Unexpected Skywalker Reunion

by Maleficent-darkgoodwitch2416

On their way to Geonosis, Anakin and Padmé find themselves in the future. They join their kids to stop the Empire. When they return, how will they change the future? And when they return, will Anakin be able to avoid keep Sidious from growing suspicious and save the Jedi? Will Padmé succeed in convincing the Delegation of 2000 to trust and help Anakin rescue the Jedi?

12. Chapter11:Leia Tells Padmé What Happened

Chapter 11: Leia Tells Padmé What Happened

After Leia had been in the refresher for more than an hour, Padmé knocked on the door. "Leia, honey, can I come in?" She asked gently.

"Mama?" Leia called back uncertainly.

Padmé nodded and said, "Yes, Princess?"

"Can you help me?" Leia asked, shaking in the tub as tears streamed down her face faster.

Padmé nodded and ducked into the refresher, swiftly shutting the door behind her.

"Leia, baby, what's wrong?" She asked, picking up a bar of soap and handing it to her daughter.

"It's pointless, I'll never be pure again," Leia replied, handing the soap back to her mother.

"Leia, what did Jabba do to you?" Padmé asked, taking her daughter's arm and scrubbing it gently.

"He made me wear that bikini and he…he… he…" Leia broke off and burst into tears, her entire body shaking violently.

Padmé helped her daughter clean up and then carried her daughter to her quarters and helped her into her dress.

"Up?" Leia asked, reaching for her mother.

"Baby, did Jabba rape you?" Padmé forced herself to ask the question that she was dreading the answer to.

Leia turned away and refused to look at her mother, pain and guilt running through her veins.

"Leia?" Padmé shifted and made her daughter look her in the eyes. "Look me in the eye and tell me that Jabba did not rape you."

"I….I…I… can't, I'm so sorry, Mama," Leia burst into tears, clinging to her mother.

Padmé's eyes narrowed and she pulled her daughter to her chest. "Let it out, Leia, let it out," Padmé whispered, rocking Leia gently as she continued to sob.

Leia cried until she had fallen asleep against her mother. Shifting, Padmé laid down beside her still crying daughter and held the sobbing woman gently. "You are still my little girl, Leia," she whispered. "I love you—no matter what. You are my baby and nothing and no one can change that."

Leia slept quietly in Padmé's arms that night. Before leaving Tattooine, the group burned the bikini that Leia had been forced to wear, to the Princess's relief and Han's chagrin.