In Perfect Love and perfect trust | By : jennaraven Category: Star Wars (All) > AU - Alternate Universe Views: 6123 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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Trust 26 Padme took a sip of her juice and watched Isis. The girl had acted almost nervous to see her. "Well if it helps, sure I can talk to him maybe he'll open up to me," said Isis. "Another thing that's bothering me also, why is Obi wan avoiding Anakin?" said Padme Isis truly didn't know what to tell the woman. If she told her the truth it would only hurt her. "I guess its because Anakin snapped at him on the ship, they had a minor tiff, at least I hope its minor" said Isis "what was the tiff about?" asked Padme Isis sighed "Dooku mostly Obi wan was upset with me for killing him and Anakin praised me for it" said Isis "And which do you think it should be?" said Padme "well honestly I feel somewhat guilty about it, he did say he loved me after all I suppose I should have just arrested him " said Isis "he was much too dangerous to hold for long" said Padme "yeah he was" said Isis. "I can't believe he forced you to marry him," said Padme "I can, he's been after me since we first got to Geonosis, it was only a matter of time until he tried something dirty and underhanded" said Isis "Yeah I know, you had him even then, by the way I never got a chance to thank you" said Padme "thank me?" said Isis "for interfering with his plans for the night, I don't know what I have done if he had gone through with it" said Padme "I do, you and I are survivors, most women are how do you think we've managed to put up with men and all of their nonsense over the centuries?" said Isis with a laugh. Padme laughed a little "well I suppose if you put it that way I suppose I would have gotten past it" said Padme "anyways its I and my girls who should be thanking you, you got us out of a tight fix just by showing up when you did" said Isis "were you really training to be a Sith there?" said Padme "unfortunately yes though not my first career choice" said Isis. "Really what was?" said Padme "fashion design, I had this dream of my own label, its foolish now though" said Isis "dreams are never foolish" said Padme "Yeah but it looks like they will be put on the back burner again" said Isis "why?" said Padme Isis snorted "mostly because of Dooku marrying me, I'm been named countess don't you know" said Isis "your kidding" said Padme "unfortunately not" said Isis "do you know what this means?" said Padme she stood up and started to pace in a slightly excited state. "No what?" said Isis. "It means you can stop this foolish war," said Padme "me? Stop a war? How?" said Isis "easy silly the count or countess on Serrano usually represents the ruling party on Serrano, in the senate" said Padme "oh, but I'm still not following you" said Isis "its easy if you recommend to the council back on Serrano that they pull out of this war, the separatists loose over half of their support" said Padme "yeah but I doubt they'll listen to me the separatists regarded me as a traitor remember" said Isis "yes they did but the ruling council isn't the separatists, if someone in their most influential position on the planet says maybe we should pull out they will" said Padme "Yeah that sounds great except for two things, one I just refused the position and two he will kill me for trying" said Isis "well com him back and change your mind women are fical remember and who will kill you?" said Padme "maybe you should sit down" said Isis. Padme looked at her serious expression and sat down "so?" Padme said "Padme for months now the council has sensed the presence of another Sith lord" said Isis "yes but you just killed him" said Padme "no I killed his apprentice not the master" said Isis "Anakin said they usually go in twos, and Obi wan killed the one that got Qui -gon" said Padme "we believe he was the first apprentice and that Dooku was his replacement" said Isis Padme's eyes widened in shock "do they have any idea who it is?" said Padme her hand reflexatively resting on her belly in an unconscious protective gesture. "They don't but I do" said Isis "oh my lords and you haven't said anything?" said Padme "he's kind of high on the food chain so to speak" said Isis "that doesn't matter you've got to tell someone right away" said Padme Isis looked at her hands and wringed them "the other reason I haven't told anyone is that it will hurt someone very dear to us to be betrayed like that" said Isis Padme's hand went to her mouth "oh no we know him?" said Padme Isis nodded yes "oh lord who?" said Padme Isis looked up at her and started to say Palpatine when the door chime sounded. Isis sighed and went to the door, Anakin was at the door "Padme left me a note saying she was down here" he said "please come in" said Isis she glanced at Padme and mimed her lips being sealed. Padme glared at her in response "so what's going on?" said Anakin "Actually nothing until you got here I was just telling Isis about your insomnia" said Padme "Padme we discussed this I'm fine, a Jedi can go for" he said "days without rest, I know so you keep saying" said Padme "Anakin if you feel uncomfortable talking to me you can always meet with Yoda or someone," said Isis "I tried that they said to pay them no heed," he said He flopped ungracefully onto