Padme didn't know how long she was on the floor before Tejas helped her up, and led her away from the room of horrors to her bedroom. Surprisingly, her room had very little damage. Palpatine and his men must've not seen any beings to kill in this room. Padme thought to herself. She noticed a hole in the wall across from her bed. She wondered if all the bedrooms were like this. She wondered if she would ever speak a word again, she felt like she was in a trace, like she was walking through a nightmare that refused to end. She felt herself walking slowly to her bed.
"Lie down" She heard Tejas say. She did as she was told. "Try to sleep." She felt Tejas cover her with one blanket, and then another. "Don't leave this area until I come to get you. in the morning Padme." You can go anywhere in this room and to the refresher. Sleep well child, try not to think of what you saw. Wipe it from your mind." Padme watched in silence as her teacher left the room. What would happen to her teacher now? What would happen to her?
Padme had lived with Tejas in this house for the past 6 years. it wasn't home, but she often thought it was the closest she would ever come to it again. She hardly ever left the grounds. She closed her eyes, as her mind drifted to a time when she was allowed to leave. One year ago, Tejas took her with him to his home planet. He said in order to be a good queen she had to see life outside of the house, outside of Naboo. She had to see galaxies for herself . She couldn't learn everything from a book. She could learn from many books. She could learn from everything and everyone who surrounded her. He told her to learn from every life experience Padme spent 2 weeks on that planet with Tejas. It was the best time of her life, in those 2 weeks, she watched everything around her with the wonder of a child. She was introduced to fasananaying people. who opened her eyes to things she had never imagined, and they were so kind to her. She never wanted to leave that place and time, there she was allowed to be a carefree girl. Something she had never been before. She almost cried when her 2 weeks of freedom to be the young girl she was ended. The powerful energy she felt as she reentered this big house was so overwhelming she thought she might vomit. She held her breath until the sensation passed, but the energy was always there, and a break from it made it feel so much worse. She forced herself to get used to it again, and to even welcome it.
Padme threw the blankets off her body, got up, and walked to the refresher which was attached to her bedroom. She found another hole in the wall, but no other damage. She stared at herself in the mirror, her dress was rumbled, and her eyes were glazed. Still in a trance like state, she walked out of the refresher. She walked out of her bedroom, and began to search the house room by room. She began to sob as her eyes took in the sight of more bodies, broken droids that would never be repaired, and crimson blood. "I told you to stay in your quarters. Tejas said softly, putting a hand on Padme, and turning her around to face him.
