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Author Topic: FROZEN BLOSSOM (Padme/ Palpatine/ Anakin/ Obi-Wan/Mon Mothma/ Bail Organa) AU Updated 9/11
Kyana-Morgaine  319 posts
Registered: Oct '04
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Date Posted: 9/7/07 4:08am Subject: FROZEN BLOSSOM (Padme/ Palpatine/ Anakin/ Obi-Wan/Mon Mothma/ Bail Organa) AU Updated 9/11 - Date Edited: 9/11/07 7:06am (2 edits total) Edited By: Kyana-Morgaine
Title: Frozen Blossom
Author(s): Kyana-Morgaine
Timeframe: Between Epi I to II
Characters: Padme Amidala/ Palpatine and a few others
Genre: Romantic, Drama
Keywords: Padme; Palpatine; Anakin S.
Summary: Padme Amidala takes her first steps onto the political floor in the senate. She falls in love, but the lucky one isn't Anakin, but an old friend...
Notes: I do not owe SW, I just borrow it. Ahm,...and English isn't my mother tongue...but I do my best not to make that many mistakes laugh



Frozen Blossom

A translation from a former German fan fic


Personae dramatis:

Senator Padme Amidala

Supreme Chancellor Cos Palpatine

Padawan Anakin Skywalker

Jedi knight Obi-Wan Kenobi

Advisor Sate Pestage

Advisor Kinman Doriana

Senator Mon Mothma of Chandrila

Senator Bail Organa of Alderaan

Jedi master Yoda

Jedi master Mace Windu

Senator Fang Zar

The Naberrie family

Mas Amedda

Governor Wilhuff Tarkin

…and many, many more….
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Set between Epi I and II:
The former Queen Amidala is elected for the job as sectorial Senator of Naboo. Taking her first steps in the rotunda of the senate she gets attracted to a charismatic man she has known for years. Falling in love for Palpatine she tries to cover up her feelings, but fails completely.

On the other hand Anakin Skywalker once again steps into her life, bringing it to confusion. Anakin, absolutely a teen, is fixated on her but doesn’t win her heart.

Although being perfect on his schedule for his plans to bring down the republic and restore the order of the Sith, Palpatine and his alter ego Sidious find themselves confronted by the most intensively feeling: love.

A feeling that can destroy everything…


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So much for the summery. Chapter 1 will be up very soon...

 

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Kyana-Morgaine  319 posts
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Date Posted: 9/7/07 12:21pm Subject: RE: FROZEN BLOSSOM (Padme/ Palpatine/ Anakin/ Obi-Wan/Mon Mothma/ Bail Organa) AU

1. Chapter: Illumination



Just now there had been days she hardly found a liking in her senatorial robes. Everything felt so new, so strange, unbelievable.

For sure, while being the Queen of Naboo she had worn robes much heavier than these ones…
It had been two months since she had been elected as Senator for Naboo, but just now she stepped onto the stages of politics since the vacations, the senate hold every year for a few weeks, had come to an end. A new season had just begun. She had used the last few weeks for getting known to her duties and the senatorial behaviours and a brief brain storming on the “Who is who” of Coruscants High Society. Both, senatorial and civilian society.
Now she seemed to be ready for the political floor, to any fight within the senats' rotunda.
High up in Republica 500 were her quarters, expensive decorated in the most exclusive area on the planet. Even the Supreme Chancellor of the Republic, Cos Palpatine, had his quarters here, just a few stores above her. He had been a good friend, advisor and a teacher to her over the years, also after she quit her reign as Queen of their home planet a few years ago. But they hadn’t seen or meet each other for years…; the last time had been when she was sitting in the formal ceremony giving her crone to the princess after two full terms of reign.

In those days she didn’t know exactly what she would do, but when the new elected Queen Jamilia offered her a job as secretary in her council, Padme Amidala of course accepted it at once. Und then, suddenly, the job as Senator of Naboo got vacant…

Her formally servants did serve her now as guards and advisors. A perfect staff around her, to her opinion, as she needed her office running smoothly and her daily duties managed.
Padme took a deep breath, filled her lungs with freshly cleaned air, concentrating on her first appointment in her career as senator. An assigned appointment, every new senator has to get through: The first call in the Chancellor’s Office. Indeed she knew Palpatine for quite a long time, but standing now in front of him as a senator, was something new and made her feel nervous.

