Her breath hitched but she didn't stop. Leia took a running jump, easily
clearing the bluff she had encountered. She didn't know where she was going
and didn't much care all she knew was that she couldn't stay in the palace
with a father who had lied to her and a mother- Leia scowled, pushing her
legs even harder. Leia practiced the Jedi breathing techniques to ease her
burning lungs but she didn't slow her pace. The warm sun spurred her on as
did her father's phantom voice.
She wasn't who she thought she was, all her life she had been Leia Jessamyn Skywalker, father of Anakin Skywalker whose mother had died when she was younger, a woman who haunted her dreams at night. She could hear the pounding of her feet against the soft grassland, slippery from the night's rain. Still she looked to the horizon, she would reach it and then she would surpass it so that she was part of the sky and the air around her. So she wouldn't hurt so much.
Her breath was hitching again, but this time it wasn't exhaustion it was tears. Angrily she blinked them away
"Jedi don't cry" she muttered under her breath, suddenly the land fell and she lost control of her legs, she ran faster and faster but had nothing to stop her. Finally she slammed into a tree.
For long moments she hugged the trunk her eyes gazing off into the middle distance until she pried herself away. She began pacing, evaluating everything every moment and action in her life.
A Jedi shall not know love
Finding comfort in the code she began to recite the code over and over, feeling the words soothing.
She slowly sunk to the ground, pulling off her shoes and socks and dipping her feet in the cool stream that she had come across.
One thing she knew she would never go home.
Leia pulled her tunic closer to her body as the sun dipped and a cool breeze blew across her. It was getting dark, she knew her father was going to be worried but she couldn't find it within herself to care. Sleepily she laid against the ground feeling the force surround her in comforting waves, no matter what else happened she knew she was connected to the force.
She felt gentle hands tuck the tunic closer and instantly she got to her feet, her lightsaber at the ready, it trembled slightly as she regarded Padme Amidala
"Leave me alone"
The women didn't move just gazed at her silently, giving Leia time to evaluate her. Her mother stood so close to her that Leia felt an unknown longing tug at her chest.
"Leia I am so sorry that you found out so late....."
"Didn't you want me? Didn't dad want Luke?"
Padme made a useless gesture. "It wasn't about that it was about a way in which we could make it easier on you and your brother"
"Yourself you mean" Leia counteted "You weren't worried about me or Luke, you were just worried about yourselves and your own problems"
"I love you" Padme insisted hotly, coming slightly closer. Leia raised her lightsaber, perfectly willing to land an injury if she dared come closer. She felt like a cornered animal
"You don't know me" Leia hissed back, slightly desperately.
Padme opened her arms wide "I have always loved you Leia. You are my little girl"
"No I'm not"
She wasn't who she thought she was, all her life she had been Leia Jessamyn Skywalker, father of Anakin Skywalker whose mother had died when she was younger, a woman who haunted her dreams at night. She could hear the pounding of her feet against the soft grassland, slippery from the night's rain. Still she looked to the horizon, she would reach it and then she would surpass it so that she was part of the sky and the air around her. So she wouldn't hurt so much.
Her breath was hitching again, but this time it wasn't exhaustion it was tears. Angrily she blinked them away
"Jedi don't cry" she muttered under her breath, suddenly the land fell and she lost control of her legs, she ran faster and faster but had nothing to stop her. Finally she slammed into a tree.
For long moments she hugged the trunk her eyes gazing off into the middle distance until she pried herself away. She began pacing, evaluating everything every moment and action in her life.
A Jedi shall not know love
Finding comfort in the code she began to recite the code over and over, feeling the words soothing.
She slowly sunk to the ground, pulling off her shoes and socks and dipping her feet in the cool stream that she had come across.
One thing she knew she would never go home.
Leia pulled her tunic closer to her body as the sun dipped and a cool breeze blew across her. It was getting dark, she knew her father was going to be worried but she couldn't find it within herself to care. Sleepily she laid against the ground feeling the force surround her in comforting waves, no matter what else happened she knew she was connected to the force.
She felt gentle hands tuck the tunic closer and instantly she got to her feet, her lightsaber at the ready, it trembled slightly as she regarded Padme Amidala
"Leave me alone"
The women didn't move just gazed at her silently, giving Leia time to evaluate her. Her mother stood so close to her that Leia felt an unknown longing tug at her chest.
"Leia I am so sorry that you found out so late....."
"Didn't you want me? Didn't dad want Luke?"
Padme made a useless gesture. "It wasn't about that it was about a way in which we could make it easier on you and your brother"
"Yourself you mean" Leia counteted "You weren't worried about me or Luke, you were just worried about yourselves and your own problems"
"I love you" Padme insisted hotly, coming slightly closer. Leia raised her lightsaber, perfectly willing to land an injury if she dared come closer. She felt like a cornered animal
"You don't know me" Leia hissed back, slightly desperately.
Padme opened her arms wide "I have always loved you Leia. You are my little girl"
"No I'm not"