Title: Clocks

Author: Anilem

Rating: PG

Summary: After meeting Leia in ANH, Lord Vader's past come back to haunt him...

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters you recognize. Star Wars belongs to George Lucas. I do not intend to make any money out of this or any other fanfic I may eventually write.

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"At times life is wicked and I just can't see the light

A silver lining sometimes isn't enough to make some wrongs seem right

Whatever life brings I've been through everything

And now I'm on my knees again"

(Don't stop dancing – CREED)

Clocks
By Anilem_Backwards

Chapter Two: Why...?

These feelings tormenting him... why now? What was wrong with him?

He was Lord Vader, the might powerful Dark Lord of the Sith, not a weak Jedi, he couldn't feel as he was feeling... so powerless... so regretful... NO, there was something wrong, and he could feel the Force telling him it was something related to that Princess....

Princess Leia Organa, senator from Alderaan... that was all the information he had. Based on this, obviously, she had to be the daughter of Bail Organa... but... if his memories weren't tricking him, Bail couldn't be her father, for during the Clone Wars when he was still fighting for the light side, they had become really good friends after being imprisoned together for some time , they had talked a lot in that period, Bail had been one of the few to learn about his marriage to ... well, the fact was that as he had also given away some of his secrets to him, he told him he'd probably never be able to have kids, he hadn't had an heir so far because his wife was unable to conceive, and that was one of the greatest grief of his life, he deeply loved his wife, but she would never be able to give him kids, he had learned to accept this but what really worried him was the laws of his planet that demanded an heir, if the problem had been his, the responsibility to have an heir and rule the planet would fall to the next in line, but if the problem was with the consort, the couple would have to divorce and live as far as possible to each other, Bail had told him he wouldn't be able to live without Dana, his wife, so he hid her infertility from the planet, but he had feared sooner or later someone would find out... Bail and Dana are still alive and together so Leia couldn't be their daughter, maybe they had adopted her in secret... He, being Lord Vader, would find it out....

With these resolution, the former friend of Bail Organa left his Mediate Chamber and went to the Med Center.

"Lord Vader why do you honor us with your visit, is there something the problem?" Asked the doctor, seeming somewhat a little scared.

"You may be of some use to me doctor, I need the medical background of Senator Leia Organa from Alderaan, mainly about her birth, is it clear?"

"Perfectly clear sir, I'll have this information in just a moment"

"Fine"

The doctor had been true to his word, in a very short time he had the information, and interesting enough her medical data was pretty detailed and complete but her birth was totally incomplete and vague, it only said she had been born by the end of the Clone wars in Naboo.

Naboo... why did she had to be born there? Why? Just the mention of the planet hurt him so much... It was there he had seen her for the last time... No, he had to stop thinking about it, or else he would go to a place he did not want to go, the day she... no... Focus on the Princess, he needed to find out more about her... A blood test... why hadn't he thought of this before? Nowadays they had the genetic register of every single person who had lived in the last century, not even people of the outer rim were excluded from the register, anyone from the nobles to the slaves... as he had been once... but it's now part of his past, now he is the might Powerful Lord Vader...

Yes the blood test would be the best, he had a feeling it would be very valuable...

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