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Chapter 1. Five Million Years Later:

A lone figure made his way down the darkened passage way of what was once a grand palace and temple of the Ancient Empire, now it was nothing more than ruins. With a snap hiss a blue light sprung forth as the man used his lightsaber to show him the way through the darkness. Looking around, the man took in the hieroglyphics carefully carved into the walls and the beautifully preserved statues and monuments that where spread through the corridor. All telling the tales of a bygone age. The man himself was dressed like any other explorer, loose shirt, vest, pants, sturdy boots, and a utility belt filled with various tools including an 'emergency' grenade and blaster much to the chagrin of his wife. The lightsaber illuminated the man's face. He was very handsome in his early thirties with chiseled features, golden hair and haunting blue eyes. A scar ran over his right eye completed his roguish looks. While he looked like every other treasure hunter and explorer in the Galaxy, Anakin Skywalker was nothing like the rest.

He brushed back a curtain of cobwebs and continued down the passage to the inner temple, his head turning at every little sound while the Force hummed through him, it felt slightly off. Enough that Anakin knew he needed to remain on guard. After a while he heard footsteps coming up from behind him. Turning, he saw two small figures running up to him. The one in front slid to a stop, the other crashing into them sending both to the sandy floor. The lantern one carried extinguished on impact. Anakin held back a curse and deactivated his lightsaber.

"What dad? Did you think we were another mummy back from the dead or something?" One of the children asked cheekily, Anakin rolled his eyes.

"Luke, Leia, we told you guys to wait up in the entry hall." The twins jumped up from the ground. Leia looked over at her brother, who was fiddling with his lantern.

"It's Luke's fault." Leia stated.

"Is not!" her brother shot back. Those two may have been twins but they were polar opposites of each other. Luke had his father's blond hair and blue eyes yet possessed his mother's personality, slightly more calm demeanor and love of knowledge. Unfortunately, that love of knowledge caused both his son and his wife to act recklessly sometimes all in the name of said knowledge. Leia on the other hand looked just like her mother, possessing her dark hair, eyes and pale skin that never seemed to burn. While she looked like his wife, Leia's personality and temper were all Anakin. Which could become very problematic in the wrong situation, such as the time she chose to blacken the eye of one of her aunt's 'special' friends when the man had compared her and Luke to little kittens. Anakin took the lantern from Luke and began to fix it, his lightsaber now clipped to his belt, both of the children knew that they were to stay away from their father's weapons. Luke shuffled his feet then looked up at his father.

"We came down here because I found your tattoo." Anakin finally got the lantern lit and looked up at his children.

"What?" Leia stepped forward and pulled off the ever present arm guard on their father's right arm and rolled up his shirt sleeve. The tattoo started on the inside of Anakin's wrist with a simple cartouche of a pair of wings with a sword pointing up to a star in the middle. The tattoo then continued up Anakin's arm in simple black geometric lines all the way to his chest, right over his heart. Anakin rarely showed anyone his tattoo, he kept his arm guard on and often wore long sleeves or jackets. His own wife didn't even know about it until about a month after they had met, when they were intimate for the first time. She had said it had added to his roguish charms and had gone so far as to get her own tattoo on their first wedding anniversary, a pair of Angel wings on her back because Anakin always called her his Angel. Even with that Anakin still was cautious about showing his tattoo, he actually liked it a lot. But the thing was he had no idea how he had gotten it, that's why he kept it covered. He had just woken up one morning when he was eighteen after a night of drinking with the crew he had been serving on to find the fully healed piece of art on his arm. When Padme had gotten hers it had taken nearly three months to fully heal. Anakin sighed.

"You know what, when your mom and I are done down here how about you show us the cartouche. Ok?" Luke nodded, eyes downcast. Anakin smiled at his son and ruffled his hair. "Seriously get back to the ante-chamber before your mom finds out you came down here. Or she's going to mummify all three of us and I personally do not want my brains pulled out of my nose." This caused Luke to laugh but Leia tried to protest. "No buts." Anakin said, cutting her off. "Go."

