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~Night~
"No, Mom. No don't. Mom!" Anakin's eyes open widely, while taking deep breathes. Something has happened to his mother, and he knows it now.
~Morning~
Padme awakes; she looks out the window; wanting to take everything she said back. She had not only hurt Anakin, but she hurt herself in the process. She gets up, wearing her white nightgown, and she fetches her velvet, dark blue robe and stands next to her window. But then something catches her eye, on the nightstand her comlink is blinking; she picks it up and turns it on:
Obi-Wan appears as the hologram, "Milady, I have found the unknown planet, and asked them about Crevin Galadil. They said they didn't create anything for a Crevin Galadil, but for a Sith Galadil. I am not sure if it is the same person milady, but I will find out as soon as possible." The comlink turns off. She squeezes it, while closing her eyes tightly, hoping that they're not the same person. Hoping that her first love didn't work for the Sith.
She puts her comlink back, and walks out of her room. She then sees Anakin is outside on the deck standing still, his back facing her. She creeks the door open, and walks out but then she sees he's in deep meditation so she decides to go back in.
"Don't go," says Anakin suddenly, his eyes still closed.
Padme stops dead in her tracks, and turns around slightly, "I don't want to disturb you."
"Your presence is soothing."
Padme's heart stopped, that just made her feel worse about last night, and now she feels more uncomfortable than before.
"You had another a nightmare last night."
"Jedi don't have nightmares," answers Anakin calmly, with his eyes still shut.
"I heard you."
He opens his eyes, he knows he can't fool Padme; she isn't dumb. He turns around and looks at her.
"I saw my mother." Padme turns around fully. "I saw her as clearly as I see you now. She's suffering, Padme. She is in pain." Padme walks forward, more away from the door.
"I know I'm disobeying my mandate to protect you Padme, but I have to help her.
"Ani, I told you I wouldn't let you give up your future. I'll go with you."
"What about Master Obi-Wan?"
"I guess we won't tell him, will we," she says with a smile, with then Anakin smiling back.
"I must pack then, I'll leave my parents a note of our leave. You should get ready as well." She orders softly, as she then takes her leave.
"Yes milady," he says, leaving the deck after her.
Padme gets dressed in a moss green, dress, with long sleeves. And also her blue, leopard designed, cloak. She ties her hair in a low ponytail and hides it in the hood of her robe. She then packs her things, and walks into the kitchen. She takes, from the counter, her parents' comlink and turns it on.
"Hello mom and dad, Anakin and I are leaving early to attend to some personal business. I love you both, and I will visit as much as I can. Good- bye." She turns off the comlink, and leaves it on the table. She walks back into her room and picks her luggage up, and walks out the front door where Anakin is already waiting for her. Anakin takes her luggage and sets it in with his, and then helps her in, while jumping in after her. He starts the engine and drives away across the lake.
"Are you sure we'll be able to get a Naboo ship from your palace?"
"Yes, they should do as I say."
~15 minutes later~
Anakin stops the boat, takes the luggage off, helps Padme out, and gets out as well. Padme takes her luggage, with Anakin taking some of hers and his, and they walk around the palace to where they keep the ships. But a guard gets in their way:
"Halt, you shall not pass."
"It's alright, I'm Queen Amidala; you can let us pass."
"That's impossible, Queen Amidala is at Corascant."
Anakin puts the luggage down, "You will let us pass," he says with a wave of his hand.
"I will let you pass."
"And you will tell no one of this."
"I will tell no one of this."
"Thank you." Anakin picks up the luggage and walks off to a ship with Padme behind him.
"That was somewhat amusing," says Padme with a smile.
"It usually is," he says looking her with a smile. They walk in a ship and set their luggage in a safe spot before seating themselves. Anakin touches a couple of switches and buttons, and then turns on the ship. The ship moves forward a little and then zooms off into the sky.
As they fly they hear beep noises. Padme turns her head, with Anakin glancing.
"Artoo!" Padme gets up and stares at the little Droid.
"What are you doing here?"
"He must be the Droid that repairs this ship when needed," answers Anakin.
"Well, I think I can have arrangements done for him to stay with me instead," she says with a smile looking at Anakin.
She looks back at R2-D2, "Would you like that Artoo?"
Artoo beeps excitedly for his answer, making Padme giggle. Padme takes her seat with Artoo behind her waiting to reach Tatooine.
