Luke regarded his mother behind cool blue eyes. She was disturbed, he could
feel it. Padme Amidala always had a sense of calm about her that Luke
admired about his mother. But she was shaken. "Mother, will you tell me
what is troubling you?"
For long moments his mother stared at him, almost as if she were looking
back through the years at someone she had once known.
"You remind me of him sometimes" was all Padme would say. Luke knew she was
speaking of his father.
Luke remained impassive, his father was long gone. Padme had said it was
for the best. But to Luke's opinion walking out on a woman who was pregnant
was not honourable.
Luke held his mother close, she had not answered his question and he
wouldn't let it go.
"Mother is it the Jedi ambassdors? You know they are here to protect you
and the Queen" He knew his mother hated to be overly protected but somehow
deep inside him he knew this wasn't the problem.
Padme smoothed her son's tunic, "My emotions are all over the place today,
I ahve no answers for why" she smiled "And you my son are too young to
worry over them."
Luke nodded but he knew something was wrong.
And he knew it had to do with the Jedi ambassodors.
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"Are you going to be like this all day?" Leia questioned her father, raising a mocking eyebrow as her father once again re-arranged his robe. Anakin sent his daughter a mock serious frown. "If it is I don't think it's any of your buissness" he returned. Leia smiled. She missed this, her father had been withdrawn ever since they had recieved this mission. She was begining to think that her father had been stolen by aliens and a serious, sombre clone had been returned in his place. Despite her initial disopointement over her birthday Leia decided to read up on Naboo and Aldeeran, she would impress her father with her knowledge of these two planets. "Did you know that the planet of Naboo was once invaded by the trade federation. The Queen was only fourteen" Leia wrinkled her nose "Wow. That's young" She looked up to see her father with a grim yet painful look on his face. 'Yes I know" something about his face made Leia pause. Old pain. Leia decided to lighten the mood. "I don't think I will ever accomplish as much as Chancellor Amidala" she mused. Anakin grinned "You have accomplished much Leia. I believe no other padawan has ever tried to jump from one roof of the temple to the next above the gardens. Or discovered the hidden passageways underneath the temple" Leia nodded. She had done all of those things and had gotten in a universe of trouble for them. But she had fun doing it. "But I haven't accomplished anything great like Senator Amidala" Leia lamented. Anakin regarded his sullen daughter, trying not to smile at her despondency. He wrapped his arm around her, in an unJedi like fashion but defiently a fatherly one and kissed her on the forehead. "We shall see little one." He paused in the middle of the courtyard overlooking the palace, Leia hadn't mentioned the fact she thought it strange that her father knew the way almost as if he didnt think about it. Anakin took a stone from inside his pocket and held it out to Leia. For a moment Leia was astounded. The was the rock Obi Wan had given Anakin when he became his padawan. Anakin treasured the rock more then anything in the galaxy. "But Father this is yours. Ben gave it to you" Anakin smiled as he saw Leia trace the graceful lines with her index finger, despite her denials she was inthraled with the gift. "And I am giving it to you" Leia looked up at her father. Yes the aching hole of a young woman without a mother nagged at her but she had a truly wonderful father. They were a family. She would never loose him.
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"Are you going to be like this all day?" Leia questioned her father, raising a mocking eyebrow as her father once again re-arranged his robe. Anakin sent his daughter a mock serious frown. "If it is I don't think it's any of your buissness" he returned. Leia smiled. She missed this, her father had been withdrawn ever since they had recieved this mission. She was begining to think that her father had been stolen by aliens and a serious, sombre clone had been returned in his place. Despite her initial disopointement over her birthday Leia decided to read up on Naboo and Aldeeran, she would impress her father with her knowledge of these two planets. "Did you know that the planet of Naboo was once invaded by the trade federation. The Queen was only fourteen" Leia wrinkled her nose "Wow. That's young" She looked up to see her father with a grim yet painful look on his face. 'Yes I know" something about his face made Leia pause. Old pain. Leia decided to lighten the mood. "I don't think I will ever accomplish as much as Chancellor Amidala" she mused. Anakin grinned "You have accomplished much Leia. I believe no other padawan has ever tried to jump from one roof of the temple to the next above the gardens. Or discovered the hidden passageways underneath the temple" Leia nodded. She had done all of those things and had gotten in a universe of trouble for them. But she had fun doing it. "But I haven't accomplished anything great like Senator Amidala" Leia lamented. Anakin regarded his sullen daughter, trying not to smile at her despondency. He wrapped his arm around her, in an unJedi like fashion but defiently a fatherly one and kissed her on the forehead. "We shall see little one." He paused in the middle of the courtyard overlooking the palace, Leia hadn't mentioned the fact she thought it strange that her father knew the way almost as if he didnt think about it. Anakin took a stone from inside his pocket and held it out to Leia. For a moment Leia was astounded. The was the rock Obi Wan had given Anakin when he became his padawan. Anakin treasured the rock more then anything in the galaxy. "But Father this is yours. Ben gave it to you" Anakin smiled as he saw Leia trace the graceful lines with her index finger, despite her denials she was inthraled with the gift. "And I am giving it to you" Leia looked up at her father. Yes the aching hole of a young woman without a mother nagged at her but she had a truly wonderful father. They were a family. She would never loose him.