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Padme was awoken by the screams of her children and sirens going off loudly. Jumping to her feet, she ran to the twins crib and scooped them up in her arms before rushing outside in search of Yoda or someone who could tell her what was happening. She tried to soothe Luke and Leia the best she could, but the loud sirens and screaming of people as they ran around in a panic kept any chance she had of keeping them calm nonexistent. Nobody would stop and explain to her what was happening when she asked because they were busy panicking themselves and most of them, like the former queen of Naboo, had no idea what was happening.

"Yoda!" Spotting the little green creature, she pushed through the crowds until she was kneeling down next to him since that is the only way she would be able to hear him over all the commotion taking place around her. "What's happening? Are we under attack? Have you heard from Anakin or Obi-Wan?"

The master Jedi frowned deeply. "Coming to get you I was. Destroyed has been the planet Tatooine by a ship called the 'death star' and it was made to destroy planets. Tatooine is the first, but reports we have of it heading this way. Go we must to somewhere safer in case next target this is."

"Destroyed?" She could hardly believe what she was hearing. Was an entire planet really destroyed? Were there any survivors? What had happened to Anakin's step father and his kids? "Did anyone make it out alive?"

"Reports of survivors we have not. Given no warning we were about the attack." Yodas expression was filled with pain due to all the senseless death. "Leave now we must. Somewhere safe take you I will. Dagobah I will take you for safest place think of I can."

Padmes mind was whirling and she could barely grasp her thoughts at the rate they were passing by. "Do we really have to leave? If it is at all possible I want to stay in cause there are survives from Tatooine who need help if they are wounded or if there is another attack on a different planet, I want to be here to help Yoda, I have to be here. I do agree that the twins need to be taken somewhere safe and I trust you to do that Yoda. I know you will not allow harm to come to them if something should happen."

The master Jedi shook his head. Usually he did not like to order people around in to doing something they did not want to do, but right now he had no other choice. He understood her need to help and yet there were more important things she had to tend to. "Allow you to stay I cannot. Help you will when time is right thought time now is not. Luke and Leia need you they do. Come with us you must Padme for leave you behind I cannot. Understand please, beg this of you I do."

"I-" She paused to look down at her children who were clinging to her with tears in their eyes. Yoda was right; as much as she wanted to help out, her children needed her more. It would be selfish to leave them alone without a mother or father with them. If the time came when she was needed then she would figure it all out then, but for the time being it was best to stay with Leia and Luke. "You're absolutely right Yoda; I'm sorry about that I think I just wanted to help because I feel like this is my fault in a way and helping victims would be my way of making up for playing a part, even if unknowingly so, in the events now taking place."

"Your fault it is not." Yoda told her as he touched her hand with his in a show of comfort. "The actions of other you have no control. Sidious did all of this and pay he will. Go now we must because time have we not. Come back for your things I will after safe I am sure you and the twins are. Promise made I did to keep you safe and break promise I will not. Everything will be fine yes fine it will be you will see."

Padme nodded in agreement even though she wasn't sure she agreed with him completely. Sure, she hoped everything would be fine and yet she knew there was a big chance that things would not be fine because this was war and war never ended happily no matter what side won and what side lost, but then again that was war for you, it was always messy. Cuddling the twins even closer to her chest, she made a silent vow to make sure neither of her children became some of the nameless victims; she would lay down her own life before she let something like that happen and the former queen knew without a doubt her husband felt the same way. Hopefully when this was all over with she could have her family back without living in constant fear. That is all Padme really wanted now, just to be able to live happily with her husband and grow old together as they watched their children grow and start families of their own.

'You come back to me Ani, you come back to me like you promised.' The words echoed in her head as she followed Yoda as quickly as she could. For a little green guy who used a cane most of the time, he was actually pretty quick and she had trouble catching up with him since she was carrying the twins and trying not to crash in to other panicked people running around frantically. Things were so horrible at the moment and she was hoping things did not get any worse. 'Oh Ani, I wish you were here. I need you my love.'

TBC...

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