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Chapter 6:

A hidden plan

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"What do you know? The voice asked me as the grip tighten

I couldn't speak, the fact that I couldn't breath, may have had something to do with it. The grip on my throat lessened.

" I ask again what do you know?"

"About what?" I choked out. The figure then brought me away from the wall and slammed me against it again bringing my feet off the ground. Something was digging into my throat but I didn't know what.

"I saw you with the prince what did he tell you?" the voice rose in anger but not in its low volume.

I shook my head the best I could. I mouthed out nothing but it didn't help any. A fist hit my gut I cringed a bit. The hand released a bit and I felt the hot breath of my assailant "what do you know?" he asked again

"I don't know anything," I whispered.

Suddenly there was a noise outside my door the figure tightened on my throat a bit more "don't tell anyone about this or you'll be died the next we meet"

The figure dropped me and then ran to my bedroom and out of the balcony. I hit the ground hard not noticing how high I was. I couldn't lift my head and I could barely breath. Someone ran in and turned on the light, it was Jean.

"Hold on miss" he said franticly "help me Jafa" he said to someone outside the door

"Is she alright?" a voice asked

I felt Jeans fingers on my throat

"Yes she has a pulse"

I tried to move and sit up but I felt woozy. A pair of arms grabbed me before I fell back

"Don't move miss" Jean voice said. "Left her up Jafa and put her on the bed" I was picked up and moved to the warmth of the bed I wanted to close my eyes but I was begin shaken

"Don't close your eyes miss" I tried to keep my eyes open wondering how bad it was.

"Jean" I whispered, even I could not hear myself then I felt someone at my side

"Yes miss I am here" I couldn't breath I was scared I could never get used to being beaten up.

"My throat" I whispered my voice slightly breaking

"I know someone is getting something to help it"

My stomach hurt but that would pass for it had been though worse then this.

Someone came in and closed the door. I then felt a warm substance on my throat, which stung.

" I hope this won't scar" the other man said.

After they were done cleaning it, they wrapped a cloth around my throat and made sure I was breathing ok. The other man left and jean stayed and made sure I was comfortable. I felt him sit on my bed.

"You sleep now miss you should be ok by the morning"

"Thank you Jean" I whispered before I fell asleep.

The next morning, well I think it was the morning I opened my eyes. I looked over to see Jean asleep in a chair beside my bed. His breath was low and shallow as in a deep sleep; I didn't want to wake him. I got up and walked over to the mirror on the wall. I looked at the wrapping around my throat and touched it, it stung a bit but I didn't see any blood. I slowing unwrapped it as the cloth came off the color of my skin when for almost white to red with slight discoloration of blue and black. I touched it with my fingers looking the indentations of whatever dug in.

"You all right miss?" a sleepy voice yawned

"I guess" I turned to him "thank you"

He smiled and got up "you are welcome miss" I looked back at the mirror.

"The discoloration should go away by tonight. Just keep it wrapped and use ice on it from time to time"

"I will" he smiled as he stretched and headed toward the door way

"There are some new bandages in the refresher if you need them I will go now and get your breakfast" he then looked at my empty bag "and maybe some new clothes"

"Thank you Jean, for everything" he nodded with a smile then exited room.

I walked back to my bed and tried to sleep again, I fell into a lite sleep. When someone knocked at my door I got up and looked out the peek hole in my door, to my relief it was Jean. I let him in and he put my food on the counter and placed a bag on the floor.

"I'll be back miss" he left.

I walked over to my food it looked good enough but I wasn't hungry as usual. I decided to take a shower taking the bag inside the refresher with me. After my shower I opened the bag that Jean had given me. It had a pair of brown leggings and a long sleeve white tunic. I changed and walked back into my room and brushed out my hair. I then walked into my sitting area and set up the computer. I decided to get the disc Qui-gon had given me. I started it up and looked at the long files of training techniques. I took a deep breath and went through it.

