Lara felt more and more of the darkness around her as the shuttle headed for the Death Star. She pretended to sleep while seated next to Vader. Her mind reached out to the man she knew her mother died believing still had good in him. Her memories of her father surfaced in her mind. She could remember him holding her and smiling at her. She remembered his warmth and the love that spilled from him and her mother. These memories very so vivid she feared that Vader would sense them. As she pretended to wake near him, a tear dropped from her eyes.
"Bad dreams, Lady Naberrie?" he said from the seat next to her.
"Just painful ones, My Lord, of my late father. He and my mother died when I was young. Even today I still miss them." She said to him.
"Ah, that explains the emotion from you then." He said turning from her. "We will arrive at the Death Star shortly. A Lieutenant will take you to your guest quarters to use until we reach Coruscant."
"If I may ask, where will you head, My Lord?" she asked innocently.
"You have forgotten I have Senator Organa to deal with." He snipped at her.
"Oh, you are correct, My Lord. I did forget her. I apologize for my ignorance." She said turning her eyes down.
About an hour later, she was resting in her quarters when a great pain in her chest caused her to need to rest. She changed knowing a disturbance that great in the Force would need to be investigated. As she clipped her light saber to her belt and adjusted her cloak, she felt a familiar presence. 'Master Kenobi?' her mind reached out to him.
'Yes, young one. Where are you?'
'In my quarters on the Death Star. I was sent here by the Queen. Naboo has joined the Empire. I arrived with Vader as the new representative to Coruscant for Naboo.'
'Can you come to us, young one?'
'I must be cautious, but I will try.' She said as she began to leave her quarters. Before she left, she slipped her journal and the holo-sound files into her pockets to keep with her.
She opened the metal door with her powers and entered finding Master Kenobi with others hiding there. "Master Kenobi." She said as she bowed to him.
"It is good to see you, young one."
"Why are you here?"
A young boy near Obi-Wan piped up, "We were going to Alderaan to find a Princess. She asked for help from Ben."
"Lara, this is Luke Skywalker. He is training to use the Force like his father." Obi-Wan said to her. Lara's eyes widened as she turned to face Luke. 'He's strong in the Force, Master.' She sent to him.
'Much like another recent student of mine from Naboo.'
'If he's here, where is Leia?' "No. Not her!" Lara said out loud. "Senator Organa is the other one isn't she?"
"Your feelings are strong, my student. You must bury them deep; you know how Vader will use them to suit the needs of the Dark Side." Obi-Wan said to her surprising Luke.
"I will, Master. But Senator Organa is going to be questioned and tortured by Lord Vader."
"He does not realize who she is, even though the resemblance to Padme is strong."
"We have to find her and leave here at once, Master Kenobi."
"Agreed. You should stay with the droids. Luke, why don't you and Han go look for Princess Leia? I will go power down the shields and the tractor beam that hold us here." Obi-Wan said as they all began to separate.
"Why should we listen to you, Old Man?" Han said.
"Master Kenobi is a Jedi Master as well as former General during the Clone Wars." Lara said from behind Luke.
"Ok, I'll do what you suggest." Han said realizing Obi-Wan's experience.
About an hour later, Lara was waiting for everyone to return to the hangar bay. She saw Luke and Leia running towards the ship, Han and a wookie were doing the same. She sent the droids to the ship and stepped out. It was then she saw Luke had paused to see Obi-Wan and Vader locked into a light saber battle. Obi-Wan suddenly closed his saber. 'Master, what are you doing?' she asked him.
'Tell Luke to go to Master Yoda. Trust in the Force always, young one. May the Force be with you.' He sent to her as she saw him fall at Vader's hands.
"No!" Luke's cry caused many to turn his direction. Lara called Obi-Wan's light saber to her and quickly moved to protect Luke. Her face was hidden thanks to her cloak so Vader did not recognize her. Leia helped him get on the ship and Lara held back storm troopers.
Lara turned finally and reached inside the ship and found Luke sitting in one part of the ship. She instead looked for Leia who was with Han in the cockpit of this ship. In moments they had left the Death Star and were on their way.
