Father, Daughter, Son part II
By, Mara Jade_88
Ok, for all the Legal junk, go to part one
An Alternate Ending for ESB, in which Artoo doesn't fix the hyperdrive (at the end) and Luke, Leia and Co. are captured. Vader discovers their lineage (well, Leia's at least) and the Skywalker family grows in their relationship. This is my first attempt at fan fiction, so please be gentle.
PART TWO: CONFRONTATIONS
CHAPTER SIX: CONFORNTATION WITH FATE
Luke was prepared to die at his father's hands. He would gladly die, rather than become one with the dark side. Or so he thought. But Ben, who had told him all of this, well, Ben and Yoda, Ben had LIED to him. Could he believe him. Was old Ben still trust worthy? He wondered why Leia was coming with him, to see his father. Was he going to kill the princess? Carry out the execution in front of his eyes? He was afraid.
The princess was frightened almost to death. Vader, Luke's father??? How could it be. And now, she was going to see him, Vader. Then, suddenly, a thought popped into her head. Luke was a spy. He had to be. He had been sent to break her out, then lead the Imps to the rebel base on Yavin 4. Then to dispel doubt in his loyalties, he had to blow up the Death Star! But then again, that made no sense. And suddenly she remembered his face when he told her that Vader was his father. Sorrowful, painful, hurt. No, he was as loyal to the Rebellion as she was. She gave Luke a meaningful glance of caring and understanding, and walked towards her fate, chin raised, regal, looking for all the galaxy a princess.
CHAPTER SEVEN: CONFROTATIONS WITH EVIL
The stormtroopers led them to a door. It hissed open and there he was, in a long banquet hall. Vader was standing behind a long table, with a large seat behind him, and two seats to his right and left. Leia gasped as she remembered Could City, the room was set up almost exactly as this one was. Vader's intent, however, was of peace instead of pain this time around. "You may leave us," the Dark Lord stated, gesturing towards the stormtroopers. The door hissed closed when the last one left. Leia was very visibly shaking with fear and hatred, which worried Vader very much. He realized now that it would be very hard to win the princesses trust after all he had done to her. "Sit," he commanded in a very forbidding tone. Leia walked unsteadily towards the seat on his right while Luke strode to the seat on Vader's left. Leia sat down, but scooted her chair a little farther away from Vader. Luke just sat there, unmoving, with an expression of hopelessness on his face.
Vader looked at his children with admiration. Leia had ceased shaking and now bore a regality she had lost when she saw the scene from the door of the room. She looked much like Padme, more now than ever with her regal coldness. Vader imagined that Padme would've worn the selfsame expression as queen when she were to face someone she greatly disliked. Luke, on the other hand, looked pitiful. All of a sudden, Leia looked at him, and he straightened up, looked more like himself. Vader realized that he must have looked much the same in his days as a padawan.
Leia spoke up: "Have you called us here to merely frighten us," she asked in a chilling voice, "or have you some reason to bring us here?" Vader smiled again beneath his mask. So much like Padme. . . "Very intuitive, young one." Vader stated in his deep bass voice. "Do you realize, Princess," he began, "that you were adopted by the Organas?" Leia looked up at him sharply. "Yes, well of course I. . ." She paused. "You aren't supposed to know that!" She accused. Vader chuckled. "Of course I'm not supposed to." He said with humor in his voice. "You were adopted for your own 'protection.'" He continued, his voice suddenly cold. "You wouldn't remember your real mother, Princess." He said. "But I do, only bits and pieces, emotions, feelings, really," Leia blurted out, before she could stop herself. Gasping, she put a hand hurriedly to her mouth, to stop anything else from escaping. Vader laughed again. "You know who she is of course?" Vader inquired. Slowly, Leia shook her head. "WHAT?" Vader burst out. "They didn't even give you the name of your mother?" He asked, still agitated. Again Leia shook her head, frightened by his sudden outburst. Calming down, Vader explained: "Her name was Padme Naberrie," he said almost fondly. "She was the Queen of Naboo at age 14. She used the name Amidala then." He stopped, sadly almost. Leia half gasped. "But, she was the one who aided Palpatine in his rise to power!" She was visibly shaken. "Ah, there you are mistaken," Vader assured her. "Padme was deceived by Palatine. You must have studied history?" Vader asked. Leia nodded this time. "Well," Vader continued, "She called for the vote of no confidence after being convinced to do so by Palpatine. He was truly the one behind the assault on Naboo," Vader finished, hearing a gasp from the princess.
"She. . . She was my mother?" Princess Leia asked shyly. "Yes, Leia, she was." He replied sadly. "Where is she now?" Leia asked, frightened of the answer. "She is dead." Vader half whispered. Every thing was silent, as Vader became lost in a sea of memories and Leia was thinking upon her newfound heritage.
