Disclaimer: I don't own anything in Star Wars.
This is my story. Hope you like. : )
Oh, and by the way…Anakin's not in the suit in this story.
Prologue
Inside the recently cleaned windows Palpatine stared, and his stare traveled across the room as he admired the different kinds of animals in different cages and boxes. He turned, amazed, and looked sweetly into the eyes of his apprentice. Anakin rolled his eyes, "There's no way you're getting another one of those…things!" He crossed his arms, ready to move on to the next shop and almost began to protest against it more, but his Holocommunicator began to ring. Ring, ring, ring, ring, ring, BANANA PHONE! Do de do de do! Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, BANANA PHOOOONE! It grows in bunches! I've got this feeling! So appealing! For us to get together and sing, SING!
Anakin held up his arm, signaling that it was an important call and he needed to take it. Palpatine dozed off once again into the window, and found himself edging closer to the door. Once Anakin's eyes were completely off of him, he made it completely into the store. Immediately he was overcome by the awkward odors of all the animals combined. He knew that Anakin wouldn't like it, the last pet he had (a parrot named Ian) ended up running…or flying, for that matter…away. The bird always repeated, "Open up! It's the cops!" And its last words before escaping, "Ian wants a cracker! Feed the bird!"
Palpatine first looked at the boxes on the floor. They seemed to be the most recently put in there. He figured they hadn't had time to put them in cages just yet. He bent down to the floor, picking up one of the puppies in the box. He was all black, except for a white spot in-between his eyes. The puppy's blue eyes gazed into Palpatine's lovingly, and Palpatine was sure this dog was for him. But he wasn't just right; he caught in the corner of his eye a glimpse of a cage of squirrels.
He set down the puppy, brushing his hand against the small cheek before he completely left it. Walking to the squirrel cage, he immediately let out a long "Aww!" Opening the cage, he held one of the squirrel's in his hands and held it dearly to his chest. He rocked it back and forth, unable to contain all of the cute sounds he made to it.
Anakin wandered into the store and stood next to him, and sighed out a "Fine." He knew he might as well of given up then, Palpatine put up a good argument.
The Sith Lord's eyes lit up with excitement and he wanted to squeeze the squirrel tightly. "Hooray!" He cheered, "Now what to call him…" Palpatine placed a hand to his chin, "I think I'll call him Squishy. Squishy will be mine. Come here, Squishy!"
And that was how it all began, with a simple trip of window shopping and an important call on the Holocommunicator. The day that Palpatine got his new pet, and the day they never expected it to make such a large impact on the whole galaxy.
