Ok, here I am again after a few months without updating. I'm truly sorry
about that but as I told you once, I'm only writing when I feel I'm having
a good idea.
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That really was beyond him. During all of these years she had known who his mother was. She had seen him looking for the tiniest information about her and yet she had kept quiet. Of course she was thinking Padmé was dead, but still she could, she should have told him who his mother really was. He looked at Mon Mothma as she was getting closer to Padmé's bed.
Leia was staring at Luke with much concern. He was acting strange lately. She had never seen him so out of control. She could read the emotions on his face. Incredulity fist. Then total shock. And now, was it anger she was guessing over his face? She tried to reach his mind through the Force and was taken aback when he violently shut his mind to her.
Padmé was not at all aware of what was going on between her children. She was very happy to see Mon Mothma was still alive. For sure she had change. But still, it was so good to get to see her friend, fellow senator, and fellow rebel. She then looked at her children to share her happiness with them. Leia was deeply staring at Luke with such bewilderment that Padmé quickly turned her gaze towards Luke. She immediately understood her daughter's reaction when she saw that look Luke was having. She knew it oh so well. That definitely was not good at all. Something was really bothering him. It was amazing how he was looking like his father at this particular moment.
"Luke, what's wrong?" she finally asked.
He did not even bother to look at her as if to acknowledge her question. Instead of that, he was still deeply staring at Mon Mothma. His blue eyes suddenly were like ice and his breathing was getting quicker.
"I guess the right question would be why you haven't ever told us that you knew our mother." He harshly said.
Mon Mothma was looking at him. She was now sitting on a comfortable arm chair that a droid had brought earlier. It was a well known fact that she had never totally recover from the poisoning she suffered once and that due to her age she could not stand for a long time. Anyone would have felt insulted by the way Luke asked his question. She kept silent for a few minutes and then stood up from the arm chair.
"Because I didn't know she was, it's that simple." She finally answered very calmly.
"You knew her but you didn't know she was our mother? Who do you think you're trying to fool around?" Luke exclaimed as he could no longer restrain his anger. Leia quickly came to him and put a hand on his shoulder.
"She knew it Leia, all along she knew it and let us look around everywhere and wonder about our mother, all along!" he told his sister.
"She didn't know, "Interrupted Padmé. She gestured to her son for him to come closer to her. "Luke, she didn't have a clue. No one knew I married Anakin; they barely realized I was pregnant. I highly doubt anyone knew at the time actually. We had to keep it a secret because we weren't allowed to get married. When I couldn't hide anymore that I was pregnant, I left Coruscant to go back to Naboo to have some rest and deliver."
"But she knew Leia was your daughter! And then we told her we were twins: Why on earth didn't she tell her the truth at that time?" Luke protested. He was a little bit more in control now, but anger was still raging in his mind and body. And he didn't like that at all. He knew how dangerous it was for a Jedi to be that angry. He was feeling stupid not to be able to get any kind of control over his emotions.
"That I don't know," answered Padmé. Then she looked at Mon Mothma questioningly. Mon Mothma sighed and sat again in the armchair.
"I was confused. I thought Leia really was Bail's daughter. I mean, you have always been very close to him," she said to Padmé, "then, when I learned that Luke was Leia's brother ... knowing Luke was a Jedi, I thought they were Obi Wan's children."
"Certainly not!" interrupted Padmé," he never accepted my relationship with Anakin, he tried to separate us when he finally understood we were together. He even threatened us to tell the truth to the Jedi Council when he learned that we were married."
"I didn't know that, I thought you were quite close."
"We were until he learned that Anakin and I were together. He lied to me. He told me Anakin was dead. And he took Luke away from me! He told me my son was dead."
"Well whoever you thought was our father, you still knew who was our mother!" firmly stated Luke.
"I know. And I'm so sorry for that. But I since Leia knew her as well... I thought she was the one that should have talked to you about it." Mon Mothma answered.
"Alright let's talk about something else now," said Padmé trying to change the subject, "I told you about me, now it's your turn! I want to know everything that happened."
"Actually," interrupted Mon Mothma, "I came here to check on you and to remind Leia that she has a meeting scheduled with the Gungans representatives this morning."
