Chapter 7

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After a long trip across the galaxy from Coruscant to Naboo, with many stops along the way, the trio finally arrived at the countryside of Naboo. This was when Elya started getting slightly frantic about meeting a Senator and possibly needing to convince her that she is the long lost Duchess.

"What if... I say something wrong?", the girl wondered aloud, "What if she doesn't believe me? What if I'm not even Enasti in the first place!"

Fives turned around to face her, held her hands and told her, "Elya, I promise you, none of that will happen... We'll make it out alright."

"But... look at me, Fives! I'm not exactly Duchess material!", she exclaimed before wandering off to sit down by a river bank.

Echo and Fives exchanged glances before Echo went over and sat next to her, both of them staring into the gentle water.

"Elya. Tell me, what do you see?", he asked her.

"I see... a skinny little nobody. With no past, and no future", she sulked.

"I see an engaging and lively young lady who has shown a regal command equal to any royal in the galaxy", he told her, "And I've known my share of royalty. Fives and I actually used to be Padme and Enasti's bodyguards. We know a few ex-Senators who'd be willing to stick their necks out for people like us."

Elya sighed and said, "... If you really believed I was Enasti... wouldn't you call me that?"

She got up and followed Fives as he started crossing the stone bridge across the river. She looked back for a moment, contemplating whether ever leaving Coruscant, even leaving Aurra, was a mistake.

"There's nothing left back there for you. Everything... is in Naboo", Fives told her, looking back at her.

"Gentlemen...", she looked at the two clones, "Let's find some teachers."

The trio travelled to the outskirts of Theed where they found an old friend of Enasti's who knew her very well, Onaconda Farr. They asked him to help them and initially, he said no, but upon seeing Elya, he agreed.

(𝐹𝒶𝓇𝓇, Elya, Fives, Echo, Both, 𝓐𝓵𝓵)

𝐼 𝓇𝑒𝓂𝑒𝓂𝒷𝑒𝓇 𝒾𝓉 𝓌𝑒𝓁𝓁

𝒴𝑜𝓊 𝓌𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝒶𝓁𝒶𝒸𝑒 𝒷𝒶𝒸𝓀 𝒾𝓃 𝒯𝒽𝑒𝑒𝒹
The palace back in Theed?
Could it be?
𝒴𝑒𝓈, 𝒾𝓉'𝓈 𝓈𝑜
𝒴𝑜𝓊 𝓇𝑜𝒹𝑒 𝓈𝓅𝑒𝑒𝒹𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓌𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝑜𝓃𝓁𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑒𝑒
Speeder biking? Me?
Speeder's name?
Romeo!

𝒴𝑜𝓊 𝓂𝒶𝒹𝑒 𝒿𝑜𝓀𝑒𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓅𝓁𝒶𝓎𝑒𝒹 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝒻𝒻!𝒜𝓁𝓌𝒶𝓎𝓈 𝓂𝒶𝒹𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂 𝓁𝒶𝓊𝑔𝒽!

Was I wild?
Wrote the book!
𝐵𝓊𝓉 𝓎𝑜𝓊'𝒹 𝒷𝑒𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝒫𝒶𝒹𝓂𝑒 𝑔𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓁𝑜𝑜𝓀!

Imagine how it was!
Your long-forgotten past!
We've lots and lots to teach you and the time is going fast!
Alright, I'm ready!

𝒩𝑜𝓌, 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒷𝒶𝒸𝓀 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓊𝓅 𝓉𝒶𝓁𝓁𝒜𝓃𝒹 𝒹𝑜 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓁𝓀 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓉𝓇𝓎 𝓉𝑜 𝒻𝓁𝑜𝒶𝓉

I feel a little foolish
Am I floating?
Like a little boat!

