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It has only been a few hours since her funeral. Where the senator laid to rest for the whole galaxy to see.

Jedi Master, now fugitive Obi-Wan Kenobi informed Bail of Padmé's survival. The now fugitive helped arrange a transport for her to Alderaan.

It is dangerous for her to be in a core system raising children with force sensitivity.

Especially as powerful as their father.

But it's important for her to be with a trusted friend and ally.

The Auburn Jedi used the jump into hyperspace to reflect on the last week. Relief. That Padmé had pulled through. He could not help the guilt that he had almost killed her. By showing her that footage from the temple.

It broke the Jedi master in every way to see what Anakin had done to the temple, but he couldn't let it show. He needed to stop him before the now Sith apprentice destroyed anything else.

In the process, he nearly killed Padmé.

When he went to the apartment to find the senator, he brought the security footage with him to show her why finding him was important.

Her tears came down with every image of him slaying his friends and masters. Worse of all was the younglings. Those images of her husband doing that to innocent children, sent her into shock.

It also started her contractions. In a panic, Obi-Wan carried her into her Nubian cruiser. He had a frantic C-3PO pilot the ship. In the middle of all the chaos, Threepio let it slip that Anakin was on Mustafar.

Obi-Wan decided that it was of utmost importance to stop his fallen Padawan first. Or try to bring him back. The Auburn Jedi at that time still had that foolish hope he would come back.

That battle proved it to the Jedi master that the boy he trained was gone. At their stalemate, Obi-Wan felt it from the force that this was the outcome. He picked up his fallen brother's weapon and quickly made his way to the cruiser.

When he made it the cruiser, he saw Artoo made his way on the ship and started to console his mistress. Padmé was barely conscious.

Obi-Wan was not sure she was going to survive...

But she survived. Even after her delivery. Now Luke and Leia will have their mother.

Still, how did everything go so wrong? How did he miss the signs? The looks Anakin sent her? The times he disappeared? The missions she had with him? For three years, how could he have not noticed?

Or choose to notice...

The Jedi master had a strong suspicion about what was going on with Anakin and Padmé. He kept telling himself his brother would come to him when he was ready. The Auburn Jedi just didn't realize how far away Anakin had become.

Kenobi was drawn out his thoughts when his Starfighter signaled it was leaving hyperspace and going into Tatooine's atmosphere.

The Jedi master made a solemn sigh.

This is where he met his fallen Padawan the first time. It feels like a lifetime ago.

Obi-Wan landed his ship not too far away from the Lars' moisture farm in early light of the desert day.

When he stepped out on to the desert, there was an ominous feeling that sent a sharp fear right to his heart.

The sound of the farm was eerie and abounded which rose the panic level of the normally calm Jedi.

He made his way to the front and noticed the door was unlocked, which was unwise in fear of the Tusken Raiders. He opened the door, and immediately noticed the corpses of Owen and Beru.

Owen was grasping his neck and his wife had blaster wounds on her chest.

Swallowing the grief, Obi-Wan continued to the bedroom where the makeshift crib that was. Fearing the worst the Jedi Master tried to rid the images of the younglings that were found slain in the temple forming in his mind. Obi-Wan braced himself to look inside of it.

Nothing.

Nothing was there.

The Jedi put his hands in it to see if something was there. Still, nothing.

Could it mean? No…but…at the very least he loved her deeply…but a Sith does not love…still…he took Luke to raise him to be like him…still….

He looked over at Owen's corpse again, someone was choking him. Obi-Wan moved Owen's hands to look at his neck.

No bruising. No objects in his throat. He choked on nothing.

Not nothing, the Force.

This leaves no doubts in Obi-Wan's mind.

Vader has found Luke.

Obi-Wan was certain the child was going to stay hidden.

His failures just keep piling up.

o-o-o

It took longer for Obi-Wan to reach Alderaan than expected. Mostly because he spent the better part of the day in hysterics over the amount of loss and guilt he felt over the past few days.

For Obi-Wan, it was only going to get worse.

Obi-Wan Kenobi walked into the royal house of Organa trying to brace himself for the devastation he was about to deliver.

He senses she is better spirits when he knocks at the door.

Padmé spent the day with her daughter. Feeding her, changing her, holding her. I get to do this with Luke soon!

The former senator thought with enthusiasm. Her little family. She is brought out of her thoughts with a knock on the door.

Padmé opened it up and noticed was Obi-Wan. Not noticing the disheartening look on his face she gives him a big hug. She pulls out of it not realizing the sudden dampening mood.

"Obi-Wan! You are okay." She says with relief in her voice

"Padmé." The Jedi Master said trying to mask the despair in his voice "I need you to sit down" motioning her to the closest sofa. Padmé felt that familiar sense of dread claw at her heart.

