**Just a note so you guys don't get confused, this takes place about
16 years after the last chapter and Padme's child is born now. Also Luke is
not Padme's child, I just needed a "male touch" ^.^ The Jedi's numbers have
been decreasing but the Jedi's masters have faith in one girl to bring back
the one Jedi that they need to restore the balance to the force.
~
Padme stood on the balcony overlooking the Jedi training forum with pride as she watched the Jedi's fight below her. Her focus was mostly on a chocolate brown haired girl in her early teens battling a sandy blond haired boy.
Obi-wan leaned up against the wall watching their battle intensively making sure that the rules were being followed carefully and no sabers were used as deadly weapons. He called out moves to the girls occasionally to make her battle harder.
The girl was sweaty profusely as strands of her brown hair hung over her sky blue eyes making her more fierce and showing the intensity of the battle. Her body was dainty like a girls should be but she was anything but dainty and proper looking in her deep blue jump suit that was v necked.
Her moves her graceful and deadly as she began to circle the sandy blond haired boy with her blue saber out in front of her. The boy with the clear blue eyes lashed out with his green saber but the girl jumped out of the way quick and swiped at the boy's back. The boy sensed this and arched his back so that she missed and he turned and swung at her but she ducked.
"Excellent now counter attack him" Obi-wan called as the girl kicked at the boy and knocked his saber out of his hand.
"Holy!" The boy cried noticing his saber was gone. He threw his hands up in the air and declared, "Beaten like a dog. Nice job Nara."
"Your not going to even try to beat me?" Nara asked straightening out and clicking her saber off.
"Nah, I've tried at least ten times and I haven't won once." The boy reminded her as Nara giggled.
Nara looked up at her mother on the balcony and smiled at her. Padme smiled back, her lips and wrinkles all looking so soft on her cream colored face. Her brown hair was thinning and turning gray at the tips but she still possessed all the beauty she did before.
"Nara good work, we need to work on counter attacks tomorrow." Obi- wan told Nara as Nara fixed her hair.
"Ok Master." She said obediently as she walked up the stairs to meet her mother by the railing.
"Seeing you fight Nara brings tears to my eyes." Padme told her daughter as she gripped the railing tightly.
"Why mother?" Nara asked.
"You fight just like he fought, fearless and proud." Padme said as a tear rolled down her cheek and splashed on the back of her hand.
"Mom." Nara tried to comfort but the words wouldn't form. All Nara could do was place her hand on her mother's shoulder to let her know that she understood her pain.
Nara had heard stories from Obi-wan and her mother about her father and how great he was. She never knew why he had left her and her mother but she knew that it had to be a very good reason because her mother seemed to care about him a lot. Once and a while she would wake from a dream calling out the name Anakin but only to find that he wasn't by her side. It hurt Nara to watch her mother cry as much as she did.
"Oh this is silly, I shouldn't be crying your fighting is coming along." Padme finally said breaking the silence between them.
"Thanks mom, it's my passion." Nara admitted.
"Yes well the thing I worry about is your studies." Padme replied.
"Mom I already told you I am not going to be a senator, I want to be a Jedi." Nara insisted.
"Nara I will not tolerate you being a Jedi, it's much to dangerous." Padme scolded.
Nara rolled her eyes, "You let dad do it why can't I? Besides you know I am no good with politics! I would be a horrible queen."
"Nara you don't even try that is why you are horrible at politics. Besides I never let your father be a Jedi, he was already one when I met him and I couldn't do a thing about it."
"There is nothing you can do about me being a Jedi either so you might as well give up. I refuse to be a senator or a Queen." Nara snapped.
"Nara your all I have, I can't risk you dying in a battle." Padme told her daughter.
"But you can risk me being assassinated? As I recall you were almost killed while you were the queen and a senator! A Jedi's work is much more safe and I train enough to where I won't die in battle. You only want me to be you and I am not you mom, you fail to realize that." Nara said to her mother as she left her standing on the balcony alone.
"She's right you know Padme, you have to let her choose her own path." Obi-wan said from the floor as he looked up at the distressed Padme.
