One year and three Months Later:

Twenty six Year old Cade Jade frowned as Serra Karis approached him. He had been on the run from the Empire along with whatever Jedi in the Galaxy had survived Order Sixty Six for over a year now and no one knew that he was a Jedi. He had posed as a gambler a racer and even a gangster. "What is it Serra?"

"I was wondering if you would like to come to my house tonight for dinner?"

Cade ran a hand through his brown hair in thought. He knew he needed to keep up the appearance of being a gangster even if it meant being with some rich brat. For all he knew he could be the last Jedi left. Almost every month at least once he felt the death of another Jedi Friend. He looked at Serra and then spoke, "I can do that. Whats the occasion?"

"My daddy is off world on one of his business trips. So I can do whatever I want."

Cade nodded in silence and smiled at the girl as she left the cantina.

Padme worked in Serra's room with Han setting up a small table and decorating it as Serra rushed into the room in anger, She felt a hard slap on her cheek something she was used to feeling after her one year of enslavement yet she hated it and still wasn't fully used to it. "Stop focusing on the brats and work," Serra screamed.

"They are with your mother Serra calm down."

Serra glared at Padme as she spoke, "Serra is this your first date?"

Serra softened for a moment and nodded, "Yes he is. My dad wants me to marry some gross guy that is like old enough to be my dad but I met this guy a month ago. He just showed up and I really really like him."

Padme nodded, "Let me tell you something not as your slave but as a piece of friendly advice."

Serra nodded as Padme spoke, "Just be yourself Serra and don't try to be tough or better than you are and put your ego to the side if you want to impress him. Wealth and power will not win you a good man."

Serra looked at Padme in shock, "Did it work for you acting like that?"

Padme nodded in silence as she left Serra and headed for the kitchen to cook. She saw Mara enter the kitchen with each of the twins walking at her side as she worked, "They want to see their mommy."

Padme nodded and scooped up Leia first and gave her a kiss and then Luke. She smiled, "Thank you for watching them."

Mara nodded, "I enjoy it and having Luke around makes me think of my son."

Padme nodded, "I am so sorry for your loss."

Mara shook her head, "Had he not died and had it been my husband we wouldn't have found you in the slave market and although Serra and Cay treat you like trash at least you aren't being forced to sell yourself nor are you separated from them and one day we will be free together."

Padme nodded, "Serra actually listened to my advice in regards to this Cade guy. I hope it will help us in the long run."

Mara nodded, "Hopefully so I still won't trust her fully yet and I expect you not to tell her of our plans."

Padme nodded as she got back to cooking.

Cade arrived at Serra's beautiful home noticing that he instantly sensed two strong Force presences. He wondered what the sources were and was determined to find out eventually. They were young and whoever they were would make Ideal apprentices. In fact the only presence that he had ever felt that glowed like this had been Anakin Skywalker.

Padme served out two formal dishes for Serra and Cade before leaving the dinner table to prepare their dessert. An hour later she served desert and then a short time later cleared the table with Han's help after putting the twins to sleep. She noticed that Serra and Cade had gone into her bedroom and further more that their lights were shut off. She frowned and left he room in silence and headed for her small bedroom where the twins were sleeping and crawled into bed in exhaustion.

The next morning Padme awoke and dressed before taking each one of the twins and changing their diaper. She then took them and played with them until she saw Cade leave Serra's bedroom.

Cade glanced at Padme and her twins in shock, So her twins were the source of the Force presence, he thought in silence as he left the room. He frowned, Serra had been as rebellious as ever and was insisting that she loved him throughout the night. He wondered how much she did or if they had spent the night just because of her need to rebel against her father and his high class morals that he had instilled in the young egocentric girl.

Padme watched as Serra came out of the bedroom, "I need my sheets changed."

Padme nodded as Han entered the room, "Take them to Mara for me."

Han nodded with a smile as Padme headed into the bedroom and stripped off the sheets noticing a prominent blood stain. She glanced at Serra as she entered the room, "It was my first time," stated Serra.

Padme frowned, "If he truly loved you and you him then you two would wait until marriage."

Serra shook her head, "My dad wouldn't allow it."

"Who's to say that he has a say in the matter?" asked Padme.

"Come on Padme you were a Senator it would be like you going and marrying some Peasant."

Padme nodded deciding to risk angering Serra, "Let me tell you a story Serra about love."

"A story?" asked Serra.

Padme nodded, "I once knew a young Senator who was in love with a young Jedi Knight. They couldn't marry you know the rules on Jedi."

Serra nodded, "I know at school so many girls have talked in the past about how they would love to be with Anakin Skywalker and how much of a shame it is that he was a Jedi I am sure that you even agree."

