A loud gasp was heard from the entrance of the house. Padmé turned her head, she knew this moment would come, but still what she saw sadden her heart, the disappointed, betrayed, sad face of Rey.
Once Padmé's eyes met Rey's,her eyes returned to a hazel color.
"Why?" Rey's voice was barely a whisper.
"That is nothing I wouldn't do for my family" Padmé could taste the blood and tears as she spoke.
"What are you taking about?" Rey's head was spinning, she couldn't comprehend the scene before her. The sweet Padmé was cover in blood, around her laid dismembered bodies, and in her hands a heart of a man, who's lifeless body rested in front of her.
"Ben is coming back in a few hours, he probably sensed a great disturbance in the force" Padmé's voice was distant "once both of you are together, I will explain everything, but right now I need to clean this mess" Padmé extended her hand to call upon the force, but soon she realized Rey had used her powers to paralyze her.
"I can't allow you to do anymore damage" Rey was crying, she believed and loved Padmé, how could this be.
"Please sweetheart let me go, you don't want the kids to see this. Search your feelings Rey, you know I am not a treat" her voice was monotone but her eyes were so full of emotions. Rey knew deep down, that Padmé's words were true.
Rey let her go, she didn't fully understand why, but somehow she knew it was the right thing to do.
Padmé once again lifted her hand, and all the bodies started floating in the air. She separated them in two piles, and using lighting she set them on fire. As Padmé watched it burn, she threw the bloody heart into the flames.
The scene was one of a nightmare, a huge fire burning corpses, while its flame illuminated the darkness of the night.
There was little smoke, and it barely took eight minutos for all to burn away.
The night breeze took the unfortunate men's ashes away, leaving nothing but two burned section in the grass.
"Let's get inside, I need to clean myself" were Padmé's last words, before her knees gave up, throwing her body into the grass, she lost conscience not long after it.
—
When Padmé woke up, she was laying on her bed, with clean cloths. The room smelled like lavender.
In a attempt to get up, she was met with intense pain in her muscles, the consequences of using the force so immensely finally caught up to her.
As she laid back in bed, she heard the door open, 'confrontation time' she thought to herself, suddenly she realized how much she really dreaded this moment.
Rey was holding on to Ben's arm, he looked furious, Rey was probably trying to contain his anger. At this Padmé gave a little tired smile, things never change.
"You!" Ben's fury was obvious by the look in his eyes, that is when Padmé realized, he was holding his lightsaber.
"I'm glad you are back safely, I apologize for spoiling your camping trip" she coughed, her voice was quiet, and speaking hurt her lungs.
"Cut the bullshit, what have you done?" He ignited his lightsaber, at this Rey let out a small cry.
"Ben! Don't hurt her" Rey grabbed his sleeve.
"Is okay, I was expecting this" Padmé Said, trying to sit up once again but this time doing her best to ignore the pain.
"You both should sit down, this will take some time" she coughed again.
"Here Ben" Rey pulled up a small chair for her husband, it was going to be a long talk.
Just in case he left his saber on.
Rey felt pity for Padmé, her figure was miserable, dark circles under her eyes and pale lips did not help her case. The Jedi had come to love this little girl, and see her in this suffering state, really broke her heart.
Padmé adjusted herself in the bed a little more, and with her eyes staring at the distance, as if longing for something, she started her story.
"My name is Kira Padmé solo Skywalker, former, and last, queen of Naboo" for one second Padmé bit her lips.
"I am the second daughter of the two greatest grey Jedi in history, Ben Solo and Rey solo" she looked at them, and smiled "hello papa, mama" she coughed.
Ben's and Rey's faces were blank, they thought she was lying.
"I'm not a liar, papa, you taught me better then this" she giggled "you used to say I looked a lot like grand grandmother"
"Mama I have to say, but you are still the most beautiful woman I know, and those days I spend with you, were the best days of my life" her eyes were wet now "I...missed you" her eyes carried such suffering.
"Please tell us about what happened, if you are our daughter than why you here, why the massacre?" Rey was feeling lost and desesperante, she could clearly see the depth of Padmé's pain, but she just couldn't understand.
