Well, here's chapter three and it's one of my favorites. You may think it odd, but this all part of my plan for this story. Our favorite sith lady is in this one and… Well, just read it. But before you do that, a reader bought to my attention that Tarkin promoted his mistress to a respectable position in the Empire. I haven't researched it yet, but if it is true that won't change the story much. Pesinoé and Tarkin have a bit of a history, and they happened to clash wrong. Again, a lot of it is from Pesinoé's view and that's what she thinks because of their clash.

Anyway. I hope you enjoy this. Read, enjoy, and review.

Chapter Three

Pesinoé breathed in deeply as she sat in her room trying to meditate. She hated these feelings that the princess was resurfacing from so long ago that she had forgotten she ever had them. It nagged her so much that she had let her ladies in waiting take the pleasure of torturing the girl. Normally, she would have done it herself.

"Lady Pesinoé," one of her ladies said coming in her room. She bowed slightly. Another perk to having her ladies do the interrogation besides preventing the other officers from having their way with her was that her ladies reported directly to her. She couldn't trust Tarkin to tell her. He wouldn't only decide to take matters into his own hands.

"Report," Pesinoé said with her eyes still closed.

"Princess Leia's resistance to the torture droid and the drugs is considerable. She won't tell a thing," the human girl said.

"I figured. I doubt she'd willingly betray the rebels," Pesinoé said. It seemed like something that senator would have done…

"What would you have us do next milady?"

Pesinoé started to reply when another one of her ladies came in.

"Milady," she said bowing and then coming to stand next to her comrade.

"Did you get the results?" Pesinoé asked.

The woman handed her a datapad and bowed before taking her leave. Pesinoé didn't look at it immediately. She didn't know why she had demanded the test anyway. She had convinced herself it was just to ease her mind. The princess looked so much like Skywalker's wife it was uncanny, not to mention the girl had her old light saber. Pesinoé eyed the light saber that was on her bedside table. She just couldn't dismiss it. The princess and that weapon had haunted the sith lady since she had gotten on board. All she needed was to see the results, to see that the princess was not related to them, and she could go back to trying to crush the rebel alliance.

"Milady," the remaining lady said as Pesinoé opened the data pad.

Her head tails began to turn a mirage of colors. This was impossible. She was sure she had sensed a boy. Unless…

"You will hold off telling Tarkin the results of your interrogation until I have had a word with the princess. She may be more valuable than I thought," Pesinoé said and headed to the detention cell. She gestured for two of her ladies to follow her.

When she got to the princesses cell she found someone was already in it, two officers to be exact, and they were standing over the princess, taunting her. She had her head held up high and was trying to show no fear, but the princess was sending off terror in waves. Sure she knew some combat. All princesses did. Pesinoé was sure of that. But not even she could take on three grown men.

Pesinoé stopped before they noticed her to listen.

"Come on princess. No one will know," one of them jeered.

"If you have no business here, I'd suggest you leave me alone," Leia snapped.

"Don't be so mean. We only came here to keep you company. Come on," one of the men reached out to grab her.

"Don't touch me," Leia said jerking back as far as she could away from them.

"You-."

Pesinoé watched as one of the men throw himself at the princess. Her ladies were just waiting for her to say the word so they could help, but Pesinoé wanted to see what the princess would do.

"Let me go," Leia yelled and all Pesinoé knew was that suddenly the man dropped down holding on to his male parts. Pesinoé was impressed.

"You whore," the ones standing said and twisted Leia around pressing her on the wall with her arms above her beginning to lift up her dress.

"I think that's enough playing with the princess," Pesinoé said making her presence know. "Apparently, your mother's didn't teach you the meaning of no."

The officers paled and stared at her. Pesinoé smiled.

"Don't you boys have anything better to do? I'd like to talk to the princess," she said.

The officer helped up their fallen friend and rushed out the room. Pesinoé scowled. She'd deal with them later.

"Men," she said in disgust, the nodded to her ladies. "Stand guard. Make sure I'm not interrupted."