𝒴𝑜𝓊 𝑔𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝒶 𝒷𝑜𝓌
What happens now?
𝒴𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒽𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓇𝑒𝒸𝑒𝒾𝓋𝑒𝓈 𝒶 𝓀𝒾𝓈𝓈!
Most of all remember this

𝐼𝒻 𝐼 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓃 𝓉𝑜 𝒹𝑜 𝒾𝓉, 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓃 𝓉𝑜 𝒹𝑜 𝒾𝓉𝒮𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒾𝓃 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌𝓈 𝒾𝓉𝒯𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒'𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝒾𝓉!

𝐹𝑜𝓁𝓁𝑜𝓌 𝒾𝓃 𝓂𝓎 𝒻𝑜𝑜𝓉𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓅𝓈, 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝑒 𝒷𝓎 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝑒!
𝒴𝑜𝓊 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓃 𝓉𝑜 𝒹𝑜 𝒾𝓉 𝓉𝑜𝑜!

𝒩𝑜𝓌, 𝑒𝓁𝒷𝑜𝓌𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓈𝒾𝓉 𝓊𝓅 𝓈𝓉𝓇𝒶𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉
And never slurp the limala
I never cared for limala!
She said that like an Amidala!

The Samovar
The caviar
Dessert and then goodnight?
Not until you get this right!

If I can learn to do it
If he can learn to do it
You can learn to do it!
You can learn to do it
Pull yourself together
And you'll pull through it!
Tell yourself it's easy
And it's true!
You can learn to do it too!

𝒩𝑒𝓍𝓉, 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓂𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝓂𝑒𝓂𝑜𝓇𝒾𝓏𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓃𝒶𝓂𝑒𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝑜𝓎𝒶𝓁𝓉𝓎

𝒩𝑜𝓌 𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝓌𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝒦𝓇𝑜𝓅𝑜𝓉𝓀𝒾𝓃
Shot Potemkin
In the Botkin
Oh!

𝒜𝓃𝒹 𝒹𝑒𝒶𝓇 𝒮𝑒𝓃𝒶𝓉𝑜𝓇 𝒱𝑒𝓁𝓎𝒶
Loved his vodka
Got that Elya?
No!

𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝐵𝒶𝓇𝑜𝓃 𝒫𝓊𝓈𝒽𝓀𝒾𝓃
He was...?
Short!
𝒞𝑜𝓊𝓃𝓉 𝒜𝓃𝒶𝓉𝑜𝓁𝓎
Had a...?
Wart!
𝒞𝑜𝓊𝓃𝓉 𝒮𝑒𝓇𝑔𝑒𝒾
Wore a feathered hat
𝐼 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝓇 𝒽𝑒'𝓈 𝑔𝑜𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓃 𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎 𝒻𝒶𝓉
And I recall his yellow cat!
I don't believe we told her that

If you can learn to do it
I can learn to do it!
𝒟𝑜𝓃'𝓉 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝒽𝑜𝓌 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓀𝓃𝑒𝓌 𝒾𝓉
I simply knew it!
Suddenly I feel like someone new
𝓔𝓵𝔂𝓪, 𝔂𝓸𝓾'𝓻𝓮 𝓪 𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓽𝓻𝓾𝓮!

If I can learn to do it
If I can learn to do it
You can learn to do it!
You can learn to do it
Pull yourself together
𝓐𝓷𝓭 𝔂𝓸𝓾'𝓵𝓵 𝓹𝓾𝓵𝓵 𝓽𝓱𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱 𝓲𝓽!
𝓣𝓮𝓵𝓵 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓼𝓮𝓵𝓯 𝓲𝓽'𝓼 𝓮𝓪𝓼𝔂
And it's true
𝓨𝓸𝓾 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓷 𝓽𝓸 𝓭𝓸 𝓲𝓽
Nothing to it!
𝓨𝓸𝓾 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓷 𝓽𝓸 𝓭𝓸 𝓲𝓽 𝓽𝓸𝓸!

Elya, now confident in her skills to appear as a Duchess, set her sights on Theed with Farr now joining her for the last steps of the journey.

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