I'm back! Well I hope I kept you begging while I was gone. Enjoy!
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~Morning~
Padme lays awake on her bed staring up at the ceiling, she likes this silence, it gives her a serene place to think, but then again every time she stops to think, Anakin pops in her head. She gets scared from the butterflies in her stomach when she sees his face, his piercing, blue eyes starting into her soul. No one has ever stared at her like that except for Crevin; Sola must be right, she has noticed but doesn't want to admit it to herself; he's a Jedi for Force's Sake!
Whinny!
Padme sits up and looks out her window; it's Nahima! She's calling her. Padme gets up and dresses in a two-peace outfit. The top part is a light blue top making a V shape; the sleeves are long and wide, with a slanted part extending longer than her arms. And the top does not cover her stomach area. The bottom is a long, light blue, long skirt, with a sliver entity holding it together. She brushes her hair down, and lets it bounce freely, but puts it behind her ears.
She creeps outside and strokes Nahima, the horse nudges her, showing she missed her very much.
"I missed you too Nahima," whispers Padme with a small smile. Padme sits next to a tree and looks at her surroundings, the serenity of it, while Nahima eats the grass below her though she will at points talk (not really talk.) to Padme, like nudge her, grunt, whinny, snort, etc.
After awhile her family and Anakin awake, her mother and Sola cook breakfast, the father talks to Anakin, and Ryoo and Pooja run outside.
"Nahima!" they both yell. Nahima perks her head up and whinnies her hello. The two little girls run up to her and stroke her while Nahima nudges them. Ryoo and Pooja then chase each other with the horse following, whinnying loudly. This then catches Wakiza's attention, he runs right into the scene.
Padme laughs as Wakiza annoys Nahima, nudging at her, getting in her way, trying to play. She yells at him and gallops away, trying to escape but he's too hard to lose.
"Breakfast!" yells Sola.
Padme gets up and walks while Ryoo and Pooja run up the stairs of the deck and into the house. Padme makes it up and walks in smelling the wonderful scents of her mother's cooking. She sits down and takes some food passed to her.
"Did you sleep well dear," asks her mother?
"Yes, very well thank you."
"And how about you Anakin?"
"Soundly, the bed was very comfortable."
"That's good."
Sola then speaks up, "I have to leave today, my husband came home. I packed my clothes and my daughters. We'll be leaving after breakfast."
"Aww, but mom can we stay a little longer," pleads Ryoo!
"Yeah, we didn't even get to play with Ani yet," adds Pooja!
"As long as Anakin doesn't mind." Sola looks over at Anakin who was listening to their conversation.
"Do you mind?"
"No, not at all," he says with a smile.
"Yeah!" the two yell.
"But eat your breakfast still."
Everyone finishes eating breakfast, the women go and wash the dishes, the father gets dressed, and Ani plays with Ryoo and Pooja, with also Nahima and Wakiza outside as well.
Padme looks out the window and smiles brightly watching Anakin, but then feels another stare; she looks to her side and sees Sola staring at her lifting an eyebrow. Padme looks straight down and washes the dishes. Everyone goes outside in the front, with Sola, Ryoo, and Pooja standing nearest to a boat in a lake.
"Well, I'll come visit as soon as I can." Sola hugs her mother, her father, and then Padme.
"It was a pleasure meeting you Anakin."
"Likewise Sola."
Sola smiles and waves; Ryoo and Pooja hop on with their mother then hopping on. They wave good-bye as the driver drives them away.
"Padme dear?"
"Yes mother?"
"Your father and I need to go to town to buy food, some new tools for here do you think you'll be fine here alone?"
Padme's heart stopped, she's never been alone with Anakin before. "Sure, we'll be fine mom."
"Oh good, we'll see you in a few hours." That makes Padme feel worse.
"Bye."
"Bye." Padme turns around and walks into the yard to meet up with Nahima and Wakiza with Anakin following behind. Padme strokes Wakiza's cheek hearing Anakin mumbling to himself, he is trying to find a way to tell or ask her something.
"Yes Anakin?" she looks at him puzzled.
"I was wondering if you'd like to go exploring in these woods?"
"Well-" she isn't sure what to say, it may be fun but she had a feeling something will happen.
"Don't worry, nothing will happen as long as we stick together."
"Please don't do that."