"I am afraid if I let her choose that path I will loose her just like I lost Anakin." Padme said.
"She's 16 years old and she is just as bold and stubborn as Anakin, would you rather loose her knowing she was happy or would you rather loose her knowing you trapped her." Obi-wan asked.
~
Later on the night Nara sat on top of the Jedi council's glass dome looking out at the stars. She always looked to the stars for answers knowing that somewhere out there her father might be looking at the same stars as her.
"Hey, you ok?" asked the familiar voice of a boy as he sat down next to her.
"Yeah I am ok Luke, I just need time to think." Nara replied resting her head on her arms.
"Oh, I heard the fight between you and your mom. Seems like she is really insistent about you being into politics." Luke observed.
"Yeah she wants me to be her but I am not her and she can't understand that. I am not right for a political job I want adventure and danger. I have always been taking risks and she holds onto me like I am her only life line."
"In a way though you are her only life line." Luke pointed out.
"Yeah ever since my father left her she's had no one but me. But I can't be there for her forever I have to grow up sometime." Nara said sighing.
"I think you're more grown up than you think." Luke admitted.
"Have you been looking at my breast again?" Nara asked accusingly.
"Honest to God no! What do you take me for? A pervert?" Luke asked while laughing.
"No I don't, I just didn't know what to think." Nara giggled.
Luke sighed and looked up at the sky and watched the stars twinkle as the moon admitted a soft glow over them both. Luke then turned his head to see Nara sitting with her legs folded up on her chest and her chin resting on her arms. The moonlight gave her an angel like glow and Luke smiled.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Nara asked looking at Luke strange.
"Nara there is something I have to tell you." Luke stuttered looking down.
"What is it Luke? You've known me since we were three and you've never kept anything from me."
"Nara.I." Luke started.
"NARA!" Obi-wan cut in as he called from the floor of the Jedi council meeting room.
"Obi-wan?" Nara asked turning around and looking through the open pane of glass.
"Nara thank God I found you! There is something wrong with your mother you must come quick." Obi-wan told Nara as Nara instantly jumped down into the meeting room and followed Obi-wan to her mother's room.
"I like you." Luke finished as he hung his head.
~
Padme stood on the balcony overlooking the Jedi training forum with pride as she watched the Jedi's fight below her. Her focus was mostly on a chocolate brown haired girl in her early teens battling a sandy blond haired boy.
Obi-wan leaned up against the wall watching their battle intensively making sure that the rules were being followed carefully and no sabers were used as deadly weapons. He called out moves to the girls occasionally to make her battle harder.
The girl was sweaty profusely as strands of her brown hair hung over her sky blue eyes making her more fierce and showing the intensity of the battle. Her body was dainty like a girls should be but she was anything but dainty and proper looking in her deep blue jump suit that was v necked.
Her moves her graceful and deadly as she began to circle the sandy blond haired boy with her blue saber out in front of her. The boy with the clear blue eyes lashed out with his green saber but the girl jumped out of the way quick and swiped at the boy's back. The boy sensed this and arched his back so that she missed and he turned and swung at her but she ducked.
"Excellent now counter attack him" Obi-wan called as the girl kicked at the boy and knocked his saber out of his hand.
"Holy!" The boy cried noticing his saber was gone. He threw his hands up in the air and declared, "Beaten like a dog. Nice job Nara."
"Your not going to even try to beat me?" Nara asked straightening out and clicking her saber off.
"Nah, I've tried at least ten times and I haven't won once." The boy reminded her as Nara giggled.
Nara looked up at her mother on the balcony and smiled at her. Padme smiled back, her lips and wrinkles all looking so soft on her cream colored face. Her brown hair was thinning and turning gray at the tips but she still possessed all the beauty she did before.
"Nara good work, we need to work on counter attacks tomorrow." Obi- wan told Nara as Nara fixed her hair.
"Ok Master." She said obediently as she walked up the stairs to meet her mother by the railing.
"Seeing you fight Nara brings tears to my eyes." Padme told her daughter as she gripped the railing tightly.