It was early morning when I started. When I finally looked up after reading more then half the text it was near night. I had heard nothing from anyone. It was late and I was tired so I went to bed. I heard nothing the next day so I stayed in bed all day sleeping on and off. The next day I got up and walked to my door I tried to open it but it was locked. I ran to my balcony and tried to open the door it opened. I walked out and looked around, I walked to the end I noticed a weird haze in front of my eyes. I though it was from the computer. I reached out my hand I felt pain go through my hand. I pulled away it was a force field. I was trapped. I cursed under my breath something wasn't sure I said correctly. I went back to my gifts and tried to us my COM system

"It won't work, kid" a voice said behind me I turned to see my master

"You are trapped here, you know too much once it is all over, the memory will either be erased our you will be killed or choose to forget and face death if you utter it"

"What are you planning that the council can not figure out"?

"No one will find out they have this place protected that no matter what happens "

"Won't they get suspicious if they don't hear from us"

"Oh don't worry I got that covered" she grinned and walked out the door

"oh yes I forgot" she said turning around a placing a rather heavy looking bag on the ground.

"Here build a lightsaber or something" I heard the door start to close

"and if you behave you can stay in here. You can go out into the garden from the ladder we attached to your balcony but there is a force field there too so don't hurt yourself" she said with a sneer

"welcome to you new jail Padawan" the door closed and locked.

I sighed and looked inside the bag there were thousand of parts and I wondered if there was a saber making instructions in the thing father had sent me. For the next few days I heard nothing from the outside world my master once in a great while would come and pester me. I tried to figure a way to get open the door or find a way to get through the force field. During the day I would go into the garden walked around and stop to mediate. When it got dark I would at the stars from my balcony some times I would find myself crying. I was powerless or so I though no matter what I did I could not stop what was going on I was just there another annoyance that would taken care of. Using the force or so I though I tried to call out to qui-gon or to anyone who would listen I mistaken sent it to the wrong person.

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~~~~The Throne room~~~~

The ill king sat in his throne looking at one of his sons and the Jedi master.

"What has happened to Aryante has he not heard of my call for him"

"He dishonors you father he does not wish to come" Prince Ramna said lying through his teeth,

He had put his brother in the same house arrest as the padawan. He decided to kill them after he became king. He looked over at the Jedi master. They both wanted power that was what drew them together when she had first came to help with the domestic dispute between the king and his people. She had helped them settling by whatever means. She did not tell him what she had done but the confrontation ended and now a new threat was against him, his own brother.

His father was dying and wanted one of them to take his place he had told the boys that Aryante was to become king but when Ramna insisted that they should try to see what was better the king was too tired to fight and agreed. Ramna and Carmen fell in love he decided and told her that se would become queen if she helped him and she would no long have to be a servant of the Jedi. Carmen agreed to it. They planned to show the king that Ramna was ready but it still fell to Aryante who said that he wasn't ready and the king though it a good thing and sympathized with his son making the other more vengeful. No it was time to make Aryante the enemy and make him the loved son.

"I can not believe that both the child and my son have decided to be this way, when I asked the child for dinner the other night you told me she refused and now my son is refusing me"

"Yes my lord they maybe planning something" Carmen popped in. the king thought about it, it looked like they were success full

"I think Aryante is just nervous and most likely thinking of ways to please me." he looked over at Carmen

"Perhaps the child is just nervous, this being her first mission and all, I will just give them time" the prince clenched his teeth, as did the Carmen. They bowed and made there way out of the throne room. Carman stopped, she heard a voice in the force it was the kid she gritted her teeth some more and walked back to her room she was going to make that kid pay.

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~~~~Jade~~~

Two weeks after my arrival I sat on the floor of my bedroom putting together what I though was the right way to put together a lightsaber. When I heard someone knocking on my balcony door. Walked over and saw Prince Aryante he was hurriedly knocking

"It's me Jade, let me in " I was thrilled to see someone, but he had been running, they after him as well. I opened the door and he hurried in out of breath. He suddenly wrapped his arms around me hugging me hard.

"It is so good to see someone again" I hugged him back

"It is good to see you too you highness"

"You have been in this prison as well Jade?"

"Yes for two weeks now"

"As have I" he hugged me again

"How did you get out?"