Luke suddenly broke the silence. "Surely you didn't bring me here to learn of Leia's mother." Luke stated hopefully. "No, son, I didn't." Vader sighed. Here came the hard part. "Who was my mother?" Luke asked. How would he say it without startling them both too badly. Despite what one might think, the Dark Lord of the Sith did have feelings. "Your mother was. . ." How could he describe her? "She was, well, much like you Leia." Luke turned his head to Leia as he heard this. "In fact, she looked almost exactly like you, Leia." Vader added sadly. How could he tell them. How? Suddenly, Leia asked the question that would reveal the truth. "Who was my father?" She asked. He looked straight at her. "I want the truth," she added. That made it so much easier for him. "The truth. A terrible yet beautiful thing. It can heal as well as hurt, destroy as well create, help as well as hinder, comfort as well as terrify." All the while he said this, he looked at Leia looking for her reactions. He could tell she wanted the truth and would settle for nothing less. "Your father's name was Anakin." Vader began. He could tell that Luke was wondering if it was the same Anakin as his father. "He fell in love with Padme after making it possible for her and her friends to escape a planet. His home world of Tatooine, in fact." He added.
"Anyway, after becoming a Jedi Padawan, he decided to marry Padme. They married a few years before he. . . completed his training." Vader continued uncomfortably. "Anakin became. . . violent after a while. He was upset at his mother's death, who was a slave, as he had been before meeting Padme and her Jedi friend." Vader paused for a minute, reliving those happy days on Tatooine with Padme, his lovely Padme. He looked across at Leia and saw that she was eagerly absorbing the stories of her parents. "Padme became pregnant, but before she could tell Anakin, he had fled and turned to the Dark Side of the Force." At least that was how he wanted to think about it. He didn't want to believe that Padme had known she carried his children without telling him. "Your father, Leia, fought with his Jedi Master and fell, into a pit of boiling lava." Here is where he would give it away to Luke. "Anakin Skywalker fell into the lava pit. He didn't die. He lives to this very day, but he is forever encumbered by armor to protect his burnt body and ruined lungs. The name he goes by now, my lovely Leia, is Darth Vader." At this, he left. Darth Vader, Dark Lord of the Sith, and Chosen One of the Jedi, ran from his own children, and the truth he himself revealed to them.
CHAPTER EIGHT: CONFRONTATIONS WITH THE TRUTH
Leia gasped as the Dark Lord strode out of the room, leaving Luke and her all alone together. "Did he say what I think he said?" Asked Leia to no one in particular. It was Luke who answered. "I think so, Leia. I am so sorry." He said, very concerned for Leia. He realized now that the love he felt for Leia was a protective, brotherly love. "No, Luke. Don't be. It is no one's fault but our parent's that our lineage is as it is. But," she was saying. "What will happen to us?" She asked, suddenly afraid. "We are his prisoners yet his children. Which is a very interesting diplomatic problem. My etiquette teachers on Alderaan would have been thrilled to work it out." Leia continued, sadly remembering her home world, blown up by Vader. No, her father. * You know, Leia, I didn't give the order for Alderaan to be destroyed. It was an unnecessary waste of lives that could've been returned to the emperor. * Vader called to her in her head. "ARGH!!!!!!" Leia screamed. "Isn't it ENOUGH that I have to be your DAUGHTER? Can't you keep out of my head??" She cried in exasperation. Vader immediately realized he should leave her alone for a while. Satisfied that no one was in on her thoughts, Leia turned to Luke and reminded him that their father had stood by and destroyed her home.
Luke rushed to her and gave her a hug as the tears started to stream down her face. "I can't do it Luke!" She sobbed. "I have yearned to know of my real family all my life, but to find that I'm HIS child his so terrifying. I mean, he killed his own friends among the Jedi at the Emperor's orders. If we were a threat, would he kill US too?" Leia sobbed, as scared as she had ever been in her whole life. "Hush, Leia," Luke tried to comfort his sister. "It'll be all right, it will be ok." He insisted. "If Vader had found us, imagine what it would've been like for the galaxy, he would've turned us for sure, then there would be the equivalent of THREE Vader's." Luke continued, feeling lucky to have been hidden his whole life. Eventually, Leia fell asleep in his arms and soon he followed her in the journey to the land of dreams and impossible things.
CHAPTER NINE: THE MORNING AFTER
Leia fell asleep and immediately began to dream. She was on a planet much like Alderaan and she saw a woman with tears streaming down her face. She looked much like Leia, eerily like Leia. Her dark hair was disheveled with a undecorated golden circlet atop what would've been a beautiful collection of braids. Her simple but regal dress, a light blue silk, suggested royalty. She was beautiful, even in her grief. Leia looked around and saw that she was in a beautiful palace, in the hanger bay, which was still very enchanting, made of marble. She also saw a dark figure heading for a ship. The man must have been leaving the woman. She was crying after the receding figure. "Ani! Come back to us Ani!" She had called and as the figure left in a ship she collapsed to the ground sobbing. The scene shifted and the same woman held two bundles, wrapped in blue and pink silk. "Obi-Wan," she said smiling to the Jedi in the corner. "I want you to meet Princess Leia Organa Skywalker and Prince Luke Anakin Skywalker, my children, my Jedi children."
