LuciTheFangirl: Again, thank you! You really know how to make someone feel special! I first wanted to divide the story in different sections and make it a series because it's too long, but since I'm also doing a sequel, I thought that would be weirder. As for Thexan ... I'm just gonna say that we will see him again. He will join the sequels later on, but it's not gonna be like what you think. If you're in the Discord group, you may already guess how he can appear again. In this chapter, we see what really happened to Thexan :(

Enjoy this chapter, or cry with it. Don't forget to review :(


Chapter 171

A while ago, on Coruscant

Thexan was watching Arcann and Darth Vader fight, but when he saw his brother about to kill his Master, he could no longer stand by. He had to do something.

So, he did the only thing he could do without choosing to save either of them. He used the Force to push Arcann aside. He didn't want to attack him. He didn't even have a lightsaber or a weapon to do it, not that he needed it. He just wanted to talk to him, to calm him down.

But it didn't matter what his intentions were. Arcann was too consumed in anger that he didn't care. He was drowning in his own rage ... but Thexan was the one who was ultimately drowned.

Once he was pulled away from Vader, Arcann didn't even wait to land on the ground and see who it was. He just grabbed his lightsaber and cut that person down. He was just too blind to see that the person he had cut down ... was his own brother.

Arcann scowled and turned around, but he paled to see what he had done. Once he saw the look on Thexan's face ... The numbness he felt from both physical and emotional pain ... his eyes were no longer yellow.

He was no longer angry. He was himself again ... but now, it was too late.

Thexan couldn't even move from pain. He could neither talk or move his hands. The only thing he could do was fall to the ground with no energy left in his body.

Darth Vader struggled to stand up. When he did and saw his apprentice, he, too, was unable to do anything. He was frozen. He had no idea what to feel or what to do. It was like he was the one who was struck down by the lightsaber.

It was unlikely, or impossible, for a Sith to care for someone other than himself, but ... he did. He cared for Thexan ... He might have even loved him. After he turned to the dark side, he was the only one who treated him like he wasn't a monster ... He was like the son he never had.

Arcann just ran to his brother and grabbed him as he fell down. He held his hands in his, his eyes begging him to stay awake.

What had he done?

Thexan grunted as he tried to breathe. The lightsaber had directly cut his lungs. At that moment, when he saw his brother's blue eyes, he smiled inside. He was back ... but he wouldn't be around to see his brother.

"You showed me what it is to be truly loved and to feel safe again ... There is no one in this Galaxy that means what you mean to me."

His wife ... He was made a liar to Laetitia. Everything he promised her about how he would always come back to her was wrong ... He was gone now.

He just took his last breath, thinking about his love.

No one saw that coming. Everyone was frozen. At least, Arcann and Vader were. They both lost someone they ... loved. But Sidious ...

Emperor Palpatine rose from his throne and laughed in happiness. It wasn't from shock, but ... pure happiness. He was happy his son was now dead ... His son. But for him, it was a reason to be happy.

In that moment, for the first time ever, Arcann felt complete hatred towards his 'father'. He was understanding what Thexan was talking about. Could Sidious be any more sensitive about his son?

The scream from pain that was released in the Force ... made Darth Vader breathless from sadness and Darth Sidious breathless from happiness.

It was Laetitia ... She was in so much pain.


Back in the Millennium Falcon

Laetitia found her way to the room that used to be hers. She had no idea how she got there. Her brain was unable to form any thoughts. She just knew that she had to get away from everyone. Ahsoka, Luke, Mina and Senya. All the Force-sensitives that senses the painful shift in the Force.

Thexan's death.

Leah couldn't even think to close the door behind her. She just wanted to be alone with her thoughts.

"I'll see you again ... I promise."

Thexan's voice rang through her ears. The last thing he said to her was a lie ... It was impossible for them to ever see each other again. He was gone.

She didn't know what she was supposed to do. She knew what she should do, should have done. But ... she didn't know. He was gone, and she was here. He was gone. He was just ... gone.

And there was no getting him back.

She just stayed where she was, trying to breathe. She knew she would one day lose him, despite what everyone else said and his promises. She just didn't think ... it would hurt this much.

She couldn't breathe from pain. She could hear her heart beating so loud in her body.

