Hello Dear Readers, for the last time! Here is the finale, the final installment, the end of this story, the, well, you get the idea. A big Thank You to all my dear readers! At the end of this chapter, you will find a more personalized thank you to all my reviewers, story favorite-ers and story alert-ers. And now, for The End(Enjoy!).
Luke could not but stare at her. She laughed at his shocked expression.
"I know! It is a story for the ages. It must be shocking to you to know that you and your sister are not the only 'special' people in the world," She leaned towards him, "But I am much more powerful. Your father went into the Dark Side, but he is still far from reaching his full power. You and your sister are even farther behind. You, Luke, refuse to embrace the Dark Side and use it to your full advantage. I do not even know if your sister is beyond the level of apprentice," She stood up again, smiling, "But no matter! You will all soon be destroyed. I will wait until your whole family arrives before killing you."
"My family?" Luke asked.
"Why, of course. Do you really think that I would kill you without your father here to see it? I sent my men to capture their ship and bring them here."
Her comm chimed and she answered it. Luke was still too shocked to bother listening in. Sideous had a daughter! All these years, even before Luke had been born, his father had a very dangerous enemy just out of reach, waiting to destroy him. It was incredible to think about, but Luke knew it was true, it had to be. Her Force signature was strong and very, very dark. He was slightly curious about how strong her powers were and what she could do with them.
She turned back to him, smiling even bigger. "Your family has arrived. Shall we welcome them?"
Leia tried to gauge where she was, but the cell she and her family were put in was windowless and not lit. Her hands were tied, and she was still groggy from being knocked out by some chemical, but she heard Han grunting as he tried to get his hands untied and her parents as they tried to feel their way around. Leia wanted to help, but she could barely move and her mind was still in a fog-like state.
Suddenly, one end of the cell burst into light as the door was opened, momentarily blinding the bound occupants. Several guards came in and dragged the prisoners up, leading them out.
Leia wanted to say something, but her parents were both silent and Leia decided that their example was probably good to follow.
Corridor after corridor, left turn, right turn, more left turns, more right turns. Leia knew that they were probably going in circle to confuse them, and it was working. They met up with a guard leading a woman with red hair, a woman that Leia's parents seemed to recognize but was a mystery to herself. More turning and walking, until the group finally arrived at the end of a long hallway with a simple door at the end.
When the door opened, they were led into a large room, with high ceilings and no furniture, and found Luke kneeling on the ground. Leia wanted to run to him, but a hooded figure separated them.
"Welcome, dear Skywalker family!" The voice said, booming in the open room. "How glad I am that you finally arrived and decided to join us."
"I do not believe we had any choice in the matter," Anakin grimly replied, eyeing the hooded figure, "However, I think that we do deserve to see the person who has forcibly brought us here."
The voice laughed. "True, very true." It pulled the hood back and smiled at him, revealing a young woman's face. "There. Better?"
Anakin curiously stared at Her. "I know you from somewhere."
She shrugged. "You and I have never personally met. But you knew my father very well."
Anakin stared at her, before he faced became shocked. "No, it is impossible. You look like him, but he never had any..." He trailed off as Her smile grew larger.
"Oh yes he did: Me. In secret of course, behind your back, but he still trained me and wanted to make me his apprentice after killing you. But, unfortunately, you got to him first. He was too sure of himself, not realizing how you had changed and hated him. You merely took advantage of his stupidity to destroy him and take over his empire, something that I would have done as well if I were in your shoes," She walked closer to Anakin, "However, that still does not change the fact that you killed my father, and now I must kill you and your entire family, taking my place as the Empress of the Empire that should properly be mine."
Anakin glared at Her. "You will never rule any Empire, I will not allow you to."
"Ha! You think that you are so much better than my father, but you are now suffering from his same blindness and stupidity. I have been planning, gathering an army around me, infiltrating every area of your Empire, and you had no idea. You could have stopped me long ago, true, but not now, not when my plans have moved so far ahead that I can now easily kill you and take your place.
Luke watched Her carefully, slowly beginning to formulate a plan in his mind. He tried to contact Leia through their Force link and she looked at him. He quickly communicated his plan to her, and she gave a slight nod of understanding.
"So, how do you plan on killing us?" Luke asked.
She turned from his father to him. "Well, I have multiple ideas. Blaster shots, lightsaber slices, poison, pushing you into space, a lot of things appeal to me. Why do you ask?"