Padme felt slight anger at the statement of girls desiring her beloved but pushed it aside and nodded, "Of course I would. I actually met Anakin Skywalker. I met him for the first time when he was only nine when he first became a Padawan and he was my bodyguard once."

Serra gasped, "Really? Were you able to flirt with him?"

Padme shook her head hating to lie, "He is, was very strictly bound to his duty he wouldn't have considered such a thing."

Serra nodded with a Frown.

"Now back to my story."

Serra nodded eagerly.

Padme ripped off the sheets as she spoke, "They wanted to be together and they faced death together in the beginning of the Clone Wars and survived and after that they secretly married. They faced public disgrace together had they been found out yet they loved one another and they wouldn't be denied their love."

Serra looked at Padme in shock, "What happened to them?"

"The Senator was killed by Palpatine and her Jedi Lover as well."

Serra frowned, 'How tragic."

"I know but they loved one another and I was one of the few that knew of their marriage and further more they waited until marriage and it was the first time for both."

Serra looked at Padme in shock wishing she could be like these two lovers.

Serra frowned in shame as she realized something, In the past year she had abused Padme, She had slapped her beaten her and mistreated her several times. She had beaten her twice and slapped her more times than she could count and in response Padme treated her like she would anyone that was royal and Padme showed no resentment.

"How can you talk to me this way Padme?"

"What do you mean Serra?"

"I mean I have abused you and slapped you. Yet you talk to me like your talking to my mother. My Father and I have both treated you like trash and Han has taken beatings for you that my father would have given to you and he has beaten you and I have beat you for striking a boy that touched you inappropriately and in return you treat me like a person."

Padme nodded, "I will tell you why because I don't see a monster when I look at you."

"What do you mean? I am a piece of trash I abuse you and take you away from your children with heavy workloads I am disgusting."

Padme shook her head, "I see a little girl that has been degraded and abused by her father. A girl that has been taught that she is a bargaining chip that is going to be given away so that her father can gain more money and who has been told she can never fall in love because she is only a possession. This little girl in return takes her anger out on me because of her insecurities and bitterness. That is what I see in you Serra and also you need a friend and I mean a real one none of those kids that come over here and sit in your sitting room are your real friends. One day you will see what I mean."

Serra looked at Padme as tears came to her eyes. Padme wordlessly carried the sheets out of the room leaving Serra in tears. Serra glanced back at Padme as she reentered the room, "Your husband, Who was he?"

Padme frowned, "If you knew you would hate me."

"Tell me please."

Padme breathed in deeply, "I don't want to talk about it. Lets just say that he was a great man."

Serra nodded in thought as she looked at Padme.

Serra looked at Padme with a frown, "I am going to stop beating you Padme, But listen."

"I am listening," said Padme.

"In the presence of my Father I am going to have to mistreat you and pretend that your just an object and all but it will all be fake. Can you go along with it?"

Padme nodded, "Easily only his mistreatment of me will be the real thing."

Serra nodded in shame.

Cade frowned, Imperials had traced him to Praesitlyn. He had promised Serra that he would stick around but he had to break that promise not only for himself but to protect her. He felt an urge through the Force though to keep in touch with her. Wordlessly he got out his Comlink and broke the news to her before leaving Praesitlyn and a dead trail that would baffle and frustrate Palpatine's agents.

Serra sat on her bed in tears as Padme entered the room, "What is wrong Serra?"

"I-Imperial's are on the planet looking for Cade. H-He had to leave I may never see him again."

Padme frowned and wrapped her arms around Serra, "Did he give you a Comlink Frequency?"

Serra nodded, "He said that if I ever needed his help to call him."

Padme nodded, "That means he wants things to go further with you Serra. I think he does love you."

"Really?" asked Serra.

Padme nodded and left Serra and headed for the kitchen where Mara was waiting with the twins, "Are you ready to go?"

Padme nodded with a smile, "Are we just going to that grassy meadow outside of the town?"

Mara nodded, "Do you have your camera?"

"Of course it is a young mother's best friend I have their first steps recorded on it."

Mara nodded, "And their first birthday I was so glad that I was able to get Cay drunk and in bed for that day."

"And how you sent Serra to the Holo theater with the free tickets."

"I know she would have betrayed us and I couldn't risk it."

Padme nodded and picked up Luke while Mara took Leia. Oh how much Luke looked like his father, she thought as she kissed his forehead. It gave her joy to have a duplicate of her beloved Ani that was in the form of her very own son.

Padme and Mara arrived at the meadow and sat down spreading out a blanket as they enjoyed a picnic with the twins. "They have grown so much," said Mara.