In company with her guards, servants, she entered the Chancellor’s reception area and checked the fit of her gown and her hairstyle for a very last time…she wanted…, no, she had to make a good impression unconditionally.

Calm down! He knows you for many, many years. Having now this kind of official appointment with him, is thanks to the protocol. It isn’t so you want to make a totally faux pas, is it? A desaster?

A middle aged male went out from the Chancellor’s Office and stepped to her. He was pale and somehow lightly unpleasant. But he introduced himself with a friendly warm voice as Sate Pestage. Easily Padme could identify him as one of the Chancellors many advisors, although she was of the opinion, she might had seen him then in Palpatines company as being senator. So she asked him.

“Yes, I had been indeed in his services. He awaits you already, Milady. “

With a charming smile on his thin lips he invited her with a gesture to the wide roomed office.

Palpatine didn’t sit behind his heavy, dark desk. He had gotten off his seat even before Padme entered. But not just for looking out of the wide panoramic window but to greet her in the friendliest way the protocol allowed and to take a few steps into her direction.

“My congratulations for your election, Senator Amidala. I’m most fortunate to congratulate you in person than via HoloNet”, he smiled warmly towards her and shook her hand.
“Thank you, Chancellor!”

Padme looked around his office interestingly. Since she had been her for the last time a few years ago nothing seemed to have changed. Designed in dark, but warm tones of red, his rooms had been added by some expensive antiquities. Heavy, golden statues lined the inner Office.

“May I invite you to a cup of tea?“ he asked out of a sudden, while he guided her into a nearby room, a small well furnitured corridor that connected his office with his control room. On the wall of this corridor there hung a great relief plate with a mythological scene that had been found on some excavation on Yavin 4. Just under the relief a corner unit invited them to take a seat. Both sat down after Padme happily accepted his offer.
The young woman frightened for a just a single second as she got the change to study his features: The Chancellor aged a lot in the last few years; deep wrinkles furrowed his pale face, dark rings under his eyes showed how less spare time and how much stress he was faced to in his job. But his watery-blue eyes were clear, awake and full of life. They seemed to be much younger than all his outer appearance. The once dark blonde reddish hair was now completely white and thinner.

And still he is very attractive…

“Do tell me, Milady, how did you fare?” he asked curiously while they waited for their tea, “I’ve heard you got a secretary to your heiress?”
“She asked me because I didn’t want to take a third term.”
“Ah, yes, I’ve been told so. The Naboo even wanted to change their constitution, to offer you another term, didn’t they?”
“Yes, but I laid down my duties none of the less. I was very fortunate to be a civil person again.”
“Understandable. Actually I’ve always asked myself how a young person can stand such stress day by day. In youth spirit should roam freely.”
“My family had given me to best back up I could get” she explained him with a shy smile on her full lips, “Without them I wouldn’t have made it.”
“Sadly our contact nearly petered out,…which is mostly my fault” he excused, “For years more and more problems got onto the duties of the senate, one case of corruption hunts the other and was discovered. There also had been two political motivated assaults on several senators.”
“I’ve read about it.“
„Unfortunately I wasn’t able to visit our home planet very often, although I wished myself home a few times.”

His secretary went by with a tray on which a pot made from expensive porcelain filled with tea was standing, supplemented by two cups of the same porcelain set. He laid them the table and hen left again quietly for not wanting to disturb their conversation.
Padme sipped on her cup. Though the drink was very hot, she already smelled the fine exquisite note and the herb aroma. An exclusive sort of tea she was sure about that. Palpatine was known for his exquisite taste, he normally didn’t show to the outside. He liked it simple. Modest.