Luke shrugged. "Just curious. I would like to know how my life is to end, in case I do not think it fits me."
Everyone stared at him like he was crazy. She laughed. "Fits you? Why, what kind of death would fit you?"
"A lightsaber duel." Luke said simply. "Against the daughter of Darth Sideous."
Everyone stared in shock. She stared as well, but soon grinned. "You believe that you could beat me?"
Luke shrugged. "Perhaps. Perhaps not. But I think that it would be more honorable for the Imperial Prince to die trying to save his family and empire than to be pushed out of an airlock. Of course, if you think you are not up to the task..."
"Of course I am." She snapped. "Guard, bring him his lightsaber."
Luke soon found himself in a fighting stance, his hands unbound and his lightsaber back in his hands. The lightsaber was reassuring, but Luke knew that he was still weak from being drugged and would barely be able to hold back the blows that he knew would come. And come they did.
She soon proved to be excellent with a lightsaber, not seeming to break a sweat while Luke was attempting to just stay alive. Back and forth, back and forth they went. She seemed determined to beat Luke, the intensity in her eyes revealing her eagerness to win. Luke knew that he could not do this on his own, but he knew that he had to keep distracting her while Leia did her part of the plan.
While She had been explaining to Anakin her history, Luke had noticed that the guard who had carried his lightsaber also carried his father's. If Leia could get to it, the two of them COULD beat her.
But Luke did not have to worry about Leia, she was on top of things. Literally. She was able to use the Force to make the guard stay in place long enough for her to sneak up and jump on him, grabbing her father's lightsaber in the process. The other guards were busy watching the duel, and Leia was silent in her attack. She quickly turned the lightsaber on and cut her bonds. But the sound of the lightsaber drew all attention to her.
Leia ran into the fight, putting as much energy as she could muster into the fight. Luke took the other side, and the two fought Her. It did make the battle much more interesting, but Luke and Leia were still not winning. She proved much more able with the lightsaber than either had realized.
Minutes, which seemed like hours, passed and no one was gaining any ground. The twins knew that the only way the battle would end was for their strength to eventually give out, and that seemed close at hand. But they kept fighting, refusing to go down easily.
She smiled at the twins, knowing that She had practically won. She kept up her energy, but Her mind was now thinking triumph and nothing else. Which left Her easily oblivious to what was happening to Her until it hit Her.
Hard.
While everyone fought, the prisoners had worked on their bonds until Han was able to get free. Of course he did the only thing a guy with a wife who was about to be cut in half by a Sith could do: he tackled the Sith.
Of course She was taken off guard, but She was able to use the Force to shove Han away. Unfortunately for Her, She was still too distracted. And so Luke took advantage and attacked, not giving Her any chance of escape.
And so was the end of the last known Sith of the Universe.
Needless to say, after the battle, the Skywalker family had a lot of catching up to do.
Leia explained her marriage to Luke, Luke explained his sudden marriage to Mara, Han made marginal peace with Anakin, Mara made marginal peace with her in-laws, Luke introduced Anakin to the Yoda and Obi-wan, the three Jedi made peace with each other and Anakin allowed the two masters to begin searching for Force-sensitive beings to train into Jedi, and then the whole Empire eventually(after a couple long arguments back and forth) made peace with the Rebellion. Just do not expect them to join into a new government. They settled on just not killing each other and the Rebellion leaders advising Empress Padme on new policies, which she then advised the Emperor to install.
As for the two Skywalker children and their search for love? Leia convinced Han to retire from smuggling and the two eventually became scouts assigned to exploring the far reaches of the galaxy. Luke and Mara made up and worked with the Jedi as teachers of young Jedi apprentices. The twins accomplished one of the hardest feats in the universe: finding true love. Their marriages were long and happy(most of the time). As were their parents, who continued to rule for many years after.
And so ends the story of the Imperial Royal Family of Skywalker.
THE END! (tears up) And so ends our journey together on this trip of madness, madness and a whole lot of madness! I do want to explain one thing: I know I did not mention Sideous's daughter's name because I did not give her a name. What in the world would you call Sideous's daughter? I could not think up something really cool, so I left her nameless. If you gave her a name, let me know what it is. I'm curious.
