Okay, so this is a little Mara/Leia scene, for those of you who like them.
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I have to explain something: this is a story I wrote about a year ago, that I decided to post it here, so apart from the Skywalker family, I can't add anymore characters, cause they're already written. Sorry!
"Leia?" She had been daydreaming again as her thoughts were interrupted by Mara Jade Skywalker's entrance. After Luke had left, she had been alone in the cockpit. She was glad for that because she surely needed some space now. She had a lot to think about.
"Hello, Mara" she gave her a small smile. "We haven't really talked since you arrived, have we?"
"No, we haven't" the other woman replied. "Luke hasn't told me much but I'm worried about you." They had got closer those last few years due to several reasons. Their love for Luke, because of Jaina, who had been under Mara's tutoring and also, throughout Mara's illness and pregnancy, which Leia had given unconditional support. All in all, they had already been through a lot together and it had been good for both of them to have someone from the same gender to rely on.
Some time passed before Leia answered "I'm fine, Mara." Under her sister-in- law's suspicious gaze, she replied "Really. It's just that those dreams... They sure bring back memories. They're troubling me with questions that I thought had been answered long ago. And now this... Going to a planet called Naboo. I feel I should know some thing about this planet, but, whatever it is, it keeps eluding me."
It was a really rare for Leia to show her feelings like that, which got Mara even more worried.
"Luke hasn't told me much. What were you dreaming of?"
Leia told her about the dreams, or better yet, nightmares of her past. She concluded it by telling her about her father as well.
"If he says Anakin's fine, Leia, than he must be ok" she assured Leia, her recently acquired mother's instinct kicking in. "What about Naboo? Why is it bothering you?"
"I'm not sure. I have looked for information on it but there's not much. It apparently was ruled by a Monarchy and it was left abandoned and devastated during the Empire days but that was all I could come up with."
"It's strange because I feel like I should know something about-" Mara Jade's eyes got unfocused as she interrupted her speech.
"Mara? Are you all right?" Leia knew exactly what was happening as she got up from her seat and went to Mara's side. The Force was at work here and Mara was probably seeing something only she could see. Nevertheless, it worried Leia. Mara Jade, formerly known as the Emperor's Hand, despite all, still held many secrets about her past. It had been a long time though and Leia trusted this woman implicitly.
It took her a few minutes to come back to reality. "I" she hesitated before continuing. A shadow passed through her eyes. Her shadowed past. Something that it was no more. "I remembered something." It took a few seconds for her to collect her thoughts. "The Emperor had just taken me as his apprentice, I was about 4 years old I think." Her eyes got lost in the past again. "I was standing in the throne room along with him. There was a transmission from Lord Vader." She hesitated again and looked up at Leia's face to be sure that she could go on. Leia nodded reassuringly "I remember it specially because it was the first time I had seen him. And I was glad he couldn't see me. Anyway, he asked Palpatine for permission to devastate a planet. Naboo. Palpatine asked him what was the purpose of destroying it, as it was his own home planet." Leia's eyes widened at this. "Yes, that's it. Naboo was the Emperor's home planet."
Leia considered that for a few moments. "Why would Vader want to destroy it? What did he say?"
"If I remember it correctly, he said that it was because he wanted to destroy his last tie to his past. That she should die along with that planet."
"She?"
"Do you think...?"
"That it could also be my mother's planet? It would make sense, wouldn't it?"
Mara nodded. "Yes, it would."
They both took a few minutes to let that new knowledge sink in. Now she understood the reason for her father wanting her and Anakin to go there, however not fully.
Leia hesitated a lot before changing the subject but she finally asked "I know you rarely talk about it, but I have to ask" she took a deep breath before going on "I mean, I've been thinking... How do you see things now? How was it to spend almost all your life under the service of that being and then suddenly learn that you've been wrong? That you've done a lot of wrong things?"
That caught Mara off guard. People never asked her about such things, they knew it was a delicate issue for her and most of them thought better pretending it never happened. But this was Leia after all.
"It's ok, Leia. I guess. I think about that sometimes. It's strange because after so many years... It almost seems like it was another life. I was so different. You see, I really believed in what I was doing. He trained me very well. I had no conscience as I had no concept of what was good and what was evil. I was the perfect soldier. I did what I was told. And thought a great deal of my job. The Emperor's Hand. How proud was I of that title" She snorted.
"Do you feel guilty?" Leia asked, tentatively.
"I know I should." She paused. "But I can't. Everything that happened to me made me what I am today."
That put a completely new perspective to things, thought Leia. Something to think about.
Suddenly, a noise interrupted them. They would be coming out of hyperspace shortly. Leia gave Mara a silent nod before saying "Thank you"
"There's nothing to thank me for, Leia. I thank you. For everything." As an unusual display of affection which startled Leia, Mara gave her a quick hug before leaving the cockpit and calling both of their husbands.
