Waking to another beeping sound again, got me out of a very deep and relaxing sleep. I laid there for a couple minutes, trying to remember what that sound could be and that's when I realized it was the Navi-Computer.
" Anakin, we need to get up, because we are about to drop out of hyper space. We are about ten minutes out of Corellia." I said, rolling over very carefully to face him.
" Mmm. I really don't want to get up, because I very comfy." he mumble in his sleep.
" I know and I would love to stay right here too, but we have work to do." I said, leaning forward, giving him a light kiss, before slowly getting up from the bed.
" I know, but it was only an idea. Do you want me to pilot the ship and have Obi-Wan to Co-pilot, while you just sit back and relax?" Anakin said, looking very concerned for me.
" I don't want you to fly her, but you are right. I really do need to relax, because my side is hurting some, so let Obi-Wan know that he is your Co-pilot, while I'm going to the medical bay to get the patch changed. I love you." I said. slowly getting up from the bed.
" Ok. Do you want me to help you to the medical bay?" Anakin said, getting up from the bed, coming over to my side and putting an arm around my back, as he helped me walk to the door.
" I'm fine, Anakin. You do need to get to the cockpit now." I said, walking out of the door and going into the medical bay.
" I was wondering if you guys were going to get up and fly us to Corellia." Obi-Wan said, as Anakin came into the lounge and stopped long enough to motion for him to follow.
" Sorry. Have a seat, because you are the Co-pilot." Anakin said, as they came into the cockpit and he took the pilot's seat.
" Um... wait a minute. You're flying us? What about Padme? What is she going to be doing?" Obi-Wan asked, taking the seat in the Co-pilot.
" Well, yes, am flying the ship, because Padme was hurting a little bit. She wanted me to fly and she also wanted you to be the Co-pilot. She will come here after getting her patch changed." Anakin said, as he slowly pushed the hyper-drive level very slowly and they began to come out of hyperspace.
" This is Corellia landing Control Center. What is your ID, cargo and destination?" the voice of the air controller said.
" This is FG264. My cargo is just passenger and we are just visiting family." I said, coming up to com-link and answered the air controller.
" Welcome home, Your Highness. Please continue your flight path. I'm sorry to hear about Lily." the air controller said.
" Thank you." I said, before cutting off the radio.
" So, are we going over to your Grandparents?" Anakin said, as he watched me sit down behind Obi-Wan.
" No, we are going to the city, and the Navi-computer is still on. It will guide us to where we need to go." I said, not really wanting to let them know that we were really going to the Royal Palace.
" Umm... why do I get a feeling that we have to get dressed up in our formal robes?" Anakin said, as he read a little bit of my thoughts.
" Umm ... yes. That's because we are heading to the palace, where my family is. Government is in session and they have to be here." I said, slowly getting up and leaving the cockpit.
" Great. You know, I really hate formal stuff. Can you take the control, while I change, Master?" Anakin said, getting up from the pilot's chair.
" Ok and please don't take so long." Obi-Wan said, getting up and sitting down in the pilot's chair.
Anakin walked out of the cockpit and headed to his sleeping quarters. In my quarters, I went over to my small closet and took out a dress. It wasn't a formal dress, it was more like a semi-formal dress and put it on. After I was dressed, I went over to the small vanity table and started fixing up my hair, braiding it and wrapping it around my head.
Once I was finished dressing, I headed out of my quarters and almost bumped into Obi-Wan, who was coming out of his quarters.
" You look very good, Master." I said, smiling at him.
" Why, thank you. You look very beautiful, Padme." Obi-Wan said, as he held out his arm to me.
" Why, thank you, Master Kenobi." I said, taking his arm and he led us to the cockpit.
Walking into the cockpit, I was very shocked to see, standing in the middle of the cockpit, was a very handsome Anakin. He looked very good dressed in his formal robes.
" Your Highness." Anakin said, as he bowed to me.
" Knock it off, Anakin. I really do hate that title. Man, you really do look very handsome." I said, looking at him, up and down and truly liking what I see.
" Ok, I'll stop. Thank you, but wow, you look even more beautiful." Anakin said, coming up to me.
" Why, thank you, my Jedi Guardian." I said, putting my arms around his neck.
" I love you, Padme." He said, before putting his arms around me and started kissing me.
" Ok, you two. Um... we are being paged." Obi-Wan said, sitting down in the Co-pilot's seat.
