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"Come on…let's go fix your ship, your Majesty." I joked while doing a little mocking bow to Padmé still feeling a little sore over being played like a fiddle.

"Hehe." Padmé giggled as she cupped my face once I righted myself. "I love you and how you can make me laugh and feel so free…even with everything that's going on." Padmé continued while standing up on her toes pressing her soft lips against mine initiating a soft slow kiss as her hands slid from my face to the back of my head, while I rested my hands on her hips.

"We really should get out there." I whispered to Padmé with a breathless voice, Padmé was panting softly, her face tinged with a deep flush, her eyes slightly dazed as she looked up at me.

"You're right." Padmé whispered as she took a few moments to compose herself while looking at me like she was waiting for me to say something back to her, of course I knew what she was looking for but I just didn't feel like I was quite there yet.

'After all…I don't know what's the charm of luck…and what's me drawing her in.' I thought to myself pressing the button to open the door once Padmé was done collecting herself.

"Handmaiden." Qui-Gon greeted Padmé while watching me warily while Anakin pushed past everyone from Naboo to come over and hug me and stare at Padmé shyly.

"Hey kid, start your Jedi training yet?" I asked Anakin jokingly while ruffling his hair.

"Not yet! Master Qui-Gon says I have to meet the Jedi council first and get their blessings to be trained." Anakin replied to me while crossing his arms a pout forming on his face.

"Ahh, well…I'm sure Master Qui-Gon will get you sorted, he seems like a decent guy." I replied to Anakin who nodded his head seriously.

"Yeah Master Qui-Gon is nice, Obi-Wan is a bit of a jerk." Anakin whispered to me co-conspiratorially.

"Yeah…he looks like he has a lightsaber firmly stuck up his ass." I joked to Anakin and noticed the affronted look Padmé shot at me, while I shrugged like what I'm sure the kid has heard worse look on my face.

"Hehehe." Anakin giggled to me in reply and I offered him a fist bump which he took happily.

"Want to see some Magic Ani?" I asked the boy and he nodded with a serious expression on his face.

Quickly turning around and selecting Upgrade, and transforming into the Mechamorph, turning myself into something similar to a Landspeeder that Galvin's use.

"Whoa…That's so cool!" Anakin expressed with a bit of an overwhelmed sounding voice.

I heard Padmé trying and failing to suppress a giggle.

I flew past Anakin, Padmé and the entourage and merged with the damaged Nubian ship.

Locating all of the damaged areas besides the Hyperdrive sending a mental command to Siri to move the Sheathipede shuttle closer.

Reaching out and starting to dismantle the shuttle using its parts to repair and upgrade Padmé's diplomatic vessel, improving the armor, and shielding, putting in a codes scrambler and anti-tracking arrays, along with upgraded sensor arrays.

Obviously repairing the…while technically replacing the Hyperdrive with a hybrid one, that wasn't quite as good as the one I'd made before, in my Sheathipede shuttle but much better and more efficient than anything else available in the galaxy except for my Luxury Yacht.

Also taking the time to upload a copy of Siri into Padme's ship so I could claim it once Padmé is no longer Queen, since it'll have my technology no one in this universe will even begin to understand how to use.

Finding that I still had quite a bit of ship left over so I made a small shuttle with hyperspace and aquatic capabilities that can attach to my Luxury 3000, much like the little shuttle attached to the Ghost in Star Wars Rebels.

With a very minimal amount of modification to my Luxury 3000, I made it so that the shuttle looked as though it was a seamless piece of the main ship.

Suddenly the time out tone sounded in my head making me coscale back into my human form, feeling quite satisfied with myself at the sight of everyone's slack jawed expressions.

"What…no round of applause for such a stunning display of magic?! What a tough crowd." I asked jokingly while holding my arms out to my sides turning in a circle, like a good showman.

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"That was blastin awesome!" Anakin said to me as he ran over Shmi in tow holding his hand as the kid vibrated with energy.

"Yes I must admit that was an astounding display of skill." The fake Queen said while giving me a slight bow.

"The people of Naboo are forever in your debt for your services, my handmaiden Padmé has even communicated your documented evidence of the Trade Federation's illegal blockade of my planet, putting not only the people of Naboo in your debt but myself as well as their Queen." The body double posing as the Queen of Naboo said to me while giving me a curtsy and shooting a look at Padmé that screamed you didn't tell me he was so handsome.