"What are we supposed to do?" Leia asked. Anakin shrugged.

" I don't know, build a better Wamp Rat trap." Luke perked up, he loved building stuff.

"Ok!" With that the little boy raced off with his lantern. Leia rolled her eyes and ran after her twin.

"No running!" Anakin shouted after the pair, of course they ignored him. Sighing, he looked around for his arm guard only to realize that Leia, the little sneak, had taken it with her. Shaking his head, Anakin rolled up his sleeves before moving further into the ruins to meet up with his wife before she had time to desecrate any tombs.

Deeper in the ruins, Padme Skywalker worked fervently, cleaning thousands of years worth of dust off of a sealed door that depicted two woman sparing. Something moved over her foot, looking down she saw a serpent slither over her boot. There may have been a time, years ago where she would have shrieked in horror. Now Padme merely rolled her eyes and kicked the serpent off her foot.

"Get off." It went flying through the air. Just as Anakin entered the room he ducked as the angry reptile flew past his head.

"Those things are venomous you know."

"Only if they bite you." Padme replied. Anakin chuckled and moved to join his wife. "What took you so long?" Padme asked, turning back to her work.

"Oh, the kids had something to show us. I swear they are becoming more like you every day." Anakin knelt down to dig through their tool case. Padme smirked.

"I would say they are becoming more like you." Anakin stood and pulled his wife into his arms.

"You mean incredibly charming and good looking." Padme laughed leaning up she kissed her husband.

"Something like that." She replied before pulling herself from his arms.

"Now that we've got that settled where were we?" Padme picked up some tools and held them out to her husband.

"Hammer and Chisel." Anakin looked at the tools, then at the door, then back at his wife. Padme huffed and tossed the tools aside. "Fine, do it your way." Anakin grinned and pulled out his lightsaber, igniting it, he buried it deep into the seal of the door and began to cut it away. Finally, the door fell back with a bang, revealing what appeared to be a mass tomb. Most likely for the palace servants and their families. The pair stepped over the fallen door and entered the room, careful to avoid the red hot stone around the frame. Padme held up a torch illuminating the room while Anakin placed the lightsaber back on his belt. The floor was covered in all sorts of creepy crawly things. Padme carefully stepped into the chamber and began to walk across the room carefully avoiding the bugs all over the floor. Even after all this time she would still admit bugs gave her the shivers. Anakin was right behind her and unlike his wife he had no qualms about crushing some insects.

"Ever since I started having those dreams this place has haunted me." Padme muttered, referring to a series of dreams she had been having for nearly three months. Finally the husband and wife team had decided to follow Padme's dreams and those are what had led them to this particular palace.

"Ever since you started having those dreams I haven't had a decent nights sleep." Anakin grumbled. Padme shot him a dirty look.

"Lets call it revenge for those dreams you had about me dying while I was pregnant with the twins." She replied sharply.

"Ok point made." Anakin conceded, he was never going to be able to live that particular episode down. Padme was looking around the chamber, her brow furrowed in concentration.

"I feel like I've been here before; I know I've been here before. Do you feel anything in the Force?" Padme asked turning to Anakin. Anakin closed his eyes and reached out with the Force. All he felt was the light disturbance he had sensed earlier.

"No I'm not getting anything and I have no idea why you would have these feelings. No one's been here for at least a couple of millennia." As he said this, Padme reached up for a torch holder embedded on the wall and pulled it down. A rush of stale air greeted them as a secret door opened before them. Padme turned back to Anakin.

"Then why do I seem to know exactly where I'm going?" Anakin had to admit, that was a little strange. Maybe there was something to Padme's dreams and if that was the case why was the Force so calm around him and his wife right now while these bazaar events kept occurring. Anakin decided to put his unease in the back of his mind for now. He had other things to worry about. Besides whatever Padme's dreams related to, it probably couldn't be as catastrophic as razing an evil mummy set on galactic domination from the dead.

