Author's Note: Hello all you people who actually bother reading my story! This is a rather short chapter compared to the last one.

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Chapter 6: Sad Good-Byes

Jasmine, Kythe and Julius had all been sleeping peacefully when they were suddenly awakened to Donald yelling over the loudspeaker.

"Everyone wake up! The King is sending us a transmission!"

"I can never just sleep, can I?" Kythe complained.

Kythe stumbled out of his room to see Julius and Jasmine just leaving their rooms as well.

"Where are Firefox and Blaize?" Julius asked.

"Their probably already up. Blaize usually is up pretty early." Jasmine replied.

Kythe, Julius, and Jasmine headed towards the communications room, and when they got there, they saw Blaize and Firefox already sitting there waiting for them.

"It's about time you got up." Blaize said with a smile on his face.

"Shut up Blaize." Kythe replied. "Not all of us get up at 6am."

"Everyone be quiet, the King needs to talk to us." Donald yelled.

"Yea guys, we don't want to make him mad." Goofy added.

King Mickey appeared on the screen, with a rather cheerful look on his face.

"Great news everyone! The boy who wanted to help us won us the parts we need for the Queen's ship in a race, and we will be leaving here today!" Mickey announced happily.

"Sweet! That means we get to go to Coruscant! I've always wanted to see it." Jasmine said.

"We will be bringing the parts back to the ship shortly. I'll see you then." Mickey said, closing the transmission.

"Well, I'm going back to sleep. DON'T wake me up." Kythe said forcibly.

"I think that's a good idea!" Jasmine agreed.

Julius just moaned something along the lines of "agreed", and followed the other two out the door and towards their rooms.

"I'm already awake, so I'll go find something to do." Blaize said as he walked out of the communications room, followed by Firefox.

Qui-Gon was in a good mood. Although his face was very serious, he was happy on the inside. For starters, they were finally going to get off this planet, but Qui-Gon had a good feeling about this boy. There was something about him…

Qui-Gon's thoughts were interrupted by the sight of Obi-Wan waiting out side the Queen's ship. He also noticed Blaize, Firefox, Donald and Goofy waiting outside Mickey's ship.

"Hello Master!" Obi-Wan called cheerfully. Obviously leaving this place was making Obi-Wan feel good too.

"Here is the hyperdrive. I want this installed by the time I return." Qui-Gon ordered. "I have some business to attend to."

"Why do I get the feeling that we've picked up another pathetic life form?" Obi-Wan asked, thinking of Jar-Jar.

"It's the boy who helped us." Qui-Gon said, as his eopie started to turn away. "I won't be long."

Over near Mouseketeer, Mickey was explaining the situation to his friends.

"Hey fellas! We will be leaving shortly, Qui-Gon just needs to get the boy who saved us and we can leave. Sora, Riku and Kairi should all stay here with you guys. Keep you eyes open, I just got a feeling that something bad might happen." Mickey instructed as he turned to follow Qui-Gon.

"Yes Your Majesty!" Donald and Goofy said in perfect unison.

"Hmm, I hope nothing bad happens." Blaize said.

"Hey Qui-Gon, do you feel what I feel?" Mickey asked as he caught up with Qui-Gon.

"If you mean the feeling that something bad is gonna happen, then yes. I don't know what it is, but if we hurry, we might avoid it." Qui-Gon stated grimly.

The rest of their time went by in silence, and soon they arrived at Watto's shop. Qui-Gon dropped of the eopie and grabbed Anakin leading him to his house. When they were a few steps away from his house, Qui-Gon handed a bag of money to Anakin.

"These are for you." Qui-Gon said simply.

"Thanks!" Anakin yelled happily.

Anakin ran into his house and went straight to his mom shouting "Mom! Look! We sold the pod! Look at all the money we got!"

"Oh my goodness! Anakin, that's wonderful!" Shmi cried.

"And he's been freed." Qui-Gon added as he walked in.

"What?" Anakin asked dumbfounded.

