Kinola: no, Laetitia's not going to Alderaan. I have a different path for her. There is just no Leia.

Chapter 42

Laetitia took her newborn brother and ran into a room and locked the door behind her. She could hear Obi-wan and Organa's voices telling her come out but she didn't. She needed to be alone and she was not going to let her brother out of her sight. Not after everything she just went through.

She held her brother tightly and took a closer look at him. Luke. She remembered Padme naming him. Luke looked really like someone she knew and loved. He had blue eyes like him, he had sandy blonde hair just like him. Honestly, it was torture for her to look at her brother and be reminded of her dad. Every time she looked at Luke, she could see Anakin, and every time she thought about Anakin, she could hear his screams when she left to burn in lava.

She had tears in her eyes. She couldn't believe what she had done to her own father. Yes, she was angry. Yes, it was justified. Yes, he deserved it. But after all those facts and excuses, he was still her dad. The one that she had looked up to her entire life. The person she loved the most in her whole life. And she killed him. It wasn't a painless and quick death. It was the worst kind of pain someone could go through.

She sobbed quietly. Every time she was sad, Padme or Anakin would find her and did something to make her feel better. 'Everything's gonna be okay.' 'Don't worry about it, Little.' 'It can't be that bad.' Something. She would do anything to be in her mom's arms again, to hear her dad call her 'Little', to laugh and play with Ahsoka and her friends. All of which Anakin slaughtered in the Temple.

She blinked. She just realized, today was her birthday. Padme and Anakin wanted to surprise her and didn't say anything. Today, the day she lost her father to the dark side and killed him, the day she watched her mother get choked by her father, the day she saw her mother for the last time, the day she lost her friends and legion, was her birthday.

She wanted to scream. She knew life was cruel, she just didn't think it would be this cruel to a 5-year-old.

Luke cooed and moved a bit in her small arms.

"Sorry, Lukie. I'm not having the best day. I mean don't get me wrong, I am so happy that I got to meet my baby brother today but …" she stopped. What was she supposed to say?

"But it's nothing I can't wait to tell you in 15 to 20 years, okay?"

Luke looked at her with his shining blue eyes. It was like he had understood everything his big sister had told him.

"Hey, don't go crying on me, okay? You may not have a mom but you've got an amazing sister who loves you. I promise, I won't even let you feel the loss of a mother or a father. I can't wait to tell you about them." She said, smiling but inside, she was crying. She had to stay strong for her brother.

She heard whispers from the other room. It was Obi-wan, Yoda and Bail Organa.

"What are we supposed to do with the child? If the chancellor … the Emperor finds him …"

"He won't. We must take him to a place where the Sith will not find him. Or her. Why are we forgetting Laetitia? She's even in more danger that Luke is." Obi-wan said. He was clearly not in the mood.

"Separated, the Skywalker child must be, from Naberrie."

"I apologize, master Yoda, but Laetitia IS a Skywalker. As much as her brother is." Obi-wan said sharply. He had already lost his brother. He would not lose the closest thing he had to a daughter and niece.

Bail decided to lose some tension between the Jedi. "Um, I don't think she will take it well. The boy is the only and last family she has. She would not want to be separated from him."

"Respect our decision, she must, if protect her brother, she wishes to."

"Where are we gonna send him?"

"I can take him to Alderaan with me. The least suspicious place is the one that is too obvious for a hideout. I can take the boy and raise him like my own."

Yoda and Obi-wan exchanged a look and took a minute to think.

"I think that will be the …"

"No!" An angry voice interrupted Obi-wan. They all turned around and saw Laetitia standing behind them.

"Leah …"

"No. My brother will not go to Alderaan or anywhere you have in mind. Because if you send him there, and by some miracle Palpatine doesn't recognize him immediately and take him away, he will always be a … a slave to your stupid codes and will never be able to make decisions on his own. So no. He's not going to Alderaan. I don't want him to be anywhere near any of you. I don't want him involved in a war I know you're gonna fight. Because if he finds out everything, he'll wanna fight and learn the ways of the Force to do it. If he becomes a Jedi, Palpatine will instantly find him."

"Being a Jedi, his destiny is."

"No, being a Jedi is the worst punishment you can give someone. Besides, you just wanna use him to fight wars for you. You did the same with me. It's not like you care about anyone or anything."

"Leah …"

"You Jedi are hypocrites. You say you're not supposed to make attachments and feel anything and yet, you use people like me to win wars for you by using the excuse 'bring balance to the Force and peace to the galaxy'. If it's like that, why don't you have droids fight for you? They don't have emotions and will do anything you want them to."

"Enough! Sad, I understand, you are. However, insult our code, you shall not."

"Your stupid and precious code is what destroyed my family." Leah hissed in her teeth. "I admit, Palpatine and my dad were responsible, too, but if it wasn't for you, I could be my dad's girl without being expelled. My mom could be a wife. My brother could see his parents and live with them."

"Attached, Skywalker was. Cause his fall, that did."

"It wasn't attachment. It was love! It wasn't a crime that he loved his family. Oh wait, I forgot. It is in your eyes."

"Respect our ways, you must."

"Or I can leave. Which is what I just did. I don't wanna be part of the Order that tells you not to feel anything and not deal with your emotions. I can't believe I ever was."

"Naberrie …"

"It's Skywalker!" She shouted. With her shout, a wave of Force got released and the room shook. Everyone looked at her with either horror or concern. She was losing control.

"Laetitia Skywalker." She said as she turned her back on the people in the room. She stopped because she saw someone in her way

"What is it?" Bail asked as he sat up.

"Your highness, the baby ... he isn't breathing."

Done :)

Okay, this was chapter 42. Hope you enjoyed it. Please review. I'll be happy to know what you think.