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Mara cursed for the third time in those next few moments of silence and thought about, for the fourth time of walking away to let him deal with his own family problems. Ok, so technically it was her problem or at least her fault there is a problem in the first place but that shouldn't prevent her from walking away. Should it?
Mara looked at Padmè and the other woman gave her a glare to match Mara's. No, it shouldn't, she decided and moved to turn away. Luke appeared at her side and grabbed her hand in a yeah-right-if-you-think-I'm- letting-you-go hold. Mara knew at that moment she was stuck.
"What's going on?"
Anakin mimicked Padmè's question from before and Mara glanced at Jaina who sat silently with a big smile on her face.
"I'm just glad I could keep the secret, I didn't tell no one-'cept R2," the little girl commented happily when the ex assassin raised her brows in askance. It was obvious that this had been hard for the little girl to accomplish and she was very proud of herself.
Luke looked at Mara as she blushed slightly and was surprised to find that he found the whole situation funny. Sure, it could quite possibly destroy the future but Palpatine has already destroyed the future. So maybe it was the will of the force that his parents found out about everything so they could work together to make it better.
Not really knowing what he was doing he pulled Mara to his side and to his surprise she leaned into him. Once again he thought that maybe all this was supposed to happen, he was just glad he has Mara Jade with him to see it.
"Well?" Padmè prompted impatiently and Mara looked at the other woman and finally noticed that it wasn't that she was angry, but hurt they had lied to her. She wasn't even afraid of who they could be, Mara thought with a slight frown.
"You should probably sit down," Luke commented and was happy to see Padmè, his mother, comply dragging Anakin down with her.
Luke then gave Jaina a look and she stared right back at him, the little girl nodded at her uncle in understanding and stood up to leave. Mara stopped her, kneeling down to look the little girl, her partner in crime, seriously in the eye.
"Now don't go getting yourself in trouble till were done here," Mara started knowing the not getting in trouble wouldn't last too long. "No falling in waterfalls, or making us all dinner, or putting juice coloring in our shampoos or programming R2 to lock us in our room again," Mara trailed off when Jaina's eyes grew. The little girl was shocked that Auntie Mara had found out.
"I know everything you're about kid, I have eyes in the back of my head."
Jaina's eyes widened earnestly and she maneuvered around Mara in order to get a glimpse of these eyes.
"Not real eyes J!"
Jaina looked at her in confusion then gave a knowing nod, "Oh, you mean the Force."
The little girl wandered off; happy with her own conclusions and Mara gave a soft smile and stood up to grasp Luke's hand again not really noticing she did so. Luke did, but didn't say anything and moved to sit across from Padmè and Anakin finally ready to begin. He gave Mara a look telling her to start and she just nodded in understanding.
"My name is Mara Jade," Mara began and Padmè's face lost some of the hardness, so she continued. "I didn't lie about that. I did lie, however, about where I came from. I live in Courescant or at least that's where my apartment is located." Mara trailed off realizing she was babbling slightly but when Luke gently squeezed her hand she knew to continue anyway.
"I was on my ship when I had a vision about Luke. Usually this means he's in some sort of trouble so I called up his sister, Leia, then went after him.
When I found him, he was cornered by a big ugly bug creature, with no lightsaber! As I said, trouble."
"It wasn't as bad as that!" Luke argued and she gave him a slight glare. Luke closed his mouth and she continued once again.
"Somehow, more creatures showed up, Luke got his Lightsaber back and I was knocked unconscious, saving him I might add. When I woke up I was in Courescant."
When she finished Anakin and Padmè both had a look of bewilderment as to why this was important.
"We weren't in the same Courescant, it was different and we soon realized we were in the past."
"So, what you're trying to tell us is that you're from the future?" Padmè summed up in one sentence.
"Exactly!" Mara stated seriously and Padmè sighed.
"You can't expect me to believe this, I mean how could that happen."
"The force," Mara explained her face mimicking Jaina's from before.
"They're telling the truth Padmè," Anakin said softly "But what I don't get, is who are you?" He looked straight at Luke and the farmboy shifted uncomfortably.
"Well." Luke coughed and Mara smiled brightly, he's cute when he's nervous she thought and gave his shoulder a little shove for support.
"I'm Luke Skywalker," he stated proudly puffing his broad chest out looking the part of a little boy but with a new found confidence. "Your son."
