Author's note:

Thanks to Keirin-Sama, Piper Halliwell2 for reviewing and Starclipper 01 for the cool suggestions. I never read the ROTS novel so I could be fresh for the movie, so thanks.

Chapter 2: Talks with Ghosts

"Luke. Don't give into anger."

Luke could faintly see the glow of a force ghost outside the window into the deep part of space. He could see his father, Anakin, as he was before he turned into Darth Vader. He was young, with a scar over his eye and long shaggy hair. His father smirked slightly.

"I gave in, and you saw what it did to me. Especially over family matters."

"But Leia doesn't understand."

"Leia is struggling with her own feelings. She had a mother for a while, one that loved her as much as Padme would have."

"Padme? My mother? What happened to her father? Why didn't I know her?" Anakin's smirk faded. He looked pained, sad. He unfolded his arms and put them behind his back.

"Go to Naboo, you will find the answers with her family." Anakin disappeared leaving Luke shouting after him.

"Father!"

Just behind him R2 came in beeping and whirring.

"I'm alright R2." Luke sighed and sat back in his seat, still searching the stars around him. R2 continued to beep.

"Yes, R2, back to Naboo." Luke turned to the small droid. "You do remember Naboo, right?" R2 beeped the affirmative.

"What is it like?" R2 seemed to stall for a moment then continue his mechanical noises.

"Water? Hills…it sounds beautiful." Luke leaned on his knees.

The door to the cabin came open again and Han walked it.

"Look Luke, I know you're a little upset right now, but you don't have the right to judge Leia. She's had a hard time of it and-" Luke stood up.

"I know, I'm sorry. I just…I just wish she could understand. I need this."

Han nodded. "Well, we're coming close to Naboo. Maybe you want to go talk to her before we land?"

Luke stood up and went out the door to the cockpit. Leia was there, her head against the back of the chair, eyes shut. He put a tentative hand on her shoulder.

"Leia?" Her eyes snapped open and she rose in her seat.

"Luke. Listen I-"

"No, Leia. I have to apologize. My anger got the best of me. I know I shouldn't give into that." He bowed his head. "I saw father today."

"You mean-" She glanced around her. "Like when you saw them on Endor? As ghosts, or whatever?"

Luke nodded and took her hand. "I know it's hard for you to hear. I know you haven't accepted Anakin as our father." Leia took her hand back.

"It's not Anakin I don't accept, it's Vader. He tried to KILL ME!"

"I understand, Leia! But he changed."

"Maybe some day you'll understand how I feel about him. Anakin or Vader, I'm mad at both. Whoever you choose to forgive, I hate-"

"Leia!" A voice outside the cockpit in front of them interrupted. Leia screamed and jumped back in her seat. Outside floated the ghost of the father she'd never known.

"What the-Luke!" She grasped onto Luke's lapels. He pried her fingers off and sat her down in the seat. Her eyes were transfixed on her father.

"Leia, do I have to tell you the same things I told Luke?"

"What are you doing here?" She licked her lips then looked at Luke.

"Father," Luke started, "perhaps now wasn't the best time. You've never shown yourself to her before. She hasn't even seen Obi-Wan or Yoda…"

"Now's as good a time as any. Especially when I could feel her hate welling up inside her. Something I made the wrong choice of doing. Something that destroyed our family."

Leia stood. "I have a family! Or had, until you killed them! My father-"

"I am your father. I am very grateful for Bail's love for you, but you need to accept the truth before you continue on your training." Anakin's voice remained calm despite the anger Leia felt.

Truthfully, Leia was studying her father. She was interested in the man that had sired her, and then turned to the dark side. He looked like Luke, in a way. She could tell she'd come from him, too. And she felt ashamed.

"Go with your brother to Naboo. You'll find your mother's family. Look for the Nabarrie's. They will tell you everything."

"But I remember my mother, I don't' want to go there."

"Then you will never become a Jedi. A Jedi let's go of their anger and hate, or they turn into a Sith."

"I don't care." Leia turned to leave, but Anakin's voice stopped her.

"The mother you claim to remember, is not Padme.'

"What?"

"You remember your adopted mother. You do not remember Padme. You were a newborn when she died. Do this for your brother, if not for yourself, Leia. May the force be with you." Anakin disappeared back into the stars.

Leia began to cry softly. "Everything I knew…is gone."

"You have me. And you have Han. Leia don't give into fear and anger. Let's see what we find on Naboo, together."

Leia slowly nodded, and just in time, because Naboo was now a small spot in front of them, beckoning them to her.