Let Me Tell You a Story

by Vader's Fallen Angel

A one shot that might become a fic based on interest. R2 has things he's never shown anyone. But the Skywalker twins have a right to know. Will they listen?

Let me tell you a story. A story of a pacifist queen who fought a war and a slave boy who dreamed of the stars.

I can you know, I was there. I was there later too, to bear witness to the forbidden.

I was there during the war, the war that everyone knows, the clone wars, yes, but also the inner war that no one saw until it was too late. The one that would destroy the world.

I didn't understand it – I'm just a droid. It wasn't, isn't, my place to decipher human emotions. No one else saw it either – they were too close.

I was there from the very beginning. I was there at the end.

I was there when the wars were over. Both of them. I was there when the knight fell, the queen died, and hope was hidden. I was there when the world was destroyed.

But the story didn't end. You know the second part; you were there. You were there when hope was revealed, when the father returned, when the slave was freed. But did you know what you saw?

Do you want to hear my story?

Of course, it really isn't my story – it's theirs. It's yours. It's the story of you, of your parents, of your family, of your past. I was just there, just observing. My mistress ordered my silence and I have obeyed her. But I think, as far as I'm able to, that she would want you to know.

So please, let me tell you a story.