Disclaimer: They all belong to George Lucas. I just didn't like the way it turned out. :) So I decided to have a bit of fun. Enjoy. This is set right into the end of The Phantom Menace, which, on some levels, did not have a happy ending.
Written In the Stars
Three
Obi-Wan leaned over the shoulder of the pilot, eyeing the coordinates for their landing. He sensed something, some slight disturbance in the Force that told him something was wrong, that something was off. He turned, catching Siri's eye and motioning her over.
"What?" she asked him, stepping close. He leaned toward her and put his mouth next to her ear, keeping his voice as quiet as he could. He wanted no one but the other Jedi to know what he suspected.
"There is something wrong. I can feel it," he whispered.
"I feel it too," she said, carefully picking her words to avoid voicing the very audible 's.' "Do you know where it came from." The words were not what she would have chosen normally, yet Obi-Wan understood.
"The landing coordinate," he whispered.
Siri leaned over the pilot and looked. Her eyes widened and she turned back to Obi-Wan, who nodded.
"It is time for our conference with the Queen. We are near to landing," he said aloud, his voice conveying no emotion, no fear. Siri nodded.
"Of course. I had forgotten that she asked us to confer with her before we landed." Siri said. The two Jedi turned and stepped from the control room, Obi-Wan palming the door shut behind him.
"Hurry," he said, and took off at a brisk walk down the corridor to the Queen's quarters, Siri close at his side.
Sabe was seated at the vanity, Padme and Corde carefully twisting her dark hair into the Queen's headdress. She was again acting as the Queen's decoy, dressing in the royal clothing while the real Queen wore the uniform of a handmaiden.
Obi-Wan and Siri stepped inside and the Jedi girl palmed the door shut. The three Naboo women turned to look at them, curiosity and barely concealed annoyance on their faces.
"Yes," Sabe said in the icy tone the Queen used when conducting business. Her gaze fell upon Siri. The blonde girl didn't even notice.
"Someone has altered the landing coordinates," Siri said with no preamble.
"Nonsense," Padme said. "Everyone on this ship is loyal to me. None would have altered the coordinates."
"Are you so naïve to believe that men cannot be bought for the proper amount?" Siri cried, fire springing to life in her blue eyes. Padme quickly surveyed the non-traditional clothing that the Jedi girl wore—the dark leggings that fit her like a second skin and a pale brown sleeveless top that was only loose enough to conceal her lightsabre. Padme turned back to Sabe's hair in disgust and anger at the girl's words.
"You cannot speak to her highness in this manner," Corde said.
"Then she need not be so stupid as to think that no one on this ship changed those coordinates!" Siri said.
"Siri," Obi-Wan said. The girl sighed.
"My apologies, milady," she said.
Padme did not look back at the girl.
"Someone has, indeed, altered the coordinates, milady," Obi-Wan said. "May I suggest—"
A sudden explosion rocked the ship, sending Corde and Padme to their knees, and causing Sabe to tumble from her seat. Obi-Wan moved to help them up, then turned to Siri, who had already pulled her lightsabre from her utility belt.
"Now we've got more problems," she said.
"Stay here with them," Obi-Wan said. "It might be a good idea for you to dress as a handmaiden as well."
"Yeah, that'll be believable," Siri said. "Since they're dark haired and eyed, and uh, I'm not."
"Siri," Obi-Wan said. "You're resourceful. Wear a hood, hide your lightsabre, and act as a handmaiden. I'll go to the controls and see what I can learn."
"So sweet of you to ask my opinion on whatever plan you're formulating," Siri said.
Obi-Wan sighed. "Don't do this to me right now, okay? I'm sorry, but this is the best thing I can think of right now. Do you have a better idea?"
"No," Siri said, grudgingly.
"Then please, do the best you can at this," he said. "And Force, PLEASE try and keep your mouth shut. Last time we tried to go undercover together, you kept opening your mouth and getting us detention."
"How can you bring that up! That was so LONG ago!" Siri was smiling. Obi-Wan grinned.
"I shouldn't be long," he said.
"May the Force be with you." Siri said, her blue eyes locking onto his.
"And with you," Obi-Wan said.