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When Padme awoke, the first thing she noticed was that she was surrounded by darkness. Groaning, she managed to sit herself up straight. Where was she?

Rubbing her stomach, she surveyed the area to see if she recognised anything. It was then she felt a chill up her spine. She knew where she was. She was on Palpatine's personal ship. Suddenly, she remembered…

Palpatine was standing over her, except his face had been horribly deformed. She had panicked and tried to move out of the way. Cackling, he had used the Force to lift her up off the ground.

He held her in his grip as he spoke.

"Senator Amidala...what brings you to this corner of the galaxy?"

She had been too disorientated to reply.

"My apprentice was right…you are with child!" he spoke, gleefully.

All Padme could muster was a simple "No,"

She looked around and saw Threepio lying half-broken next to her. If only he could stay intact long enough to relay the information…

She felt him prod her with the Force. It made her uncomfortable. It was when he gasped and smiled crookedly that she knew something was wrong.

"It seems as if I'm in luck! Not one offspring of Vader, but two!"

In Padme's shocked state, he managed to capture her quickly. As he hauled her onto his personal ship, he turned around and sent another Force bolt to the droid.

Her heart began to race. Was Palpatine right? Was she pregnant with twins? Another chill ran up her spine. He was close. That feeling was confirmed when she heard the door hiss open and Palpatine himself sauntered into the room.

"Glad to see you're awake, Amidala!" he spat, his twisted face bearing an evil grin.

She scowled. "You betrayed us," she simply said, her voice tinged with anger. He laughed at her.

"Yes, I did. And the stupid Jedi you aligned yourself with cost the Republic more than you can imagine. They are all dead, Amidala. So are most of the members of the Senate,"

She didn't know what to say- everything he had said was true.

"What do you want from me?" she said in her most diplomatic voice.

Once again, he laughed maniacally. "To see you suffer, M'lady"

He walked up to her and stroked her cheek. She defiantly pulled away disgusted by the man she had helped put into power. Snarling, he used the Force to push her backwards. She slammed into the wall and slid down helplessly.

"And to steal your children of course. The spawn of Darth Vader will be quite an asset to the Sith order…"

"No!"

"Yes, M'Lady. And I'll have you know that it isn't just me who wishes for your children to be trained…I do believe your husband was the one who approached me,"

Her heart practically stopped. She had known Ani had touched the Dark Side. But would he give them up to Palpatine? Both her and the children? She had hoped Obi-Wan would have saved him…

"You're wrong, Sidious! Anakin is not evil!" she screamed, the tears finally cascading down her cheeks.

"No, M'Lady Amidala. You are the one who is wrong!" He pulled out a small holo device. He let it play.

The scene Padme saw sickened and shocked her. There it was- playing in front of her. Her husband…her Ani. He was slaughtering everyone at the temple. And his eyes! They were a demonic yellow, nothing like the calm blue ones she had gotten used to.

A hand flew to her mouth as she witnessed her husband becoming Darth Vader in front of her. She immediately turned around and lost the contents of her stomach. Palpatine…Sidious…the Emperor was right.

Anakin was evil. It was true…Anakin wanted to destroy her and their children. He was a servant of the Dark Side. And now she was in the clutches of the Dark Lord of the Sith. There were no Jedi left to save her.

"Oh Ani…" she whispered as slumped to the floor…