Naboo:

Luke looked down at his comlink as he heard it buzzing.

"Who's calling you?" Mara asked.

Luke knew the frequency by heart without even checking the caller ID. It was his Father calling him. "How the hell did he get my Frequency?" Luke asked.

"Who?" Ruwee asked from his seat at the far side of the porch.

Leia at the same time stopped playing with Ryoo's baby as Luke answered the comlink, Han stopped talking to Darred, and Sola and Jobal stopped talking as Luke spoke, "Hello Father."

"I've been waiting for you to call for two days Son."

"I kind of got busy," Luke replied.

"To busy to care about the future of the Galaxy, Plagueis is working to destroy you and I so that he can take control. We have a lot to deal with," Luke heard his Father state.

Luke shook his head, "How do I know that I can trust you?"

"I can assure you that you can trust me and attempt to convince you that you can, but that will mean nothing. You still don't trust me and there's nothing that I can do at this moment to gain that trust, so I'm coming to talk to you."

"Coming to talk to me?" Luke asked in disbelief.

"I will be at the Lake house and I'm bringing your Mother."

Luke was in shock, how did he know that I was here?

"I have known your location since you arrived. Had I wanted to take you captive, I would have been at Varykino with the 501st before two months had gone by."

Luke was in shock as he spoke, "I will contact you later after I talk everything over with my friends."

"Insure your grandfather that he will be seeing Padme very soon, I will be waiting to hear from you," Anakin replied as Luke severed the transmission.

Luke shook his head, "How the hell did he find us?"

"I'm wondering the same thing," Han replied.

"The only answer is that he must have a spy on the planet."

"A spy?" Sola asked uneasily.

"A spy," Luke replied in frustration.

"I will call him in the morning," Luke stated as he stood up.

Luke then turned and walked down towards the sandy beach in complete agitation.

Mara at the same time, placed a hand on her belly, what would she do? How was she going to tell him? Would he kill her? Would he imprison her? Would he allow her to have the baby and then kill her and take their baby? What would he do when he learned that she was a spy?

She fearfully turned and walked back towards the room that they had shared as a couple for the last two months. What was she going to do? She knew one thing, it was going to be better to face him now than never. She only hoped that he would spare their child. She curled up on the bed inside of their bedroom in tears as he thought of his reaction when he learned just who she truly was.


Luke walked into the bedroom that he shared with Mara and instantly realized that he was sensing her distress.

He quietly walked into the room and sat down on the bed next to Mara as she sat up, "What's wrong my Love?" Luke asked.

"Y-You're not going to love me after I tell y-you this just promise me that you will spare me until our baby is born. P-Please," Mara fearfully stated.

Luke took Mara in his arms as he spoke, "What is it Mara?"

"I-I have lied to you, I-I was freed from slavery when I was thirteen."

"Freed?" Luke asked.

"Back when you were running from your Father on Nar Shaddaa, I was there in a bar crying as I worked as a slave, hoping that I would someday have a life of my own. It was only a fantasy. Then, y-you're father walked into the bar and h-he killed my owner, and he freed me."

It was then that it dawned upon Luke, "You're telling me that you're the spy?" Luke asked in anger.

Mara nodded as tears streamed down her face.

She flinched, as she expected Luke to hit her.

Luke then spoke, "So how much of your life was true?"

"Most of it, I-I lied about everything that happened after Marac was killed, your Father took me in, He raised me like I was his own. He trained me and he gave me an education. He gave me a life and he gave me hope and a future. When he asked me to spy on you, I-I chose to end up in the slave trade so that I could appear vulnerable, so that you wouldn't suspect a thing. Being in the slave market was all part of my plan, I-I'm so sorry, please don't hurt the baby," Mara stated in tears.

Luke in complete anger stood up as he stormed out of the room.

Mara then laid down on the bed as she cried.


Ruwee noticed his grandson storming down the hallway as he spoke, "What's wrong?"

