Ten year old Jaina Solo is sent back in time with a mission, go to the Death Star and help redeem Anakin Skywalker. Very AU, perhaps rather OOC, I'm sorry, it was (I can't believe I finally get to use this term) a plot bunny that beat me up and robbed me.
"You may fire when ready."
"What?", Princess Leia gasped.
"You're far too trusting, Dantooine is to remote to make an effective demonstration."
"Com-", one of the technicians began, before he was cut off when a little girl kicked him in the shins, sending him to the ground. The brown haired child ran across the room, giving Tarkin a swift kick as well, before leaping all the way into Vader's arms, who, entirely startled, caught her.
"Don' let them do it Grandpa. Don' let them blow it up, please?", she asked, giving the Sith Lord a look so sweet it could make an angry and hungry Rancor more docile than a mouse droid.
Vader, shock showing behind his mask, looked into the girls deep brown eyes, and was even more surprised to find that she was indeed his granddaughter.
The technician got back to his feet, "Commen-"
"Cease the operation", Vader ordered.
"What?", Tarkin asked, his face already red from the girls assault. Leia seemed just as surprised.
"Alderaan will be pacified by military means. It is clear that the destruction of Alderaan would only cause more anti-Imperial feelings. The planet is not to be destroyed. Take the princess back to her cell. Send a force to Dantooine at once."
With that, the Sith Lord, little girl still in his arms, left the room.
Vader placed the little girl, who had yet to willingly let go of him, in one of the chairs in a small conference room, and sat down himself.
"Tell me child, what is your name?"
"I'm Jaina, an' I always tell my brothers that I'd probably be your favorite. 'Cause I'm a pilot an' a mechanic, an' my twin just plays with bugs, an' my little brother doesn't do anything, he's named for you. He's Anakin Solo. Oh, that's right, my last name is Solo, cause my mom is your daughter, an' she got married t' daddy."
"Who is your mother?"
Jaina smiled, "Can't tell you that, you have to guess."
"Guess?"
"Yeah, it's someone you know, not very well, but you know her."
This combined with both the similarity of Jaina's face and Padmé's face to the woman he was thinking of, made Vader groan, "It's the Princess isn't it?"
"Yup, I take it I got here after you interrogated her? Tha's right, it happened before the", Jaina suddenly stopped and screamed, clutching her head.
Vader felt it as well, "Tarkin has disobeyed me for the last time!"
"Lord Vader, so nice of you to join us, I'm afraid you missed the sh-", Tarkin was cut off in his greeting as invisible hands closed around his windpipe.
"You have disobeyed me for the last time Tarkin. Not only that, but you have hurt my family."
"What do you mean?", Tarkin managed to gasp.
"My granddaughter was deeply affected by the destruction of Alderaan. You have caused her pain, and for that you shall die."
The grip grew tighter, there was a snapping sound, and Tarkin fell dead to the floor.
He turned and went over to the Princess, another disobedience as she was still here, who was sobbing in a ball.
"Princess Leia, you will follow me", he said, pulling the girl to her feet.
"My planet", she whimpered.
"I do not like the destruction of Alderaan any more than you do, come along."
Leia followed Vader through the hallways of the Death Star to a door. The door opened, and soon she found herself sitting on one of three chairs around a small table.
"Princess, I would like to introduce you to my granddaughter, Jaina. She is partially responsible for my outrage over your planet."
"Partially?", Leia asked, the loss of her family making her bold.
"Indeed... she is Force-sensitive and the massive loss of life caused her great mental pains. I, of course, am also furious at Tarkin for disobeying me, and knowing logically that this will only make the Rebel Alliance stronger, as well as…"
"What?"
Jaina nudged him.
"I am angry because of your loss."
"Why do you care? I'm surprised you tried to save it at all."
"The fact that I did not realize until Jaina pushed me along is a sign of how much I've let myself grow weak. I should have sensed it the minute we came face to face. Leia, I am your father."
"What, what, that's impossible!"
"You'll get used to it", Jaina said, "I'm your daughter, by the way."
"How, I don't have a daught-"
"I am under the assumption that she is from the future, given that she is only nine years younger than yourself. Her purpose here is so far unknown to me."
"Well, one of the things I was supposed to do was keep Alderaan in one piece… guess that didn't quite work. Also… well, you might not like this Grandpa, I'm supposed to turn you back to the light side. That an' put the family all back together, although Luke is back helping with that."
"Luke?"
"Oh, my uncle, your son, an' your twin brother", she clarified, pointing to each of them in turn.
"And where is he?"
"Well", Jaina said, searching her memory, "He'll be hear in a few hours, but the one that knows me is currently back in… 19 BBY? He's trying to save Gra-", there was a beeping from her pocket, and she pulled out a comlink.
"Hello? Yes uncle Luke, I'm here. No, Grandpa tried to stop him, an' Tarkin did it anyway. No, you're not here yet. So how'd it go?" Jaina perked up, "Oh wonderful! Where is she? You sent her on the Falcon? How'd she get on board? Oh, I see. Okay, everything's going well here. Bye uncle Luke, wait, do you want to say hi? Okay." She handed the comlink to Vader, "It's uncle Luke, he wants to say hi to you."
