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"So, why were you and Leera sent to that place?" Anakin curiously asked Ria.
She shrugged, "I was an initiate at the temple, but when I turned 13 and still had no master, I was kicked out. that was about 10 years ago. I guess they were afraid Sideous was going to search for any force sensitive beings so they contacted me and Leera, and sent us there." she said.
"Is leera force sensitive too?" Anakin asked her, mainly just to pass time.
"Yeah, sorta. She hasn't had any training, but gets visions all the time....We've been best friends for years. Leera is only 16, so I kinda take care of her a bit, but she's a strong kid... Ria said with a laugh.
Anakin nodded.
"Tell me more of Palpatine," He said.
"Well, about a month ago, he just anounced to the media that he was dissolving the republic and was a sith. A few days before, the Temple was mysteriously set on fire." She said.
"Wow." Anakin breathed. So much of his world had changed, Palpatine had been like a mentor to him, a friend....But he was a sith the whole time!
Anakin shook his head.
Leera ausually walked out of the cockpit, "So, where're we goin?" she asked.
Anakin cocked his head, he hadn't even considered that.
"Do..Do either of you know where Obi-wan Kenobi is?" he asked them.
They both shook their heads no.
"For safety, no one besides the council was to know who was going where." Ria told him.
Anakin sighed and closed his eyes.
"I...I've been disconnected from the force.I don't know how, or why, but I've lost all grasp of the Force." he muttered.
"Do you think either of you could locate him?" Anakin asked them.
Ria turned to stare at Leera, "She probably could." Ria stated.
Leera blushed slightly."I..Don't think..." she said, shaking her head.
"Try. Please." Anakin begged.
"Oh, all right." Leera said, closing her eyes. "Ria, could you pilot the ship, this might take a while."
"Sure," Ria replied, standing up.
"No, I can." Anakin said.
Ria nodded, "Sure." she said, and gestured toward the cockpit.
Ria sat back down, and watched her friend search the force for Anakin's lost master...
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"Padme?" Obi-wan called.
Padme poked her head out of the door of the small house they shared.
"Yes?" she asked.
Obi-wan shook his head, walking owards her, "Nothing, just for a secong, I felt a disturbance in the force."
"Oh." she said.
Obi-wan sighed as they both retreated indoors to get out of the harsh Tattoine suns.
"Dorme?" Padme asked.
Dorme turned around and peered out of the kitchen, "Yes, Mi'lady?" she asked.
"It's nothing, just making sure that you were alright." Padme murmured.
Dorme nodded, and went back to the food she was cooking.
Padme sighed, and walked into the small bedroom she shared with Dorme.
She laid down on her bed, and closed her eyes.
Why had her life gone this way? she wondered. She had gone from Queen to Senator and then to fugitive.
But what was worse was who theywere hidding from.
Anakin.
~Anakin.~ Padme thought, begining to feel tears welling up in her eyes, as she remembered what Obi-wan kept telling her...
"He is no longer a Jedi. In fact, he's no longer Anakin, the Darkness has completely consumed him. He is Lord Vader now, and he will not hesitate to kill you now." Obi-wan's voice echosed through her head.
~Obi-wan is right, Ani is never coming back, he's a sith now.~ She thought, but the question lingered in her head, What if?
Whatif her life had gone different?
What if Ani was still with her?
What if?
Padme pushed those thoughts out of her head, and fell asleep...
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Anakin yawned and strecthed.
He slowly rose from the pilot's seat in the cockpit, and went back to the main part of the ship to see if Leera had found Obi-wan or Padme yet.
Anakin peered in and saw Ria looking half asleep on one of the chairs, and he saw Leera, still frozen like a statue in the middle of the room, her entire body shaking.
When Ria noticed him, she motioned for Ani to sit down which he did.
"How long should she stay in that trance?" Anakin whispered to Ria.
She shrugged, "I don't know....Not usually this long."
"Do you think she's alright?" Anakin asked.
Ria nodded, "This is her thing..."
Anakin just nodded.
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For Leera, the Vision was unlike anything she'd ever had before.
