Title: Hiding From Darkness
Author: Kimberly
Beta Reader: Amanda
Summary: After Palpatine took control of the Senate and declared himself Emperor, Padme Skywalker flees for her life trying to escape from the Emperor and his right hand man, Lord Vader, but what will happen when the past catches up with her.
Disclaimer: I pretty sure that I own Star Wars but my psychiatrist says I don't so I think I need to go by what he says.
Chapter 5: Arriving
As soon as Padme and Sabe had exited the ship they were approached by three of the workers at the spaceport.
"Welcome to Imladris and to the planet Valar. We will take care of your ship and fix any damage it may have. All you will need to do is register your ship over there," one of the workers said as he pointed to a booth at the center of the large spaceport.
"Ok," Sabe said, "Do you know a place where we can find some general information about the planet. We recently had to leave our planet and come here. We really don't know much of what is here or where to stay."
"You can find information at the same booth you register your ship at," the same worker said.
Padme and Sabe headed over to the booth they were pointed towards. When they got there, there wasn't any line so they stepped right up to get their ship registered. The attendant handed they a stack of papers and a pen and asked them to fill it out. She pointed to a few benches over to the side where they could fill out the information. Padme and Sabe walked over to a bench, sat down and then Padme started to work on filling out the forms.
"Most of this is general information, name, birthday, planet you came from, reason for coming here, ship number, and the works," Padme pointed out.
"Ok, shouldn't be too hard, but we'll have to make some of it up. Obi-Wan only said to change our names to throw off anyone searching for us but if we fill out some of that other stuff correctly, they could easily discover it is us," Sabe replied.
"Alright. New names. What should they be?" Padme asked.
"Probably something not too out of the ordinary. How about I can be Rachelle and you can be Helena," Sabe suggested.
"I guess that will work, I don't think I could come up with anything better right now," Padme said writing down her name as Helena, "Last name?"
"How about Shojaien?" Sabe asked.
"Sure, that will work," Padme replied writing that down also, "Next is planet we came from and reason for coming here."
"How about Alderaan, and we came here because we were searching for a place safe from the wars," Sabe said.
"Ok," Padme said, "Now I just have to fill out info on the ship."
"Ok, why don't I go ask them for some information on this city while you do that," Sabe said.
"Alright," Padme said and then got to work filling out the information.
Sabe went back up to the attendant and asked for some information and the city and got several pamphlets and handouts. She also asked if they could change their republic credits into whatever currency was in use on the planet. The attendant was able to change some of Sabe's money into the planets currency and by the time Sabe was done Padme was standing next to her turning in the paper work. The attendant filed the information and asked them to check back in with the spaceport in a couple of days for their bill and any other information they would need to know about their ship.
The two girls exited the spaceport and entered the city of Imladris. Both were impresses by how beautiful the city was.
"This may not be so bad," Sabe commented.
"Maybe not," Padme said even though she doubted it, "So, we should probably look into renting an apartment of finding a hotel to stay at."
"Of course. I was looking through these pamphlets for a little while and I saw some information about a nice apartment complex on the east side of the city that overlooks the river around here. It didn't look too expensive so it might work," Sabe informed her.
"Let's check it out," Padme said.
Sabe pulled out a map that she had gotten and searched for a way to get to the apartment complex. While she was looking, a local man approached Padme and Sabe.
"Are you two new here," the man asked.
"Yes, we are," Padme answered.
"I thought so. It's very easy to tell who new people are around here. They're always looking through maps trying to find a place," the man said, "Were are my manners? My name is Elladan. Would you like some help getting somewhere?"
"That would be great. We are extremely lost," Sabe answered, "And my name is Sa… I mean Rachelle and this is Helena."
"Are you to sisters?" Elladan asked.
"No, a lot of people ask that though," Padme said.
"Oh, you two just look so much alike it's rather easy to mistake you for sisters or maybe even twins," Elladan explained, "So, where are you two trying to get to?"
"We heading towards the Anduin River Villa," Sabe answered.
"Yes, that would be on the east side of the city. Would you like me to help you get there? I've been over in that area several times and I know the best routes there," Elladan informed them.
"That would be great, if you have the time. We wouldn't want to keep you from something," Padme said.
"It's no problem. I'm doing nothing for the remainder of the day. I would be happy to help," Elladan answered, and with that he started leading them to the villa.
Along the way he pointed out some of the best places to go in the city, some of the best restaurants, the best recreation areas and the places they wouldn't want to go. After about 15 minutes of walking they arrived at the villa.
"Well, this is were I will leave you for now," Elladan said, "I hope you enjoy your stay here and I also hope to see you two around soon."
"Thank you," Padme told him before he walked away.
"He seems like a great guy," Sabe said, "Nice, helpful, cute. He might make a good boyfriend for someone who doesn't have one."
"Sabe, stop. You know I'm still not ready. I'm still not over him yet," Padme said.
"Sorry. I won't do it again," Sabe said.
"But your right, he is a nice guy," Padme said, "Let's head in and see if we can get a room."
They entered the villa and went to the front desk. They asked if they had either 2 one-bedroom apartments or a two-bedroom apartment available. They were able to get a two-bedroom room that had a balcony that overlooked the river. The worked gave them each a key and the two girls headed towards their apartment. They entered their room and went to unpacking the small amounts of belongings that they had.
"We don't have much. We'll probably need to go shopping either today or early tomorrow," Sabe said observing what supplies they had brought with them.
"It shouldn't be too hard to find a place to shop, Elladan pointed out some really good places," Padme said.
"Yeah. I say we just relax and get settled in today and head out shopping tomorrow," Sabe said.
"I agree. I'm going to go sit in my bedroom, lie down for a little while. I'll be back around 6ish for dinner," Padme said.
"Alright, see you then," Sabe replied.
Sabe went out onto their balcony and gazed across the beautiful landscape.
'It's amazing,' she thought, 'how quickly things can change.'
Sabe spent the next couple of minutes reflecting over what had occurred in the past few days. She couldn't believe the path life had taken her.
"This place is so beautiful," she said quietly, "I hope the Empire never reaches here. If they do all this beauty will be destroyed. And everything good in this world will be gone."
Sabe went back inside and went to lie down in her bed to take a small nap. The world slowly faded to her as she fell into a deep sleep.
A/N: Yay, my fifth chapter! I know this chapter is a bit boring, but hopefully things will pick up soon. The next chapter should be posted soon, I'm almost done writing it, so if I'm lucky I may have it posted by Sunday. Please review! Reviews motivate me to post sooner, like with this chapter. This chapter probably sat in my comp for 3 days maybe. But for one of those days my comp wasn't working, so that day doesn't count I guess.
Thanks to Reviewers:
KiTsTeR- and- Annie- I still don't know yet whether Vader will find them so I can't tell you. I thought I knew if he would find them but then I got some new ideas that have changed everything up, so like I said, I can't tell you yet. Keep reading.
Liz- I'm glad you like my story and I hope you like this chapter even thought it is a bit boring in my opinion.
kawaii Jen- I can't wait to find out what happens to Padme either! I wish I knew but I can't seem to plan things out too far ahead. (it's a curse) I can't tell you if Luke and Leia will be in this story, but you should know soon if they will be.
Pheonix-Girl1- I'm glad you think Valar is a good name for a planet. I was a bit nervous about posting it, didn't know what my readers would think. I will definitely keep writing.
