13 Chapter 13:The Storm Is Approaching

I start walking around the store, looking for anything interesting, I found some pieces in good condition, that I could use for my mask, so I just took it through the force and kept it in the inventory, I would not usually go stealing any innocent people, but I just I don't like Watto, so I just took it, but it was still just a few components, being suspected of theft and then having to deal with the Hutts is just not worth it.

Looking around, I can see that Anakin and Padme are talking, even though I like Padme, I am not stingy enough to stop the two of them talking, besides that I believe that the current Padme would not be interested in a child, so I just keep looking, Qui-Gon and Watto have already left, they must be discussing the prices of the pieces now, I really wanted to see his face when the Jedi trick fails.

Reaching the bottom of the store, I arrived at what appears to be a workshop, there are some things covered here and there, some droids partially built, but in the end they were just scrap, I wanted to see if I was lucky to find something interesting, but so far nothing.

After a few minutes with no result I simply decide to return, at the same time that I, Qui-Gon also returns with a small frown on his face.

"We should go," he says simply.

"It was nice to meet you, Anakim," Padme says as she follows Qui-Gon.

I just walk past him and give a little nod, I can hear Watto muttering in the background, something about republic money and mental tricks, while Jar Jar seems to be juggling and dropping some pieces, this guy is really clumsy.

Leaving the Watto store, Qui-Gon seems to be lost in thoughts, "What happened, Jedi master?", Padme asks

'' It looks like we can't use the money from the republic here, we have to find another form of payment, '' he says as he takes the communication out of his clothes, '' wait here for a minute, I'm going to talk to Obi-Wan '' , he says and goes out into an alley to have privacy.

"Does it look like someone won an admirer?", I decide to tease Padme a little, "the boy wouldn't take his eyes off you."

"What are you talking about? He's just a cute kid," she says, a little embarrassed, "Besides, if there's someone who can't talk about admirers, are you, right? Angel Boy?" She said with a little of emphasis at the end of the sentence,while narrowing her eyes.

"And whose fault is it that I got that nickname? You were the one who wanted to see my wings", I reply a little indignantly, as I'm used to not using 'Player's mind' when I'm alone with Padme, so i can't maintain my expressions very well.

Padme blushes a little and looks away, refusing to speak again.

I just shake my head with an ironic smile, until I notice something, "Padme?"

'' Yes? '' She replies, still refusing to look at me.

'' Where's Jar Jar? '' I say

"Um, he was with us a moment ago," she replies as she looks around.

Qui-gon comes back at that moment, and he also notices the missing Gungan, '' Where's Jar Jar ?, wasn't he with you? ''

* Crash * * Crash *

'' Something tells me he's in that direction, '' he answers his own question while looking in the direction of the sound of something breaking, before starting to walk over there.

What we get when we arrive is the same scene from the movie, Jar Jar is on the floor with a Dug grabbing him by the neck, while arguing with a little Anakim, to tell the truth, the scene is quite strange, seeing an alien the size of a child dominating someone the size of Jar Jar, I know that height doesn't represent someone's fighting ability, Yoda is a living example, but it's still a strange scene;

When we approached, Anakin had already managed to convince Dug to release Jar Jar, according to him Jar Jar was very lucky, since that Dug called Sebulba was very dangerous, after Qui-gon gave Jar Jar a little scolding we continued walking Mos Espa.

.......

Some hours latter.

After a few hours walking around Mos Espa stores, with Anakin with us, we started to see signs of a sandstorm on the horizon, this is not really good news for me, I was planning to use the night to look for the presence on the force of Maul, and try to * cough * permanently borrow his ship 'Scimitar', normally it would be difficult to find him, even with teleport, but as a sandstorm, it became even more difficult, it seems that I will have to leave to do that in Naboo later.

'' do you have a place to stay? '' Anakin's question takes me out of my thoughts.

'' let's go back to our ship, it's parked outside the city, '' Qui-Gon replies.

"You guys are not going to make it in time, what do you think about staying at my house until the storm ends?", he says looking at Padme.

