Chapter Five
They headed around the outside of the cabin. Once they got out of earshot, Leia turned on Luke.
"What's going on Luke? I've never seen you so scared."
Luke shivered, "It was a nightmare and I-" he suddenly flinched and fell to his knees.
"Luke!" Leia knelt down next to him.
"Stay away!" he yelled at her, his voice was deep, low, and not his.
"Luke?" Leia asked again.
He looked up at her, his eyes golden. He gave her a cruel smile before he started convulsing.
"Luke!"
Leia didn't know what to do. Luke kept shaking and screaming. Finally, he stopped. Leia gently pulled Luke into her arms.
"What's happening?" Leia asked, tears rolling down her face.
Luke sat up and pulled away from her.
"I'll be fine," he said. "It was just a nightmare."
Leia didn't believe him but his eyes pleaded her not to say anything.
Leia sighed and said, "If it happens again, I'm here for you."
Luke gave her a smile, "I know I can count on you."
Leia gave him a pained smile back, wondering what he was hiding from her.
The nightmares starting happening more frequently, almost every night. It was getting to where Leia wouldn't even bother going to sleep until after Luke had his nightmare. It was hard on both of them, but more so for Luke. He had bags under his eyes from lack of sleep and was more jumpy. Each night Luke would wake up screaming and Leia would come and take him outside. No one questioned them, and everyone got used to sleeping through Luke's screams. Leia never saw the golden eyes again, but it scared her. For a moment, it had seemed as if something was possessing Luke...something evil. They never talked about it, Leia would just hold him in her arms until he could stop shaking. Then one night, after a few months of the nightmares, he didn't have one. Leia kept waiting up but finally exhaustion took over and she fell asleep. The next morning, Luke looked better than he had for a long time.
"Sweet dreams last night?" She asked as she sat next to him. He looked up at her, a smile on his face.
"Beautiful." he said.
Leia smiled back at him, "Great."
Luke went back to eating his food. Leia stared at him, there was something different about him. His eyes, instead of the normal mischief they held, looked angry.
"Do I have something on my face?" Luke asked, noticing that she was staring at him.
Leia blushed slightly, "Oh, no! I...I was just thinking that you looked well-rested."
Luke grinned. "Yeah, I slept great last night. It's amazing, now I know what sleep is!"
They both laughed but Leia could tell that something was off, but she knew better than to ask him now, she would have to wait.