Chapter Nine: Legends and Arguments

Meanwhile, out in the hall, Leia was pacing back and forth, thinking about everything that had just happened.

Vader was her father? Luke was her brother? When did this happen? Why did she get the feeling that all of this was true? Why was she so paranoid? WAIT! Vader wanted to take them away and hide them? Never let it be said that Princess Leia Organa of the royal family of Alderaan went into hiding because she had a father that sucked!

Leia's started pacing a little faster. What was she going to do? She had to find some way to get back to the Alliance, and then she'd find out how Luke and herself could cope with this. Maybe Vader would let them leave since they were his children! She remembered that Vader wasn't acting like himself when she was told that Vader was her father. Maybe he had a soft spot for them.

Leia opened the door that lead into the med center to see if she could straiten everything out. Everyone turned to look at her when she entered.

"What?" she asked. Luke spoke up.

"They say you took the news hard."

"So?"

"It's not so bad. In case you haven't noticed, Han seems to be okay with it."

"Oh really?" Leia said, her temper rising. "Well in case you haven't noticed, Han isn't the one who has to cope with Vader being his father!"

"Your Worship, calm down!"

"Shut up, Han! You have nothing to do with this!"

"Leia.." Vader began, but Leia interrupted him.

"You shut up too! I never want you to talk to me! Is that understood?"

Before Vader or anyone else could respond, the shining ghost of a young Obi-Wan appeared.

"Leia, you need to learn to control your emotions, or you will fall to the Dark Side of the Force."

"Oh great! Now I'm in danger of becoming a Sith! What else is new?"

"Leia, if you and your family are going to take down this empire and bring all the jedi back from the dead, you need to get a grip!"

Now it was Vader/Anakin's turn to speak.

"Now wait just one MINUTE! I may not be a complete Sith anymore, but that doesn't mean that I'm ready to face the Jedi Council or anything!"

"Anakin, you always wanted to become a master. But how it the heck are you going to become a jedi master if all of us jedi are not alive?"

"You guys never let me be a master!"

"Yes, and you embarrassed me in front of the entire council when you complained about it!"

"Well if they had just made me a master, none of this would have happened!"

Obi-Wan sighed. "There you are, complaining all over again! I thought we were over this years ago!"

"Well, we're not!"

"When I become alive again, you're grounded!"

"Then I'm not going to bring you back from the dead!"

Obi-Wan paled, if you could imagine a ghost paling. "Anakin! I didn't mean it! If you bring us back from the dead, I'll bring Padme back with us!"

Vader paused. He could bring Padme back too? Would everything be the way it was supposed to be? If Padme came back, then maybe Leia could learn to except him!

"You… you mean it?"

"Of course I do!

"But… how can I do that?"

"You mean, bring us back from the dead?"

"Yes!"

"Well… do you remember The Legend of Myirtha?"

"Yes. But that's just a legend. Right?"

"Wrong. If you want to bring us back from the dead, you will have to go to Myirtha and find the Sorceress of the Dead. From there, she will tell you what to do."

"Are you CRAZY? It's the Sorceress of the DEAD that we're talking about! And you above all people know The Legend of Myritha! What about the…"

"I understand your concern, Anakin. But it is the only way to bring us back. AND it's the only way to redeem yourself."

Vader sighed. "Alright. When do I start?"

"Oh you're not going alone! Your children are going with you!"

"No! Oh no! I am NOT going to put my children in danger! It's bad enough that I'm going!"

"Then you have no business going at all. If you want this to work, Luke and Leia will have to go with you."

"But…"

"No buts! They're going too. And that will be enough from you!"

"Fine."

"I'm going too!" Han declared, causing everyone to look at him.

"Han," Luke said. "Didn't you see Vader freak out about going? It must be very dangerous."

"Kid! The Legend of Myirtha? The Sorceress of the Dead? This is too much of an opportunity to pass up!"

Obi-Wan chuckled. "I guess it's settled then. You four must go alone. I don't want you bringing the entire imperial fleet with you. And you might not want to go in an imperial shuttle either."

"We can go in the Falcon," Han said. "She's the fastest ship in the galaxy. It'll be best if we take her. Especially if we're going to meet a sorceress"

"Alright. We'll leave in three standard hours," Anakin said, walking toward the door.

"Where are you going?" Han asked.

"I need to make preparations for our trip."

When Anakin left, Leia began to worry.

Was this really the right thing to do? Bringing people back from the dead was a very tricky thing to do. And that's WITHOUT a sith lord following you around. Add to it that Vader was going with them… well… that was just a little too much. And what was The Legend of Myirtha? Leia had never heard of it. And she was sure that she'd never heard of the Sorceress of the Dead! If she had, then she would have remembered!

"Han? What's The Legend of Myirtha?" Luke was asking.

"I don't know, kid. Must have been something going around back during the Old Republic, 'cause I've never heard of it. And trust me, I've heard a lot of legends in my lifetime! They all turned out to be hacked up stories with nothing to them. Don't worry, there's absolutely nothing to worry about." Han said, confidently. Leia decided to cut in.

"Nothing to worry about? Han, VADER is going with us! And you say there's nothing to worry about!"

"Leia," Luke said. "Father isn't Vader anymore. He's Anakin."

"Don't give me that, Luke! You're just as ignorant as a six-year-old and as stupid as a bantha! You may be my age, but in maturity, you're my little brother by ten years! You can't even take care of yourself! You have to have someone babysitting you to keep you out of trouble!"

Luke stared at his sister, tears in his eyes. Why was she saying all this? Maybe it was true. Uncle Owen had always said that Luke was stupid and couldn't stay out of trouble. He was just a misfit and no one cared.

Leia didn't even care that Luke was upset. She stormed out of the room, not once looking back.

As soon as she left, Luke didn't bother to keep his tears back, he let them run freely down his face.

Meanwhile, Han had been watching the entire exchange between brother and sister. And now looking at Luke, he couldn't stand it any longer.

"It's alright, Luke," Han said, sitting on the bed, next to the boy. "I'm sure she didn't mean it."

"She did," Luke said. "And she's right."

Luke buried his head in Han's chest, and Han wrapped his arms around him, gently rocking him back and forth.

"Shhh. It's alright."

While Han comforted Luke, he thought about the trip to come. They were all going to be on the Falcon together and it would be hard to avoid each other. How could Leia put the kid down like that? Maybe he should bring this argument to Anakin's attention. He'd do something about this.

Han sighed. They were in for a long trip.

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A.N: Sorry for not updating sooner! How do you like these new developments? Please review and tell me if you like this!