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Chapter 23

After nearly two months, Tenel Ka Djo still had yet to stir from her coma. To the outside world she appeared dead. The only indication of her being alive was the steady breathing. But inside she was still fighting. The poison had made the young queen extremely ill, but by retreating inside of herself Tenel Ka was able to slowly fight its effects.

Time seemed to go by endlessly. After weeks and weeks Tenel Ka was not feeling much of a difference. But she refused to give up trying. The young woman stayed locked within her body and fought the deadly toxins with everything she had left in her.

When she began to grow weaker, Tenel Ka attempted to reach out to the presence of her husband for strength. But what she felt from him made her fear for more than just her life. She felt fear, anger, hatred, aggression. She felt darkness.

This slowly began to crush her will to live. If Jacen, who had always been so devoted to the Light, had fallen then her life was over anyway.

Stirring restlessly in her bed in her parent's home, Jaina once again was having a sleepless night. At nighttime things always seemed more complicated; more disturbing. That was when she felt the most alone.

Climbing out of the still-strange bed, Jaina left the guest bedroom and entered her mother's office. Once inside she settled down at the holonet station. Logging on, Jaina continued the search she had started several days ago.

It seemed that for some reason Jaina's nighttime excursions always led here. Back to the unsolved mystery that had been haunting Jaina for weeks. Ever since she had run into Queen Marishka several weeks back Jaina had had an uncanny fascination with the deceased Padme Amidala. She had visited the commemorative statue on several occasions and each time had left her more curious. Who was this beautiful young woman? Why did she die so young? And most important of all, why do I feel so connected to her?

Jaina had decided to find the answers to her questions. It didn't take long for her to uncover information about the former queen on the holonet, but everything she found said more or less the same thing. Beloved Queen. Devoted servant. Died too young. None of these sources were giving her any answers.

A thought occurred to Jaina. What if this wasn't her birth name? If that was so, then she might not be receiving all of the information that was out there about this woman.

Feeling a bit guilty, Jaina tapped into her mother's files on Naboo. Buried within mountains of information and programs, Jaina found what she was looking for. A birth certificate databank.

Clicking on the link, Jaina was brought to a secure sight asking for a password. Glancing around on her mother's desk, Jaina looked for where her mom might have written the password down. She pushed around papers and opened drawers until she found something. A small datapad with all of her mother's private code and password information that she had been given. Reaching out with the Force, Jaina deciphered which password was correct.

Taking a deep breath, she plugged in the key word. The screen lit up. She was in.

First Jaina did a search for a birth certificate on a Padme Amidala. No results. Then she did a search to see if she could get any results on the last name Amidala. Once again, nothing.

Deciding to go ahead and try a search on the first name, Jaina typed it in. Several results for "Padme" came up, but Jaina narrowed them down by the approximate birth year. Finally, she had one result.

Clicking on the link, it brought Jaina to see the registered birth certificate for a baby girl named Padme Naberrie. She was the daughter of Jobal and Ruwee Naberrie. Maybe this was something.

Jaina did another search to see if Padme's parents had had any other children. Apparently they had because she came upon another hit- Sola Naberrie who was several years older than Padme.

Deciding that this could possibly be a start at uncovering the secrets behind this mystery queen, Jaina left the birth data bank. This time Jaina did another open search for Padme Naberrie. Not much came up except for an article listing the girl as being one of the youngest students to ever be accepted into Naboo's Legislative Youth Program. Feeling like she had found the right girl, Jaina continued her search.

After hours of work, Jaina had discovered that not only had Padme's sister married and had two children, but that one of the women was still living on Naboo after all these years. After another several hours of searching, Jaina had an address for a Ryoo Daltame.

Deciding that she would not get a good night's sleep until she completed her quest on discovering who the real Padme Amidala was, Jaina made a decision. She would visit this niece of Padme's and see if she had any answers as to why the beautiful queen's life was cut short.

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