Vader held the comlink up.
"Hi Dad! I'll see you, well, soon for me if everything goes well on Jaina's end. And soon for you, but I won't know you. Say hi to Leia for me. Bye!"
"Goodbye… son." Vader switched off the comlink, handing it back to Jaina. "Your brother says hello."
"Anyway", Jaina continued, "Like I was saying, he saved Grandma."
"Padmé?"
"Yeah, he said she'd be arriving soon to rescue Mom, along with Luke, Master Kenobi, 3P0 and R2, an' someone which you should make sure to meet", she said with a knowing smile at Leia.
"Obi-wan? Obi-wan is coming here?"
"General Kenobi?", Leia asked.
"Now Grandpa, one of my missions is to keep you from killing him."
"Jaina I, I mean… oh very well! We must make sure that they are successful in their attempt. It would be least suspicious if we at least temporarily put you back into the detention block."
"Okay", Leia said as the three of them got up, before she gave Vader a hug, "It was nice to meet you, Dad."
Vader went to the door, and motioned to two troopers. "Take the princess back to her cell. Inform the guards she is not to be harmed under any circumstances, and place a fake order in the computer network for her termination."
"Right away Milord."
The troopers lead Leia off, and Vader turned back to Jaina, but before he could speak, an officer came up behind him.
"Sir, a small freighter has entered the system. It's markings match those of a ship that blasted it's way out of Mos Eisley Spaceport."
"Very good, make sure to get it on board. Lure it in with a fighter, then tractor it."
"It will be done Lord Vader."
"Bye!", Jaina waved.
The officer didn't exactly know the Imperial military protocol for responding to a little girl on board a battlestation in the company of a Sith Lord, so he merely waved and walked away.
Vader turned back to Jaina, "So, we should have some time before we are needed. What shall we do?"
Jaina put her hand on her chin, "Well, I wanna see a TIE fighter! Or some stormtroopers!"
Vader held out a hand, and Jaina took it.
"Lieutenant Mithel."
Daniel 'Mauler' Mithel looked up, finding himself face to face with Darth Vader. "Yes Lord Vader?"
"There is someone I would like for you to meet. I would appreciate it if you would show her the workings and mechanics of a TIE fighter, and take her down to the simulator if there is time."
"Of… of course Lord Vader."
"Very well, I will return to pick her up in thirty minutes."
Vader turned around and walked off, revealing a small girl behind him.
"Who are you?"
"I'm his Granddaughter… do I get to see a TIE! I bet I can beat you!"
Mithel sighed.
"If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine."
"GRANDPA!"
Vader sighed, "Oh no…"
A little girl came running up, "What did I tell you about killing Obi-wan?"
"Jaina…", Vader pleaded.
"No! Bad Sith Lord! Naughty Sith Lord!", Jaina admonished, "Now apologize."
"But Jaina…"
"Do it…"
Vader turned back to Kenobi, the Jedi having a look of total surprise and slight amusement on his face. "I'm sorry."
"For what…?", Jaina asked, hands on her hips.
"I'm sorry I tried to kill you… again."
"Tha's better. Do you accept his apology?"
Obi-wan was a little shocked, but nodded slowly, "Yes, I do."
"Good! Now we can all be friends again! Yay! Shake hands!"
"What?"
"Grandpa…"
"Alright…", Vader sighed, deactivating his saber and extending a hand, which Obi-wan reluctantly took.
"Now Grandpa, we need to talk about your lightsaber. Red is so icky! You should have a neat color. Like purple! I'm gonna have a violet saber when I grow up! An' I'm gonna be a Jedi Master, an' I'm gonna lead Rogue Squadron, an' someday Dad'll give me the Falcon, an' I'm gonna be a hero."
Obi-wan turned to Vader, now totally amused and not bothering to hide it, "So this is your Granddaughter then?"
"Yes, this is Leia's daughter, Jaina Solo."
Jaina wrapped a hug around Vader's legs, "My grandpa tried to keep mean old Tarkin from blowing up Alderaan, but he did it anyway, so grandpa killed him, an' now we're helping mom escape. An' then when he's a Jedi again, I get to go back to my time an' we'll all be a happy family. But he tricked me into looking at a TIE fighter an' fighting his wingman in the simulator so that he could try an' kill you. By the way, your wingman sucks! You should get a new guy… but you won't, 'cause you're gonna come with us an' be Anakin again an' we'll all be happy an' the Republic will be back an' the Jedi will be back an' things will be good!"
"Alright… I suppose we should make our way off this thing…"
"You mean you're actually coming with us?", Obi-wan asked, surprised.
Vader held Jaina up by her shoulders and she made her baby-bantha face for Obi-wan, "Could you say no to this? I don't think the Emperor could say no to this face. This face could turn a Terentatek into a vegan baby pet rock lizard. It could have made Darth Bane plant a flower garden, give a Jedi Master a hug and adopt a puppy. It's so warm it could melt Mandalorian iron and so sweet it could give a Hutt diabetes. It-"
"I believe I get the picture."
I have no intentions to write any more, but if something comes to me, and if I get anything but negative reviews, I might expand it. I just wanted to share the cuteness of young Jaina and Vader.