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(Darth Vader's POV)

I sit up quickly, panting. What was that? Padme'… The girl I played with as a child… Her name is Padme….

Suddenly there is hammering on the metal door. I groan as I'm forced to get out of the bed.

"Yes!" I snarl, mentally thinking they'll be dead tomorrow morning.

A metallic voice of a droid replies. "The Emperor wishes to see you master." I groan. This is the last thing I want this morning. All I desire is to be left alone with my thoughts of my young friend Padme'.

"Tell him I am coming!" I shout to the droid through the door.

"Yes master," I hear the reply before it scuttles off. Getting out of bed, I head to the refresher and have a quick shower before donning the heavy suit and mask. I hastily leave my room and head to the Emperor's throne room.

(Padme's POV)

I have my head in my hands thinking of my last memory of Anakin. What did he mean? He must be the same person. There is a knock on my door.

"Yes?" I call. Sabe enters smiling. This is unusual. I think. Sabe never smiles at me.

"Father commands you to join him in the throne room, now." She smirks. I pale. Father never asks me to his throne room. Usually I am left out of all business, within the government. Perhaps father has a join for me? That or I did something to not please him. I scratch my back, remembering the last scars I had been given….

I had been riding without an escort and ended up falling off my speeder bike. My father had been angered and killed several of his guards for my insolence. He used force-lighting on me. I remember mother cleaning up the blood splotches left.

She told me to never defy my father again, and to be more like Sabe', his precious one.

"I'm going." I mutter to her. I do not glance at her because she will see the terror in my eyes. I get up and quickly don the first gown I find. After putting my hair up in a simple plait I leave and walk down the metal corridor to the throne room.

Father stands up to greet me. I'm surprised to see his apprentice is not here and sigh silently in relief in my mind. He starts speaking to me, "Now Amidala, I expect you want to know why I've summoned you here."

Just then the doors open and I'm surprised to see Darth Vader enter. "Good Vader, now you are here I can tell you both what is happening." Great my day just got worse.

(Darth Vader's POV)

I enter the room astonished to see Amidala there. As soon as she sees me, a scowl appears on her face. I repress the urge to say 'good morning to you too'. Instead I bow to the emperor and move to his side. I'm not shocked to see Amidala avoiding me. It is well known throughout the Death Star that she hates me and Sabe the annoying sister, loves me.

The emperor begins explaining," Now as you two know, there is going to be a marriage ceremony between the two of you. Before you get married however, I want you to each get to know each other. I therefore command you both spend the day together."

Amidala's scowl grows and I notice her urge to retort yet, she remains quiet.

"Yes Father, I will do that." She says calmly. The Emperor then looks at me.

"Yes Master, I will show Amidala, what duties I do for the good of the Empire." The Emperor looks pleased at that statement and promptly shoos us out the room. Subsequently I lead Amidala to the control room of the Death Star.

(Sabe's POV)

I stand up after kneeling at the door for what seemed like hours. I feel like killing my father for doing this to me. Why father, you know how much I love him. As I hear footsteps approach the door, I quickly hide and watch Vader and Amidala leave together. I know where they are heading and resolve to follow them. Who knows? This meeting might be the advantage I'm looking for to break them up! I cackle evilly to myself as I vanish into their shadows….

(Padme's POV)

I follow Darth Vader along the metal corridor to the control room. "What are we going to do?" I ask.

"You will see," he speaks in monotone. We enter the control room and all the troops stand to attention as soon as they see us.

"Back to work!" Vader barks at them. They all scatter back to their stations.

Suddenly, I feel a tingling in the back of mind. The force is warning me about something. I hate using the force but I had to this time. Using the force, I detect nothing. I try again, again nothing. That's odd, the force is never wrong.

"What's wrong Amidala?" Vader asks in monotone again. Was he screening my mind? He better keep his sith ways to himself HMPH!

"I believe someone is watching us," I say concerned, "I used the force and I detected nothing."

Vader stands still for a moment before replying, "There is no one there. It must have been your imagination." I glare at his back knowing he is wrong but decide to dismiss the thought for later.

Vader begins his boring speech, "Here we keep an eye out for rebels and rogue Jedi. If we find any, they are tortured then killed." Rouge Jedi. They are meant to be good, good to help us. Rebels! They are fighting for my dreams, a democracy. I will help them even if it kills me. Another thought occurs to me, Anakin.

"I want to become a Jedi, like the ones on holomovies!" He exclaims, pointing towards the stars, "And see the galaxy!" I laugh at him.

"I bet you will and you'll rescue me from danger," I add, we laugh together and watch the stars fade away.

Anakin wanted to become a Jedi. What if Vader has already killed him? No I can't think that.

Tears sting my eyes and I try to hide them. "R-r-rouge Jedi? Rebels?" I ask stunned.

The image of Anakin's lifeless body in this very room makes me angry. Vader nods as if nothing has affected him. "How can you? They are good. They help innocent people, they fight for freedom!" I exclaim.

"My lady, they do not fight for freedom. They fight to upset the Empire; one which your father has worked extremely hard to build. They do not care about other people. This system is the best for them and people have made the best choice."

I glare at him, outraged by his impudence. "Best for the people! I don't get it!" I shout at him. "How is taking away people's choice best for them?"

