Chapter 3: Battle Costume

A/N: The chapter "Battle Costume" will come up again when Leia gets to the "Attack of the Clones" portion of the diary. I just wanted to let you know that I know that I'm using the same chapter title twice (unless the fanfiction thingy stops me, then it'll be called something different!). I can't thank anyone for the fabulous reviews yet, because I haven't gotten any! The only reason for that is because I've been writing like crazy, but have only posted one chapter. I would also highly recommend that you go to the website I provided before if you're confused about the outfits that I'm talking about! Ok, this Author's Note is long enough, I'm done!

Tina101

Han gracefully landed the Millennium Falcon next to a small hut in the middle of a desert on Tatooine. Outside, C3-PO was working with Luke on a speeder. They both looked up, confused, at the sound of the ship landing. As soon as Luke recognized the ship, a smile broke out across his face.

"Han! Leia!" he cried out when his sister and her husband walked down the ramp off the ship. "What brings you to this desolate waste-land?" Luke swept his sister off her feet in a warm embrace, and shook hands with Han.

"Luke, I found our Mother's diary while I was packing to go to Naboo," explained Leia.

"Her diary? What does that have to do with Tatooine, unless you wanted to show it to me?" Luke asked.

"I want to show it to you, and that's not all. Our Father was from here. That's probably why you were brought here. Either your Aunt or your Uncle were related to Father."

"Aunt Beru and Uncle Owen are dead, and you know that. There's nothing here that can help you."

"I'm not so sure about that. Father was a slave. A slave for a junk shop owner by the name of Watto. Would you happen to know anything about that?" Luke stopped to think.

"Why don't you come inside? That name sound familiar to me, but I can't quite place it."

When the three friends got inside, Luke began to rummage through old files. Leia began to prepare something to eat, while Han looked around.

"Here it is!" Luke exclaimed after several minutes of frustration. He held up what appeared to be an old receipt.

"I bought some spare parts from a Watto about a year back. He owns a junk shop in town. I can take you there first thing in the morning if you would like. I need to pick up some parts anyway."

Leia through her arms around her brother's neck. "Oh thank you Luke! Thank you!" Han shook his head slowly.

"I have a feeling that finding out about your Mother and Father is going to be harder than I first thought.

Later that night, Leia was curled up on the floor in the kitchen. The silence in the house seemed soothing. She opened up her Mother's diary, and began to read some more.

It appears that peace has finally found it's way back to Naboo, but at a terrible cost. We returned to Naboo to fight, but I knew that our numbers were too small to fight against the massive droid army. We talked Jar-Jar into taking us to where the Gungas live. When we got there, they were gone, but we quickly found them at a sacred area for them deep in the swamps of Naboo. At first, the leader, Boss Nass, was going to kill us, but I talked them out of it. I was forced to give up my role as Padme, royal handmaid, and take on official duties as Queen. It appeared that Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan had know all along, but had acted like they hadn't. We quickly formed an alliance.

The following day was a day of battle. The Gungas met us in a large field. There, they would distract the droids. I would then go with Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, and Anakin, among other soldiers to regain control of the palace. An attack was also made on the droid control base in space. Our goal was to get the Viceroy. Once we gained control of the droid control center, we would shut-down all the droids.

Things were going smoothly, until Darth Maul, the same Sith Lord that had attacked us while returning to our ship on Tatooine attacked us again. Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon took care of him, so we could go on with the plan. It was later that we found out that the fight with Darth Maul proved fatal to Qui-Gon.

Anakin took refuge in a fighter with R2-D2-

Leia stopped reading. It hadn't registered that the astrodroid her Mother was talking about was the same one that had been with her faithfully for so many years. Quietly, she slipped through the house to where R2 was shut off. She turned him on, and quickly hushed him when he began to beep.

"It seems like you've seen a lot more battle than the ones with me and Luke, R2," she said coldly once R2 realized who was with him. "Why didn't you tell us that you knew our parents?" R2-D2 beeped a reply, which came printed out on a piece of paper for Leia to read.

"You weren't supposed to? Who told you that?" Another piece of paper slid out of the slot in the front of R2. "Bail Organa? My adoptive Father! I don't believe this!" Another piece of paper came out. "And Obi-Wan Kenobi! Why would they keep such a secret from me? Things just don't make sense anymore. What can you tell me about my parents? Anything else?" A long piece of paper slid out.

"C-3PO and I were the witnesses at their wedding, but 3PO's memory was erased after the Empire was formed. They were madly in love, which led to your Father's seduction to the Dark Side. Why don't you just read the diary?" Annoyed at R2's last statement, Leia turned him off, but took his advice. She stuffed the scraps of paper from R2 into the front of the diary to keep, but she didn't know why exactly.

Anakin took refuge with R2-D2 in a fighter, but "accidentally" took off, and began flying towards battle. Captain Panaka and I left Sabe, and the rest of my soldiers to find the Viceroy. Sabe came to the throne room just as I was about to be forced to sign the treaty for the Trade Federation. The Viceroy thought that I was the decoy, and went after Sabe. I got Captain Panaka and me two security pistols, and we began to destroy the droids. Chancellor Palpatine came, and took away the Viceroy. We had gotten the palace back! Anakin had also managed to destroy the command control to the droids. He argued that Qui-Gon told him to stay in the cockpit of the fighter, which he did. He just took the whole thing with him out to space! That boy has an unbelievable amount of spirit! I was devastated when I heard of Qui-Gon Jinn's death, but I knew that he died gallantly, and that was the way that he would have wanted to die in the end. Deep down, I know that Obi-Wan knows that too. Obi-Wan has been promoted to a Jedi Master, and Anakin is his new apprentice.

-Padme Amidala

Queen of Naboo

Just like the entries before it, they diary entry that Leia had just finished was followed by a drawing of her Mother. This time, she was in burgundy pants (much like the ones from Tatooine), and a matching top. There was a gold trim around the shoulders of the top, and a black belt with a gold buckle. Her hair was tucked under itself on the bottom, and formed an arch across the top, with some more hair wrapped around the middle. She had on black boots, and held a laser gun in her hand. Even in a fighting outfit, Leia thought that Padme was beautiful. She then closed the diary. Her Father had been a hero at the age of 10! She could tell that Luke had his spirit in him. The kind of spirit where you always have to helping someone else, and doing to right thing.

"Then why did he turn to the Dark Side?" she asked herself quietly as she climbed into bed next to Han.