Despite her denial of Luke's declaration that Leia was capable of using the force just as he could, she'd been experiencing more and more fluctuations and ripples in the Force. These past few months had been chaotic and difficult enough with the destruction of the second Death Star, and the death of the Emperor. Not to mention Leia trying to figure out what her relationship with Han really was. The last thing Leia needed was to become a pseudo Jedi.

Her brother (which she still found hard to say and think sometimes, despite knowing in her heart it was the truth) was delighted she had begun to feel with the Force. He encouraged her to let it in, to explore what she could feel and to not try and shut it out. He could now see all the potential that others had seen in him inside of Leia. Leia loved Luke, but she didn't really think he understood her reluctance. For Luke, becoming a Jedi, facing the Empire, joining the Rebellion, it was all a new, exciting, dangerous, whirlwind of an adventure. Beyond farming and going off to the Academy, Luke hadn't had much in the way of plans. Becoming a Jedi seemed ideal for him, a path he was chosen for.

Leia however had been given a position from the time she was adopted: that of a princess. Growing up with the Empire growing stronger and stronger, she had then become an ambassador, and about the same time, a member of the Alliance, as her father was a supporter of their cause already. Leia had a job already, as a minor leader within a new society. And she had fallen in love, with the kind of man her childhood self had dreamed of, but who her adult self had never imagined being fond of. Between the Alliance and Han, Leia had no room for the Force.

And yet in the Force barged, with no invitation. It grew stronger inside her, as more and more of Palpatine's influence faded. There were times when if Luke wasn't paying attention, or was asleep, that Leia would sense his emotions, his hopes and fears. It made Leia highly uncomfortable, despite all of Luke's reassurances that it was alright, he never tried to hide anything from her anyway. Leia did all she could to block it out, until one day...she couldn't stop it.

It was on Naboo, fitingly, that Vader-or Anakin- appeared to her. She had made the trip to her mother's home planet. Regrettably, without Luke, as he and Han had been called away for a special assignment. Leia had seen holograms of Naboo before hand, but nothing could prepare her for just how beautiful her mother's home truly was. The lush green meadows, the waterfalls, the ancient architecture. Leia spent most of her time on the grass looking out at the water, she found it incredibly calm and peaceful- until a voice spoke,

"I remember this field. We were so young, so in love...so foolish."

Leia turned with a start, her heart pounding at the sound of a voice she recognized so well, even without the respirator altering it.

"Vader."