As the night fire of the ewoks shimmered and ceased in the dark, Leia sat watching it, and Luke couldn't help feel like he needed to talk to his sister. Her long shiny hair covered her shoulders, her expression was not as happy as he would have thought of. Very slowly, Luke approached her, and stood gazing at the dying fire. Leia struggled for the words to appear, and she nodded acceptably.
"The war is finally over." Her brown eyes met with her twins' and she found comfort within him. On that same place, it had all become true. She had always had that tingly feeling about Luke. She saw so much in him, and had loved him since she laid eyes on him. They now shared a story; not only as saviors of the galaxy, but as brother and sister. Leia wanted to know everything. She wanted to hold Luke in her arms and be with him, and just talk. All the answers were ahead of her. She just had to ask. But, she didn't.
"Darth Vader," she murmured. How? When? The most powerful lord Sith of all time, and she was his offspring? She knew her parents back in Alderaan had adopted her, they had told her when she turned eighteen. But they had never unveiled their identity. This is why, Leia thought to herself.
"Leia," Luke sat beside her and held her hand. He was so understanding, so loving and caring. Suddenly, she couldn't hold it anymore. She embraced him so strong. Luke had never seen her sister cry.
They held on to each other for a long time. For all those lost years, for all those to come. She felt safe with him. Luke was the only family she had left.
"How did it happen?" she managed to hold herself up, and wash the tears.
Luke knew what she was talking about. They had developed a special bond throughout these years.
"He died protecting me," he whispered, hopeful and devastated at the same time. "Leia, our father came back. Anakin Skywalker, our father, made his return for us, Leia, just for us."
"Me too? He.. knew about me?" she was shivering.
Luke remembered that precise moment. Vader had lurked into his mind, and found his long lost daughter. He had angered Luke so much saying that Leia could be the one who could turn to the darkside.
"He did. He found out." Leia tried to process the news. A tear slipped through her cheek, but she quickly caught it with her sleeve.
"What did he say about it?" There was a brief pause and Luke pondered his words carefully.
"That he loved you, Leia" she was struck by this statement. Love? He tortured her for hours in the Death Star, did the same with Han and her in Cloud City, he blew up her home planet. How?
"Leia, he turned back," Luke finally said.
"He what?" Leia was not understanding.
"He came back to the light side. He did it for you and for me," Luke and Leia were both in tears and they could not help but tremble through their words.
"Our father was not Vader, Leia. He was Anakin Skywalker,"
That name sounded so familiar to her; the image of her father was slowly changing. She started to remember that time at the Death Star where she had met him. She had felt a dark presence, and had managed to trick his father into thinking the rebel base was in another system.
"What about our mother?" Leia asked.
"I don't know," Luke stared down and caressed his sister's face "If we are to know we must find out by ourselves."
Leia suddenly was enclosed in this distant memory of a girl, with similar features of Luke, the same smile and loving character. She saw that girl standing in the fair planet of Naboo, holding a boys hand and blushing each time their eyes met. She was wearing a long rose dress. It moved with the breeze of the warm wind, and the boy resembled…
"Anakin," she whispered. Luke stared at her, knowing she was just discovering her powers. He noticed she had the ability to look deeper into the force than he would have ever imagined.
"Luke, I see him; I see our parents." She stood up and slowly walked away. She was staring at darkness as though if it were revealing all her past. "They were happy. They were in love. That's mum and dad, Luke"
"I have to confess something to you," Leia said, "Remember when I said that I had always known? Well, you see, when I was a little girl, back in Alderaan, I always dreamed of having a sibling. It was a distant memory I had. I had visions of a woman, very beautiful and sad, who had suffered so much, and I recall this pain of being torn from my loved ones. I now guess I felt when I was separated from you and our mother."
Luke didn't know what to do next. He was just joyful that their bond was growing stronger than ever, and that their mother had done so much for them.
Suddenly, Han appeared and hugged stood between the twins, looking at them both with his usual grin.
"Well, you never told me you were siblings, not that I recall" they all laughed and sat down still watching the dying fire. Han hugged Leia so tightly. They had been through so much and he had it very clear that they would never separate again. He stared at Luke,
"Hey kid, I know you've had a rough patch, but… what happened?" he was very serious and truly wanted to know Luke's conflict.
And so, Luke began his story…
Han was speechless when the tale of the farm boy and the princess ended. He was taken aback by all of the convoluted stories that he had actually been part of, but just found about. He was shocked about Vader, but understood Leia's reluctant behavior towards him.
"Han, I know this is hard to take in, but… we don't have to do this; not if you don't want to." Leia was being sincere. How was Han going to be with her after what he had heard?
"Leia," he bowed to one knee and grabbed her hands, "Nothing in this world will make me change the way I feel about you, nothing. You are the best thing that has ever happened to me, and you know it. I will never let you go, I want to be with you in the best and the worst. Your father doesn´t change anything. It's you, Leia, it's all that matters, sweetheart."
He pulled her up and kissed passionately. Luke had never seen Han be this true to his feelings. Han then proceeded to hug Luke firmly.
"You know, kid I really like your sister here, so I'm going to ask the following. Knowing now that you're the best brother Leia has, I ask your most humble petition ever. Will you allow me to ask for her hand?"
Leia gasped and was not expecting that. Luke knew that this was going to come, sometime. He nodded, and had never been happier.
"Yes, of course Han," he grabbed his sister and now official brother in law, and Luke could swear that from now on, everything that would follow would be the happiest years of his life.
The moon of Endor evoked an air of peace and balance in the galaxy. It could be felt across the tall pine trees, the sound of sweet music and the stars that aligned amongst the Skywalker twins and the best man they ever knew; Han Solo.
