Title: A Clever Seduction
Author: Chrissykat
Ship: Dormékin
Category: Drama/Angst/Romance
Part: Prologue
Rating: M Contains content suitable for mature teens and older or Rated R /br
Authors Note: The characters of Dormé Jaffa, Anakin Skywalker, Palpatine, and Padmé Amidala do not belong to me and I am using them without permission of Lucas Films ltd. The Dormékin ship belongs to Cariel and Jody. I thank them both for allowing me to use their concept. This prologue takes place sometime between the end of TPM and the start of AOTC, around 27BBY. For Age Chart just email me.
After 'winning' the position of chancellor, Palpatine had found it easier than ever to manipulate a great many things in his favor. A lover of games of strategy, he likened these manipulations to one of those games. Arrange the pieces on the board, each where they believe they should be. When they are in place, spring the proper traps to achieve absolute victory. Before long, he would have each player right where he wanted them. Most of the Senators had already folded easily to his whims and even the naive Queen Amidala was falling right into place.
Palpatine had kept a close eye on her and as he had promised the young Anakin Skywalker with a special interest. The boy held impressive powers, far outshining those of any other Jedi. Skywalker was now a full-fledged padawan to Jedi Obi-wan Kenobi. The Jedi were wasting that boy's talents, but no matter, when all things came to conclusion Skywalker would see the faults of the Jedi clearly. Their 'Chosen One' would turn from them and assume a far greater position of power.
Taking a sip of tea, Palpatine returned to his current task. Recently he had come to learn that Queen Amidala had begun training a new group of handmaidens.
Under his breath Palpatine growled, "Those blasted handmaidens and decoys of Amidalas' have caused me enough grief in the past". This time he planned to use one of them to his advantage. Perusing the applications, he was intent on finding out which of the new 'recruits' he would be able to exploit for what he had in mind. So far, none of the girls seemed suitable for the task he would need them to perform. Infuriated at the constant failure he deleted yet another candidates' file from the computer.
Frustrated, Palpatine was ready to formulate a new plan when something in one of the girl's applications piqued his interest. "Dormé Jaffa….Jaffa" he spoke her last name out loud. Something about her last name was strangely familiar to him. There was a Jaffa in the town of Uriash wasn't there? A very prominent fellow if he recalled. Intrigued by this promising find he continued looking over the rest of the girls information. What he found as he gleaned more and more background information from this Dormés' file increased the dark smirk that appeared on his wrinkled face.
Scouring her file, he found the accompanying holo image. One glance at Dormé Jaffa sealed the deal. She would fit perfectly into his plans for Skywalker and Amidala.
"Yes…I think this girl will suit my needs…quite well." Palpatine cackled taking another sip of tea. "Soon, we shall meet…Dormé Jaffa." His dark laughter echoed off the walls of his office.
Switching off his computer, he rose from his seat and moved to the massive windows.
Far too late, the fools in the senate and the rest of the universe would realize that it was Palpatine, the Supreme Chancellor, who was pulling all the strings.
Tbc
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