Rating: This is Rated M for Mature Audiences only. If you aren't eighteen and can't or aren't supposed to read descriptive sex scenes or deal with descriptive violent scenes then turn back, otherwise... enjoy!

Empire of Darkness: Chapter 1

Lord Vader's Palace, Imperial City

The alarm sounded on the chrono on the table next to the Dark Lord's bed and he shut it off with the Force. He didn't have to look at the chrono to know it was six in the morning, he had to wake up and get ready to go meditate as he usually did since it was usually his only time for himself. Having a beautiful wife, four children, trillions of men and women under his command and being the number two in charge of the Galactic Empire doesn't leave him much time for himself.

He groaned as he threw the blankets off himself and sat up as he slid his legs off the bed and slowly sat up and made his way to the refresher. He turned the lights on using the Force and shut the door, he looked at himself in the mirror as he turned the shower on using the Force as well as the water faucet on the sink.

His blue eyes were shining bright and his long hair was a mess but he would be taking a shower and it'd get messy anyway. He splashed the water in his face and then brushed his teeth and went the bathroom. He took off his underwear and stepped into the steaming hot shower, nothing like really hot or really cold water to wake you up when you'd rather be sleeping in on a Sunday morning but he couldn't.

He relaxed as the water splashed against him waking him up as he stood still letting the water hit him and run down his body. It felt nice, he missed it, Executor's shower just wasn't the same but then again the Executor wasn't really a Palace, it was just a ginormous starship, a flying city, if you will.

He cleaned himself, shampooed and conditioned his hair, used the body wash and ended the shower as he dried off and dried his hair as he changed into his clothes. He had no need to wear his uniform today, he'd be around the city and while he is home, he could just wear comfortable clothing. He just wore sleep pants and his cloak, he had no need for a shirt, its not like anyone here never saw his bare chest.

He left the bathroom and looked to his bed where Padme was still sleeping, he smiled and walked out of the master bedroom and entered the turbolift as he took it down to his private floor, the floor where he could do his work undisturbed. The Palace had well over a thousand different floors, it was bigger than the Executor, or at least just as big but it was way too big for him to use every floor and every room. Hide and seek for the kids was murder, they had to find each other through the Force, cheaters...

The turbolift stopped at the 543rd floor and the door opened as he stepped out and walked to his meditation chamber, it was the only room that he could sit peacefully in and just draw on the Force and meditate. He was never good at meditation but he learned a lot from it, patience being one thing.

He was about to enter the room when he sensed someone inside, it didn't make sense as he discovered who it was but he opened the chamber doors and walked in and smiled as he sat across from him and crossed his legs.

"Hey, dad." The little five year old voice said, he didn't even open his eyes, he just remained seated.

"Hey, Cade." Vader replied as he closed his eyes and began to meditate with Cade, his youngest son. "What are you doing up so early?"

"I couldn't sleep." He replied and Vader smirked as he found it funny. When he was five he loathed having to meditate, he was never much of a sleeper and was usually always up early but it was required that all youngling's learn to meditate and he was a youngling and had to follow the rules. Cade however doesn't have too since he doesn't go to the Sith Academy, yet.

"Why not? Bad dream?" Vader asked as he silenced the outside world and banished his thoughts as he just focused on his breathing and kept his ears open as he spoke with his youngest son, his youngest child.

"No, I just kept rolling over and couldn't sleep." Cade replied in a monotone voice. He was the opposite of Vader in many respects but a lot like him in other ways, as well. "So, I came here and put myself in a trance to help me rest."

"Do you do this often?" Vader asked amused, he was rarely here and when he was, he rarely used the meditation chambers.

"Every now and again." Was the reply, he was like Vader in that respect, a man with very few words to say or boy, in his case.

"I see." Vader said as he joined his son in meditation as he let everything out through the Force as today would mostly be a day of relaxation and not a stressful day, like most are. "Then, I will join you and we'll meditate together."

Vader calmed himself and was satisfied with his morning meditation, a couple of hours later he opened his eyes. Cade was still meditating but Vader thought he had enough, it seemed as though he was searching the Force for answers like the Jedi used to do. It was a waste of time because by the time you got your answers, assuming you got any, it would be too late and events have already come and passed and you'd simply be reacting. The Sith use the Force to do their bidding, it is a tool, the Jedi work with it, they comply by its wishes, or so they say but the Sith don't.

