Just so it's clear to everyone R2 made sure that 3PO didn't get his memory wiped but he blocked large sections of 3PO's memories and has it that he can only talk to him about them when no one else is around.

And the reference to Anakin saving Bail's life comes from Star Wars The Clone Wars Season Two. In the sixteenth episode, Cat and Mouse, Bail is on a planet, and no I will not go and find the name at the moment on Wookieepedia too lazy, that is being attacked by the Separatists and in bad need of supplies. Anakin at first tries to just punch through the blockade when Obi-Wan shows up and tells him to withdraw behind one of the planet's moons. Anakin is given a prototype stealth ship (it has a cloaking device) and ordered to deliver supplies to Organa and the others fighting on the planet. An unhappy Anakin then starts to do as he's told when the guy in charge of the Separatist fleet decides that he's tired of waiting for the Jedi to come back and fight him so he decides that they need a reason to come out and fight him. Anakin decides that if something isn't done it won't matter if he gets the supplies to the surface and decides to fight the Separatists to draw their attention away from the surface and onto him. Long story short Anakin kicks butt and delivers the supplies to Bail.

In this chapter Leia learns why she has felt movement inside of her.

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Bail sighed as he watched Leia and Winter talk about the latest gossip on their favorite Holo Drama stars.

Things were returning to normal; even Breha was feeling more charitable to Leia.

Bail found himself wondering if Breha's feelings were insecurities surrounding Leia's adoption. He had never told her anything about where Leia had come from or who her parents were. It was too dangerous; the fewer people that knew the truth the better. Besides sometimes Breha could be vindictive.

He was brought out of his thoughts when Leia winched yet again. She had been doing that more and more often lately.

"Leia," Bail began, "are you alright?" "I'm fine, it's just gas." She told him as she shifted uncomfortably.

Bail just nodded and decided that he should catch up on what was going on in both the Empire and the Rebellion. He really wasn't surprised to read the freedom was disappearing quite fast. The Emperor was still pretending that he was benevolent leader and Vader was either chasing down Jedi that survived the slaughter of their Order.

On the other hand in the Rebellion everything was going smoothly as could be expected. There were a few other clones that would either soon be born or thriving beyond their wildest dreams.

It pleased him to some extent to read that none of the Jedi Clones were of Anakin Skywalker. The last thing they needed was for the Empire to discover what was going on. And a clone of Anakin Skywalker could make discovery much more likely.

He was brought back to the present by Leia almost doubling over. He sat the pad aside and hurried to her side. "Leia?" he asked; unable to keep the concern he felt out of his voice. "It's just gas." She whispered in a way that suggested that she was trying to convince herself that it was just gas.

He acted really without thinking, he scooped her up in his arms and hurried as fast as he dared. "Put me down!" Leia cried, "it's nothing!"

He walked quickly through the door of the Palace's Medical Wing and a Medical Droid headed over to them.

"Leia is experiencing some discomfort." He told the droid. "She says that it's just gas." The droid waved them into a room with a medical couch where he set Leia down.

It seemed to take the Medical Droid forever to scan her. When it lingered too long on her abdomen he felt a spike of fear and some relief. Fear that it was a tumor growing in her and relief that Leia was right and it was just gas.

"Viceroy," the droid finally said causing Bail to jump slightly. "I must speak to you alone." Bail felt his fear rise again.

He followed the droid into another room where the droid closed and locked the door. "What is the cause of her discomfort?" he asked the droid with some trepidation. "It is not gas as she claimed and it is not a tumor." The droid informed him.

Bail frowned in confusion.

"If it isn't gas or a tumor then what is bothering her?" he asked so calmly that he surprised himself.

"It is from the movement of her unborn child. She is between five and six months along." The droid said, but Bail had stopped listening after the droid said 'unborn child'. "Did you just say that the Princess is pregnant?" he asked, panicking inside.

"I believe that I said as much." The droid said. "You didn't know?"

Bail's shoulders slumped in defeat. It now would be so much harder for her to heal now that she was carrying the child of one of those sub humans.