"Gungans? From Naboo?" asked a surprised Padmé.
"Yes, well it's more like from Palpatinia now ..." said Leia.
"I beg your pardon? Palpatinia? What's this all about? How on earth could he change the name of our planet? He had no right to do so!" claimed Padmé.
"Well he certainly took a lot of rights while you were gone," said Han.
"What exactly is the problem with Naboo? Who's the current senator?" asked Padmé
"Well the current senator is called Kevisi, and well he's not that honest I would say."
"What do you mean "not that honest"?" asked Padmé.
"Well to make a short story of it, he's more like only represents the human inhabitants of Palp ... Naboo. He's taking an active part in the separation movement." Explained Leia.
"Separation movement? Between Gungans and Naboos? What happened to my planet? I worked so hard to develop this alliance between gungans and us!" said Padmé.
She stayed silent a few seconds and then quickly took the covers away from her and shifted to a sitting position getting ready to get off of her bed.
"What do you think you're doing?" asked a concerned Leia.
"I'm getting to this meeting with you. As a former Queen of Naboo and former senator, this is my duty!" stated Padmé.
"There is no way you're going to get out of this bed mother," said Luke that was as concerned as his sister about his mother's behaviour.
"I'd really like to see you doing something to avoid me to do so," said Padmé as she suddenly stood up and ended on the floor as her legs were not strong enough to support her in a standing position. Luke and Han quickly got to her to put her back to bed. Padmé was mortified not to be able to go with her daughter. It was about her planet damn it, they should understand her concern! Leia understood her mother's frustration oh so well since she would have had the exact same reaction Padmé had. She made a quick thinking and then came up with a possible solution.
"Alright I'm gonna check with the medical team if it's ok to let you come with me first. Then we'll see what we will do," said Leia.
"That's ok," said Padmé getting back to a more comfortable position. While Leia was discussion with the medical team, she gestured to Leia's children. "I haven't heard a word from you, come and talk with me, I want to know more about you!" she said smiling.
Jaina came closer smiling as well and spoke, "Well I'm Jaina, I'm Jacen twin sister and I'm so happy they found you."
"What are you doing right now? Still studying or maybe already working?" asked a curious Padmé.
"We're finishing Uncle Luke's Jedi Academy in a few months but we're working from time to time and Mom's making us study as well," said Jacen.
"And Dad's teaching us to pilot and to repair stuff," quickly added Jaina.
"I see your parents and uncle are providing you a very complete education," said Padmé, "very theory, practice, spirituality and all. What about you Anakin?" Padmé asked to the youngest Solo children. Padmé was really amazed at how he looked like his grand-father. And Leia had named him after him.
"Pretty much the same I guess," he answered smiling.
Leia was coming back for her quick meeting with the medical team and announced her mother that she'll be able to come with her as long as she accepted to stay in a chair that was moving thanks to tiny but powerful repulsors that were set under the chair. As it was alright with Padmé, Luke and Han helped Padmé to sit on the chair and then, Leia activated the repulsors and then guided her mother through the halls of the medical center to get out of the building. Meanwhile Mon Mothma had been ordering three transportation shuttles, one for her to go back to her apartment, one for the Solo family and Luke, and the other for Leia and her mother. Before Luke got into his shuttle, she took him apart and made another apology to him and Leia. Luke looked at her and then sighed telling her it was alright and that he had over-reacted.
As they were in the transport, Leia quickly explained the situation to Padmé. This one was not at all happy to hear it. She couldn't believe that some one would break the alliance she had made with the Gungans many years before. The Gungans were known for their sincerity and they indeed participated in freeing Naboo from the Trade Federation. She gave Leia some information she knew about the situation and then got ready to activate the chair's repulsors to get out of the transport.
When they arrived in the meeting room, they found it empty. No one was waiting for them. There still was some untouched drinks and food. Some plates were full of food as if some persons had helped themselves. It really looked like they had to leave in a hurry. Leia was going to ask information to her assistant when C 3PO entered the meeting room.
"Mistress Leia, I am awfully sorry to announce you that the Gungan party had to urgently go back to Naboo as they received tremendously bad news about the current situation there." He said.
"We need to go there!" said Padmé.