I have to explain something: this is a story I wrote about a year ago, that I decided to post it here, so apart from the Skywalker family, I can't add anymore characters, cause they're already written. Sorry!
"Leia?" She had been daydreaming again as her thoughts were interrupted by Mara Jade Skywalker's entrance. After Luke had left, she had been alone in the cockpit. She was glad for that because she surely needed some space now. She had a lot to think about.
"Hello, Mara" she gave her a small smile. "We haven't really talked since you arrived, have we?"
"No, we haven't" the other woman replied. "Luke hasn't told me much but I'm worried about you." They had got closer those last few years due to several reasons. Their love for Luke, because of Jaina, who had been under Mara's tutoring and also, throughout Mara's illness and pregnancy, which Leia had given unconditional support. All in all, they had already been through a lot together and it had been good for both of them to have someone from the same gender to rely on.
Some time passed before Leia answered "I'm fine, Mara." Under her sister-in- law's suspicious gaze, she replied "Really. It's just that those dreams... They sure bring back memories. They're troubling me with questions that I thought had been answered long ago. And now this... Going to a planet called Naboo. I feel I should know some thing about this planet, but, whatever it is, it keeps eluding me."
It was a really rare for Leia to show her feelings like that, which got Mara even more worried.
"Luke hasn't told me much. What were you dreaming of?"
Leia told her about the dreams, or better yet, nightmares of her past. She concluded it by telling her about her father as well.
"If he says Anakin's fine, Leia, than he must be ok" she assured Leia, her recently acquired mother's instinct kicking in. "What about Naboo? Why is it bothering you?"
"I'm not sure. I have looked for information on it but there's not much. It apparently was ruled by a Monarchy and it was left abandoned and devastated during the Empire days but that was all I could come up with."
"It's strange because I feel like I should know something about-" Mara Jade's eyes got unfocused as she interrupted her speech.
"Mara? Are you all right?" Leia knew exactly what was happening as she got up from her seat and went to Mara's side. The Force was at work here and Mara was probably seeing something only she could see. Nevertheless, it worried Leia. Mara Jade, formerly known as the Emperor's Hand, despite all, still held many secrets about her past. It had been a long time though and Leia trusted this woman implicitly.
It took her a few minutes to come back to reality. "I" she hesitated before continuing. A shadow passed through her eyes. Her shadowed past. Something that it was no more. "I remembered something." It took a few seconds for her to collect her thoughts. "The Emperor had just taken me as his apprentice, I was about 4 years old I think." Her eyes got lost in the past again. "I was standing in the throne room along with him. There was a transmission from Lord Vader." She hesitated again and looked up at Leia's face to be sure that she could go on. Leia nodded reassuringly "I remember it specially because it was the first time I had seen him. And I was glad he couldn't see me. Anyway, he asked Palpatine for permission to devastate a planet. Naboo. Palpatine asked him what was the purpose of destroying it, as it was his own home planet." Leia's eyes widened at this. "Yes, that's it. Naboo was the Emperor's home planet."
Leia considered that for a few moments. "Why would Vader want to destroy it? What did he say?"
"If I remember it correctly, he said that it was because he wanted to destroy his last tie to his past. That she should die along with that planet."
"She?"
"Do you think...?"
"That it could also be my mother's planet? It would make sense, wouldn't it?"
Mara nodded. "Yes, it would."
They both took a few minutes to let that new knowledge sink in. Now she understood the reason for her father wanting her and Anakin to go there, however not fully.
Leia hesitated a lot before changing the subject but she finally asked "I know you rarely talk about it, but I have to ask" she took a deep breath before going on "I mean, I've been thinking... How do you see things now? How was it to spend almost all your life under the service of that being and then suddenly learn that you've been wrong? That you've done a lot of wrong things?"
That caught Mara off guard. People never asked her about such things, they knew it was a delicate issue for her and most of them thought better pretending it never happened. But this was Leia after all.
"It's ok, Leia. I guess. I think about that sometimes. It's strange because after so many years... It almost seems like it was another life. I was so different. You see, I really believed in what I was doing. He trained me very well. I had no conscience as I had no concept of what was good and what was evil. I was the perfect soldier. I did what I was told. And thought a great deal of my job. The Emperor's Hand. How proud was I of that title" She snorted.
"Do you feel guilty?" Leia asked, tentatively.
"I know I should." She paused. "But I can't. Everything that happened to me made me what I am today."
That put a completely new perspective to things, thought Leia. Something to think about.
Suddenly, a noise interrupted them. They would be coming out of hyperspace shortly. Leia gave Mara a silent nod before saying "Thank you"
"There's nothing to thank me for, Leia. I thank you. For everything." As an unusual display of affection which startled Leia, Mara gave her a quick hug before leaving the cockpit and calling both of their husbands.