Second Skycrawlers Part 2 By kcrforce

Disclaimer: Anything recognizable as Star Wars or anything affiliated with it belongs to George Lucas, and not me

PART 2

1Mara sat down on one of the meditation cushions in a crossed legged fashion. Then she reached down to her calm center then out for the Force and slowly became one with the Force. But before she could begin her self-exam she was swept up in an explosion of color and motion. When all came to a rest, she looked around and found she was no longer in Luke's and hers meditation room but on a beautiful balcony looking out over a mountain lake at sunset. She was also not alone. On her right was a woman who looked a lot like Leia but was not. Mara stared at the woman for a while before asking breathlessly "Who are you?"

"I think you already have an idea. But so we are clear, I am Padmé Naberrie Amidala Skywalker, your mother-in-law, former Queen and Senator of Naboo."

Mara stared, slack jawed at the mother of the man she loved. Before Mara could regain her demeanor, she was enfolded in a hug from Padmé the matriarch of the Skywalker family. Padmé was holding Mara at arms' length and studying her when Mara finally got control of herself. Mara finally asked, "Why am I here and where am I?"

Padmé smiled and said, "I can see why he chose you. You are at the place the Skywalker Family began, in the Lake Country of the planet of Naboo. And the reason we brought you here is we wanted to meet the woman who captured my son's heart."

"Among other reasons" a fightingly familiar voice said from the shadows behind her.

At the sound of a voice from her past she spun around and saw a man who looked a lot like her beloved Luke. She knew instantly who he was. He was the man who had terrified her as a child at the Imperial Palaces and whom she had served the Emperor with. The man who had been Darth Vader and now is Anakin Skywalker the father of Luke and Leia.

When Mara had turned her back on Padmé to face Anakin, Padmé put a hand on her and said "I think you have met my husband before."

"Yes and no, when I met your husband he was going by the name Darth Vader." Mara said as she reached out a hand to Anakin. When he took her proffered hand she said with a tear in her emerald green eyes "Thank you for freeing me from the Emperor's control, how can I ever repay you."

Anakin was surprised at her remarks and pulled her in for a hug and said "No need to thank me or repay me because you already have the day you married my son you payed me back and then some."

Mara pulled away and faced Padmé and asked "What are the other reasons you brought me hear and why now and not awhile ago?"

"The reason why now is you are more open to the Force and don't have any other distractions like the last time you were in this state." Anakin said

"The other reason was to give you and future Skywalker women some advice. We the Skywalker women are cursed and blessed. And you are now entering into the cursed part and will be for a time but at the end you will have a couple of blessing. I cannot tell you more then that I went through the cursed time nearly 50 years ago and that Leia 22 years ago and that you should look where Ben pointed." Said Padmé with a serious face.

"Come Padmé it's time to go." Anakin said

Padmé hugged Mara one more time and asked "Mara tell everyone that I love them, and tell Luke I would have been disappointed if he had not married you." Then she slowly dissolved into nothing.

When she was gone Anakin stepped forward and said "We will see you and yours in nine months. And there is a gift inside of R2-D2 and C-3PO that can only be assessed when they are in the same room and are given the command Secret Life password Lady-P-N-A-S. Next time bring Luke with you. Good bye for Nine months Mara."

When the vision ended, she continued with her self-exam but not with the general focus as she had first sat out to do. Instead she just focused on her admen and what she found there both surprised had delighted her.