Authors' Notes:Jaina's thoughts have a * beside it.Leia's have a / beside it.Han's have a
( beside it.Jacen's have a - beside it.Luke's have a ! beside it.Mara's have a : beside
it.Hope you enjoy the ending of this story I promise that you won't be disappointed.
Disclaimer:See chapter 1
Long life to Live
by:jaina-solo-fel
Chapter 6:Unexpected Surprises and An Ending
*I see my mother standing there looking at her mother and I think no I wonder what is
running through my mother's mind as they stand there.It must be a scary thing or maybe
exciting to see your mother after 46 years thinking her dead or rather not knowing what
happened to her after she left you.I look over at uncle Luke and he seems so calm so
collected but yet I feel that he is uneasy and he is not so sure of what to do or what to
say.I see my dad leave mom's side and go over to my grandmother."Hi I'm Han Solo your
daughter Leia's husband,"he said."Nice to meet you,"Padmè said."Call me Padmè if you
like."He nods and turns to my aunt Lara then everyone else did the same thing except for
uncle Luke and mom Padmè goes over to them"my children,"she said.They both look at her and
just keep looking I feel Jag came over to me and put his arm around me I look at him and I
smile he kisses me on the lips and when we pull apart I see my dad glare at him I smile
over to my dad and he smiles back.
A while later we are inside sitting around a table my mom and uncle Luke are still very
uncomfortable I don't think they really know what to do.Its only me,Jacen,mom,dad,uncle
Luke,aunt Mara,my grandmother and aunt Lara I don't know what to say to them.I just sit
there and watch them and I just wonder about different things and different people about
how they would react to this sort of situation,I've never really thought about it I
suppose I never thought it would come true that everyone in my family would be in the same
room together.I suppose I wish that my little brother Anakin and my grandfather Anakin
were here but I suppose they are in ghost watching this little exchange.They would be
happy I think to see us here and the only thing seperating us is the fear of something new
and not knowing what to say.I wish I could lighten the mood by saying something of meaning
and that would probably help but nothing is coming to me.Uncle Luke finally looks up and
looks at his mother I bet him and mom have about a million questions to ask this
woman."Why didn't you ever try to come look for us?"he asks.This is the first words spoken
in two hours of sitting here just staring at each other and I'm glad someone's finally
broken it.*
!I stare at my mother across from me and I wonder if she'll be able to answer that
question I mean do I really know that this woman is my mother I learnt a long time ago
that I can't trust everything that someone says to me.The woman that says she's my sister
looks up at me and glares she must know that the question hurt her mother but Leia and I
deserve these answers.When I thought about sending Jaina to Geonosis and Jacen to Kamino I
never dreamed that either of them would bring something this big back with them."I never came looking for you becasue I thought it was still too dangerous to come out and see you I would have taken anything to come see you again,"Padmè says."How can you ask her these questions?"Lara asks.I look at her but Leia answers"if you had grown up without her being there lied to for your whole life then you would also be asking these questions,"she says.I look at Leia and she's right Padmè looks hurt then suddenly Lara stands up"she went into hiding for us nobody knew that Padmè and Anakin Skywalker had had a third child not even Obi-Wan Kenobi,"she says."You two were in more danger than I was.""The war ended 24 years ago so don't give us that there was plenty of time,"Leia says.Padmè looks at her and I see pain in my mother's eyes but then she looks away."We need rest,"Lara says.I see Jaina stand up and I look at her and she shrugs"follow me,"she says.They did they leave and we watch them leave.!