her sofa and buried his head in his hands. "Ok so why don't you tell me what about them bothers you so much?" said Isis he looked at Isis then at Padme and bit his lip. He obviously didn't want to upset Padme. Isis leaned down next to her and whispered in her ear. "I think that whatever it is concerns you and he's afraid to say it in front of you do you mind stepping into the garden for a second?' said Isis. Padme nodded and slowly got to her feet "if you feel it will help" said Padme then she went into the other room. "Ok Anakin she's gone now tell me what is this all about?" said Isis "she dies" he whispered "you see her dying?" said Isis "yes horribly and painfully and she's calling for me and I can't help her, oh force I can't do anything to save her" said Anakin "ok how often have you seen this happening?" said Isis he stood and paced the room "every night for about two maybe three weeks" said Anakin he leaned on the back of her sofa "am I losing my wife Isis? Am I going to loose her like I did my mother? Help me please," he said. She turned around and took his hands in hers. "No I don't believe so but the first thing we need is a clearer picture to those visions" said Isis "so they were wrong they are visions oh force I wish I was wrong just this once" said Anakin "I know and it'll be all right you'll see, now tell me everything you do see in the vision, leave nothing out even if it seems odd or out of place" said Isis He took a deep breath "well all I really see is her lying on a med bed screaming in pain and begging me to help her" said Anakin "ok so you said med bed so she's in a med center somewhere, can you tell by the color of the gown where?" said Isis "no it looks like any other med gown" he said in frustration. "Ok then we will have to try something else" said Isis he snorted "what are you going to do walk into my dreams and pull out the details" said Anakin "ah no nothing that drastic, but it will require you get some rest before it will even work" said Isis "like that's happening anytime soon I just said I can't sleep without the visions coming" said Anakin. Isis scooted into the corner of the sofa "Anakin come sit by me" said Isis he frowned but did as she asked. "What are you going to do read me a bedtime story?' said Anakin "not unless you like fashion magazines, just sit back against me and close your eyes" said Isis he looked at her funny. "She's resting in the other room, just try to relax and listen to the sound of my voice," she said softly Her voice had dropped and octave to a deeper softer almost trance inducing quality. When he had settled back a closed his eyes she began to softly sing a lullaby. It was one her mother used to sing, it was in the original Gaelic tongue. Which made it easier to weave a sleeping spell into. She brushed the hair from his forehead as she sang and the spell slowly drifted him into a peaceful slumber. She could hear that Padme had succumbed to the spell herself in the next room. Isis signaled the house droid and told it to shut the window shades in the garden room, wouldn't do for Padme to get sunburn while she napped on the lounge chairs out there. She looked down at her lap at the sleeping Anakin and smiled. He looked like a child when he slept. The spell would prevent unwelcome thoughts from darkening his dreams thus guarantee at least one night of untroubled sleep. She let him sleep on her lap for a few hours until the urge to use the facilities forced her to shift out from under him and replace her lap with a pillow. While she was up she checked on Padme and then gathered the necessary ingredients for a vision scrying. She set up her alter nearer to the sofa and waited. He finally stirred around ten at night a full nine hours since he lay down. Padme had awoken earlier and spied him sleeping on the couch next to her. Isis raised a finger to his lips "what did you do?" she whispered "insure he slept that's all" said Isis "it should be wearing off very soon" said Isis. Padme sat in the chair across from them and waited. She wanted to ask about the strange set up on the table between them but was unsure how to approach the subject. "Thank you for this, even if the rest of it doesn't help he needed this" said Padme he shifted on Isis' couch "you both did or you wouldn't have been snoring into my ferns" said Isis. Padme chuckled "I guess your right I have been worried about him enough that my own sleep has been effected" said Padme He murmured something in his sleep and Isis and Padme both grinned at each other. A few minutes later he stirred and opened his eyes "wha..What happened what time is it?" said Anakin "you fell asleep and its 10:45 at night" said Isis "I what and its when?" said Anakin he sat up slowly and looked around. "Padme?" he said "its ok Anakin I'm right here we're at Isis' place" said Padme "did I sleep on you the whole time?" he said he slowly sat up and rubbed the back of his neck. "Mostly, until I had to use the fresher" said Isis "oh I didn't even feel you move" he said softly he was looking at the table set up in question "what's this?" he asked at last "What I was telling you earlier, we agreed that we needed a clearer picture of the vision right?" said Isis "right most definitely but where does this stuff come in?" said Anakin "its basically there to help us establish a focus" said Isis "oh