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Meanwhile, outside of the temple three riders had appeared, tying their mounts to a nearby tree the trio made their way up to the palace entrance. One only had to take one look at the group to figure out their trade, they were bounty hunters.

"Are we sure they're here?" One asked. The leader nodded, staring at the dark entrance.

"Lets go."

In the ante-chamber Luke was busy working on his Wamp Rat trap while Leia sat off to the side with one of their mother's old textbooks trying to translate the cartouche that matched their father's tattoo. Both children looked up when they heard voices coming from the entrance hall, voices that most certainly did not belong to their parents. Exchanging a quick look the two raced to a scaffold that was holding a pillar steady and scrambled up the ladder to the top. Hiding just as the bounty hunters entered the chamber.

"You two go check and make sure that everything is here. I'll go deal with the Skywalkers." The leader, a tall pale woman said before leaving her partners.

"What ever you say Aurra." One hissed, the other was already digging through piles of debris, looking for anything of value. Up in their hiding place the twins exchanged another look. This was not good.

Deep inside the palace Padme followed Anakin further into the inner temple. Suddenly a wave of vertigo washed over her. When the dizziness subsided, Padme was no longer standing in a hall of ruins but inside a torch lit corridor. Everything shone with light, colorful paintings filled the walls telling stories of heroes and gods. It was like she had been transported back to the past. Padme stepped forward in awe of her surroundings. As the end of the hall stood a massive golden door, Padme froze as it swung open and out walked a woman. As the woman pushed the door open further, Padme could see inside of the room. Inside stood two sentinel guards and an alter with an intricate chest resting on it. The woman pushed the door shut and carefully turned the dial on the door until it clicked into place. From behind Padme came a man's voice, she had no idea what had been said but the woman turned from the door and towards the sound of the voice. Just as Padme was about to get a look at the woman's face the vision fell away and Padme was once again standing in the darkened ruins. Anakin was in front of her examining the door she had seen open and close just moments ago. Anakin looked up and saw Padme staring wide eyed around the chamber, through the Force, Anakin could sense his wife's unease.

"You ok?" He asked. Padme shook her head slightly trying to gather her thoughts.

"I just had a vision." She whispered, "It was like my dreams, but in real life, it was like I was really here in ancient times." That didn't sound right, but besides Padme's unease, Anakin still couldn't sense anything wrong in the Force.

"Well if you were here do you think you can get this door open?" Padme stepped forward and pulled cobwebs from the handle before turning it the same way the woman in her vision had. With a click the door opened.

"Ok, now you are starting to scare me." Anakin stated, staring at the door.

"I'm starting to scare myself." Padme replied. "Maybe I'm starting to become Force Sensitive or something."

"I'm pretty sure that's not how it works." Anakin said pulling the door further open.

"I know I'm just trying to make myself feel more sane." Padme entered the chamber leaving her husband to follow.

Back in the ante-chamber the two remaining bounty hunters were waiting for their boss to get back, unaware of the two children hiding above them. Luke nodded to Leia and the twins pulled out their sling shots.

"On three." Leia whispered, "One, two, three!" The twins fired, hitting the Gungun bounty hunter strait in the back. The creature shrieked and jumped into the air.

"Shut up!" The other one, a Trashondonian yelled, "Before you anger the gods." High above the twins fought back giggles, this was going to be fun.

Aurra Sing snuck deeper into the temple, closing in on Anakin and Padme. Back in the temple chamber the pair were cleaning off the alter, as Padme cleaned off the last of the dust from the emblem above the alter, she drew her hand back in shock.

"Gods, this is the emblem of Darth Bane. He's supposed to be a myth. There is no actual trace of him anywhere." Padme dusted off the rest of the chest, Anakin felt a chill run through him. On top of the chest was the same design as his tattoo. "We should open this."

