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The Emperor leaned forward. "Your daughter?" he echoed slowly. "So, you have a daughter, Lord Vader. Does she know the ways of the Force?"
"I do not know, master."
"Hmm." The Emperor studied him carefully. "Bring her to me in two weeks. Then I shall judge whether or not she shall be kept alive. Am I understood?"
Vader bowed, grateful that he had some time to talk things over with Elena. "Yes, master," he nodded. He bowed one last time before walking quickly out of the room, wondering if he would find Elena in hers. He reached it and knocked. "Elena? Elena, can you hear me?" he questioned.
No answer came from the other side.
"Elena, if you do not come to the door, then I shall open it by Force."
Still nothing.
Vader sighed and used the Force to open the door. When he entered the room, he saw that she was not there. An astro droid stood motionless by the window, and he strode up to it. "Where is my daughter?" he boomed.
Geenine woke up immediately, beeping in question. It shook its head 'no', it had not seen Elena, and it did not know where she was, either.
Vader growled in annoyance before turning abruptly and marched out of the room, angry. Elena, where are you? he called over the bond.
There was no answer for a minute. Elena, let me talk to you, he continued.
I don't want to! she shouted back. You don't want me here and you don't like me. Why would you want to talk to me anyways?
Vader sighed. I should not have said those things, Elena, he admitted. I was angry and I lost my temper.
There was no reply, but Vader knew where she was hiding. He entered the hangar bay and opened the hatch to one of his starships, where he strode up the walkway and went inside the ship. He then strode into the cockpit, where he found Elena curled up in a ball in the pilot's seat. "Elena, what are you doing in here?" he asked.
"Why would you care?" she replied slowly.
Vader's anger sparked up for a minute. "This self pitying is most unattractive and annoying, young lady," he declared, "And I will not tolerate it. If you are feeling angry about something, then you should talk to me about it instead of hiding in the cockpits of ships."
She lifted her head up. "Sorry," she muttered, picking at her clothes.
Vader observed her before speaking up. "Elena, I have talked with the Emperor."
Elena glanced at him worriedly. "What did he say?" she questioned tentatively, staring at him with widened eyes.
"I am to bring him to you in two weeks, and then he will say whether or not you shall be allowed to live," Vader informed her.
Elena rolled her eyes. "Real comforting, Dad," she muttered in annoyance.
"It is the best I could do," Vader replied. "During that time, you will be sent to school."
She paused. "All right," she finally answered, "But can I learn how to use the Force, and use a lightsaber, too?"
Vader sighed. "Yes, you may. I will teach you, but if the Emperor does not like it, then we will not be allowed to do it anymore. Understood?"
She nodded. "Sure. Stupid Emperor," she muttered under her breath.
"I heard that."
"Sorry Dad."
"What have I told you about calling me that, Elena?"
"..Um... don't call you that?"
"Exactly."
"Sure thing. Dad."
Vader scowled under his mask. "You are insufferable, daughter," he said, folding his arms over.
She grinned. "But I'm your only insufferable daughter," she smirked, and patted him on the arm before walking out the ship, beaming again.
Vader shook his head before following her back into the palace. On the way back to his room he found Private Jenson reading some data files. "Private, are you ever going to have a daughter?" he asked suddenly.
Jenson looked up and shook his head. "Uh, I don't know, Lord Vader," he answered, a little bit confused.
"Well, don't," Vader continued, feeling very amused.
Jenson raised an eyebrow. "Uh, thanks..." he said, watching the Sith leave abruptly. "I guess."
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A few short days later, Elena was driven to school by Jenson, and was exceedingly nervous.
"Now, remember, don't tell anyone that your dad's the man in black," Jenson warned, "You don't wanna give the press a reason to mess with your head. Got it?"
She nodded. "Yep. Thanks for driving me to school, Jenson," she said gratefully.
He shrugged and replied, "Hey, no problem, Lana. Hope you have a nice day."
Elena nodded, gulped, and grabbed her backpack. She got out of the speeder and shut the door before walking slowly up the front steps. Lots of other kids were running up the stairs, and some jostled her. Elena tentatively walked through the school until she reached the principle's office, and she knocked.
"Come in!" a bright voice said from the other side.
Elena slowly opened the door and entered the room. "Uh, hi, I'm Elena Skywalker," she said. "My dad told me to give this to you." She handed the principle a short datapad form.
The principle, a friendly looking middle-aged man, took the form and studied it for a minute before glancing up at her. "Welcome to Coruscant Imperial Academy, Miss Skywalker," he said. "I hope you will like it here."
"Yeah, me too," she muttered. "Thank you," she then spoke aloud.
The principle put the form in a drawer. "So," he said, folding his hands. "You are actually the daughter of Lord Vader?"
Elena nodded. "Yeah," she replied. "It was kinda unexpected for me, too. He didn't even know I existed until only a few days ago, so I don't really know him all that well."
The principle nodded in return. "You should better get to your first class now," he said, "Give this to the teacher." He handed her a small datapad with a note on it, and she walked out the door.
She easily found her way to the first class, which was history, and opened the door. The other kid's heads turned to look at her. "Hi, I'm Elena Skywalker," she said to the teacher, "and the principle said that this is for you." She handed the teacher the form.
The teacher looked at it and smiled at her. "Thank you Elena, I'm Miss Darvin. You can take a seat wherever you like. We're now studying the history of the Empire and Darth Vader, and also the Emperor."
"Thank you," Elena replied, and found a seat in the middle of the room, feeling rather shy.
"All right then, everyone," Miss Darvin spoke up, "Does anyone know when the Empire came into place?"
A boy raised his hand. "Was it ten years ago?" he guessed.
Miss Darvin shook her head. "No, I'm sorry, it's not that. Anyone else?"
Elena slowly raised her hand.
"Yes, Elena?"
"Was it almost fourteen years ago?" Elena questioned, always liking history.
Miss Darvin was astonished. "Yes, that is correct, Elena," she replied, "Very good. How much history have you learned?"
Elena shrugged. "Well, I like to read, and I got a lot of history books when I was younger, so I know a bit," she responded humbly.
One boy snorted, and a few girls gave her venomous glances. She glared right back at them, unfazed. She wasn't about to let anyone push her around. Another girl kept giving her curious looks, however, and once Elena caught her gaze. The girl, who was dark skinned and quite attractive looking, gave her a wide smile, and Elena grinned back. At least someone wasn't against her.
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