"That is enough meditation, Cade." Vader said as he stood and walked to the door, "you must be hungry by now?"

Cade agreed as he opened his eyes and joined his father as they exited the chamber and walked back to the turbo lift to go to the main residence, or what they use as the main residence on the top five floors. "I am, I could eat a Rancor."

"I bet you could, I was always that hungry at your age." Vader agreed as they took the ride up. "Did you get your answers?"

"What answers?" Cade asked as he looked up at his father, he was much larger than he was and he wished that he would one day be as tall and large.

"Whatever it was you were searching for." Vader replied knowing full well what it was, but he wasn't going to tell him that.

"No." Cade simply replied, almost disappointed.

"The future is always uncertain, you can't search the Force and get all of your answers." Vader said answering his search but without telling him he knew what he was specifically searching for. "Every decision you make, or don't make changes the future. Same with everyone in the universe, the future isn't etched in durasteel. Not to mention, where is the fun in that if the future was set in durasteel? You have to live life, one day at a time. You are only five, you have your whole life ahead of you, Cade. Don't waste it."

Cade seemed to understand what his father was trying to tell him and he nodded as the turbolift reached the main residence and they exited the lift and walked to the kitchen. There are hundreds throughout the whole Palace but this is the main family kitchen, where they go to eat as a family, especially during the week and when Vader is home.

"Luke, you're up early." Vader said upon seeing his eldest, eleven year old son rummaging through the refrigerator as if his life depended on it.

"Hey, dad." Luke said as he looked to his father then back to what he was doing. "Cade, I didn't realize anyone else was up."

"Well, Cade and I were awake for quite a while." Vader replied as he walked closer to his son and held the fridge door open as he peered in as well, they have their own staff and cooks but Vader liked to cook every now and again. "What do you want to eat?"

"I don't know." Luke replied as he pursued his way through moving the food out of the way to see what lied behind. The fridge was full, as usual and there was too much stuff in it. "What about pancakes?"

"Cade?" Vader asked as he seemed to think pancakes sounded good and Cade agreed with a nod. "Pancakes it is, and people say that I can't be democratic."

"Only the Rebels say that." A feminine voice said from behind the trio and they instantly knew who it was, Padme.

"Yeah, well what do they know?" Vader asked with an amused smile as he turned to see his wife who always appeared to be beautiful, even though she just woke up but when she especially wore her red Sith night robe and allowed her wavy messy hair to flow freely, she was even more attractive as she was herself and not what she wanted people to picture her as. "Anyone who thinks democracy works on a galactic scale with millions of different planets, millions of different species and millions of different problems is a fool. Even more foolish for having the Jedi lead with them..."

"Well that is one of the reasons why the Republic fell," Padme replied with a smile.

"When you're right, you're right." Vader replied as he placed his hands on Padme's face and tilted her head back as he leaned in for a kiss. "Care to join us for some pancakes?" He whispered against her lips.

"As long as you don't burn the Palace down-" Padme said but Vader pulled back and she stopped talking.

"Hey! That was you!" Vader reminded her. "You decided that you knew how to cook and forgot the eggs were cooking until the smoke detectors went off and the sprinkler system kicked in! You, wife, are great in many things, cooking however is not one of them."

Padme didn't reply, she remembered clearly and just smiled in return. "Okay, Dark Lord of the Sith, you win this round. I just hope you don't make yourself look foolish."

"Well, the Dark Lord of the Sith and the Supreme Commander of the Imperial Military cooking food for his wife and children, that already makes me look foolish." Vader rebutted, his people wouldn't believe that he cooks, they barely believe he has feelings other than hatred and anger. "They however only see the monster I portray myself to be, not this version of me."

"Enough of the banter!" Luke exclaimed with his hands in the air for emphasis. "I'm starving here!"

Vader and Padme glared at their eldest son and smiled amusedly.

"Oh, dare son, why didn't you say so?" Vader sarcastically replied rolling his eyes as he set the pan on the stove and removed the pancake mix from the pantry as he started to cook. "We can't let His Royal pain in the ass starve now, can we?"

"Nope, we can not." Luke said even though he knew his father was pulling his leg.