~Late afternoon~
Padme and Anakin make it to Mos Espa, taking a ride on a rickshaw through the streets. Anakin looks at his surrounding, remembering all those years ago when he used to live here. Finally, they make it to Watto's shop, and stop. Anakin gets off and lends a hand to Padme to help her off. They then walk to Watto who's yelling at one of his Droids in Huttese. (Some of the dialogue next will be in Huttese, so if you see sentences in this: {}, then they're speaking Huttese.
{No, not that one - that one!} Yells Watto to his Droid.
{Excuse me, Watto.} Says Anakin with Padme behind him.
{What? Do I know you? Uh oh, you look like a Jedi. Whatever it is- I didn't do it!} Says Watto a little hysterical. And with out knowing drops a screwdriver on his foot and curses loudly in Huttese.
Anakin ignores that and says, {Let me help you with that.}
Anakin takes the broken piece of equipment, which Watto was fiddling with, and starts to fix it. Watto blinks in surprise.
{I'm looking for Shmi Skywalker.}
Watto looks at him suspiciously. He stares at Padme, then back to him.
{Ani?? Little Ani??} Asks Watto squinting his eyes.
Suddenly, the piece of equipment in Anakin's hands whirs to life. Watto stares at it in shock.
(Now everything else is in English.)
"It is you! A Jedi! Waddya know? Hey, maybe you could help me with some deadbeats who owe-"
"My mother," interrupts Anakin impatiently.
"Oh, yeah. Shmi- she's not mine no more. I sold her."
"Sold her?"
"Years ago. Sorry, Ani, but you know, business is business. I sold her to a moisture farmer named Lars. Least I think it was Lars. Believe it or not, I heard he freed her and married her. Can you beat that?"
"Do you know where they are?"
"Long way from here, someplace over on the other side of Mos Eisley, I think."
"I'd like to know," says Anakin sternly.
"Yeah- sure- absolutely, we can go look in my records."
They all walk inside his shop to look at the records.
~A half an hour later~
Anakin lands next to a small house in the deserted part of Tatooine; he gets out with Padme behind him silent still.
But she turns around to Artoo, "Stay with the ship Artoo."
The Droid beeps sadly and rolls back inside the ship. So then Anakin and Padme start walking again but only to meet up with another Droid, who seems to be missing his covers.
The Droid notices them, and faces them, "Oh, good evening. I am C,"
"-3PO," finishes Anakin.
"Oh, my! Master Anakin! And this must be Miss Padme," says Threepio looking at Padme.
"Hello, Threepio."
"I've come to see my mother," cuts in Anakin.
"Oh, dear. I think we'd better go inside." Threepio leads them to the courtyard of the house and sees a man walking towards them.
"Master Owen! Somebody to see you!" Threepio then moves aside for Anakin.
Owen comes forward, with a young woman behind him.
"I'm Anakin Skywalker."
"Owen Lars, (shakes hand.) I guess I'm your stepbrother then. Oh and this is my girlfriend, Beru."
"Hello," she says shyly.
"I'm Padme," speaks up Padme.
"I had a feeling you might show up some day."
"Is my mother here?"
"No, she's not," says a deep, scratchy voice. Everyone turns his or her head seeing a man in a hover chair with his right leg bandaged, and to the knee below, his left leg is missing.
"Cliegg Lars. Shmi is my wife, come on inside. We have a lot to talk about."
Anakin and Padme follow the other three to a small dinning room table, which they then take their seats.
"It was just before dawn. They came out of nowhere; a hunting party of Tusken Raiders."
Beru brings the drinks from the kitchen, and then sits down with them.
"Your mother had gone out early, like she always did, to pick mushrooms that grow on the vaporators. From the tracks, she was about halfway home when they took her. Those Tuskens walk like men, but they're vicious, mindless monsters. Thirty of us went out after her. Four of us came back. Three more are still out there looking. I'd be with them, only- I just couldn't ride any more- until I heal."
He pauses to rub his throbbing legs.
"This isn't the way I wanted to meet you, son. This isn't how your mother and I planned it. I don't want to give up on her, but she's been gone a month. There's little hope she's lasted this long.
Anakin stands up suddenly.
"Where are you going," asks Owen?
"To find my mother."
"She's dead, son. Accept it," says Cliegg.
"I know she's still alive." Anakin then turns abruptly and walks outside finding a swoop bike near him.
Anakin stands looking across the desert, with Padme running out of the homestead after him, Anakin feels her presence and turns around facing her.
"You are going to have to stay here. These are good people, Padme. You'll be safe."
"Anakin," she whispers hugging him tightly. Anakin hugs back and then lets go, he hops on the swoop bike and rides off with Padme watching worried for Anakin, and hoping Shmi is all right. ***************************************************************************
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~Night~
"No, Mom. No don't. Mom!" Anakin's eyes open widely, while taking deep breathes. Something has happened to his mother, and he knows it now.
