Chapter 5!
Padme smoothed down her dress. It was only simple Tatooine farm girl apparel that Obi Wan had been able to barter for at the Spaceport of Mos Elios, but it looked a lot better than her practically destroyed senate dress. Obi Wan had given Padme a few hours by herself that morning and she was waiting for him to come back, her mind wondering over everything she had discovered.
Firstly there was the carbonate revelation, and then the small matter of what to do next; she couldn't live in a cave forever with Obi Wan! Primarily she wanted to see Luke and Leia, but she knew that wasn't possible. If she suddenly appeared in their lives she would have to answer a lot of questions, like who she was and why she was only twenty-five. Then there was her desire to go back to Naboo and re-enter the political world, but that also was impossible. Lord Vader might notice if his long lost wife popped in during the next senate meeting.
The other thought whizzing around her crowded brain was the knowledge of Sidious's death. Why would Anakin/Vader kill his mentor? Had Anakin gone wholly evil, or was this proof that there was still good in him? Padme had no idea.
As she mulled these thoughts over and combed her carbon-messed hair, now washed Obi Wan entered the house er, cave.
"How are you?" He asked.
"A lot better!" She replied smiling and pinning back her hair with the few hair clips that had survived her adventure. Obi smiled too.
"I'm glad to hear it, you didn't look too good yesterday."
"No." Padme agreed, and there was a short silence. Then she asked the question that was annoying her most.
"What am I going to do now?" Obi looked slightly surprised.
"I presumed you'd want me to escort you back to your family on Naboo?" Feeling happier Padme replied,
"Yes, that's just what I wanted."
Obi Wan smiled again. "Good, because I've arraigned for us to travel to Naboo in one hour!"
Padme feeling surprised laughed, for the first time in years, she was going home.
Darth Vader stood in his shuttle's control room, studying a computer-generated map of the galaxy. Now he was only weeks away from invading Naboo, the time had arrived; he was going to find his son.
He scanned the map, searching for a clue. Alderaan? No, too obvious. Naboo? Far too obvious, Hoth? Too cold. Then the answer came to Vader, how could he have been so blind! His son was on Tatooine, Obi would want to hide him somewhere that Vader had bad memories of, Tatooine was the obvious place.
Soon it became obvious whom Luke would be staying with, and where! He would be living with his stepbrother Owen Lars.
Vader strode out of the room; he was on his way to Tatooine