The Fan Fiction Archive updates with three new stories this week. In the first story, "Prelude" by HandmaidenEirtae, Padme and her handmaidens have to outsmart the assassin.

Prelude by HandmaidenEirtae

Summary

One year before Attack of the Clones, assassination attempts on Senator Padme Amidala's life have already been set in motion. After one tragic death, Padme and her handmaidens have to outsmart the assassin before anyone else becomes a victim.

Excerpt

Typho started pushing buttons frantically. "I've lost all steering control, neither repulsor set is responding, the comm's down, and we're leaking fuel!" The speeder flipped several times, and Padm? resisted the urge to be sick. The vehicle was going to crash, and if she didn't think of something soon, both she and Typho were going to die.

The speeder plummeted. Padm? grabbed Typho's shoulder, commanding his attention.

"Do you see the park on top of that building?" she demanded.

The speeder jerked again; the park was right below them. Padm? pushed open her door against the heavy winds.

"Jump!" she yelled, flinging herself out and away from the vehicle. Whether Typho followed her, she didn't know, for as soon as she hit a clump of bushes, everything went black. Read more here.

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