Padmè gave a startled gasp and looked at Anakin. His son? She thought and felt a twinge in the pit of her stomach. Jealousy. She was jealous of a woman she didn't even know, it was silly really but Padmè felt a sudden loss and sadness overwhelm her heart.
Anakin only nodded calmly, his blue gaze glazed over as if he was listening to something. He looked over at Padmè and his eyes shone with a new found happiness, she only gave him a sad smile in return.
"What about Leia?" Padmè murmured softly and Mara gave the other woman a smirk. She had no idea yet, that she was Luke and Leia's mother, that she had married Anakin. When Mara noticed the sadness in the other woman's gaze she knew they had to tell her soon.
"We're twins," Luke answered and if it was possible Anakin's eyes grew brighter. Now Mara watched him as he reached over and hugged Padmè in happiness and found herself wondering how this kind man had turned into Vader. How he could leave behind a wife he loves greatly, even now, and children he didn't even know.
Palpatine.
Mara gave a slight snarl at the name and then got rid of her anger fast. That man was going to pay, she vowed. He was the monster, not Vader. He is going to pay for separating this man from his family, the woman he loves, and his children. For being the reason Luke and Leia had to grow up on two different worlds. He's going to pay for raising her, the way he did, as a cold hearted assassin and she realized with a gasp and looked at Luke, for ordering her to kill the only man she could ever love.
As if feeling her inner turmoil, everyone looked her way. She pushed away her thoughts of that evil man and grasped Luke's hand tighter.
"Are you going to tell them the rest?" she asked Luke and he nodded and was about to continue with his story when Padmè spoke up.
"Who's you're mother?" was her quiet question and it seemed to surprise herself, she didn't know why she felt this horrible knowing that this made her Anakin happy. Yes she did, that was the reason, he is her Anakin and that was that.
"You," Luke said softly looking her directly in the eye.
"Me, what?" Padmè asked confused as if forgetting that she had asked a question in the first place.
"You're my mother."
Padmè felt a wave of sudden happiness wash over her, but then the impact of what Luke had said hit her hard. She looked at Mara and her friend nodded as if confirming his statement. She opened her mouth to say something; anything but couldn't so she closed it.
"You mean." She finally started then shut her mouth and pointed to Luke. "I, you mean." she trailed off then pointed her finger at Anakin as if in accusation. "Me, you.him," Padmè looked as if she was confusing herself and then she gave a slight frown.
Mara knew she probably shouldn't find this amusing but her poor friend looked like she was going to faint and Mara knew for a fact that she has never fainted, ever before. Anakin must have sensed this for he moved to grasp her hand.
Padmè moved away slightly still not really knowing what to do, all this was pretty weird and she didn't know what to make of it.
"Ok, Anakin and I.married," she finalized and gave a slight smile understanding that she was ok with that conclusion. Then she looked at Luke and narrowed her eyes slightly in thought. "Luke.is my .son," she had a hard time with that but to Luke's relief she seemed ok with it. Then her eyes widened again and she looked at Mara.
"He's my son." Mara nodded quickly, helping her thoughts move along and Padmè had to reassure herself of who she was. "24," she said pointing to herself then looking at Luke again. He is older than her for siths sake, her son is sitting in front of her right now and he's older than her, so is Leia. Leia!
Padmè quickly looked around and saw Jaina and her eyes widened even more, "I'm a grandma-24 and a .grandma." She trailed off and looked at Anakin, his eyes widened too and he looked even happier. He was ok with this, Padmè thought and dropped her head into her hands. "24," she muttered and didn't look up again which is certainly understandable considering what she was going through.
"Why don't we finish this conversation later," Luke supplied causing Padmè to look up quickly at him.
"There's more?"
Luke nodded and gave a soft smile, "Yeah, a lot more."
Padmè gave a sigh and put her head in her hands again, she didn't know how she was supposed to take this. She looked through her fingers at Anakin and couldn't stop the smile from spreading across her face. She did know, however, that if Anakin is her future she is ok with it.
Mara snorted at Luke's comment, the understatement of the day. Unfortunately, the lot more they had to tell was not going to make either of them very happy and they had Old Palpy to blame for that, and pay for it he will.
Mara watched Padmè sneak looks at her two Skywalkers and Mara understood that Padmè knew she was the luckiest woman in the galaxy. Mara looked at Luke and their eyes locked. Then I'm the second luckiest, she thought and gave him an intimate smile, which he returned.