like a mediation stone I get it, so what do I have to do?" said Anakin "well first we have to charge the mirror " said Isis "there is no mirror only a bowl of water" said Padme "exactly that's our mirror" said Isis "how can water be a mirror?" said Anakin "easy because it flows in all things, like the force sort of" said Isis "oh, I never thought of it that way" said Padme "Ok you just sit back over there dear and watch ok" said Isis "ok" said Padme "aren't you going to draw a circle" said Padme. Anakin looked at her funny she shrugged "what so I talk to Chani and Petra" said Padme "no, to answer your question I drew a permanent circle the day I moved in here" said Isis "so were already protected?" said Anakin "yeah, now hand please" said Isis "hand?" said Anakin "yes the real one I need a few drops of blood" said Isis "why blood?" said Anakin "ties the caster to the spell and opens up their , force talents so to speak, what's the matter squeamish?" said Isis he held out his hand in answer and she smirked at him. She cut just enough to draw blood and let a few drops land in the water. He put the finger into his mouth "Now here goes the fun part light the candles in this order but let me say something first" said Isis he looked at her "what is it?" he said "Anakin what your about to reveal may scare you but I want you to know we will find a way past it, I'm going to let you control this exercise because this is something very personal to you" said Isis "I'm only telling you how to do this, its going to be you who does it, can you handle seeing all of your vision?" said Isis "a Jedi knows no fear" said Anakin "in this there are no Jedi only a man, can you handle this?" said Isis "yes, whenever your ready padawan" he said. She frowned at him she took a deep breath and told him to light the candles. Which he did and then she gave him the spell to activate it. Then she sat back and waited. It took him two hours to completely see all that he wanted to. He was shaking when he blew out the candles and his eyes had a haunted expression that worried her. He pushed them away when they tried to help him up. "I'm all right just give me a minute" he said. Padme looked at Isis with a worried look on her face. Isis held up her hand indicating to give him some space. He wiped his eyes on the sleeve of his tunic before turning towards them "thank you Isis, I know now what I have to do" he said softly his voice was on the verge of cracking "Anakin?" said Padme "come my dear its late we should let Isis get some rest tonight" said Anakin "thank you again for everything" said Padme Isis walked them to the door and bid them a good evening before shutting the door behind them. She walked back across the room and glanced at the bowl of water. It was still charged with his energy she could feel it from where she sat. There was a hint of desperation clinging to the aura. For a moment Isis thought about conjuring up the vision herself. It would be simple to reactivate it especially with the water already charged. She bit her lip and rested her head in her hands. She wasn't sure if she wanted to invade his privacy like that but something inside was urging her to do so. She closed her eyes for a second and whispered the words. The candles flickered back to life and the water swirled in the bowl. Isis leaned over and looked. Padme was lying on a med table obviously giving birth but her lower half wasn't moving. She screamed at Anakin not for him. Isis figured it was labor-induced anger not the real thing. Then the vision pulled back slowly to reveal some strange aliens dressed like miners. The vision switched abruptly to Obi wan and Anakin fighting, sabers crossed and equally grim expressions on their faces, it didn't look as though they were sparing then the view switched to the Coruscant skyline the temple was on fire in the background. Her hand went to her throat then the vision altered once again and it was Palpatine's office Anakin was kneeling in front of the man, he said rise Vader then the vision faded Just that small amount had seriously shaken her and Anakin had seen more than her. One thing was certain to her Palpatine was somehow connected to it all. If only she could figure out how. She wished Kira were here she was brilliant when it came to strategy games. Isis was very sure that she was facing a master strategist and the stakes were too high for her to afford to lose. She blew out the candles and dumped the water down her sink. With her hand resting on the dishwasher she thought of something. She refilled the bowl and took the bowl back to the table then she stepped into her garden and cut some fresh herbs. The plants were different here but some of them had the same properties and smells. Then she scooped up some dirt in an empty clay pot and walked back inside. She set a different candle in one corner near the bowl of water. Then one candle near the dirt. One by itself in the other corner and for the element of air she set a feather in the last position and another candle beside it. She kneeled beside her alter and called the corners. Then one by one she dropped the herbs into the bowl as she chanted softly. After she finished her chant she cut one of her fingers and dripped the blood into the bowl. Chanting another verse and waited.
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