"I found a way to go from your balcony to the one I was on I guess they didn't figure that"

"Have you been to the gardens?" I asked him,

"Yes and I saw you I though I was hallucinating so I only went once" he pulled away and looked up at me then saw my neck, which still looked bruised.

"What happened to you?" we walked out of my bedroom and headed toward the small sitting area

"Don't worry about me, what about you?" I motioned him to sit in the chair as I stood against the wall

"We are both in trouble Jade we need to get out of here and contact someone to help us"

"And how are we going to do that?"

"Did someone attack you?" he said looking at my neck again

"Yes"

"Well a similar occurrence has happened to me as well. I have a person who is my bodyguard who looks very much like me, when I didn't came back right away from my meeting with my father my double was there and the assailant started to choke him and tried to kill him. Luckily, I came back just in time to save my servant but now he can not speak, he told me in writing what had happened"

"When did this happen?"

"Very late the night we had our walk, he said that he came in from the outside in he was checking the windows and he came in"

"Are you sure it was a he"

"What else could it has been?"

"I don't know?" I told him thinking of what else to say.

"I have been a prisoner in my own home, my father is ill and my brother is planning to take over, filling my father with evil thoughts, having him turn against me"

"I wish I knew how to help you" he looked at me

"I am sorry for all this Jade" he apologized

"It is not your fault you highness" he looked away with pain in his eyes. I knew that he felt as if it was. I went to walk over to him when I heard somewhat fumbling footsteps I had now identified as my masters

"Quick hide" I whispered to him as he ducked into my bedroom. I stood in the hallway as the door slammed open. My master stood there with hate in her eyes.

"You will ruin everything you stupid girl don't' you know that" her voice and body language that that she was very drunk and very angry. She walked over to me but I was trying to get away I hit the glass doors of my bedroom as she came toward me I tried to get out of the way but her hand grabbed mine.

"This will teach you," she said dragging me across the floor. I knew something was going to happen to me I feared it but the same feeling came when the creatures beat me. The force was trying to warn me but what could I do I was just a child.

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~~~Prince Aryante~~~~

I saw the look on Jades face when the master came toward her. It was as if she did not care if she was beaten. Her master pulled in the middle of the hallway and beat the girl I could barley watch. Jade took it well for a young girl. She took the hits better then anyone I have seen. For my father would make me watch as they beat slaves or ill behaved servants. I wanted to come out and save her but that would mean that I would have gotten a beating also. The beating lasted several minutes, anymore and I think that she would have killed the girl. Jade didn't even fight back I didn't know why. The women spit on the girl kicked her once more then left slamming the door behind her I did not here it lock. I then heard her yell something to a servant

"Help the girl " when I heard the stumbling footsteps of the master disappear I came out of my hiding I ran over to jade who was just barley conscience

"Jade?" I whispered to her softly. She tried to blink her eyes and even that was a chore. A servant came in with the needed supplies he slowed as he came in tears falling from his eyes.

"Oh miss," he whispered as he fell to his knees in front of the girl

"Jean?" she whimpered out

"Yes miss it is me" he said choking back tears. Jade was a mess, her face was cut up and her body was probably worse, the servant looked at me.

"Help me get her to the refresher" I helped the servant pick up Jade up seeing a small pool of blood on the floor. We carried her to the refresher the servant telling her to stay awake but she was having trouble the pain was the only thing keeping her conscious. We rested her on a chair. Her hair was all a mess as were her clothes. I didn't notice the tears coming down my face until I saw one hit a slightly white part of her tunic.

"Will she be ok?" I asked the servant

"I hope so your highness" he said.

I helped him clean Jade up and lay her on the bed. She looked in so much pain she had fallen asleep then we had let her knowing that there was no problem of her never waking again. The servant looked tired and sad there was a pounding on the door I quickly ran into the closet as Jean walked to the front door.

I heard Jean open the door talking with someone then closing the door again. We walked in the bedroom

"Prince?" I walked out and saw the servant

"Yes"

"I have to go tend to your father should I leave someone with Jade"

"No I will watch her" the servant nodded "and Jean tell my father when you are there to tell him I love him and maybe what is going on"

"I will try but it will not be easy for your brother has told me if anything is spoken it is the death of me"

"I do not want that to happen but do what you can" he nodded and left, locking the door behind him. I walked over and pulled up the chair to jades bed and took her cold hand in mine. I felt the tears fall down my cheeks as I looked at the girl. I felt for her, wondering what she was thinking and why she appeared to be the way she was through this whole thing.

