The Empress, Jedi, and Sith 1: Luke and Leia Discovered
AN: Howdy y'all! Enjoy this chapter.
Every chapter from now on; there will be a summary of the last chapter posted at the top of each page. So, you wouldn't have to skim over the last chapter to know what was going on before reading the next chapter. Disclaimer applies too.
I changed the chapter one, such as taking out and putting in some details, because I don't want Leia to have some hatred towards the Empire now, or I'll have a hard time writing this story. For now, Leia will be just your typical innocent teenager girl who enjoys fun, and things like that. But she is also serious about bringing peace to Alderraan and doing her duty, and she believes diplomacy is better than war.
Slashes mean somebody's thoughts.
Summary of The Funeral: In the last chapter, there was a magnificent funeral for Alderaan's deceased king and queen, Bail and Sache Organa. Their death remains in mystery, and it was rumored that the Empire had killed them and had intended to kill Leia too, so they can control Alderaan. Leia is a twelve-year-old girl who will be the empress of Alderaan.
Chapter 2: Leia's Coronation
She felt nervous when all of those eyes were on her, but she does not show it. Putting on a brave face, she began to walk slowly on the red carpet toward the man holding the tiara on a purple pillow. When she walked past the crowd, one by one, the people began to bow to her respectfully. Some music played in the background.
/I can't believe I'm going to be the youngest empress in the whole galaxy! The name Empress Organa does have a nice ring to it. Stars, I hope I'm not going to drop dead of nervousness. Can you drop dead just because you are nervous, something like can you die of boredom//
Leia was dressed in a splendor suitable for an empress. Her dress consists of a small train at the back and crystals or gems were embedded in her dress, making Leia shine like a star. But she would rather to dress in something more comfortable and hip. The dress was dragging her down anyway.
The week had passed so fast that she had no time to ponder on her upcoming coronation or search for the murderers (she believed somebody had killed her parents). However, once upon being an empress, she will search for the murderers more thoroughly and enact a swift justice on them. Normally, she doesn't hold a grudge against people, but the murder of her parents is a different matter.
Before the coronation, she had to deal with many ambassadors, senators, and the other matters the soon-to-be empress have to perform. Personally, she thinks it's boring and tiresome, but a girl got to do what she got to do.
/Mother and Father and…Mom (Padme) will be proud of me. Wherever you are, I vow to find out the cause of your death (Bail and Sache) and bring the perpetrator to justice//
The beautiful lithe silvery diamond tiara was placed on her head. It felt a little heavy, like a foreshadowing that doing an empress's duty won't be easy. The crowd began to burst in applause and cheers.
Before she knew it, the crowing part was over. She had recited the oath and all the mumbo jumbos all royals had to say before becoming a ruler. Soon, a speech will have to be addressed.
Leia felt a sensation that somebody's eyes were boring into her, which is not a comfortable sensation. Her eyes began to scan the crowd to see what can be causing her such sensation. At there, she spotted a very handsome man who is about two meters tall, a height that stands him apart from other crowd. He looks to be in his mid thirties with wavy brownish-blonde hair falling to his broad shoulders, and he wore all black. When her chocolate brown eyes met his icy cool blue eyes, Leia felt a jolt of electricity shock and quickly tore herself away from him.
/Whoa! That was definitely creepy! Who was that man? He looks familiar, but I can't place it. I will find out later. Gotta to go now to make my speech./
Leia went to the podium to make her speech as Alderaan's empress. She tried her best to ignore the uncomfortable sensation the handsome man was giving her. She began to address the crowd, the Alderaanian and Imperial Senate, and the whole galaxy (She is on holovid all over the galaxy, live), " Thank you everybody for the support for making me an empress. I will do my best to serve you and bring peace on our beautiful planet…"
She continued her speech where every word caused her confidence to grow. When her speech ended, the crowd burst into applause and cheers again…except for the mysterious stranger. His eyes told her otherwise, as if congratulating her from his eyes.
Leia quickly left the podium to head to her shuttle for a respite, but while on the way, she asked her best friend and handmaiden, Nadia, who was the mysterious stranger.
"Him? Your Highness, I'm surprised you didn't notice the most notorious man in the whole galaxy! He's Darth Vader, duh. I really have no idea why he would come here, but maybe his emperor sent him…"
Leia mentally smacked her head because she should have recognized him! His face is always plastered all over holovid.
/Of course! I should have known! God, why would he come here? He has no business here! Or his dried-up emperor probably sent him here. Wait, did she just call me "Your Highness"/
"Thank you, Nadia. Please don't call me "Your Highness", just "Leia", unless we are in public. Just because I became an empress does not mean I've changed. I'm just still your old Leia. Oh yeah, I just remembered I would have a meeting with him the first thing tomorrow morning. Ugh, being an empress means you have to deal with bad people too. Hey, why don't we go out and sneak for a bite before somebody misses us?"
"Are you sure, Your Highness, I mean, Leia? Remember there might be somebody out there who wants you dead," asked Nadia with uncertainty in her voice.
"Oh come on! Today's my last day and starting tomorrow, I'll be busy for the whole week, and we won't be able to hang out with each other that much. We can bring Winter with us; you know how she is good with a blaster, " pleaded Leia.
"Ok, fine, but you'll have to be disguised, so nobody will recognize you."
"Yay! Thank you so much! I'll go to my place, and I'll sneak out. Meet me at 7:00 outside of my you-know-what and tell Winter to bring her blaster."
She went into her personal shuttle and rushed home by telling the pilot to hurry up.
"Yes, your majesty!" shouted the pilot and he just zoomed off like that.
AN: Well that is all guys. I'm not very good with politics, but I guess they are essential here (Like Anakin, I don't like politicians at all). This story will be mostly focused on the relationship between Vader and his children. I'm making Leia develop her sense of humor, because I want this story to be a little light hearted and funny--not too serious and somber.
I don't really know what type of government Alderaan uses, but I know they are peaceful and have a queen or king. So the government will be modeled after England's Constitutional Monarchy and the Alderaanian Senate in be in there too…I guess…