~Morning~
Padme awakes; she looks out the window; wanting to take everything she said back. She had not only hurt Anakin, but she hurt herself in the process. She gets up, wearing her white nightgown, and she fetches her velvet, dark blue robe and stands next to her window. But then something catches her eye, on the nightstand her comlink is blinking; she picks it up and turns it on:
Obi-Wan appears as the hologram, "Milady, I have found the unknown planet, and asked them about Crevin Galadil. They said they didn't create anything for a Crevin Galadil, but for a Sith Galadil. I am not sure if it is the same person milady, but I will find out as soon as possible." The comlink turns off. She squeezes it, while closing her eyes tightly, hoping that they're not the same person. Hoping that her first love didn't work for the Sith.
She puts her comlink back, and walks out of her room. She then sees Anakin is outside on the deck standing still, his back facing her. She creeks the door open, and walks out but then she sees he's in deep meditation so she decides to go back in.
"Don't go," says Anakin suddenly, his eyes still closed.
Padme stops dead in her tracks, and turns around slightly, "I don't want to disturb you."
"Your presence is soothing."
Padme's heart stopped, that just made her feel worse about last night, and now she feels more uncomfortable than before.
"You had another a nightmare last night."
"Jedi don't have nightmares," answers Anakin calmly, with his eyes still shut.
"I heard you."
He opens his eyes, he knows he can't fool Padme; she isn't dumb. He turns around and looks at her.
"I saw my mother." Padme turns around fully. "I saw her as clearly as I see you now. She's suffering, Padme. She is in pain." Padme walks forward, more away from the door.
"I know I'm disobeying my mandate to protect you Padme, but I have to help her.
"Ani, I told you I wouldn't let you give up your future. I'll go with you."
"What about Master Obi-Wan?"
"I guess we won't tell him, will we," she says with a smile, with then Anakin smiling back.
"I must pack then, I'll leave my parents a note of our leave. You should get ready as well." She orders softly, as she then takes her leave.
"Yes milady," he says, leaving the deck after her.
Padme gets dressed in a moss green, dress, with long sleeves. And also her blue, leopard designed, cloak. She ties her hair in a low ponytail and hides it in the hood of her robe. She then packs her things, and walks into the kitchen. She takes, from the counter, her parents' comlink and turns it on.
"Hello mom and dad, Anakin and I are leaving early to attend to some personal business. I love you both, and I will visit as much as I can. Good- bye." She turns off the comlink, and leaves it on the table. She walks back into her room and picks her luggage up, and walks out the front door where Anakin is already waiting for her. Anakin takes her luggage and sets it in with his, and then helps her in, while jumping in after her. He starts the engine and drives away across the lake.
"Are you sure we'll be able to get a Naboo ship from your palace?"
"Yes, they should do as I say."
~15 minutes later~
Anakin stops the boat, takes the luggage off, helps Padme out, and gets out as well. Padme takes her luggage, with Anakin taking some of hers and his, and they walk around the palace to where they keep the ships. But a guard gets in their way:
"Halt, you shall not pass."
"It's alright, I'm Queen Amidala; you can let us pass."
"That's impossible, Queen Amidala is at Corascant."
Anakin puts the luggage down, "You will let us pass," he says with a wave of his hand.
"I will let you pass."
"And you will tell no one of this."
"I will tell no one of this."
"Thank you." Anakin picks up the luggage and walks off to a ship with Padme behind him.
"That was somewhat amusing," says Padme with a smile.
"It usually is," he says looking her with a smile. They walk in a ship and set their luggage in a safe spot before seating themselves. Anakin touches a couple of switches and buttons, and then turns on the ship. The ship moves forward a little and then zooms off into the sky.
As they fly they hear beep noises. Padme turns her head, with Anakin glancing.
"Artoo!" Padme gets up and stares at the little Droid.
"What are you doing here?"
"He must be the Droid that repairs this ship when needed," answers Anakin.
"Well, I think I can have arrangements done for him to stay with me instead," she says with a smile looking at Anakin.
She looks back at R2-D2, "Would you like that Artoo?"
Artoo beeps excitedly for his answer, making Padme giggle. Padme takes her seat with Artoo behind her waiting to reach Tatooine.