She went back to Luke and pulled her cloak and hood off. He looked as she sat next to him.
"Who are you anyway?" Luke asked her.
"A Jedi-in-training like yourself." Lara answered. "Master Kenobi had completed most of my training. I still have the trial to go through before I can be given Jedi Knight status."
"How will I finish my training?"
"Master Kenobi said that I needed tell you to go visit Master Yoda in the Dagobah System. There Master Yoda can finish your Jedi training." Lara said to him. She could feel his confusion and questions still trying to figure things out. "Luke, I can feel your confusion but trust me right now you are not ready for everything that I know. It will all be revealed to you in time. I can not disobey the orders of a Jedi Master. Ben was a father figure to me as well as you. I was raised near my mother's family but I knew nothing of my father until Ben told me about him. I have since been able to have visions of the past. I know what happened that caused their disappearance and deaths. But I will never forget my mother's last words. She swore with her last breaths that there was still good in my father. I have carried her belief with me ever since."
About an hour later, Lara and the rest of the group had arrived at the Rebel base. She could feel that Vader and the Death Star were following them. She knew the danger that these rebels faced. She asked for quarters to find a place to meditate. She knew her emotions would not aid anyone right now. She was sitting in a garden area and felt Leia come up behind her. "Hello Leia." She said calling out to her younger sister.
"How did you know it was me?"
"Your family is very strong in the Force. That and you have a very specific aura to you." Lara said.
"I need to know. Where do your loyalties lie?"
"You ask due to my connection to Naboo and your fear for the rebellion."
"Yes. I know you worked at the Queen's right hand."
"That is for very good reason. My mother was a former Queen of Naboo as well as Senator for the Republic. I believe that sooner or later I would have been placed in as the Queen during the next election had Naboo not joined the Empire."
"Oh, I did not realize that."
"I understand your suspicions, Leia, better than you realize. As a trained Jedi, I have learned to follow my instincts."
"You and Luke talk about this Force. Why can't you train him?"
"I am not a Master Jedi, Leia. Master Yoda who trained me can finish Luke's training. I am still in ways a student like Luke. I will not be complete in my training until I stand against the Emperor at my brother's side."
"I still don't understand it all."
"Leia, we only understand what we are meant to. In time, the Force tells you what you need to know." Lara said rising to follow Leia out to watch the battle.
Leia and Lara stood side by side as the TIE fighters headed off to fight the Death Star. Lara could feel the worry coming from both Leia and Luke. She told Luke to stay calm and use his feelings to follow the lead of the Force. She gave Leia comfort by being a calm presence. Lara knew her younger sister was more like their mother than Luke. Luke seemed to be just as Anakin. Amidala seemed to live again through her daughters but Anakin did influence Lara more. Lara could sense Luke needed guidance as the battle wrapped up. She heard General's question him as to why he had shut his flight computers down. 'Master Kenobi, he needs guidance. I can make suggestions to him but he is still not ready to trust me yet.'
'I will aid your brother, young one. But encourage him as well.'
"Leia let me speak to Luke, please." Lara asked. Leia nodded her head. Lara then began to speak over the radio, "Luke, trust Ben. Use the Force if that feels right. But be careful, Vader is not far behind you."
"How do you know, Lara?" Leia asked.
"I can feel him getting closer to Luke. My bigger concern is that Vader can sense the Force in Luke which could make him a target of the Emperor. The Emperor had all Jedi killed after the Clone Wars except those few who went into hiding."
Lara ran to greet Luke upon his return. Leia reached him first. Lara smiled seeing them together and suddenly tears came to her eyes. Her emotions released over the Force and Luke felt her pain. He releases Leia and walked to her. "Lara, what is it? You are so sad; I can feel it coming from your heart."
Lara wiped a tear from her eye. "I must work on my emotions. Master Yoda would not be pleased. But I am happy that we were successful but sad because my parents would have been pleased to see someone finally strike at the Empire for freedom, at least my mother would have been. Not sure that my father would agree."
"That's not all it is, I can tell."
"That's right, Luke. But it is not time to tell you everything yet."
Leia walked over and spoke to them, "Alright you two, let's go celebrate."
