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Are you with me?...

Time set: Attack Of The Clones

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(Y/N) POV.

The three of us have packed all of our belongings by now and we met back outside. The man who brought us here was already waiting for us with the same speeder to take us back to the main land. We all get out in a rush after he docked the water speeder and went to the hangar. Anakin and I went first in case something happened. There was nobody there so we walked over to the Naboo Starship and boarded it without anything interrupting us. R2 followed us in closely as I pushed a button to close the ramp back up. We went into the cockpit and I sat down with Anakin while Padmé sat down on another seat at the back.

"Padmé, you better stay in your seat or we will die!" I called out to her with a smirk.

"And why?" She asked looking slightly worried.

"Anakin is flying the ship." I whispered to her but it didn't go unnoticed by Anakin since he wacked the back of my head with a laugh.

"You two really love hitting each other on the head I see." Padmé chuckled when I wacked him back.

"That's just how we show affection, M'lady! Am I right?" Anakin replied and I nodded my head. "But seriously...I don't fly that bad."

"Oh, really? Who flew the speeder recklessly in Coruscant again?" I answered raising an eyebrow.

"We were chasing someone!"

"And? It still was a near death experience for me."

Suddenly Padmé appeared behind us and grabbed the top of our heads turning us towards the control panel.

"You can argue while you're flying the ship! It's not going to fly itself, come on!" She scolded us like we were children and sat down.

I let out a grumble under my breath and pressed a few buttons along with Anakin as R2 finally joined us in the cockpit as well. Anakin had the most control over the ship itself so I couldn't really do anything other than watch. The Naboo Starship flew out of the hangar after a few minutes of figuring out what we were supposed to do. Just like I told Padmé, Anakin flew at a fast speed making my chair nearly to turn a full circle with me sitting on it when he took a turn. R2 let out a small shriek as he rolled over to the other side of the cockpit which made me let out a laugh. Another few minutes past and we were now finally in the darkness of space flying towards Tatooine. Anakin then put the ship into autopilot and locked it onto the course of the said planet after we went into hyperspace. I leaned back in the chair and got comfortable for the long journey.

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After at least two hours of sitting and talking Padmé dosed off and Anakin went to check up on a few things around the ship. I had enough of staying in one place so I went into the hall outside of the cockpit and sat down. From my pocket I grabbed a small bouncing ball that I always had with me in case I got bored. I threw it against the wall and it bounced back into my hands. I did that for at least thirty minutes until I got bored again, this was a living hell.

"Where the hell did this idiot go?" I muttered to myself.

I followed his presence and walked down to the bottom of the ship seeing him mumble things to himself as he worked on something. Anakin must have felt me enter and stopped while turning to me with a smile.

"What are you doing here?" He asked outing down a piece of metal.

"I couldn't talk to Padmé because she's sleeping, I got bored of throwing a ball away so I came to find you. What are you doing?" I answered tiling my head.

"I'm a little nervous...and I tend to fix stuff when I am." Anakin replied. "What if something really bad happened to her?"

"I'm sure your mother is fine, Anakin." I said but my voice was filled with concern.

"Yeah, I hope so." He mumbled turning back to the table filled with metal parts.

I walked over to him and leaned my head against his shoulder as I watched him put them all together. I saw a small smile creep its way up his face when I did that which made me grin as well. Anakin soon finished whatever he was doing with them and turned around to hug me close to him. I didn't say anything but hugged him back anyways since I knew he needed that. The two of us stayed like that enjoying each other's company but pulled away when we heard a few beeps coming from upstairs. We walked back up and saw R2 beeping at us widely as if he was an angry mother and ushered us into the cockpit.

"We will enter the atmosphere of Tatooine in any minute now." Padmé informed us.

I sat down in one of the chairs and pushed a few buttons pulling us out of hyperspace. The ship shook a tiny bit but Tatooine soon filled our view. Anakin sat back down and controlled the ship flying it towards solid ground. Once we were closer I saw the familiar spaceport as we landed in one of the empty spots. We stopped the engines and grabbed our cloaks, I gave one to Padmé so the people here wouldn't recognize her. After pulling the ramp up after we exited the three of us started to walk around the town. Anakin said that we'll try to find Watto since he will know where Shmi is so that's the direction we walked in. A few people stared at us with menacing looks making me a little uncomfortable until Anakin grabbed my hand to calm me down. We spotted a rickshaw and after yelling at it for a little it stopped and took us to our destination. Anakin continued to look around the sights of the town, until we stopped outside the shop. Padmé got out first followed by me and Anakin who told the droid to wait in a language I could not understand. We walk over to the shop where we saw Watto arguing with a few droids.

"Excuse me, Watto." Anakin called out.

He turned to him with a sneer on his face and asked something in the same Language and Anakin responded. They exchanged a few words until Watto dropped something and the jedi beside me picked it up.

"Let me help you with that." He said and started to fiddle with a piece of something. "I'm looking for Shmi Skywalker."

Watto looked at him suspiciously and then turned to stare at Padmé and I. Then he turned back to Anakin who continued to fix the small droid.

"Ani? Little Ani? No!" He gasped once he realized who we are after Anakin fixed it. "You are Ani! It is you! You little womp rat. You were sprouted! A jedi! Waddya know? Hey, maybe you could help with some deadbeats who owe--"

"My mother..." Anakin repeated with a glare.

"Oh, yeah. Shmi...She's not mine no more. I sold her." Watto replied with a grimace.