Modesty was a virtue or even a credit that lesser and lesser politians made their intention. She had seen several senators going for a walk on the corridor whose robes and jewellery would nourish a family for months or years.
But Palpatine seemed to have avoided all those kind of luxuries though he would have earned enough credits to live in all these exclusive and expensive possibilities Coruscants offered to its rich citizens. Nevertheless he actually didn’t pay attention to it to this kind of wrong virtue.

“How did your family react on your new function as senator? Working for the government again? After all most Naboo quit their career in their late youth instead of go on working for the Queen on outer planetary tasks.”

The Chancellor spoke out of experience. His life long experience. Becoming a secretary of state in his early twenties, he accompanied two kings through their terms, until he was elected Senator at the age of 32. Just after his 49th birthday he accepted his election as Supreme Chancellor to the Republic. An unprecedented career, if you bear in kind that the Chancellor had been born to a poorly family background. Padme on the other side came from a solid middle-class family; her family even approached some wealth.

“They weren’t very excited, but very proud at the same time” she confessed, “I think they would like to see me marrying soon and bear child after child to my husband.”
Both started to laugh.
“Oh, Milady, you’ve chosen the most family hostile job ever” with a wink in his right eye he smiled charmingly at her, “I hope you have not chosen this office to rebel against your parents’ wishes?”
“Of course not”, she assured him open hearted.
Strange that he is asking for my families’ reaction; he seemed to be nearly worried about me.
“I’d like to assure you, Senator Amidala that you can come to me whenever you like, every time. I always have an open ear for you and a few minutes of conversation.”
“Thanks, your Excellency.”
“You’re welcome, Milady” he took a sip, enjoyed the taste, the silence of the moment, “On the occasion,…I’d like to take my chance to introduce you personally to several important senators, you certainly will harmonize with.”

Is this going to be a kind of invitation…?

“On Saturday afternoon I arrange an informal discussion circle in my quarters at Republica 500. I’d be honoured you would come by” he added invitingly.
He would feel honoured? I would need to feel that way because he invites me, introduces me to important beings,…even if I learnt some of them. But it is all about the gesture…
“Thank you for the invitation, Chancellor, I accept of course.”
“Wonderful”, his smile got even a frequency warmer than it had been before, nearly fatherly, but then, out of a sudden, he raised an eyebrow as if there had been coming another thought into his mind, “Do you still have any contact to young Skywalker, Senator?”
“To Anakin? “, stunned she focused the elderly man in front of her. Sure, sometimes she had thought about the youngster for a few moments who then walked into her life without warning. His gift, a wooden self-made jewellery was somewhere in some little cist in her wardrobe. “No.”
“Oh, excuse me, I’ve thought you have.”
“He would be teached in the Jedi Temple I once was told then.”
“That’s true. Master Kenobi handled his talents since Naboo; both are according to my knowledge on a mission at the Outer Rim.”

Padme was puzzled. She hadn’t thought Palpatine would stay in contact to Obi-Wan Kenobi or even Anakin Skywalker. He barely perceived Anakin as he had wandered around the former Senators’ quarters at the age of nine to not get bored and to wait for the invitation to come forward the Jedi Council for testing. Or had she been mistaken?

Palpatine nodded: “Young Skywalker is an exceptional human. I’m convinced he is going to be a great Jedi. On our way back to Coruscant I got several chances to have a word with Anakin. Since then we are,…uhm,…yes, we’re friends. He visits me as often as possible in my office.”

I didn’t know he is so interested in Anakin’s future, his problems or plans. He hadn’t mentioned him in our conversations. Their friendship had to be tightened and intensified especially in the last years.

Padme forced a smile on her face. She wasn’t interested in Anakin Skywalkers whereabouts at all. The boy was about 14, maybe even 15 years old. A child. With her early twenties she was a grown up woman. Between them were worlds.
For sure it wouldn’t come to her kind to get into contact with him. Tough he had always been very friendly to her just from the beginning he had been somehow…scary. His behaviour, his charisma seemed…strange. Sometimes childish, sometimes even adult. At these days she thought to see, how much Anakin would nee a father, or a father figure in his life. A father he had never had in his life. According to his mother there had never been any potential fathers around.

