Alright, here's another chapter. I'm sorry I haven't made any updates for so long but I tried to find beta readers and then I had exams and a lot of work.

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After Luke had left the room, Padmé's brain started to furiously compile all the information he had given her.

So she was now on Coruscant and she had been prisoner of the carbonite for about 30 years. Oh brother! She could not even remember how old she was!

Anakin had turned to the Dark Side of the Force. That statement was the most difficult thing to admit for her. How such a caring and honest person could become such a monster? She strongly felt she had a big part of culpability in his change. Of course Palpatine was the best manipulator ever. But what could have he used to get Anakin by his side? And why on earth had Obi-Wan lied to her?

Luke and Leia had told her that the Empire was no longer running the galaxy, so does it mean the Rebellion succeeded? Where were all of her friends? Her handmaidens?

She had hundreds of questions raging through her mind and she couldn't wait to meet her family to ask them. She sighed deeply. She hated not being in control of her emotions. She had spent years of training to be able to think quick and wise. She had to find that strength of her again now. What would her children think of her if she were crying every now and then?

As she heard a soft knock on the door, she smiled and said: "Come in"

The whole Solo family entered the room together with Luke. The kids were ahead of the entire group, very eager to meet their grand mother. Leia came closer to the bed and made the introductions.

"Mother, this is Jaina and Jacen the twins, and this is Anakin," said Leia, very proud to introduce her children to her mother.

Padmé went pale as she heard the first name Anakin. Leia noticed her reaction and immediately kicked herself for being so untactful. "Such a diplomat," she thought. Padmé was looking at the three teens one after another and then at Leia. She was smiling again.

Then Leia turned to Han and she could feel her jaws starting to blush. Then again, she mentally kicked herself. "Oh come on," she thought "he's your husband for years, it's not like you're introducing your first boyfriend to your mother!" But it was. Han noticed her uneasiness and would have usually teased her about it, but he had to admit he was not that confident. Truth be told, he was quite embarrassed about the whole situation.

"Mother, this is Han Solo, my husband," finally said Leia.

"I see you have taken a great care of my daughter Mr. Solo, and I will always be grateful for that," said Padmé.

Han just nodded as a lack of word.

"Well now that I know all the family, I have a whole bunch of questions to ask, and I guess it's the same for you, who want to start?" she asked.

"Well," started Leia "I guess we're all very eager to know where you're coming from and what you were doing, that would be a good start."

"Alright then, I'll start," started Padmé. "I was born on Naboo, and when I was young, I was a student in the public services school. I soon started a political career on Naboo in the public services."

"What were you doing?" interrupted a very interested Leia.

"First I started as governor of Theed, the capital of Naboo, and then I had been elected Queen of Naboo."

"You were a Queen?" asked a much exited Jaina.

"Yes I was. But not the kind of Queen that becomes queen because she was born in the good family. On Naboo, our kings and queens are elected. It's just an honorific title."

"But still, you were a queen!" said Jaina as if getting her point.

Padmé smiled at this and continued. "I was 23 when I finished my second mandate and my successor, Queen Jamilia asked me to become the senator of Naboo, I could not refuse that position."

"You were a senator at 23?" asked Jacen.

"You know, your mother was a senator at only 18," said Han to his son.

"You are a politician as well?" asked Padmé to her daughter.

"Yes mother, but not as much as I used to," Leia started.

"She had been the best politician ever," stated Han, "She had been President of the New Republic for a couple of years." He said very proud.

"That's very impressive," started Padmé "It's not like I regret anything, but my political duties really were a burden when I married Anakin," she mused.

"How did you met our father?" asked Luke.

"During my first year as Queen of Naboo, the Trade Federation invaded our planet. They thought I was too young to react and fight them. I asked some help to the Senate and Supreme Chancellor Valorum sent some Jedi Ambassadors to help us. They soon discovered the truth as they saw the invasion droid army inside of the Trade Federation's ships. So they helped me to escape Naboo to go on Coruscant."

"Was father one of the jedis?" asked Leia.

"No. These Jedis were Master Qui Gon Jin and his padawan, Obi-Wan Kenobi."

"Padawan?" asked Luke, "What is that?" He was very interested in his mother's story and this particular part of the jedis' history. He did not know a lot of things about it and was happy to get to know the jedi history better.

"That's the name the young jedi apprentices were given," stated Padmé.

"So were did you met father then? On Coruscant?" asked Luke.

"Not on Coruscant. While we passed through the Trade Federation's ships, my ship was damaged so we had to land on that sandy rock planet called Tatooine."

"Hey, that's not a sandy rock planet!" said Luke "That's were I grew up!"

