Ayame and Obi-Wan made onto a droid transport ship without being seen. As they sat in the cargo hold waiting for the ship to take off, Ayame started meditating. She was clearing her mind for the inevitable fighting to come. However, something came into her head that she didn't want. It was the vision of that Sith again. He was looking right at her, pulling her deeper into the vision, not letting her go. Desperate, she cried the first name that came to her mind.

"OBI-WAN!" she cried. Suddenly, she felt herself being knocked over. She opened her eyes to find Obi-wan on top of her. Their faces were two inches from each other and they were staring into each other's eyes. After a moment, Obi-Wan scrambled off of Ayame and sat back against the wall. Ayame was trying to catch her breath after that scary experience. She crawled over to the wall and sat next to Obi-Wan, who was a bit out of breath himself.

"Are you okay?" he asked Ayame.

"Yes, I'm alright," she replied.

"What was that?" Obi-Wan asked.

"It was...nothing. Nothing at all," she said, just shaking her head. But Obi-Wan didn't believe her.

"Ayame, you've been having visions like this for the last month now. I'm starting to get worried," he said quietly.

"Since when have you been worried about me?" she snapped


"Since you started growing on me," he replied. Ayame was taken aback. Obi-Wan always despised her when they were kids. Why was he suddenly caring about her now? Obi-Wan's voice suddenly entered her thoughts.

"Well, are you going to tell me?" Ayame sighed.

"I saw the Sith lord again. You know the one with the red and black face?" Obi-Wan nodded and she continued. "It's like he was pulling me to him. I thought that I could actually feel him pulling on my mind. Oh Gods was it scary," she said, shivered. Obi-Wan looked at her sympathetically and put his arm around her shoulder. Unconsciously, Ayame cuddled up to him and sighed. Suddenly, there was a roar of engines as the ship took off from the federation's station. Ayame looked at Obi-Wan, a slight shimmer of fear in her hazel eyes. Obi-Wan smiled and hugged her. The only thing is, he didn't let go for a while. Ayame thought that he heard him sigh softly. Then, they both realized what they were doing, and broke apart. Their faces were a bright red, and they didn't look at each other. For the remainder of the trip, they were silent. Just as the ship landed, Obi-Wan stopped Ayame before they got out.

"Are you sure you're going to be okay?" he asked her while grasping her shoulders.

"I'll be fine," she said, shrugging him off. They both snuck out and hid in the underbrush. As they turned around, a battalion of battle droids confronted them. Thinking fast, Ayame reached out with the Force and rewired the droids with her mind. Smiling as they slumped, deactivated, Obi-Wan smiled at Ayame. When he did, Ayame felt her heart flutter. She managed to smile back, and the both of them started through the woods to find Qui-Gon. They were peaceful for a while, but the next thing that they knew, they were being chased by a droid on a small, one-troop transport called a STAP. As they ran, Obi-Wan suddenly sensed the presence of his master. He veered off to the left and ran towards the feeling. Ayame followed close behind. When Qui-Gon came into sight, he was talking to a strange frog-like creature. With just the block of two blasts, the STAP was destroyed. The creature looked at Qui-Gon and smiled


"Yousa save my again!" he squawked


"What's this?" Obi-Wan asked, staring at the creature.

"A local," Qui-Gon replied.

"Hey, you're a Gungan!" Ayame said, smiling at the lanky orange creature.

"Uh-huh! Meesa called Jar Jar Binks," he said. "And yousa?"


"I'm Ayame Melma. It's a pleasure meeting you, Jar Jar," Ayame said.

"Let's get going before more droids show up," Qui-Gon said, and the Jedi started running.

"More? More did you spake?" Jar Jar said, and followed them. "Ex-sqeeeze me, but the mosta safest place would be Gunga City. 'Tis where I grew up. 'Tis a hidden city." At the mention of a city, the Jedi stopped dead.

"A city?" Qui-Gon asked. "Can you take us there?" Jar Jar's cheerful expression faded. 


"Umm…No, not really, no," he mumbled. 


"No?" Ayame said, surprised.

"Dis embarrassing, but umm…my afraid my've been banished. My forgotten. Da bosses would to terrible tings to me; TERRRIBLE tings if me going back dere!" Jar Jar exclaimed. Suddenly, there was a roar in the distance


"Do you hear that?" Qui-Gon asked Jar Jar, pointing in the direction that the sound came from.

"Yeah," the Gungan replied, lifting up his long ear.

"That is the sound of a thousand terrible things coming this way," Qui-Gon said, moving closer to him. Ayame and Obi-Wan smiled. They loved it when their Master did this…it wasn't every day that they got to be mean.

"If they find us, they will crush us," Obi-Wan said.

"Grind us into tiny pieces," Ayame continued.

"And blast us into oblivion," they both finished. Jar Jar was convinced.


"Uhh, yousa point is well spaked," he said, looking at the Jedi in turn. "This way. Hurry!" He ran off towards a huge lake. When he stopped at the lakeshore, Ayame was confused.

"How much further?" Qui-Gon asked.

"Weesa goin underwater, okey-day? But my warning you; gungans no liken outsiders so, don't 'spect a werm welcome," Jar Jar said.

"Oh don't worry, this hasn't been our day for warm welcomes," Obi-Wan said, pulling out a re-breather. Ayame pulled hers out as the Gungan gave a cry and dove into the lake.

"Man, I hate swimming," she said. Obi-Wan just smiled and waded into the lake. Ayame shivered as she waded in after him and Qui-Gon. They started swimming, following the form of Jar Jar. As they got deeper, a shining city came into view. It was a series of bubbles that were connected by other bubbles. It was the most beautiful thing that Ayame had ever seen. She was even more amazed as Jar Jar swam up to a bubble and passed right through. Following suit, the Jedi passed through into the Gungan city of Otah Gunga. 


"So good being home!" Jar Jar cried. Other Gungans stopped and stared at Jar Jar with fear. The Jedi started to walk down into the city. Suddenly, several Gungan soldiers mounted on strange creatures surrounded them.

"Hey yousa! Stoppa dare!" one Gungan yelled, wielding an electric spear


"Hello darie Captain Tarples. Meesa back," Jar Jar said, smiling.

"No game, Jar Jar. Yousa going to da Bosses. Yousa in big doodoo dis time!" the Captain said. Jar Jar groaned. So did Ayame. She knew, from her studies, that the Gungan Bosses were very strict when it came to their laws, as well as their punishments.