Anakin pulled away from me, before sitting back down in the pilot's chair. I stood between the two seats, just before Anakin hit the com-link.
" Your Highness, welcome home. Your Grandparents and Father will meet you in the gardens, but I will be there, with four other security guards." The Chief of Secret Service said, as he came onto the view screen.
" Thank you, Marcus and it's good to be home. It's a lovely place to be at." I said, as Marcus nodded his head, before we cut off the communication.
" Well, it's good thing that we are meeting in a beautiful place." Obi-Wan said, as Anakin lowered the ship closer to the Palace's landing platform.
After the ship touched the ground, Anakin shut off the engines, as both Obi-Wan and I went into the lounge. Obi-Wan opened up the hatch door, just as Anakin joined us.
" Here, we go guys. Please just follow behind me." I said, heading out the door before Obi-Wan and Anakin.
Walking down the ramp, we came up to Marcus and the four other Palace Guards.
Your Highness, it's great to see you face to face. I see that you have brought with you the Jedi." Marcus said, as he and the Guards bowed their heads to me.
" Yes, Marcus, I did. This is my new Jedi Master ,Obi-Wan Kenobi and his other Padawan, Anakin Skywalker. Well, I believe my Grandparents and Father are waiting for us." I said, introducing Marcus to Anakin and Obi-Wan.
" It's a great honor to meet you, Master Kenobi and Padawan Skywalker. Please follow me." Marcus said, as he led the Jedi to the Royal Gardens.
We left the landing platform and went into the hanger bay. We walked up a small stair case, before coming into the huge receiving lobby for Dignitaries, Senators, Mayors and Governors.
" Your Highness, welcome home." an elder lady came up to me and curtsied.
" Nanny, it's so great to see you. How are the little ones treating you?" I said, hugging the older lady.
" They are treating me good. Well, I'll let you go, so that way, you can see your family, before they have to get to work." Nanny said, before heading up the stairs that were on the left side of the Grand Lobby.
We followed Marcus between the two staircases and walked out through a set of double doors that led to the back side of the Palace.
Stepping out on the back patio, we turned left and walked towards another set of double doors. Marcus opened the doors and we entered the private section of the Palace.
Walking into a large living area, before going out another set of double glass doors and like before, we were on the patio. This time, we headed down a couple of steps, before walking through the rows of flowers that led to the middle of the gardens.
There was the sound of water splashing down from the beautiful water fountain, and off to the right side of the fountain, was a huge weeping willow tree.
" Hey, Grandma. Oww!" I cried out, when she hit my sore spot.
" Sweetie, are you ok?" Grandma asked, as she moved away and the rest of the family came over.
" I'm ok. While I was on Tatooine, I got into a fight with four Tuskin Raiders. The leader of the small group stabbed me, and well, it got really infected this morning, because there was some kind of poison that was on the tip of the Gaffi Stick." I said, as the small group came closer and we did a group hug.
" How did you get involved with them?" my Dad asked, as we went over to the table and chairs that my grandmother had set up for breakfast.
" I was with Anakin's mother and his step-brother's girlfriend. Well, we had gotten up early in the morning, so that we could go out and pick the mushrooms off of the moisture vaporizers. We knew there was Raiders in the area, because the day before, Obi-Wan and Anakin's step-father found some Bantha tracks. Anyway, we had picked mushrooms on the South side and had moved to the North side. We had just finished picking them, and we were heading back to the speeder, when we were attacked." I started to telling them about what happened.
" Padme, I thought you could sense people or other creatures through the Force?" my father asked me.
" I can. I was sensing a small group of Raiders, but somehow I didn't sense this small group at first. When I did sense them, it was too late to warn Shmi and Beru. Two Raiders had grabbed them, just as one grabbed me. I started fighting the creature, trying to get away from the one who held me tightly in front of him. Then, the leader came up to me, hit me across the face and when that happened, the Raider, who held me made the mistake in lessening his hold on me, mostly when I pretended to slide down to the ground. This was when I was able to grab my light saber, and I swung around and sliced off the arm of the Raider who held me. Before I could turn around to face the leader, he came up behind me and stabbed me in the side." I said ,as I saw the horrified look come across Anakin's face, because this was the first time I really told anyone what happen that day.
" Oh, my. So, what happened to the leader of the group and what about the other three Raiders?" my Grandfather asked.
" Well, the one that held me down had died from his wound. The other two that had captured Shmi and Beru lost their heads, but as for the leader, well, he ran away." I said, taking a sip of my Caf that Obi-Wan had brought to me.
