Crazy story about what if Luke had kissed the girl
by: Kathi Skywalker
E-Mail: Kathiskywalker@compuserve.de
A/N: Yesterday I lay in bed, not really knowing what else to do, and once again read the Star Wars Novel Splinter of the mind's eye from Alan Dean Foster. Hmm what can I say to that? Well, maybe that I was as shocked of the book as the first time I'd read it… Luke and Leia are definitely attracted to each other in this novel! Well, after so many alternative universes in Star Wars Fanfictions. I wondered what might have happened if Luke had brought up enough courage to tell Leia that he loved her in the most delicate moment of pages No. 32 till 33.
My Star Wars books are in German, so the quotations will be different from the original, because I have to translate them back to English ;o)
Crazy story about what if Luke had kissed the girl**Prologue**
"A shattering scream pulled Luke back into reality. Behind the slowly dying fire everything was clam. With his free hand Luke threw some new boughs into the fire and watched the climbing flames. Then he looked down into his partner's face. It wasn't the face of a princess, a senator or even of the leader of the Rebel Alliance anymore, all he saw was the face of a freezing girl. The half-opened, wet lips seemed to woo him. And then he bend his head down to find support in the hypnotic red of her lips." [Extract from Alan Dean Forster's Splinter of the mind's eye, Page 32-33]
Leia felt his lips on hers as she opened her eyes. Quickly, she pushed him away. "Luke, what are you doing?" Leia stared in blue eyes now clouded with regret and sorry. He looked away but a hand stopped him. Leia was far too confused to know what was really going on. She had felt a strong connection to Skywalker, right from the beginning. In a way she had always known that the two of them were meant to be together. At first she couldn't place this new, strange feeling. Was this love? Her hand caressed his cheek and suddenly she knew that she could trust him – always. Slowly, her lips met his again. Somewhere deep down inside she knew that this was wrong, but she didn't care any more.
"I love you." Luke whispered.
"I know." Was all she managed to repeat.
****
2 Years later, Dagobah
Luke reached for alternatives. "Yoda said I could train another to…"
"The other one he spoke of is your twin sister", the old man offered a dry smile. " She will find it no easier than you to destroy Darth Vader."
Luke was visibly jolted by this information.
"Sister? I don't have a sister."
"To protect you both from the Emperor, you where separated when you were born. The Emperor knew, as I did, that one day, with the Force on their side, Skywalker's offspring would be a threat to him. For that reason, your sister has remained safely anonymous."
Luke neither needed nor wanted a twin. He was unique! He knew who he was. He was Luke Skywalker, born to a Jedi turned Sith, raised on Tatooine. But then his mind drifted off to another place - to a chamber, - to his mother and his…sister. His SISTER!
"Leia?! Leia is my SISTER!!" He exclaimed, nearly falling over the stump.
"Your insight serves you well." Ben nodded. [Extract from James Kahn's Return of the Jedi, Pages 65-66]
"My insight serves my well!!!" Ben eyed the desperate Jedi worriedly.
"Damn it Kenobi! Do you know what you've done? I…" Luke turned around, still in shock.
Ben was still looking at the youth in front of him, waiting for an explanation.
Luke felt shame, betrayal and wrath all at the same time. How could he!
"Luke what you're feeling isn't the way of a Jedi. Tell me what's troubling you."
Luke jumped around. "You! You are troubling me, old man! You've destroyed my family, my life! God, I wish I'd never met you."
"Luke, don't let the dark side control you." Luke could feel it. Cold but still welcoming.
"You let me go to Bespin without telling me that Vader's my father, you told me he'd murdered Anakin Skywalker! And, no matter, out of which point of view I'm looking. For me that isn't quite the same! You want me to kill my own flesh and blood, Jedi! And then – to make my day complete – you're telling me that I'm having a relationship with my sister for two years now!"
Luke saw the old man paling.
"You're in love with you own sister?"
Luke punched the hull of his X-Wing. "With no thanks to you. I had no idea! I…need time to fix this 'problem'."
Ben stood up to comfort Luke, but he rejected his help. "Don't touch me, Ben. And never dare giving me one of your certain point of view speeches again." He grabbed his lightsaber and climbed up his fighter.
"Maybe Yoda was right. Maybe you're too much like your father after all."
Luke looked down to his former friend.
"Or maybe my father was right. You're only an old fool, Kenobi."
Luke already regretted saying this but was still too angry about this. How could Ben hide the existence of his own sister from him? How could he dare doing this to him?
****
Back at the rebel fleet, one day later in Leia quarters.
"Luke!" She rant towards him and threw her arms around him. "I'm so glad you're back, my love." He tried to smile. "Leia, I have to tell you something." Leia already knew that this wouldn't be easy.
"What's up, Luke? Is something wrong with Han or Lando?" He laid his hands upon her shoulders.
"It might be better if you take a seat."
Leia felt her stomach turned around. Something was wrong here.
Luke knelt before her taking her hands in his.
"Leia, there's something you need to know. Something I have been hiding for far too long. It's something about my family." Leia eyes were clouded.
"Luke?" She asked as she saw his inner trouble and fear about what was coming next.
"I…I…Remember what I told you about my father? That he was a Jedi, killed in the Clone Wars by Darth Vader?" Leia nodded. Luke looked down, he couldn't look into her eyes now. But he had to get through this as fast as possible.
"That's not true. My father didn't die in the Clone Wars. He changed sides and supported Palpatine. He killed thousands of Jedi and burned down the whole temple. With that he rejected his title as a Jedi Knight and became a Sith Lord." Leia's eyes got wet. She knew the story of Vader's Jedi Outcast, after his turning. He had betrayed his friends and become Palpatine's right hand. But he couldn't be Luke's…
"Luke, you're not talking about Vader, are you? There was another Sith, already forgotten about the year." Luke eyes were filled with tears and regret.
"Leia. Lord Vader is…he's my father." The last words were barely more than a whisper.
"Oh Luke." She sank down infront of him. Taking him into his arms but he pulled away.
"Leia this isn't all…I'm going to him." Leia took a step backwards to see if he was telling the truth.
"What? Luke! We need you!"
"I MUST go, Leia. After we reach Endor I'll go the generator and ask to talk to him.
Leia shook her head. "No! No, Luke. He'll killing you."
"He won't. I know him. He already had the change to kill me. Twice. And he didn't. After all he has done to you, I know you might not believe this, but he's still my father…and I know he cares."
Leia couldn't hold the tears back any longer. "So that's the reason Han and I were held on Bespin. He wanted you. He wanted his son. You're the reason Han's still at Jabba's palace, frozen in carbonite."
It was all so terrible. Luke carefully wiped away her tears with his thumb.
"Yeah. That's the reason why. And I don't want my friends to suffer any longer than they already have. My father won't stop searching for me. I must go or I endanger all of you." He made a short pause. "I just wanted to tell you, Leia. Wanted you to know the reasons why, when everybody declares me a traitor." He stood up, gently placed a kiss on her forehead, and left her behind, crying.
TBC
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