"Leia, it's going to be all right." I said, stroking her hair.
"No. It's never going to be 'all right' anymore. Never again will it be 'all right'. He's my father Han. He tried to kill me. I bet he didn't even know that I was his daughter. But, would he act any differently if he did know that I was his daughter? He was going to have my executed!" Leia screamed at me, getting up and pushing my arms off of her shoulders.
"Leia, please, listen to me, okay sweetheart?" I asked her, standing up and facing her. "Just don't think about it, okay? I bet that before he was all…evil and wore that weird suit, he was pretty nice."
"How can you SAY something like that??" Leia screamed at me, crossing her arms and turning away.
"Because…he had to have a baby with someone. He had to love someone."
Leia stopped and uncrossed her arms, looking down at the ground. "You're right. He had to be as human as you and me. He had to. He had to be human because…because he loved someone and had a kid with them, and that fly…Ugh! What's his name? Watto! The fly Watto! He recognized me and Luke. He called us Padme…and…Ani. Ani! That must have been my dad's name! You're right…" Leia said, and then she sat back down onto the bench. "But why would he attack his own daughter?" Leia asked, putting her head in her hands.
"Leia, I don't know." I said.
"I need to be alone for a little while."
"What?"
"I SAID…I NEED TO BE ALONE FOR A LITTLE WHILE!!!" She screamed at me, turning away, her hair twirling around her neck as she quickly spun around.
"What's going on Cub?" Chewie growled from in back of me, and I turned around to face him.
I turned back around to look at Leia, who was crying. "N-Nothing."
"You two okay?"
"Yeah. We're fine. Come on Chewie." I said, walking swiftly past the wookiee and into the hut that the teddy bears had given me. Chewie walked in after me.
"Cub, stop lying. What's going on?"
"Okay." I said, sighing at then sitting down onto the cot. "This is hard. Okay. Leia told me the truth."
"Truth? The truth? What truth?"
"The truth about her parenthood Chewie."
"Bail?"
"No. See, her father is actually D-Darth Vader."
"Vader? How?"
"He was human before he became machine. Leia is his daughter."
Chewie growled in surprise and then scratched his head. "Whoa. The person she was having nightmares of was…her father?"
"Leia wasn't the only one having nightmares Chewie. Remember the one about me and Leia? The one where she got killed? Remember that? Well Vader killed her. Her father killed her." I ran my shaking fingers through my hair and then rested my head in my hands. I couldn't live with myself if I figured out that Darth Vader was my father. Oh goddess, this must be hard on Leia.
"Cub? Don't you think that you're taking this a little too hard on yourself?"
"NO!" I screamed at him.
"You sure?"
"Yeah."
"Then why are you so upset about this?"
"Leia never cries! I love her Chewie! She's lost everything that she's ever loved, and now she finds out her father is the one thing she's fighting to destroy!"
"She didn't lose you Cub."
"I know she didn't lose me! But she lost her home planet of Alderaan, which she was sure was her fault it was destroyed, she lost her step-father and step-mother from the destruction of Alderaan, and now she finds out that her real father is Darth Vader, lord of the Sith? She must feel horrible! I would feel the same way!" I screamed, banging my fist on the table next to me.
"Well why didn't you comfort her?"
"What?" I asked him looking up at the hairy wookiee.
"She was crying out on the bridge and you just stood there and looked at her." Chewie paused for a moment, but then realized that I wouldn't respond. "Some boyfriend you are." He growled, and then stood up at left the hut.
So there's the chapter. Only one more, and then I go to Cleveland! I can't believe that this story is almost over! I've really enjoyed writing this story, and that's why I'm making this night on Endor as long as I can. I'm going to be sad when it's over! Please Review! Thanks so much for your support!
xoxoxoxo,
Alexandra