"It's Mara," Luke yelled.

"What about her? Calm down Son," Ruwee stated.

Luke breathed in deeply as he spoke, "She's a spy?"

"What?" Ruwee asked in disbelief.

Luke walked into the dining room where he noticed everyone else gathered as he spoke, "Mara is the spy?"

"What are you talking about?" Jobal and Leia asked in unison.

Luke motioned for everyone to be silent as he spoke, "She was rescued from slavery by my Father when she was thirteen. She's been trained by him and she set herself up to end up in the slave trade so that I would buy her. She is the one who gave our location to him," Luke stated in anger.

"You didn't hurt her did you?" Jobal immediately asked.

"Why would I do that? She's pregnant," Luke stated.

"And what are you going to do now? You're the one that stated that you loved her," Han stated.

"I-I don't know what to do, I don't know how she could have done such a thing to me," Luke stated.

"She's loyal to the man that freed her. I cannot condemn her, Han freed me and I would die for him. She would die for Vader, Vader may be evil, but he did free her and she's bonded to him in her own mind because he gave her a life. I cannot condemn her," Chewie roared.

Luke sighed as Ruwee placed a hand on his shoulder, "She was a slave for her entire life, and she was desperate for freedom and out of desperation she turned to a man that she fully did not understand, because she wanted freedom more than anything and she didn't think of the consequences because nothing could be worse than the hell that she was raised in. She was the lowest of low, she was the dirt that you tread on, that's what others saw her as. She was beaten, she was starved and degraded. She deserves a chance at life."

"So you're saying that Luke should forget about her little scheme?" Leia asked in frustration.

"He should at least meet with his father, there is no point in running at this point, not when you look at Mara."

"He could at least do something with her," Han muttered.

"She's having his baby, what can he do?" Sola asked.

"How about take the baby from her once the baby is born?" Leia asked.

All eyes turned towards Leia as Sola stood up in rage and let loose a hard slap on her niece, "You never take a child from their mother for any reason!" Sola yelled.

"Sit down Sola," Darred calmly stated.

At that moment, Ryoo's husband Jan, who was on leave from the Executor spoke, "I thought there was something familiar about Mara, I bet you that I saw her on the ship."

Luke sighed as he spoke, "Aunt Sola is right, taking the baby would be wrong, and just shunning her would be wrong even though I'm fairly angry about this."

"If you truly loved her, you would have waited until marriage to get her pregnant and you would also be willing to give her a second chance," Jobal stated.

All eyes turned towards Jobal as she stood up, "I'm calling you out young man."

"So he's supposed to just give her a second chance? Why doesn't he just break up with her?" Leia asked as Lando and Chewie stood up to leave the room along with Ryoo and her husband Jan.

"So you're advocating him dumping her along with his unborn child due to the fact that she's on the opposite side of the war?"

"She could have killed him," Leia stated.

"I think that she should be incarcerated," Leia added.

"Your statements are disturbing me young lady, first your advocating ripping a baby out of it's mother's arms and now you're advocating locking her up, maybe you're no better than Palpatine," Jobal stated

"I'm far better than Palpatine and Luke cannot trust Mara, he has to do something."

"Enough!" Luke yelled.

Luke then turned and stormed off towards his bedroom in frustration as he heard his grandmother, Sister and Aunt starting to arguing.

"If you're suggesting placing binders on a pregnant twenty year old girl and placing her in a prison cell, then you're no better than the Empire that you're fighting against!" Luke heard his Grandmother yell as he left the room.

Leia looked at her grandmother in shame as she bit her lip, "Y-You're right."

Leia then turned and left the room in total defeat, realizing that she had lost the argument.


Luke entered his bedroom to see Mara laying on the bed in tears as she spoke, "Please don't lock me up until the baby is born."

Luke sighed as he sat down next to Mara, "I'm not taking the baby from you Mara, don't listen to anything that was said in the other room."