I could see Anakin tense up and get angrier by the second, I gave his hand a little squeeze to calm him but it didn't seem to work.

"Sold her?" He asked.

"Years ago. Sorry, Ani, but you know, business is business. Sold her to a moisture farmer named Lars. Least I think it was Lars. Believe it or not, I heard he freed her and married her. Can ya beat that?" Watto explained.

"Do you know where they are?" Anakin questioned again.

"Long way from here...someplace over on the other side of Mos Eisley, I think..."

"I'd like to know." The blonde replied grimly.

Watto nodded his head a few times before flying to the shop motioning us to follow him.

"Let's look in my records." He said.

Anakin went ahead of us while I stayed back with Padmé. I was at least glad to know that Shmi is no longer a slave but I'm still worried about her until I don't see that she is alright. These dreams Anakin is having is not something you shouldn't take seriously, if a jedi has nightmares then something is going on. After a few minutes of furious talking from another room Anakin sulks back to us and rushes towards the rickshaw. We follow him a sit back down as the droid starts going back into the direction of the ship.

"Where is she?" I asked looking at him.

"Somewhere in the desert...about 30 minutes from here." Anakin replied but didn't meet my eye.

The ride was filled with awkward silence until we reached the spaceport. Padmé and I had to sprint after him as he already went up the ramp. I told Padmé to go sit down while I pulled it back and closed the door. I started making my way back to the cockpit but stumbled a bit when I felt the ship leave the ground. After I finally made it I sat down into the free seat and watched as Anakin flew at a high speed. The thirty minutes he said was no match to how fast we were going, we arrived within fifteen. The two of us landed the ship on the sand and we all got out seeing a home with a strange design.

"Stay with the ship, R2." Padmé told the droid who whistled in response.

We walked in the direction of the house but were interrupted by a droid once more.

"Good evening. May I help you?" He asked and I recognized him immediately.

"Threepio?" Anakin replied.

"Oh my...oh my! Master Anakin! My goodness, I can hardly believe it! And this must be Miss (Y/N) and Miss Padmé." C-3PO exclaimed.

"Hey Threepio." Padmé and I greeted with a smile.

"I've come to see my mother." Anakin told him which made the droid's happy mood fall apart.

"Oh, dear! I'm so terribly sorry, Master Ani." C-3PO replied making us all worry.

"What happened?" I asked.

"I think We'd better go inside."

He led us down the sand covered stairs and we arrived into a small circle courtyard. I looked around while Threepio called out to a Lars. Suddenly two people came into the open, a girl and a boy.

"I'm Anakin Skywalker. I'm here looking for my mother." Anakin told them anxiously shifting as he stood.

"Owen Lars...I guess I'm your step-brother." The other introduced himself as they shook hands. "This is my girlfriend, Beru."

"Hello." She smiled.

"I'm (Y/N)." I gave her a small smile back.

"And I'm Padmé."

The small introduction was then interrupted by Owen clearing his throat nervously. Something is going on here...

"I had a feeling you might show up some day." He spoke to Anakin.

"Is my mother here?" He asked grabbing my hand by worry.

"No, she's not." A knew voice replied.

A man joined us now who floated in with a chair. One of his legs was bandaged and the other was missing from its place. He stuck out a hand and Anakin shook it.

"Cliegg Lars. Shmi is my wife...Come on inside. We have a lot to talk about." Cliegg continued motioning us to follow.

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We were sat at a table as Beru puts drinks on a tray and starts to make her way back to us.

"It was just before dawn. They came out of nowhere. A hunting party of Tusken Raiders." Cliegg explained as I felt Anakin's hold on my hand tighten. "Your mother had gone out early like she always did, to pick mushrooms that grow on the vaporatos. From the tracks, she was about halfway when they took her. Those Tuskens walk like men, but they're vicious monsters. Thirty of us went out after her. Four of us came back. Three more are still out there looking. I'd be with them, only...I just couldn't ride any more...until I heal."

My heart dropped to my stomach as I listened to the story.

"This isn't the way I wanted to meet you, son. This isn't how your mother and I planned it. I don't want to give up on her, but she's been gone for a month. There's a little hope she's lasted this long."

A long silence followed and I saw Anakin looking down in deep thought. I knew he was planning something. Just as I thought he stood up walking outside.

"Where are you going?" Owen asked.

"To find my mother." Anakin replied without turning around.

"No, Ani!" Padmé spoke up.

"She's dead, son. Accept it." Cliegg said which made me give him a glare.

"I can feel her pain, and I will find her. I know she's alive." Anakin told him and walked back up the stairs.

I stared after him for a second before I rushed up the stairs as well followed by Owen. I saw him standing and watching the two suns setting so I walked over to him.

"You are going to have to stay here. These are good people, (N/N). You'll be safe." He told me hugging me to his side and placing a small kiss on my head.

"Take one of my speeder bike's." Owen said.

"I trust you'll watch over her?" Anakin asked turning to him as he walked over to the said vehicle.

"Don't worry."

Anakin swung onto the bike and gave me one last smile before turning up the engine saying, "I won't be long."

I stared after him as he turned into a small dot in the scenery of the two suns going down and disappearing behind the horizon. I then remembered what Jaster told me in my 'dream' and turned back to Owen. I cleared my throat which made him turn back to me.

"Can I borrow your other speeder?"

-Sorry for the long I wasn't home for a week. I know this is a little shorter than usual but in the next parts there will be much more stuff happening.  Anyways I hope you liked it!