Leia paced in her quarters on the Tantive IV, her mind racing. She had to help her family. And Anakin. She paused at this. She had held hate for her father after he had taken Luke and Padme, but Leia decided to be the better person. She will save her father.
But how? She was force sensitive, yes, but extremely untrained. Leia stopped at this. She hurried over to the closet where she had hung the jacket and reached into one of the pockets, bringing out the metal chip containing all of the Jedi training. She had watched the first handful of holograms which talked about the Jedi code and how to meditate, but she hadn't gotten further than that.
Leia locked the door and sat in front of the low hologram table, tapping through the videos. She stopped as she saw the face of a young man, his hair a tousled brown and his eyes warm but sharp. He had a mischievous feel about him.
"Keeping your saber moving is key to deflecting the fire of multiple adversaries with motion, one into the next, into the next and so on."
Leia looked in wonder at the young man. He was tall, handsome and strong, but he felt like the father she had never had.
"I've made some adjustments to the classic form 4 techniques that I think you'll find work well against droids and other ranged attackers. Here, I'll show you."
He ignited his bright blue saber and began to count, blocking the blaster fire coming from off screen with grace and accuracy.
"Practice these exercises mindfully and you'll see improvement." He turned to face Leia, his eyes meeting her's,
"I promise."
Leia looked away as the hologram flickered off. He was familiar in so many ways. Leia remembered when she was six, playing in the fields of Naboo with her brother. Padme walked behind them as Leia turned, giggling, as Luke tried his best to catch up to her. He tripped in the grass and fell, a smile growing on his face. Leia's eyes passed over the bush behind him and saw a man standing there, dressed in dark clothes. She blinked and he was gone.
Leia looked at the man again, turning on the hologram. He looked so similar. His hair was the same, face shaped exactly like his. He also wore the same smile of pride and mischief.
She shook herself out of it and stood as someone knocked on the door. Bail was standing outside. Leia motioned for him to enter and stepped to the sitting room.
"I thought all of these were destroyed," Bail said, looking as the man in the hologram swished his lightsaber from side to side, counting with each motion. Leia quickly switched it off.
"He was a good man," Bail said, sadness in his voice as he wore a faint smile. Leia sat down slowly, clutching the metal chip in her hand.
"Who is he?" Leia asked.
"He was probably the best warrior the Jedi ever had. He was powerful, yes, but he was very kind. His name was Anakin Skywalker."
Leia gasped before holding her hand over her mouth. She turned the thin chip in her hands as her mind began to tumble.
"Does this…mean anything to you?" Bail asked, sitting beside her. Leia looked at him. Could she trust him?
"Yes," Leia said eventually, looking down. She turned to look at the former senator.
"Do you know who Padme married?" she asked. The senator shook his head.
"It always puzzled me. Of course, she told me that she had children, she trusted me. But she told me that the father was a courtier in the palace."
"Bail, my father," Leia swallowed the hard lump in her throat. "My father is Anakin."
