It was another beautiful, brisk morning on the lush green planet of Naboo. Her long delicate arms stretched into the air and she rolled over, but she touched nothing but her white satin sheets. He was not there. Padme Amidala, who after marrying Jedi Anakin Skywalker became Padme Amidala Skywalker, slowly fluttered her eyes open. She ran her fingers through her long chestnut curls.
It had been several months since that dreadful encounter on Mustafar. Its seems like only yesterday that she had received that life changing dreadful visit from Obi Wan Kenobi, then her arriving on the volcanic planet and running into her true love's arms. Only to be unmercifully choked into unconsciousness. Even though the man she once loved was no longer there, she still cared for him with all her heart and soul.
She had no idea how she survived both the severe damage to her bronchial tubes and giving birth to TWINS! After giving birth on Polis Massa, she slowly crept into obscurity with her two children, which she had affectionately named Luke and Leia.
She thought it best to go to her home planet of Naboo. The only people of which she told the incidents were her parents and sister, only because she trusted them and knew they would keep it to themselves.
As Padme reached over for what she thought would be her husband, she slowly wept and curled into a ball for she knew that she would never feel the warmth of his skin against hers, his soft lips kiss her gentley and softly in the morning, and she would never hear the words "I love you", escape his lips ever again. For now he was the ominous figure Darth Vader, helping Emperor Palpatine spread the evil of the Empire throughout the galaxy. The Republic was no more.
She slowly came out of her lingering thoughts of Anakin when she heard the soft cry of her children. She realized in that moment, that the man who was her husband was dead. He was encased in that suit who made him more of a machine than a man. He was no longer Anakin Skywalker, The Hero without Fear, Jedi Knight of the Republic, Lover of Padme Amidala, and Father of Luke and Leia Skywalker.
She knew that Darth Vader could never realize that she and their children had lived, for if he did the Emperor would use them for evil as he had with the man who was once her husband. She ,as well as Obi Wan Kenobi, knew that. She would and COULD not let that happen.