-I watch my sister escort my grandmother and my aunt out the door but I don't know what to think this is a shock that Padmè Skywalker is still alive.It's unbelieveable I mean since I
was young I've thought her dead sure people have come and said that they are her but it never turns out to be true.I'd hate for my mothers hopes to get up and then it turn out not to be true maybe I'll get Wedge to put out a background check on her.I stand up"excuse me I have to go do something,"I say."I'll accompany you,"my dad says."I'll go too,"Mara says.I nod and then we leave aunt Mara leaves us and my dad is looking at me"I want to do a background check on them,"I say."Okay,"he says.We leave and go to Wedge's office and knock on the door"come in,"he says.We do he looks at us as we walk in"Jacen Han what can I do for you?"he asks us."The people that arrived with Jaina we want to do a background check on them,"I say."All right who do they say they are?"Wedge asks."Padmè and Lara Skywalker,"my dad says.Wedge looks shocked and he nods his head and then he looks at me"when you see your sister can you please ask her to come and see me,"he says.I nod and then we leave.-
/I'm sitting looking at Luke waiting for him to speak we are the only two left in the room and we haven't said anything to each other since everyone left.He looks up at me"what do you think?"I ask.He shrugs"I don't really know if they are our mother and sister if that's what your asking we've had a lot of let downs over the years,"he says."I know,"I say.The door opens and Jacen comes in and I smile at him"I'm doing a background check on them to see if they check out,"he says.I look at him in shock"I don't want you to have another false alarm and get your hopes up."I nod and I go over to him and I hug him and the door opens again and Jaina comes in and she smiles at me"hey honey,"I say."Hey mom,"she says."Oh Jaina Wedge wants to see you,"Jacen says."All right I'll go see him now,"Jaina says."Mom uncle Luke Padmè wants to see you again but later if that's okay with you."I nod and I look over at Luke who still doesn't look so sure but he nods his head anyway then Jaina leaves the room.Han comes back into the room and I smile./
(I see the pain in her eyes even though she conceals it I just hope that this isn't some cruel joke again that somebody has set up.They seem true but until I have evidence I won't be so sure they just better not be a threat to Leia or Luke or Mara or the kids they'll have to go through me.I've already lost too many people in this war I don't think I could take another death in my family.I go over to Leia and I put my arm around her"where did Jaina go?"I ask."To see Wedge,"Jacen says."Probably wanting to send Twin Suns on another mission."I nod and we go back over to sit at the table and I look at my best friend he just seems lost I suppose I would feel the same way if I had just found out that my mother was alive a person I never knew.I put my arm around Leia and she leans into me and lays her head on my shoulder and I kiss her on the head.I look over at the door when it opens and it's Mara she's carrying Ben she sits down next to Luke we just sit there in silence not really knowing what to say.All I know is that I want to protect my family from any harm.)
*I'm walking to Wedge's office for my meeting and all that is going through my mind is what if these people aren't who they say they are.I just hope that they are that they haven't lied to me because people have done that before and sometimes I haven't even known it.Anybody can pass off as the wife of Anakin Skywalker because they just like the thought of passing themselves off as Darth Vader's wife.But that's all they see Anakin Skywalker as the Dark Lord of the Sith they didn't really know who Anakin was if you asked questions about him they probably wouldn't be able to answer them or if they could they'd be lies.I knock on Wedge's door"come in,"he says.I do and he points to a chair and I nod and I sit down"there's been a distress signal from a planet called Niscarni it's out near the outer rim,"he says."But I thought they were attacking planets closer to Coruscant,"I say."They are broadening their scope,"he says."I need you and your team to go there and get the refugees I wouldn't usually asking you to do this but we don't have anyone else to do it.""It's all right,"I say.He nods and looks at me"dismissed lieutenant unless there's something else,"he says."No sir,"I say.I stand up and am about to leave"Jaina your dad's flying out with you to help,"he says.I nod and then I leave the office and I go back to the room and I walk in and my family are sitting around the table all talking.And I smile.It seems incomplete somehow I suppose it's with the loss of Anakin.
Later I've called the team together and we are all sitting around"so what's happening?"Jag asks."We are going to a planet called Niscarni it's out near the outer rim we got a distress call from there and Wedge wants us to go get them and the Falcon will be with us,"I say.They nod"when do we head out,"Zindra asks."Tomorrow morning early about 05:30,"I say.They nod and then they leave Jag,Jacen and Kyp are the only ones left in the room with me and they all look at me and I look back"do you think I did the right thing with bringing them here?""No we might never have known they existed,"Jacen says.I nod and I smile at him"I suppose we should go put on a happy face at dinner hey Jace,"I say.He shrugs and then we go to the dining room no one is there except for mom,dad,uncle Luke and aunt Mara."Are they coming?""Yes,"Mom says.We sit down at the table and I see that Ben is beside Mara then Lara and Padmè came in and they sat down at the table and we ate dinner in silence.There were looks passed between everyone but nothing was said and then when everything was cleared away then the talking started.*
/Here we are sitting at the table drinking caffe and everyone is still just looking at each other sure I'm glad that Jaina brought them here then Luke and I may have never known our mother was alive.But this is still an awkward situation"we'd like some questions answered,"Luke says."I'd thought you would,"Padmè says.I nod"well the first one is what happened after you left us,"I ask.My mother nods"well after I left you on Alderaan after you were two I took Lara and we moved to Geonosis I didn't know where else to go I had to get far away from all of you,"she says."I needed to protect you from your father.""What was he like Anakin I mean before he turned?"Luke asks.I look at him and I see a look of hurt cross over our mother's face"he was wonderful and if he'd had a chance he would have been a great father and grandfather,"she says.I smile I wonder again how our lives would be different if we'd been brought up by Padmè and Anakin.Would have I met Han and had Jaina,Jacen and Anakin or would Luke have met Mara and had Ben.Things certainly would have been different I'm sure.
