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Darth Vader looked up at the sky. There was no going back now. He had abandoned the Empire. Well not completely. He simply couldn't raise arms against his child. There was no possible way he could. Suddenly something filled his being his heart raced and he spun around. There was his old master.

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"Leia! You've got one on your tale!" Biggs cried.

"Don't hurt him!" Leia shrilled.

"What!?" Wedge screamed, "Leia he's out for blood."

"Don't kill him!" She screamed.

"Do you guys mind, I'm trying to concentrate!" Another pilot yelled.

"Sorry!" The three of the yelled back.

Suddenly she heard some swearing in her head and whipped around to see Luke spiraling out of control, "LUKE!"

"Leia, he'll be fine. He just has to land on the planet."

"What did you do?" She cried back at Wedge.

"I lightly tapped him and his shields went down. I don't understand what happened. I tried to spin him out of control."

Leia slowly shook her head, "No Wedge. He dropped his shields."

"Why?" Wedge asked.

"Because he wants me to follow him," Leia returned back. And that was exactly what she was going to do.

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"Obi-Wan Kenobi."

"Darth Vader."

The man once known as Anakin pulled out his lightsaber, "Why are you here?"

Obi-Wan held up his hands in peace, "I don't come for war. Only for peace."

"You've never meant peace," Vader hissed.

"No?" Obi-Wan asked, "Amidala trusted me with the care of her children and I have failed her. The only thing I could do, and have been doing is caring for them from afar."

"And ruining everything."

"What? Turing your children evil? That's not who you are Anakin. That's not who Amidala married, that's not her Shmi cared for, and that's not who Qui-Gon knew. And," Obi-Wan whispered, "That's not the boy I raised."

Vader's hands shook as he put his lightsaber away, "You're right."

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Leia pulled the X-Wing into a dive. And landed, smoothly, next to Luke's Tie-Fighter. She scrambled out and called, "Luke? You've got what you came for."

Luke stepped out from behind the trees, "I wasn't sure that you'd follow me."

Leia gave a shrug, "You're my brother."

"Well you are no longer my sister."

Leia huffed, "Mother never believed in the Empire and I know that Father no longer does."

"What are you talking about?"

"Haven't you felt it? Obi-Wan is here. Of course what he's doing here I don't understand because only a few hours ago he was still very weak. But Father has returned to the light side."

"You lie!"

Leia shook her head, "No I don't and you know it." Feeling Luke's thoughts Leia said, "I will not fight you Luke."

Luke drew out his lightsaber, "Than you will die and easy death! He yelled as he lunged at her."

Leia had no choice but to defend herself.

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Han Solo dropped his glass, "Bria?"

"Han!" She cried, "I had to find you."

Han glared at her, "Why so you can betray me once more?"

She shook her head, "I picked up your trail a few days ago. That's why I left Leia, to come to you."

"Leia?" Han's interest perked up.

"One of my Rebel friends."

Han was stunned. Bria knew Leia? That meant she knew where she was, "Leia Skywalker?"

Bria was taken back and then nodded slowly, "Yes. How-how do you know her?"

Before Han could answer several men came running into the cantina they were huffing so hard that all they could spit out was, "lightsabers, Rebels"

Han grabbed his jacket and hurried out. Bria followed him, a little saddened.