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Only In My Heart: Chapter One

Padme Skywalker watched the storm through the window of her apartment. It was a rare thing for rain to fall on Coruscant, but when it rained it poured. The rain hit the glass and ran along its side making the window like a canvas with intricate patterns of water decorating its surface. The sky was dark and the only light was from the random strikes of lightning that illuminated the sky with their spidery patterns of light. The room Padme was in was as dark as the sky; only the ever-present lights from the city made the silhouettes of the furniture visible. Padme was alone in the room, watching the storm grow stronger with a sad and lifeless expression on her face just thinking.
Another claw of lightning raced down from the monstrous clouds illuminating Padme's face as a tear raced to be hidden from view, but its wet trail was left behind as a reminder of the tear. Padme pulled the sleeve of her black gown to her face to remove the tear's trail and lowered it back to her side. Storms were always so depressing for her. She was used to the sunny carefree days on Naboo, but all of that had changed.
Ever since the Trade Federation attacked. Ever since that little boy thought she was an angel; her world had been turned upside down. The Trade Federation was defeated, but not long after that little boy grew up and loved her more then anything. That is what changed everything, and no matter how much she tried to hide it, she loved him just as much. But times had changed, people had changed, the darkness had grown, and now everything she thought was right, was wrong.
She thought her cause was right. The republic had to be saved, didn't it? But now it was gone. Systems were leaving with every passing moment, Palpatine had declared himself the Emperor, and she seemed to be the only one who wanted to keep it together. The republic had turned into an empire, everything that was wrong, was right.
She thought her love was right too. But now, everyone told her Anakin was dead. He was gone and would never come back. But how could someone she loved be just… gone?
She knew he wasn't really gone though; there was a darker reason behind his leaving. He had turned. With the darkness getting stronger he had no other choice. He had to die or lose himself. Loose all those he loved or turn. An unfair choice, but evil was never really fair, was it? All he could do was give in to the evil, it was his only choice.
She was the only one that believed there was something good about him. Deep down inside he was still just the little boy that thought she was an angel. No one else could see it. No one else loved him. It was just her, and she could not defend his actions with fantasies of the past.
Now all she had left of him was what she had in her heart and memories. She just wished that she could see him… one more time…

Knock. Knock.

"Why now of all times?" she wondered to herself aloud, a slight hint of anger in her voice for disturbing her. It was bad enough it was raining out, but a visitor too?

Knock. Knock. More urgent this time.

Her dull, sad expression turned to a confused one. She moved her fragile fingers up to the door control pad and pressed a large white button. The door slid open. He stood there.

To Be Continued...


A/N: Ooh... Cliffhanger... Tune back in soon for Chapter Two!! And It'll be up soon too!