*We got to bed quite late and I only had two hours sleep and then I got up and got ready for my flight we were going to use the same ships that we used on our last mission.I sit down at the pilots station and I get ready for lift off I see the Falcon across from me dad is flying alone today because mom decided to stay and listen to more stories from Padmè and Lara and to see how their lives have been.When I see my father sitting there all alone I feel a hole in my heart that use to be where Chewbacca sat I guess it sort of gave me a sense of security.Anakin would have gone into this fight and that's where he would have been sitting and our family would be complete the reason Chewie wouldn't be there was because he was visiting his family.All I know is,is that I have to survive this war not just for the sake of it but also for the sake of maybe having a family of my own one day.Not of course saying that it would be necessarily with Jag just a family I mean I know I love him but I can't think of that sort of commitment now.He sits down beside me and he reaches over and he squeezes my hand and I smile at him.
Who am I?I ask the question again and this time I can truthfully say I know who I am.I am Jaina Solo the proud daughter of Han and Leia Solo,the niece of Luke and Mara Skywalker,the sister of Jacen and Anakin and the proud grandaughter of Anakin and Padmè Skywalker.Not Darth Vader Anakin Skywalker I know uncle Luke was telling the truth when he said there was good in him.And I hope wherever you are grandfather that you are watching us and that you are proud of all that we've done I know that you are watching.Also I just wanted to thankyou for everything for bringing everything into my life.*
The End
PS:I hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed writing it please review and I'm sorry for taking so long to get it out.There should be a sequel sometime soon but I have to get my life organized I just finished school so I have to figure out what I'm going to do.May 2003 be a prosperous to us all just as 2002 was.
Thankyou to everyone who reviewed you are all a bunch of darlings you know who you are.
( beside it.Jacen's have a - beside it.Luke's have a ! beside it.Mara's have a : beside
it.Hope you enjoy the ending of this story I promise that you won't be disappointed.
Disclaimer:See chapter 1
Long life to Live
by:jaina-solo-fel
Chapter 6:Unexpected Surprises and An Ending
*I see my mother standing there looking at her mother and I think no I wonder what is
running through my mother's mind as they stand there.It must be a scary thing or maybe
exciting to see your mother after 46 years thinking her dead or rather not knowing what
happened to her after she left you.I look over at uncle Luke and he seems so calm so
collected but yet I feel that he is uneasy and he is not so sure of what to do or what to
say.I see my dad leave mom's side and go over to my grandmother."Hi I'm Han Solo your
daughter Leia's husband,"he said."Nice to meet you,"Padmè said."Call me Padmè if you
like."He nods and turns to my aunt Lara then everyone else did the same thing except for
uncle Luke and mom Padmè goes over to them"my children,"she said.They both look at her and
just keep looking I feel Jag came over to me and put his arm around me I look at him and I
smile he kisses me on the lips and when we pull apart I see my dad glare at him I smile
over to my dad and he smiles back.
