AN: Who else should Leia get to see again, hmmm?

Also, I wish I hadn't published this without the other half. That was stupid of me. Well, I've got it all here now! Please enjoy!

"Are you okay?" Jaina asked gently, touching a hand to her mother's arm. Leia turned to look at her daughter and nodded shortly. "Of course." Jaina dropped her chin, staring carefully at her like she wasn't going to buy it. Which she wasn't. "Mom," she said sternly, cautiously pulling her further away from where Breha and Bail Organa's images floated beneath the surface of the Lake of Apparitions. Slowly, as if she hoped her daughter wouldn't notice, Leia melted into Jaina's side. In any other circumstance, Jaina would have laughed, but her mother needed the comfort so she wrapped an arm around her mom's shoulders and pulled her close. "Are you ready to go-?"

"No!" Leia was quick to object, shaking her head vigorously. "No. I'm- I'm fine. I need to keep going." Her gaze wandered back to the lake, but ahead of where they stood. "I have a feeling . . . I need to keep going."

Jaina slowly pulled back her arm. "What kind of feeling?" she asked cautiously.

Leia gave a small frown. "I . . . I-I'm not exactly sure. I just think . . . I feel like . . . "

"Leia?" Now Luke was watching her, too, only appearing slightly worried.

Leia suddenly straightened, her gait determined as she started walking forward again. "I just have a feeling," she repeated. Jaina hurried to keep up with her. "Mom! Wait! Where are you going?"

"Where do you think?"

"Leia! Hang on! Slow down! What are you looking for?"

Without even looking over her shoulder at her brother, Leia answered him with, "I think you mean 'who'."

"Okay. Who are you looking for?"

Just as quickly as she had been going, Leia stopped dead in her tracks. She took a long breath, knelt again by the dark shore of the lake, and said deliberately, "Anakin."

At once, the image of a face with light blue eyes and sandy, tousled hair. His lips didn't stretch into a smile until his gaze settled on Leia and it was the kind of grin that seemed naturally cocky, though there was nothing to suggest that same cockiness in his demeanor at the moment. Merely, he was happy. His first words to Leia were, "My dear child."

Leia was faintly aware of her brother behind her, a quick gasp came from his mouth Then, he was on the moist ground, kneeling beside her. Though this was supposed to be her trip, Leia couldn't deny Luke this chance to speak with their father. Especially considering he was the one who had always felt connected to him. Even Leia still couldn't propose such a claim.

Anakin's head turned just slightly to look at Luke and his smile brightened. "Daughter and son both. How could I be so lucky?" he asked, surveying them both.

"Father," Luke beamed.

"Father," Leia said, acknowledging him and Luke nearly gasped again. Anakin turned his attention back to her specifically. "Leia," he responded. "You came here and you deliberately came to speak to me. To what evil of mine do I owe the favor?"

"None at all," Leia said, shaking her head once. "I just came. To speak with you."

"About what? I believe the last time I spoke to you-"

"I was quite angry and I didn't weigh your honest words much then. But you promised me that you would know when I changed my mind because you would be watching."

Anakin's smile returned and he glanced away for just a second, chuckling to himself. When he looked back to his daughter, he agreed, "And that I have. I am glad that you have forgiven me, Leia, and not because I wanted you to. I'm glad you could forgive me so you don't have to live with that darkness within yourself for the rest of your life. The dark side knows what could have happened to you."

"And I'm glad you gave me that chance," Leia responded in kind. "Now, with my trip here to the Lake of Apparitions, I was hoping to have another conversation with you now that I have forgiven you."

"Of course, my child. Just as I have. As I promised, I've been watching over you, Leia, and I'm just as proud of you as the Organas could be." He dropped his gaze a second time as he continued, telling Leia, "And I'm proud of your son Anakin."

Leia smiled lightly, the memories coming back to her. "Yes. I am very proud of him, too. He did all that I had ever hoped he could do for your name and much more."
"Yes," Anakin agreed. "So much more that I could ever put into words how sorry I feel."

Luke frowned. "I've been here before, Father," he said. "And I've spoken with my wife a few times. The first time, she told me she was reflecting here. Are you suffering as well?"

Anakin smiled at his son as she hook his head. "I was, Luke. A long time ago after we defeated Palpatine and I came here. I was in suffering, remembering all my actions. But, with Leia's forgiveness, I feel much better. Thank you, my children. Now," he said and his gaze suddenly shifted so he was looking above his children's crouched figures. "Jaina, my granddaughter, don't think I've forgotten about you."

Leia turned to look at her daughter whose eyes were wide with surprise and she shifted her stance, trying to regain her composure. "Me?" she asked, not betraying a hint of her surprise. "You want to talk to me?"

Again, Anakin chuckled. "Yes. Is there something wrong with that?"

"Absolutely not. I'm just . . ."

"Surprised. I know. See, Jaina, I wanted to tell you that I'm proud of you as well."

"Uhh . . . thank you?"

"Sword of the Jedi, huh? I've got to say, I think you got the better nickname."

"Ah! What was yours again?"

Anakin shrugged. "Chosen One. Not very original if you ask me."

Jaina gave a nervous laugh. "Hm! Well, being the Sword isn't all that's hyped up to be."

"I'm sure of it. In hindsight, I don't think I was the greatest Chosen One either. But that's what I was and you're the Sword and I think you're doing better than I did, so don't be too hard on yourself. I think your uncle and mother would agree that you've already done the hardest part."

Somehow, Leia knew that he was talking about Jacen and what Jaina had been forced to do to him. And, somehow, Leia could tell that Jaina knew too.

Solemnly, Jaina nodded, her chin dropped to her chest. "Yeah," she said, her voice sounding choked. "I think so."

"He thanks you for it, Jaina."

"Why?"

"It's simple, Jaina. I thank your uncle for it. And I suppose the Emperor deserves some credit too, huh?" He cracked a smile at his own joke but Leia was less than amused. "Anyway, Jaina, what you did was hard, but, perhaps, necessary. I know that you regret not waiting a second longer because of what you felt through the Force. Perhaps, it was true that Caedus had some humanity left, stored in his lover and daughter, but you did the right thing. Caedus had always cared for the queen and their daughter, but he was never going to stop haunting the rest of the galaxy. And now, he can live in peace here, free from his guilt because you still love him as well."

"I don't love Caedus," Jaina corrected, though Anakin already knew and he realized he could have stated his last words better. Jaina continued. "I love my brother. And I miss him."

Anakin nodded. "And you always will and this is how things should always be. It's better to miss Jacen than have Caedus alive still and have to deal with that. You truly did the right thing, Jaina, and your family knows it. Take comfort in them because I have been watching over you too. I know you're still suffering. So is your mother and father and uncle." Anakin's gaze returned to take all three of them in and he nodded once. "I think all that was needed to say has now been said. It is time for you to continue on, Leia." Anakin nodded his head to the side to gesture to the other side of the lake. "There are other loved ones waiting for you. Thank you for visiting me, my child."

"But I have so much more I want to tell you," Leia frowned.

In response, Anakin smiled. "I know. I've been watching you, remember? There is one last thing I have to say, then you three must really be on your way. I'm sorry for freezing your husband in carbonite," he quickly said and Leia could have laughed, except her father appeared genuinely sorry. "Now, go," he said. "They're waiting for you." Then, Anakin sunk back below the water's surface.