"So that's were you were," mused Padmé, then she continued, "Well, you cannot denied there's an awful big amount of sand and rocks there now, can you?" she asked her son amused.

"Yeah you're right mother," he answered amused as well.

"So we landed there looking for this particular part of the hyperspace to repair the ship."

"Hyperspace problem," said a very teasing Leia, "Now where have I already heard that?"

"Ah, ah, very funny" answered Han.

Padmé was looking at them, smiling and patiently waiting for them to stop before getting on with her story.

"So, Master Qui Gon decided to go in this city called Mos Espa and I went with him dressed as one of my handmaidens. That was a security plan settled by Captain Panaka, the chief of my security. He was not that happy that I decided to go with the jedi though. But there were no way that I was going to stay in that ship for days, waiting for a solution without doing anything to help. So we arrived in the city and Master Qui Gon asked me to stay close to him because it was dangerous. It was nice to be treated like a normal person though, even if he criticized the queen's decisions sometimes and that I could not say anything. He didn't know I was the queen so he was acting very normally with me. He discovered a kind of shop where spare parts of ships were sold and we entered that shop. I stayed in that kind of entry and he went with the owner of the shop looking for what we needed. That's when this cute little boy asked me if I was an angel. That's how I met your father."

They were looking at her in shock. Nobody was expecting this to come. Anakin Skywalker, one of the most powerful jedi in the galaxy, once one of the most evil powers, had been a cute little boy asking to a young girl if she were an angel!

"How old were you at the time?" asked Anakin.

"I was 14 and your grand father was only 9," she said.

"And then what happened?" asked Jacen.

"We found the part we needed but we had nothing to pay, the owner of the shop refused the republican money we offered. So we left the shop and later we came across Anakin again and he guided us to his house because there was this sand storm starting. We met his mother and he proposed to race the Bounta Eve podracer race to win the part we needed. His mother was very anxious about it though and I do understand it now. So he won this race and he won his liberty in the same time."

"What do you mean he won his liberty?" asked Leia.

"Your father was a slave at that time," answered Padmé.

That was the second shock in a matter of seconds. Alright, so now, powerful once evil jedi Anakin Skywalker had been a cute little slave boy.

"He won a pod race at only 9?" asked then an incredulous Jaina."

"He was a very gifted pilot," answered Padmé.

"Now it seems you have both your father and your grand father piloting skills," said Leia to her daughter.

"You're a pilot?" asked Padmé to Jaina.

"All my life" answered the girl.

That particular comment made Padmé smile even more. She seemed to be lost in her thought for a moment, and then she continued her story.

"We left to Coruscant, leaving his mother on Tatooine as we did not succeed in getting her as well. Then on Coruscant, I guess I made the biggest misjudgement of my life. Senator Palpatine manipulated me in proposing a vote of non confidence towards Supreme Chancellor Valorum. That's how he became Supreme Chancellor."

"He was a senator then?" asked Jaina.

"He was the senator of Naboo, which means that technically he had to obey me."

"Man, I can't figure him obeying anyone," said Han.

"We went then back to Naboo and freed the planet. Then Anakin left to become Obi-Wan's padawan. Master Qui Gon died in the battle and Obi-Wan had been promoted Jedi Knight."

"What happened after?" asked Jacen.

"Did they know you were the queen then?" asked Jaina.

"Well at a particular moment I had to tell them the truth. My decoy was very gifted but there was something I definitely needed to do so I told them the truth. After that battle, we haven't met for 10 years. He was training to become a jedi and I was still Queen of Naboo. Then I became a senator and I was involved in the group that was fighting against the creation of a Republican Army. Bail Organa was involved as well in this group," she Padmé looking at Leia.

That made Leia very nostalgic of her adoptive father. She was proud he fought with her mother. That made some old questions to come back in her mind as well. What were they towards each other? Were they just friends? Were they more than that? She resumed her thinking when her mother continued.

"That's when someone put a price on my head and that the assassination attempts started. That's how I came across Anakin's path again. Supreme Chancellor Palpatine asked Obi-Wan and Anakin to protect me. I was against that solution. I did not want to leave Coruscant as that important vote was going to take place. But I had no choice. I left back to Naboo with Anakin to protect me as Obi-Wan started an investigation to discover who wanted me dead.

As she was going to continue on her story, Mon Mothma entered the room.

"Padmé, I'm so happy you're still alive!" she said.

Padmé was staring at her, trying to figure out who she was. Finally she gave up and asked: "I'm sorry but do I know you?"

"Of course you do! I'm Mon Mothma, you remember me don't you?"

"Mon? I'm so glad you didn't get caught by the Empire!" said Padmé.

"So you do know each other," stated Luke with a very hard look at Mon Mothma.

Tadam : Cliffhanger !!!!

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