"Do what?"
"Read my mind. I want some privacy in my head."
"Sorry Padme."
"I'll go, but we have to get back before dark I don't want to worry my parents."
"Don't worry we'll be back before they know it."
~An hour later~
"We're lost," says Padme, looking at the unfamiliar trees, and ground; hearing the strange sounds.
"We're not lost, we're just not sure of our location."
Padme looks at him with an eyebrow raised, "Yeah, in other words we're lost."
"Let's go this way, maybe we'll find some water to drink." Anakin walks, crunching dead leaves among the ground with Padme walking behind him.
They stop at a small stream; they see a small creature drinking from it, so they assume it's safe. He takes his hands and forms it into a bowl and lets the water seep in; Padme does the same. They both take a drink and dry their hands. But then Anakin stands up, listening.
"What is it?"
"Shh."
Padme listens, and hears rumbling echoing in the forest. Something then catches her eye, two rather large beasts are charging right at them!
"Run." she says taking a few steps back.
"What?"
"Run!" Padme gets a head start, Anakin looks and sees the beasts, and so he runs as well. He catches up to Padme, "What are those things!"
"Federias, very nasty creatures, very territorial. And they only eat plants luckily."
"Oh great."
They run and run almost running out of breathing! But then Padme and Anakin slip and tumble down a hill, and into a raging river. ***************************************************************************
At Corascant, Sabe is trying to convince the other Senators to say no on the vote (she's in that room where everyone is floating on those metal stands, you know you see it in Ep1 and Ep2.).
"The vote on The Creation of the Army Act should be voted no. It will only come to war, many lives will be lost, The Separatists will only lose Droids."
"Then you want us to stand here like sitting ducks!" yells one Senator!
"No, but I don't want anymore blood shed! I don't want another war!"
"There will have to be one Queen Amidala, it is the only way to solve this problem," says Senator Organa.
"Widespread violence is not the solution Senator Organa! We should try to still negotiate."
"But, that has failed Queen Amidala, more star systems are pulling away and joining them, we need to defend ourselves! We don't want this war anymore than you do! But if protecting ourselves comes to war, than so be it!" ***************************************************************************
Padme's head pops up, gasping for air; but the water pulls her down, as she tries to swim up.
"Ani!" the water pulls her down again, she swims back up and sees Anakin floating on top, motionless. She pulls him and brings them both to shore. She lays him on the ground looking at his motionless face in a panic.
"No Ani, please wake up, wake up." She then, without a thought she does CPR. At first no progress happens but then he awakes spitting out water, which was entrapped in his lungs. He breaths and looks up at Padme with his eyes staring intently feeling her warm hands shiver with fear. She looks at him; his head is nearing hers, she just freezes not knowing how to act on this. He presses his lips against hers; she looks at him but finds herself closing her eyes, kissing him back. He sits up, pressing his lips hungrily on hers.
Padme wants this moment to last forever, but then she realizes something, a Jedi Padawan is kissing her and she's kissing back. What is she doing? It's forbidden for him to do things like this. She pulls back and looks away from his confused face.
"I shouldn't have done that."
"Sorry milady," says Anakin softly, quite hurt from her response.
"I see my parents house, it's this way." She looks up and walks into the forest with the silent Anakin behind him. He doesn't know how to react to the kiss, did she mean it or not; and if she did why did she pull back? This is confusing him as they make it back to her parents' house. It becomes night when they make it back, they creep inside and see a note from her mom, saying they ate dinner with out them and went to bed. Padme and Anakin sit on the couch in the living room, letting the fire her father made for them warm them. Padme watches the flames lick high, dancing on the logs. Neither of them aren't sure what to say, or has the courage to. Until Anakin finds his-
"May I tell you something," asks Anakin looking at Padme.
She keeps her head down not wanting to look into his eyes, "I don't know."
He lifts her chin up, "Then how can I tell you?"
"Maybe you should use your Jedi intuition," she says not able to let her eyes off his face.
"It doesn't work around you. My mind is always a muddle- I can only think of you."
"Anakin, please don't." she shifts uncomfortably.