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Please read and review this chapter!
Thank you SO MUCH for your reviews! It means a lot to me!
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That really was beyond him. During all of these years she had known who his mother was. She had seen him looking for the tiniest information about her and yet she had kept quiet. Of course she was thinking Padmé was dead, but still she could, she should have told him who his mother really was. He looked at Mon Mothma as she was getting closer to Padmé's bed.
Leia was staring at Luke with much concern. He was acting strange lately. She had never seen him so out of control. She could read the emotions on his face. Incredulity fist. Then total shock. And now, was it anger she was guessing over his face? She tried to reach his mind through the Force and was taken aback when he violently shut his mind to her.
Padmé was not at all aware of what was going on between her children. She was very happy to see Mon Mothma was still alive. For sure she had change. But still, it was so good to get to see her friend, fellow senator, and fellow rebel. She then looked at her children to share her happiness with them. Leia was deeply staring at Luke with such bewilderment that Padmé quickly turned her gaze towards Luke. She immediately understood her daughter's reaction when she saw that look Luke was having. She knew it oh so well. That definitely was not good at all. Something was really bothering him. It was amazing how he was looking like his father at this particular moment.
"Luke, what's wrong?" she finally asked.
He did not even bother to look at her as if to acknowledge her question. Instead of that, he was still deeply staring at Mon Mothma. His blue eyes suddenly were like ice and his breathing was getting quicker.
"I guess the right question would be why you haven't ever told us that you knew our mother." He harshly said.
Mon Mothma was looking at him. She was now sitting on a comfortable arm chair that a droid had brought earlier. It was a well known fact that she had never totally recover from the poisoning she suffered once and that due to her age she could not stand for a long time. Anyone would have felt insulted by the way Luke asked his question. She kept silent for a few minutes and then stood up from the arm chair.
"Because I didn't know she was, it's that simple." She finally answered very calmly.
"You knew her but you didn't know she was our mother? Who do you think you're trying to fool around?" Luke exclaimed as he could no longer restrain his anger. Leia quickly came to him and put a hand on his shoulder.
"She knew it Leia, all along she knew it and let us look around everywhere and wonder about our mother, all along!" he told his sister.
"She didn't know, "Interrupted Padmé. She gestured to her son for him to come closer to her. "Luke, she didn't have a clue. No one knew I married Anakin; they barely realized I was pregnant. I highly doubt anyone knew at the time actually. We had to keep it a secret because we weren't allowed to get married. When I couldn't hide anymore that I was pregnant, I left Coruscant to go back to Naboo to have some rest and deliver."
"But she knew Leia was your daughter! And then we told her we were twins: Why on earth didn't she tell her the truth at that time?" Luke protested. He was a little bit more in control now, but anger was still raging in his mind and body. And he didn't like that at all. He knew how dangerous it was for a Jedi to be that angry. He was feeling stupid not to be able to get any kind of control over his emotions.
"That I don't know," answered Padmé. Then she looked at Mon Mothma questioningly. Mon Mothma sighed and sat again in the armchair.
"I was confused. I thought Leia really was Bail's daughter. I mean, you have always been very close to him," she said to Padmé, "then, when I learned that Luke was Leia's brother ... knowing Luke was a Jedi, I thought they were Obi Wan's children."
"Certainly not!" interrupted Padmé," he never accepted my relationship with Anakin, he tried to separate us when he finally understood we were together. He even threatened us to tell the truth to the Jedi Council when he learned that we were married."
"I didn't know that, I thought you were quite close."
"We were until he learned that Anakin and I were together. He lied to me. He told me Anakin was dead. And he took Luke away from me! He told me my son was dead."
"Well whoever you thought was our father, you still knew who was our mother!" firmly stated Luke.
"I know. And I'm so sorry for that. But I since Leia knew her as well... I thought she was the one that should have talked to you about it." Mon Mothma answered.
"Alright let's talk about something else now," said Padmé trying to change the subject, "I told you about me, now it's your turn! I want to know everything that happened."
"Actually," interrupted Mon Mothma, "I came here to check on you and to remind Leia that she has a meeting scheduled with the Gungans representatives this morning."
"Gungans? From Naboo?" asked a surprised Padmé.
