Darth Vader's ship finally reached its destination, Alderaan. He landed in a spot that was located in some kind of desert. It was a few miles from the castle, but it was far enough to where he couldn't be tracked. He stepped out into the sandy plains. It was unlike the beautiful forest near the castle, but not all regions are the same on a planet. He decided not to take all his troopers with him. He wanted to be sneaky about this, plus he needed a few men to run the ship for a quick getaway. They all got on their speeders and rode into town.

Darth Vader and his men all walked into a filthy bar filled with vile creatures. It reminded him a lot of the cantina back home on Tatooine. Then again, he would never consider Tatooine a home again, after all the memories came to him. He lost his mother there. He was a slave, there, and he killed a whole Tusken Raider tribe there. Finally, he snapped back into the present, and scanned the room for scum that might be of use to him. Normally, all chitchat began in a simple card game. So, he headed to the card table to play a game of sabaac. Once he placed his bet looked out the all the other players and asked them,

"Y'know that senator from Naboo who ran off? Anyone have any idea where she could have gone?"

Everyone looked up from their card and gave him a weird look.

"What's it to ya?"

"I don't know. I don't follow any Senators around."

"Why? Is there a big price on her head?" Comments came from all the players except one, the one on the other hand of the table. Darth Vader continued the game with almost no hope of finding her. Afterwards, he left the table in a plan to find another way to get answers. Then, that stranger who didn't speak up stopped him.

"Hey," he muttered, "I know where you can find that Naboo aristocrat you're looking for." Vader heart quickened and turned around to face the stranger. He replied,

"Where? Tell me!"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold on a minute. I can tell you, but it's gonna cost ya." The stranger said. Vader sighed, pulled out a sack full of coins and dropped it into the guy's hand. The man inspected the money in his palm as he answered,

"I hear she's hiding near the castle. It's a very isolated place, very hush hush. She's been there for a while now. Also hear she's got a kid." Vader took a moment to take it all in, and then he looked at the man, thanked him, and walked out. He got on his speeder with all of his storm troopers following him.

"Hurry! We must go the castle of the Royal House of Alderaan!"

They traveled all the way to the front of the castle. Vader tried to sense the beings in the entire castle. No Padme. He widened his range, and finally picked up her presence. She was far behind the castle. He told his troops to travel all the way behind the castle. As he got closer and closer to their location, her presence grew stronger and stronger. He finally pinpointed her deep into the forest. He also felt the presence of an infant nearby, most likely his own. He and his men snuck up outside the room they were in.

Padme had greatly appreciated Obi-Wan's help. Who knew he was so good with children? Padme watched him as he played with Luke. It's a shame a Jedi wasn't allowed to have a family, Obi-Wan would be an excellent father. Luckily, he got a chance with her children. He was especially good with Luke. Normally, Padme would take care of Leia, and Obi-Wan would take care of Luke. He seemed to have a lot of affection for Luke, probably because he reminded him so much of Anakin. Oh, Anakin. Every mention of his name gave Padme a heavy heart. They had seen what had happened to him on the Holonet. He was trapped in a body of black armor, now going by the name Darth Vader. Padme and Obi-Wan would often discuss whether or not to tell the twins their paternity when they were older. She continued to watch Obi-Wan play with Luke. Inside, she felt a little guilty. She had hardly spent anytime with Luke, and he was technically her first child. He decided to give Obi-Wan a break with Luke, and a chance with Leia.

"Obi-Wan, would you mind feeding Leia? I can take over with Luke."

"Of course, M'lady."

Obi-Wan walked down the long hallway all the way to Leia's room. Padme cradled Luke in her arms. She stared into those big beautiful eyes he had received from his father. He smiled at her, in a manner similar to Anakin's. Padme looked at his face, one of innocence. She remembered Anakin's innocent face on Tatooine, where she first met him. She remembered how he thought she was an angel, and the japor snippet he gave her. She held onto it. She still wore it with her, as it was a token of his affection.

Suddenly, she heard a crash from the window! She spun around to see two storm troopers rushing toward her. She tried to reach for her emergency blaster kept above the dresser, but they caught her first. They grabbed Luke from her arms, and put an oxygen mask to her face. Except it wasn't oxygen, it was a sleeping gas. The last thing she saw was a black figure far away, and then she blacked out.

"Take them back to the ship! Quickly!" Darth Vader ordered. He felt the presence of Obi-Wan running toward the room. What was he doing here? That didn't matter now, what mattered was getting these two out of here. They all jumped back to their speeders waiting outside the window. He turned back only once to see Obi-Wan with a look of shock and then running back into the house, probably to get his own speeder. Vader knew he was going to follow them, so they had to hurry back to their ship before he would catch up to them. Vader rode off with his men carrying Padme and their baby in tow. They sped off into the forest trying to get to their ship in the desert.

Obi-Wan didn't have much time. Right now, he had to get the speeder he kept for emergencies outside. Leia would be fine where she was. She was under the care of the handmaidens right now. He followed the force trail left by Vader. He took a few minutes, but finally had his speeder in sight. He saw the storm troopers with him. Two were holding people. One with Padme, one with Luke. Three others were just there for support. He had to aim his fire very carefully; he didn't want to hit his friends. He shot and hit one of the storm troopers. Then Vader looked back and saw Obi-Wan on his tail. They were coming up to a rocky terrain now; maybe he could lose him there. Vader and his troopers split up, and each went a different direction past each rocky hill, he could only follow one. The wind whooshed as they passed rock after rock. Obi-Wan was more clever than to follow one individual. He took his own path that would take him to all of them at the end of the range. They all had to go to one place didn't they? He came out of the terrain with only a short distance between him and Vader. They had the ship in sight now. Suddenly, Vader noticed that Obi-Wan was close to catching up with him. He quickly pulled out a few detonators and threw them in Obi-Wan's direction. Obi-Wan's quickly jumped off his speeder as it was engulfed in the detonators' explosion, and continued to run by foot. He saw Vader rush into the ship with an unconscious Padme and a wailing Luke. The ship took off before Obi-Wan could reach them, but not before he could throw a tracking device onto the vessel. Obi-Wan could only imagine what Vader would do to Padme and Luke, but now was not the time to think about it. Right now, he had to run back and tell the others of their kidnapping. Also, he had to prepare for their rescue.