There was no father…once she had meditated over Shmi Skywalkers words, about another meaning of them, but she hadn’t found any. Easier would be to say the father had left them, but there had to be a producer. To name it exactly by the only meaning possible.

Palpatine changed their conversations’ subject on his own; a decision, Padme felt mostly welcomed to. She thanked the force. It would have been suspicious if she would have started to talk about something else. Instead of Anakin Palpatine told her stories about several mishaps in senatorial sessions, funny non-sense discussions, blackouts while speeches, falling down papers from boxes in the rotunda. He told her about boring senatorial balls on which everyone awaited midnight to be finally allowed to leave, about data who regularly put the computer systems down and who often start to bring more chaos to everyone’s schedule.
It sounded nearly as he would love to describe the senate as a kind of kindergarten, a chaotic bunch of beings. Once he had just explained the problem of corruption and nepotism to her…but…

Despite his many efforts he hadn’t been able to end corruption at its roots. Unfortunately he had too many duties to follow, so he would need bodies to help him out. But more and more these bodies hadn’t the capacity to act.

“It is sorry” he whispered deeply and a sigh left his lips, “that nobody seems able to fight against it,…and, that nobody feels unwell with the recent situation. Even the Trade Federation is back in the Senate, it is way too influential.”
“But the trial…?”
“…has been closed. Justice is here slowlier than anywhere else. There were rumours in which some defendants had died while they had awaited to stand trial, and honestly I do believe that rumours!”
“Is there anything we can do to…?”
“A few colleagues have founded another body and try now to get the support from other senators to fix a few aspects; to look for elementarily changes. I really hope their efforts will be positive and effective for all of us. Senator Organa, for example, he’s an idealist, but a brilliant politician. Maybe sometimes a bit stubborn, but isn’t everybody stubborn at some time?”

He was amused, laughed about his little joke, and then he sipped again on his cup of tea. He liked the conversation with Padme Amidala a lot. Not only to have her under his control, but because she was an idealist as well and she was loved by the Naboo. Getting her under his influence would be easy, she was naïve. But although her naïve young nature he would take any risk. He would invite her to discussion from time to time and would make himself indispensable as her advisor, mentor and fatherly friend.

She had grown beautiful, certainly. A beautiful woman. A perfect pawn in my game of chess.

Finally Padme decided to leave and thanked him once again fort he conversation and for the cup of tea; as well for his invitation for Saturday evening.
“You’re always welcome, Milady”, he got up with her in unison, when suddenly he took her arm and kissed her hand. On old, nearly antique and strange gesture to her eyes, but while he did she felt butterflies flying around in her stomach, “Please be careful, Senator. I couldn’t stand it if something would happen to you.”

The intensity he used by talking these few words, made her shivering and irritated her mind. She felt physical attracted to him. The butterflies…? That hadn’t been just nervousness! She felt nervous before their appointment, this here was something else. Something she couldn’t understand at the moment, something she might not like to understand. Something bounded them, something that went far beyond their work. A friendship.

But does a friendship actually feel like this?

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So far for chapter 1...
























 

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JENNA  340 posts
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Date Posted: 9/7/07 12:28pm Subject: RE: FROZEN BLOSSOM (Padme/ Palpatine/ Anakin/ Obi-Wan/Mon Mothma/ Bail Organa) AU
Hey, good beginning! I'm not usually a fan of Palpy/Ami, but you've done a very good job. applause applause I can't wait to read more of this story. And you make Palpy so wonderfully creepy. Charming, but creepy. I wonder why he's like that... thinking

 
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Kyana-Morgaine  319 posts
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Date Posted: 9/8/07 3:09pm Subject: RE: FROZEN BLOSSOM (Padme/ Palpatine/ Anakin/ Obi-Wan/Mon Mothma/ Bail Organa) AU - Date Edited: 9/8/07 3:10pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Kyana-Morgaine
JENNA posted:
Hey, good beginning! I'm not usually a fan of Palpy/Ami, but you've done a very good job. applause applause I can't wait to read more of this story. And you make Palpy so wonderfully creepy. Charming, but creepy. I wonder why he's like that... thinking


Thanks, I will update every week or better as soon as I am able to translate a complete chapter into English. Yeap, he's creepy and damn charming (or even a "Prince Charming" skull Why he's like that, uhm...you'll see within the next chapters...

