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Luke used to dream about who his real father might be. Not all the time. But sometimes, when Obi Wan was a little too strict or demanding, he imagined his real father swooping in to take him on some sort of adventure. He and Leia had somehow known instinctively never to ask their mother about their biological father. Something about the way Padmé and Obi Wan looked at each other suggested that all others paled in comparison.

And it wasn't like he didn't completely love his stepfather. Obi Wan was a great mentor, and had always been there for him. But the questions had still arisen. Who was his real father? Where had his blonde hair and blue eyes come from? He used to fantasize that he and Han were actually brothers, but that stopped once Han and Leia began...ew.

And now he knew. His father was a child murderer. A dog of the empire. A sith.

He had seen holos of Darth Vader. While the emperor was shrouded in mystery, Darth Vader was notorious. The majority of Luke's and his parents' missions were to rescue force sensitive children from being discovered by this man. There had been a few close encounters, but Padmé had never allowed Vader to see her or Obi Wan. And he remembered her words when they were hiding in that ship, "We are going to hurt him". What had happened? His first thought was that maybe Vader had raped his mother, but his senses told him that wasn't true. Why had she let him touch her? Had he seduced her? The questions about his mother were even more disturbing, that she had been the lover of such a monster...and what about him? What about Leia? Were they going to turn out like their father? Monsters?

Once again Leia saved the day, "Yes he is, Luke. This Anakin guy was never there for us, we've got to look out for our parents right now."

He could feel a conflict similar to his own behind her words, but she was right. Now was not the time to think about this. "I'm glad you're here." He said softly. And he was. But he didn't mean just now, he meant always, he was glad to have her near him, now and forever. Leia had always been the strong one, the good one. She saw straight through to the heart of things.

The responding smile that came to her face revealed she felt the same way about him, and no matter what happened, no matter how distant they had become recently, their bond could not be severed, "That's what family is for."

This little exchange took only a few seconds, though it felt much longer. They trailed Padmé as she snuck into what looked like a conference room, but it was empty. Empty except for Darth Vader, or Anakin, or whoever he was. "Padmé." He said, the mechanical voice caused their mother to shudder.

"Anakin." She responded and ignited her lightsaber.

"Anakin is gone." He, surprisingly did not respond, the same way. "I thought you were dead."

"Well it wasn't for lack of trying on your part." Her voice had an edge her children didn't recognize.

"I was right, wasn't I? You brought Obi Wan to kill me."

"He stowed away on my ship after telling me what you had done." She seemed thrown off by his lack of defense. Her lightsaber hummed at the ready. "I went after you-sorry, Anakin, because I loved him."

"But you brought him here to kill me now." The first hint of emotion entered his voice, and it was anger. He stood, and his height was terrifying.

"We can't let him hurt her!" Luke looked horrified at Leia.

"Patience. This isn't the right time."

"No." Padmé's voice was calm. "I came to kill you."

"You call yourself a jedi now-"

"No." Padmé interrupted his sneer, "I am no jedi."

"Then you are a sith!" He ignited his lightsaber.

"No." She moved into a defensive stance.

"Tell me! How long did it take you to start screwing my master!" Anakin took a swing at her.

"Now?" Luke frowned, Leia was controlling their entry into reality. While they remained in the force he couldn't attack.

"Luke she's not in any danger."

Padmé had blocked easily and jumped out of the way as he swung at her again. Luke had once joked that she looked like master Yoda the way she always hopped and danced about when she fought, but really she looked more like a dancer, gracefully dodging and blocking attacks. The only blow she had to land was across the controls of Vader's suit. He fell back against the wall. "Do it!" He yelled at her. The voice from his mask was failing and his real voice, hoarse and full of hate sounded instead, "Kill me!"

Padmé's eyes were full of pain. "Ani... I can't..." She turned to leave, letting his failing suit do the rest but as she did Vader lifted his hand to shoot lightening out of his hands. Luke had heard of this before, it was an old trick the Sith were capable of. He ignited his lightsaber and held it in front of his mother, Leia having released her hold on the force pocket at exactly the right time.

"Luke?!" The surprised cry came from his mother as the bolts hit his lightsaber. Leia shimmered into view and decapitated her father in one swift movement. It was the first time she'd killed someone, but she swallowed her emotions. Luke had envisioned himself or Obi Wan taking down Vader, never in his wildest imagination had he seen Leia as the assassin.

"What are you two doing here?!" Padmé demanded, replacing her lightsaber on her utility belt.

"C'mon, mom, you didn't think we'd let you do this alone."

"Oh just wait until your father hears about this-"

"He's in trouble." Leia spoke up, surprising both of them. Luke noticed it too, the nagging feeling that Obi Wan was in danger. Padmé closed her eyes for a moment. When they opened she issued one command.

"Follow me."