"Well, maybe you can learn a thing or two from Cade." Vader replied as Cade just sat there in silence waiting patiently as he played a hologame that Vader didn't know. "It's called patience and even silence. Both of which are always good."

"Patience? Really? You are the least patient person that I know!" Luke said being his normal melodramatic self.

Vader merely raised his right eyebrow as he watched the pancakes closely, he couldn't let them burn or the Palace not after what Padme said. "Maybe, but that is at work. This is home life and I definitely have time when I get to be home."

"Your never home." Luke whispered and Vader agreed, he wasn't home much at least not as much as he wished he could be.

"I know." Vader said as he walked over to his son and sat down next to him as he finally got to talk about what he knew bothered his children, Cade included. "I am sorry about not being home more, but there are other responsibilities and duties that fall to me. I am the Supreme Commander of the Imperial Military, I am the Dark Lord of the Sith and I am the Second-in-Command of the Galactic Empire, then of course I am a father of four great children, a husband and a son. I wish I could be home more but I have to be visible, I have to strike fear in the enemies hearts and I have to end the pitiful Rebellion. The Rebellion is trying to tear apart everything the Empire stands for, they are trying to destroy who we are and I can't allow that to happen.

"I know that you four and your mother have to suffer with me gone but it can't be helped right now. I take my free time and I spend all the time I could with you five but it's not easy, Luke." Vader continued and sighed as he placed his hand on Luke's shoulder. "I don't want you to feel like I am choosing my job over you but it is more than a job, it is who we are. You are the third in line for the throne, you'll understand soon enough what I have to go through but right now, I want you to be a kid. Don't worry about me, I know that you miss me but I miss you guys more but I need you to be strong when I'm not here. Besides me, you are the Man of the Palace and you need to be strong, for me."

Luke understood and leaned over to his father as he wrapped his little eleven year old arms around his chest and held him tight, Vader reciprocated with his much larger arms and he pulled Luke closer, "I just miss you, dad." Vader always welcomed a hug, even from Luke. Sith aren't supposed to be mushy but he'll learn in time and Vader won't complain.

"I miss you too, Luke but I am here today and I don't know what is going to happen tomorrow but today will be family day." Vader promised and then his comlink started to chirp away, Vader sighed as he grabbed it and answered it, "What is it!" He shouted knowing it wasn't the Emperor, they have their own secure comlinks and this one wasn't it.

"Lllloorrrd Vader, sir..." An obviously young Officer spoke, everyone knew not to disturb the Dark Lord when he had the day off yet he did. "We received... the... intelligence report you asked about..."

"Well, leave it on my desk!" Vader angrily replied, that could've waited until tomorrow, it was only a simple intelligence report. "Bother me again on my day off and you'll be fried bantha steak." The kids may not have understood what that meant but his crew did, he liked to Force choke and Force lightning his enemies and his Officers that happened to piss him off or tell him something he didn't want to hear.

"We're not little you know, no need to speak in riddles." Cade said as he kept his eyes on his game, Vader merely smiled as he looked to his little five year old son.

Not little? Speak for yourself...

"Oh?" Vader simply replied amusedly as he waited for Cade to tell him what he meant, let's see if you are as smart as you think you are...

"You obviously meant that you would Force lightning him to the nine Corellian hells." Cade never ceased to amaze his father, once he thought he knew him well enough, he was thrown a curve ball and Cade surprised him again.

"Well, I wasn't speaking in riddles." Vader corrected him after he laughed at his son's choice of words. "When I am done executing someone with Force lightning they literally look like fried bantha steak, the smoke rises, the smell is well... different but they're just as fried, nonetheless."

"What the hell is wrong with you two!" Luke shouted as he stood up and walked to the door, "I was hungry and now I'm not!"

"Well, maybe you should go cry about it." Cade said unsympathetically as he never took his eyes off of his game, Padme and Vader were about to laugh uncontrollably but refrained from doing so, they couldn't do that in front of Luke and definitely not Cade.

"Cade, be nice to your brother. " Padme scolded the boy then turned her attention to Luke. "Luke, stop being a drama queen. You didn't have to wait here, you know we would've called you when breakfast was ready and we know your appetite is stronger than that, you eat in that nasty bedroom of yours and that room smells worse than a fried corpse."

"Well, we can't all be perfectionists..." Luke sarcastically remarked with his hands in the air.

