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Padme had just put Leia and Luke down for a nap when Obi-Wan knocked once before coming in to the room. He appeared to be rather somber. "I am sorry to disturb you Padme, but I need you to come somewhere with me. I don't want you to take this the wrong way, but I cannot trust you to stay here on your own yet. I have to be careful and I hope that you understand why I must do this. I wouldn't even being going out today, but I must show my respect for the lives lost."

"Lives lost?" She questioned softly before it suddenly came to her out of the blue. "The funeral services for the children who were murdered in the temple is today isn't it? I heard about it on the holo-net."

"Yes." The Jedi master felt a wave of sadness for those kids wash over him as he struggled to push it back. "It is always a day of sorrow when a life is lost so young. To kill a child is to kill any innocence in this galaxy. It takes a real monster to do something so vile in the first place. Well we should be going since the services will start soon. I have assigned a droid to watch over the children. I think it would be better if they weren't there, don't you agree?"

The former queen of Naboo nodded. "I would rather they not be there either. Is it wise for me to go? What if someone recognizes me? I would rather not become a target."

Obi-Wan set his hand on her shoulder in a comforting manner. "You will be hidden under a cloak, though even if you weren't I doubt anyone would pay you much attention Padme. Everyone is going to be focused on the service and not the people attending. Besides, I think it would be good for you to go. It will help you to see the Anakin you once loved is dead only to be reborn in to a monster."

For a moment she did not understand what he was implying. He couldn't very well be suggesting Anakin killed those children could he? Her husband would never hurt an innocent child. This had to be some sort of play to get her to turn on her husband, but she would not let that happen. Instead of arguing with him though, she figured it would be best to simply agree. If he thought that she agreed with him it may earn her some more of his trust and trust is what she needed in order to get her children back.

"I will go with you today Obi-wan, to honor them." She told him with one last look at her sleeping children. She needed to do this for Luke and Leia. "I have already let go of Anakin even if you have yet to see it. I am not blinded by love Obi-Wan, but I do love him in a way and I think a part of me will always love him, but that does not mean I am unable to see the terrible things he has done."

Saying those words about her husband was one of the hardest things she ever had to do and yet she did it anyways because it was necessary. After a moment Padme headed towards the door. She wanted to get this over and done with no more talk of her husband. The more that she spoke of him, the angrier she became with the Jedi. They were acting as if he was this demon and he wasn't. Padme knew her husband and he was nothing like the man the master Jedi was describing. It made her want to scream and yet she realized that if she did that it would blow her cover.

"You are a noble person Padme." He told before coming to walk with her as they exited the small apartment. "You are exactly the kind of person who is going to be needed to help repair to senate, if it is even salvageable at this point in time. Palpatine has done so much damage already and I fear it may be too late. He had all of convinced he wanted what was best for the people, but what he really wanted was power and he used Anakin's weaknesses to get him on his side. He almost got away with it all, but the remaining Jedi will not let it stand. Order will be found once again and it is a relief to know that you will be a part of it. We will make this galaxy a save place for your children to grow up with fear of Sith and fear of what Anakin would do to them should he ever find them or you for that matter. It all starts today; we will mourn for the lives lost before we start to rebuild everything tomorrow for the next generation."

"A new better galaxy." Without Jedi, but she made sure not to say that last part even though she believed it to be true. Padme finally understood why her husband resented the Jedi so much since she was feeling the same way. When she finally got away from Obi-Wan with her children, she had decided she wanted to become an active part of the fighting. "I like the sound of that. This galaxy needs a lot of work in order to become a peaceful place. Everyone will need to pull together or else we will end up destroying everything we are working so hard to save. Some people are going to have to get passed their prejudices in order to do what is right for all involved and not simply what they think to be right."

The master Jedi could sense that she was trying to tell him something with that statement and yet he was not sure, but he was confident that he would figure it out eventually. Right now he had more important things to worry about. This was a day of remembrance and everything else would just have to wait for the time being. It wasn't as if it was something he needed to figure out right this second, he had time, or at the very least he hoped he had time.

TBC…

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