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I didn't think I felt my master beating I knew I was happening but yet I felt that I went to a place where I felt no pain and yet after all that had happened I felt it anyway as soon as I felt the last kick and feel of liquid on my face. The pain then hit me I felt as though I was going to pass out but I heard a voice it was the prince I wanted to push away make sure he was safe but even if he would have let me I had no strength. My master had left me of dead I thought but then I heard the voice of Jean. He told to stay awake but I yearn to just let go. I felt the pan course though me it was the only thing keeping me conscious. I felt nothing after that all I felt was being on a pillow of air and falling asleep.

I woke sometime later finding myself on my bed with lots of constriction. I felt as though my whole body was wrapped up. My body felt cold except for my hand, which seemed to be quite warm. I opened my eyes to see the sleeping form of the prince.

"Aryante" I whispered to the form. He shifted in his sleep and looked up at me with a smile.

"Good morning" he said "how are you feeling?" he knew it was a poor choice of words

"I am all right I guess as much as I can be" he smiled at me and released my hand. He got up and helped me sit up I cringed of course but I was trying.

"You want something to drink?" I nodded he walked over to the kitchen, I tried to get up and slide of the bed onto my wobbly legs the prince came back and saw me on my feet. He gave me a look and put down the glass

"What are you doing?" he said helping me walk to my chair

"I can't stay still"

"I though Jedi could mediate for hours"

"Well I am not what you have heard"

"I can agree with that," he said with a slight chuckle. He went back into my bedroom and took the chair he was sitting in and put it next to mine by the window. He got himself some water and sat down next to me. It was nice to have company.

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The prince and the padawan sat by the window in silence for a while wondering what to say. Aryante broke the silence

"Jade, why didn't you fight back against you master" Jade just shrugged her shoulders

"I don't know"

"You were almost killed you know, she really hurt you"

"I know, I can't explain it"

"You Jedi are weird"

"Thanks" she let out a slight laugh "you royalty aren't that normal either"

The prince laughed as well. The chatted back and forth about the life of either the Jedi and the life of a prince, They talked for hours it seemed as if they were not in trouble they seemed to be trying to forget what was going on around them

"How old are you Jade?"

" 13"

"Do you know how old my master is?"

"I think she is 23 but I am not sure"

"What are they going to do to us?"

"I don't know Jade" the silence came back when there was a knock on the door. Aryante hid back into the bedroom and Jade went to answer the door. Jean stood there with food on a tray

"Hello miss may I come in?" Jade nodded and Jean walked in and put the try on the counter top. Jade closed the door.

"Aryante you can come out" Jade whispered he crept out of the back.

"Your highness you are still here?" Jean asked Aryante nodded. "You should be back in your room"

"Why what's wrong?"

"Your brother and her master are coming to check on you, you better get back" Aryante nodded and went toward the balcony he noticed that his root was cut off

"They know," he said

"Of course we know dear brother" he spun around seeing Jade in a guard arms but no Jean. The servant hid he guessed

"What are you doing Ramna this is madness"

"Is it, I want the crown but father wants to give it to you that way you have to die"

"But I don't want the crown, if you let me talk to father"

"No father said he wanted you to have it I know it" he turned to the guards "take them away"

The guard grabbed the prince and brought his arms around his back.

"This is madness we can work it out"

"No dear brother we finish this now" the guard pulled the prince and the padawan to the jails underneath the palace. Jade was still weary from the beating the night before she was sleeping he guessed for she did not move of speak she just breathed. Suddenly the prince had a rag over his face

"Sleep dear brother that way no one will hear you" he started to dose off when the saw them do that same to Jade she went into a further sleep then before. When they were out the guards threw them into a cell far from the rest. They left them with one guard, Prince Ramna left laughing

"Too easy"

~~~~TBC~~~~

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