"From the moment I met you, all those years ago, not a day hasn't gone by when I haven't thought of you. And now that I'm with you again, I'm in agony. The closer I get to you, the worse it gets. The thought of not being with you- I can't breathe. I'm haunted by the kiss you should never have given me. My heart is beating inside, hoping that kiss will not become a scar. You are in my very soul tormenting me. What can I do? I will do anything you ask." His eyes water wanting her to answer, but there is only silence as she looks down shifting away from him.
"If you are suffering as much as I am, please tell me."
Padme tries to find her voice and manages to say, "I can't."
She raises her voice a little, "We can't. It's just not possible."
"Anything's possible. Padme, please listen-"
"NO you listen." She arises and walks next the hearth.
"We live in a real world, come back to it Anakin. You're studying to become a Jedi; I'm a Queen of Naboo. If you follow your thoughts through to conclusion, it will take us to a place we cannot go- regardless of the way we feel about each other."
"Then you do feel something!"
"I will not let you give up your responsibilities, your future, for me."
"You are asking me to be rational," he says standing up.
"That is something I know I cannot do. I wish I could wish my feelings away- but I can't.
"I am not going to give into this."
There is silence as Anakin stares at the fire in the hearth.
"It wouldn't have to be that way," he says looking back at her. "We could keep it a secret."
"Then we'd be living a lie. One we couldn't keep even if we wanted to. My sister saw it, and soon everyone else will. I couldn't do that. Could you, Anakin? Could you live like that?"
It becomes silent for a moment, Anakin seeing now he is defeated.
"No, you're right. It would destroy us." Anakin left the room hurt and defeated.
Padme couldn't believe what she said, she said all the opposite things she wanted to say, but she feels what she doing is right for both of them, but she feels terrible, like she broke her own heart. ***************************************************************************
Corascant-
"Senators, I have come to the conclusion of my decision, I see there is no way around and I may speak for all of you but Senator Organa is right, we may not want a war but it will come even if we vote no. So I conclude we should be prepared for the coming war and vote yes on the Creation of the Army Act." All the Senators cheer as the defeated Sabe watches, wishing she didn't have to say it.
Mean while Master Windu and Yoda are watching the whole meeting from above.
"So it is done then," says Windu.
"Yes, Army the Republic we will have, but danger I sense in this upcoming war, bad it will be." ***************************************************************************
Well I hope you liked it, please review as soon as you read it!
~Morning~
Padme lays awake on her bed staring up at the ceiling, she likes this silence, it gives her a serene place to think, but then again every time she stops to think, Anakin pops in her head. She gets scared from the butterflies in her stomach when she sees his face, his piercing, blue eyes starting into her soul. No one has ever stared at her like that except for Crevin; Sola must be right, she has noticed but doesn't want to admit it to herself; he's a Jedi for Force's Sake!
Whinny!
Padme sits up and looks out her window; it's Nahima! She's calling her. Padme gets up and dresses in a two-peace outfit. The top part is a light blue top making a V shape; the sleeves are long and wide, with a slanted part extending longer than her arms. And the top does not cover her stomach area. The bottom is a long, light blue, long skirt, with a sliver entity holding it together. She brushes her hair down, and lets it bounce freely, but puts it behind her ears.
She creeps outside and strokes Nahima, the horse nudges her, showing she missed her very much.
"I missed you too Nahima," whispers Padme with a small smile. Padme sits next to a tree and looks at her surroundings, the serenity of it, while Nahima eats the grass below her though she will at points talk (not really talk.) to Padme, like nudge her, grunt, whinny, snort, etc.
After awhile her family and Anakin awake, her mother and Sola cook breakfast, the father talks to Anakin, and Ryoo and Pooja run outside.
"Nahima!" they both yell. Nahima perks her head up and whinnies her hello. The two little girls run up to her and stroke her while Nahima nudges them. Ryoo and Pooja then chase each other with the horse following, whinnying loudly. This then catches Wakiza's attention, he runs right into the scene.
Padme laughs as Wakiza annoys Nahima, nudging at her, getting in her way, trying to play. She yells at him and gallops away, trying to escape but he's too hard to lose.
"Breakfast!" yells Sola.
Padme gets up and walks while Ryoo and Pooja run up the stairs of the deck and into the house. Padme makes it up and walks in smelling the wonderful scents of her mother's cooking. She sits down and takes some food passed to her.
"Did you sleep well dear," asks her mother?
"Yes, very well thank you."
"And how about you Anakin?"