No..no...no

She sat down on the sofa and looked up at him. Obi-Wan with this intense look of sorrow started to tell Padmé the news "I am so sorry Padmé." The Jedi Master doing little stop his tears "Owen, Beru….and Luke…I was too late…they're gone." Looking at Padmé as the words cut into her soul.

"…No…no…No…. he can't be…no...my son…not my little Luke…my...light…no… No…NO!" Padmé breaking at every word she tried to get out.

"I was on the moisture farm…I found the corpses of Owen and Beru….and Luke...sleeping in his crib…he was so peaceful." The guilt flowing through him. He could not tell her that Vader has Luke…knowing the determined senator…she would go after him… he as much as he loves Luke … Leia needs her mother.

He couldn't let her know what monster her husband had become. Or that her son is now at his mercy.

"Who killed him?" Padmé asked in a soft whisper not dispelling her tears.

"The Emperor's new apprentice Darth Vader." Force have mercy on his soul. These lies are going to come back to haunt him in years to come and the auburn Jedi relinquished himself more than willing to pay the price for the rest of his years.

"Why…I don't understand the Lars'…. have no blood relation to…Luke...or...to...Anakin." Padmé rambled a little bit with the tears still flowing.

"Darth Sidious had two potential apprentices, Anakin…and another fallen Jedi." He broke and the tears were still flowing.

"After Anakin...and the clones attacked the temple…I went to Mustafar to confront him." He broke again "…. I saw Anakin and this Jedi fight…to the death….and I saw... Anakin...he got distracted…Darth Vader saw his opening…his…saber pierced…Anakin...and he was pushed into a river of fire…all I found left of him was his lightsaber..." he looked at Padmé feeling that pang of guilt even stronger.

Force, I deserve to burn thought Obi-Wan as he looked upon his dear friend. He felt every part of her break.

"…No…Anakin…Luke…Ani….my boys…no…No…NO!" Padmé clung to Obi-Wan with all her strength letting all the tears flow like they never had in her life.

Obi-Wan, in turn, continued to let his tears flow. Of regret, sorrow, pain, sadness, guilt. Nothing in this Jedi's life had quite broken Obi-Wan until now.

o-o-o

Padmé sat out in the garden with Leia in a bassinet beside her. Obi-Wan had left only a couple hours after he told her about what happened to her son. The Jedi Master said he had to search for any surviving Jedi in the galaxy It has been nearly a week since he delivered her the soul-shaking news….

A week since she has tried to make sense of this cruelty.

All she wanted was her family. Was that too selfish?

Apparently, it was considering who their father was.

Oh, Anakin!

It just hurt so much. Anakin's fall has been hard enough. She had hoped he could be turned back to light with her love, and love of his children.

But the Empire has not been cruel enough.

Now they took her son. Her beautiful son who she never even got to hold.

Leia will have to grow up without her twin. Padmé may have been determined before. But now she did not think she could take the pain of talking about Luke…or Anakin.

"Mistress Padmé..." She was drawn out of her sorrow to bring her attention to golden droid who she had grown accustomed to loving.

"Yes, Threepio." She had to do a memory wipe of Anakin from the gold droid. Artoo had sworn not to say a word to Leia…at least not until Padmé told her about Anakin.

But she kept the memories.

Locked somewhere special.

"….Sir Bail has informed me that you have not been eating. I must overstep my bounds here and share my concern too. Princess Leia over there needs her mother to keep up her strength." The golden droid babbled with his concern for Padmé.

As much as she wants to tell Threepio she was fine the pains of hunger attacked her in full force. "I would like some food, though could I eat in the garden, I do not want waste such a nice day."

"Of course mistress Padmé. Would Princess Leia like a bottle?" The golden droid asked with enthusiasm.

Padmé gazed down at her smiling daughter and her eyes wide open.

"Yes, I think the princess would love a bottle." Feeling a smile herself. Padmé felt it deep down inside of her knew she will never be the same.

The former queen will always have this profound sadness and emptiness in her life.

But Padmé Amidala Naberrie Skywalker will be damned if she did not fight.

Fight for her democracy, the people of the galaxy, especially her family. Leia will live to know what freedom in the galaxy is like.

She heard from Bail to honor her memory the signers of the Delegation of 2000 are gathering and starting talks of a rebellion. Padmé will join. She will not hide forever.

But right now, the Nubian senator who has worked so hard her entire life will take some time to heal. To heal her heart, deal with her grief and find ways to live each day without the two most important men in her life.

Gazing into the distance she felt almost at ease from all the pain she had been put through.

A/N: I know that there are Obi-Wan fans are out there but like Vader's perception Obi-Wan has convinced himself that Vader would react badly to seeing Padmé. And that Luke would be small sacrifice to keep Leia safe.

Once again Leave your thought they do make happy!