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Mara cursed for the third time in those next few moments of silence and thought about, for the fourth time of walking away to let him deal with his own family problems. Ok, so technically it was her problem or at least her fault there is a problem in the first place but that shouldn't prevent her from walking away. Should it?
Mara looked at Padmè and the other woman gave her a glare to match Mara's. No, it shouldn't, she decided and moved to turn away. Luke appeared at her side and grabbed her hand in a yeah-right-if-you-think-I'm- letting-you-go hold. Mara knew at that moment she was stuck.
"What's going on?"
Anakin mimicked Padmè's question from before and Mara glanced at Jaina who sat silently with a big smile on her face.
"I'm just glad I could keep the secret, I didn't tell no one-'cept R2," the little girl commented happily when the ex assassin raised her brows in askance. It was obvious that this had been hard for the little girl to accomplish and she was very proud of herself.
Luke looked at Mara as she blushed slightly and was surprised to find that he found the whole situation funny. Sure, it could quite possibly destroy the future but Palpatine has already destroyed the future. So maybe it was the will of the force that his parents found out about everything so they could work together to make it better.
Not really knowing what he was doing he pulled Mara to his side and to his surprise she leaned into him. Once again he thought that maybe all this was supposed to happen, he was just glad he has Mara Jade with him to see it.
"Well?" Padmè prompted impatiently and Mara looked at the other woman and finally noticed that it wasn't that she was angry, but hurt they had lied to her. She wasn't even afraid of who they could be, Mara thought with a slight frown.
"You should probably sit down," Luke commented and was happy to see Padmè, his mother, comply dragging Anakin down with her.
Luke then gave Jaina a look and she stared right back at him, the little girl nodded at her uncle in understanding and stood up to leave. Mara stopped her, kneeling down to look the little girl, her partner in crime, seriously in the eye.
"Now don't go getting yourself in trouble till were done here," Mara started knowing the not getting in trouble wouldn't last too long. "No falling in waterfalls, or making us all dinner, or putting juice coloring in our shampoos or programming R2 to lock us in our room again," Mara trailed off when Jaina's eyes grew. The little girl was shocked that Auntie Mara had found out.
"I know everything you're about kid, I have eyes in the back of my head."
Jaina's eyes widened earnestly and she maneuvered around Mara in order to get a glimpse of these eyes.
"Not real eyes J!"
Jaina looked at her in confusion then gave a knowing nod, "Oh, you mean the Force."
The little girl wandered off; happy with her own conclusions and Mara gave a soft smile and stood up to grasp Luke's hand again not really noticing she did so. Luke did, but didn't say anything and moved to sit across from Padmè and Anakin finally ready to begin. He gave Mara a look telling her to start and she just nodded in understanding.
"My name is Mara Jade," Mara began and Padmè's face lost some of the hardness, so she continued. "I didn't lie about that. I did lie, however, about where I came from. I live in Courescant or at least that's where my apartment is located." Mara trailed off realizing she was babbling slightly but when Luke gently squeezed her hand she knew to continue anyway.
"I was on my ship when I had a vision about Luke. Usually this means he's in some sort of trouble so I called up his sister, Leia, then went after him.
When I found him, he was cornered by a big ugly bug creature, with no lightsaber! As I said, trouble."
"It wasn't as bad as that!" Luke argued and she gave him a slight glare. Luke closed his mouth and she continued once again.
"Somehow, more creatures showed up, Luke got his Lightsaber back and I was knocked unconscious, saving him I might add. When I woke up I was in Courescant."
When she finished Anakin and Padmè both had a look of bewilderment as to why this was important.
"We weren't in the same Courescant, it was different and we soon realized we were in the past."
"So, what you're trying to tell us is that you're from the future?" Padmè summed up in one sentence.
"Exactly!" Mara stated seriously and Padmè sighed.
"You can't expect me to believe this, I mean how could that happen."
"The force," Mara explained her face mimicking Jaina's from before.
"They're telling the truth Padmè," Anakin said softly "But what I don't get, is who are you?" He looked straight at Luke and the farmboy shifted uncomfortably.
"Well." Luke coughed and Mara smiled brightly, he's cute when he's nervous she thought and gave his shoulder a little shove for support.
"I'm Luke Skywalker," he stated proudly puffing his broad chest out looking the part of a little boy but with a new found confidence. "Your son."