"Soundly, the bed was very comfortable."
"That's good."
Sola then speaks up, "I have to leave today, my husband came home. I packed my clothes and my daughters. We'll be leaving after breakfast."
"Aww, but mom can we stay a little longer," pleads Ryoo!
"Yeah, we didn't even get to play with Ani yet," adds Pooja!
"As long as Anakin doesn't mind." Sola looks over at Anakin who was listening to their conversation.
"Do you mind?"
"No, not at all," he says with a smile.
"Yeah!" the two yell.
"But eat your breakfast still."
Everyone finishes eating breakfast, the women go and wash the dishes, the father gets dressed, and Ani plays with Ryoo and Pooja, with also Nahima and Wakiza outside as well.
Padme looks out the window and smiles brightly watching Anakin, but then feels another stare; she looks to her side and sees Sola staring at her lifting an eyebrow. Padme looks straight down and washes the dishes. Everyone goes outside in the front, with Sola, Ryoo, and Pooja standing nearest to a boat in a lake.
"Well, I'll come visit as soon as I can." Sola hugs her mother, her father, and then Padme.
"It was a pleasure meeting you Anakin."
"Likewise Sola."
Sola smiles and waves; Ryoo and Pooja hop on with their mother then hopping on. They wave good-bye as the driver drives them away.
"Padme dear?"
"Yes mother?"
"Your father and I need to go to town to buy food, some new tools for here do you think you'll be fine here alone?"
Padme's heart stopped, she's never been alone with Anakin before. "Sure, we'll be fine mom."
"Oh good, we'll see you in a few hours." That makes Padme feel worse.
"Bye."
"Bye." Padme turns around and walks into the yard to meet up with Nahima and Wakiza with Anakin following behind. Padme strokes Wakiza's cheek hearing Anakin mumbling to himself, he is trying to find a way to tell or ask her something.
"Yes Anakin?" she looks at him puzzled.
"I was wondering if you'd like to go exploring in these woods?"
"Well-" she isn't sure what to say, it may be fun but she had a feeling something will happen.
"Don't worry, nothing will happen as long as we stick together."
"Please don't do that."
"Do what?"
"Read my mind. I want some privacy in my head."
"Sorry Padme."
"I'll go, but we have to get back before dark I don't want to worry my parents."
"Don't worry we'll be back before they know it."
~An hour later~
"We're lost," says Padme, looking at the unfamiliar trees, and ground; hearing the strange sounds.
"We're not lost, we're just not sure of our location."
Padme looks at him with an eyebrow raised, "Yeah, in other words we're lost."
"Let's go this way, maybe we'll find some water to drink." Anakin walks, crunching dead leaves among the ground with Padme walking behind him.
They stop at a small stream; they see a small creature drinking from it, so they assume it's safe. He takes his hands and forms it into a bowl and lets the water seep in; Padme does the same. They both take a drink and dry their hands. But then Anakin stands up, listening.
"What is it?"
"Shh."
Padme listens, and hears rumbling echoing in the forest. Something then catches her eye, two rather large beasts are charging right at them!
"Run." she says taking a few steps back.
"What?"
"Run!" Padme gets a head start, Anakin looks and sees the beasts, and so he runs as well. He catches up to Padme, "What are those things!"
"Federias, very nasty creatures, very territorial. And they only eat plants luckily."
"Oh great."
They run and run almost running out of breathing! But then Padme and Anakin slip and tumble down a hill, and into a raging river. ***************************************************************************
At Corascant, Sabe is trying to convince the other Senators to say no on the vote (she's in that room where everyone is floating on those metal stands, you know you see it in Ep1 and Ep2.).
"The vote on The Creation of the Army Act should be voted no. It will only come to war, many lives will be lost, The Separatists will only lose Droids."
"Then you want us to stand here like sitting ducks!" yells one Senator!
"No, but I don't want anymore blood shed! I don't want another war!"
"There will have to be one Queen Amidala, it is the only way to solve this problem," says Senator Organa.
"Widespread violence is not the solution Senator Organa! We should try to still negotiate."
"But, that has failed Queen Amidala, more star systems are pulling away and joining them, we need to defend ourselves! We don't want this war anymore than you do! But if protecting ourselves comes to war, than so be it!" ***************************************************************************
Padme's head pops up, gasping for air; but the water pulls her down, as she tries to swim up.