"Enough!" Vader shouted to his obviously troubled son as everyone stopped in their tracks and looked at him with his eyes glowing a starkly orangey red in contrast to the red room, they almost matched in color. "Sit down and keep your mouth shut if you have nothing nice to say."

Luke's face turned red as he was horrified, as he normally was when his father was like this and he went and sat down back in his seat.

Vader turned his attention back to cooking and the pancakes were perfect, he shut the stove off and prepared breakfast as Padme got the plates and they served breakfast to the boys and to themselves.

Breakfast was quiet, the three didn't like to see Vader like that and he didn't like to act like that either but it couldn't be helped. It was time for Luke to learn the ways of the Sith and stop acting like the whiny little brat he was acting like and today proved just that, it was time for him to bring Luke with him to work and delve him into the Imperial Sith Order. He was the Dark Lord and usually doesn't take Apprentices, he already did before but since assuming his positions, he didn't have the time. He was waiting to teach Luke and take him as his first Apprentice in a long time, he didn't want to do it but he was old enough and he would have to learn.

He would rather teach him, himself rather than have the other Sith Masters or Sith Lords teach him. They weren't as forgiving, and he truly wasn't either but Luke is his son and he is his responsibility as the first born and eldest son. One day the Empire would be Vader's and then it would belong to Luke and Luke needed to know everything just as Vader has learned over the years. It wasn't going to be pretty but the Sith were never known for their beauty, they may be good looking but that isn't the point. The Sith are cruel, unforgiving and show no mercy. You have to be strong and you have to know pain, anger and hatred and there is only one way to learn that after living a privileged life such as Luke and the other children have.

Vader was quiet as he was sitting in his office on his private floor as Padme entered his office, she knew this day would come and after his outburst earlier, she knew it was time and dreaded it but it was inevitable.

"Hey," she said as she stood behind her husband and placed her hands on his bare shoulders as she massaged them. Vader stopped typing away on his holographic keyboard as he sighed, heavily.

"You know what I have to do." He said, sounding disturbed by it.

"Its his heritage, you can't deny someone their heritage." Padme replied as Vader leaned back all the way while sitting in his chair to look up at his wife as she looked down at him, he looked surprised.

"Really? I thought that you'd be dreading this more than me." He said.

Padme removed her hands from his shoulders and turned his spinning chair around and sat on his lap facing him.

"You are the Dark Lord of the Sith." She reminded him as she jabbed her right index finger into his chest. "Our children are all very strong Force-sensitive children. They are the future. You can't deny them that and neither can I. I may not like how everything works, I may not like how they may change but they are kids and can't remain that way forever. They will grow and become better or maybe even worse, but our job as parents is to guide them the best we can. Once they grow and become adults though, they are their own Masters and have to make decisions for themselves. They may not have a choice as to what their role will be, but they will have a choice in how they live as people... as Sith. Look at us, I may not be a Sith but I am married to the most powerful one in the universe and look at our life. They can have the same thing, if they want it."

Vader thought about what she said and it made sense, she was right. He smiled as he placed his hands on either side of her head and pulled her down to him as their lips collided and were eagerly wanting each other like the negative and positive side of a magnet, they couldn't do anything but attract one another.

Vader knew since the moment he laid eyes on the woman on her home planet of Naboo that she would be his, that is what happens when a Sith claims his mate. The woman can't do anything, she could resist but eventually she would cave and learns her place. If the Sith happens to be a woman, she could claim a male mate for herself as well. Both cases are the same and that is how the Sith see themselves, the strong lead and those without the Force follow or do as they're told or they're made to suffer unless they're not worth it and are killed.

Padme resented Vader when he claimed her, regardless of how attracted she was to him, that wasn't the point. The point was she was taken against her will and she wouldn't give in to his demands, to his fantasies. But he didn't force her to do anything, he was patient and understanding, he didn't care about sex and he didn't try to force her to have sex with him. He talked to her and they got to know each other and her fate was forever in his hands. She was his and he was hers and they got married shortly thereafter and a year later, Luke and Leia were born.

Their love for one another only got stronger over the years and Vader let Padme leave of her own accord to visit her family and her planet. Her family tried to get her to stay with them and were flabbergasted when she refused and told them that she loved the man. They were certain she was brainwashed but she called for her guard detail which was always nearby in case she needed them and they came to her rescue and returned her home, she never went back to Naboo after that.