"Now all of your dreams can come true. Is he to become a Jedi?" Shmi asked Qui-Gon. The expression on her face showed the sadness she felt. She had heard what Qui-Gon had said, as well as what he had not said. She knew that she was not free.

"Yes, he will. Our meeting wasn't a coincidence." Qui-Gon explained.

"Awesome!" Anakin yelled as he ran towards his bedroom. He suddenly stopped as the same realization that had already hit his mom hit him.

"What about my mom?" Anakin asked, already getting the feeling that he knew the answer.

"I was unable to get her freed. I tried to have both of you freed, but Watto wouldn't have it." Qui-Gon replied sadly.

Anakin suddenly looked sad at the idea of leaving without his mom. He turned towards his room, knowing that he had an opportunity to live out his dreams, so he would take it. He ran into his room and turned on threepio to say good-bye.

"Oh, hello there master Anakin." C3-PO said.

"Well, threepio, I've been freed, and I'm going to Coruscant to become a Jedi. I'm sorry about never finishing you, giving you plating and all. I'll make sure mom doesn't sell you or anything." Anakin explained as he packed up his items.

"Sell me?" C3-PO asked, horrified at the idea.

"Bye!" Anakin called over his shoulder.

Anakin walked back into the entranceway of his home. He looked around, wanting to remember every detail of it, knowing that he probably would never see it again.

"Well, I think I got everything." Anakin said.

"Then we better get going. The queen is waiting for us." Qui-Gon stated.

"Bye mom." Anakin said as he walked out the door. His mom followed to watch him leave.

The king and Qui-Gon were walking quickly, trying to get back to the ships so that they could leave, while Anakin was slowly trudging behind them. He suddenly stopped, dropped his bag, turned and ran towards his mom. Shmi dropped to her knees to embrace him.

"I can't do it Mom." Anakin cried into his mom's shoulder.

"Yes you can Anakin. You are a strong and brave young man." Shmi told him.

"Will I ever see you again?" Anakin asked, wiping away tears.

"What does your heart tell you?" Shmi asked him.

"It says yes." Anakin replied.

"Then we will see each other again." Shmi said.

"I will come back and free you mom." Anakin promised.

Shmi smiled at her son. "Now go with your friends. You can do it." Shmi said.

Anakin turned and walked towards Mickey and Qui-Gon, who were waiting patiently for him. Anakin grabbed his bag and walked with the two masters, heading towards his destiny.

"Don't worry Anakin," Mickey said. "No matter what, your mom will always be in your heart."

"I know." Anakin stated simply. His tone told Mickey that he wanted to be left to his thoughts, so Mickey respected that and dropped the subject.

The walk was fairly uneventful, until they reached the outskirts of town. Qui-Gon suddenly turned around and whipped out his lightsaber in the same motion, cutting the droid that was behind them in half instantly.

"What is that?" Anakin asked out of curiosity.

"I don't know." Qui-Gon replied. "Let's keep moving."

In all reality, Qui-Gon knew exactly what it was. It was a probe droid, and that could only mean that someone was looking for something. Qui-Gon was willing to bet that whoever sent out that probe wanted to find the queen. Mickey and Qui-Gon exchanged looks, and they both instantly understood each other.

Darth Maul had an expressionless face, as usual. One of his probes had found the queen's ship, so you would think he'd at least smile. But no, he just got on his jet black speeder and flew away. His probe just watched him, then sat there doing nothing.

A short while later, the trio was nearing that two ships. Anakin had fallen far behind the two masters, who were eager to leave.

"Qui-Gon sir, please wait up." Anakin asked. He was exhausted from the walk.

Qui-Gon turned around to look at Anakin, and his face instantly noticed the shape coming towards them at high speeds.

"Anakin! Drop!" Qui-Gon yelled.

No sooner had Anakin dropped than a large black speeder flew over him, with its black cloaked riding jumping off it. It turned on a lightsaber and attack Qui-Gon.

"Get to the ships! Take off!" Qui-Gon ordered, fighting back.