Padmè gave a startled gasp and looked at Anakin. His son? She thought and felt a twinge in the pit of her stomach. Jealousy. She was jealous of a woman she didn't even know, it was silly really but Padmè felt a sudden loss and sadness overwhelm her heart.
Anakin only nodded calmly, his blue gaze glazed over as if he was listening to something. He looked over at Padmè and his eyes shone with a new found happiness, she only gave him a sad smile in return.
"What about Leia?" Padmè murmured softly and Mara gave the other woman a smirk. She had no idea yet, that she was Luke and Leia's mother, that she had married Anakin. When Mara noticed the sadness in the other woman's gaze she knew they had to tell her soon.
"We're twins," Luke answered and if it was possible Anakin's eyes grew brighter. Now Mara watched him as he reached over and hugged Padmè in happiness and found herself wondering how this kind man had turned into Vader. How he could leave behind a wife he loves greatly, even now, and children he didn't even know.
Palpatine.
Mara gave a slight snarl at the name and then got rid of her anger fast. That man was going to pay, she vowed. He was the monster, not Vader. He is going to pay for separating this man from his family, the woman he loves, and his children. For being the reason Luke and Leia had to grow up on two different worlds. He's going to pay for raising her, the way he did, as a cold hearted assassin and she realized with a gasp and looked at Luke, for ordering her to kill the only man she could ever love.
As if feeling her inner turmoil, everyone looked her way. She pushed away her thoughts of that evil man and grasped Luke's hand tighter.
"Are you going to tell them the rest?" she asked Luke and he nodded and was about to continue with his story when Padmè spoke up.
"Who's you're mother?" was her quiet question and it seemed to surprise herself, she didn't know why she felt this horrible knowing that this made her Anakin happy. Yes she did, that was the reason, he is her Anakin and that was that.
"You," Luke said softly looking her directly in the eye.
"Me, what?" Padmè asked confused as if forgetting that she had asked a question in the first place.
"You're my mother."
Padmè felt a wave of sudden happiness wash over her, but then the impact of what Luke had said hit her hard. She looked at Mara and her friend nodded as if confirming his statement. She opened her mouth to say something; anything but couldn't so she closed it.
"You mean." She finally started then shut her mouth and pointed to Luke. "I, you mean." she trailed off then pointed her finger at Anakin as if in accusation. "Me, you.him," Padmè looked as if she was confusing herself and then she gave a slight frown.
Mara knew she probably shouldn't find this amusing but her poor friend looked like she was going to faint and Mara knew for a fact that she has never fainted, ever before. Anakin must have sensed this for he moved to grasp her hand.
Padmè moved away slightly still not really knowing what to do, all this was pretty weird and she didn't know what to make of it.
"Ok, Anakin and I.married," she finalized and gave a slight smile understanding that she was ok with that conclusion. Then she looked at Luke and narrowed her eyes slightly in thought. "Luke.is my .son," she had a hard time with that but to Luke's relief she seemed ok with it. Then her eyes widened again and she looked at Mara.
"He's my son." Mara nodded quickly, helping her thoughts move along and Padmè had to reassure herself of who she was. "24," she said pointing to herself then looking at Luke again. He is older than her for siths sake, her son is sitting in front of her right now and he's older than her, so is Leia. Leia!
Padmè quickly looked around and saw Jaina and her eyes widened even more, "I'm a grandma-24 and a .grandma." She trailed off and looked at Anakin, his eyes widened too and he looked even happier. He was ok with this, Padmè thought and dropped her head into her hands. "24," she muttered and didn't look up again which is certainly understandable considering what she was going through.
"Why don't we finish this conversation later," Luke supplied causing Padmè to look up quickly at him.
"There's more?"
Luke nodded and gave a soft smile, "Yeah, a lot more."
Padmè gave a sigh and put her head in her hands again, she didn't know how she was supposed to take this. She looked through her fingers at Anakin and couldn't stop the smile from spreading across her face. She did know, however, that if Anakin is her future she is ok with it.
Mara snorted at Luke's comment, the understatement of the day. Unfortunately, the lot more they had to tell was not going to make either of them very happy and they had Old Palpy to blame for that, and pay for it he will.
Mara watched Padmè sneak looks at her two Skywalkers and Mara understood that Padmè knew she was the luckiest woman in the galaxy. Mara looked at Luke and their eyes locked. Then I'm the second luckiest, she thought and gave him an intimate smile, which he returned.