 

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Amidala66  1514 posts
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Date Posted: 9/8/07 6:28pm Subject: RE: FROZEN BLOSSOM (Padme/ Palpatine/ Anakin/ Obi-Wan/Mon Mothma/ Bail Organa) AU
If you have a pm list, can I be on it?

Palp/Ami is very intriguing.

What is your native language? I am a language teacher so I am naturally curious.

 

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Kyana-Morgaine  319 posts
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Date Posted: 9/8/07 6:39pm Subject: RE: FROZEN BLOSSOM (Padme/ Palpatine/ Anakin/ Obi-Wan/Mon Mothma/ Bail Organa) AU
Amidala66 posted:
If you have a pm list, can I be on it?

Palp/Ami is very intriguing.

What is your native language? I am a language teacher so I am naturally curious.


You're added to my list. Thanks you're like it.
My native language is German. This fan fic is a translation from a story I've originally posted in German on another board.It's kind of difficult to translate several grammatical constructions that gives this story its special intention, but I try though.

 

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geno  283 posts
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Date Posted: 9/8/07 11:04pm Subject: RE: FROZEN BLOSSOM (Padme/ Palpatine/ Anakin/ Obi-Wan/Mon Mothma/ Bail Organa) AU
very interesting story, and even more so given the fact english is not your native langauge.

I would like to be added to your pm list if you have one

 
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Kyana-Morgaine  319 posts
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Date Posted: 9/9/07 2:59am Subject: RE: FROZEN BLOSSOM (Padme/ Palpatine/ Anakin/ Obi-Wan/Mon Mothma/ Bail Organa) AU
geno posted:
very interesting story, and even more so given the fact english is not your native langauge.

I would like to be added to your pm list if you have one


Thanks; you're added.

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MotionWright  134 posts
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Date Posted: 9/9/07 6:13pm Subject: RE: FROZEN BLOSSOM (Padme/ Palpatine/ Anakin/ Obi-Wan/Mon Mothma/ Bail Organa) AU
dancing Yay! My favourite pairing, and written by one of my favourite Palpy writers! Definitely add me to the PM list. happy

 

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Kyana-Morgaine  319 posts
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Date Posted: 9/10/07 4:41pm Subject: RE: FROZEN BLOSSOM (Padme/ Palpatine/ Anakin/ Obi-Wan/Mon Mothma/ Bail Organa) AU
MotionWright posted:
dancing Yay! My favourite pairing, and written by one of my favourite Palpy writers! Definitely add me to the PM list. happy

You make me blush grin . You're added, of course!

PM list:

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Next update will be up very soon.

 

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Date Posted: 9/11/07 5:53am Subject: RE: FROZEN BLOSSOM (Padme/ Palpatine/ Anakin/ Obi-Wan/Mon Mothma/ Bail Organa) AU
2. Chapter: A pleasant evening



It has ever been easy for Padme Amidala to get connections, so after just a few debates within the senate halls she had made first contacts and had been invited to several diners by her co-senators. It seemed to her as if every body would like to find out about her; which political goals she might follow and if she was that ambitious to start sawing on their chairs. Once she had been warned for her colleagues’ behaviours on any newcomers, but now she was really shocked how open everyone showed their suspect on her.

Carefully handed she got herself through the first week. Through the daily meetings of the sectorial senators, body meetings, committee meetings and discussion circles. Everything seemed chaotic, hectic and unorganized to her young idealistic eyes. Nearly aimless. Senator Amidala did not need half a week to recognize that helpful politics was fighting against windmills; fighting a losing battle. Hopelessly.