She couldn't explain how she felt for the man and he couldn't explain how he felt for her.

There were no words for their love, they were just meant to be, it was the will of the Force.

Vader stood as he shrugged off his cloak and carried Padme over to the sofa on the otherside of the room which converted into a bed for this very purpose as he used the Force to remove the cushions and Force pulled the bed out.

"Really? The kids are up and about!" Padme stated as a matter-of-fact as Vader smirked and looked to the door as the red light next to it turned green and a vacuum sucking sound was heard as the door was sealed shut.

"Now we can continue undisturbed, they can take care of themselves." Vader said as he laid Padme down on the bed with her legs spread as Vader was in between and she removed her night robe; Vader ripped her shirt off her and started to attack her neck with his lips and tongue.

His warm breath was overwhelming Padme as it always did as he breathed against her neck and she moaned to the sensation her husband was causing. Thirteen years together and they still acted like horny teenagers and neither wanted to lose their passion, peace is a lie, there is only passion. That was Vader's favorite line of the Sith Code and he took advantage of it as he manipulated it to his will.

"I love you." He whispered against her neck as he removed her silk red pants and then her panties. He couldn't do it fast enough, he ended up ripping both of them off. What did he care?

He removed his own sleep pants and his underwear as he smiled and spread Padme's legs further as he looked to her and dived his lips and tongue to her other set of lips and she screamed in joy, only making Vader hotter.

"I..." She couldn't finish her response as she moaned some more but eventually spit it out. "...love you too." Her legs were spread and Vader was taking advantage of her weakness as he has for the last thirteen years. His touch sent shivers down her spine, his lips made her melt, his touch and his lips together made her his and he reveled in the power.

The smell of hot sweaty sex was in the air as they were both sweating before Vader even began but his eyes glowed like the suns of Tatooine and Padme had to admit to herself that she liked this side of her husband. They were both dominant personalities and their personalities collided at first, but they each learned to coexist and Padme allowed Vader to be the dominant one in bed, she enjoyed it immensely, she enjoyed being Sith-handled.

Padme was always a screamer and the office walls were sound-proofed, as was the Master Bedroom to ensure they got their privacy and that the kids couldn't hear their marital affairs in action. Vader had to admit that he enjoyed the screams, the moans, the pleasure, the power that he has over her, he held her sanity in his hands and tongue and he pushed that to the limits.

He had nothing to do today and being with his wife, now, that was worth it. It made everything he had to do for the Empire, worth it. It made his time away from his family, his wife, worth it.

Vader was done tormenting his wife as he worked his lips and tongue away from the lower lips and up to Padme's breasts as he maneuvered his knees under Padme's spread bent knees and got comfortable as he worked his way into Padme. He thrust himself inside her, slowly as he sucked on Padme's right breast as he handled her left with his hand.

The wetness of Padme was always an additional turn on, it told him that he still had his magic, that he still had his passion over Padme and that their love hasn't wavered.

It was only twenty minutes from when he started and he had no intention of ending this early or too soon and he wasn't going too but he also didn't want her to have a heart attack as he tortured her slowly.

He worked his magic on Padme as Padme continued to scream but Vader gave no mercy, it wasn't in his vocabulary and Sith give no mercy. He worked slowly into Padme and thrust in and out at an agonizingly slow pace as his cock was fully extended inside her and knew exactly where to go as he has many times before but he knew her well enough and never had sex the same way twice. You have to spice things up as a couple but this was unexpected but very welcomed.

Padme continued to moan and rarely stopped but when she did, Vader thrust into her again and again, forcing himself inside of her and taking no prisoners. He started to pick up the pace and Padme screamed louder and louder and Vader reveled in the noise as he planted his lips over Padme's and worked his tongue into her mouth and muffled her screams.

Padme was tiny in comparison to Vader, he was over six feet two inches and weighed close to two hundred and fifty pounds of pure lean muscle and she was only five feet four inches and barely weighed a hundred and twenty pounds, soaking wet.

He was the tall, handsome, dark stranger that she always saw in her dreams. The one who would come to her and sweep her off her feet, just as she always dreamt but never thought would actually happen. Fairy tales didn't exist, until they did. She may have been scornful at first, but that was the first time that she was forced to do something whether or not she actually wanted to do it, didn't matter. She couldn't just let her dream man control her, she had to set down her ground rules and they were met and she couldn't any happier and neither could he.