Technically, she was still a bride and a newlywed. She and Thexan were married 10 hours ago ... So he died on their wedding day. The day that was supposed to be the best day of her life ... turned into the worst in a matter of seconds.

Now, for the rest of her life, she would be confused about what to feel on this day. Happy that she got married? Sad that she lost the person she wanted to spend the rest of her life with? Or angry and confused that she was married and widowed on the same day?

"When the people who love you the most let you down, it just makes you feel so … helpless and vulnerable. I understand what it's like to be a monster's child and have to live with the pain your father has done but killing him won't change the way people will look at you after they find out who your father really is."

"Choosing a life of Force … you're either all in or all out. There's no half-measures … and you and I both know it doesn't exactly lead to a happy life."

"It is amazing. You have suffered a great deal in your short life and yet, the worst is to come. An unending darkness lies before you, as it has your whole life. Your suffering is only beginning. You will face many dangers, many pains, many deaths. You will be forced to make sacrifices for your family. It might destroy you but it will save lives."

"You are the only person I can turn to if I want to talk about anything. The only one who can actually understand me. If something ever happened to you … I would miss you."

"As far as I'm concerned, my real father is sitting right in front of me."

"My father's done a lot of horrible things to the people of the Galaxy. Not to mention ... to you."

"You redeemed yourself from the dark side and joined the light side, decided to go back to the Empire to help us, all because of how you feel about Laetitia."

"A relationship between a Jedi and an ex-Sith? A Skywalker and a Palpatine? It couldn't be more messed-up!"

"Violence isn't your birthright or your inheritance. It's something you survived because you are the opposite of that. You have an enormous will. An enormous heart. An enormous capacity for survival."

"You've taken all this darkness and used it to help other people who are walking through the same. You fight every day to help the kids who are hurting badly just hurt a little bit less. You've taken your darkest experiences that life gave you. You turned it around, and turned it into light."

"I kissed you … because I wanted you to know how I felt. How I feel. Because every once in a while, there is a crack in that wall. And you give this look that stops my heart."

"I have no idea what's gonna happen next or how long we're all gonna live to fight this war. I don't know what crazy things both our Sith fathers would do. I'm just saying give 'us' a shot."

"I am not gonna be afraid of losing you, Laetitia … because I'm gonna be the guy who's always gonna fight to find you again. I will never leave your side, not like your dad and everyone else did … But if a day comes that I have to find you, then that's what I'll do … Because I hate to break it to you, girl, but you're stuck with me."

"I'm not my father. What happened between our families wasn't in the hands of either of us. So, unless you stop liking me … we will never be apart."

"His father's tangled up in all these horrible moments of my life, but … I feel something for him. I always have and probably always will ... But lately, that feeling just hurts. Coming back to him always feels like a crash-landing ... that I can't stop from happening."

"You are not broken ... Give yourself a minute to feel like that. You went through hell in the past few years. You deserve a break ... Besides, even if everybody leaves you, which will never happen, you'll still have me. You will always have me."

"You don't have to be strong for me."

"Don't think about any of that anymore. Let go of everything ... Cry if you want to. Even scream and punch me again if that's what you need. I'll be here watching over you, make sure no one hears you."

"I fell in love with you when you held me a prisoner to torture after I cut you with my lightsaber when we were kids and later, and after you blew up my brother. Somehow I knew that our love story wouldn't be filled with rainbows and unicorns."

"The legend my father and Master used to talk about all the time, the little girl I met when I was 8 and hurt, the one who injured my brother and caught me, and the one I am holding right in this moment ... are all the same person ... Laetitia."

"I don't care if you're a Jedi or Gray Jedi, have white hair or brown hair, normal eyes or freaky eyes, if you're Anakin Skywalker's daughter or Darth Vader's ... You'll always be just Laetitia to me."

"You may only care about one innocent but I care about every innocent."

"Well … for me … not being with you is scarier. There is nothing scarier than that."

"Thexan still believes in the good things that happen in small places of this Galaxy. He actually believes with all his heart that the Rebellion will one day crush the Empire, his father, his Master and his brother."

"I have you. As long as I have you, I think I'll be alright."

"He may not act like a father, but he gave me scars that only a father gives his son ... Besides, he hates it when we call him that."

"Maybe that's naive of me, but ... I think anyone deserves a second chance. I don't wanna be left with regrets of 'what if's. I try something, and if it doesn't work, I know that I did everything in my power to prevent it from happening."