From the moment she'd put herself into it, it was almost like she had been transported somewhere.
*Flash*
Her eyes popped open, and Leera found herself standing in the middle of a dessert.
~What the...?~she wondered, taking a step forward.
She walked for a while, and heard a noise from behind her.
VOOOOOOSSSSSHHHHH!!!!!!!!
Her eyes grew bigger as she saw sevral things speeding at her.
She ran out of the way just in time, and saw an orange streak and a blue streak whip past at a dizzing speed.
~Pod racers?~ she wondered. ~Where am I?~
For a second, everything grew hazy, and sand flew up in her eyes.
Leera squinted and closed her eyes to keep the flng sand out.
A couple seconds later, she slowly opened her eyes.
In front of her, she saw a small, sandy haired boy, hugging an older woman.
Leera squited, so that she could see, but that didn't help much.
Once more, her surrondings blurred and it was night.
She was standing in somesort of hut or house.
A few feet away from her, she saw the same woman, and Anakin walked in.
He said a few words to the woman and craddled her.
Leera stood and watched as the woman died, and as Anakin got up, she trembled.
The look on his face was pure hatered.
She watched as he drew his lightsaber and killed everyone one of the primitve's living in the camp.
Leera's body shook and she closed her eyes to block the horrid image out.
Once more, when she opened her eyes, the world around around her changed.
This time, she was in front of a small sand colored house.
"Hello?" she called, no answer.
She felt drawn to the house, so Leera caustiously walked inside.
Within, she saw a dark haired woman leaning over a cooking pot.
"Hello?" she asked.
The woman appently didn't hear her.
Leera continued to walk through the house, feeling like a ghost.
Sheturned and saw a door.
Slowly, Leera opened it.
Inside, was a woman with rich brown curly hair, laying in a small bed.
She was muttering something in her sleep, and Leera could see remnants of tears on her cheeks.
Leera slowly backed out of the room, and closed the door behind her.
In front of her, was the last door in the house.
Leera slowly opened it, and she saw a man sitting on the floor.
She studied his face, his gingerish-colored hair, and slight beard. His eyes were closed, so she couldn't see his eyes.
Ria was about to turn and leave, when the man's eyes popped open, revealing sea-grren colored eyes.
The man saw her and gasped.
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Obi-wan had just come out of meditation and right before him, he saw a girl who looked like she couldn't possibly be older than 20.
But the thing was, he could see through her, like a ghost.
"Who are you?" he asked.
"Leera, a friend of mine sent me to look for his friends." She told him.
"Who's your friend?" Obi-wan asked her.
"He...he just said his name was.... A-" She started to say, but suddenly vanished.
Obi-wan shook his head, ~I must be going crazy....~ he thought.
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Leera's sense popped back to her body, which Ria and Anakin were shaking.
She looked up at them, "What did you do that for?!" she whined.
"You've been out for over 4 hours." Ria told her.
"Did you find them?" Anakin anxiously asked.
Leera nodded, "I'm not sure. I was on a planet that was sand..sand, sand, sad, everywhere..." She said shking her head.
"Anything else?" he asked her.
Leera nodded. "I saw a little boy with sandy hair, hugging a woman . And what looked like maybe pod-racers. And..and then I saw you, Anakin, with the same woman, hugging her, and then she died, and you went on a killing spree with a bunch of primitives..." She said with a shudder.
"And, then I saw a house, with 2 dark-haired women, and I just saw a man with ginger colored hair, and his eyes were this bright sea-green. Actually, I was talking to him, which was odd, because no one else seemed to see me. He asked who I was and who sent me, and that's when you 2 intteruptued me." Leera stated.
"Obi-wan.." Anakin whispered. "It has to be him. He knows how much I hate tattoine."he muttered.
"Why?" Ria asked him.
"Because I was a slave, and lost my mother there." he said, and both Ria and Leera could tell he did not want to talk about it any more than that...
"Well, then, I guess we should head for tattoine." Ria said, heading back towards the cockpit.
Anakin nodded, and followed her.
