(A/N: Sorry it's taken me so long to get this chapter up. I have had major writer's block. I actually wrote this chapter 3 times before deciding on the dream sequence. I have had the beginning and end planned out, but as I draw close to the middle, I'm being faced with problems. Any suggestions would be great. Also, would anyone be mad if Ianna wasn't quite so goody-goody? She would have redemption of course, but the plan is for her to fall in with the bad crowd for a while. She was originally supposed to a sort of female reflection of Han solo, but that didn't quite work out. Please review and tell me any opinions. Enjoy!)

Aine stepped out of the speeder into the slick mud. It had begun to rain torrentially on the way back and she had not bothered to stop and set up the speeder's covering. She liked the feel of the cool refreshing rain. A little wetness never bothered a Jedi. She opened the door and walked into the house. Immediately she felt a small disturbance coming from the living room where Ianna and Leia had been sitting chatting and watching holograms.

Leia jumped out of the shadows. "Don't move!" She cried, mistaking the cloaked and muddy Aine as a thief. She pointed a small silver blaster at Aine's shrouded figure.

Aine pulled back her hood with an ironically amused look on her face. "Tell me Leia. Do all twelve-year-olds always carry laser blasters on Alderaan?" She inquired drolly.

"Um." Leia hung her head low so as to hide the bright red of her face for a moment before tilting it back up defiantly. "A princess must always be prepared. You could just as well have been a burglar or assassin of the empire." She stated.

Ianna stood silently laughing to herself before remembering what she been wondering about. "Where were you?" She asked Aine mentally. Leia was preoccupied trying to regain her regal composure and would not notice them. The blush still lingered in her face.

"Huh? Did you say something Ianna?" Leia inquired tensely. Ianna gave a quick look back to Aine. Could Leia hear them? Aine ignored her glance as if nothing out of the norm had happened. Leia watched confusedly.

"No I didn't say anything. You probably heard the hologram generator in the living room." Ianna answered. She didn't like lying to her friend, but technically she hadn't really said anything out loud.

"Leia, I think it's time that you went home." Aine said unusually gently. "It's getting late and I am very tired from my errands."

"Okay. I've got a droid in a speeder parked outside, so you don't have to drive me home or anything." She went to the coat rack to retrieve her white cloak.

"You had a speeder waiting for you the whole time?" Ianna asked incredulously.

"One of the perks of being a princess." Leia grinned and sauntered out the door where a gold-plated protocol droid was waiting for her. "Hello Miss Leia!" It called in a proper voice. "Shall I drive you home now?" Leia nodded her head "Sure Threepio."

Ianna shut the door after the speeder shot off into the distance. "There's something about Leia that nobody's telling me." She muttered to herself. She could sense that Leia was different. Was she able to use the force? She would have to investigate this later.

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Feet thundering overhead. The rush of adrenaline running through my pounding heart. Screams piercing the night. Red, so much red. The smoke, the blood, fiery explosions shattering through the darkness. The wail of younglings meeting their cruel end to a blazing blue staff. The symbol that once stood for peace and protection among the Jedi was the last horrific sight their young eyes saw swinging over them. Electricity runs through the air like fire lashing through my mind. The evil is almost overpowering. It will not take me. I run like mad through the slick marble corridors of the Jedi temple. Ianna clutches onto my shoulder in a state of shock. She knows not to cry. I hide her beneath my cloak as I dash to safety. Flames leftover from blaster shots linger ahead. I sense him! I skid as I try to turn around, but fall on the slick polished marble. Ianna gives a whimper from within the darkness of the cloak as I land on my side. He grows closer. I take off my cloak and hide Ianna inside, masking her presence with my mind. I feel the sick awareness of his sardonic smile passing over me. He is here.

"So, here is young Aine. I hear that you're quite the talented one now. Perhaps you would like to give a demonstration? He lit his lightsaber.

"Or rather you should tell me about Padme?" I spit the words out like venom. "I know about you two! You will not draw her into this Anakin." I warn him darkly.

He takes a step forward. "I don't care. I am more powerful than any Jedi who ever lived! We don't need to keep our love a secret anymore! I shall rule the galaxy and she will be my queen!"

"You always were prone to illusions." I sneer. "Your arrogance will be your downfall… If not by me, somebody else, someday. " I stand en guard.

"You are the one with illusions!" He jumps towards me, lightsaber held high in the air. "Let us see how Obi-Wan has taught you."

I ignite my blue lightsaber and block his blow. He pushes me away, using his advantage in strength. His darkness clouds my mind, so that it is hard to concentrate. He has killed younglings who had done nothing against him. He would not think twice about killing me, one whom he hates.

He slams his lightsaber down upon mine again. I swing it away skillfully and leap to the right to block his side blow. He battles aggressively, swinging from all directions. I use the force to push him back farther. As I lower my hand, he retaliates, using the force to seize my lightsaber at a weak moment. I am nearly defenseless against him.

"You will never become a knight!" He snarls. "You have nothing left! Obi-Wan is dead!" He laughs mockingly at my vulnerability.

I close my eyes and feel the living force. A new light rises in my soul. The entire galaxy flashes through my consciousness for less than a moment and I feel my head rising to look into his eyes, a new power flowing through me.

"You are wrong Anakin… I have the force."

His eyes grow wide as a blast of blue lightning shoots from my hands. The strands of electricity surround his surprised form, sending jerking convulsions throughout his body. I move my hands and slam his body against a wall; lightning still pulsing through him like hundreds of tiny knives piercing their way through his blood. It is a horrible sight. His mouth sags open foamingly and his eyes swim with tiny bits of blue energy. He struggles to open his mouth. "You?…you…"He goes limp in mid-sentence and I feel him falling out of consciousness. I call my lightsaber back to me and raise it high above my head. This is not the Jedi way. We do not kill the defenseless. But there is something else stalling my hand.

I cannot kill him. Something inside me tells me it is not time. Not yet.

I grab Ianna and run for the hangar, leaving everything I ever knew behind.

OOO

Aine sat straight up in the darkness, breathing heavily. She hated the dream. It never left her in peace, always coming when least expected. She closed her eyes and reached out with the force, basking in its soothing presence. The pain soon seeped out of her being, carried away by the cool air. She opened her mind to her surroundings. Ianna was asleep in the next room, dreaming about piloting a fighter craft through space. Everything was still around the house. A small bird nested on an eave in an upstairs window. She expanded her thought to include Bail, who was staying up late, working on documents that would secure a spy's place among the ranks of the Empire. Leia had awoken to do some last minute studying for a test at school. She remembered that Ianna would have to start school soon.

Pushing the silver blankets aside, she slipped out of bed and opened the doors that led to the marble balcony. The air was brisk and her smoky breath was visible against the darkness. She stood and absorbed the tranquility of it all, like the breath before a plunge. The huge, snowy peaks shone silver in the moonlight. The stars dimmed as a tinge of pink lit ignited beyond the mountains. It grew into a light blue veil that slowly stretched across the entire sky. Golden streaks soon followed, shooting across the blueness like trails of fire. The gold spread and faded to orange to pink and gradually smoldered into a calm shade of blue. It was morning. She would have to talk to Ianna.

OOO

(Ooooh, so Aine left out a few details in her story to Ianna. How many other details did she leave out? I'm sorry not much was accomplished in this chapter, but as I said, I have writer's block. I'm warning you guys, I plan on this story being very long. In fact Ianna is nineteen at its ending. But I'm telling too much. Just keep reading.)

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