The only one who got himself more or less successful through the political chaos had been and was the Supreme Chancellor himself. He was willing to discuss as long as needed until even the last rebellious senator stood on his side like a rock. He was popular and highly esteemed by all citizens. At last she learnt about a few information she could present her Queen back on Naboo on which political course she should led Naboo to. It was a necessary to get involved to several bodies as soon as possible, before the session really started and she might end standing between all chairs. If she liked it or not, her membership in any body was a political must have, especially for a newcomer like her.

Didn’t he offer me support and help every time I might need it? Perhaps I should ask him what he thinks is best for Naboo? Or is this even too evident I might be helpless? Is it a mark of confidence, if I ask him for an advice? Oh my, he had been Senator to Naboo for nearly two decades; if he doesn’t know what’s best, who knows then?

She decided to ask him for an advice in this matter.
At Saturday evening.
Then she would find a perfectly quiet minute; after all he had spoken about a comfortable discussion.

As finally Saturday started she helplessly stood in front of her wardrobe, irresolutely, which gown to wear and what dress code was fitting for such an event. Senatorial robes or something not that formal?

To be on the safe side, or better out of her insecureness she decided to wear one of her senatorial gowns. It was made of expensive cloth, extravagantly, but not ostentatious, and dark green coloured, so perfectly harmonizing to her chestnut eyes and her brown hair which was stuck ingeniously. One very last look into her dressers’ mirror…she was satisfied with her outer appearance showing no sign of her inner chaos raging within her deep inside.
Thanks to the force she didn’t need to call an air taxi nor would she walk long. A few minutes via turbo elevator would take her up to Chancellor whose private estate housed as well high up in Republica 500; Penthouse, she supposed, probably the one which was called to own a garden.

She stepped out of her door; the security service ensured to walk short distances without any guards or personal security services. When Padme went down the long corridor towards the elevators something in her stomach once again started to fly around…butterflies again? The elevators' moves aggravated her condition just more.

Padme was truly relieved when the elevator finally reached her destination and the doors opened letting her step outside. Breathing deeply she tried to calm herself and forced the butterflies in her to keep still.
She was that excited; her heart pounded up to her head, but she wasn’t nervous. It was impossible for her to analyse her state of well being.

Locating the Chancellors estate was easy. It was the only one on this floor. Furthermore there were two blue robed Senate Guards standing beside the entrance with heir blasters on their shoulders. She nodded to them and entered the Chancellors rooms.

Padme was surprised as she realized that Palpatine indeed got used to the colour red. The carpet was of a deep red, the walls were painted in a lightly wine red. Just after stepping inside one of his few secretaries greeted her friendly in the reception room and then led her towards the inner sanctum of his home where Palpatine and the earlier arrived guests already were waiting: The official salon. Shyly Padme followed the secretary who took her along to the corridor on the right side nearing step by step the next large room. Witch each step the butterflies’ numbers grew. Then she arrived, feeling sick…

If he owned an official salon, then coming to a conclusion he possessed a private one somewhere to where barely anybody has access to.

“Senator Amidala! Welcome!” he greeted her overwhelmingly with a bright smile on his face just seconds after he has seen her standing in the door. Beside her there was just another human male in his mid thirties present who eyed her inquisitively. Padme had seen him in the rotunda before and she remembered him as Senator from Alderaan.
“Good evening, Chancellor, once more thank you for the invitation.”
“You’re welcome, Milady. May I introduce you to the Senator of Alderaan, Bail Organa” he gestured towards his other guest who bowed greeting his head, “Senator Organa please meet Padme Amidala, the newly elected Senator of Naboo, former Queen to our home planet.”
“I recognize your name, Milady. The blockade?“

She nodded. Palpatine played his role as perfect host well and inquired which drinks they would like to have to give the order to the service units.
One after another a few other senators were welcomed by the Chancellor. They were an indeed small group as Palpatine had told her. Padme was just happy not to learn that many new names at once. To some of these ladies and gentlemen she already got known to personally, some had she just seen in the senate, some had she just heard of.

Finally after even the last guest has arrived and everyone got his or her drink the chancellor invited them to take a seat and everyone strived for the large appearingly improved corner unit. Padme ended up next to his seat which was more by accident than planned. To her left Senator Organa was making himself sitting cosily. It turned up strange to Padme that anybody of Palpatines advisors was around who were told to be always present when communicating with the Chancellor.