Luke slept peacefully, in a dreamless sleep. He awoke the next morning in what seemed to be a med. bay and remembered the events of the previous day. Leia was his sister. That seemed so impossible, yet it had to be true. He tried to sit up, but all of a sudden, a medic was pushing him back down. The same medic that had appeared in his cell the day before. "You are to be fitted for a prosthetic hand today," the medic plunged right in to the business of the day. "In fact," he continued, "if you like, we can fit it right now." Luke pondered for a moment, then nodded his head. Then the medic went around getting all of the stuff needed to do the prosthetic and then put the prosthetic on Luke's hand, did all of the medical-junk-that-I-know-nothin-about and then sent Luke away from the horrid sick bay/med. bay.
Leia awoke to a pair of ice blue eyes staring at her. "Whoa, Luke!" She exclaimed. "I nearly jumped out of my skin when I saw you staring at me like that!" She cried, punching him in the arm. "Hey, you should be nice to your new found brother!" Luke protested, punching her back. "Yeah, so what!" Leia replied jokingly. Luke suddenly turned serious. "Vader can talk inside our heads, Leia." He told her. "Yeah, I know. He did last night." She replied. "Well, he wants to see us." Luke continued, suddenly sullen. "Oh," Leia said as she began to look around, taking in her surroundings. She was lying on a nice, comfy bed, with a desk at its side. There was a computer terminal on the desk with a nice looking chair to complete it all. She noticed an alcove in the wall and got up to see what was in it. It was a hollow with cushions and a reading light. It even had some books on a carved out shelf. "Is your room like this too, Luke?" Leia asked her twin. "I wouldn't really know," he said, exploring the room with her. "I woke up in the med. bay, and now I have a new hand!" He gushed out. "You do!!!" Leia exclaimed. "Yeah, I guess Vader doesn't want his kids to have missing appendages!" He was laughing as he said this. "Well," Leia said, "If I can go get dressed, then I will be able to go in 5 or 10 minutes, k?" Leia asked. "Sure," Luke replied. Leia found what had to be a closet and was delighted to see that her clothes off of the Falcon had been brought in. She picked a white dress in Alderaanian style and slipped it on.
The next half hour found brother and sister arguing with Vader over the fate of their friends; Chewie, Lando, and the droids. "I have to be able to keep Artoo!" Luke protested. "You don't need him, Luke," his father reminded him. They had already come to the agreement that Lando and Chewie would not be executed, but Vader had refused to go so far as to let them go. Leia had her own plans as what would happen to Lando and Chewie. She would help them escape and give them enough resources to rescue Han. Now they were arguing over the fate of Artoo and Threepio. "Look, Father," Leia said, using her sweetest diplomatic voice. "If you let Luke keep Artoo and me keep Threepio, then it will save the time and man power to dismantle them, melt them down, and make them useful again!" Leia knew that her argument was weak, but maybe she could convince her father to let them keep their droids. He looked at her, and raised his hands in mock defeat. "You may keep the droids." He said in exasperation. "If I knew that being a father would be so trying, I would've never married." He joked.
The rest of the morning saw Vader take his children on a tour of sorts of his personal Star Destroyer, The Executor. Vader also began thinking about the training of his children. He did not want Padme's children to have the same fate as their father. He wanted to protect his children as best he could. But then again, if they could help him take down the Emperor, the galaxy would be safer for every one. When lunch-time came around, he sent Leia and Luke off to the cafeteria to eat with the common Imperials, he thought it would amuse them, while it gave him time to think. He couldn't have been more correct.
CHAPTER TEN: EXCURSIONS IN THE CAFETERIA
Leia and Luke headed off to the cafeteria. Little did they know, they were headed off in the wrong direction. After receiving questioning glances from several troopers when they found themselves on the command bridge, they finally decided to find out what was wrong. "Why are you looking at us so oddly?" Leia asked the next Imp to glance at them that way. "Well," the Imp began, "you both are fairly well known rebels, at least to the command crew. I mean, we chased your ship and never got it, all the while, Lord Vader was choking those who failed at something, even something petty, well he was choking people like crazy. And then here we see you, walking without an escort of guards. I mean, the disguise is pretty pitiful if you ask me." Leia looked at Luke and tried to stifle a giggle, which turned into a full blown laugh. "Cya later, then," she told the Imp between fits of laughter. Luke dragged her into a corner where she let loose the hardest laughing fit she'd had in ages. "Are you all right?" Luke asked his twin, while beginning to laugh himself. "Yeah," she replied, calming down. "Let's go back and ask for directions from that Imp," she started. "Yeah," Luke confirmed. "Odd though, that Father didn't show us where the cafeteria is," Luke said, to no one in particular.