"You expect me to stand by and let you die when I can save you? To live a life without you in it?"

"I want to spend the rest of my life with you, even if it lasts 5 minutes. If we are to die, I want to die as your husband."

"I don't need to think about my past because you are my future. I don't need to separate my family from yours because you are my family."

"You can live without me. But the Galaxy can't live without you. If you choose me and let everyone else die, I won't be able to live with myself. You won't be able to live with yourself if you chose me over everyone else."

"I know, considering who I am, I have no right to say it. And you're afraid to love anyone after everything that's happened with anyone you've known, but … I do love you. I don't want you to say it back unless you're ready to, but I just wanted you to know because it's not something I feel very often. Love is … not really my thing."

"I'll see you again ... I promise."


Laetitia opened her mouth and let out a shaky breath, crying. She was so numb from pain that she didn't even realize Ahsoka followed her in the room.

"Leah ..." She quietly broke the silence.

She had no idea what to say to her friend. She basically killed her husband to save everyone else. If it was up to her, Ahsoka knew that she could not let Lux die ... Even if it saved the whole Galaxy.

Leah slowly turned around with tears in her eyes. She was no longer able to keep them in.

"He's dead. He's gone ... Arcann ..." She tried to say but it was like she had no idea how to speak. She was in so much shock.

"It's not your fault ..."

"All this happened because of me!" Leah shouted in disagreement with no breath.

"I never should have brought him in my life. I never should have brought any of this into his life. I was selfish. I just ... He was the only one who made me feel safe after dad. The only one who was always there for me. He let me feel what it was like to be loved and happy."

Ahsoka didn't say anything and just let a tear fall from her eyes. She, too, was sad ... but her sadness was nothing compared to Leah, who just lost her husband.

"Thexan is dead because I gave him my heart. Everyone that I love or anyone who loves me end up dead. All because of me! First mom. Then dad ... And now Thexan." She cried out.

Leah took a deep breath to calm down, but it was definitely not working.

It was all Arcann's fault. He killed Thexan. He took all the happy times they could have had together. Sidious may have planned the whole thing, but Arcann should have been in control of what he was doing. He shouldn't have killed his brother ... Her husband.

"He died to make sure that, not only you, but all of us lived. His sacrifice saved millions of people ... He was a hero." Ahsoka said to make her feel better, but Leah just scoffed bitterly.

"I didn't want him to be a hero. I wanted him to be my husband." She quietly whispered in pain.

Her simple words were more than convincing. Ahsoka had no idea what to say now. If she had to choose between Senator Bonteri and Lux ... she would want her husband, not some politician that saved the Galaxy.

How could she tell her friend differently?

"I loved him. God, I never even told him that." Leah cried to herself as she rubbed her eyes.

The last thing she said to him was that if he got back, she would say it back. She couldn't believe it. All this time that they were together, every crazy thing they went through together ... She never, not once, told him she loved him.

This was all how she could express herself. All what she knew to do. She never said it, because she just ... assumed that he knew. Now that he was gone, Leah was most tormented because of that. She assumed he knew.

But what if he didn't?

"He was the one who made me feel like I was actually good, even when I didn't believe it ... Made me feel safe ... He was my family, and he died because of me."

"Thexan changed the course of his life because he loved you. And it's not like you could've stopped him." Ahsoka tried to reason with her.

"I pulled him back, Ahsoka. When he was redeemed on Lothal, he agreed to go back to the Empire because of me. He was free ... and happy ... But I ruined all that. This is my fault. Arcann may have done the killing, but I basically handed him the lightsaber." Leah tiredly said in guilt.

"You know, Thexan once told me that … for all his life, he felt broken. But that changed when he met you again ... You were the reason for him to live, Leah. You were the first person to ask him what he wanted, not order him to do it. And he loved you for it." Ahsoka softly stated.

"And now, he's dead because of it." She coldly said.

In less than a second, Leah was acting like a completely different person. She was no longer crying. She wasn't guilty, sad, angry, confused, or anything ... She wasn't feeling anything. She was as cold and strict as a rock.

It was like she got rid of all her emotions all at once to stop them from controlling her. Ahsoka had never seen her like that. It was ... scary.

"Till death do us apart, right?" She dryly stated as she walked right through Ahsoka and went out.

Done :(