Previously

Sighing, Organa let his head drop. "But it seems you've let her down..."

His last words made Vader's heart almost sink. Almost. But he had long ago told himself that he would never let his feelings surface again. Especially not when it came to talking or just.. thinking about her. Which he had not been able to stop doing since her death. Every day his thought always came back to her. His dreams lit up by her bright light. He welcomed her light into his own pit of darkness. She made him feel whole. Like himself.

But it was no use anymore. She was gone. And so was Anakin.

"I assure you, Bail Organa. I have no idea as to what you are continuously babbling about. But it will not save you." He replied, his eyes narrowing on him.

He deserved to die. He only spoke the truth. He is a traitor to the empire. The empire is corrupt. She is dead.

I killed her.

... Do Angels Die? ...

Two blue eyes scanned the room cautiously as he walked, darkness surrounding him in every corner. The mischief behind his eyes visible even in the dark. He had been told many times before that it was not safe to be down here, but it bothered him not. Technically, he had only been told it was dangerous. He had not, on the other hand, been told it was off limits. A small grin began to form on his innocent features.

His hands moved swiftly up and down the walls until he found the bump he had been looking for. With the press of a button, the lights ignited. Sighing in relief to be able to see once again, Luke took a better look at his surroundings. Dusty, dirty, and messy. His grin now fading to a grimace. The will to snoop... explore, he meant, had not left him however.

He continued walking cautiously through the warehouse of boxes which was his basement. None of them exceptionally caught his eye. All the same color, same height. His enthusiasm was slowly dropping down to nothing. He had expected to find something more.. exciting down here. Maybe the corpse of a dead person, or hidden treasure! But no, his heart sunk at the sight of only spider webs and mice.

He was about to leave and return to his room until something happened to catch his eye. It was glittering in the light, tucked away into a corner behind a larger box. As he walked over to it, he grinned in delight. Just what he had been looking for. Something different. He attempted to pick the strange trunk up, but it had been too heavy and big for himself. He settled with just pushing it out of its corner.

He inhaled deeply and then quickly exhaled as much air as he could over the surface of the trunk, quickly blowing all of the dust..and anything else that may have been there...away. Instantly, he regretted every second of it. Now surrounded by a cloud of dust, he began to cough uncontrollably. Swinging his hands in the air ferociously, he pushed the dust away, slowly regaining clean air to his lungs once again. Luke mentally made a note reminding himself to NEVER EVER do that again.

With his attention returning to the trunk in front of him once again, he couldn't help but wonder what treasures it held inside awaiting him. The trunk was made out of a dark blood colored wood. It had golden designs, which looked familiar to him, surrounding it around the edges. Two clasps held the trunk locked. Silently mocking him. He attempted to open it, to finally be able to glimpse inside, but the clasps were stuck.

Sighing in frustration, he sat staring at the box menacingly. Attempting to give it the dirtiest look he could manage. After what seemed age's of nothing happening, he decided he would need help on this. Sure, the spoils would now have to be shared, but his curiosity needed to be suppressed.

Standing up, he ran out of the basement, making sure to close the door on the way out. He did not want his mother to figure out that he had been down there.

"LEIA!" He called out rather loudly.

No reply came to his loud yell however. He pondered silently where she could have gone off to. She had not been in their room this morning when he had awaken. Not that it bothered him however.

"Leiiiiia! Oh.. Leia!" He called out once again. Almost as if he were a hunter and she were the prey.

After a few seconds, came a reply he had not expected.

"She's in here honey." Came his mothers soft voice. He grimaced. 'Oh no. Now mother's going to find out.' He relaxed his breathing and continued towards his mother's room, quickly gulping before entering.

As he looked around the room, he noticed Leia sleeping on his mothers bed. His mother however, sat on her vanity table, fixing her hair. Smiling evilly he decided this was his chance. He ran up to the bed and pounced on his sister, knowing how hard it was to wake her.

"Wake up!" He yelled in delight.

She groaned and turned to the side however, causing Luke to fall off the bed towards the ground. Huffing, he stood once again.

"Leiiia..." He pleaded as he shook her awake. "Come on! I gotta show you something!"

Leia turned to face her brother, still laying in bed, she opened one eye. Giving him 'the look.' Normally, Luke would have backed off knowing the wrath of his twin sister. Not today however.

"Come on!" He said once again.

Irritated, she sat up from the bed and followed him to whatever it was he wanted to show her. She told herself she had to find someway to get him back for waking her in such a way. Maybe putting sand in his milk would do. Leia slowly pondered ways to punish her brother.

She stopped following him at the entrance to the basement however.

"Luke! You know we're not suppose to go down there!" Leia wined, not wanting to get in any trouble from her mother.

"Oh come on! You gotta see this!"

