Leia's POV

What are they going to do to Han…and Luke. But what are they going to do to Han? Are they…wait, why are they putting logs under Han?

Goddess!

They're going to eat them??

NO!

"3PO, tell them if they don't do as you wish, you'll become angry and use your magic." Luke says. Magic? Oh!! I get it! The force!!

"But Master Luke, what magic? I couldn't possibly…" 3PO starts, but Luke stops him.

"Just tell them."

I give Han a nervous glance, and he just smiles at me. I hope he's all right. Goddess, I love him. 3PO starts to talk to the Ewoks, and Han looks at me one more time and then turns back to 3PO. The Ewoks seem…disturbed.

"You see, Master Luke; they didn't believe me. Just…" 3PO starts, but suddenly his throne starts rising up off of the ground. "…as I said they wouldn't. Wha-wha-what's happening! Oh! Oh, dear! Oh!"

The Ewoks fall back in terror and start to run away, pushing me away with them too. I have to stay!!

"Put me down! He-e-elp! Master Luke! Artoo! Somebody, somebody, help! Master Luke, Artoo! Artoo, quickly! Do something, somebody! OH! OHHHH!" 3PO screams, and then the Chief yells orders to the cowering Ewoks who quickly release the prisoners. Han runs up to me and takes me in his arms, twirling me around and then kissing me before setting me back down onto the ground and kissing me again. Luke runs over to us and we embrace each other in a group hug. I was mostly hugging Han though.

"Oh, oh, oh, oh! Thank goodness." 3PO said.

"Thanks, Threepio." Luke smiles at the droid.

"I…I never knew I had it in me." He said, shaking his head.

Wicket comes over to me and starts to talk to me. I kneel down onto the ground and ruffle his head. "You want something to eat?"

He turns his head in a curious manner again, and I take out a piece of a cracker I had in my pocket and give it to him. He delightfully takes it and sticks it in his mouth before grabbing me leg and giving me a hug. He then turns around and runs away towards some other Ewoks.

I look up at Han, and he smiles at me before embracing me in another hug.

"I told you to stick with me Leia." He smiled.

"I know. I didn't mean to get lost. I had to dismount my bike quickly before it ran into a tree. I would have died if I didn't jump off. And then Wicket found me and took me here. I didn't have a choice."

"I know. Come on, let's go." He said, putting his arm around me and then walking me into my hut.

"We have a banquet tonight, and then a show, well that's what they called it, tonight after the banquet, and I think that it's pretty soon." I said, sitting down onto my cot.

Han smiles at me. "Okay."

At the 'show'…

3PO's the show?

He told me he was doing something about our adventures and everything that's happened to us before Endor.

I couldn't understand anything that he said, because he was speaking in the Ewok's native tone. The only words that I could distinguish were Princess Leia, Artoo, Darth Vader, Death Star, Jedi, Obi-Wan Kenobi. Artoo beeps at 3PO, and the golden droid turns to him.

"Yes, Artoo. I was just coming to that."

Threepio continues, and the only words that I can recognize are Millennium Falcon, Cloud City, Vader, Han Solo, Carbonite, and Sarlacc. When 3PO mentions Han Solo and Carbonite, I wrap my arms around the arm closest to Han and then lay my head on his shoulder. I'm so glad he's not in the carbonite prison anymore. He's with me instead.

Suddenly, the drums begin to sound, and all of the Ewoks stand up and start to cheer and screech.

"What's going on?"

"I don't know." I respond to Han, slowly, and unwillingly lifting my head off of his shoulder a little bit to see what's going on.

"Wonderful! We are now a part of the tribe!" 3PO delightfully says as the Ewoks run up and embrace us. I let go of Han's arm and stand up, just in time to see Luke standing up and walking outside.

Where's he going?

I decided to follow him outside, and I see him looking over the railing of the bridge up at the Death Star in the sky.

I approach him and then stop, asking him, "Luke, What's wrong?"

Luke turns and then looks at me for a long moment before speaking. "Leia…do you remember your mother? Your real mother?"

"Just a little bit. She died when I was very young."

"What do you remember?"

"Just…images, really. Feelings."

"Tell me."

What? Tell him? Why? "She was very beautiful. Kind, but…sad." I look up at him. "Why are you asking me all this?"

He looks away from me. "I have no memory of my mother. I never knew her."

"Luke, tell me. What's troubling you?"

"Vader is here…now, on this moon."

"How do you know?" I asked him, alarmed that he would know.

"I felt his presence. He's come for me. He can feel when I'm near. That's why I have to go. As long as I stay, I'm endangering the group and our mission here. I have to face him."

"Why?" I asked him, confused.

He moves closer to me and looks me straight in the eye. "He's my father."

What? "Your father?" That same man that made my life miserable is Luke's father?

"There's more. It won't be easy for you to hear it, but you must. If I don't make it back, you're the only hope for the Alliance."

I move away from him. "Luke, don't talk that way. You have a power I-I don't understand and could never have."

"You're wrong, Leia. You have that power too. In time you'll learn to use it as I have. The Force is strong in my family. My father has it…I have it…and…my sister has it."

I stare into his eyes.

Me!

I'm his sister! What?

That's….that's what the crazy blue fly was talking about on Tatooine!

Padme…Ani…they were my mother and father!

I'm his sister…Vader…is my….father.

"Yes. It's you Leia." He said, as if reading my thoughts. I give him a disturbed look and back away.

"I know." I say, looking down on the ground. "Somehow…I've always known." That's why I loved him like a brother! He is my brother!

"Then you know why I have to face him."

"No! Luke, run away, far away. If he can feel your presence, then leave this place. I wish I could go with you."

"No you don't. You've always been strong." He said.

"But, why must you confront him?" I ask, tears filling my eyes.

"Because…there is good in him. I've felt it. He won't turn me over to the Emperor. I can save him. I can turn him back to the good side. I have to try."

I lean in and give him a hug.

My brother.

This is my brother.

I hold back my tears as Luke slowly lets go of me and walks away, disappearing onto a walkway that leads out of the village. I watch him go and then walk over to railing, my hair falling in front of my face, my tears flowing freely from my face.

My father!

He…He tortured me!

My father almost killed me!

The person he was going to kill was his own daughter!

"Hey, what's goin' on?" Han's voice breaks through my thoughts. I stifle my sobs and then wipe my eyes. Han can't know I'm crying. It will just make him very worried and upset.

"Nothing. I-just want to be alone for a little while."

"Nothing?" He asks me. He knows me too well for it to be 'nothing'. "Come on, tell me. What's goin' on?"

I turn around and look at him.

"I..I can't tell you."

"Did you tell Luke? Is that who you could tell??" He screams at me.

"I…" I said, turning around.

"AHH!" He says, getting up and walking away. He stops and then walks back to me.

"I'm sorry."

I turn to him and want to smile, but can't.

"Hold me." I command him, and he gathers me in a tight and protective embrace.

My father is Darth Vader.

Why me?

"I love you." I cry into Han's arms, the tears flowing freely.

"I know."

So there's the chapter. Pretty long, I know. But there you go. Review please!

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xoxoxoxoxox,

Alexandra