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"So, why were you and Leera sent to that place?" Anakin curiously asked Ria.
She shrugged, "I was an initiate at the temple, but when I turned 13 and still had no master, I was kicked out. that was about 10 years ago. I guess they were afraid Sideous was going to search for any force sensitive beings so they contacted me and Leera, and sent us there." she said.
"Is leera force sensitive too?" Anakin asked her, mainly just to pass time.
"Yeah, sorta. She hasn't had any training, but gets visions all the time....We've been best friends for years. Leera is only 16, so I kinda take care of her a bit, but she's a strong kid... Ria said with a laugh.
Anakin nodded.
"Tell me more of Palpatine," He said.
"Well, about a month ago, he just anounced to the media that he was dissolving the republic and was a sith. A few days before, the Temple was mysteriously set on fire." She said.
"Wow." Anakin breathed. So much of his world had changed, Palpatine had been like a mentor to him, a friend....But he was a sith the whole time!
Anakin shook his head.
Leera ausually walked out of the cockpit, "So, where're we goin?" she asked.
Anakin cocked his head, he hadn't even considered that.
"Do..Do either of you know where Obi-wan Kenobi is?" he asked them.
They both shook their heads no.
"For safety, no one besides the council was to know who was going where." Ria told him.
Anakin sighed and closed his eyes.
"I...I've been disconnected from the force.I don't know how, or why, but I've lost all grasp of the Force." he muttered.
"Do you think either of you could locate him?" Anakin asked them.
Ria turned to stare at Leera, "She probably could." Ria stated.
Leera blushed slightly."I..Don't think..." she said, shaking her head.
"Try. Please." Anakin begged.
"Oh, all right." Leera said, closing her eyes. "Ria, could you pilot the ship, this might take a while."
"Sure," Ria replied, standing up.
"No, I can." Anakin said.
Ria nodded, "Sure." she said, and gestured toward the cockpit.
Ria sat back down, and watched her friend search the force for Anakin's lost master...
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"Padme?" Obi-wan called.
Padme poked her head out of the door of the small house they shared.
"Yes?" she asked.
Obi-wan shook his head, walking owards her, "Nothing, just for a secong, I felt a disturbance in the force."
"Oh." she said.
Obi-wan sighed as they both retreated indoors to get out of the harsh Tattoine suns.
"Dorme?" Padme asked.
Dorme turned around and peered out of the kitchen, "Yes, Mi'lady?" she asked.
"It's nothing, just making sure that you were alright." Padme murmured.
Dorme nodded, and went back to the food she was cooking.
Padme sighed, and walked into the small bedroom she shared with Dorme.
She laid down on her bed, and closed her eyes.
Why had her life gone this way? she wondered. She had gone from Queen to Senator and then to fugitive.
But what was worse was who theywere hidding from.
Anakin.
~Anakin.~ Padme thought, begining to feel tears welling up in her eyes, as she remembered what Obi-wan kept telling her...
"He is no longer a Jedi. In fact, he's no longer Anakin, the Darkness has completely consumed him. He is Lord Vader now, and he will not hesitate to kill you now." Obi-wan's voice echosed through her head.
~Obi-wan is right, Ani is never coming back, he's a sith now.~ She thought, but the question lingered in her head, What if?
Whatif her life had gone different?
What if Ani was still with her?
What if?
Padme pushed those thoughts out of her head, and fell asleep...
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Anakin yawned and strecthed.
He slowly rose from the pilot's seat in the cockpit, and went back to the main part of the ship to see if Leera had found Obi-wan or Padme yet.
Anakin peered in and saw Ria looking half asleep on one of the chairs, and he saw Leera, still frozen like a statue in the middle of the room, her entire body shaking.
When Ria noticed him, she motioned for Ani to sit down which he did.
"How long should she stay in that trance?" Anakin whispered to Ria.
She shrugged, "I don't know....Not usually this long."
"Do you think she's alright?" Anakin asked.
Ria nodded, "This is her thing..."
Anakin just nodded.
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For Leera, the Vision was unlike anything she'd ever had before.
