This was a hard chapter to do just because I had written almost four
chapters after this chapter. I didn't connect them and I had like full on
writer's block just for this chapter and I admit it won't be my best but
hey I have to make mistakes before I do anything better than the mistake...
Chapter Three: On The Way To Hiding and Anakin's vision
Anakin had barely eaten in anything at dinner, and Padme noticed. It wasn't because of anything of that much seriousness or tension. It was because Anakin was flirting with Padme shamelessly. When all the guests had left it was only herself and Anakin left in the dining hall.
"Padme, do you feel something diffrent around us?" Anakin asked seriously all of a sudden right after giving out a hilarious joke. Padme stopped laughing and looked away.
"I have no idea what you mean, Anakin," Padme answered looking away and standing up. "Do you think we should leave now?" Anakin was surprised that she had almost completely ignored his question.
"Seriously, Padme. I feel something diffrent." Padme could see that he was innocently unaware of what he was feeling.
Maybe he actually didn't know what's going on between us, Padme thought but pushed the thought aside. With her conversaton with him about compassion, it would have been impossible for him not to know that they were falling in love with each other... Padme stopped herself. No, I couldn't possibly. I'm much too busy to be able to, Padme thought.
"I think, I'll go up and call Khariya," Padme walked out on him.
Padme hurriedly walked into Khariya's room and collapsed on her sister's bed.
"What's wrong, Padme? Trouble with the Jedi?" teased Khariya from her post at the vanity as she combed down her hair.
"I'd rather not talk about it," Padme muttered.
"Yes you do. You want to explain to me the one hundred and one reasons why he shouldn't fall in love with you and why you shouldn't fall in love with him and of course that extra one hundred and one reasons why if you do there wuld distrous consequences," Khariya laughed.
:"I said I don't want to talk about him and about anything connected to him," Padme snapped, walking up behind Khariya and sighing. "What would I give to have straight hair..."
"and what I would give for curly brown like yours so technically we're even," Khariya grinned. "Well I'm ready. Are we leaving?" Padme nodded and took her sister's hand. Together they left with the handmaidens and guard brought their luggage down to the river boat.
"What time will we be arriving at the other palace?" Anakin asked the sisters as they walked up to him.
"Sunrise," Padme answered simply. Khariya laughed at Anakin's surprised face.
"What? You mean I have to stay awake ALL night?" Anakin almost whined. "Why didn't anyone tell me? I could have slept!"
"You never asked before now," Khariya answered laughing. The youngest Naberrie sisters walked into the boat. Anakin just fumed outside the door keeping a cup of caffeine keeping himself awake.
The first few hours were uneventful except for a few animals that brought all the women left awake out and cooing. Suddenly, Anakin felt his senses prick up in danger. He looked up and put his hand on his saber ready for anything but he saw nothing but darkness and the quiet waters couldn't hide the smallest of foreign sounds. Almost reluctantly he relaxed and sat back down but then he heard a footstep on the top deck of the boat. This time Anakin jumped up and was in full alert. The snap and hiss of his sabre woke up the other guards that was suppose to be awake anyways.
Anakin flipped himself onto the very top level, his green sabre swishing behind him and illuminating the surroundings for another few seconds and everything was dark again and the rushing waters of the boat around him.
"What is it Anakin?" a guard Anakin didn't seem to like much named Obener, asked.
"I don't know," Anakin hissed. He could barely see a shadow ahead of him silhouetted in the mist.
"I didn't hear anything, Anakin. You sure it wasn't an animal," Obener pushed wanting to go back to sleep.
"Of course you wouldn't have heard anything. You were dead asleep," Anakin snapped. "But I see it..." The fog seemed to lift and he could see the form in front of him. It seemed so familiar to him. The man in a black mask, and black cape seemed to hypnotize him and the black caped man revealed his saber. "You're a Jedi?" The man, or machine because of the heavy artificial breathing he could hear, nodded and activated his saber. It was red. The sign of a Sith. Anakin jumped back and ignited his own. "Who are you?" Anakin spat.
