A Long Time Ago, In a Galaxy Far Away

Chapter 89

Luna looked around, knowing that she couldn't stay in one place forever. She needed to find Anakin and Padmé. She stood looking back to the area she had appeared at. There were pillars lined up on either side of an entrance hall, one way lead where Palpatine had been going, probably further into the building, while the other way appeared as though it lead outside.

It wasn't much of a choice. Anywhere Palpatine was going, Luna was going the opposite direction. Besides, if that way did lead out, that was probably the direction Anakin and Padmé were.

Assuming she was in the right time period and they were still where they met up at the beginning of Revenge of the Sith.

But there was always the chance that Luna was had arrived anywhere from a few days after the Battle of Coruscant to hours after. Nothing was certain. It was also possible, although however unlikely, that Luna had actually traveled further back in time than the Battle of Coruscant.

What was certain was that she was out of her comfort zone, as if that was new, and somewhere she wasn't supposed to be. Force knew if civilians were even allowed half as close to the Senate Building as Luna was now.

And if they weren't, the moment someone unfriendly found her, she was in deep trouble.

But, if the others were searching for her and she wasn't that far off the targeted time period, then staying in one spot might be the better option.

But, if Luna was off the targeted time period, then they might have stopped searching for her, assuming they even knew to search for her.

She needed a sign, something to show the others that she had been there and what direction she was going, but something that no one else would understand.

Luna's hand went to her neck as she subconsciously fiddled with the chain while she tried to come up with something.

She blinked, an idea hitting her like a lightning bolt.

"Perfect," Luna muttered, quickly digging into her backpack and finding an erasable marker. She stared at it for a moment. "When did that get in there?"

Luna shook her head, a long forgotten craft a teacher had given them to do for Thanksgiving a few years ago coming back to her.

Well, who would have thought I'd need this again? Luna thought to herself, uncapping the marker and placing the medallion part of her necklace on one of the pillars beside the hall, quickly tracing the outer image before drawing an arrow under it towards the direction she was heading. It was small and most probably wouldn't notice it, but if Anakin or Padmé was looking for her, than there was a good chance one of them, probably Anakin all things considered, would see the symbol. The Rebel Alliance Starbird wouldn't mean something to anyone but them. For good measure she erased part of it with her finger to check and make sure it would disappear off the mettle.

It did.

Luna then stood and quickly went down the hall, stopping every so often to trace her necklace.

With luck, they'd find the trail.

And the best part?

It was erasable, no one would know it had been there after it had been erased. Luna just needed to hope and pray none of the Senate Guards would find her vandalizing the building and erase the trail while she need it.