" Good morning, my young Padawans and Younglings. It's time to get up and get ready for breakfast." Carah said coming into the sleeping area of the dorm room.
" Good morning, Carah, Um... we aren't going to meditate first?" Padme asked, as she sat up and looked around the room to see a couple of new Younglings waking up.
" Not this morning, but the three of you can after breakfast. Now, lets get ready for breakfast." Carah said, as the rest of Younglings began waking up, and sitting up in their sleeping mats.
" I could help you out some with the Younglings this morning." Luna said getting up from her sleeping mat.
" Thank you, that would be good. I do need to finish a couple of things, before you two leave after breakfast." Carah said ,looking at the three Padawans and smiling at them.
" Ok, that's fine. I'll take the boys and you two take the girls." Anakin said as he nodded to the boys.
" Thank you. Ok, listen up Younglings. Please form two lines, girls in one line and boys in the other line. Girls, you will follow Padawans Luna and Padme to the girls refreshers, while the boys will follow Anakin to the boys refresher. When you guys come back here, then we can go down to the dining hall for breakfast." Carah said, as she was getting the Younglings into the two lines.
" Yes, Mistress." The Younglings said as they got into the two lines.
Some of the Younglings were still grabbing their things that they would need for their showers and their tooth brush, before joining the rest of their Clan mates in the lines.
" Ok, we need to get into the showers and then brush our teeth. Once we are done, please line back up and we can go back to the dorm room." Padme said as the new Younglings finished lining up.
The three Padawans led the children to the refresher, where they all got cleaned up and brushed their teeth, before heading back to the dorm room so they could get ready for breakfast.
" Oh good, you guys are back. Ok, Younglings, I want you all to put your up your toiletries and hang up your towels over there on the towel rack, so that we can head down to the dining hall for breakfast." Carah said, to the Younglings and the three Padawans, as they walked into the dorm room.
The Younglings did what their Dorm Mistress asked them to do and quickly and lining back up, so that way, they could get some breakfast. Padme and Anakin walked into the meditation area. They were surprised to see Gwyn, Rayn and Jempa sitting on their Meditation mats.
" Hey Padme, Anakin. You care to join us?" Jempa said as he opened up one eye and saw Padme and Anakin standing in the doorway of the room.
" No, thanks. We were just looking at this place for the last time, besides it's breakfast time." Padme sai,d as they heard Carah telling the new Younglings to line up and get ready to follow her to the dining hall.
" Oh my, it's breakfast time already. Well, am going to go and eat breakfast, so I'll see you guys later." Gwyn said getting up and grabbing her Meditation mat.
The rest of the group nodded and got up from their mats, before gathering up their mats headed out of the Meditation area to put the mats up, before they left the room. Ten minutes later, the small group of Padawans walked into the dining hall and they stopped in the doorway, so that way, they could see where they could sit, after they grabbed their food and drink.
" Oh, great. He's back and who is that with him?" Anakin said as he saw Obi-Wan sitting at a table and sitting next to him was a very beautiful woman.
" What? Hey, Master Obi-Wan is back Anakin, so I guess that means you wont be sitting with us." Rayn said as he too saw Obi-Wan.
" I see him, but I will be with you guys, because he seems to be busy talking with that lady next to him." Anakin said ,before heading over to one of the food stations.
Padme, Luna and Gwyn went over to a different food station, while Jempa followed Anakin. Rayn just stood there glaring at Anakin before following the girls. Anakin had his breakfast; and walked passed the table the Obi-Wan was sitting at and Obi-Wan nodded to him before returning his attention back to the woman beside him. Anakin went down to the long isle of tables until he came to an empty table close to the back of the room. He sat down and just hoped that Padme would be the only one to sit down with him and not the rest of the people, who seem to follow her wherever she goes.
"Have you met up with your new Master yet, Padme? Mine is really nice. Hey, there is Mari, so I think I'll go and sit with her." Gwyn said ,as she went over to the table were some of the ex-clan mates were sitting at.
" There is my cousin, who is visiting my brother. I'll see you back at the dorm." Luna smiled and waved back at her cousin, who waved at her.
Padme walked passed Obi-Wan's table and he nodded to her. As she nodded back to him, she also noticed the woman sitting next to hi,m looked straight at her and also nodded to her as she smiled at her.
" Is that the one?" the woman whisper, but didn't know that Padme could hear them in her head, and she just watched Padme go to a table a coupled rows away.
" Yes, that is the one...." Obi-Wan said before they started talking about something else.
Padme sat down next to Anakin, as he watched her look at Obi-Wan and the mystery woman, before he began smiling as she was looking very confuse.