As they walked back to the control bridge, they received many more glances from confused Imps. When they got to the Imp they questioned (who happened to be No. TK528) he said "What are you doing back here?" Leia looked at Luke and said "Well, actually, we were wondering where the cafeteria is," No. TK528 gave her an incredulous look. "Don't tell me you broke out of your holding cells just for a decent bite to eat," he said, beginning to laugh himself. "Well," he added, "whatever you broke out for, walk back the way you came and keep going straight until you see the room marked 'cafeteria.' Go in but have your blasters ready, because if anyone recognizes you, you'll be dead," he said with a chuckle. "Sure, thanks, fly-boy," Leia said =, turning away form the control bridge and following Luke down the corridor.
As they entered the cafeteria several eyes came to rest on them. Soon the whole cafeteria was staring. Luke led Leia to where he believed the line for food to be. He got some, after convincing the person-who-makes-you-pay-for-food that he didn't need to see any identification. Leia was in charge of finding them a nice secluded place to eat, but as soon as they were seated, guys rushed to sit at the same table. "Hey, you lucky duck!" One of the closer guys called to Luke. "There's only one girl here, and you get her!" It took a moment for Luke to figure out what the guy had said, but then called back "Oh, no. She's my sister," The guys all looked relieved. Upon seeing their faces, Leia spoke up. "I'm sorry, but I'm already taken." She called. Most of the guys left, only the guy who had spoken up first stayed behind. He introduced himself as Caryan (CAR*yan) Felth (yes, yes, Davin Felth's youngest bro) "Where you guys from?" Caryan asked. Leia looked at Luke with a sadness in her eyes. Caryan interpreted it as homesickness and explained that he missed his home some too. "That's part of the reason they don't let girls in the Navy," he said only to stammer an apology when he saw Leia staring blaster bolts at him. "This girl is stronger than many guys she knows," Leia exclaimed, pointing at herself. "Ok, ok, I get the picture," Caryan said, putting his hands up in mock defeat. Just then, just as they were making friends, Vader called Luke through the force, saying that it was time to see him again. Luke looked at Leia. "We've got to go, you know, work time sis." Luke explained. "Ok, I'm coming," was the reply. "Hey," Caryan called. "I'll see you later. Lunch tomorrow?" he asked. "Sure," Luke promised before leaving the ever noisy cafeteria.
CHAPTER ELEVEN: FREEDOM OF SEARCH
Vader had called them to his personal quarters this time. He was bent over the computer terminal. "I have decided to give you un-hindered file access. You will now have access to all of my files, except those only the Emperor and I have access to, as well as most other galactic files. I am trusting you with information some of my admirals don't have." He informed them. "You may have the rest of the day off." He finished. Leia opened her mouth but Vader cut her off. "I have procured a full detailed map of this Star Destroyer for each of you to study, so you know where to find the bathrooms in this ship." He laughed, waving them off.
Luke and Leia headed off to their rooms, after being satisfied that their rooms were almost symmetrical. Luke studied the plans of the ship, discovering that there were rooms for things he didn't even know existed, like rooms containing huge pits of water, used for recreation. That, to him at least, was a complete waste of precious material, in other words, water.
* NOTW DO NOT READ THIS NEXT PART UNLESS YOU WANT TO READ shopping!!!!!!!!!! or this would've been father daughter son part III but it is silly. HEED THIS WARNING *
Leia, meanwhile, was pondering her clothing situation. She realized that all she had was her thermal jumpsuit form Hoth, two rebel uniforms, and a few dresses; and absolutely no cosmetics or hair do-dingys. She decided to see if she could harness the force well enough to contact her father. * Father * She called. * Yes? * Was the reply. So it had worked. For some reason, Leia was thrilled. * Father, I was wondering, * Leia began.
Vader was pleased. His daughter had finally made contact with him through the force. She had explained that she needed clothes, and that Luke probably did too. He had told her that when they reached Courscant, they could go shopping. Vader had to go down to the bowels of Courscant anyhow, so it would be no inconvenience to take his children with him.
* ITS SAFE TO READ NOW *
Just then, he received an incoming call from the Emperor. He went to the communications center and kneeled before the image of his emperor. "You have the Son of Skywalker?" The emperor inquired. "Yes, and his friends as well," Vader replied, omitting the fact that he had found Leia to be his daughter. "Good, good," the Emperor muttered, seemingly distracted. Vader waited, then the transmission shut off. He hated the Emperor's visits sometimes. He would be pleased to teach his children, in hopes of destroying the Emperor.
FINIS!!!!!!!
(hoped ya liekd this second part, the next on ewill be fun fun fun! We will get ot go shopping with our favorite family. Constructive critisism is appreciated!!!!!!!)