Padme smiled, "It seems like they have grown so fast."

Mara nodded, "They have and it will go by fast as a mother it usually does."

Padme nodded with an uneasy smile at her friend as she ate her sandwich.

The next day Cay returned home from one of his business trips with a smile as he walked in. Serra looked at him in shock, "What is it dad?"

"I made a lot of money on this trip that is all," replied Cay with a smile at his daughter.

Serra nodded as Padme whom was in the middle of dusting the shelves in the elaborate living room didn't even want to know what the slimy man had done to make the money.

Cay glanced at her, "Have you thought more on my offers?"

Padme glared at him, "After one year can't you take no? I would rather die a slave."

Cay in response moved forward and slapped Padme on the cheek before turning and leaving her. Padme sighed and got back to work in anger, one day Cay would pay for this, she thought. She smiled as she began thinking of what her and Mara would do to his business and all the day that they escaped.

After dusting and cleaning the Refreshers Padme headed into the kitchen and prepared lunch for the Karis family. At the same time Han came in and began to set out plates for her. After sending Han into the dinning room Padme took Luke and Leia and fed them before eating as Han loaded the dishwashing unit with the Karis's dirty dishes.

Padme smiled as she watched the twins eat. At that moment Cay entered the room with Mara. "Are you sure your not overfeeding them?"

Padme glared at Cay but before she could speak Mara spoke "I have books on development and she is feeding them perfectly now go to hell and leave her alone."

In response Cay turned around and slapped Mara so hard that she fell into the wall before storming out of the kitchen.

Padme cringed, this woman had gone through so much in the last year to protect her and the twins that it horrified her. She looked at Mara uneasily, "You didn't need to say that?"

"I won't have him trying to starve these little angels because of his sick abusive mind. I am a mother myself Padme now just feed them and let me take it. I can do it for you. Look at your cheek it is already bruised I don't want you to take anymore."

Padme smiled, "Once this bruise is gone I will be getting another on the other cheek. It the same for you."

Mara shook her head, "And then we will have a week or two when he goes out on his next trip in a few weeks to be together and take the twins to the park."

Padme nodded with a smile, "This last week was wonderful. Thank you so much. How exactly though do you keep Serra from telling on us?"

Mara smiled, "I tell her that I will tell her father about how she has been flirting with various boys of the middle class instead of going for some high society brat like herself," stated Mara causing the two women to burst into laughter together.

Star Destroyer Exactor:

Vader stood on the command bridge in frustration. He had no word on Padme whatsoever. He wanted her found. He sighed as he saw a small ship entering visual range, "Sir the bounty hunter claims you sent for him."

Vader nodded and glanced at the officer, "I want you to have him in my ready room."

"As you wish my Lord."

Vader watched as the bounty hunter he has summoned, A man of around fifty entered his office. The man had steel blue eyes that reminded him of him old self and a mix of blond and grey hair. "You must be Malen."

Malen nodded, "What is the job?"

"My wife ran from me with my child. All I want is to see my child I have rights as a father."

Malen frowned, "Are you going to kill her?"

Vader shook his head, "I know that her last location from what I know may have been Polis Massa but I know nothing more."

Malen nodded, "If there is anything else Lord Vader that you are not mentioning tell me before you sign the contract."

Vader shook his head, "That is all that I know."

Malen nodded as Vader signed the Contract before paying him a retaining fee and giving him a datapad with all of the information on his target.

Vader smiled as he watched the man leave, He would soon have his angel at his side and very soon his body would be put back together. He had just a little less than a year before his surgery on Kamino.

Malen looked at the datapad in shock noticing the name Skywalker as a possible alias that the elusive Senator Amidala would use. He frowned, He would head for Polis Massa and get an idea of where her last steps were and find out what exactly was going on. He had a feeling that there was more to this situation than Vader claimed. In fact he was starting to piece together a puzzle based on what Vader had just told him. He frowned as he entered his Ship where his eleven year old daughter was waiting for him at. "Are you ready Daddy?"

"Yes sweetheart set course for this location."

The dark haired girl nodded with a smile. Malen sat down as his daughter went about her task of piloting the ship. She was a fine pilot and she had a lot of courage and honor and he was very proud of her. He had instilled in his daughter the importance of honor and morals in their career and how she should always make sure that it is for justice and not money no matter how high the pay may be.

Ok as you can see Serra is starting to change and if you didn't guess her night with Cade will conceive Mara Jade. Now as for Malen I decided to make him a father in this new version as for what his daughter's name is I can imagine that you can guess. I hope you are enjoying the story until Next time thank you for the input. Let me know if you want to see more soon and I may grant your request sooner than planned.