"Please, save your praise…I did it all out of self interest, your Handmaiden…is quite the negotiator, even going as far to promise me this ship once you retire from your position as it now has my proprietary technology powering it." I replied to the Queen and enjoyed her shocked expression and the glare I could feel Padmé shooting at me.

'You may have won the last round against my novice self, but that doesn't mean I'll let you off easy Padmé.' I thought to myself while shooting Padmé a roguish look that had her cheeks turning a bit rosy.

"Be that as it may, it still stands that I and the people of Naboo are still in your debt, the value of the ship taken into account. And for that I'm naming you Baron of the plains of Naboo…and granting you all of the rights, concessions and responsibilities as a member of nobility." The fake Queen pronounced and Padmé shot me a victorious and slightly roguish look of her own that had my pants becoming uncomfortably tight while I also felt like I'd just been dealt another major defeat by the beautiful politician.

"I couldn't possibly acc-" I went to refuse the offer but stopped myself as Naboo seemed like a nice place in all the series and was similar to earth in a lot of ways making it a decent place to set up a home base.

"Thank you, your Majesty." I ended up saying to the Queen who had a cat ate the canary expression on her face that matched Padmé's, as her blue eyes sparkled.

'You know…I think this is Sabe since she kinda looks like Kira Knightly... though it's kinda hard to tell with all of that white make-up painting her face.' I thought to myself, finding that the Queen's dresses were just as gaudy and ugly as they were in the movie.

Suddenly I felt my magic warning me of immense danger, with a feeling of ice cold water running down my back.

"Everyone back into the ship and take off immediately, Padmé you too!" I shouted as Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon also must have sensed the impending danger, Padmé looked unbelievably torn between what ship to get on, but I didn't leave her much choice as I wrapped her up in telekinetic energy and put her inside the doorway of her royal ship.

Just as Maul crested over a sand dune, Obi-Wan was already aboard the ship starting take off procedures.

[Activating Self defense combat mode.] Siri informed me though I wasn't really paying attention to her.

"Master Jedi go, protect the Queen." I told Qui-Gon and I repeated the process on him that I had just used previously on Padmé except I threw him twenty feet into the air while forming a bo-staff out of magical energy to block Maul's downward strike with his saber.

[Sir?] Siri questioned me with concern clear in her voice.

'Go Siri, protect Padmé and the other's I'll catch up to you as soon as possible.' I mentally commanded my A.I. that piloted my ship away and set course for Coruscant.

Quickly turning into XLR8, in a quick lapse as Maul was surprised that I blocked what should have been his killing blow, as I used my speedster powers to steal his gauntlet that controlled the Scimitar systems along with its drones and speeder bike.

Before running away using the homing beacon on the gauntlet that blinked more intensely the closer I got to the ship.

'I guess not all force users can move at light speed, like most people think they can.' I thought to myself as I arrived at the Scimitar, one of…if not the most sexiest, and useful ships in the Star Wars universe.

Forming a splicing device out of my nanite armor quickly uploading a copy of Siri, that didn't even wait for my command to, take off with the ship as I tapped the faceplate of my Omnitrix, modifying the ship in lower atmosphere…removing all of the bombs and individual tracking devices on the ship before giving it the full Upgrade treatment.

[Sir, I am relieved that you are safe.] Siri said to me and I caught a bit of exasperation mixed into the relief I could hear in her voice.

"I probably wouldn't be if it wasn't for your quick actions in activating self-defense mode, good work Siri." I told my A.I. as I returned to human and collapsed against the floor my entire body trembling as my adrenaline tapered off.

[I have informed your crew and Queen Amidala of your safety and that you requisitioned a ship off of Tatooine.] Siri replied to me while sounding pleased at my praise of her.

"Thanks Siri." I whispered as my eyes grew heavy and I dozed off to sleep.

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Blinking away the sleep from my eyes, seeing a green clock in my peripheral vision that was counting downwards, that said 29 days, 17 hours, 43 minutes, and 23…22 seconds.

'What does this mean?' I wondered to myself…'Is it how many days I can remain in the Star Wars Universe?' I asked myself after a few seconds and felt like that was the answer to my question.

[Sir, we're currently on course for Arvla-7…if we stay there for ten days we can still arrive at Coruscant a few hours before the Queen's vessel lands, thanks to your upgrades and the secret Hyperspace lanes programmed into the ships navigation computer.] Siri informed me, sounding rather cherry.

"Sweet, that means I can upgrade my army and fleet of ships while also practicing magic." I muttered to myself while getting into my magic training mindset.

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