A Rose In The Frost 20

Han piloted the ship steadily through space, Chewbacca was navigating. Nobody on board was paying any attention to either of them. Padme was watching Obi and Anakin teach Leia new lightsaber moves. She was finding the entire process very amusing, and was much too shocked to speak herself.

She hadn't been this happy for twenty years. She had her daughter and best friend back. But more importantly the husband she had lost to the Dark Side had returned to her.

She turned to watch him now; he had left his old red lightsaber behind on the Death Star and was trying to teach Leia to deflect bullets more accurately.

He seemed to sense her watching him, and turned to smile at her. She smiled back thinking how much they had both changed. Padme, to everyone's amazement, although in middle age did not look older than 34. Perhaps it was because she had been stunned so often.

Anakin's face was lined by age, and trouble. But his eyes still had that boyish charm and sparkling light. Han's voice interrupted her meditations.

"We are approaching Alderaan."

So, Padme thought under her breath. We're off to see the Rebels, the wonderful rebels on Alderaan.