This one I'd say is my worst songfic. The story within the song doesn't work well as a story, doesn't flow the way I wanted it to. Anyways, it's the second one I wrote and it's got to go up too. 'I will remember you' by Sarah McLachlan.

Post Epi III/RotJ and G

~*~Weep Not for the Memories~*~

~I will remember you, Will you remember me? Don't let your life pass you by, Weep not for the memories.~

Padmé watched the clouds roll by. Her hand rested lightly on the sill, her two children were asleep behind her. Young Luke and Leia. Tomorrow, Luke would be taken by Obi-Wan to Tatooine, how ironic that Luke would grow up on his father's homeworld. His father, Anakin, now the evil Dark Lord, Darth Vader.

~Remember the good times we had? I let them slip away from us when things got bad.~

Things were not bad, they were worse. Padmé had been worrying so much about the twins; she didn't remember much of anything. Now that she had time alone, her mind threw all her memories back at her. She had forgotten about the memories she had shared with Anakin. But he was no longer Anakin.

~How clearly I first saw you smilin' in the sun, Wanna feel your warmth upon me, I wanna be the one.~

Her mind flicked to the first time she saw him, staring at her on Tatooine. She loved the way he was so innocent as a boy. As they grew, their love had grown. She loved to feel the warmth of his arms. It seemed that the sun no longer shined on her.

~I will remember you, Will you remember me? Don't let your life pass you by, Weep not for the memories.~

Dreams had come to her, about the past and her memories. She saw every moment that she had spent with him. She had kept moving since she had discovered that she was pregnant, she would not let the memories ruin the rest of her life. She would keep going. Now that everything was quiet for a few hours. She would let the memories release.

~I'm so tired, but I can't sleep. I'm standing on the edge of something much too deep.~

Emotional fatigue took her with several battering waves. She was unable to sleep. She did not want tomorrow to come, her son would leave her, probably forever. Anakin was gone, Luke would be gone soon with Obi- Wan. All the men in her life were leaving her.

~It's funny how we feel so much but we cannot say a word. We are screaming inside, but we can't be heard.~

She missed Anakin. So many times, she would scream his name in her head, but there was never a response. Her mental block kept her from contacting him, protection of herself and her children. She wanted someone to know that she still loved him, but no one would listen. Who would want to hear that she loves Darth Vader?

~But, I will remember you, Will you remember me? Don't let your life pass you by, Weep not for the memories.~

She smiled, a rare thing now a days. Her mind had floated to one of the last days that Anakin and she had spent together. She loved him still. Tears collected in her eyes, but not enough to actually fall. "Anakin.why?"

~I'm so afraid to love you, but more afraid to lose. I'm clinging to a past that won't let me choose.~

Perhaps her love was what drove him to the edge; perhaps it was his mother death. She wasn't sure what to do now. She planned on taking Leia to Alderaan and let her grow up there. She didn't know where she would go though. "It was my fault. I can't save the future with the decisions from the past."

~Once there was a darkness, deep and endless night, You gave me everything you had, oh, you gave me light.~

Anakin had helped her and her friends when they were stuck on Tatooine. He had won the pod race for them. Not only that, but in the light of one of her Handmaiden's death, he was there for her, trying to help her. Did she not help him at the right time?

~And I will remember you, Will you remember me? Don't let your life pass you by. Weep not for the memories.~

Her head rested on the window. It was similar to the time long ago. The day before she gave up her children. That was years in the past now. Vader and Palpatine were dead, by the hand of her son. Her daughter was now the Chief of State, and her son the first of the new generation of Jedi. She refused to let her children know that she was still alive. It was her fault that Palpatine made it to power in the first place. She sighed and felt a strangely familiar presence behind her.

She turned and saw the air shimmering, a figure starting to appear in the blue tinged air. She suddenly recognized the figure. Anakin.

"Ani?"

"My angel. You still use my nickname." Anakin said, smiling.

"Anakin, I would never stop using your nickname."

"I'm surprised that you actually remembered it."

"Anakin, memories are so hard to forget. I will always remember you, will you do the same?"

"Padmé, I will forever."

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Star Wars: George Lucas

"I will Remember You": Sarah McLachlan

Weep Not for the Memories fan fiction: Lil Bit, July 2001