"I received a deadly wound during a battle in Crait, as I laid there waiting for death, I thought that maybe if I could go back to when all started, I could avoid all of those tragedies from happening" Padmé took a sip of water that Rey had brought during the night.
"I'm not sure how I did it, but during those last moments I prayed fo anything and everything. The next time I open my eyes, I'm standing in a field, I thought I had died until I saw Andray, and you mama, standing there, pregnant" she paused and breathed, as if trying to concentrate "I was surprise to see you, just been able to see your beautiful face again...was a dream come true" if you look closely you could see little tears in the corner of Padmé eyes.
"I came back to kill King, he was the master mind behind a new order called the New Alpha. He brought great misery to our family and the rest of the galaxy, so I knew that if I killed him, I could save everyone" this time her cough was longer. "Yesterday marked twenty one years, since the first attack on our family, that initiated a whole chain reaction" she looked at Ben "twenty one years ago, you refuse to leave for the camping trip, King had planned a surprise attack to steal my sister, fortunately you were there to fight for mama. But your mistake was to let him live, he stole a portion of your blood and used that for some sort of weapon. You also scar his body badly, he swore revenge on us"
"He came back sixteen years later, my older sister, Leia" Padmé tried reaching for Rey's belly "was capture, and used as an experiment rat. King also intended in making her an apprentice but unfortunately, Leia didn't resist one of his careless experiments..." tears were streaming down Padmé's face. "she died screaming. I was one of the rescue teams, I heard her until the end"
Ben and Rey were astonished, horror written all over their faces. Rey covered her belly on instinct, how could such cruelty be possible, with her child.
"Before I knew she had died, I traded myself for her, when I heard the screams stopped, I thought that he had freed her" her voice was full of regret "I became his apprentice at the age of seventeen"
"You were seventeen? How long was Leia capture for? Ben's voice was low and quiet, almost if he did not want to know the answer.
"Three years, Leia and I were two years apart. When she was capture I was fourteen, I did not join the rescue team until I was seventeen" Padmé explained.
"Three years? What on earth took us so long?" Ben was furious, why would his future self do such a thing.
"Papa, you and mama barely rested during those three years. You two were desesperante to find Leia, that both of your resigned your positions as leader against the Fisrt Alpha to uncle Poe. You two also basically left my two little brothers and I to be raised by uncle Finn and his wife Rose" Padmé looked at him with such sad eyes.
"That is how I got away with my plan to trade myself for my sister, I knew she was more needed than I was" Padmé looked down in shame "she had always being your first born" her voice was a whisper.
Ben was silent, what kinda father did he became?
"After assuming my position as King's apprentice, in just one year I became the queen that lead Naboo into its extinction. I was also the wife of King, I didn't bear him any heirs which made him furious. A little after I turned eighteen, I found out the true about Leia, I lost my temper and rebelled against my husband, I killed half of his empire" her voice was distant again.
"When I left I was a war criminal, but that didn't stope me for go back to where I knew I could find you two" Padmé closed her eyes, she looked extremely tired.
"Once I got there I only found papa, you were so broken, let's say you were not the most welcoming. You truly believed I had killed Leia and joined the First Alpha. I couldn't really blame you, my actions in the past year seemed genuine, after all I did eliminate all the spies that you would send. Also it didn't help when I let King kill Andray, Yelena, Abhel, and Zachery" she refused to look at him "but now I need you to understand that I had no choice, I tried saving them papa, I really did" padme's tears intensified "we fought, I left, and you let me go"
Ben understood, all those time when Padmé would look at him with fear and regret...as a father, he failed.
"Akemi took care of me, we had dated before I traded myself for Leai, so she knew my plans. she became the only one on my side. She decided to go into hiding on a deserted planet with me. Her kindness seduced my heart, and soon enough we started dating again" Padmé looked outside her window, where the kids and Akemi were playing with their wood sticks.
"King was a very possessive man, when he found our hiding locations, he accused me of cheating. He took Akemi away from me, raped her and left her to die on a unknown planet" her voice had became full of hatred.
Padmé started to cough again, this time blood come with it.