Leia stared at the woman with a glare and prepared her mind for whatever suggestive mental tricks the sith lady would play. Her father had warned her about the woman. She could make people do anything she wanted out of desire for her, women included.

"Darth Pesinoé," Leia said in a respectful tone.

"Princess Leia," Pesinoé said beginning to pace the room. "I must say I'm impressed by your ability to resist the torture in interrogation."

"I'm not telling you where the rebel base is," Leia said firmly sitting down.

"You sure about that?" Pesinoé asked and began her force manipulation. "You know you want to tell me. You know you want to be off this ship and back to your precious home world."

"I'd rather die," Leia shot.

"I'm not in a generous mood today," the sith lady sighed. "Listen dear. All it takes is a word. Just name the star system and make my day."

"I'm not feeling in much of a generous mood myself today," Leia replied. "You're wasting your time."

"You're right," Pesinoé said. "We could be doing a lot more productive and desirable things. All you have to do is tell me the system of the rebel base."

Pesinoé didn't know what it was about saying that phrase with the force manipulation behind it that made men and women go wild. Then again, the point was to appeal to the lower desires and make the tension so unbearable they'd do anything for release. However, the meaning of desirable and productive for Pesinoé was something very different. Making her job easier was productive and killing her prisoners quenched her thirst for revenge.

Leia found herself feeling light headed, like she was on a drug. She stared at Pesinoé. Her offer sounded appealing… Leia shook her head. What was she thinking? She knew exactly what Pesinoé was doing.

"Like I said," the princess deadpanned turning to lie down. "You're wasting your time."

Pesinoé was startled. There was no doubt about it. Leia was her father's child. He had been the only person to resist her force seductions until now. This only increased her anger. It made her want to strike the girl down right then and there, but she kept her temper in check. She had a better idea.

"I'm impressed princess. I've brought strong men down to their knees in desire with that little trick and yet a little girl like you didn't fall for it," she said.

"That doesn't mean much coming from you," Leia replied hotly.

Pesinoé ignored her. "I shouldn't be surprised though, in light of who your father is."

Leia raised her chin in pride. "My father told me all about whatever powers you have and how you use them to get what you want. I won't fall for it."

"I'm not talking about Bail Organa dear. I'm talking about your real father. Bail did tell you that you were adopted, right?" Pesinoé asked.

"Of course," Leia said, not being able to help being curious. She didn't know much about her real father.

"He was a jedi you know," Pesinoé replied sensing her curiosity.

Leia shook her head. Her handmaiden Pemé had given her a light saber that she said her father thought she might like before he left. She heard he and her mother were fugitives, and her father picked up the saber on one of his travels. He left her the light saber because it was all he had at the time to leave her, not because he was a jedi. It was one of her most prized possessions… and Pesinoé had taken it the moment she laid eyes on it. Leia didn't know why the woman seemed to feel shocked. Leia was no jedi. Leia wished she had it with her though. She had no clue how to use it, but it would make her feel safer.

"He wasn't a jedi. He was a common fugitive." Leia finally told, more for herself than Pesinoé. The sith lady had said it with obvious evil intent, but the words rang true.

"My mother was a handmaiden for the Queen," Leia continued. "My parents had no choice but to leave me there for my own safety. They died in a ship accident."

Pesinoé snickered. "They gave you a good story that's for sure. Did they ever tell you why your dad was a fugitive?"

"Why do you care?" Leia snapped in anger much to Pesinoé's delight. "Just leave me alone."

"You're curious, but you don't want to learn the truth from your enemy do you? You know, I don't have to be your enemy."

Leia scowled. "If you're talking about making me a lady in waiting you're wasting your precious breath."

"No princess," Pesinoé said as a plan came about in her head. "You're better than that. Far better. You're like me. You have the potential to be great once you see through the lies that you've been raised under, to control you."

"The only one controlling me is me," Leia replied. "That much I know."

