Disclaimer: Yeah, you know which one's are Lucas's and which ones are
mine. If not, ask and I'll clarify for ya.
A/N: Okay, I'm sick so you guys are gonna have to put up with a shorter part (Of all the things my brother decides he wants to share with me, I get his icky germs). Sorry, I just wanted you to know that I do appreciate you guys reviewing my story and that if I say I will post I will post. But only cause I love you all so much (
To Renee: Now how would it help the situation if Mara went away to jail?
To December Wind: Its nice to meet another Canadian, I'm WAY over in Alberta (You might have heard of Calgary?). I will explain everything though, so don't worry…
To Ariapage: I'm not about to spoil my entire plot line now am I? Also, I'm gonna try to get more into the Luke/Padme/Leia thing in this part Just for you! Sorry, I guess I kinda skipped it….so, pour Vous!
1 Broken Hearts, Shattered Dreams, Part 11
By Aleese Sundancer
Luke sat down in the small room with his mother and let out another sigh. These had to be the hardest days of his life. It would be good to have Leia around though, and she was sure that Leia was anxious to meet this woman, despite all of her reservations. Padme was wonderful, and had gone into depth as to what had happened and why she had not sought them out all these years.
In an effort to protect Padme from pain, they had cut off all news of the famous twins from her, and Obi-Wan and Bail Organa had agreed to tell her the twins did not survive transit, since they were born so prematurely. While some of the members of the palace support staff let it leak that there had been numerous suicide attempts on her part after hearing about the death of her twin children and the loss of her husband to the darkside, Padme looked relieved to be around Luke. Though, Luke found it unsettling when Padme would call him 'Anakin' or go into a state of reverie, but it was easily blamed on age and stress.
On the other hand, Luke was having his own difficulties with finding his mother. Every part of him screamed that it was his mother; he could tell when he looked in her eyes that it was she, but it was still difficult to accept. He'd been orphaned from every parental figure he'd know. Owen and Beru Lars were murdered, Ben was slaughtered, Vader died on the Death Star…the list seemed as if it would encompass Padme as well, and Luke was slightly fearful that the taint that seemed to follow him would descend on her as well. It seemed everyone he loved would fall under this taint, and would be taken away from him and hurt. Even now, Mara was married to a man she didn't love because of his neglect to scan the room before entering.
"You're right. It was undue influence." Padme said, looking through some of her larger legal texts. "And I believe that I've just found the case that I was looking for. See, this man forced this woman to marry him, by threatening to kill her parents. She eventually took him to court and won, since she was forced to marry him without wanting to. If we can get Mara to some how get him to a court that would accept this case into its own law, then we can free Mara."
Luke smiled, and his heart soared. He told Mara he had a plan, and it looked as though there was no way that it could fail, unless he somehow got Mara to some savage barbaric planet with no meaning of law. Luke almost laughed aloud at the thought of the Duke running around on some jungle planet, tugging Mara and his hundred suitcases full of velvet clothing.
"We'll get Mara Luke, and we will marry her right here. I'll ask the Queen to officiate." Padme said, setting down the book and sitting down on the couch beside him. Hugging him close, she seemed to be everything that Luke needed right there and then. Luke melted against her, and started to cry gently. "Why do you cry young one?" She whispered lightly, brushing away his tears.
"I'm just…so much has happened. I just want to hold Mara in my arms and be with her forever. Finally have my life go the way I want it to." Luke said, fighting against his tears. "I haven't cried in so many years…I'm sorry."
"Don't be sorry, I'm just glad I could be here for you now." Padme said, pulling him close like a child and hushing away his fears.
Leia arrived on planet the next day, a handful of lawyers following close behind her.
"Leia!" Luke said, rushing over and pulling her into a tight embrace. She smiled and hugged him back. "Thank you for coming."
"Of course Luke, you're my brother. I would do anything to make you happy." She smiled.
"Leia…" Padme said from the background. Luke moved out of the way and Leia got her first glance at her mother. She gasped.
"Mother…" Leia whispered. It was eerie, like looking into a mirror. She had the same dark hair, gentle eyes, just matured with age. Leia took an involuntary step away from her, fear creeping up her spine. It couldn't really be her. She'd not have left herself and Luke for all these years, not when she's right here.
"Leia, I know you have some questions…" Padme started, taking a step towards her. Leia looked at her eyes, then looked up at Luke
"Lets get to work on your case Luke." Leia said quickly, ignoring the older woman. Luke saw the pain flash across Padme's eyes and sighed. For now, Mara was top priority. He would fix Leia and…mother when Mara was safe.