I have to say, before I get to my personalized thank you's to all my reviewers, you are all amazing! I reread all your reviews and laughed a TON. You guys brighten my day. The random comments, the interesting remarks, it was all terrific. Thank you for that brightening of my day, it was a great reminder of why I write: for you(readers). And now, for the thank you's:
WolfCipher7: You win First Review Award! (no prize, sorry) Thank you for your 3 reviews and for the warm welcome!
jedigal125: Thank you for putting me on your Favorite Stories and Story Alert lists, and for your 6 encouraging reviews!
Don-Jam: Thank you for your 2 terrific reviews! I hope that you enjoyed the story.
ILDV: Wow, you won Most Reviews with your 27 reviews! Although most of them said good, I did get a wonderful in there from you :) Thank you and I do hope that the whole story could earn your "good".
ResistanceIsNotFutile: Thank you for putting me on your Story Alert list and for your 2 great reviews!
LishFish: I hope that I fulfilled your request of wanting more :) Thank you for your 2, um, pushy/encouraging reviews!
fluffy's minion: Thank you for putting me on your Story Alert list and for your 2 fantastic reviews! I will probably not continue on to the New Jedi Order Series since I am not completely familiar with it, but I am glad that you liked my way of doing the usual Star Wars pairings in different ways.
kahless21: Thank you for both putting me on your Story Alert and Favorite's list! I do appreciate your 3 reviews, and yes, that one chapter was a filler. Thank you for being honest about the content, I do appreciate reviewers who look at my work with a critical eye.
Jedi Master Misty Sman-Esay: Thank you for your 24 reviews! And for putting me on your Story Alert list. They were all fun and cool to read :)
RapidReader6778: Thank you for your 1 encouraging review! And for putting me on your Favorite Story list.
dm1: Thank you for your 12 amazing reviews! They gave me a few good laughs :) Also thank you for putting me on Story Alert. Oh, and what does your name stand for? Is it secret code or what?
tucklil: Thank you for your 1 review!
stabbythings: So what sort of stabby things do you like? :) Thank you for your 23 hilarious reviews(and for putting me on Story Alert)! Your commentary throughout the story has kept my spirits up(plus your name just makes me grin).
Rinapants: I am glad that you enjoyed that one chapter! Thank you for the review, and I say Here's to the Doors!
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general-joseph-dickson: Wow, thanks for your 21 interesting reviews(and for Story Alert). Your running commentary was, well, interesting to say the least. Thanks for all the laughs.
batmanz988: Thank you for your 1 great review! I hoped that you liked the rest of the story. Also, thank you for putting me on both your Favorite Story and Story Alert lists!
starwarsclonewarsfan: Please don't chop me up! :) Sometimes(okay, mostly) I need someone like you to keep me going. I hope that I fulfilled your request and that you enjoyed the rest of the story.
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LivieBelle: Thank you for your 1 cheerful review and for putting me on Story Alert. =)
PeaveLoveandClarinets: First, I love your name. Second, thank you for your 1 great review!
ccp: What does your name stand for? Just curious. Thanks for your 1 review and for putting me on Story Alert.
leyte: Thanks for your 1 review. To answer your question, I think that if desperate enough to save themselves and the galaxy, the Jedi will do what they need to. Plus, kidnaping, if you do it right, is not that violent. Plus, the Rebellion had a lot to do with it.
Annika Sky: Thank you for your 1 fantastic review! I am glad that you liked the previous story and I hope that this story satisfied you as well.
Gungan-Wife: Cool name, and thank you for putting me on Story Alert and for your 1 great review. And yes, I do have some evil cliffhangers in this story :) It is my secret weapon when I have no idea what is going to happen next LoL.
SAVEDbecaseOFhim: I love your name! And your 1 review(plus Favorite Story addition). Also, thanks for the compliment :)
enanfran: Sorry for the not updating enough. I personally hate myself for it, and I hate it when other people do it. But I would be curious to know what kind of continuations you have come up with? Especially with Han and Leia. They are always fun together. Thank you for the reminder to get my butt in gear. And thank you for putting me on Story Alert.
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And now, for my other Favorite Story adders(I may have never heard you speak, but you were in my heart):
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ObsidianUnknown66
omnitrixian
PadmeAshoka
Shelley Knight
And my Story Alert-ers(I love when people decide my story is good enough to be updated on!):
Dark Lord Volk'land
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Okay, now I have to end-end this. Thanks for the all the fun(and frustration) that you shared for over a year together! I will probably not be writing another Star Wars story for a while, I have lots of other ideas for stories in other groups, but if I do come back, I look forward to hearing from you all again!
Until I write again, Li-Li-ThePinkbookgirl