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"Get up," one of the guards snapped as they jerked Padme off the floor and onto her feet, "the Emperor wants to see you."

Padme glared at the guard. She knew it wouldn't do any good, but it did make her feel a tiny bit better. Another guard jabbed a force-pike into her back to make her walk. She was taken into Palpatine's main room.

"Mommy!" Luke yelled as soon as he saw her from his spot next to Palpatine.

"Oh Luke," she murmured. Darth Vader was standing behind the boy, hands on his shoulders. Anger churned in Padme's stomach. He had no right to touch her son!

"Your children felt your pain," Palpatine stated. "Young Skywalker will hone in on the girl's pain. I will find her and bring her here."

Padme didn't say anything. She prayed that Luke would not be able to find his sister.

"I cannot feel her as strongly," Luke told the Emperor.

"You will." Palpatine stood up and turned to Darth Vader, "Leave us."

"Yes, Master," Vader responded and turned to leave.

"Lord Vader, I want you to go to my private security office. Watch from there."

Vader gritted his teeth. He didn't know what Palpatine had in mind, but he knew that it was going to hurt her bad. He knew he should do something. He wanted to do something, but he couldn't.

Darth Vader made his way to the security office, loathing himself more and more with each step.
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Obi-Wan arrived on Alderaan in the cover of the night. He crept into the palace and found Bail and Leia. Leia had already said her goodbyes. She clutched her tiny suitcase in her hand as her and Obi-Wan raced back to his ship.

Leia didn't want to leave. She loved Alderaan. After take off, she walked into the cockpit to talk to Obi-Wan.

"My mom told me about you. Daddy doesn't like you. He says that you are a bad man. Mommy says that you are a great man. Which are you?" Leia asked, and then studied him curiously, "I think you're good. Uncle Bail wouldn't have sent me with you if you were bad."

Obi-Wan turned to look at the girl. "I'm taking you where you will be safe."

"Yeah, you are good. My dad isn't," Leia looked down at her hands, "Mommy says that he was a long time ago. She told me his name was Anakin. Why is my daddy bad? It makes Mommy sad when I ask her."

Obi-Wan leaned back in his chair. He knew that the child needed to know, he just wasn't sure if he should be the one to tell her.

She isn't going to find out any other way, he decided, "Your father was my Padawan learner. He was a very powerful Jedi. He went against the Jedi Code and married your mother. The Dark Side of the Force seduced your father. I don't know what the final factor was that made him turn. I suspect it had to do with your mother. He and I fought and he lost his legs and arm. He ceased to be Anakin Skywalker and is now Darth Vader," Obi-Wan explained.

"What's the Dark Side?" Leia asked. She knew what the Force was. Her mother had told her about it. She had seen her father and Palpatine use it.

"The Dark Side is the evil way. Those who use it rely on their anger and greed. They only think about themselves. Users of the Dark Side are evil," Obi-Wan told her.

"Daddy uses the Dark Side. He's evil," Leia said quietly, "Mommy says that I shouldn't hate anybody or stay mad. She says that I should always think about others."

"Your Mommy is a very smart woman," Obi-Wan told her, "Now, you need to get to bed."

Leia nodded. Obi-Wan rose and lead her to her cabin.
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Luke ran behind the Emperor's throne, crying. Palpatine had been torturing his mother. He couldn't watch. Luke knew what the Emperor wanted. He was going to make his mother hurt so Leia would feel it and then Luke could find her. Luke curled up behind the giant chair. He couldn't feel Leia any more. He wasn't going to say anything, though. He was terrified of Palpatine. He wanted him to stop hurting his mom.

Finally, Palpatine stopped. He marched over to the throne and yanked Luke from behind it, "I told you to watch, boy!"

Luke couldn't answer. He could see Padme being jerked up by guards. She was in terrible pain.

"Where is your sister?" Palpatine asked.

"I-I don't know!"

"You want me to hurt your mother more, boy?"

"No! I can't feel her any more!" Luke cried out.

Palpatine laid a hand on his forehead, "You're not lying."

Palpatine turned to Padme, "Where is she?"

"I won't tell you," Padme managed to say. She was exhausted and in a lot of pain. It hurt to even breathe.

"I grow tired of you," Palpatine her. He turned to the guards, "Take her away."

Luke watched in horror as his mother was dragged away. He was now alone with the Emperor.

"I HATE YOU!" Luke screamed.

"Good," Palpatine responded, grinning. Luke was coming along nicely. It wouldn't be too long before he was his, "Good."