all year long. My Master and I couldn't drive ships, because they would freeze, so we rode a creature called Taun-Tauns, they're similar to a horse but have two legs."
"Interesting."
"What about you, how did you learn to ride a horse?"
"I taught myself."
"Oh, I had to be taught by a local, the first few times I fell on my butt."
Padme giggles, Anakin joins in, enjoying the moment that she actually looks happy for once. But she stops and looks at the sun, it has almost come up.
"We should get back," she says standing up.
"Alright then." Anakin arises and walks away with Padme. He enjoyed the fun they had; now he wishes it lasted forever.
~10 minutes later~
"I see them," yells Sabe!
Captain Typhoo, and Obi-Wan run out but not too far since Padme and Anakin are almost there.
"Where were you milady, we thought you were captured or dead!"
"It's alright Typhoo, I went to relax my nerves, and to relieve my stress. Anakin accompanied me, ensuring I was safe from harm."
"Milady, you should come inside and get dressed in your formal clothes, The Jedi Council wish to speak with you and your guests here."
"Alright then." Padme follows Sabe inside, with Captain Typhoo leaving after them.
"Padawan, you know how dangerous it is for her to come out now!"
"I know Master, but she really needed some time to relax, and I was there protecting her."
"Alright you'll get away with this one, but please don't do it again."
"Yes Master."
They both then leave to go inside, with Anakin thinking about Padme more then ever before. ***************************************************************************
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