"Ani!" the water pulls her down again, she swims back up and sees Anakin floating on top, motionless. She pulls him and brings them both to shore. She lays him on the ground looking at his motionless face in a panic.
"No Ani, please wake up, wake up." She then, without a thought she does CPR. At first no progress happens but then he awakes spitting out water, which was entrapped in his lungs. He breaths and looks up at Padme with his eyes staring intently feeling her warm hands shiver with fear. She looks at him; his head is nearing hers, she just freezes not knowing how to act on this. He presses his lips against hers; she looks at him but finds herself closing her eyes, kissing him back. He sits up, pressing his lips hungrily on hers.
Padme wants this moment to last forever, but then she realizes something, a Jedi Padawan is kissing her and she's kissing back. What is she doing? It's forbidden for him to do things like this. She pulls back and looks away from his confused face.
"I shouldn't have done that."
"Sorry milady," says Anakin softly, quite hurt from her response.
"I see my parents house, it's this way." She looks up and walks into the forest with the silent Anakin behind him. He doesn't know how to react to the kiss, did she mean it or not; and if she did why did she pull back? This is confusing him as they make it back to her parents' house. It becomes night when they make it back, they creep inside and see a note from her mom, saying they ate dinner with out them and went to bed. Padme and Anakin sit on the couch in the living room, letting the fire her father made for them warm them. Padme watches the flames lick high, dancing on the logs. Neither of them aren't sure what to say, or has the courage to. Until Anakin finds his-
"May I tell you something," asks Anakin looking at Padme.
She keeps her head down not wanting to look into his eyes, "I don't know."
He lifts her chin up, "Then how can I tell you?"
"Maybe you should use your Jedi intuition," she says not able to let her eyes off his face.
"It doesn't work around you. My mind is always a muddle- I can only think of you."
"Anakin, please don't." she shifts uncomfortably.
"From the moment I met you, all those years ago, not a day hasn't gone by when I haven't thought of you. And now that I'm with you again, I'm in agony. The closer I get to you, the worse it gets. The thought of not being with you- I can't breathe. I'm haunted by the kiss you should never have given me. My heart is beating inside, hoping that kiss will not become a scar. You are in my very soul tormenting me. What can I do? I will do anything you ask." His eyes water wanting her to answer, but there is only silence as she looks down shifting away from him.
"If you are suffering as much as I am, please tell me."
Padme tries to find her voice and manages to say, "I can't."
She raises her voice a little, "We can't. It's just not possible."
"Anything's possible. Padme, please listen-"
"NO you listen." She arises and walks next the hearth.
"We live in a real world, come back to it Anakin. You're studying to become a Jedi; I'm a Queen of Naboo. If you follow your thoughts through to conclusion, it will take us to a place we cannot go- regardless of the way we feel about each other."
"Then you do feel something!"
"I will not let you give up your responsibilities, your future, for me."
"You are asking me to be rational," he says standing up.
"That is something I know I cannot do. I wish I could wish my feelings away- but I can't.
"I am not going to give into this."
There is silence as Anakin stares at the fire in the hearth.
"It wouldn't have to be that way," he says looking back at her. "We could keep it a secret."
"Then we'd be living a lie. One we couldn't keep even if we wanted to. My sister saw it, and soon everyone else will. I couldn't do that. Could you, Anakin? Could you live like that?"
It becomes silent for a moment, Anakin seeing now he is defeated.
"No, you're right. It would destroy us." Anakin left the room hurt and defeated.
Padme couldn't believe what she said, she said all the opposite things she wanted to say, but she feels what she doing is right for both of them, but she feels terrible, like she broke her own heart. ***************************************************************************
Corascant-
"Senators, I have come to the conclusion of my decision, I see there is no way around and I may speak for all of you but Senator Organa is right, we may not want a war but it will come even if we vote no. So I conclude we should be prepared for the coming war and vote yes on the Creation of the Army Act." All the Senators cheer as the defeated Sabe watches, wishing she didn't have to say it.
Mean while Master Windu and Yoda are watching the whole meeting from above.
"So it is done then," says Windu.
"Yes, Army the Republic we will have, but danger I sense in this upcoming war, bad it will be." ***************************************************************************
Well I hope you liked it, please review as soon as you read it!