Mara looked at Luke in disbelief, "Y-You mean it?"

"Yes, because I love you," Luke stated much to his own shock as he gave Mara an affectionate kiss.

Mara tightly wrapped her arms around Luke as she noticed him reaching for his comlink.

Within moments, she heard the sound of her Master picking up as Luke spoke, "Father, just come on down to the planet, I'm done with the games and with running from you. It's time to talk everything out."

"I will be there soon, you can expect my Mother as well."

Luke then stood up as he motioned for Mara to stand, "There's a room that's three doors down the hallway, it's a little smaller but it will suffice, and it's empty.

Go ahead and start moving our stuff to that room, I'm going to rip these sheets off and have 3PO place a fresh set on the bed."

"Why?" Mara nervously asked.

"Because this is rightfully my Mother's room, and we can have a smaller room while they stay here."

"Ok," Mara replied.

Mara then looked Luke in the eye as she spoke, "Luke, I'm sorry."

Luke took Mara in his arms as he gave her a kiss in response.

He sighed, she was so unstable, and there was no doubt that it was the hormones from her pregnancy, and unless he wanted to endanger his baby, he couldn't show his anger to her anymore than he had.


Mara nervously entered her new bedroom as she noticed 3PO entering the room with a large crate of clothing.

"All of your clothing along with Master Luke's is in there to sort out Mistress Mara."

"Thank you 3PO," Mara replied.

Mara at the same time realized that she was craving more crackers.

She eagerly left the room and headed for the kitchen.

Within seconds, she had a plate of crackers as she saw Leia entering the kitchen.

She noticed Leia coldly glaring at her as Luke entered the kitchen, "You can expect Father within the next hour or two."

"He's coming?" Leia asked.

"It's time to settle everything and come together to destroy Plagueis," Luke replied.

"I see," Leia replied with a sigh.

Leia then looked towards Mara in silence as she turned and left the room.

Anakin walked down the boarding ramp of his shuttle craft with Padme at his side as he gestured towards a nearby speeder, "We will take this up to the Lake House if you don't mind the drive."

Padme looked at her surroundings as she realized that she was inside of the Hanger Bay of the Royal Palace that she had been absent from for two decades, "A drive sounds good, should I keep my hood raised?"

"Yes, and I will do the same," Anakin replied as he raised his own hood.

Anakin then reached out with the Force and within seconds, he felt Luke and Leia responding as well as Mara.

He then climbed into the waiting speeder as he drove his Angel out of the hanger.

The couple drove through the city of Theed as Padme spoke, "It looks like it did when I was here last, only we didn't have Imperial Troops patrolling the city."

"Royal Guards tend to the Palace, and Troops deal with the city although there are only about half of the troops that were here four years ago when Palpatine was still Emperor."

"You pulled some off of the planet?" Padme asked.

"And gave the people more space," Anakin replied.

Padme nodded as her husband drove through the city and into the country side.

Luke noticed Lando rushing towards him as he spoke, "Vader is right outside with your Mother!"

Luke eagerly stood up as he looked towards Han and Chewie, "You're both with me."

Anakin watched as Solo and Chewbacca took their places on opposite sides of the door.

At the same time, he saw Luke walk out the door.

He looked towards Padme as she rushed towards his Son.

She immediately wrapped her arms around him as she gave him a kiss on the cheek.

As Mother and Son broke away, Luke looked towards his Father and spoke, "I have been waiting for you."

"Is Mara inside?" Anakin asked.

"Yes, and I know everything," Luke replied.

Anakin's face reddened as he spoke, "Please tell me that you didn't hurt her."

"I didn't," Luke replied.

Anakin sighed as he noticed Leia standing on the doorstep as she wrapped her arms around Padme.

Padme then spoke, "Are my parents inside?"

"Yes," Leia replied.

Padme eagerly hurried into the house as Anakin noticed Mara walking out of the door, "Master, can we talk alone?"