~Late afternoon~
Padme and Anakin make it to Mos Espa, taking a ride on a rickshaw through the streets. Anakin looks at his surrounding, remembering all those years ago when he used to live here. Finally, they make it to Watto's shop, and stop. Anakin gets off and lends a hand to Padme to help her off. They then walk to Watto who's yelling at one of his Droids in Huttese. (Some of the dialogue next will be in Huttese, so if you see sentences in this: {}, then they're speaking Huttese.
{No, not that one - that one!} Yells Watto to his Droid.
{Excuse me, Watto.} Says Anakin with Padme behind him.
{What? Do I know you? Uh oh, you look like a Jedi. Whatever it is- I didn't do it!} Says Watto a little hysterical. And with out knowing drops a screwdriver on his foot and curses loudly in Huttese.
Anakin ignores that and says, {Let me help you with that.}
Anakin takes the broken piece of equipment, which Watto was fiddling with, and starts to fix it. Watto blinks in surprise.
{I'm looking for Shmi Skywalker.}
Watto looks at him suspiciously. He stares at Padme, then back to him.
{Ani?? Little Ani??} Asks Watto squinting his eyes.
Suddenly, the piece of equipment in Anakin's hands whirs to life. Watto stares at it in shock.
(Now everything else is in English.)
"It is you! A Jedi! Waddya know? Hey, maybe you could help me with some deadbeats who owe-"
"My mother," interrupts Anakin impatiently.
"Oh, yeah. Shmi- she's not mine no more. I sold her."
"Sold her?"
"Years ago. Sorry, Ani, but you know, business is business. I sold her to a moisture farmer named Lars. Least I think it was Lars. Believe it or not, I heard he freed her and married her. Can you beat that?"
"Do you know where they are?"
"Long way from here, someplace over on the other side of Mos Eisley, I think."
"I'd like to know," says Anakin sternly.
"Yeah- sure- absolutely, we can go look in my records."
They all walk inside his shop to look at the records.
~A half an hour later~
Anakin lands next to a small house in the deserted part of Tatooine; he gets out with Padme behind him silent still.
But she turns around to Artoo, "Stay with the ship Artoo."
The Droid beeps sadly and rolls back inside the ship. So then Anakin and Padme start walking again but only to meet up with another Droid, who seems to be missing his covers.
The Droid notices them, and faces them, "Oh, good evening. I am C,"
"-3PO," finishes Anakin.
"Oh, my! Master Anakin! And this must be Miss Padme," says Threepio looking at Padme.
"Hello, Threepio."
"I've come to see my mother," cuts in Anakin.
"Oh, dear. I think we'd better go inside." Threepio leads them to the courtyard of the house and sees a man walking towards them.
"Master Owen! Somebody to see you!" Threepio then moves aside for Anakin.
Owen comes forward, with a young woman behind him.
"I'm Anakin Skywalker."
"Owen Lars, (shakes hand.) I guess I'm your stepbrother then. Oh and this is my girlfriend, Beru."
"Hello," she says shyly.
"I'm Padme," speaks up Padme.
"I had a feeling you might show up some day."
"Is my mother here?"
"No, she's not," says a deep, scratchy voice. Everyone turns his or her head seeing a man in a hover chair with his right leg bandaged, and to the knee below, his left leg is missing.
"Cliegg Lars. Shmi is my wife, come on inside. We have a lot to talk about."
Anakin and Padme follow the other three to a small dinning room table, which they then take their seats.
"It was just before dawn. They came out of nowhere; a hunting party of Tusken Raiders."
Beru brings the drinks from the kitchen, and then sits down with them.
"Your mother had gone out early, like she always did, to pick mushrooms that grow on the vaporators. From the tracks, she was about halfway home when they took her. Those Tuskens walk like men, but they're vicious, mindless monsters. Thirty of us went out after her. Four of us came back. Three more are still out there looking. I'd be with them, only- I just couldn't ride any more- until I heal."
He pauses to rub his throbbing legs.
"This isn't the way I wanted to meet you, son. This isn't how your mother and I planned it. I don't want to give up on her, but she's been gone a month. There's little hope she's lasted this long.
Anakin stands up suddenly.
"Where are you going," asks Owen?
"To find my mother."
"She's dead, son. Accept it," says Cliegg.
"I know she's still alive." Anakin then turns abruptly and walks outside finding a swoop bike near him.
Anakin stands looking across the desert, with Padme running out of the homestead after him, Anakin feels her presence and turns around facing her.
"You are going to have to stay here. These are good people, Padme. You'll be safe."
"Anakin," she whispers hugging him tightly. Anakin hugs back and then lets go, he hops on the swoop bike and rides off with Padme watching worried for Anakin, and hoping Shmi is all right. ***************************************************************************
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