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(A/N: Keep in mind Padme and Sabe have switched roles beginning in this segment!)
"Are you ready, Your Majesty?" The Queen nodded to Governor Bibble and they proceeded back to the throne room where they were met by the Viceroy, his assistant, and several battle droids. Sabe took a deep breath and felt someone nudge her in her back. Holding her head up under the weight of the black feather headdress, she walked forward. The droids raised their blasters and took the little group captive.
I still remember the feeling of being captured. It was not fun . . . not fun at all. I tried my best to act like Padme would - I know she was doing a great job acting as a handmaiden, although this was the first time we had ever pulled this stunt. It must have been working because the Feds didn't sense anything at all. I remember I refused to sign this treaty which would make their invasion legal - my signature wouldn't have been good anyway . . . I wasn't really the Queen. This angered the Viceroy, so he put us under the care of a captain-ranked droid. Stupid, mindless things . . .
Sabe heard Padme gasp when they were brought out of the castle. Poor girl . . . there was no reason why she should see the people whom she loved with all her heart put through this misery. They were being organized in groups in the square - to where . . . the camps . . . were. The girl would have said something to her friend, but the chance of suspicion would have risen.
Looking up, Sabe saw they were approaching one of the overhead walkways where she remembered spending a lot of time when she was younger. She spotted a bit of brown fabric behind the railing. *Weird . . .* She continued walking and when she looked up again, she saw two men in brown cloaks leap down from the walkway. Sabe stopped, causing the group behind her to stop. *What the . . .?* She looked over to Padme who was looking between her and the two newcomers. "Jedi," she whispered.
I seriously was taught in school that Jedi were just a myth! Anyway, they led us out of the square and we decided to go to the hangar and leave Naboo. Padme wanted to plead her case to the Senate and I didn't have any problem with it.
As we reached the hangar door, I started to have second thoughts. When the older Jedi - Qui-Gon Jinn turned to me and said he wanted us to go to Coruscant, I replied that my place was with my people. After much persistence by him, I turned to Her Majesty and said, "Either choice presents great danger to us all." "We are brave, Your Highness," she said back to me. We were around each other so long that I knew she wanted us to go. I told the Jedi that I would plead our case to the Senate and we continued on.
Sabe, Eirtae, Rabe, and Padme made their way into the throne room. The Jedi had gotten them on the ship safe and sound, thank the Force, and they were already enroute to Coruscant. Sabe sat down on the throne as she felt the ship take off from the hangar. About 5 minutes later, she gazed out the windows as the other three girls talked nervously. They were in space, there was no doubt about that. When were they going to come in contact with the Federation Blockade?
Her question was answered as she felt a blast rock the ship. Padme and Eirtae both fell while Rabe almost lost her footing. "What's going on out there?" Ric Olie's voice came back over the system. "We are going to try some evasive maneuvers - our shields have been hit." Her eyes widened. "Girls - grab a hold of something! Quickly!" All three found stable things to grab on to as the ship suddenly turned to the right . . . to the left . . . to the right again . . . until it finally straightened out.
We had made it past the blockade successfully. Panaka, the two Jedi, and one of our astromech droids convened in the throne room soon after. First we dealt with the droid - R2D2 was his number. I sent Padme to clean it - my reason was that I didn't want to look like I was favoring her over the others, but the other girls insist that I wanted to take advantage of it . . . anyways, the next issue was that of our emergency stop on an out of the way planet called Tatooine. I had no idea what to do - the older Jedi was insisting that we go while Panaka opposed it. Padme must've sensed my distress because when I gazed in her direction, she gave me a slight nod with her head. "We shall go," I said. We arrived on Tatooine and the Jedi would head out after he got some rest. He would be taking the Gungan and R2 with him.
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"Luke...I'll be right back." Leia got up and left the room. The man set the book down on the old night table and stood up, walking over to the window. His thoughts drifted back to two weeks before - the day which started this crazy journey.
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"Luke! Come here!" Leia had been at the Senatorial Library brushing up on her history - she had been asked to speak at a Republic History class. Why was she back all of a sudden? "What is it, Leia?" He walked out from the back room, noticing that his sister was carrying a whole bunch of books. "Take a look at his - you'll never guess what I'd found!" "What?" "Its a biography of our mother!" She turned to a page in the middle of one book and pointed to a photograph. "There. You see? That's her - Padme Skywalker." "How did you come across this?" He moved the book onto his lap.
"I was doing some research on Obi-Wan Kenobi and found that he once had a padawan named Anakin Skywalker - our father, according to what you've told me. Again, I looked up him and found that he married a former Queen turned Senator from Naboo - Padme Naberrie, or Amidala as she was more commonly known as back then. This is her!" Luke read over the little biography and suddenly, out of nowhere, said "Let's go to Naboo." "What?" "You heard me - maybe there we can find out some more stuff about her." "Luke, where would we start?" "I don't know. You said she was once a queen, right? Maybe we'd start at a castle - Theed, I think the capitol is called." The Supreme Chancellor sighed and said, "I have to get everything set up, but I can see there's no trying to change your mind. We can leave in two weeks, when the Senate adjourns for a break."
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"Are you ready?" "Yea, Leia," the man said picking up the book. He turned to their place and began to read again . . .
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