Beru snuggled both twins close to her as she rocked them to sleep.

"If either one shows any sign of that...force, you let me know. I'll beat it right out of them soon before it goes too far."

"Owen, they're just babies!"

"Babies grow!"

"Why are you so cruel toward the force? It may be a help to us. Think of it, Owen! If the children are able to move things with only their minds, what a great help that will be around the farm!"

"They can use their hands like everyone else!"

"Owen you're not being fair. To me this force seems a grand and glorious thing, a gift..could it be, you're jealous you didn't get it?"

Owen charged toward her, his hand raised, but stopped short of hitting her or the babies. "Not another word, Beru! Not another word on the matter! These kids will be normal, like us, and that's all there is to it!" He stormed out of the room. Beru lowered her head and cried, her tears falling on each of the Skywalker twins.

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In far off Coruscant, Jinn and Kenobi had reached the doorway of the Chancellor's chambers.

"Are you sure we can do this?" Kenobi asked. "What if he kills us both, then what?"

"We simply cannot let that happen. We must be wise, ready, and strong. We must cover each other well."

"Yes, Master."

Since no one was guarding the door, they decided to enter and take him by surprise. The door was locked, but they soon used the force to take care of that. Inside, the chambers were very dark. Even though it was sunny outside, all of the curtains were drawn tight, and there were no visible signs of life.

"Can you sense anything, Master? I cannot."

"I feel a life force ever so faintly..." Jinn whispered as he moved some hanging tapestry and stepped through to the next section. "I feel it is someone in touch with the force."

"I sense something now, too, but it's not like a Jedi..or a Sith.."

They could now hear a strange bubbling sound, and they saw a flashing light coming from beneath a closed door. They gazed at each other, winked, and made it open. There, before their eyes, was the biggest shock of their lives!

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Anakin sat on the rocks, staring out at the sun flickering off the endless bouncing waves. His arm was around his beloved Padme. She was still sore from her burns, but healing well. The sandy smelling water splashed them now and then. "Oh, Anakin, I have never known Naboo's waters to be so quiet for so long! There are always some seagoing vessels, or some patrols, a merchant ship, somebody...I can't believe nothing has come this way in days. If I floated here, we couldn't be that far from civilization!"

"Don't worry my angel. I am sure something will happen to help us. The force knows it's important for us to get out of here." He scanned the horizon, where the sky met the ocean. His mind traveled back in time, years ago, to the time when he had first met the Jedi. His thoughts traveled down, down..."Padme!" He called out in excitement. "How far do you think we are from the underwater Gungan world?"

"Oh Anakin that's a brilliant idea! I am sorry I didn't think of it already! Oh, I'm afraid I don't think it's near here..."

"But you admit, you don't know where we are, so how can you say we are not near it, or part of it is not near here?"

"How can we find out? Can you use the force or something?"

"I don't know. I'm going to try to sense something. If I can get a message to them, they can help us!"

"But will they get it, and will they be able to come? Who knows what's going on with that terrible Syfo-Dias in power?"

"Right now, it may be our only hope."

"Then do what you must." She said softly as she kissed him.

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"What in the universe is that?" Kenobi spoke aloud.

Qui-Gon looked more than puzzled as he approached the tank. Inside was an oddly shaped creature, with no identifyable features, more like a big white blob with the form of a body and limbs. From its stomach, an umbilical cord like hose ran through the tank and out an opening into a machine nearby. The two Jedi paced around, taking in everything they could, with all of their natural and supernatural senses. The creature did not seem to move, or be aware they were there.

"He appears to be some sort of changling..." Qui-Gon observed. I have seen them in this state in my youth, on some of my farthest expeditions. I am only surmizing he needs this tank to regenerate, to keep himself alive, while he is not in the form of whatever unfortunate sod whose form he's stolen."

"Why would he be here? And where is Chancellor Palpatine?" Obi-Wan said. Just then, his eyes traveled to the well known garb of the Chancellor, lying nearby on the floor, as a human would step out of their clothes and leave them as they entered their bath. All at once, their force sense, and their minds, came to the same possible conclusion. They didn't even need to say it, they knew. They were close to certain that the Chancellor was a changeling. They still didn't know who or why or how, but this was a big discovery nonetheless. They would have to be quiet and careful as they snooped around for more information. But before they could make another move, the tank made an earsplitting sound...

"Let's get out of here!" Obi-Wan yelled, but it was too late...