"I am inside you. The being you try so hard to supress. Let me out, Anakin. Let me out," the artificial voice called. Anakin repulsed by what he heard slashed into the air trying to destroy the caped man but suddenly he was woken up awake by Khariya. He could feel the sweat heavy on him and his breathing just as labored as the stranger's.
"What happened?" Khariya asked, concerned.
"Nothing," he said standing up. "Why'd you wake me?" He rubbed his eyes trying to clear his vision.
"We've arrived," Khariya announced, grinning. "You'll have to take Padme to the shore." Anakin's eyes cleared and suddenly he could see clearly.
"Wow," he murmured as he saw Khariya before him in her dark blue dress that was backless and strapless.
"If that's you're reaction to me, then wait till you see your girlfriend," Khariya teased.
"She's not my girlfriend," Anakin snapped.
"Uh huh, and this whole galaxy is a holovid that some guy who only wears denim and flannel made up," Khariya laughed skeptically. She walked away to the harbor and stepped up by herself and frowned at two men who tried to lend their hand to help her.
"Goodness, you people act like I can't walk by myself," Anakin heard her. He turned and saw Padme in her dress that almost directly reflected the colors in the sky behind her and every other thought was forgotten.
It had been almost an hour since Khariya left the two love birds alone so she went to the terrace and looked at Padme and Anakin closer than she would have wanted them to be. He could just faintly hear Anakin and Padme talking about how she was little and how Anakin hated sand. Then he touched her shoulder and Khariya's heart felt like it was being danced on with spikes.
Within a few seconds their heads tilted together and they kissed. Before it ended, Khariya ran in tears and in pain.
Yea well that's it and I'll return to this when I return to California. I'm going on vaction to New York tomorrow the nineteenth and won't be back till next Sunday so I won't be updating till next Monday but I promise there will be an update because I already have them written up and ready to be uploaded. I just want to hold off so that I don't run out of chapters and I could buy myself time! so yea that's my strtegy. :) Well thanks a whole mess. Please review. Thanks soooo much.
Chapter Three: On The Way To Hiding and Anakin's vision
Anakin had barely eaten in anything at dinner, and Padme noticed. It wasn't because of anything of that much seriousness or tension. It was because Anakin was flirting with Padme shamelessly. When all the guests had left it was only herself and Anakin left in the dining hall.
"Padme, do you feel something diffrent around us?" Anakin asked seriously all of a sudden right after giving out a hilarious joke. Padme stopped laughing and looked away.
"I have no idea what you mean, Anakin," Padme answered looking away and standing up. "Do you think we should leave now?" Anakin was surprised that she had almost completely ignored his question.
"Seriously, Padme. I feel something diffrent." Padme could see that he was innocently unaware of what he was feeling.
Maybe he actually didn't know what's going on between us, Padme thought but pushed the thought aside. With her conversaton with him about compassion, it would have been impossible for him not to know that they were falling in love with each other... Padme stopped herself. No, I couldn't possibly. I'm much too busy to be able to, Padme thought.
"I think, I'll go up and call Khariya," Padme walked out on him.
Padme hurriedly walked into Khariya's room and collapsed on her sister's bed.
"What's wrong, Padme? Trouble with the Jedi?" teased Khariya from her post at the vanity as she combed down her hair.
"I'd rather not talk about it," Padme muttered.
"Yes you do. You want to explain to me the one hundred and one reasons why he shouldn't fall in love with you and why you shouldn't fall in love with him and of course that extra one hundred and one reasons why if you do there wuld distrous consequences," Khariya laughed.
:"I said I don't want to talk about him and about anything connected to him," Padme snapped, walking up behind Khariya and sighing. "What would I give to have straight hair..."
"and what I would give for curly brown like yours so technically we're even," Khariya grinned. "Well I'm ready. Are we leaving?" Padme nodded and took her sister's hand. Together they left with the handmaidens and guard brought their luggage down to the river boat.