"I don't think that's a good idea." Unknown to the couple, Aurra Sing had finally caught up with them. She hid herself just outside of the chamber, listening in on the couple.

"What harm can come from opening a chest?" Anakin rolled his eyes.

"What harm can come from reading a book? You remember how well that went." Padme rolled her eyes and went back to examining the chest. Anakin knew that he had lost this battle.

"Fine, but remember I was the voice of reason here." Padme ignored the remark and focused on trying to find a way to open the chest. Sighing, Anakin looked around the room, his eyes finally falling on the Sentinel next to the alter. Hanging on a simple chain was a pendent in the shape of a star. The same design as the ones on the chest. He reached out and pulled the necklace from the statue.

"Angel, lets do it your way." He said holding out the necklace to his wife. Padme grinned at her husband and took the necklace sliding the pendent into the opening that matched the design. With a click the chest popped open. Inside the chest rested a beautifully preserved golden cuff, intricately molded to look like a griffin about to take flight.

"It's the bracelet of Bogun." Padme whispered in awe.

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Back in the Ante-Chamber, Luke and Leia were taking turns using the Gungun as target practice. Luke sat up and launched another stone, it went flying from his sling shot and would have hit the creature square on the head had it not been grabbed out of the air by the other Bounty hunter. The Trashondonian glared up at Luke as he crushed the pebble to dust. They were caught!

"I've got this." He spat, Luke and Leia jumped up as the bounty hunter stalked towards the scaffold.

Deep in the temple Aurra drew her blaster, knowing if she timed it right, she would be able to take out the Skywalkers before the couple even knew what was happening.

Padme carefully lifted the cuff from the chest and began to examine it when a rumbling rolled through the chamber, dust fell from the ceiling and everything around them began to shake. Aurra swore and took off back to her companions. Padme threw the bracelet back in the chest and slammed it shut.

"It's a bit late for that!" Anakin yelled. The Force was screaming that they needed to get out now. Padme grabbed the chest and pushed it into her husband's arms.

"Put it in your ruck sack!"

"Let's leave it here!" He yelled.

"It's too late for that!" Padme shot back. Anakin cursed but did as he was instructed. While stuffing the chest into his pack Padme read an inscription on the alter.

"What's it say?" Padme frowned.

"He who disturbs this artifact will drink from the Nile." Padme looked over at Anakin, "Well, that doesn't sound too bad." Anakin merely grabbed Padme and pulled her from the chamber, they raced into the main set of passages only to stop short in horror as a massive tidal wave of water crashed around a corner at the end of the corridor.

"That's bad!" Anakin yelled as the two dove down a side passage, the wave was closing in on them.

In the main chamber the Trashondonian had almost reached the two children when his boss raced into the chamber yelling that they needed to clear out. It was the kid's lucky day. The creature grinned and jumped from the ladder, causing it to fall away, trapping Luke and Leia. Causing the scaffold to shake dangerously. With a snarl and just for good measure he kicked one of the supporting beams out of place. He raced after the others leaving Luke and Leia on the collapsing structure. As the scaffold collapsed, Luke grabbed his sister.

"Jump!"

Padme and Anakin ran blindly through the maze of passages as the water rushed after them, getting closer with each corner. The pair were forced to stop when they came to a dead end. Anakin grabbed his wife and pulled her close, trying to create a shield as the wave crashed into them. Simultaneously, Luke and Leia jumped from the scaffold just as it fell, grabbing the edge of the pillar. With a loud bang the column began to shift, then fall forward, sending the two screaming nine-year-olds tumbling to the ground as it crashed into the neighboring pillar. The twins watched horrified as the columns played dominos through the room. Leia looked over at her brother, both covered head to toe in dust.

"We are so dead." Luke nodded in silent shock.

Padme and Anakin shot to the surface, spluttering as the water rose around them.