"Are you ready my dear?" the Duke asked, knocking softly on the door. His voice was soft, and had a singsong quality to it. Mara almost gagged. "It is time to consummate our marriage…"
"No, try me another night." Mara said, turning her back to the closed door. She did not want the duke even near her room, let alone in her bed.
"My dear, you must understand, YOU ARE MY WIFE. YOU WILL DO AS I SAY." He said, his tone growing in strength as he pushed the door open. "YOU WILL BE MINE TONIGHT. UNDERSTAND?"
Mara continued to ignore him, content to stare at her fingernails. Pulling her to look at him, he ripped off her shirt. Mara slapped him across the face and crawled back in the bed, her training coming back to her full force. He threw the shirt on the floor and crawled up onto the bed, cornering her against the walls. Lashing out, she struck him across the face with her foot.
"Naughty girl. I'll show you what happens to girls who don't do as their husbands say." The Duke warned menacingly. He went closer and closer, Mara struck him again, this time with her foot. She felt it connect with his jawbone and heard a small crack. Quickly moving off the bed, she grabbed her robe off the back of the door and left down the hall. "GUARDS! STOP HER! BRING HER TO ME!" He heard the demanding voice, and it seemed almost immediate that she was surrounded by a group of burly men. Fighting to get away from them, she was vastly outnumbered. Even a trained assassin couldn't take on 10 men, unarmed, in a small hallway. They grabbed her and carried her struggling back to the bedroom.
"Let me go, Damnit!" She screamed, biting and clawing at those men holding her, but they didn't seem to feel a thing. They threw her down on the bed and held her down.
"Mara, you have made a big mistake. You will be mine tonight, only now, it will not be so pleasureful for you." He grinned, blood escaping his mouth from where her foot had connected with it. She couldn't help but take some satisfaction in seeing blood on that face, caused by her. She continued to struggle against the men.
"Let me go. If I'm your wife, you wouldn't do this!" She screamed.
"Ah, but yes, I would." He grinned, and then Mara turned her head slightly just in time to see a small needle get injected into her arm. Quickly, everything went black.
A/N: 92? Cause you guys keep reviewing faster than I can write! For goodness sakes…;-) I'm just kidding, I'm not complaining. I know this is a mean part, but I hope it answered some of your questions…
A/N: Okay, I'm sick so you guys are gonna have to put up with a shorter part (Of all the things my brother decides he wants to share with me, I get his icky germs). Sorry, I just wanted you to know that I do appreciate you guys reviewing my story and that if I say I will post I will post. But only cause I love you all so much (
To Renee: Now how would it help the situation if Mara went away to jail?
To December Wind: Its nice to meet another Canadian, I'm WAY over in Alberta (You might have heard of Calgary?). I will explain everything though, so don't worry…
To Ariapage: I'm not about to spoil my entire plot line now am I? Also, I'm gonna try to get more into the Luke/Padme/Leia thing in this part Just for you! Sorry, I guess I kinda skipped it….so, pour Vous!
1 Broken Hearts, Shattered Dreams, Part 11
By Aleese Sundancer
Luke sat down in the small room with his mother and let out another sigh. These had to be the hardest days of his life. It would be good to have Leia around though, and she was sure that Leia was anxious to meet this woman, despite all of her reservations. Padme was wonderful, and had gone into depth as to what had happened and why she had not sought them out all these years.
In an effort to protect Padme from pain, they had cut off all news of the famous twins from her, and Obi-Wan and Bail Organa had agreed to tell her the twins did not survive transit, since they were born so prematurely. While some of the members of the palace support staff let it leak that there had been numerous suicide attempts on her part after hearing about the death of her twin children and the loss of her husband to the darkside, Padme looked relieved to be around Luke. Though, Luke found it unsettling when Padme would call him 'Anakin' or go into a state of reverie, but it was easily blamed on age and stress.
On the other hand, Luke was having his own difficulties with finding his mother. Every part of him screamed that it was his mother; he could tell when he looked in her eyes that it was she, but it was still difficult to accept. He'd been orphaned from every parental figure he'd know. Owen and Beru Lars were murdered, Ben was slaughtered, Vader died on the Death Star…the list seemed as if it would encompass Padme as well, and Luke was slightly fearful that the taint that seemed to follow him would descend on her as well. It seemed everyone he loved would fall under this taint, and would be taken away from him and hurt. Even now, Mara was married to a man she didn't love because of his neglect to scan the room before entering.