" Wow. So, how is Shmi and Beru?" Grandma asked, as she took a sip of her tea.
" They are good and they told me to tell you hello." I said, as I began eating my breakfast that a hand maiden put in front of me.
" So, are you here to visit or are you guys still on your mission?" my father asked.
" We are still on our mission, sir." Obi-Wan said, as he finished his breakfast.
" Um... excuse me, Your Highness, but this just came for you" the butler said, as he came over to us.
" Thank you, Ruban." I said, taking the message cube from him.
" Padme, I could get into a lot of trouble and maybe death, if it is known that I gave you this information. I know that you are looking into the death of Lily, so please meet me at the abandoned warehouse down by the docks. Hope to see you soon." the message said.
" Great. How do we know this person can be trusted?" Anakin said, before sipping his tea.
" That person can be trusted, because she is my cousin. She is also a Jedi too." I said, slowly getting up from the chair.
" So, I take it we are leaving now." Obi-Wan said, as he saw a worried look come across my Grandmother's face.
" First, I'm changing my clothes and getting out of this damn thing. You guys can do the same thing too." I said, bowing my head to my family, before heading off towards the Palace and to my quarters.
" Well, we better show you both to your quarters. You guys will be staying in the family section of the Palace, instead of the visitors section. That's where the Governors, Senators, Representives and other Dignitaries stay, when we are in session and when we have other visitors." Grandfather said, as he got up and everyone followed him, as they went inside the Palace.
They went up the stairs and Anakin learned that his room was right next to mine, while Obi-Wan's room was further down the hallway.
Twenty minutes later, we were in the speeder, flying down to the warehouse.
" Padme, thank you for coming." my cousin said, as we stopped in front of the warehouse.
" Hey, Rachel. So, what information do you have for me?" I asked, as she came over to the speeder.
" Well, I have some things, but we can't talk here." she said, as she began looking around to make sure that we weren't being watched.
I too looked around and opened up my senses, so that way, I could feel for any other people, but I didn't sense anyone.
" Ok. Anakin, can you please get in the back with Obi-Wan?" I asked Anakin, who nodded and got into the back with Obi-Wan.
Rachel got into the speeder and we flew off away from the warehouse.
" Ok. So, what do you know? What's going on Rachel?" I said, as I somewhat slowed down the speeder.
" Well, last week I was sitting in my office, when I saw Lily come into the warehouse. I watched her go straight for the office in the back, which was two doors down form my office. Well, anyway, I heard her arguing with Gabrieel and then the next thing I know, I saw her storm out of the warehouse. Before she did, she stopped at the receiving desk and she was demanding the four cases of Glimmerstim Spice and a few other Spices that she had to have that day. She was saying something about heading out for Tatooine and few other places, which she wouldn't say. Then, the next thing I heard, was that Lily was dead. I did ask one of the guys, who was a good friend about what happened, and all he told me was that it wasn't any of my business, and that I need to leave it alone. I did, but I have this feeling that Gabrieel had something to do with her death. The strange thing was, when they were loading up Lily's ship, I saw Gabrieel go onto the ship. I didn't see him come off the ship and he hasn't returned to Corellia either." Rachel said, as I took her to her house.
" I see. That was one thing I really needed to know. You better stay safe and I hope to see you later." I said, landing in front of her house.
" Ok and you take care of yourself too. May The Force Be with all the three of you." Rachel said, before turning away and headed into the house.
" Gee, that was very strange. She didn't even ask who we were." Anakin said, as he got back in the front seat.
" That's because she knows it's safer for her not to know you guys." I said, as I lifted the speeder in the flight route and headed back to the Palace.
" Kenobi, here." Obi-Wan answered his com-link.
" Master Obi-Wan, a new mission I have for you all." Master Yoda said.
" Ok, Master Yoda. What about this mission that we are on now?" Obi-Wan asked, as Anakin turned around in his seat, so that way, he could see Obi-Wan.
" Believe it could be tied together, I do. The Queen of Naboo is very upset, because someone is trying to kill her, they did. So, go now you must." Yoda said.
" Yes, Master. We are on our way to the ship now." Obi-Wan said, as I nodded.
" May The Force Be with you all, Master and Padawans." Master Yoda said, before the com-link went dead.
" Oh my... I hope that she is ok... Marcus, this is Padme. Please get my Grandmother" I asked, as I called the Palace.
