Hey everyone okay so the last chapter was supposed to be chapter 5 not 4. Typo, my bad. Oh well, anyway I was supposed to post this yesterday but there was some computer problems and what not so I'm posting it today. Enjoy!

Chapter 6- Padme's First Hunt

10 years later…

Night lay across the valley. It had been 10 years since Padme and Anakin had met, and they haven't spoken or even seen each other since then.

Padme was sent to the Jedi Temple on Coresaunt to train as a padawan under Mace Windu. She was returning tomorrow after her many years away, but now as a fully trained Jedi Knight.

Yoda was sitting in his tree painting a new picture of Padme as an adult.

"Oh, Qui-Gon," Yoda spoke to himself. "More beautiful everyday does Padme grow, into a Queen someday very proud she will make us." Yoda then painted Anakin as a young man. "But this man Anakin, grows stronger he does. And Mother Talzin fills his heart with hate she does. Worried I am, Qui-Gon. Going well, things are not."

The wind blew, rattling the leaves on the tree.

"Hmph? A plan you have?"

A gourd fruit fell, splitting in two. Yoda held up the two halves against the paintings of Padme and Anakin, and brought them together until they joined.

"What? Anakin…Padme…together? The plan, that is?" Yoda said then yelled. "Crazy, are you? Work this never will! Oh, Qui-Gon, up there too long have you been. Your head in the clouds, it is."

The wind blew harder, almost blowing him away.

"Okay, ok, ok! OKAY! Alright—okay!" Yoda calmed. "Trust you I do, but work this may not, I don't think. Hope you know what you are doing, I do."

In the Outlands, the next morning…

Anakin stood in the center of the living room. His hair was no longer the shaggy blondish brown. It was now cut short (padawan style without the braid) and was a darker brown. His body build was larger and he wore all black, instead of tan. He looked like a sith.

Mother Talzin walked around him looking him up and down.

"You are ready!" She chuckled. "Nice…very nice. You have the same darkness in your soul that Dooku had. What is your destiny?"

"I will avenge Dooku," Anakin said. "take his place in the Pride Lands."

"Yes! What have I taught you?"

"Obi-wan Kenobi is the enemy."

"And what must you do?"

"I must kill him!"

The Jedi Starfighter landed on the platform outside of the palace. The Jedi gathered at the main balcony waiting for Padme. Padme got out of her fighter and walked to the palace. She discovered that the palace was empty. She set her stuff down in her room and walked outside.

Meanwhile, Satine spotted Padme. She ran down the staircase to the other s below. The Jedi were lined up in a making a pathway between the lines (tunnel). She walked down it to Obi-wan at the end. He looked worried and sad, with some happy, but he sighed gently and forced a smile. This was going to be Padme's first mission as a Knight. The hunt.

"She's back after so long," one Jedi said.

"Wow, her first hunt!" Another said.

"You must be so proud," Another said to Satine.

"Here she is!" Another said.

Padme emerged at the top of the staircase. She looked at Yoda, who was sitting in his hover chair beside the rail. She looked worried until Yoda spoke to her.

"Padme," Yoda said.

Padme walked down the stairs. At the foot was C-3P0, who clapped happily. Rex and Cody behind him embraced goofily.

"Good luck, Padme!" a Jedi said.

"She'll be great," one Jedi said.

"You can do it!" a youngling said.

"It's your day, Padme," said a female Jedi.

"My, how you've grown," an elder said.

"Good Luck, Padme," a male Jedi said.

Padme reached her mother and they embraced. Padme pulled away.

"You'll do fine," Satine said.

"Daddy," Padme said unleashing her mature voice. "You have to promise to let me do this on my own. Promise?"

Obi-wan glanced at Satine, who raised an eyebrow at him. He rolled his eyes up ward acquiescently.

"Alright," Obi-wan said. "I promise."

They pulled into a hug. Rex and Cody broke into tears. Padme pulled away then ran off through the city to the valley beyond. Obi-wan moved over to Rex and Cody.

"Make sure she doesn't get hurt," Obi-wan said quietly to them as if he wasn't even talking to them.

Rex and Cody began humming in a show of nonchalance, and slid away from the group and out of sight.

Padme was hunting. Trying to be quiet, she stepped on a branch, which cracked and sent a herd of antelope running. Padme ran frustrated.

Meanwhile, back in the Rancor Graveyard, Grievous and Ventress stood on a ledge. (Ventress and Grievous look like they do in Clone Wars)

"Yecch. This place even creepier since the Hyena soldiers were wiped out," Grievous said.

"Mmm. Gee," Ventress said her arms full of kindling.

"I'm not scared, okay?" Grievous said annoyed.

They jumped down next to one of the spouts. Ventress set the kindling right on the edge.

"I just don't know why we have to be here, that's all," he said. "If Anakin was so special, why does he need us? I never even had a chance!" he yelped as his butt got burned by a jet of hot gas from the spout.

Ventress watched him with amusement, then her face lit up as the near spout bursts, lighting the sticks a blaze.

"That's it," Ventress said reaching down picking up the burning kindling. "Now come on." She handed him one. "Padme's started her hunt. We have to make quickly."

Grievous took the burning stick, and put his hand above the vent. It went off and he removed his hand, which was on fire.

"Oh! Fire!" he switched the stick to the other hand and shook his hand until the fire went out. He then looked around to notice Ventress was gone. Grievous ran after her.

which was on fire.

"Oh! Fire!" he switched the stick to the other hand and shook his hand until the fire went out. He then looked around to notice Ventress was gone. Grievous ran after her.

Back in the open fields, Rex and Cody are following after Padme. Cody's hand popped up, as if making a puppet, above the grass. Rex rose up next to it, saw the hand, yelped in surprise, and ducked back down. The two crossed the clearing military-fashion, sniffed the air, and they darted from tree to tree with SWAT team style.

"Hup! Hup!" They said.

Rex leapt into a hollow log and gestured as though with a commlink.

"Tengo-Charley- Alpha," Rex said. "What's your position?"

"Uhh… upright," Cody said confused then smiled. "head turned slightly to the left… butt erect."

"Why do I bother?" Rex said to himself. He then pulled out a pair of electro binoculars and scanned the area, framing Padme in the view finder. "Ah hah."

Padme was stalking the antelope again. She carefully crawled over some stones with her hands, but knocked them over with her feet, alerting the antelope into running yet again. She jumped up and gave chase as the herd turned and dashed away from her, directly toward Rex and Cody, who shriek in fright.

"This is where the dear and the antelope play," Rex called.

The antelope passed; Rex and Cody shrieked again when they turned and saw Padme standing there, panting. Rex recovered and chuckled guiltily as Padme recovered her breath.

"Rex… what are you doing here?" she asked sternly.

"Uh…shopping! We thought a nice pelt for the den…some throw pillows," Rex lied. Cody nodded. "a little potpourri…"

"My father sent you," She said enraged. "After he promised to let me do this on my own… he lied!"

"No," Rex said calmly. "He just doesn't want you to get hurt."

"I should have known he'd never give me a real chance," Padme said.

She ran past them, still breathing hard.

"I'll do this on my own," She called over her shoulder. "Away from the Pride Lands!"

"Hey! Wait! Come back!" Rex called. "Oh… who can keep track of her? Padme come back!" He started to run after her, but she was too far. "Oh… she's gone again! Somebody's gotta tie a boomerang around her neck! Somebody's gotta get a beeper for this kid!"

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