One of the main ground rules was to be open with one another, tell each other everything no matter what. There could be no secrets between them, they both agreed. Another was to put each other first, when possible. Obviously if Vader is in the middle of a mission, that is one thing, the rule was to put each other first when they were together and their children were taken care of. The last of the ground rules was to let the children decide how to live their lives, they were all destined to be Sith but besides their occupation, they had to let their children choose their own path, decide how they wanted to live and to let them without forcing them to change.

In the thirteen years since the ground rules were agreed upon, they haven't been broken once.

Vader was ready to finish for now as he picked up the speed and pounded into her with all of his weight and strength nearly breaking her in half, she screamed louder than she did the whole time as he comes into her and she orgasmed at the same time for the third time as he slowed the pace as he slowly withdrew. They were both drenched in sweat as he kissed her one last time passionately before rolling next to her and lying on his back.

"Wow, that was... amazing." He finally said as he looked to her with her legs still spread as she was too sore to move, for the moment.

"Thirteen years, and I still haven't gotten used to this." She admitted with a smile as she let her breasts and naked body hang out in the open, there were no covers in sight and they were alone together. Seeing each other naked was nothing they haven't seen before and was something they loved to see.

"Neither have I." Vader admitted as well, "I don't get why spouses cheat on each other, they must not be very good in bed if they do."

Padme laughed as she sat up and looked down at her husband, "well not everyone could be like us."

"Ain't that the truth."

Vader and Padme were reclothed as they went back to being parents and went to find their children. Vader had no problem finding them through the Force and he summoned them all to the family living room to see what they wanted to do while they were together as a family.

Vader and Padme sat on one sofa as the children sat across from them on the other, the sofa like most furniture in the Palace was Sithly red. Sithly red is a darker shade of red that they named Sithly red because red is the color of the Sith, the color of the Dark Side. It's really just a tad bit darker than the crimson blade of the Imperial Sith lightsaber. Between them was a black table that had a holonet computer on it as well as a holoprojector for watching holomovies or playing hologames.

"It's noon now, what do you want to do for the rest of the day?" Vader asked bluntly, everyone was used to it. He had no real time for small talk and wasn't a fan of speaking between the lines.

"I was planning on going to Jessie's." Jaina, the third born child and second daughter said in her eight year old voice.

"Jessie?" Vader asked believing it to be a boy, it could be either.

"Relax, its one of her friends from the Academy, she is a little eight year old girl too." Padme informed him as his temperature decreased from the dangerous levels it was getting too.

"And where does this Jessie live, at the Academy?" Vader asked knowing that all Sith Acolytes such as all of his children except for Cade are required to live at the Academy but on most weekends, they are allowed to visit with their parents but they can't leave Imperial Center unless they request authorization and are granted permission. The Skywalker children however, are allowed to live at home but most Acolytes aren't children of the Dark Lord and can't just leave after their classes are over.

"Yes, but she is at home with her family now and she lives here in Imperial City." Jaina said in her little innocent voice that Vader couldn't deny that he loved, it was too innocent but wouldn't last that way forever especially not with her brown eyes that are like Padme's and her blond hair like his, she was going to be trouble.

"If that is what you want to do, fine but I don't want to hear you complain that you never get to hang out with your dear old dad." Vader said before correcting himself. "Or dear young dad, I should say."

"I won't." She replied without realizing the hurt she caused her father but he didn't show it.

"Very well, go have your guard detail bring you there but I want you home by dinner tonight." Vader warned her. "Don't be late, little lady."

She beamed as she smiled and ran over to kiss her daddy on the cheek and hugged her mother as she ran off to go to her friends house. Padme was a bit jealous and glared at Vader who looked back at her, smiled and shrugged.

"What about you, Leia?" Vader asked as he turned his attention back to his children.

"I was going to go to the Academy and hang out with my friends, we're planning on meeting up and heading to the mega-mall. If that is alright with you, Dark Lord." Leia said sarcastically with a smile and she was a carbon copy of her mother, younger of course but the same face, same eyes, same hair, same personality.