"Why mother?" Nara asked.
"You fight just like he fought, fearless and proud." Padme said as a tear rolled down her cheek and splashed on the back of her hand.
"Mom." Nara tried to comfort but the words wouldn't form. All Nara could do was place her hand on her mother's shoulder to let her know that she understood her pain.
Nara had heard stories from Obi-wan and her mother about her father and how great he was. She never knew why he had left her and her mother but she knew that it had to be a very good reason because her mother seemed to care about him a lot. Once and a while she would wake from a dream calling out the name Anakin but only to find that he wasn't by her side. It hurt Nara to watch her mother cry as much as she did.
"Oh this is silly, I shouldn't be crying your fighting is coming along." Padme finally said breaking the silence between them.
"Thanks mom, it's my passion." Nara admitted.
"Yes well the thing I worry about is your studies." Padme replied.
"Mom I already told you I am not going to be a senator, I want to be a Jedi." Nara insisted.
"Nara I will not tolerate you being a Jedi, it's much to dangerous." Padme scolded.
Nara rolled her eyes, "You let dad do it why can't I? Besides you know I am no good with politics! I would be a horrible queen."
"Nara you don't even try that is why you are horrible at politics. Besides I never let your father be a Jedi, he was already one when I met him and I couldn't do a thing about it."
"There is nothing you can do about me being a Jedi either so you might as well give up. I refuse to be a senator or a Queen." Nara snapped.
"Nara your all I have, I can't risk you dying in a battle." Padme told her daughter.
"But you can risk me being assassinated? As I recall you were almost killed while you were the queen and a senator! A Jedi's work is much more safe and I train enough to where I won't die in battle. You only want me to be you and I am not you mom, you fail to realize that." Nara said to her mother as she left her standing on the balcony alone.
"She's right you know Padme, you have to let her choose her own path." Obi-wan said from the floor as he looked up at the distressed Padme.
"I am afraid if I let her choose that path I will loose her just like I lost Anakin." Padme said.
"She's 16 years old and she is just as bold and stubborn as Anakin, would you rather loose her knowing she was happy or would you rather loose her knowing you trapped her." Obi-wan asked.
~
Later on the night Nara sat on top of the Jedi council's glass dome looking out at the stars. She always looked to the stars for answers knowing that somewhere out there her father might be looking at the same stars as her.
"Hey, you ok?" asked the familiar voice of a boy as he sat down next to her.
"Yeah I am ok Luke, I just need time to think." Nara replied resting her head on her arms.
"Oh, I heard the fight between you and your mom. Seems like she is really insistent about you being into politics." Luke observed.
"Yeah she wants me to be her but I am not her and she can't understand that. I am not right for a political job I want adventure and danger. I have always been taking risks and she holds onto me like I am her only life line."
"In a way though you are her only life line." Luke pointed out.
"Yeah ever since my father left her she's had no one but me. But I can't be there for her forever I have to grow up sometime." Nara said sighing.
"I think you're more grown up than you think." Luke admitted.
"Have you been looking at my breast again?" Nara asked accusingly.
"Honest to God no! What do you take me for? A pervert?" Luke asked while laughing.
"No I don't, I just didn't know what to think." Nara giggled.
Luke sighed and looked up at the sky and watched the stars twinkle as the moon admitted a soft glow over them both. Luke then turned his head to see Nara sitting with her legs folded up on her chest and her chin resting on her arms. The moonlight gave her an angel like glow and Luke smiled.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Nara asked looking at Luke strange.
"Nara there is something I have to tell you." Luke stuttered looking down.
"What is it Luke? You've known me since we were three and you've never kept anything from me."
"Nara.I." Luke started.
"NARA!" Obi-wan cut in as he called from the floor of the Jedi council meeting room.
"Obi-wan?" Nara asked turning around and looking through the open pane of glass.
"Nara thank God I found you! There is something wrong with your mother you must come quick." Obi-wan told Nara as Nara instantly jumped down into the meeting room and followed Obi-wan to her mother's room.
"I like you." Luke finished as he hung his head.