Sighing, she decided to follow him. Already she knew she was going to deeply regret this. As Luke brought her over to where a single trunk rested, her regret was quickly washed away. It was beautiful.

"Wow..." She said as she stared.

"Yup." Luke smiled proudly. "I can't get it open though... so I was wondering if you could help me?"

Nodding, Leia took one of the clasps holding the trunk closed. Following her lead, Luke took the other side. They both began to pull the clasps out with all of their force, until finally they heard a clicking sound. Both falling on their bottoms as the claps snapped open, they smiled at each other in victory. As they pushed the top of the trunk open, Luke could have sworn he saw an animal fly out in all the fury of the dust. 'Not again..' He groaned.

As soon as the dust cleared, the both peaked their heads into the trunk. Both gasped at the sight of what they found inside.

Padme shook her head in disprovement, slowly letting a soft smile creep up her face. She was sure that any day those two would kill each other.

She was curious as to what had been so special to catch Luke's eye however. He was rarely ever amused by many things the way he seemed to be this morning. And Padme knew from experience...he would never dare to wake Leia in such away had it not been life or death.

Setting her brush down, she decided she would have a quick look at what it was that had him so excited before Obi-Wan arrived.

As if reading her thoughts however, she heard a buzzing sound coming from the door. She had called him earlier this morning, asking if he could please come over. The contents of her dreams were really starting to get to her. And apparently beginning to scare her young daughter as well.

Silently cursing, she walked over towards the door. Reminding herself to have a look at what her children were doing later on.

"Good morning Obi-Wan." She welcomed him as she led him inside. When they had arrived on the planet years ago, she had insisted that he stay in the same house, but he had declined. The home they had picked out was more than large enough for all of them to live peacefully in. 'Well, almost peacefully.' Her thoughts drifting to Luke and Leia's commotions.

Obi-Wan had decided to live nearby in his own house. Much smaller in size however. He insisted that he would just be meditating most of the time, and it would be better to be alone. Plus, if any trouble happened to stir up...he would still be nearby.

Obi-Wan had taken up the name of 'Ben Kenobi' around the people of this planet. She however, had refused to change anything about her first name, now taking on her maiden name Naberrie. She was sure it wouldn't matter however. The people of this planet seemed to be clueless as to what was happening in the galaxy.

"Good morning to you as well Padme." Obi-Wan greeted with a smile. As Obi-Wan looked around the house, he was surprised that he had not been trampled by Luke and Leia yet. Maybe they were still asleep?

"And where are the little...angels?" He asked. A hint of sarcasm at the end of his tone.

Padme couldn't help but laugh as she walked over to her couch and sat. Obi-Wan followed and did the same. "They're around here somewhere." She replied. "Luke created a new game or something."

Obi-Wan rose his brow in question. Padme could only shrug as a reply.

"So what is it you wished to speak to me about. You sounded rather nervous when you called me." Obi-Wan looked at her with a concerned face.

"Well," Padme sounded hesitant, "I've been having a dream lately."

"A dream?" His brow rising high above his eye once again.

"Yes, I know. I shouldn't let dreams get to me. I know they're not real, but this one just feels so real to me."

"Dreams are not necessarily fiction Padme. Sometimes the Force tries to tell us things through our dreams."

Padme sighed. So what was he saying now? That the Force was telling her that Anakin was going to kill her? She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Something just didn't feel right to her.

"What was the dream about?" Obi-Wan asked. He already had an Idea as to what, or rather who, the dream could be about.

"Anakin." She said softly. Her voice barely audible.

"Hmm." Obi-Wan nodded his head in response.

"I've been having it over and over again every night for a while now. Each night the dream just keeps getting longer and longer, revealing more to me."

"What goes on in the dream?"

"Anakin..." She hesitated. "He kills someone. Im not sure as to who. But I could just see the look of hate and lust for power so clearly in his features. It scares me."

Obi-Wan noticed that as she spoke, she herself seemed to become more frightened about her situation. He sighed and closed his eyes, bringing his hand up to massage his temples. He wondered what everything meant, and why now. He too had been feeling strange things, but passed them off as nothing. Yet even Padme who was not as wound up in the Force as he, seemed to be affected.

"I was there."

"Excuse me?" Obi-Wan asked as he lifted his head and opened his eyes once again.

"In the dream." Padme replied as she looked down at her hands in her lap. "I watched as he killed that person. I didn't do anything to try and stop him from doing it. I just stood there."

"Padme..." His voice now soft and sympathetic.

"I'd just like to pass it off as nothing." She said now looking up from her lap. "But im scared to do so Obi-Wan. I remember the first time Anakin had a dream like this. And it was very much real."

Obi-Wan placed a hand on her shoulder. Assuring her silently that everything would be alright.

