AN: Hey everyone! I know that this is a long time in coming…….a real long time. I promise not to have long waits like that anymore. But right now everything is a bit crazy, but I will stick as much writing time in as I can. So enjoy!

Chapter 17:

Padmé awoke suddenly from her restless sleep. She could have sworn that she was laying next to Anakin back in their bed on Kit'os.

But when she looked around the crowed throne room of Jabba's palace, her hope shattered.

"Oh Ani…I hope that you are alright.."

On the other side of the galaxy, Anakin slowly opened his eyes as he came out of meditation.

He had found Padmé.

And she was still alive.

But for how long, he couldn't tell.

And there was one more thing…

,..she was Jabba the Hutt's slave.

Anakin felt anger boil up within his heart. Anger towards Palpatine and Darth Nicholas. Especially towards Palpatine.

This was the one thing that Palpatine knew would destroy Anakin mentally if he couldn't destroy him physically. Knowing that his precious wife was a slave as he once was.

Anakin reached next to him, picked up the slender tubular handle of the lightsaber next to him, and brought it around. He powered the lightsaber on in front of him. Leitz had brought him the materials to build one.

The dark blue blade sprung to life and hummed softly in the darken room. He found comfort in the light of this saber.

He would find and rescue Padmé and then go after Palpatine by himself. He powered down his lightsaber and sat in the dark for a few more minutes, contemplating how he was going to proceed in his plans.

"Why don't you tell your children?"

Anakin looked around the room at who had sat that to him. The voice that had talked to him chuckled slightly.

"Anakin did you not remember the lessons that Yoda gave to us so many years ago?" Obi-Wan asked coming into view.

Anakin's jaw fell slack. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. His best friend and Master was standing before him when Anakin knew that Darth Nicholas had killed him!

"I take it that you did forget." Obi-Wan said. "But I'll let Yoda deal with you later. For the meantime, tell Luke and Leia who they are and where they come from."

Still a bit shocked, it took Anakin a second to respond. "But why Master?"

"To save Padmé, you will need their help. Good bye for now Anakin." Obi-Wan said slowly disappearing from view.

"Good bye Master."

Anakin slowly made his way down the hallway towards Galen's hospital room. It was the last day that she was going to have to stay there then the next day they would leave Polis Massa and most likely head for Tatooine.

He wasn't sure if he should do what Obi-Wan had told him to do or not. Part of him wanted to tell Luke and Leia who he really was, yet part of him wanted to wait until Padmé was they're with him. The conclusion he came to was that he would just wait and see.

"You really went down a garbage chute?" Galen softly asked.

"Yeah I did. So did Han, Chewie and Leia," a young man answered.

From the hallway, Anakin could hear Galen's giggles. He stood in the doorway of her room and silently watched.

Sitting in a chair next to her bedside was a young man, who looked a lot like he did when he was younger. Anakin could feel the happiness coming from his daughter.

He watched for a few more minutes as the young man told Galen more of the story about the rescue of Leia from the Deathstar.

"Cute aren't they?" Leia whispered coming up next to him.

"Yeah. Who is he?"

"Luke Skywalker. He's one of my friends. He, Han and Chewie make up my surrogate family since the Empire destroyed Alderaan." Leia sadly said.

Without hesitation, Anakin wrapped a reassuring arm around Leia shoulders. "I'm sure that there is a little girl who thinks of you as a big sister," he softly said.

Leia smiled softly at him.

"Daddy!" Galen called out, finally taking notice of him.

Leia and Anakin walked into the room. Luke stood up to allow Anakin to sit down in the chair he had been sitting in, but Anakin didn't sit down. Instead, he swept Galen into his arms.

"Daddy, this is Luke! Remember I told you about him." Galen happily said after she hugged and kissed her daddy's cheek.

"I remember. Nice to meet you Luke."

"And you Captain Ronoco," Luke answered. "Galen would not stop talking about you or your wife."

Anakin smiled softly.

'Tell them Anakin…'

Obi-Wan's voice rang through his head. He knew that he had to.

"Actually it's not Ronoco," Anakin said with a smile on his face. "It's Skywalker."

Luke looked oddly at Anakin for a second. "Excuse me?" he asked a bit confused.

"My name is Anakin Skywalker and I'm your father."

"But my father is dead."

"That was what your Aunt and Uncle told you to protect you,"

By then Leia had moved right next to Luke and was listening in intently. This was all a bit odd for her. And a bit saddening. Luke had found his father and gained a little sister and possibly a mother as well. How could he be so lucky and not her?

Sensing his oldest daughter's sadness, Anakin turned to look at Leia. "And I'm your father as well, Leia. You and Luke are twins."

Leia didn't say anything. No one did. Not for a few minutes.

"So if my daddy and mommy and Luke and Leia's daddy and mommy, does that make them my brother and sister?" Galen asked a bit confused.

"Yes it does," Anakin said setting Galen back on her bed.

"See I told you Leia that my mommy and daddy would be happy to be your mommy and daddy!"

Everyone laughed.

"Sit down and I'll tell everyone about our family," Anakin said.

I know that it's short and all, but its better then nothing! I hope that ya'll enjoyed it!