A while later we are inside sitting around a table my mom and uncle Luke are still very
uncomfortable I don't think they really know what to do.Its only me,Jacen,mom,dad,uncle
Luke,aunt Mara,my grandmother and aunt Lara I don't know what to say to them.I just sit
there and watch them and I just wonder about different things and different people about
how they would react to this sort of situation,I've never really thought about it I
suppose I never thought it would come true that everyone in my family would be in the same
room together.I suppose I wish that my little brother Anakin and my grandfather Anakin
were here but I suppose they are in ghost watching this little exchange.They would be
happy I think to see us here and the only thing seperating us is the fear of something new
and not knowing what to say.I wish I could lighten the mood by saying something of meaning
and that would probably help but nothing is coming to me.Uncle Luke finally looks up and
looks at his mother I bet him and mom have about a million questions to ask this
woman."Why didn't you ever try to come look for us?"he asks.This is the first words spoken
in two hours of sitting here just staring at each other and I'm glad someone's finally
broken it.*
!I stare at my mother across from me and I wonder if she'll be able to answer that
question I mean do I really know that this woman is my mother I learnt a long time ago
that I can't trust everything that someone says to me.The woman that says she's my sister
looks up at me and glares she must know that the question hurt her mother but Leia and I
deserve these answers.When I thought about sending Jaina to Geonosis and Jacen to Kamino I
never dreamed that either of them would bring something this big back with them."I never came looking for you becasue I thought it was still too dangerous to come out and see you I would have taken anything to come see you again,"Padmè says."How can you ask her these questions?"Lara asks.I look at her but Leia answers"if you had grown up without her being there lied to for your whole life then you would also be asking these questions,"she says.I look at Leia and she's right Padmè looks hurt then suddenly Lara stands up"she went into hiding for us nobody knew that Padmè and Anakin Skywalker had had a third child not even Obi-Wan Kenobi,"she says."You two were in more danger than I was.""The war ended 24 years ago so don't give us that there was plenty of time,"Leia says.Padmè looks at her and I see pain in my mother's eyes but then she looks away."We need rest,"Lara says.I see Jaina stand up and I look at her and she shrugs"follow me,"she says.They did they leave and we watch them leave.!
-I watch my sister escort my grandmother and my aunt out the door but I don't know what to think this is a shock that Padmè Skywalker is still alive.It's unbelieveable I mean since I
was young I've thought her dead sure people have come and said that they are her but it never turns out to be true.I'd hate for my mothers hopes to get up and then it turn out not to be true maybe I'll get Wedge to put out a background check on her.I stand up"excuse me I have to go do something,"I say."I'll accompany you,"my dad says."I'll go too,"Mara says.I nod and then we leave aunt Mara leaves us and my dad is looking at me"I want to do a background check on them,"I say."Okay,"he says.We leave and go to Wedge's office and knock on the door"come in,"he says.We do he looks at us as we walk in"Jacen Han what can I do for you?"he asks us."The people that arrived with Jaina we want to do a background check on them,"I say."All right who do they say they are?"Wedge asks."Padmè and Lara Skywalker,"my dad says.Wedge looks shocked and he nods his head and then he looks at me"when you see your sister can you please ask her to come and see me,"he says.I nod and then we leave.-
/I'm sitting looking at Luke waiting for him to speak we are the only two left in the room and we haven't said anything to each other since everyone left.He looks up at me"what do you think?"I ask.He shrugs"I don't really know if they are our mother and sister if that's what your asking we've had a lot of let downs over the years,"he says."I know,"I say.The door opens and Jacen comes in and I smile at him"I'm doing a background check on them to see if they check out,"he says.I look at him in shock"I don't want you to have another false alarm and get your hopes up."I nod and I go over to him and I hug him and the door opens again and Jaina comes in and she smiles at me"hey honey,"I say."Hey mom,"she says."Oh Jaina Wedge wants to see you,"Jacen says."All right I'll go see him now,"Jaina says."Mom uncle Luke Padmè wants to see you again but later if that's okay with you."I nod and I look over at Luke who still doesn't look so sure but he nods his head anyway then Jaina leaves the room.Han comes back into the room and I smile./
(I see the pain in her eyes even though she conceals it I just hope that this isn't some cruel joke again that somebody has set up.They seem true but until I have evidence I won't be so sure they just better not be a threat to Leia or Luke or Mara or the kids they'll have to go through me.I've already lost too many people in this war I don't think I could take another death in my family.I go over to Leia and I put my arm around her"where did Jaina go?"I ask."To see Wedge,"Jacen says."Probably wanting to send Twin Suns on another mission."I nod and we go back over to sit at the table and I look at my best friend he just seems lost I suppose I would feel the same way if I had just found out that my mother was alive a person I never knew.I put my arm around Leia and she leans into me and lays her head on my shoulder and I kiss her on the head.I look over at the door when it opens and it's Mara she's carrying Ben she sits down next to Luke we just sit there in silence not really knowing what to say.All I know is that I want to protect my family from any harm.)