"I recognized the surroundings in the dream. He was here. On Naveen. In the forest nearby this house."

Obi-Wan's expression shifted from sympathetic to worried. If this dream of hers were to come true, then everything they'd done to try and remain hidden would fall apart. 'Luke..Leia...'

"And another thing happens in the dream. He...he kills another person..."

"Who?"

She looked at Obi-Wan, tears now forming in her eyes. "Me."

There inside of the beautiful trunk, sat things all the more beautiful. Many different gowns and accessories that neither had laid eyes upon before in their entire lives. Gold, silver, lavender, a rainbow of colors all around.

"Wow," Leia said as she stroked her hand through one of them, "are these all mothers?"

Luke slowly shrugged, "I guess."

Leia laid her eyes upon one especially gorgeous yellow dress. Picking it up out of the trunk, she studied it closer. It had a beautiful pattern of rose colored flowers on the top part. Colorful ribbons loosely flowing freely from where the arms would have gone. The skirt that went along with it glittered with white sparkles all around it. She also noticed a transparent shawl that seemed to go along with it.

She opened the dress through the bottom and slipped into it, still dressed in her own night garments. The dress was so big on her it was almost ridiculous. Just the top portion of the dress was almost long enough to serve as her own dress. The rest laid spread across the floor.

"Look! Im mommy!" She said as she attempted to swirl around in the dress, but promptly fell as her legs got caught in the skirt.

Luke began to laugh uncontrollably. The look on his sisters face as she was falling was anything short of priceless.

"You.. look.. so.. FUNNY!" He said in between snickers.

"Hmpf!" She replied as she crossed her arms.

Calming himself down, Luke continued looking through the contents of the trunk. Leia did the same. They took all of the gowns out, making sure they didn't miss anything precious to inspect in doing so. Leia also quickly removed the gown which she wore and set it aside with the others.

As they reached the end of the gowns, both peered inside looking for any other items. A huge grin came across Luke's face as he noticed just what laid there. Leia's expression was more terrified than pleased however.

"Luke..." She warned. But it was too late.

Inside of the trunk had rested a lightsaber. Luke had already pulled it out and held it in his hand, examining it closely.

"Wow." Was all he could mutter. It looked almost like the one that his Uncle Ben had. He had always wanted to have a chance to touch it, but he had never allowed him to. Always saying it was 'too dangerous.'

"Luke..." Leia warned again.

"Oh calm down. What could possibly happen." He said speaking too soon. His hand pressed down on a button which ignited the weapon. Immediately, a bright blue light shot out, humming into life. He would have taken the chance to admire it, had it not rammed into the wall behind him. As it did so, it cut a string which had been holding a fishing net over their head.

They both looked up in unison. Same thoughts running through their heads as the net promptly fell on them.

"What could happen huh?" Leia shot back, crossing her arms once again.

Luke was sure her deadly glare could cut through the net on its own.

"Heh..." he replied with the most innocent grin he could pull off. Turning the lightsaber off, he set it back inside the trunk.

Both Luke and Leia began to crawl around under the net, looking for a way out of its maze. After what seemed to be hours to them, they were finally free. Leia took the net by one end and Luke by the other. Together, they carefully wrapped it up and threw it towards the corner.

Luke sat down on the floor for a quick breather. He all of a sudden felt sorry for all animals which had to get caught in nets like that. It was not a pleasant experience.

Leia suddenly gasped in shock.

Looking over in her direction, Luke noticed she was starring into the trunk once again. He wondered what could have possible captured her attention. His curiosity was soon answered as Leia pulled out what looked to be like a couple of still images.

She crawled over to where Luke sat, and together they began looking through them. The first image had been of a woman with white paint over her face. Neither knew who she could have been, but decided it probably had to be someone important. The woman with the white face came up in quite a few images, until they finally found one of their mother.

She looked so much younger in the still image. Happier as well. She sat in a field of flowers with a beautiful water fall in the background. Leia and Luke both looked at each other questioningly. Neither of them had ever seen a water fall like that here. Looking back into the picture, Leia noticed she wore the same dress she had earlier attempted to try on. It looked all the more beautiful on her mother. Neither had ever seen their mother like that before.

What awaited for them in the next image, neither could have expected. Their mother still sat in the same place as the previous picture, except this time there was another person in the image. A man, holding her closely to him. Both of them smiling happily.

The same thought rushed through their heads at the same time.

"Could this be.." Luke spoke up. Nodding her head silently, Leia agreed.

"I think it could..." She whispered softly. Her eyes not straying from the man in the image. He had dirty blonde hair, cut shortly with a single braid on the side. His eyes were a light blue color. Much like her brothers.

Turning to the last image, there was the nameless man and their mother once again. This time, he kissed her softly on the cheek. Both Luke and Leia noticed the blush on their mothers young face and began to softly giggle.