Mickey and Anakin ran towards their respective ship. Mickey was in Mouseketeer, before anyone could blink. As he ran in, he found Sora, Riku, Kairi, Blaize and Firefox talking and laughing. When thy saw the king, they all saw the panic on his face.

"Qui-Gon's in trouble. We need to take-off. Hurry!" Mickey yelled, running towards the control room. All five followed him, Sora leading the way because he would be the co-pilot.

Over on the queen's ship, Anakin was running on-board yelling, "Qui-Gon's in trouble! He says to take off."

The only people standing there were Obi-Wan and one of the queen's men.

"Who are you?" The queen's man ordered.

"Anakin? Where's Qui-Gon?" Padme asked as she walked in.

"He's in trouble! He's says to take off!" Anakin explained.

"Let's go!" Obi-Wan said.

They raced into the hanger.

"Qui-Gon's in trouble, take-off." Obi-Wan ordered. "Over there, fly low."

The queen's ship began to take off, and so did Mouseketeer. The queen's ship was flying towards Qui-Gon, who was still fighting this mysterious man.

Who is this man? Qui-Gon thought as he continued to fight. This man had a lightsaber, so he must be a Jedi, unless…

Is this a sith lord? They haven't been seen in centuries!

Qui-Gon started trying to remember what this guy looked like to describe later. He had menacing, yellow eyes, his face was covered in red and black tattoos, and he had multiple horns sticking out of his head.

Qui-Gon didn't have much more time to study his enemy. The queen's ship was overhead, so he jumped and, with the help of the force, landed on the ramp, and walked in the ship. Both ships then flew away, leaving Darth Maul standing there, furious with himself that he let them get away.

I'll get them next time Darth Maul thought.

On the queen's ship, Qui-Gon had fallen to the floor from exhaustion, and was breathing heavy. Everyone was curious as to what happened. The first to ask was Obi-wan.

"Master, what was that?" he asked.

"I don't know, but he was powerful. I bet it was after the queen. It was well trained." Qui-Gon said.

"What are we going to do about it?" Anakin asked.

"Be patient." Qui-Gon said between breaths.

The ship continued on it's way. After everyone was asleep. Padme walked into the main room, and turned on the transmission that had been sent by Naboo's governor. After it had played through, Padme's eyes were downcast. She turned and noticed Anakin huddled in a corner.

"Are you ok?" Padme asked.

"It's cold." Anakin whined.

Padme brought him a blanket. "You come from a warm planet Anni, a little to warm for my taste. Space is cold."

"You seem sad." Anakin inquired.

"The queen is worried." Padme explained. "Her people are suffering, dying. She needs to convince the senate to help, or… I don't know what will happen."

"I made this for you." Anakin said as he pulled a necklace out for under the blanket. "So you'd remember me. I carved it out of a Japor snippet. It'll bring you good fortune."

"It's beautiful, but I don't need this to remember you by." Padme told him with a smile. "Many things will change when we reach the capital, but my caring for you will remain."

"I care for you too, I miss…" Anakin started to say.

"Your mother." Padme finished.

Over on Mouseketeer, Kythe had finally woken up. Jasmine and Julius were both already awake, and laughed when Kythe walked in.

"So, what did I miss?" Kythe asked.

"Oh, nothing much. The boy who helped us is coming with us, Qui-Gon almost got killed and we're almost to Coruscant." Jasmine explained.

"Whatever… what is there to eat?" Kythe asked.

"Just go to the kitchen. There's plenty to eat there. Help yourself." Blaize said.

"You just want to give away my food, don't you Blaize?" Mickey added.

Blaize just shrugged. What did Mickey care? The kitchen was gigantic.

Well, that's the end of another chapter! This one was kinda short, but the next one should be longer. As always, PLEASE REVIEW! Without reviews, I get bored and decide not to write this story. So if you want it to continue, all you have to say is "Good job." It's easy, just hit the little button that says "Review this story" and write something! It would make me happy.