*I'm walking to Wedge's office for my meeting and all that is going through my mind is what if these people aren't who they say they are.I just hope that they are that they haven't lied to me because people have done that before and sometimes I haven't even known it.Anybody can pass off as the wife of Anakin Skywalker because they just like the thought of passing themselves off as Darth Vader's wife.But that's all they see Anakin Skywalker as the Dark Lord of the Sith they didn't really know who Anakin was if you asked questions about him they probably wouldn't be able to answer them or if they could they'd be lies.I knock on Wedge's door"come in,"he says.I do and he points to a chair and I nod and I sit down"there's been a distress signal from a planet called Niscarni it's out near the outer rim,"he says."But I thought they were attacking planets closer to Coruscant,"I say."They are broadening their scope,"he says."I need you and your team to go there and get the refugees I wouldn't usually asking you to do this but we don't have anyone else to do it.""It's all right,"I say.He nods and looks at me"dismissed lieutenant unless there's something else,"he says."No sir,"I say.I stand up and am about to leave"Jaina your dad's flying out with you to help,"he says.I nod and then I leave the office and I go back to the room and I walk in and my family are sitting around the table all talking.And I smile.It seems incomplete somehow I suppose it's with the loss of Anakin.
Later I've called the team together and we are all sitting around"so what's happening?"Jag asks."We are going to a planet called Niscarni it's out near the outer rim we got a distress call from there and Wedge wants us to go get them and the Falcon will be with us,"I say.They nod"when do we head out,"Zindra asks."Tomorrow morning early about 05:30,"I say.They nod and then they leave Jag,Jacen and Kyp are the only ones left in the room with me and they all look at me and I look back"do you think I did the right thing with bringing them here?""No we might never have known they existed,"Jacen says.I nod and I smile at him"I suppose we should go put on a happy face at dinner hey Jace,"I say.He shrugs and then we go to the dining room no one is there except for mom,dad,uncle Luke and aunt Mara."Are they coming?""Yes,"Mom says.We sit down at the table and I see that Ben is beside Mara then Lara and Padmè came in and they sat down at the table and we ate dinner in silence.There were looks passed between everyone but nothing was said and then when everything was cleared away then the talking started.*
/Here we are sitting at the table drinking caffe and everyone is still just looking at each other sure I'm glad that Jaina brought them here then Luke and I may have never known our mother was alive.But this is still an awkward situation"we'd like some questions answered,"Luke says."I'd thought you would,"Padmè says.I nod"well the first one is what happened after you left us,"I ask.My mother nods"well after I left you on Alderaan after you were two I took Lara and we moved to Geonosis I didn't know where else to go I had to get far away from all of you,"she says."I needed to protect you from your father.""What was he like Anakin I mean before he turned?"Luke asks.I look at him and I see a look of hurt cross over our mother's face"he was wonderful and if he'd had a chance he would have been a great father and grandfather,"she says.I smile I wonder again how our lives would be different if we'd been brought up by Padmè and Anakin.Would have I met Han and had Jaina,Jacen and Anakin or would Luke have met Mara and had Ben.Things certainly would have been different I'm sure.
*We got to bed quite late and I only had two hours sleep and then I got up and got ready for my flight we were going to use the same ships that we used on our last mission.I sit down at the pilots station and I get ready for lift off I see the Falcon across from me dad is flying alone today because mom decided to stay and listen to more stories from Padmè and Lara and to see how their lives have been.When I see my father sitting there all alone I feel a hole in my heart that use to be where Chewbacca sat I guess it sort of gave me a sense of security.Anakin would have gone into this fight and that's where he would have been sitting and our family would be complete the reason Chewie wouldn't be there was because he was visiting his family.All I know is,is that I have to survive this war not just for the sake of it but also for the sake of maybe having a family of my own one day.Not of course saying that it would be necessarily with Jag just a family I mean I know I love him but I can't think of that sort of commitment now.He sits down beside me and he reaches over and he squeezes my hand and I smile at him.
Who am I?I ask the question again and this time I can truthfully say I know who I am.I am Jaina Solo the proud daughter of Han and Leia Solo,the niece of Luke and Mara Skywalker,the sister of Jacen and Anakin and the proud grandaughter of Anakin and Padmè Skywalker.Not Darth Vader Anakin Skywalker I know uncle Luke was telling the truth when he said there was good in him.And I hope wherever you are grandfather that you are watching us and that you are proud of all that we've done I know that you are watching.Also I just wanted to thankyou for everything for bringing everything into my life.*
The End
PS:I hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed writing it please review and I'm sorry for taking so long to get it out.There should be a sequel sometime soon but I have to get my life organized I just finished school so I have to figure out what I'm going to do.May 2003 be a prosperous to us all just as 2002 was.
Thankyou to everyone who reviewed you are all a bunch of darlings you know who you are.