Chapter 6
With still a couple of hours left before they would finally reach the home world of the New Republic, Padme tried to relax on a little stretcher in the back of the freighter but failed miserably as she was haunted by some cruel pictures out of her past.
Flashback
She had secretly followed Anakin to Mustafar and as she now saw a dark shadowy figure standing on a plateau she started to second guess her decision. Should she really be here? After all Obi Wan had told her about what her husband did she kind of didn't know if he was still the same person that she had fallen in love with or had transformed into a evil version of himself and there was the possibility that he could attack her too. She quickly got rid of this thought, because her Ani couldn't hurt her and maybe he was just somehow confused and he just needed a person to show him the right way. She finally left the cockpit of the Naboo Cruiser in a rather quick pace, a mix of emotions conflicting her as she and her husband finally hugged and deep down she didn't want to believe that anything of those things that Obi Wan had told her were actually true.
As they drew away from each other, Padme surely looked worried into her husband's somehow trying so hard to find some answers to her questions.
"I saw your ship landing what are you doing here."
"I was so worried about you; Obi Wan has told me some terrible things." Padme replied and somehow didn't feel too comfortable as she looked into the somehow very cold looking eyes of Anakin and somehow had the feeling that something wasn't right here but she just couldn't exactly say what it was.
"What things?"
"He said…that you turned to the dark side and that you…killed younglings and he cares about us!" And as Padme had said that last part she had to fight hard to keep the tears from falling as it upset her very much to repeat all this horrible things. She didn't know how her husband would react to the fact that Obi Wan knew that the two had been a couple for a while but she just couldn't keep any secrets from the man that she loved.
"He wants to help you Anakin!" Padme said as her husband somehow a look now on her face that somehow was a little mix out of confusion and maybe some anger but she refused to believe that Anakin had become a total bad person, somewhere inside of them was still a large part that wanted to do good things.
"I won't lose you like I did my mother and I promise you to become the most powerful Jedi ever."
Padme was now getting scared off Anakin, she didn't recognize him anymore and she surely didn't understand why he had changed in that big way all over sudden.
"Come away with me, help me raise our child while we still can and all I want is your love Anakin."
"Love won't save you Padme, only with the help of my new power I'll be able to prevent your death and we don't have to run away anymore! I have become more powerful than the Chancellor, I can overthrow him and then we can rule the galaxy together."
Never ever had she experienced that kind of fear before, so she slowly started to back away from her husband and now wasn't so sure anymore if he would not attack her too. So much in shock about what she just heard she looked at Anakin with evident concern in her eyes as she replied:" At what cost would that happen? I can't believe what I'm hearing Obi Wan was right you've changed!"
"The Jedi have already turned against me don't you dare to turn against me too!" Anakin answered in a highly agitated tone.
End Flashback
With a lot of sweat pouring down on her forehead, Padme finally opened her eyes again still pretty much shaken from this memory from her past and for quite a while she just sat there on the metal stretcher in the back of the freighter and just looked at the plain wall above her.
After some minutes she finally got up from the metal stretcher, figuring that she just couldn't lay there any more staring at the wall above her or else Jedi Master Ralkitta would probably think she was crazy if he would see her like this.
Of course Ralkitta was a little bit confused after Padme returned to the cockpit that quick again and he asked after she finally sat down again on the seat of the co-pilot: "I thought you wanted to rest for a bit before we reach our destination." The former Senator sighed shortly, thinking about what she should say right now because she really didn't know for sure if she should tell the Jedi Master about the bad dream she just had.
Padme took one deep breath before she finally said: "I tried to sleep for a bit, but I failed miserably in the end because of a memory of my past that scared me a lot."
Of course Ralkitta didn't want to force her to talk about something that was so uncomfortable to her so he gently asked: "Do you want to talk about it?" Padme had to think about that for a quite some time before she finally took one deep breath and replied: "I remembered the last the conversation I had with my husband Anakin and I had to realize that he had really turned to the dark side." The Jedi Master took a few minutes to let this information sink in for a moment, the betrayal of Anakin Skywalker surely still was something very uncomfortable to be reminded off but he his best to hide his feelings from the former Senator.
Two hours later
The old freighter finally reached the Capitol of the New Republic and now Padme was really getting nervous a lot: How would Mon Mothma react? Would she even believe that it really was Padme Amidala former Senator and Queen of Naboo or some very good imposter? Master Ralkitta finally opened up a communication channel to the spaceport of Corusant requesting the permission to land and of course he really hoped that this whole thing wouldn't blow up in his face in the very end.
The trip down to the spaceport didn't take very long and as they had almost landed the freighter on the surface of the big city planet Padme looked out of the window next to the seat of the Co-Pilot and it somehow felt very weird to return to Coruscant after all these years.
Padme and Master Ralkitta then finally left the ship a security escort was already waiting for them at the exit of the spaceport and they surely would be surprised to see a presumed dead person being alive again. As they had reached to exit of the spaceport the apparent leader of the security team approached them and said: "May I ask what your business on Coruscant is? " Of course Ralkitta could understand the need for security during these dangerous times and so he replied without much hesitation:
"I'm Jedi Master Ralkitta and this is Padme Amidala and we want to speak to Chief of State Mon Mothma." Ralkitta could sense the disbelief of the leader of the security team through the force very well and he knew in advance that there would a lot of explaining to be done.
"Padme Amidala is dead, so don't try to fool us by smuggling a very good imposter into the heart of the New Republic." The man of the security team said and he surely had the greatest respect ever for the Jedi but to his knowledge a dead person couldn't come back alive. Master Ralkitta sighed as the security team was pretty determined to block their way and figured that he had no choice:
"You will escort me and Padme Amidala to the Office of the Chief of State now." The leader of the Security Team repeated the phrase shortly after him and the Jedi Master somehow really hated it when he had to do that. A few minutes later Ralkitta, Padme and their escort finally reached the big office of the Chief of State and now they only had to step into a lift to get to the office room of Mon Mothma on one of the upper level of the building.
Through the short lift ride, Padme tried her very best to calm herself down just a little bit because she didn't want to stand before her former colleague with almost her whole body totally shaking out of nervousness. The lift finally stopped, Ralkitta and Padme finally stepped out of the lift and in the office were already two persons busy talking with each other: Mon Mothma and one other person that they couldn't identify just yet from their point of view.
With great surprise in their eyes, the two persons then finally turned to face them as they realized that they weren't alone in the office anymore and Ralkitta finally said: "I'm sorry for the interruption of your little meeting but I'm Jedi Master Ralkitta and I got a person with me that has requested to see you Chief of State Mon Mothma and it is Padme Amidala."
Mon Mothma was stunned for a couple of minutes, didn't really know how to respond to that because she clearly hadn't heard that name in quite some time and it definitely was difficult to comprehend all this right now. After she had recollected her thoughts just a little bit she finally said: "But that's impossible because Padme died years ago." Padme now stepped forward, took off the hood to reveal her face to her former Senate Colleague and of course she had somehow expected that reaction but could she prove that she really was, who she claimed to be?
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