From the moment she'd put herself into it, it was almost like she had been transported somewhere.
*Flash*
Her eyes popped open, and Leera found herself standing in the middle of a dessert.
~What the...?~she wondered, taking a step forward.
She walked for a while, and heard a noise from behind her.
VOOOOOOSSSSSHHHHH!!!!!!!!
Her eyes grew bigger as she saw sevral things speeding at her.
She ran out of the way just in time, and saw an orange streak and a blue streak whip past at a dizzing speed.
~Pod racers?~ she wondered. ~Where am I?~
For a second, everything grew hazy, and sand flew up in her eyes.
Leera squinted and closed her eyes to keep the flng sand out.
A couple seconds later, she slowly opened her eyes.
In front of her, she saw a small, sandy haired boy, hugging an older woman.
Leera squited, so that she could see, but that didn't help much.
Once more, her surrondings blurred and it was night.
She was standing in somesort of hut or house.
A few feet away from her, she saw the same woman, and Anakin walked in.
He said a few words to the woman and craddled her.
Leera stood and watched as the woman died, and as Anakin got up, she trembled.
The look on his face was pure hatered.
She watched as he drew his lightsaber and killed everyone one of the primitve's living in the camp.
Leera's body shook and she closed her eyes to block the horrid image out.
Once more, when she opened her eyes, the world around around her changed.
This time, she was in front of a small sand colored house.
"Hello?" she called, no answer.
She felt drawn to the house, so Leera caustiously walked inside.
Within, she saw a dark haired woman leaning over a cooking pot.
"Hello?" she asked.
The woman appently didn't hear her.
Leera continued to walk through the house, feeling like a ghost.
Sheturned and saw a door.
Slowly, Leera opened it.
Inside, was a woman with rich brown curly hair, laying in a small bed.
She was muttering something in her sleep, and Leera could see remnants of tears on her cheeks.
Leera slowly backed out of the room, and closed the door behind her.
In front of her, was the last door in the house.
Leera slowly opened it, and she saw a man sitting on the floor.
She studied his face, his gingerish-colored hair, and slight beard. His eyes were closed, so she couldn't see his eyes.
Ria was about to turn and leave, when the man's eyes popped open, revealing sea-grren colored eyes.
The man saw her and gasped.
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Obi-wan had just come out of meditation and right before him, he saw a girl who looked like she couldn't possibly be older than 20.
But the thing was, he could see through her, like a ghost.
"Who are you?" he asked.
"Leera, a friend of mine sent me to look for his friends." She told him.
"Who's your friend?" Obi-wan asked her.
"He...he just said his name was.... A-" She started to say, but suddenly vanished.
Obi-wan shook his head, ~I must be going crazy....~ he thought.
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Leera's sense popped back to her body, which Ria and Anakin were shaking.
She looked up at them, "What did you do that for?!" she whined.
"You've been out for over 4 hours." Ria told her.
"Did you find them?" Anakin anxiously asked.
Leera nodded, "I'm not sure. I was on a planet that was sand..sand, sand, sad, everywhere..." She said shking her head.
"Anything else?" he asked her.
Leera nodded. "I saw a little boy with sandy hair, hugging a woman . And what looked like maybe pod-racers. And..and then I saw you, Anakin, with the same woman, hugging her, and then she died, and you went on a killing spree with a bunch of primitives..." She said with a shudder.
"And, then I saw a house, with 2 dark-haired women, and I just saw a man with ginger colored hair, and his eyes were this bright sea-green. Actually, I was talking to him, which was odd, because no one else seemed to see me. He asked who I was and who sent me, and that's when you 2 intteruptued me." Leera stated.
"Obi-wan.." Anakin whispered. "It has to be him. He knows how much I hate tattoine."he muttered.
"Why?" Ria asked him.
"Because I was a slave, and lost my mother there." he said, and both Ria and Leera could tell he did not want to talk about it any more than that...
"Well, then, I guess we should head for tattoine." Ria said, heading back towards the cockpit.
Anakin nodded, and followed her.