Today’s evening appeared to be different.

Likely because this were just discussion, but not decisions. The lot casually. Normally the Chancellor would not even ask for their service to discuss the matters with him since the actually discussion would took place later on in the bodies and committees and finally within the walls of the senate. There would be sufficient time for any advisors to inform their employer efficiently.

Padme had not any problems to follow the conversation although she barely stepped out of her shyness. It wasn’t her intention as a newcomer to start conflicts or make a name for herself as a troublemaker. She could be misinterpreted as pomposity. Modesty was a credit, a very important one, …to her opinion especially on the political floor.
Naturally sometimes discussions changed into conversations about recent events; about the Trade Federation and about the split off by several systems that then joined the Separatists.
From time to time Padme asked a concrete question, but most of the times she just listen, avoiding to talk about her very own opinion.
She did not miss that she was eyed unobtrusively by the Chancellor himself a few times during the evening. Examined. Or tested? His watery blue eyes pierced her as if he would try to read her mind. But every time their eyes met he turned away with a shy smile on his thin lips.

Her butterflies loved these situations, they flew around and around and around, making her feel the most uncomfortable in years.

At last the discussions seemed to reach their end. The group split of into several smaller groups; the conversations got more private and less official. Padme found herself confronted with Bail Organa in a small talk conversation. Somehow she had made a very good impression on him because he invited her to join the body he was sitting in.
“Or have you already found another body you’d like to join? “, he added after the invitation, „In the case of the Separatists especially?”
“Uhm,…honestly I’ve just get informed by now“she answered, „However I need to talk to the Queen and her secretaries first before I make a decision.”
“Of course”, Organa nodded, a short smile flitted over his face, “But nonetheless you’re invited to join us in our next weeks meeting. We always met in my office; I will send the precise date to your Com Unit account.”
“I will be there” she answered in the friendliest tone her voice could achieve. She had managed her first steps into galactic politics pretty well. Without a faux pas, without making mistakes. Though long years of experiences she was occasionally insecure, mostly, because she was new to her duties. Her mother had ensured her this reaction was absolutely normal. You respected your new duties…

“Very well. You’ve already introduced to Senator Mothma then? “
“No, I’ve just heard of her. She’s the youngest Senator ever I was told.”
“That’s true. I’m surprised she hadn’t already approached you. I suppose she was detained on Chandrila” he started to laugh and said goodbye to her after a short while. Organa was in fact the first one to leave. He said goodbye to the Chancellors, excused himself with his wife’s arriving at Coruscant. She surprisingly had been come today. The Chancellor obviously understood, and ask Organa to greet the young Queen and wished him a fortunate evening.

“He’s just newly wed”, out of a sudden Palpatine stood beside her, a charming grin on his face, “No wonder that he preferred to be with her than staying with us all evening!”

Padme grinned back on him. Until tonight she barely picked up news from the always present rumours’ kitchen, just did she not participate in it at all. Yet surprised she was now noticing the Chancellors slight interest in this. So he was thoroughly susceptible to gossip? At least he was not quite prepared to talk about someone else private life.

“He has attempted to recruit you for his body, hasn’t he?”
Padme nodded: “He has invited me…”
“Well, his body would be actually a good selection, if I may say so, Milady. Senator Organa and his comrade-in-arms are without exception gifted politicians. Upright, and to my opinion not contaminate by the virus of corruption. Furthermore their average age is quite low, so they’re open to new ideas, solutions and…they’re in fact aggressive, as I’ve discovered a few weeks ago.”

Just now all my questions have been answered without even asking. As if he would have known I might ask him.