Rey got up and grabbed a towel for Padmé. "Maybe we should take a break, let me go and grab some herbs from the garden that mig—"
Padmé touched Rey's arm, she thanked her for the towel, but refused more help.
"Around one week before the battle on Crait, I found mama wondering around, trying to find answers, she refused to believe that I had turned against our family. After all mama has always being good at waiting and solving broken things" Padmé grabbed Rey's hand and kissed it lightly.
"The last week we spend together, I could feel the greatness that is a mother's love. You helped me cure, you held me during those sleepless nights, you stood by my side at all times" she kissed her mother's hand again "That is why when King killed you I-" Padmé was crying again "when he found us in Crait, he made sure I saw him rip your heart out of your chest, I lost control again and a battle broke out" she let go of Rey's hand "before he delivered the fatal blow, He kissed me goodbye, so before I killed him yesterday, I made sure to kiss him, and rip his heart out slowly, I'm his ex-wife after all" her words were bitter, and her smile cruel, see Padmé demonstrate such coldness send a chill down Rey's spine.
"I'm sorry for putting mama in danger, I hid their force signature, I let them poison her so they would believe we were weak and vulnerable" her cough was back "but I would do it all over again for those i love"
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Padmé requested to spend some time with the kids, Specially Akemi.
Standing outside watching the sunset was Ben, he wondered why would he do such mistakes.
He had promised himself to be better than his parents, but now, listening to Padmé tell the future, he can't help but feel as a failure.
Rey approached him, putting her hands in his hips.
"Ben?" Rey spoke softly.
"I feel worthless, Rey I was not the father I should have been for my children" with a quick move, he turned around and hugged Rey. He buried his face in her hair and cried.
Rey rubbed his hair "Ben, now that we have a second chance, we should learn and make sure that this time, we will do it right!"
"I didn't believe our daughter, I let her go"
"I also made mistakes Ben, is was not just you" Rey hugged him harder.
"I loved my parents, I loved them, your mistakes don't mean anything to me, I would do anything for you two" Padmé came out of the house, supported by Andray and Abhel that were helping her walk.
Rey felt warmth in her heart, the light of the sunset gently blessed her poor figure. She was wrapped in a white blanket and the wind kindly blew her black curls. It was like the first time they met, she looked like an angel.
"You need to rest" Ben said quietly.
"Papa, please, my time is almost up, at least in my last moments let me spend it, with the people I love"
"What do you mean, are you dying?" Ben was still tearing.
"I don't exist in the future anymore, and I'm not from here, I believe the force understands that" she gave him a comforting smile.
Padmé still coughing said
"My favorite memory was when we were in Naboo, watching the sunset with my sister in papa's arm and me, playing with my brothers" Padmé sat on the grass, she gesture to her mother and father to sit next to her.
"Please stay with me"
Rey put a arm around her daughter and so did Ben.
The kids sat around them watching, Padmé had told them that she was really sick and soon would became one with the stars.
"Maybe I should give you a heads up, my little brothers were twins" Rey was already having a hard time holding on to tears.
"Also she has some breathing problems" Padmé put her hands on Rey's belly. "It will go away when she reach her teenager years, but it will be a problem when she is first born. It was probably for this reason that papa had an extra soft spot for my sister"
Ben reached out and gave Padmé a little kiss on the head "I'm so sorry, Padmé" He was crying again.
"No, papa, I too had a extra soft spot for my sister" Padmé put her hands on her father's face and giggled.
Her hands were cold, her skin was cold, and her lips were blue, she looked like a dying angel.
They sat there in silence, the only noise was from the birds in the sky and Padmé's cough.
As the sun went down, so could they feel her life slipping away.
She kissed both of them "I love you two" quietly she said.
They both cried for her, and they both held her in their arms.
The sun was gone, and the figure that sat between the two Jedi was gone.
The baby inside Rey's womb gave one big kick.
A new future was ahead of them, and they would have a peaceful one because of their daughter.
"Goodbye starlight" both Rey and Ben said in their heads.
Tomorrow is a new hope.
They couldn't hardly wait to see their future children.