By, Mara Jade_88
Ok, for all the Legal junk, go to part one
An Alternate Ending for ESB, in which Artoo doesn't fix the hyperdrive (at the end) and Luke, Leia and Co. are captured. Vader discovers their lineage (well, Leia's at least) and the Skywalker family grows in their relationship. This is my first attempt at fan fiction, so please be gentle.
PART TWO: CONFRONTATIONS
CHAPTER SIX: CONFORNTATION WITH FATE
Luke was prepared to die at his father's hands. He would gladly die, rather than become one with the dark side. Or so he thought. But Ben, who had told him all of this, well, Ben and Yoda, Ben had LIED to him. Could he believe him. Was old Ben still trust worthy? He wondered why Leia was coming with him, to see his father. Was he going to kill the princess? Carry out the execution in front of his eyes? He was afraid.
The princess was frightened almost to death. Vader, Luke's father??? How could it be. And now, she was going to see him, Vader. Then, suddenly, a thought popped into her head. Luke was a spy. He had to be. He had been sent to break her out, then lead the Imps to the rebel base on Yavin 4. Then to dispel doubt in his loyalties, he had to blow up the Death Star! But then again, that made no sense. And suddenly she remembered his face when he told her that Vader was his father. Sorrowful, painful, hurt. No, he was as loyal to the Rebellion as she was. She gave Luke a meaningful glance of caring and understanding, and walked towards her fate, chin raised, regal, looking for all the galaxy a princess.
CHAPTER SEVEN: CONFROTATIONS WITH EVIL
The stormtroopers led them to a door. It hissed open and there he was, in a long banquet hall. Vader was standing behind a long table, with a large seat behind him, and two seats to his right and left. Leia gasped as she remembered Could City, the room was set up almost exactly as this one was. Vader's intent, however, was of peace instead of pain this time around. "You may leave us," the Dark Lord stated, gesturing towards the stormtroopers. The door hissed closed when the last one left. Leia was very visibly shaking with fear and hatred, which worried Vader very much. He realized now that it would be very hard to win the princesses trust after all he had done to her. "Sit," he commanded in a very forbidding tone. Leia walked unsteadily towards the seat on his right while Luke strode to the seat on Vader's left. Leia sat down, but scooted her chair a little farther away from Vader. Luke just sat there, unmoving, with an expression of hopelessness on his face.
Vader looked at his children with admiration. Leia had ceased shaking and now bore a regality she had lost when she saw the scene from the door of the room. She looked much like Padme, more now than ever with her regal coldness. Vader imagined that Padme would've worn the selfsame expression as queen when she were to face someone she greatly disliked. Luke, on the other hand, looked pitiful. All of a sudden, Leia looked at him, and he straightened up, looked more like himself. Vader realized that he must have looked much the same in his days as a padawan.
Leia spoke up: "Have you called us here to merely frighten us," she asked in a chilling voice, "or have you some reason to bring us here?" Vader smiled again beneath his mask. So much like Padme. . . "Very intuitive, young one." Vader stated in his deep bass voice. "Do you realize, Princess," he began, "that you were adopted by the Organas?" Leia looked up at him sharply. "Yes, well of course I. . ." She paused. "You aren't supposed to know that!" She accused. Vader chuckled. "Of course I'm not supposed to." He said with humor in his voice. "You were adopted for your own 'protection.'" He continued, his voice suddenly cold. "You wouldn't remember your real mother, Princess." He said. "But I do, only bits and pieces, emotions, feelings, really," Leia blurted out, before she could stop herself. Gasping, she put a hand hurriedly to her mouth, to stop anything else from escaping. Vader laughed again. "You know who she is of course?" Vader inquired. Slowly, Leia shook her head. "WHAT?" Vader burst out. "They didn't even give you the name of your mother?" He asked, still agitated. Again Leia shook her head, frightened by his sudden outburst. Calming down, Vader explained: "Her name was Padme Naberrie," he said almost fondly. "She was the Queen of Naboo at age 14. She used the name Amidala then." He stopped, sadly almost. Leia half gasped. "But, she was the one who aided Palpatine in his rise to power!" She was visibly shaken. "Ah, there you are mistaken," Vader assured her. "Padme was deceived by Palatine. You must have studied history?" Vader asked. Leia nodded this time. "Well," Vader continued, "She called for the vote of no confidence after being convinced to do so by Palpatine. He was truly the one behind the assault on Naboo," Vader finished, hearing a gasp from the princess.
"She. . . She was my mother?" Princess Leia asked shyly. "Yes, Leia, she was." He replied sadly. "Where is she now?" Leia asked, frightened of the answer. "She is dead." Vader half whispered. Every thing was silent, as Vader became lost in a sea of memories and Leia was thinking upon her newfound heritage.