" I'm sorry, Padme, but her and your Grandfather are in a meeting.Your father is free." Marcus said.
" Um... ok. Please get him then." I said, as we stopped for traffic.
" Sweetie, Marcus said that you sounded a little upset. What's wrong?" my Father asked, as he came in view of the video link.
" Master Yoda has received a call from Naboo. Daddy, someone tried to kill Ami." I said, almost in tears.
" I see. So, you want me to be with you, when you leave for Naboo?" Daddy asked, knowing he was going to go, even if I said no to him.
" Yes, sir. We will be there in about ten minutes. Thanks, Daddy." I said, before shutting off the communication.
We got there in ten minutes, like I had said. Sure enough, waiting for us at the landing platform, was my father.
" Ready whenever you are, sweetie." my father said, as we climbed out of the speeder and walking up to him.
" Ok. Well, then, let's get going." I said, heading up into the ship, to the cockpit, and started up the ship.
Anakin and I were in the cockpit, while my father and Obi-Wan stayed in the lounge area.
" I'm going to lay down some, so the ship is all yours." I said, getting up, leaning over and kissing Anakin.
" Ok and I'll call you, when we reach Naboo." Anakin said, as he kissed me again.
Walking out of the cockpit and entering the lounge area, I saw that my father and Obi-Wan playing a game of cards.
" You ok, sweetie?" my father asked me, as he looked up from his cards.
" Yeah, I'm ok. I'm going to lay down for a while, so I'll see you guys, when we get to Naboo." I said, heading towards the sleeping quarters.
" Oh great. You just left the ship in Anakin's hands." Obi-Wan said.
" Yes, Master. That's because I trust him." I said, with a smile, before heading to my room, falling into the bed and falling asleep.
Four hours later, I was woken up, with Anakin leaning over me and giving me a kiss.
" Rise and shine, sleepy head. We are about to come out of hyperspace." Anakin said, standing up and heading for the door.
" Ok. Thanks, Anakin. I'm on my way." I said, slowly getting up from the bed.
We walked out of the room and when we came into the lounge area, we saw that the two men were still playing their card game. We nodded our heads and walked straight into the cockpit. I took the pilot's chair, while Anakin took the Co-pilot's chair.
I took us out of hyperspace and just dropped into orbit of the planet, when the radio crackled alive.
" Flight control, to Corellian ship. Please identify yourselves and what is your cargo and destination?" the Controller asked us.
" This is Jedi Ambassadors, here to see the Queen." I said, looking over to Anakin and he took my hand and gave it a squeeze.
" Yes, please continue your flight pattern and the Captain of Security will be waiting for you, on the Palace landing platform." the controller said.
" Thank you." I said, as the com-link went dead.
I landed the ship and I looked out the window and saw the Captain. I watched my father greet him. Getting out of the chair, I followed Anakin and Obi-Wan off the ship.
" Hello, Padme. If you guys will please follow me." the Captain said, as he turned and began walking towards the hanger bay.
We walked down the long corridor, before coming up to a door. The Captain opened it up and we walked into the private quarters that belong to the Queen.
" Padme, sweetie." my Mom said, as she came over to me and hugged me.
" Hey, Mom, Ami." I said, as Amidala came over to us and hugged me.
" O,h thank goodness. You are here and now I feel a lot better knowing that you are here." Amidala said, as she just held on to me. I could tell that she was really scared.
" You're going to be ok, sis, with us here. Mom, Amidala, I want you to meet Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker." I said, as I introduced my mother and twin sister to Obi-Wan and Anakin.
" Master Kenobi, I understand that you are Padme's new Jedi Master, now that Master Lily was killed. Padme, sweetie, you look very pale" Mom said, as she looked back at me.
" I'm ok. Right now, my side is starting to hurt again." I said, as I grabbed on the chair that was in front of me.
" Then, you get to bed and we will talk to you tomorrow, over a private breakfast. Of course, you all are also invited too." Mom said, as she turned away from us and went over to my father and hugged and kissed him, before they left the room together.
" Ok, we know what they are going to be doing all night long. Well, if you all follow me, then I can show you guys to your rooms." Amidala said, shaking her head, as she watched our parents head off for my mom's bedroom.
We followed Amidala and she showed Anakin and Obi-Wan their quarters. Then, we said good night to each other, before going into our rooms.
I got undressed and changed the bacta patch, before climbing into bed and falling sound asleep.