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Chapter 2

Padmé didn't die in childbirth, but she almost did. As she was giving birth to Luke and Leia, it felt like something was trying to drain the life out of her. But her desire to stay alive for her children was stronger than this force that trying to kill her. She fought back until it stopped. Even though she was still alive, she passed out and it seemed like she died.

When Padmé woke up, her body was being prepared for her funeral. It came as quite a shock to the people there when what they thought was a corpse woke up. When Padmé found out that Palpatine was still in power, she still decided to make it look like she was still dead because she didn't want to put her family in danger. It also helped that she had enough money from being Queen of Naboo and later Senator of Naboo to bribe the people there to keep the fact that she was really alive.

After her funeral was staged, she left Naboo so she could find her children. She decided to go to Tattoonie since Anakin still had family there and because it was in the Outer Rim so it would most likely draw attention of the Empire.

Now Padmé found herself staring at both Owen and Beru Lars who looked very shocked at her. Owen was holding a blaster rifle that he quickly dropped to show that he didn't see her as a form of danger and she looked over and saw Beru held a baby. That must be one of my babies, I hope that the other one is close by, thought Padmé. "I know this is quite shocking, but I didn't die. I came here hoping that my children are here," said Padmé.

"Children," asked Beru sounding confused.

"My twin children, Luke and Leia, since Owen is Anakin's step brother, it is the obvious that they would be brought here. In fact I see one of them," said Padmé looking at the baby in Beru's arms.

"Obi-Wan only brought Luke and he didn't say anything about a twin sister," said Owen gruffly, but Padmé could tell that he felt bad about the situation that she was in right now.

"Is Obi-Wan still here," asked Padmé.

"Yes, he found a hut close by to live there and he spends most of his time at the Mos Eisley Cantina to be up to date on the new Galactic Empire," said Owen.

"Can I talk to him," asked Padmé.

"Of course, also you should know that you are allowed to live here with us, you are are family and we have grown quite close to Luke," said Owen with a rare smile.

"Thank you," said said Padmé before Owen picked up he picked up his blaster rifle and left. Padmé hoped that she could learn about Leia's fate and if it was possible bring her to Tattoonie. If not, she could at least me assured that Leia was safe. Her children were very important to her because whatever it was that tried to drain the life out of her had ended up sterilizing her so Luke and Leia were now the only children she would now have. Because she believed that Anakin was dead, she had no desire to get remarried or have anymore children.

"Would you like to hold your son," asked Beru very kindly.

"Yes, I would like that a lot," said Padmé as she walked over to Beru who handed Luke over to her. Luke was a very beautiful baby boy. He had baby fine sandy blonde hair that would most likely become light brown when he was older and his eyes were the color of a cloudless sky.

"I am sure that this is what Anakin looked like when he was a baby," said Padmé with a smile. Talking about Luke took Padmé's mind off of what had happened to her recently. She hoped that Obi-Wan would provide her with the answers she needed about Leia.

Once Owen made it to Mos Eisley, he kept his blaster rifle close to him. Cities like Mos Eisley were very dangerous, so you had to show that you had a weapon and you were willing to use it while your were there or else you ended up getting killed. Owen has only been harassed once and it ended with Owen putting a blaster bolt between his eyes, after that he was left alone.

Owen made his way to the cantina and he found Obi-Wan sitting at the bar holding a glass of liquor while watching the news on a holo vision machine. The holo vision machine showed the image of a man wearing black armor and a cape, his head and face were covered by a frightening mask and helmet.

Owen became shocked when heard that the name of the man in armor was Darth Vader. Obi-Wan had told him that when Anakin fell to the Dark Side of the Force as he called it, he started to go by the name of Darth Vader. He had told me that Anakin had died on the shores of the lava rivers of Mustafar, thought Owen in anger. Owen had grown to love Shmi Skywalker like his own mother and he wondered how Shmi would have felt if she knew that the Jedi Order that she had trusted her son with had turned him into a monster who was probably suffering now.

When Obi-Wan saw Owen, he stood up and gave him a look that said that he wanted him to follow him outside. Owen decided to follow him outside in one of the alleyways so they wouldn't be spotted easily. "Is Luke alright," asked Obi-Wan with concern in his voice.