(Darth Vader POV)

I can feel my frustration rising and it takes all my urge to stop me from shaking her. How could anyone be so blind to what is happening around them? I can't take anymore of her reasoning and it doesn't help all the troops are staring at us. "Back to work!" I shout.

The best way to sort out this argument is to leave. I stomp out of the control room in anger. I decide to go and complain to the Emperor. Maybe he can sort his daughter out!

I barge into the throne room. "Yes my apprentice. What is it?" The emperor says.

"Your daughter!" I gasp.

"Which one?" He inquires.

"Amidala!" I spat.

"What has she done?" He asks, genuinely troubled.

"She questions your plans for the empire!" I retort lividly "I defended your plan master; however, what can I do?"

"That is your problem now Vader. She has always been just a little bit troublesome."

I scream mentally. "Thank you master." I spit out politely and he just smiles at me. As I storm out of the throne room, I hear him calling out my name.

"By the way Vader, I will be holding an engagement party for you and Amidala next month. Try and get along by then."

I glare at him through my mask before stomping out. Muttering how unfair this marriage was.

(Padme POV)

I was glad to annoy Vader. He deserved it after wanting to kill all those innocent people. Smiling gleefully to myself I head off back to my room, wondering when I will next get a chance to annoy him.

My mood sours when I see Sabe sitting on my bed on my return. She grins at me and asks, "How was your date?"

I spit out a reply back, "It was not a date and it's none of your business."

"So I guess it went well."

"Get out of my room," I scream at her. Not wanting to speak to her. She complies and leaves me in peace.

I lie on my bed for five minutes. There is a knock and I ask, "Who is it?"

My father is at the door. I quickly hop to my feet and straighten the bed before answering the door. "Yes father?"

"I've got some news for you. I've heard about this afternoon." Suddenly I am worried.

His wicked grin becomes a smirk. "I'm not concerned about that, I wanted to notify you about your engagement party in a month's time." He then turns around to leave. "And I want you to both behave." He scolds me like a child.

After he has left, I sit on the bed and bury myself in tears thinking how my life just went from bad to worse….

(Month later)

(Padme's POV)

I stand before my mirror; my engagement dress is very striking. It has golden adorn fabric that has spaghetti straps and sleeves that dangle down off my shoulders. A servant is finishing up my exquisite hairdo; I never liked them very much. Yet my mother always adored them.

"Mistress your bath is waiting." I smile and nod for the servant to leave.

I walk into the refresher and lie down in the tub. I close my eyes and try to relax. Three more days of freedom, and I would be Lady Vader. The sound of my new title makes me shudder. How can my father do this to me? I wish he had chose Sabe to marry that monster! Sighing, I dump my head under water….

(Sabe's POV-Earlier in the day)

I have three days, three days to break off their wedding! How can I possibly do it? Hmmm there has to be a way… Yes! I can knock Padme' unconscious and take her place! I resemble her enough! I'll slip into her refresher and either slip her some sleeping pills in her fruit or I could hit her over the side of the head. Hehehe my plan will work…

(Padme's POV)

I come out of the water and Sabe is sitting there, with lunch. "Hello my sister," She greets.

"Sabe' what are you doing here?" I utter, something doesn't feel right….

"I thought we could share a meal together," She cracks a wicked grin and hands me a fruit.

"Want some? The servants made your favourite," She asks.

I take the piece of luscious fruit and take a tiny bite. It was indeed my favourite, the only fruit that would grow on Tatooine. The favour reminds me of a memory of Ani and me….

"Padme'! Come here! I found the periwinkle tree!" Ani cries excitedly. I run after him and stop on my heels when I see the tree.

"It's wonderful; I didn't know any fruit grew on this desert planet!" I exclaim. He reaches up and takes one. The periwinkle fruit is a purplish color, with a red tint.

"Here try it. My mom makes periwinkle pie, when she can," claims Ani.

I bite into it and gasp. The favour was nothing like I had ever tasted before. It was rich, like a mango, yet thick and sour like a lemon. "It's great Ani!" I laugh and hug him. He blushes.

"You're the only one I wanted to share this place with, the only one I can trust with this secret," He whispers.

I blush. "Thanks…"

The memory escapes me and I smile. Sabe rolls her eyes, knowing all too well who I was remembering. "You cannot still have a crush on that annoying boy from Tatooine."

I blush slightly. "Yes, and he was never annoying. Anakin was a very dear friend to me."

"Whatever, let's finish our meals," She declares. We sit in silence and I begin to feel a bit dizzy.

"Sabe' would you hand me the towel?" I request, standing up.

She does and smiles. "You know, Vader thinks of you as a twit."

I wrap the towel around me and reply. "Good I hate him."

"Of course, but I believe he despises you as well."

My mind starts to cloud some more and I grab onto Sabe'. "You all right sis?"

"Fine, I'm just a bit dizzy…" My eyes flutter and she lets go of me. "Sabe'…." I begin, yet I feel something hard hit the back of my head and I black out.

(Sabe's POV)

I grin evilly to myself and step over my sister's unconscious body. Her head has a nice gash made by yours truly. She'll be out for awhile. I slipped her three sleeping pills, oops I overdosed her! Well it won't be a terrible thing to have to gone…. Now where is that dress of her's?

I had the servants transform myself into resembling my dear little sister and now I stand at the edge of the stairs. I start my way down and smile as Darth Vader takes my hand…

To Be Continued.