Luke suddenly broke the silence. "Surely you didn't bring me here to learn of Leia's mother." Luke stated hopefully. "No, son, I didn't." Vader sighed. Here came the hard part. "Who was my mother?" Luke asked. How would he say it without startling them both too badly. Despite what one might think, the Dark Lord of the Sith did have feelings. "Your mother was. . ." How could he describe her? "She was, well, much like you Leia." Luke turned his head to Leia as he heard this. "In fact, she looked almost exactly like you, Leia." Vader added sadly. How could he tell them. How? Suddenly, Leia asked the question that would reveal the truth. "Who was my father?" She asked. He looked straight at her. "I want the truth," she added. That made it so much easier for him. "The truth. A terrible yet beautiful thing. It can heal as well as hurt, destroy as well create, help as well as hinder, comfort as well as terrify." All the while he said this, he looked at Leia looking for her reactions. He could tell she wanted the truth and would settle for nothing less. "Your father's name was Anakin." Vader began. He could tell that Luke was wondering if it was the same Anakin as his father. "He fell in love with Padme after making it possible for her and her friends to escape a planet. His home world of Tatooine, in fact." He added.
"Anyway, after becoming a Jedi Padawan, he decided to marry Padme. They married a few years before he. . . completed his training." Vader continued uncomfortably. "Anakin became. . . violent after a while. He was upset at his mother's death, who was a slave, as he had been before meeting Padme and her Jedi friend." Vader paused for a minute, reliving those happy days on Tatooine with Padme, his lovely Padme. He looked across at Leia and saw that she was eagerly absorbing the stories of her parents. "Padme became pregnant, but before she could tell Anakin, he had fled and turned to the Dark Side of the Force." At least that was how he wanted to think about it. He didn't want to believe that Padme had known she carried his children without telling him. "Your father, Leia, fought with his Jedi Master and fell, into a pit of boiling lava." Here is where he would give it away to Luke. "Anakin Skywalker fell into the lava pit. He didn't die. He lives to this very day, but he is forever encumbered by armor to protect his burnt body and ruined lungs. The name he goes by now, my lovely Leia, is Darth Vader." At this, he left. Darth Vader, Dark Lord of the Sith, and Chosen One of the Jedi, ran from his own children, and the truth he himself revealed to them.
CHAPTER EIGHT: CONFRONTATIONS WITH THE TRUTH
Leia gasped as the Dark Lord strode out of the room, leaving Luke and her all alone together. "Did he say what I think he said?" Asked Leia to no one in particular. It was Luke who answered. "I think so, Leia. I am so sorry." He said, very concerned for Leia. He realized now that the love he felt for Leia was a protective, brotherly love. "No, Luke. Don't be. It is no one's fault but our parent's that our lineage is as it is. But," she was saying. "What will happen to us?" She asked, suddenly afraid. "We are his prisoners yet his children. Which is a very interesting diplomatic problem. My etiquette teachers on Alderaan would have been thrilled to work it out." Leia continued, sadly remembering her home world, blown up by Vader. No, her father. * You know, Leia, I didn't give the order for Alderaan to be destroyed. It was an unnecessary waste of lives that could've been returned to the emperor. * Vader called to her in her head. "ARGH!!!!!!" Leia screamed. "Isn't it ENOUGH that I have to be your DAUGHTER? Can't you keep out of my head??" She cried in exasperation. Vader immediately realized he should leave her alone for a while. Satisfied that no one was in on her thoughts, Leia turned to Luke and reminded him that their father had stood by and destroyed her home.
Luke rushed to her and gave her a hug as the tears started to stream down her face. "I can't do it Luke!" She sobbed. "I have yearned to know of my real family all my life, but to find that I'm HIS child his so terrifying. I mean, he killed his own friends among the Jedi at the Emperor's orders. If we were a threat, would he kill US too?" Leia sobbed, as scared as she had ever been in her whole life. "Hush, Leia," Luke tried to comfort his sister. "It'll be all right, it will be ok." He insisted. "If Vader had found us, imagine what it would've been like for the galaxy, he would've turned us for sure, then there would be the equivalent of THREE Vader's." Luke continued, feeling lucky to have been hidden his whole life. Eventually, Leia fell asleep in his arms and soon he followed her in the journey to the land of dreams and impossible things.
CHAPTER NINE: THE MORNING AFTER
Leia fell asleep and immediately began to dream. She was on a planet much like Alderaan and she saw a woman with tears streaming down her face. She looked much like Leia, eerily like Leia. Her dark hair was disheveled with a undecorated golden circlet atop what would've been a beautiful collection of braids. Her simple but regal dress, a light blue silk, suggested royalty. She was beautiful, even in her grief. Leia looked around and saw that she was in a beautiful palace, in the hanger bay, which was still very enchanting, made of marble. She also saw a dark figure heading for a ship. The man must have been leaving the woman. She was crying after the receding figure. "Ani! Come back to us Ani!" She had called and as the figure left in a ship she collapsed to the ground sobbing. The scene shifted and the same woman held two bundles, wrapped in blue and pink silk. "Obi-Wan," she said smiling to the Jedi in the corner. "I want you to meet Princess Leia Organa Skywalker and Prince Luke Anakin Skywalker, my children, my Jedi children."