"He is fine, but were you ever going to tell me that my step brother was really alive and don't give me some sort of pseudo philosophy that from a certain point of view he is dead," said Owen as he glared at Obi-Wan as he glared at him in anger.

"I really thought that he had died until I saw him on the holo vision machine just now, but I can tell that this isn't the reason why you are here," said Obi-Wan. Even though Owen still didn't like Obi-Wan, he actually believed him.

"You are right, Padmé is still alive and she wanted to talk to you," said Owen.

"Padmé is still alive," said Obi-Wan in shock.

"Yeah, I told that she can live with us because she needs family to help her. Funny thing is that she mentioned that Luke has a twin sister named Leia," said Owen.

"She is right, we had to send Leia somewhere else to keep them both safe," said Obi-Wan.

"I am guessing that you are going to lie Padmé about the fact that her husband is really alive," said Owen.

"How would it help things if Padmé knew the truth about Vader, he is no longer the man that she fell in love with. In a way Anakin Skywalker is really dead and in his place there is Darth Vader who did horrific things for his new Master," said Obi-Wan.

Owen hated to admit it, but Obi-Wan had a point. Obi-Wan had told him of the horrific things that Anakin did when he became Darth Vader. He feared what Darth Vader would do if he found out that his wife and children were still alive. Even if Vader somehow didn't harm his family, he had to fear what the Empire would to ensure that Vader remained loyal. "Fine, I may not be happy with this, but this is the only option we have right now," said Owen.

"Good, I will also come with you and talk to Padmé," said Obi-Wan.

Obi-Wan was happy to see that Owen really was telling the truth when he saw Padmé sitting outside Owen's farm home while holding Luke so they could watch the twin suns set. He was also happy to see Luke because he kept worrying about him ever since Owen told him that he didn't want Luke anywhere near him so he could trick him into joining his cult as he called it. He walked over to Padmé and sat by her. "Obi-Wan where is Leia and why isn't she here," asked Padmé.

"I am sorry, but Yoda decided that it was for the best that they were split up so they could be safe from the Empire, he even told me to not tell where she was taken," said Obi-Wan.

"Just tell me that Leia is safe, I would hate it if she was in danger and I was unable to protect her," said Padmé as she held Luke closer to her. Luke just softly snored while he was sleeping and snuggled close to his mother.

Obi-Wan used the Force to see if Leia was safe on Alderaan, he sighed in relief when he felt that Leia was very protected right now and it feels like nothing will harm her. But I would like to train Luke to become a Jedi when he is older and I would like to try to train you to become a Jedi too," said Obi-Wan knowing that that is he could convince Padmé that Luke needed to become a Jedi, Owen would be unable to keep Luke from him.

"I can see why you would want train Luke, he is his father's son. But why would you want to train me, I am not a Jedi," asked Padmé.

"High ranking families from Naboo would bribe doctors to lie about the midichlorian count which is probably why we were unable to find Palpatine and bring him to the Jedi Order. I have suspected that you may have the potential to become a Jedi and it feels like you surviving whatever it was that was trying to kill you during childbirth, proves my point. I also think that Anakin will want you to have this too," said Obi-Wan as he pulled out Anakin's lightsaber and showed it to her. He knew that Yoda wouldn't approve of this because he found Padmé too old to train to become a Jedi and he probably believed that Padmé seduced Anakin into breaking the Jedi Code. But Obi-Wan felt like with current situation some of the rules needed to be broken so they could someday go against the Empire.

Padmé looked at the lightsaber and smiled. "I would like that, with training as a Jedi Knight, I could help bring down the Empire so I can have both Luke and Leia with me again," said Padmé.

"That would be a good idea," said Obi-Wan who made a note to make sure that Padmé never crosses paths with Darth Vader. Even though Obi-Wan felt like he was doing the right thing, he felt guilty about keeping the fact that her husband was still alive from her.

Author's Notes: in the next chapter will be five years later, also these are some of the theories I chose for what really killed Padmé and Naboo's culture.