A/N: Sorry this took so long. I just never felt compelled to work on it. I wanted to get 'Hand in Hand' finished and I did! So enjoy this chapter!

Chapter Twenty-Nine:

Anakin quickly disembarked the Falcon when he and Obi-Wan returned to Bespin. His little princess was safe and sound with her mother. His heart skipped a beat knowing that he was going to be bale to hold Leia for the first time in fifteen years.

Kelista had greeted Anakin and Obi-Wan at the landing pad. She quickly told Anakin where he could find Leia and Padmé. They were in the small botanical gardens that the city had. Obi-Wan and Kelista watched as Anakin took of sprinting towards the garden.

"Has he been like this since I contacted him?" Kelista asked.

Obi-Wan nodded yes. "His little princess is back."

Padmé knew Anakin was close. She could feel him through their Force bond that had developed since they had been married. She smiled slightly as she and Leia continued to walk through the garden.

"What are you smiling about mother?" Leia asked.

Padmé didn't answer her as her eyes were fixed on something over Leia's shoulder. A small smile spread across her lips.

Confused, Leia turned to see who was behind her.

Standing about 20 feet behind them was a tall man. Leia looked at him for a second, studying his features for a second. He had shoulder length dark blonde hair with a bit of curl to it as well as soft blue eyes. It was the blue eyes that she remembers deep in her mind. The same eyes that she saw in Luke…

"Daddy!" Leia cried as she broke into a run towards Anakin.

Padmé watched with tears in her eyes as Anakin swept Leia off of her feet and hugged her tightly. She could tell that Anakin, too, was crying; as well as Leia.

"Oh my little princess. I've missed you so much." Anakin whispered into Leia's hair as he held his precious daughter close to him. Tears softly fell into her hair.

Leia didn't say anything as she lay in her father's warm embrace. Before that moment, she had felt that she wasn't complete. That something was missing. When she and Luke had been reunited, part of her felt more complete. But there was still one part that wasn't.

And now…now that was all changed. She was complete.

"I love you daddy," she whispered as she hugged her father tighter.

"I love you too princess."

"If dad turned to the dark side, why did he never tell me?" Luke thought to himself as he lay in the bleak cell. It had been days since he had been out of it. He figured it must be some sort of punishment for not joining the Emperor on the dark side.

Luke closed his eyes and let memories of his childhood flood back to him…

"Luke promise me that you will never turn to the dark side no matter what anyone ever tells you."

Ten-year-old Luke looked up at his father with a grin on his face. "I promise."

Anakin tousled his son's hair briefly as he turned and headed back into his workshop to tinker with some broken droids the Owen had.

Luke watched his father walk away. He suddenly got a pang in his heart. There was something that his father and Obi-Wan were hiding from him. He knew it. He wondered if they would ever tell him?

Now Luke knew the truth. His father had been an agent of evil. But for how long? And what turned him back?