"That may be true," Pesinoé admitted. "But the child of Anakin Skywalker is meant to be something much greater than the senator of one planetary system."

Leia almost fell off the small metal bench in shock. "Anakin Skywalker…?"

"So you've heard of him?" Pesinoé asked in an innocent tone leaning against the wall.

Leia glared at the sith lady. Who hadn't heard of Anakin Skywalker? He was one of the most famous jedi in the republic. He disappeared right after the rise of the empire, he and his secret wife. The official story was that they had died in a ship accident…

"So are the pieces coming together now?" Pesinoé asked when she saw Leia's eyes widen. "Your father was a jedi, Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker, and when the jedi were killed off, his wife was pregnant and gave birth to you before she died… along with your brother."

"My brother," Leia replied slowly. "I don't have a brother."

"But you do. I knew your mother and I sensed her son, but not you. Your brother's force presence was shielding yours, and so until today I dismissed the fact that you looked just like your mother and a senator just like her to boot," Pesinoé explained.

It was then that Leia realized that if Anakin Skywalker was her father, Padmé Amidala was her…

"Lies!" Leia shouted in anger. "All of it. I know all about your sick games."

Pesinoé tossed her head back in cruel laughter. "I wish I had come up with it to tell you the truth. But not even I could come up with something as elaborate as this. I wouldn't waste my time. You know it to be true if you've inherited your father's force ability, which you have by the way," the togrutan woman said looking at Leia with piercing yellow eyes and then added, "Oh yeah. While we're on the topic, your father didn't die in a space accident and neither did your mother."

"You killed them," Leia shot glaring at the woman opposite her.

Pesinoé smiled. She didn't have to refute it. If that's what the princess wanted to believe so be it. It just gave her more ammunition. What better way to get revenge on Skywalker than to turn his own daughter against everything he stood for?

"Your anger is a powerful weapon. I can teach you how to use it."

"I'm not angry," Leia tried to say in a calm tone but it came out anything but calm.

"And you accused me of playing games," Pesinoé said in a sultry tone but with no intent of putting seduction behind hit. "You're angry, and you know it. I can sense it. But don't be angry at me. Be angry at the emperor. He ordered their deaths. I just did as I was told." Or gladly tried that is, Pesinoe thought.

She looked at the princess. Leia was right where she wanted her to be. In all honesty, she had no interest in ruling the galaxy or in training Leia, but it would be fun to divide and conquer the Skywalker family.

"Just think Leia. Let me show you your true potential as a sith lady. We'll take over the empire. We can even find your brother," Pesinoé said putting the full weight of force seduction behind her words. There was more than one way to seduce a person.

Leia looked at her and took deep breaths. This was all too much to take in and the last thing she wanted to do right now was fight with Pesinoé. If she said yes, maybe she'd leave her alone…

A woman held her up.

"Don't ever forget me little princess," a man with wavy blonde hair said smiling. "Daddy loves you. Remember that."

It was the only memory she had of her mother and father, and she was surprised she had that since she had only been a few days old when it happened. Leia glared at Pesinoé.

"Like I said," she snapped. "A waste of time."

Pesinoé snarled, and suddenly Leia was slammed into the wall. Then she slid down onto the bench in pain. She screamed and held herself, tears began pouring down Leia's face. She felt something invading her mind and though she was in pain fought with all her might to block it out. The presence retreated and the pain stopped. She slumped on the floor, and Pesinoé frowned at her.

"Be glad Tarkin wants you alive. And pray to the force that those guards don't come back. I don't think I'll be as willing save your honor again," Pesinoé said turning on her heel and using the force to open the door.

When Pesinoé left, closing the door behind her, Leia clung to her only memory of her parents.

Daddy loves you. Remember that.

"Daddy," she muttered feeling like she was seven years old again as she closed her eyes in sleep. "Help me."

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So what did you think? Take this as a beginning to the interesting relationship Leia and Pesinoé will share throughout the stories. And the last two lines play a bigger role in the series too. I'm excited about this. I hope you liked it. Review please.