"You're right. It was undue influence." Padme said, looking through some of her larger legal texts. "And I believe that I've just found the case that I was looking for. See, this man forced this woman to marry him, by threatening to kill her parents. She eventually took him to court and won, since she was forced to marry him without wanting to. If we can get Mara to some how get him to a court that would accept this case into its own law, then we can free Mara."
Luke smiled, and his heart soared. He told Mara he had a plan, and it looked as though there was no way that it could fail, unless he somehow got Mara to some savage barbaric planet with no meaning of law. Luke almost laughed aloud at the thought of the Duke running around on some jungle planet, tugging Mara and his hundred suitcases full of velvet clothing.
"We'll get Mara Luke, and we will marry her right here. I'll ask the Queen to officiate." Padme said, setting down the book and sitting down on the couch beside him. Hugging him close, she seemed to be everything that Luke needed right there and then. Luke melted against her, and started to cry gently. "Why do you cry young one?" She whispered lightly, brushing away his tears.
"I'm just…so much has happened. I just want to hold Mara in my arms and be with her forever. Finally have my life go the way I want it to." Luke said, fighting against his tears. "I haven't cried in so many years…I'm sorry."
"Don't be sorry, I'm just glad I could be here for you now." Padme said, pulling him close like a child and hushing away his fears.
Leia arrived on planet the next day, a handful of lawyers following close behind her.
"Leia!" Luke said, rushing over and pulling her into a tight embrace. She smiled and hugged him back. "Thank you for coming."
"Of course Luke, you're my brother. I would do anything to make you happy." She smiled.
"Leia…" Padme said from the background. Luke moved out of the way and Leia got her first glance at her mother. She gasped.
"Mother…" Leia whispered. It was eerie, like looking into a mirror. She had the same dark hair, gentle eyes, just matured with age. Leia took an involuntary step away from her, fear creeping up her spine. It couldn't really be her. She'd not have left herself and Luke for all these years, not when she's right here.
"Leia, I know you have some questions…" Padme started, taking a step towards her. Leia looked at her eyes, then looked up at Luke
"Lets get to work on your case Luke." Leia said quickly, ignoring the older woman. Luke saw the pain flash across Padme's eyes and sighed. For now, Mara was top priority. He would fix Leia and…mother when Mara was safe.
"Are you ready my dear?" the Duke asked, knocking softly on the door. His voice was soft, and had a singsong quality to it. Mara almost gagged. "It is time to consummate our marriage…"
"No, try me another night." Mara said, turning her back to the closed door. She did not want the duke even near her room, let alone in her bed.
"My dear, you must understand, YOU ARE MY WIFE. YOU WILL DO AS I SAY." He said, his tone growing in strength as he pushed the door open. "YOU WILL BE MINE TONIGHT. UNDERSTAND?"
Mara continued to ignore him, content to stare at her fingernails. Pulling her to look at him, he ripped off her shirt. Mara slapped him across the face and crawled back in the bed, her training coming back to her full force. He threw the shirt on the floor and crawled up onto the bed, cornering her against the walls. Lashing out, she struck him across the face with her foot.
"Naughty girl. I'll show you what happens to girls who don't do as their husbands say." The Duke warned menacingly. He went closer and closer, Mara struck him again, this time with her foot. She felt it connect with his jawbone and heard a small crack. Quickly moving off the bed, she grabbed her robe off the back of the door and left down the hall. "GUARDS! STOP HER! BRING HER TO ME!" He heard the demanding voice, and it seemed almost immediate that she was surrounded by a group of burly men. Fighting to get away from them, she was vastly outnumbered. Even a trained assassin couldn't take on 10 men, unarmed, in a small hallway. They grabbed her and carried her struggling back to the bedroom.
"Let me go, Damnit!" She screamed, biting and clawing at those men holding her, but they didn't seem to feel a thing. They threw her down on the bed and held her down.
"Mara, you have made a big mistake. You will be mine tonight, only now, it will not be so pleasureful for you." He grinned, blood escaping his mouth from where her foot had connected with it. She couldn't help but take some satisfaction in seeing blood on that face, caused by her. She continued to struggle against the men.
"Let me go. If I'm your wife, you wouldn't do this!" She screamed.
"Ah, but yes, I would." He grinned, and then Mara turned her head slightly just in time to see a small needle get injected into her arm. Quickly, everything went black.
A/N: 92? Cause you guys keep reviewing faster than I can write! For goodness sakes…;-) I'm just kidding, I'm not complaining. I know this is a mean part, but I hope it answered some of your questions…