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✫ Eirtaé Rigantona preparing to leave Coruscant

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What if… rather than becoming queen after serving as Princess of Theed, Padmé Naberrie volunteered for the Royal Naboo Security Forces. Becoming one of Queen Rigantona’s handmaidens after impressing Captain Quarsh Panaka with her keen mind, strong will, sharp shot with a blaster and persuasive negotiating skills. But the Blockade of Naboo still happened and the Queen, her handmaidens and staff were able to escape the Trade Federation during Fall of Theed because of the Jedi even if they were still forced to land on Tatooine due damaged hyper drive. As Queen Rigantona did not completely trust the Jedi, she ordered Padmé to accompany Qui-Gon Jinn and report his actions to her, it was here she unknowingly met her future husband in the form of young slave boy by the name of Anakin Skywalker through whom’s actions they were able to obtain a new hyper drive. For next few weeks she would take care of the boy as she promised his mother Shmi and thus got know Anakin quite well.After the victory over the Trade Federation, Padmé would continue to serve the queen as handmaiden for rest of the monarch’s term as well as a second term after Queen Rigantona was reelected. After this Padmé decided the time was ripe to go into business for herself and began working as mercenary for hire, often function as an respective client’s bodyguard, negotiator, bounty hunter and/or spy depending on the job. She however kept into contact with her fellow handmaidens and former queen, the latter being now known as Senator Eirtaé Rigantona who reached out to Padmé for help during the vote on the Military Creation Act. Which would bring her into contact with Anakin Skywalker again…

Although she glad was for opportunity to see Master Kenobi and Anakin again after all these years, Eirtaé still considered her Jedi protector not only unnecessary but intrusive too and she was downright unimpressed by the Council’s decision not to investigate how was responsible for the attack on her life as well as their refusal to consider that the culprit might be a former Jedi. Then their was the fact that the entire arrangement was Chancellor Palpatine’s idea, which after her conversation with Padmé left her with a feeling of unease. So she can’t quite ignore the thought, that maybe the chancellor has another reason for insisting she accept Jedi protection then her safety. But despite her suspicions she cannot figure out what else he hoped to get out of the arrangement.

Dormé had suggested perhaps his plan was for her to be absent from Coruscant for a foreseeable future so she wouldn’t be able to oppose the Military Creation Act. And while it was certainly a plausible theory, Eirtaé didn’t think it was the reason as much as it an extra benefit. In the end whatever Palpatine’s reason was it shouldn’t change anything, anyway because after last night, the Jedi were not going to allow her to stay on Coruscant for the vote.

“I take you will be leaving your senatorial frocks here?” Padmé suddenly asks, startling her out of her thoughts, as the brunette held up one of senate gowns. “They won’t be much use, after all if we’re going into hiding.”

Eirtaé looked at the ornate dress Padmé was holding before turning to the others still hanging in her closet. “You’re probably right.” she says, not quite succeeding in keeping the irritation out her voice, while indicating Padmé to put back the garment.“It’s strange you know I cannot remember the last time I didn’t have to pack my senatorial wardrobe.”