"Yes, well it's more like from Palpatinia now ..." said Leia.
"I beg your pardon? Palpatinia? What's this all about? How on earth could he change the name of our planet? He had no right to do so!" claimed Padmé.
"Well he certainly took a lot of rights while you were gone," said Han.
"What exactly is the problem with Naboo? Who's the current senator?" asked Padmé
"Well the current senator is called Kevisi, and well he's not that honest I would say."
"What do you mean "not that honest"?" asked Padmé.
"Well to make a short story of it, he's more like only represents the human inhabitants of Palp ... Naboo. He's taking an active part in the separation movement." Explained Leia.
"Separation movement? Between Gungans and Naboos? What happened to my planet? I worked so hard to develop this alliance between gungans and us!" said Padmé.
She stayed silent a few seconds and then quickly took the covers away from her and shifted to a sitting position getting ready to get off of her bed.
"What do you think you're doing?" asked a concerned Leia.
"I'm getting to this meeting with you. As a former Queen of Naboo and former senator, this is my duty!" stated Padmé.
"There is no way you're going to get out of this bed mother," said Luke that was as concerned as his sister about his mother's behaviour.
"I'd really like to see you doing something to avoid me to do so," said Padmé as she suddenly stood up and ended on the floor as her legs were not strong enough to support her in a standing position. Luke and Han quickly got to her to put her back to bed. Padmé was mortified not to be able to go with her daughter. It was about her planet damn it, they should understand her concern! Leia understood her mother's frustration oh so well since she would have had the exact same reaction Padmé had. She made a quick thinking and then came up with a possible solution.
"Alright I'm gonna check with the medical team if it's ok to let you come with me first. Then we'll see what we will do," said Leia.
"That's ok," said Padmé getting back to a more comfortable position. While Leia was discussion with the medical team, she gestured to Leia's children. "I haven't heard a word from you, come and talk with me, I want to know more about you!" she said smiling.
Jaina came closer smiling as well and spoke, "Well I'm Jaina, I'm Jacen twin sister and I'm so happy they found you."
"What are you doing right now? Still studying or maybe already working?" asked a curious Padmé.
"We're finishing Uncle Luke's Jedi Academy in a few months but we're working from time to time and Mom's making us study as well," said Jacen.
"And Dad's teaching us to pilot and to repair stuff," quickly added Jaina.
"I see your parents and uncle are providing you a very complete education," said Padmé, "very theory, practice, spirituality and all. What about you Anakin?" Padmé asked to the youngest Solo children. Padmé was really amazed at how he looked like his grand-father. And Leia had named him after him.
"Pretty much the same I guess," he answered smiling.
Leia was coming back for her quick meeting with the medical team and announced her mother that she'll be able to come with her as long as she accepted to stay in a chair that was moving thanks to tiny but powerful repulsors that were set under the chair. As it was alright with Padmé, Luke and Han helped Padmé to sit on the chair and then, Leia activated the repulsors and then guided her mother through the halls of the medical center to get out of the building. Meanwhile Mon Mothma had been ordering three transportation shuttles, one for her to go back to her apartment, one for the Solo family and Luke, and the other for Leia and her mother. Before Luke got into his shuttle, she took him apart and made another apology to him and Leia. Luke looked at her and then sighed telling her it was alright and that he had over-reacted.
As they were in the transport, Leia quickly explained the situation to Padmé. This one was not at all happy to hear it. She couldn't believe that some one would break the alliance she had made with the Gungans many years before. The Gungans were known for their sincerity and they indeed participated in freeing Naboo from the Trade Federation. She gave Leia some information she knew about the situation and then got ready to activate the chair's repulsors to get out of the transport.
When they arrived in the meeting room, they found it empty. No one was waiting for them. There still was some untouched drinks and food. Some plates were full of food as if some persons had helped themselves. It really looked like they had to leave in a hurry. Leia was going to ask information to her assistant when C 3PO entered the meeting room.
"Mistress Leia, I am awfully sorry to announce you that the Gungan party had to urgently go back to Naboo as they received tremendously bad news about the current situation there." He said.
"We need to go there!" said Padmé.
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TADAM !!! Ok I hope you'll like this chapter!!!