"Well, if you don't complain about me never being around either then go for it but I still want you home for dinner, or else." He warned her and she knew better than to be late, she did it before and her training and classwork was borderline torture. "You remember what happened last time and I don't want to send Imperial Guards after you, you want to act grown up then act it."

"You know you can trust me..." She replied as she jumped up and hugged her parents at the same time with one arm looped around Padme and the other Vader.

"If you say so." Was Vader's response as he rolled his eyes. "Cade?"

"I am staying in my room and playing on the holonet, all day." He simply said in his grown up little five year old voice, he acts way too old for his young age.

"Very well, get to it." Vader allowed as Cade nodded and excused himself as he made his way to the turbolift and up to his room. "Luke, we saved you for last because we need to talk."

Luke didn't say anything but he wasn't surprised by what happened this morning but he wasn't expecting what his father told him next.

"You are no longer an Acolyte, you are now a Sith Apprentice." Vader said proudly but didn't exactly look proud, as an Acolyte they learn what it means to become a Sith but they don't realize how difficult it is and the Academy doesn't teach them that, they don't want to discourage their Acolytes.

"Really!?" He exclaimed but exclaimed it as a question rather than just an exclamation.

"Really." Vader confirmed with a smile, a fake one, he didn't really want to put his son through what he went through but he had too.

"Who's going to be my Master?" He asked as he sat at the edge of his seat, he looked as if he was about to fall.

"I am." Vader said looking down at the floor, he wasn't sure how his son would react but he nearly pounced on him and knocked Vader back as he hugged his father.

"When do we start?" He asked excitedly with his blue eyes shining bright reminding Vader of his time as a youth before he became an Apprentice at the age of seven. The Sith'ari though is naturally going to begin training before the average Force-sensitive child, even those as powerful as the Skywalker children.

"Tomorrow, take today and do as you please but tomorrow we board the Executor and we dive right into work and you will see why I have to be away as much as I do." Vader promised and Luke's smile disappeared as he was deep in thought but he seemed to reach his conclusion as he nodded and looked to his father as their blue eyes met and he smiled again.

"I love you, dad." He said hugging his father again as he stood. "I can't wait for tomorrow!"

Vader and Padme remained seated on the sofa until Luke was gone and he sighed.

"Too bad that excitement won't last long. I don't know how he'll react when we begin training and he sees what we have to do, but seeing corpses is all apart of the job and we learn to live with it." Vader said out loud but wasn't really directing it to Padme. "I just hope he doesn't start to hate me, I don't know if I can live with my children hating me and hating what we do."

"Enough of that!" Padme said placing her right hand on Vader's left cheek and forcing him to look at her. "Training isn't easy, he will learn and he will be happy that you are his Master. No one gets to have the Dark Lord himself train them, it is an honor and he will come to see things the way we see them. The Empire, you, only kill and instill fear in those that want nothing more than to tear us apart because of who we are and what we stand for. They kill innocents and you kill them. Law is law and it doesn't matter if you like it, you have to follow it or else there are consequences and although we may be above the law, they aren't! The Empire has brought stability-"

Vader stopped her there by raising his hand and placing his index finger over Padme's mouth.

"I know what the Empire did and I know what we do is right." Vader reminded her, the Empire was what the fractured galaxy needed and the Empire brought it, they may use some unconventional methods but strength is needed and you need a strong leader who will make the hard calls, no matter how tough they may be. "I am just concerned about the training I have to put Luke through. Anger, pain and hatred is the way of the Dark Side, it is the way of the Sith. Training to become a Sith isn't easy, it is grueling and it causes you to break in order for you to learn your full potential. He is a good kid, he won't be the same next weekend."

"I am well aware, but he is in good hands." Padme assured him as she smiled and stood and sat on his lap. "You can do this, I have faith in your abilities and expertise."

"Well, that makes one of us." Vader replied with a smile as their lips descended upon one another again.

This is obviously an AU where the Sith control the galaxy through the Galactic Empire! We don't follow the Canon or Legends timeline and therefore events didn't happen the way they did as we know it.

I won't tell you much about the story, everything will be revealed when the time is right. I don't want to dump everything on you at once.

Chapter 2 should be up soon and it will delve into the World of the Galactic Empire, give it a couple of days. I already have it mostly done but don't want to put it up too quick, I want to read feedback before posting it!

Please review! Thanks for reading!