Luke slept peacefully, in a dreamless sleep. He awoke the next morning in what seemed to be a med. bay and remembered the events of the previous day. Leia was his sister. That seemed so impossible, yet it had to be true. He tried to sit up, but all of a sudden, a medic was pushing him back down. The same medic that had appeared in his cell the day before. "You are to be fitted for a prosthetic hand today," the medic plunged right in to the business of the day. "In fact," he continued, "if you like, we can fit it right now." Luke pondered for a moment, then nodded his head. Then the medic went around getting all of the stuff needed to do the prosthetic and then put the prosthetic on Luke's hand, did all of the medical-junk-that-I-know-nothin-about and then sent Luke away from the horrid sick bay/med. bay.
Leia awoke to a pair of ice blue eyes staring at her. "Whoa, Luke!" She exclaimed. "I nearly jumped out of my skin when I saw you staring at me like that!" She cried, punching him in the arm. "Hey, you should be nice to your new found brother!" Luke protested, punching her back. "Yeah, so what!" Leia replied jokingly. Luke suddenly turned serious. "Vader can talk inside our heads, Leia." He told her. "Yeah, I know. He did last night." She replied. "Well, he wants to see us." Luke continued, suddenly sullen. "Oh," Leia said as she began to look around, taking in her surroundings. She was lying on a nice, comfy bed, with a desk at its side. There was a computer terminal on the desk with a nice looking chair to complete it all. She noticed an alcove in the wall and got up to see what was in it. It was a hollow with cushions and a reading light. It even had some books on a carved out shelf. "Is your room like this too, Luke?" Leia asked her twin. "I wouldn't really know," he said, exploring the room with her. "I woke up in the med. bay, and now I have a new hand!" He gushed out. "You do!!!" Leia exclaimed. "Yeah, I guess Vader doesn't want his kids to have missing appendages!" He was laughing as he said this. "Well," Leia said, "If I can go get dressed, then I will be able to go in 5 or 10 minutes, k?" Leia asked. "Sure," Luke replied. Leia found what had to be a closet and was delighted to see that her clothes off of the Falcon had been brought in. She picked a white dress in Alderaanian style and slipped it on.
The next half hour found brother and sister arguing with Vader over the fate of their friends; Chewie, Lando, and the droids. "I have to be able to keep Artoo!" Luke protested. "You don't need him, Luke," his father reminded him. They had already come to the agreement that Lando and Chewie would not be executed, but Vader had refused to go so far as to let them go. Leia had her own plans as what would happen to Lando and Chewie. She would help them escape and give them enough resources to rescue Han. Now they were arguing over the fate of Artoo and Threepio. "Look, Father," Leia said, using her sweetest diplomatic voice. "If you let Luke keep Artoo and me keep Threepio, then it will save the time and man power to dismantle them, melt them down, and make them useful again!" Leia knew that her argument was weak, but maybe she could convince her father to let them keep their droids. He looked at her, and raised his hands in mock defeat. "You may keep the droids." He said in exasperation. "If I knew that being a father would be so trying, I would've never married." He joked.
The rest of the morning saw Vader take his children on a tour of sorts of his personal Star Destroyer, The Executor. Vader also began thinking about the training of his children. He did not want Padme's children to have the same fate as their father. He wanted to protect his children as best he could. But then again, if they could help him take down the Emperor, the galaxy would be safer for every one. When lunch-time came around, he sent Leia and Luke off to the cafeteria to eat with the common Imperials, he thought it would amuse them, while it gave him time to think. He couldn't have been more correct.
CHAPTER TEN: EXCURSIONS IN THE CAFETERIA
Leia and Luke headed off to the cafeteria. Little did they know, they were headed off in the wrong direction. After receiving questioning glances from several troopers when they found themselves on the command bridge, they finally decided to find out what was wrong. "Why are you looking at us so oddly?" Leia asked the next Imp to glance at them that way. "Well," the Imp began, "you both are fairly well known rebels, at least to the command crew. I mean, we chased your ship and never got it, all the while, Lord Vader was choking those who failed at something, even something petty, well he was choking people like crazy. And then here we see you, walking without an escort of guards. I mean, the disguise is pretty pitiful if you ask me." Leia looked at Luke and tried to stifle a giggle, which turned into a full blown laugh. "Cya later, then," she told the Imp between fits of laughter. Luke dragged her into a corner where she let loose the hardest laughing fit she'd had in ages. "Are you all right?" Luke asked his twin, while beginning to laugh himself. "Yeah," she replied, calming down. "Let's go back and ask for directions from that Imp," she started. "Yeah," Luke confirmed. "Odd though, that Father didn't show us where the cafeteria is," Luke said, to no one in particular.