" What's up, Padme? You have this look like you are listening to someone's conversation." Anakin said as he stuffed a Nerf sausage link in his mouth.
" You could say that. Who is that person with Obi-Wan? She asked him if I was the one. What is that suppose to mean?" Padme reached over to her cup and took a sip of her tea.
" You know, that could be your new Master. Boy, if she is, then you are so lucky. Oh man, she is very beautiful." Anakin sat there just watching the two Jedi Masters.
" Ok, Anakin. Quit thinking with the little head that is between your legs. You are right about one thing, I think she is my new Master. You know the strange thing is, I had a feeling that I know she is. I could feel a bond that is strong when she is close by. Yes, she is very beautiful too." Padme shook her head as to clear her head from the conversation of the two Master, before she looked away from them and a commotion caused her to look at another table.
The commotion pushed it's way into her head. She looked around and saw that it was Rayn, who was sitting at a table all by himself, and what she was reading in his mind was total hatred towards Anakin.
" Why is that every time I come into or in a room, Rayn is always glaring at me. I never did anything to him." Anakin said, as he saw Rayn glare at him before turning his back to Anakin.
" Well, all I can say is that it has something to with the fact that he has always had a crush on me. He thinks the only reason why I never returned his feelings is because of you. And because he also thinks I care more about you than I do him and he is right in that. The sad thing is I keep telling him that I only think of him as a great friend." Padme said as she started to blush when she just realized that she told Anakin about her feelings towards him.
" Wait a minute, you care about me?" Anakin turned and looked at her and smiled.
" Yes, Anakin. I care very much about you. I thought you knew about that. I thought you could read it in my thoughts." Padme looked at him and shyly smiled at him.
Before Padme could answer him, the bell rang and everyone was getting up, so that they could begin their day. Coming over to their table was Mari, Ashla and Jempa.
" Hey Padme, Anakin. We wanted to come over here and say bye, before we head back to our quarters and that we already miss you both very much." Mari said smiling at the couple.
" Hey, guys. I miss all of you too. So, how do you like you new quarters and Masters?" Padme got up from the table and Anakin followed her lead.
" It's really cool. He is really great. Tomorrow he is taking me to get my new Padawan robes." Ashla said, as they began heading for the trash units.
" I like mine too and we too are getting new clothes for me." Jempa said putting his trash in the unit.
" When do you get to meet your Jedi Master, Padme?" Mari asked as they left the dining hall.
" Well, guys ,this is where we say bye." Ashla said, as they reached one of the turbo-lifts that takes the Jedi to the dorms, which are located on the different side of the Temple.
" Bye, guys. See you later, then." Padme said, as the two girls got onto the lift, after hugging Padme and Anakin bye.
" Well, this where I too have to say bye for now. I'll see you at lunch." Anakin said, as they waited for another lift that would take him a few levels down from where they were standing.
" Ok ,I'll see you later. Anakin, yes, I will." Padme smiled at him, before turning away and headed down the hallway, just leaving Anakin standing there with a huge smile on his face.
Finally getting to the Jedi Initiates' dorms, Padme walked into the main room of her dorm and saw Carah talking to someone.
" Oh good, Padme, you're back. I want you to meet Nyckol Loyoload, your Jedi Master." Carah said, as she saw Padme come into the room.
" Hello, Padme. It's so great to finally meeting you. I have heard so much about you." Nyckol said, as she turned around and came face to face with Padme.
" Um... hello. It's nice to finally meeting you too. Let me guess, Master Obi-Wan told you all about me." Padme said, to the woman, who she had seen sitting with Obi-Wan earlier at breakfast.
" Ah, so you do know Master Obi-Wan. Yes, he did say that you have been a really huge help to him, by helping his Padawan get all caught up with his classes. Jedi Knight Carah here has told me about you too. Well, if you are ready to go, I can take you to our new quarters." Nyckol said, with a smiling at Padme and trying to make her feel comfortable with her.
" Um... sure. Just let me grab my two bags, and say goodbye to a couple of my friends that are still here." Padme said ,seeing that both Luna and Rayn along with Gwyn and Jempa in the meditation room.
" Sure, that's fine. Please take your time." Nyckol nodded her head to Padme, who nodded back, she watched Padme go into the sleeping area.
Padme went over to her sleeping mat and picked up her two bags that she had put on her bed earlier, before going to breakfast. She looked around the room and smiled, as she saw a few new Jedi Initiates sleeping on the mats, taking their naps. It got her remembering her first day eight years ago, when she became a Jedi Initiate.
Then, she headed out of the room, went over to the door and put down the two bags, before heading into the meditation room.
" So, that is your new Master? Wasn't she the one who was sitting with Master Obi-Wan at breakfast?" Luna asked standing up from the floor.