Qui-Gon looks at me like he's asking for my opinion, I just nod, I could teleport us back to the ship, but I won't do it for obvious reasons, and I want to meet Shmi Skywalker

Qui-Gon seemed really interested in Anakin, not that I can blame him, the force is really powerful in the boy, I believe he hasn't linked the prophecy to Anakin yet, but he will do it as soon as he finds out that Anakin doesn't have a father.

After a few minutes we started to approach what were called 'slave quarters', there were houses on top of other houses, all huddled together as close as possible, it looked a little like an anthill.

'' Mom, I'm back! '' Anakin shouted to the back of the house, while the rest of us came in and shook the sand from our hair and clothes, the storm was already strong at that moment.

listening to her son's voice, Shmi Skywalker came out of one of the rooms in the back, wiping her hands with a cloth, while wearing an apron, what she found with her son was an astromechanical droid, with a boy and girl who seemed to be in adolescence (John took off his hood when entering the house), an alien of a species that she had never seen, and a very handsome man (in her opinion).

Meanwhile, the visitors were also watching her, she seemed to be between 30-40 years old, she had brown hair a little gray on the side, tied in a bun, brown eyes and a tan skin of someone who is very used to be under the sun, which is redundant considering the planet we are on, but looking at the features we could still see that she was a beautiful woman in her youth.

'' Annie, what's going on here, '' she says as she turns her attention back to her son, with a gentle smile, although still confused, '' who are these people? ''

'' Mom these are my friends, I invited them home to shelter from the storm, their ship is out of town, '' he exclaimed excitedly, then smiled at Padme, '' this is Padme, and they are ... Huh ... '', it seems that only now he realized that he only knows Padme's name.

'' I'm Qui-Gon Jin, '' Qui gon took a step forward to introduce himself, '' And this one is Jar Jar Binks '', Jar Jar bowed awkwardly, almost knocking over the furniture behind him, making everyone speechless about how he was clumsy.

* Biip * * Beep *, R2-D2 with its characteristic beep.

'' He said his designation is R2-D2, and I'm John, it's a pleasure, '' I say with a small smile and a slight bow, as Anakin has already introduced her, Padme just joined my little bow.

"Your son was kind enough to offer us shelter," Qui-gon says with a smile, "I apologize if it's inconvenient," and it brought a slight flush to the woman's face.

Padme and I looked at each other before laughing quietly.

"It's okay, many were lost in these storms and were never seen again," she said before turning to Anakin, "Annie, why don't you show your friends the guest room."

'' Come Padme, I'm going to show you the C3PO, it's a droid that I'm building alone '', he grabs her hand and starts dragging her, she looks at me with a strange smile before following him, with R2- D2 and Jar Jar following.

Me and Qui-Gon were taken by Shmi to what appeared to be a small dining room, with a kitchen next to it, while Shmi was preparing some kind of drink for two of us, I chose this moment to talk to Qui-Gon '', so Jedi master ... ''

'' Qui-Gon ... '', he interrupted me '', you can call me Qui-Gon young friend '', he says with a smile.

I stop for a second, remembering that we don't really introduce ourselves formally, '' You can call me John, '' I say nodding at his words.

"As I was saying, you noticed the boy, right?", I ask referring to the powerful presence of Anakin on force.

'' Yes, he is strong in the force '', he agrees as he obviously noticed, '' And you was well, I must say '', he says narrowing his eyes at me, '' You said you were self-dictating right ?, you certainly have a lot of talent, considering how well you handle the power of the force, better than some Jedi knights I would say, '' he says with a smile, trying to get information from me.

'' Well, I have a special talent for listening to the voice of the force, it helps me a lot, in addition to a special talent for visions of the future '', I say the bullshit I made up, besides, I want them to know that I have some information from the future, it might be easier to make the Jedi Council believe me, if I decide to tell them something later, I can just blame it on the force.

"So, what do you intend to do with Anakin, Qui-Gon, are you going to take him to become a Jedi?", I say, abruptly changing the subject, trying to make it clear that I don't want to reveal much information about me.

He seems to take the hint and does not insist on the matter saying with a sigh, "The boy would certainly be a powerful Jedi, but he is very old, and attached to Mother, the Jedi Council would reject him."

Before I can continue the conversation, Shmi comes back with a tray and a few mugs of what appears to be some kind of tea, before asking how we met her son ...

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