"This is bad Padme!"

"We've had bad before!" Anakin looked around.

"Not like this!"

In the Anti-Chamber a crack echoed through the room, the twins whirled around to see the last pillar slowly start to fall towards the wall. They ran over and tried to push the pillar back in place, but it was useless Leia grabbed Luke and the two ran clear of the column as it smashed through the wall, unleashing a torrent of water. As the wave crashed into the chamber so did their parents. The adults slid to a stop at the feet of their children. Luke and Leia looked down at their soaked and wide eyed parents, then at each other, then back at their parents.

"Mom, Dad," Luke began looking around the ruined chamber. "We can explain everything." Padme and Anakin just groaned and stayed on the ground, Anakin still holding his ruck sack with the chest inside.

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Thousands of miles away on the far side of the planet an army of workers dug through massive pits in the sand, watched closely by armed guards. The slaves worked long into the night without so much as a break. Inside of the overseer's tent a large Kaleesh man set a heavy tome carved of onyx onto a desk next to the books golden counter part. The two books had been found the previous day along with what appeared to be the skeleton of a Weequay, but those remains were unimportant.

"The Book of the Dead gives life." Rasped the Kaleesh called Grievous.

"And the Book of Life takes it away." Drawled his companion. A woman, dressed head to toe in dark robes. "We're getting close." She stated. Overlooking one of the excavation pits stood an older man wrapped in a brown cloak, watching intently as the workers toiled below. He turned and watched as a speeder pulled up and out jumped the trio of bounty hunters. He was about to go to them when the ground in the center of the pit shifted and heaved spewing forth swarms of flesh eating scarabs. Shrieks of terror filled the air as the beetles made quick work of the slaves in the pit. The man signaled the guards who jumped forward and began to use flame throwers to burn away the bugs. Once he was sure that the situation was under control he turned to the hunters.

"Did you acquire it?" He asked, his voice a deep and echoing baritone. Aurra shook her head.

"Complications arose and the opportunity passed. The artifact is with the Skywalkers." The man sneered at the bounty hunters but before he could do anything, several guards from another pit began to shout.

"We found him." The man raced towards the pit, joining the Kaleesh and the woman as a large cocoon was pulled from the ground. Through the dark clouded material one could make out a vaguely humanoid shape. "It's him, it's Sidious." The woman stepped forward and ran her hand over the cocoon. Through the crowd came the bounty hunters, their leader was growing impatient. Grievous reached for the wicked sword strapped to his back Only for the old man to stop him. "No, I've another task for our associates here." He said motioning to the bounty hunters He then turned back to Grievous. "You and miss Offee will take over the task of retrieving the artifact." The woman, Ms. Offee smiled behind her veil.

"We will not fail Dooku." She paused looking over at the bounty hunters, "With my… past history it will be an easy task." The bounty hunters exchanged a look and the leader snorted.

"Good luck with that sister. The Skywalkers are already on their way back to Naboo with the artifact." She stated coldly.

"Then to Naboo we will go." Dooku stated. At the edge of the crowd a hooded figure watched the exchange tensely. Finally as the crowds began to disperse the figure slipped into the shadows, pulling back his hood, revealing a man in his early forties with oringish hair and a beard. Obi-Wan Kenobi, Jedi Master ran a hand through his beard. He needed to get to Naboo. The Skywalkers were in very serious danger.

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Author's Note: Ok here's the first chapter hope you all like it! First off I got the idea for Anakin's tattoo from some fan art I've seen and the idea for Padme's came from a headcannon I saw on Tumblr. Also as a proud owner of several tattoo's I know a lot about getting them and the healing process. The bigger the ink the longer it takes to heal. I may write a one-shot about Padme getting her tattoo if there is enough interest. I hope you all like the twins, they are really fun to write. I have no idea when the next update is going to be, but I think it will be sometime this month. Thanks and feel free to reiviw.