A/N- Thanks to Slinky for the title of this chappie. And actually I got Lorelei out of a baby name book.

Chapter 5- Trusting the Dark

Kitster and Anakin, both hidden under cloaks, emerged from the small transport they had been able to procure.

"You know you cheated, don't you?" Kitster asked, looking over his shoulder at the transport.

"I've done worse," Anakin replied shortly.

It was very lucky for them that the Traffic Control center had assured them landing so close to the main Senate building.

"Leia's quarters are close to here, I can feel it," Anakin said in muttered tones. Kitster nodded.

They approached the doors to the Senate Hall but did not enter. Instead, they turned sharply left. This eventually led them to a street filled with housing units.

"Now, which one is Leia's?" Kitster asked.

Anakin took a deep breath and called on the Force to guide him.

I must find her, he thought. We must help Luke.

And guide him the Force did, six doors down.

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Leia sighed. Who thought being pregnant could be so boring? She couldn't even go with Han and Luke to speak with Babba the Hutt. And now, she was very worried about them.

They should've been back by now. Or, at the very least, should have reported to her. She was sure they would've reported to her if they had decided to follow a lead…wouldn't they?

Anyhow, all this worrying had led her into a sleepless night. Instead of curling up in bed beside her husband, she found herself trying to find a book to read. However, she suddenly felt very strange. As if she knew someone were near her…someone she knew.

Leia quickly walked out of the room that Han and she used as a study, and that was soon to become their baby's room, and into the sitting room. There she was met with quite a shock.

Two cloaked figures stood just past the doorway of her home. Leia's immediate thought was to cry out for help, then reason hit her. Who would hear? Instead, she decided to try an approach that she was most familiar with.

"Excuse me, but do you know that you are in my home?" she asked in a very business-like manner.

One of the figures gave a deep chuckle.

"Very diplomatic. Just like your mother," floated the deep voice from beneath one of the hoods.

Leia gasped. She knew that voice! It was not a voice she had heard very often, but it was one that you did not forget.

"…Father?" she whispered.

Both men lowered their hoods. For some reason, Leia just now noticed the obvious sound her father's breathing apparatus had always made. She didn't know why she hadn't heard it beforehand.

"Leia…don't be afraid. I'm not here to hurt you," her father said.

"I'm hallucinating. It's the medicine the medi-droid gave me. This is a side effect," the young woman muttered. The other man laughed lightly.

Leia looked at him. He didn't seem Imperial. In fact, he looked very kindly.

"Leia, you're not dreaming or anything like that. I'm alive. Please, hear me out on this. I was cloned by the Emperor after my encounter with Luke in Cloud City. It was the clone that Luke faced. I was banished to Tatooine. Leia, I've come to ask for your help."

Leia straightened. "So it was the clone that turned back…"

"No…I did that as well…Long before the clone, actually. Vader did die. I'm Anakin, truly your father," Anakin said, taking a slow step toward his daughter.

She didn't draw back. Instead, she turned her attentions toward the other man.

"Who is this?" she asked.

The man inclined his head. "My name is Kitster, Milady. I'm an old friend from your father's childhood," he said.

Leia didn't say anything in reply. Instead, she took a moment to think on all she had just learned in the last thirty seconds. One thing came to mind first.

"What are you doing here? In Coruscant? Do you realize what would happen if anyone should fine you here, Father? To you and to me?" Leia asked in a feverish whisper.

"I'm here to ask for your help. Luke is in grave danger. I feel it," Anakin said.

"In danger? How?"

"There is a power rising. It's nothing like the Force, but it is still just as powerful."

"This has to do with this Lord Voldemort," Leia said, looking away in thought.

"Who?" Kitster asked.

Leia looked back at her "guests."

"He's a new threat that has arisen. He claims to be some sort of Dark Wizard, or some nonsense…or at least I thought it was nonsense. A new power? How is Luke in danger?"

"I don't know, but it has something to do with this power. I felt it when I seen the Falcon leave Tatooine."

"We need to find your brother," Kitster interjected.

Leia stood and moved quickly to a nearby drawer. She opened it and pulled out a small display screen.

"Han installed a tracking device and gave me the way to track him. That way I would know where he was going. But, I don't have a transport…you do, right?" Leia asked.

"Then you'll help?" Kitster asked.

"Of course. Luke is my brother and he--" she looked fleetingly at Anakin, "is my father. Of course I'm going to help."

"We have a small transport, but it will be sufficient. We need to leave," Anakin said. Leia gathered just a few things, and then they were gone.

End Notes: Okay, not much in this chapter. I like writing the chapters with Luke and Lorelei better, but these in between are important nonetheless. Anyhow, I hope you liked this. Please R & R! Bye!