"What time will we be arriving at the other palace?" Anakin asked the sisters as they walked up to him.
"Sunrise," Padme answered simply. Khariya laughed at Anakin's surprised face.
"What? You mean I have to stay awake ALL night?" Anakin almost whined. "Why didn't anyone tell me? I could have slept!"
"You never asked before now," Khariya answered laughing. The youngest Naberrie sisters walked into the boat. Anakin just fumed outside the door keeping a cup of caffeine keeping himself awake.
The first few hours were uneventful except for a few animals that brought all the women left awake out and cooing. Suddenly, Anakin felt his senses prick up in danger. He looked up and put his hand on his saber ready for anything but he saw nothing but darkness and the quiet waters couldn't hide the smallest of foreign sounds. Almost reluctantly he relaxed and sat back down but then he heard a footstep on the top deck of the boat. This time Anakin jumped up and was in full alert. The snap and hiss of his sabre woke up the other guards that was suppose to be awake anyways.
Anakin flipped himself onto the very top level, his green sabre swishing behind him and illuminating the surroundings for another few seconds and everything was dark again and the rushing waters of the boat around him.
"What is it Anakin?" a guard Anakin didn't seem to like much named Obener, asked.
"I don't know," Anakin hissed. He could barely see a shadow ahead of him silhouetted in the mist.
"I didn't hear anything, Anakin. You sure it wasn't an animal," Obener pushed wanting to go back to sleep.
"Of course you wouldn't have heard anything. You were dead asleep," Anakin snapped. "But I see it..." The fog seemed to lift and he could see the form in front of him. It seemed so familiar to him. The man in a black mask, and black cape seemed to hypnotize him and the black caped man revealed his saber. "You're a Jedi?" The man, or machine because of the heavy artificial breathing he could hear, nodded and activated his saber. It was red. The sign of a Sith. Anakin jumped back and ignited his own. "Who are you?" Anakin spat.
"I am inside you. The being you try so hard to supress. Let me out, Anakin. Let me out," the artificial voice called. Anakin repulsed by what he heard slashed into the air trying to destroy the caped man but suddenly he was woken up awake by Khariya. He could feel the sweat heavy on him and his breathing just as labored as the stranger's.
"What happened?" Khariya asked, concerned.
"Nothing," he said standing up. "Why'd you wake me?" He rubbed his eyes trying to clear his vision.
"We've arrived," Khariya announced, grinning. "You'll have to take Padme to the shore." Anakin's eyes cleared and suddenly he could see clearly.
"Wow," he murmured as he saw Khariya before him in her dark blue dress that was backless and strapless.
"If that's you're reaction to me, then wait till you see your girlfriend," Khariya teased.
"She's not my girlfriend," Anakin snapped.
"Uh huh, and this whole galaxy is a holovid that some guy who only wears denim and flannel made up," Khariya laughed skeptically. She walked away to the harbor and stepped up by herself and frowned at two men who tried to lend their hand to help her.
"Goodness, you people act like I can't walk by myself," Anakin heard her. He turned and saw Padme in her dress that almost directly reflected the colors in the sky behind her and every other thought was forgotten.
It had been almost an hour since Khariya left the two love birds alone so she went to the terrace and looked at Padme and Anakin closer than she would have wanted them to be. He could just faintly hear Anakin and Padme talking about how she was little and how Anakin hated sand. Then he touched her shoulder and Khariya's heart felt like it was being danced on with spikes.
Within a few seconds their heads tilted together and they kissed. Before it ended, Khariya ran in tears and in pain.
Yea well that's it and I'll return to this when I return to California. I'm going on vaction to New York tomorrow the nineteenth and won't be back till next Sunday so I won't be updating till next Monday but I promise there will be an update because I already have them written up and ready to be uploaded. I just want to hold off so that I don't run out of chapters and I could buy myself time! so yea that's my strtegy. :) Well thanks a whole mess. Please review. Thanks soooo much.