"Of course," Anakin replied as he noticed Luke and Leia following their Mother into the house.


Ruwee was unable to contain himself as he moved towards his daughter, it was really her after all of these years. He felt his body shaking from the shock as he moved towards her with Jobal at his side.

Padme was shocked, when she saw them. Both of her Parents had aged so much.

At that moment, she felt her Father's arms wrapping around her along with her Mother's.

"My Baby Girl," Jobal screamed in tears as she kissed her cheek.

"I-It's really you!" Ruwee exclaimed.

Padme felt tears in her eyes as she embraced both of her elderly parents.

At the same time, she noticed Sola approaching her, Sola, Sola now looked old enough to be her mother. She could see grey hairs mixed in with Sola's dark hair, Sola had certainly changed over the course of twenty years.

"It's really my baby Sister," Sola exclaimed as she tightly hugged Padme while kissing her cheek.

Padme smiled as she noticed Darred approaching her, she felt Darred's arms wrapping around her as she saw two beautiful dark haired girls of around her age entering the room. One, had a baby in her arms.

"Ryoo? Pooja?" Padme asked in disbelief.

"Auntie Padme!" Pooja exclaimed as she rushed towards her Aunt.

Padme hugged Pooja tightly as she noticed Ryoo moving towards her.

At the same time, she looked down at the baby in Ryoo's arms as she spoke , "Who is the little one?"

"T-This is little Ruwee," Ryoo replied with a smile.

"Named after your Granddad?" Padme asked.

"Yes," Ryoo replied with a smile.

Padme then felt her Parents pulling her towards the couch as she took her grand nephew in her arms, she looked down at the precious baby as she felt tears in her eyes.

She then looked towards Luke and Leia, she had never even had the chance to hold either of them, she thought in near tears.

At the same time, she felt a sad smile, she had a baby of her own on the way, a baby that she would raise herself.

"I-I'm so sorry that you weren't there for the twins," Jobal commented.

Padme looked at her Mother and nodded, "It hurts more than you know. I-I have another on the way, but that still will never make up for all that I lost."

At that moment, Padme noticed a look of shock on her Mother's face and a look of shock on her Father's face.

"P-Padme how has he treated you in the last month?" Han asked from his position next to Leia.

"Just fine," Padme replied.

"Wait a minute, you're telling me that you have been held captive by the monster for two months and he hasn't taken you by force?" Jobal asked in disbelief.

"He once said that he would never rape a woman Grandma," Leia commented.

"And he never would, he's changing," Padme replied.

"After all that he's put you through, I think that it's your right to divorce him," Jobal stated.

"I'm not going to be a single mother, and I love him and he loves me," Padme replied.

"He's a Sith," Ruwee stated.

"I-I don't know about that, I-I don't sense any darkness in him," Leia commented.

"I still don't trust him," Sola stated in anger.

"I didn't come home after being gone for twenty two years to hear this," Padme stated.

"Padme, we only care about you and Darth Vader is a monster, there's no getting around it, I think that you should leave him," Sola stated.

"Sola, you're my Sister not my Mother," Padme replied in agitation.


Mara looked at her Master in shame as she spoke, "I-I don't know how to say this Master."

"Anakin breathed in deeply as Mara spoke, "I-I'm sorry but I-I went against everything that you taught me."

"What do you mean?" Anakin asked.

"L-Luke and I and our relationship, I-I'm pregnant!" Mare exclaimed.

Anakin looked Mara in the eye, "Pregnant with Luke's child?"

"Y-Yes," Mara replied.

"I-I Love him," Mara stated.

"If he loved you, then he would have married you first," Anakin stated in anger as he turned and stormed towards the house in rage.


Alright, that's it for now, thank you for reading and reviewing. If you haven't go and see the Hobbit, I saw it last night, and it's awesome! Nothing is like the book, but Peter Jackson did it again, go and see it if you haven't.

-Fallen Jedi 79