Chapter 64

Laetitia wondered around aimlessly.

Where am I gonna go? What am I gonna do? First of all, how the hell am I supposed to get off this … sand-ball?!

"With my help." Said a voice from behind.

Leah turned around and saw her old and one-time master.

She sighed and said "Okay. One: don't ever read my mind. And two: in case I haven't made it clear, I do NOT want or need your help."

"Alright. But I do have some things I must give you. Starting with this …" Obi-wan moved and a ball-like droid came from behind.

Leah jumped up and gasped in happiness.

"BEEB!"

The droid made some beeps that showed his happiness and rolled to her. She sat on the sand and hugged her droid. Well, the closest thing you could consider a hug with a droid.

"I really missed you, buddy. How you been?"

Beep, beep.

"What do you mean you've been sleep?"

BB-8 beeped in annoyance, which made Leah look at Obi-wan with sharp eyes.

"You turned him off?! For 6 years?!"

Obi-wan was speechless. He had not thought about that.

"Um … yes. It was for the best. Anyway, I still have something else. So …" He walked quickly before Leah could say or do anything.


"So, what are we doing here again?" Laetitia asked.

Obi-wan had taken her and BB-8 to somewhere near his house in the middle of nowhere.

"To find this." He pointed his finger at a hill.

"You wanted to find sand, you didn't have to walk all the way here. Just look around you!"

"I happen to like this one better." He smiled and used the Force to push the sand away.

Under the hill, there was a Starfighter. Her Starfighter. The Comet. The sand was just a cover.

Leah's mouth was open and no words came out. She had completely forgot about it.

BB-8 ran happily to the Comet and Laetitia followed him.

"I thought I held onto it. You worked too much on it and it was a pity to destroy it. You can use your Starfighter and your droid to leave here."

Leah closed her distance to the Starfighter. She never thought she would be parted with it but now, she was seeing it after 6 years.

She touched the Comet and wiped the sand off of it. A Jedi emblem was shown. She took a moment to pull herself together after the difficulties she went though with the Comet.

"But how? It has Jedi emblem. One look and every Stormtrooper will know a Jedi is in it."

"You will figure it out. You always do. As for the emblem, I think it'd be a good idea if you removed it."

Leah nodded in understanding and appreciation.

"Oh! I almost forgot." Obi-wan muttered and put his hand in his pocket.

Laetitia looked at his hands. There was a disk in it. It was a circular disk that was used as a HoloProjector.

"What is that?"

"Just something I found in Anakin's stuff when I was in the Temple. It belongs to you. He would want you to have it."

Leah took it and turned it on but froze when she saw what was on it.

It was a photo of her family. The only family photo they ever had together.

Laetitia remembered when it was taken. It was 9 years ago, on her 2nd birthday. She had just been assigned to Cin Drallig after being with Plo Koon for a year. It was the best birthday she ever had because it was only one where Anakin and Padme were both present.

She could her Padawan braid in the photo.

Padme had held her tightly in her arms and was holding her on the right side. Anakin had put his big and protective arms around his wife, who was holding their daughter, from the left. They were all smiling and happy.

Leah just stared at it with tearful eyes. She knew Obi-wan gave it to her as a goodwill but it didn't make it any less painful.

"Thank you. I really needed this."

Obi-wan just shook his head.

"Don't worry about Luke. He is happy and could not be in safer hands. The Lars will take care of him. And if they don't, that is where I come in."

"I know you will. Because otherwise, you'd have to answer to me." She said, trying to make things less tensed.

Leah got into the Comet. BB-8 was placed in it as well. She was ready to go.

She had no idea where she was gonna go but she knew where to start.

Naboo, to go see her mom after 6 years.


On Mustafar

The legendary and fearful Darth Vader had just come back from his encounter with the Rebels. They were growing more and more, faster and faster. The faster they grew, the more frustrated the Emperor got and the worse things got for Darth Vader.

Vader had been doing his best to track them down and find them but it was no help. The Rebels could never be defeated because they were built on a hope, a belief, in the worst situation the Galaxy could ever be in.

They were stronger than Stormtroopers and that's what scared Sidious. He needed Vader to get rid of them before they got rid of him.

Darth Vader went into his thoughts. This Galaxy had nothing in common with the one he used to live it. Even when there were Separatists, there were people in the senate whose voice shook the Galaxy like Padme Amidala.

Padme. His wife and the mother of his children whom he had killed in his anger.

What do you think of the new dictatorship, Angel? If only you were here, the Galaxy would be a far better place. For me and everyone else.

There wasn't a day when he had forgotten what had happened. And he hadn't forgiven himself. How could he? He had killed his wife who was pregnant. The innocent child died with her and it never got to see the Galaxy.

I don't even know if I had a son or another daughter.

Daughter. Laetitia. His Little Sky, whose death he also had a part of. Technically, he had killed her too. When you watch your father kill your pregnant mother in front of you when you're only 5, you would want to kill yourself too.

What is wrong with me? I'm not Anakin Skywalker. He was a weak fool who couldn't even protect his family! I don't have the right to think about them. I haven't in the 6 years!


Suddenly, he heard a voice outside the door that brought him out of his thoughts.

"Master, it's me." Said a male voice.

"Come in."

The door opened and a 15-year-old Thexan Palpatine came in.

Vader had been training his master's son for about 6 years now, since the day he destroyed Anakin Skywalker and became Darth Vader.

He was a weird Palpatine, nothing like his father.

Yes, he was a Sith Lord, and a powerful one at that, but even in his angriest moments, he had a light inside him that was definitely strange. It was like he didn't want to be a dark side user but he had no other choice.

Vader considered him like his own son. He was very kind, unlike his brother who definitely took after their father a lot. Vader didn't have a good relationship with Arcann after he found out he was responsible for Laetitia's scar.

"What is it, Thexan?"

"Master, my father, the Emperor has heard about your last mission, regarding the Rebels. He was pleased with the results and has given you 3 days off from work. He was busy and didn't have time to tell you this in person, so he told me to tell you."

3 days off? That is … kind of him, and unlikely. He's probably doing something he doesn't want me to know.

"Alright. Have you finished your lessons?"

"Yes, I've practiced everything you've told me."

"Stay here, in case anything happens."

"Are you going somewhere?" Thexan asked.

"Yes, I am. But you don't need to come with me."

Now that I've thought about her, I can't get my mind off of her. Them. I'm going to Naboo to see them again. To ask for forgiveness and say goodbye ... forever.

Done :)