"They look happy." Leia stated, not taking her eyes off the image.

"I've never seen her so happy." Luke replied.

After a while of just staring at the images and pondering over who the man could be, they decided to clean up their mess. As Luke went to gather the gowns, Leia looked inside of the trunk one last time. Yet again, her eye was captured by an item she had not seen before. It looked to be a necklace of some sort. The tan pendant at the bottom was carved with strange symbols on it. It looked beautiful however. Picking it up, she quickly hid it before her brother noticed it.

They neatly put everything that they had taken out of the trunk back. Everything except the pictures of their mother and the man that is. Both Leia and Luke decided that they wanted to keep the pictures with them. One way or another, they would figure out whether the man was who they thought him to be.

Exiting the basement, Luke took one last look around to make sure everything was in place before shutting the door once again. Satisfied, he followed Leia back to their room where she hid the pictures under their pillows. She kept the one where the man was kissing her mother, and Luke the one where he was holding her.

"What do you think happened to him?" Luke suddenly asked.

Leia pondered on the question. As she did, a fire suddenly lit in her eyes that wasn't quite there before.

"Leia..." Luke warned.

But it was too late.

"You?" He replied louder than he had expected to do so. He was unsure of whether he had heard her correctly.

"Yes. He tricks me, into believing that its him again, and then... I think.. he stabs me with his Lightsaber. That part of the dream is still unclear." Wiping her eyes with the back of her hand, she forced herself to push her tears back down again. "And even when I am awake... I can still feel the pain of it burning through me in my chest."

"Padme, you have to remember, that dream may only be one outcome for the future out of many."

She nodded knowingly.

"Im confused about it though." She turned her head to stare out the window. The sun was now shining brightly up in the sky. A beautiful day. Not like the one in her dream. She had only seen days like those a few times in all of her years on this planet.

"He says something to me as im dying. I see his lips moving, but I can never hear exactly what it is he says."

"Oh?"

"I almost did this morning, but Leia woke me. I heard her voice calling to me instead of Anakin's words."

"Maybe," Obi-Wan presumed, "it is not something you are meant to hear."

Padme turned her head away from the window slowly. "Maybe. But I just know its something important."

"Sometimes it is better if we do not know certain things Padme." Obi-Wan looked at her concerned.

She nodded. Agreeing with him. Sometimes things were just better if left unsaid. Truth sometimes brought only pain to people. But even so, she would rather live in the never ending reality of the truth, than in a happy web of lies.

"Mommy!"

Their attention was now diverted to a little creature running towards them. Her big brown eyes glistening with excitement in the sunlight. Her soft brown curls flowing freely around her shoulders.

"Uncle Ben?" Leia asked as she noticed another presence in the room. She immediately went over to where he sat and jumped on him giving him a big hug.

"Its nice to see you too Leia!" Obi-Wan said, almost unable to breathe from her hug. He wondered how such a little thing packed so much energy within it.

Padme giggled helplessly as she watched her six year old strangle Obi-Wan. Luke soon came around the corner, spotting Obi-Wan, and repeating the process. 'Poor Obi-Wan.' She thought. He looked completely flabbergasted for a second or two. She had never thought it would be so easy to overpower a Jedi master.

"Morning mommy!" Leia said as she quickly hugged her mother and then promptly sat in between the two.

"Mommy?" Leia's voice now curious.

Luke froze. He knew what was coming. Probably a week of punishment if Leia blew it.

"What was daddy like?" She asked. All the innocence and wonder in the world came flowing into her like never before.

Luke released a breath he hadn't known he was holding after Leia spoke.

Padme and Obi-Wan now seemed to be as frozen as Luke had been. Both looked at each other and then back down at the little girl countless times. Neither of the two sure of what they should reply. Padme couldn't possibly tell her little daughter and son that their father was an evil dark lord. Obi-Wan nodded his head in agreement upon hearing her thoughts.

"Well..." Obi-Wan began.

Two pairs of little eyes now focusing on him.

"You see..." Padme continued. Now the attention shifting to her. Sighing, she looked at her daughter in question. A quick smile forming over her face.

"What's made you so curious Leia?"

The little girl only shrugged in response. The real reason however laid neatly tucked under her pillow. "You've never mentioned him before.."

Sighing for the umpteenth time today, Padme closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Something told her it was going to be a very, very long day.

"Your father..." She began...

End Chapter 3

mwhahaha.. okay.. so that's chapter 3 for you :) .. I really like this chapter. Had a ton of fun writing it. For those of you who already read the last chapter.. I changed the age of the children to 6 instead of 4 like it was before. Sorrry. :(

Anyways.. (uses the force to command you to review) o.0 .. there's no escape.