“You mean…I should accede his body?”
“Officially, Milady, I’m impartial, but…as a friend and mentor, and as one of your former advisors I would welcomed this selection. Talk with the Queen about Organas body and their goals before you go to the meeting so you can quickly join them.”
“Thank you”, she whispered becoming well aware of Palpatine being not that impartial towards her as he should be.
“Did you get acclimatized to the Senate already? Honestly I barely remember my very first week as Senator of Naboo; I’d been too confused about everything that went on in these holy halls of politics.”
“I’m attempting not to lose my orientation.”
“Take your time, Senator. In politics time goes by very slowly” he sighed again “You won’t miss anything, I can assure you! I hope you like the small group of ours?”
“Oh yes, it had been interesting and informative.”
“I’m glad to hear you like it. We meet in irregular intervals. Do you mind if I add you in future times, if you’re available, of course?”
“I’m honoured, your Excellency.”
“Please leave the title here, will you? May I invite you to another glass of wine?” he asked a stunned senator who tried to force her one again upraising butterflies to stop. But Padme smiled and then nodded towards him, seeing an even brighter smile spreading onto his face. She accompanied him towards a small desk where several glasses and decanters were lined up. “Which wine do you prefer? White, red or rosé?”
“White, please.”

So he poured the wine and handed her a glass; he took the second one himself. Then both seated themselves back in the corner unit, next to each other to have best circumstances to follow their beginning conversation. He inquired if she made first contacts to other senators and recommended several restaurants and bistros near the senate to her.

“Sadly I am barely able to go to lunch” he confessed to her with a bitter smile on his lips.
“I just heard you’ve cancelled your vacation on Naboo.”
“Unfurtunately, yes. Urgent appointments. I had been anywhere and but back home on Naboo. “
“You miss Naboo a lot, don’t you?”
“Sometimes I do, sometimes I even forget about my origins. All these grey in grey of the dura steel out there, nothing organic…probably I miss Naboos' green valleys and the Sealand because of that.”

Padme started telling him about her wish to order plants and flowers for her home and her office to bring back life into these cold rooms. The Chancellor seemed to have just a very few plans in his residence, Padme did not even see any flowers at all. Probably his private rooms were decorated in a different style but she could only guess. In fact she was a bit curious about these rooms that were told to be locked for anybody else than him and his very few close advisors. But she supposed she would belong to the being that just got known to his salon and the office.

From time to time several senators came by to say goodbye to the Chancellor before they left the apartment. Palpatine broke up their conversation for a minute to pay attention to his leaving guest but then went back to join in again. Palpatine was very amusing and had a good time this evening. He was not dull as she had feared he might be. He even offered to show her around his garden some other time, since it was raining heavily this evening.

“I’d take your offer and your invitation with pleasure” she answered him friendly, smiling.
“You’re always welcome in my rooms, Senator! “










 

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geno  283 posts
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Date Posted: 9/11/07 12:10pm Subject: RE: FROZEN BLOSSOM (Padme/ Palpatine/ Anakin/ Obi-Wan/Mon Mothma/ Bail Organa) AU Updated 9/11
very interesting chapater and look forward to more and thanks for the pm

 
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Date Posted: 9/11/07 6:17pm Subject: RE: FROZEN BLOSSOM (Padme/ Palpatine/ Anakin/ Obi-Wan/Mon Mothma/ Bail Organa) AU Updated 9/11
Hmm, I am sure that he had no double meaning with the last statement. wink

Nice update.

 

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Date Posted: 9/12/07 12:10am Subject: RE: FROZEN BLOSSOM (Padme/ Palpatine/ Anakin/ Obi-Wan/Mon Mothma/ Bail Organa) AU Updated 9/11
Please add me to the PM list.

I want to see where this is going!!

 

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Date Posted: 9/12/07 6:38am Subject: RE: FROZEN BLOSSOM (Padme/ Palpatine/ Anakin/ Obi-Wan/Mon Mothma/ Bail Organa) AU Updated 9/11
geno posted:
very interesting chapater and look forward to more and thanks for the pm

You're welcome.

Amidala66 posted:
Hmm, I am sure that he had no double meaning with the last statement.

Nice update.

Thanks. Sure, there's no double meaning? batting Oh, by now I suppose there isn't, but I promise, situation will soon change!

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Please add me to the PM list.

I want to see where this is going!!

You're added. You'll see where this is going to. Very soon. Promised!

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