Padme didn't turn or look at Luke, scared of his reaction. First, he learns his father is alive and the Emperor's servant and then moments later he learns that his dead mother has been with his for the past 4 years and is one of his closest friends!

"Is…is it true?" He whispered hoarsely. Padme looked down at the walkway before whispering,

"It's true." Vader clenched his fist and said,

"Luke, Padme, join me and together we can rule the galaxy like we were meant to. As a family." Padme's head snapped up and she glared at Vader.

"Never!" She snapped. Before Vader could do or say anything else, Padme flipped into the air, tucked her blaster back in her boot and grabbed Luke's arm as she fell down the trench with Luke following her. The 2 fell until they reached an opening that led to a free fall. Padme fell first and barely managed to grab onto the rod before the fall. Luke followed and tried to use his good hand to get back up but only managed to fall back and upside down, staring into Padme's worried brown eyes. "Luke…" She whispered and reached one hand out to his face. He knew the truth and he looked worse than when he learned the truth about Vader. Luke closed his eyes and for a moment, Padme thought he was unconscious. But he whispered,

"Leia…" Padme watched in amazement as he connected with Leia telepathically. It could be the Force. She thought, Or it could be their twin bond. Just then, the Falcon appeared below them and Lando came out of a hatch, reaching up for Padme and Luke.

"I can handle myself." Padme said, "You help Luke." And with that, she let go of the rod and fell into the ship, landing perfectly on her feet. Seconds later, the hatch lowered with Lando holding Luke. "Get him to a bed." Padme said and followed the 2 men. Her son needed her now. As soon as Lando laid him on a bunk, Luke fell asleep. He seemed to be having nightmares and Padme sat beside his bed, squeezing his hand in comfort. I can't believe this. She thought, I'm comforting my 23 year old son after he learned a member of the Empire is his father and I, an 18 year old, am his mother. Padme cleared her head when Luke sat up, awake, and whispered,

"Father…" After a moment, he said, "Why Ben? Why?" Then, his eyes met Padme's. "Padme?" He whispered.

"I'm here Luke." She squeezed his hand again, "I'm here, I'm not leaving."

"You're my mother." It was more of a statement then a question. Padme looked down as tears burned her eyes before meeting Luke's bright blue ones again. He was surprised to see her tears. She hadn't cried once the past 4 years and yet her eyes still gleamed with them.

"Yes." She answered, "I am your mother." She knew Luke would have a ton of questions and she knew she would have to answer all of them before Lando, Leia, Chewie or either of the droids showed up to check on Luke.

"H-how?" Was the first question.

"Do you remember the day you and I met?" Luke nodded. "Well that was when I arrived in this time."

"In this time?"

"Yes." Padme looked at the floor before continuing, "Luke…I died the day you were born like you were told. I'm only here because the Force wanted me here for some reason. I can't tell you everything you want to know though."

"Because most of it hasn't happened for you yet?"

"Yes." She still wouldn't look him in the eye. She took a deep breath before saying, "You know me as Padme Nabree but you should know by now that that is not my real name."

"Who are you?" Padme stared into his eyes and Luke found that the fire in her eyes was burning brightly.

"My full name as of my time is Padme Naberrie Amidala. But I know in my future, I will become Padme Naberrie Amidala Skywalker." Luke stared at the floor now.

"Vader's…Anakin Skywalker isn't he?" Padme paused before saying,

"I don't know, Luke. I don't know."

Okay I know it's really short but I had to cut it off here for more than one reason. 1. it's a good place to stop and 2. The next chapter basically covers the end of The Empire Strikes Back and I wanted to give Padme and Luke a little bit of a bonding moment after Vader dropped a bomb like that so give me a break! Anyways, thanks to all 4,873 readers, 64 reviewers, 19 favorites and 47 followers! Thanks to prety, ccp, charmedjedi, Lady Allana Solo, Anon and CC-645 for reviewing! I hope you guys like this chapter and it meets your expectations for me. I'll try to update again soon but I have 3 other stories and, even though summer is almost starting for me, I'm gonna have homework over summer because I'm taking a couple AP and accelerated classes in high school. Wish me luck getting it done fast and cut me some slack about Luke! He is a pretty broken person after Vader drops the bomb and it would've been worse if his mother, who is YOUNGER than him, is revealed as well but I had to do it! Anyway, review and encourage updates or if I start taking too long check out my other stories or PM me! Later.