"Artoo!" yelled the man in the coat. The fact that half of the people that he met knew him was getting on his nerves. "Artoo, it's been so long! I've wondered about you. Been undercover as an Imperial, I see. Just like you. I can't believe it! Oh, Artoo, it's just wonderful to see you again!"

"Who are you?" asked Artoo.

"Don't you remember me? You can't forget things! You're a droid! So you should…

no. Oh no no no…" The man started to weep, and Leia walked over to him.

"What's wrong, father?"

"Come to my room. I'll tell you there." Artoo waited till they had gone, and then followed cautiously. He started a transmission to Ani, and warned him to be silent. He told him that he was eavesdropping on what might be rebel activity. What followed was this:

Bail: Leia, long ago there was a man named Anakin Skywalker. He had a droid called-

Leia: -Artoo Detoo. I know. But that was a good droid. What's his deal? I thought he knew you!

Bail: He did. But I think he was reprogrammed. He should be on our side. I'm going to replace everything in him with his original memory, if I can. Meanwhile, we need to keep an eye on him. Padme had a device that would add anything in his memory banks to a data file. This will fix him.

Leia: Good.

Artoo was worried. Ani had gone away, and Leia was acting strange. He for some reason felt obligated to, so he took a blood sample. She was intensely powerful, and didn't know it. He made up his mind to find those memories. And the man, called Bail, had mentioned Mistress. Artoo was worried.

He crept down a hall in the strange forest base. He peeked into Bail's quarters and cleared the room. Then he looked around for the memory unit. He checked everywhere and finally found a disk. He put it in a storage compartment and turned to go.

As Artoo watched his lost memories he would have cried had he been able. But he was still loyal to Ani. He would show Ani what had happened and Ani would help get rid of the master Emperor. First, Artoo must find a way to teach Leia the ways of the Force. And Artoo was not exactly suited for that. He had His memories of Ani teaching Snips, of Master Kenobi teaching Ani, even of Ani teaching Master Kenobi.

He had gained the trust of the rebellion through data revelations about weaponry and such, but Leia trusted him as soon as she caught him watching his own memory. At first he had been sure it was lies, but it rang true.

Just then Ani contacted him. He was trying to learn to resist, but his programming went against it. Leia walked in.

"Whatcha doin', Artoo?" she asked, and then she realized what was going on. She kept silent, and Artoo was grateful.

"Who was that?" came Vader's voice over the com.

"No one of consequence, Lord. I will dispose of her immediately." He shot his blaster into the roof. Leia gave an unrealistic death cry.

"She is gone, my Lord."

"Good. See that no one finds her body, and find out what planet you are on. I need to know!"

"Yes, my Lord. Over and out."

"Over and out."

Leia sighed as soon as the transmission ended.

"So, how was my yell?"

"Terrible," he said, "But it worked. Watch these." He tossed her a package full of lessons that he had compiled. "I'll try to bring you a real teacher soon. We're off to Tatooine."

"Alright. Don't tell Dad, I assume?"

"Good heavens no. What do you think I was programmed to be, honest?" Leia laughed. He liked it when she did that. "We'll take a big ship at midnight. Stay up and watch the lessons."

"I'll be there.(to self) I can't wait to learn this stuff!"