As they walked back to the control bridge, they received many more glances from confused Imps. When they got to the Imp they questioned (who happened to be No. TK528) he said "What are you doing back here?" Leia looked at Luke and said "Well, actually, we were wondering where the cafeteria is," No. TK528 gave her an incredulous look. "Don't tell me you broke out of your holding cells just for a decent bite to eat," he said, beginning to laugh himself. "Well," he added, "whatever you broke out for, walk back the way you came and keep going straight until you see the room marked 'cafeteria.' Go in but have your blasters ready, because if anyone recognizes you, you'll be dead," he said with a chuckle. "Sure, thanks, fly-boy," Leia said =, turning away form the control bridge and following Luke down the corridor.
As they entered the cafeteria several eyes came to rest on them. Soon the whole cafeteria was staring. Luke led Leia to where he believed the line for food to be. He got some, after convincing the person-who-makes-you-pay-for-food that he didn't need to see any identification. Leia was in charge of finding them a nice secluded place to eat, but as soon as they were seated, guys rushed to sit at the same table. "Hey, you lucky duck!" One of the closer guys called to Luke. "There's only one girl here, and you get her!" It took a moment for Luke to figure out what the guy had said, but then called back "Oh, no. She's my sister," The guys all looked relieved. Upon seeing their faces, Leia spoke up. "I'm sorry, but I'm already taken." She called. Most of the guys left, only the guy who had spoken up first stayed behind. He introduced himself as Caryan (CAR*yan) Felth (yes, yes, Davin Felth's youngest bro) "Where you guys from?" Caryan asked. Leia looked at Luke with a sadness in her eyes. Caryan interpreted it as homesickness and explained that he missed his home some too. "That's part of the reason they don't let girls in the Navy," he said only to stammer an apology when he saw Leia staring blaster bolts at him. "This girl is stronger than many guys she knows," Leia exclaimed, pointing at herself. "Ok, ok, I get the picture," Caryan said, putting his hands up in mock defeat. Just then, just as they were making friends, Vader called Luke through the force, saying that it was time to see him again. Luke looked at Leia. "We've got to go, you know, work time sis." Luke explained. "Ok, I'm coming," was the reply. "Hey," Caryan called. "I'll see you later. Lunch tomorrow?" he asked. "Sure," Luke promised before leaving the ever noisy cafeteria.
CHAPTER ELEVEN: FREEDOM OF SEARCH
Vader had called them to his personal quarters this time. He was bent over the computer terminal. "I have decided to give you un-hindered file access. You will now have access to all of my files, except those only the Emperor and I have access to, as well as most other galactic files. I am trusting you with information some of my admirals don't have." He informed them. "You may have the rest of the day off." He finished. Leia opened her mouth but Vader cut her off. "I have procured a full detailed map of this Star Destroyer for each of you to study, so you know where to find the bathrooms in this ship." He laughed, waving them off.
Luke and Leia headed off to their rooms, after being satisfied that their rooms were almost symmetrical. Luke studied the plans of the ship, discovering that there were rooms for things he didn't even know existed, like rooms containing huge pits of water, used for recreation. That, to him at least, was a complete waste of precious material, in other words, water.
* NOTW DO NOT READ THIS NEXT PART UNLESS YOU WANT TO READ shopping!!!!!!!!!! or this would've been father daughter son part III but it is silly. HEED THIS WARNING *
Leia, meanwhile, was pondering her clothing situation. She realized that all she had was her thermal jumpsuit form Hoth, two rebel uniforms, and a few dresses; and absolutely no cosmetics or hair do-dingys. She decided to see if she could harness the force well enough to contact her father. * Father * She called. * Yes? * Was the reply. So it had worked. For some reason, Leia was thrilled. * Father, I was wondering, * Leia began.
Vader was pleased. His daughter had finally made contact with him through the force. She had explained that she needed clothes, and that Luke probably did too. He had told her that when they reached Courscant, they could go shopping. Vader had to go down to the bowels of Courscant anyhow, so it would be no inconvenience to take his children with him.
* ITS SAFE TO READ NOW *
Just then, he received an incoming call from the Emperor. He went to the communications center and kneeled before the image of his emperor. "You have the Son of Skywalker?" The emperor inquired. "Yes, and his friends as well," Vader replied, omitting the fact that he had found Leia to be his daughter. "Good, good," the Emperor muttered, seemingly distracted. Vader waited, then the transmission shut off. He hated the Emperor's visits sometimes. He would be pleased to teach his children, in hopes of destroying the Emperor.
FINIS!!!!!!!
(hoped ya liekd this second part, the next on ewill be fun fun fun! We will get ot go shopping with our favorite family. Constructive critisism is appreciated!!!!!!!)