" Yes, that is my new Master. Guys, its been really great to have you all as my Clan mates, but hey, we will still see each other in our classes, when we're not a mission with our new Masters." Padme looked at Luna, Rayn, Gwyn and Jempa.
" Man, you are so lucky. I just wish that I got picked to be a Padawan. She is beautiful too." Rayn looked over Padme's shoulder, so that way, he could watch Master Nyckol.
" I bet you do, Rayn. You do know that you can still be picked by a Jedi Master or Knight to become a Padawan Learner. You know, that's what happened to Master Obi-Wan. He wasn't picked at first, and he went into the Jedi Service Corps." Padme looked at Rayn and saw sadness come across his face.
" Thanks for having hope for me, Padme and thanks for being a great friend." Rayn said giving Padme a smile, just before she came over to him and gave him a hug.
" Don't give up hope on yourself, Rayn." Padme whispered in his ear so no one could hear her.
" Thanks." Rayn nodded before pulling away from her.
Padme went around the small circle and said bye to everyone, before she walked out of the room to where Nyckol was waiting for her.
" Ready to head to our new quarters, my young Apprentice?" Nyckol asked as Padme came up to her and smiled at her.
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" Yes Master, I'm ready. Bye, Carah. You have always been there when I needed someone to talk too. Thank you." Padme went over to Carah and giving her a huge hug.
" You are so very welcome. You do know that you are always welcome to come back here to visit, and to stay here, when your Master is on assignment that she can't take you with her." Carah said, holding Padme to her and hugging her.
" Yes, Carah.I will come by every so often and stay here when she is gone." Padme said, pulling away from Carah before wiping away the tears from her eyes.
Padme nodded over to Nyckol and they went over to the door and picked up the two bags that were sitting by the door. Then, both Padme and Nyckol left the Jedi Initiates' dorms and headed off towards the lifts that will take them down a couple of levels of the Temple.
"Carah told me that you are from Naboo. Guess what? I am from Naboo too. What part are you from, because my family is from the mountain country. My parents own a small vineyard there." Nyckol said as they stepped on to the lift.
" Cool. Well, my family have two places. One of the places is on the outskirts of Theed, and we also have a retreat in the Lake Country, but we are originally from the Mountain Country." Padme told Nyckol as the lift stopped at the level they need to get off on.
" Really? You know what? You do look like Queen Amidala" Nyckol said as they walked further down the hallway, until they came to another set of turbo-lifts.
" Um... well, that's because she is my sister. How do you know what she looks like without her makeup?" Padme asked, looking up at the woman in shock that she knew what Amidala looked like.
" Well, I have been assigned to her security team for the past two years, and we are great friends.The whole time she never told me that she had a sister that was a Jedi." Nyckol said, as they got onto the other set of lifts and she pushed the up button.
" Really? You know, that really doesn't surprise me. You can say that we really don't see eye to eye, even though she is four years older than me." Padme was sounding a little sad, because her sister never said one word about her.
" You were at Master Qui-Gon's funeral and even at the celebration." Nyckol asked as the turbo-lift stopped on their floor.
" Yes, I was. I was the only Jedi Initiate there too." Padme began to remember that was where she saw Nyckol. She was standing next to Obi-Wan, during the parade and celebration that the Amidala had after the Battle of Naboo.
" You know what? Now, that I think about it, Amidala did say a few things about you, but she never said your name. What she did tell me was that she had a baby sister, who was going to school off world." Nyckol said, as they stopped at a door and she hit the key pad.
" Hey, Nyckol, Padme. It's good to see again." Obi-Wan came out of the room that is across the hallway from their room.
" Hey, Obi-Wan. Are we still on for tonight?" Nyckol asked him as Anakin came up behind Obi-Wan.
" Yes are still on. Um... we are heading to the training room. You both care to join us before lunch?" Obi-Wan asked as he saw a surprise look on Padme's face.
" Sure. You know what? That sounds great. We will see you in a few minutes then." Nyckol said, before Obi-Wan and Anakin left them standing there in the hallway.
" I take it that is their quarters." Padme asked as their door slid open and Nyckol walked into their new quarters.
" Yes, they are our neighbors. Lets get you settled in and change our clothes, before heading down to the training room." Nyckol went over to her dresser and began pulling out a work out clothes.
They changed clothes and headed down to the training room, where Obi-Wan was teaching Anakin Form II of the lightsaber combat. Seven hours later, after a great training section, both Padme and Nyckol took a nice hot shower to relax their sore muscles. Just before, they join Obi-Wan and Anakin for dinner. After dinner, Padme was so tired that she once she put on her nightgown, she climbed into bed and fell sound asleep.