"Why didn't it come up on earlier scans?" he nearly demanded. "We are not quite sure at this time as to why the fact that she is pregnant escaped the scans and tests. We are doing everything we can do to figure out why." The droid said calmly.

"If there is anything else that you need I will be with my daughter." He said. With that he turned to the door. If anyone was going to tell Leia it would be him. Then he would be there to be her rock.

He entered the room to see Leia staring up at the ceiling humming some song that he didn't know but it sounded like a lullaby.

Leia turned and looked at him after the door closed. "It's not gas is it." Leia stated. Bail shook his head anyway. "Is it a tumor?" she asked, fear in her voice. "No Leia, it's not a tumor." He said as he took the chair near the medical couch.

He reached out and took her hand. "Leia, the movement that you have been feeling is natural for all woman like you experience when their in your condition." Bail said slowly, completely unsure how to continue.

Leia stared at him with an expression on her face that told him that she didn't understand what he was trying to tell her.

"Leia, I will never stop loving you no matter what." He told her, knowing that he was stalling somewhat.

He decided to just get it over with it before the droid could come back in and tell her.

"Leia, you're pregnant." He said calmly as he gently rubbed the back of her right hand.

At first the knowledge seemed to mean nothing to her, but he could see as it sank in. Tears streamed down her face and she started to cry uncontrollably.

He wrapped his arms around her and to his surprise she didn't fight him or accept his embrace.

He didn't say anything he just let her cry.

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That night Leia alternated between screaming into her pillow of the medical couch she was on and curling up and sobbing.

She was carrying the child of one of her tormentors.

She wanted to get rid of it somehow. She didn't care at the moment if she had to cut it out of her to get rid of it.

She wasn't sure how late it was when the door to the medical room she was in opened. "Go away, please." She whispered to the person.

Instead of leaving the person walked over to her bed and sat down in the same chair her Father had occupied some time in the near past.

"Sweet Leia," a gentle woman's voice whispered. "I wish that I could take your pain away but I can't. I wish that I could take my son's pain away but I can't because it would hurt him more then help him."

"I'm carrying the child of one of those creatures!" she nearly spat. "No you're not." The woman whispered. "According to the datapad that you use to mark dates your shouldn't be pregnant."

Leia felt her eyes widen in shock as the implication sank. "Then how could I . . . ." She trailed off, unable to continue. Part of her wanted to not think about what was growing in her as a baby but an intruder that had been forced on her. Another part of her knew how important life was on Alderaan and apparently her birth mother's home world had similar views.

"Listen Leia, the rape was to cover what someone did to you. They didn't want anyone to figure it out but I assure you that they will pay for what they did to you." The woman said gently but there was an edge to her voice.

Leia lifted herself up on one arm. "You promise?" she asked. The woman nodded. "It will my son that delivers justice on the guilty individual."

"However I ask you to do your best to love the child that you carry. You will be one of the few that will love him for a long time and he will be one of the few that will love you." The woman said.

Leia didn't like the idea of possibly losing Bail's love. As if sensing her fear the woman locked eyes with her. "Very little could stop Bail Organa from loving you and this isn't one of them." She said in a tone that said that she believed it with every fiber of her being.

Leia watched as the woman was suddenly joined by a man and together they moved their hands in an odd manner. Her eyes widened as a sphere appeared in the air between their hands. In the sphere was a broken looking figure wearing a tattered cloak with the hood pulled lower over the face so that only the bottom of the nose and below showed.

Leia listened in curiosity as they whispered in a language that she had never heard before but for some reason knew.

"Force Child, listen to us. You must stop a form of madness before It gets out of control. There is a ship that's traveling to Rova V. Stop it and kill the one that is insane." They intoned.

Leia watched the figure lurched to it's feet and seemed to limp away. With that the sphere vanished.

"You can tell people that the baby isn't a result of the rape. But let them believe what they want to believe. Or that the person responsible is going to die." The woman said as she stood.

Leia nodded slowly.

The woman leaned over and gently kissed her cheek.

She watched in fascination as the woman and man disappeared in a faint light.

Leia lowered herself back on the medical couch. She hoped with all her heart that she could uphold her side of the promise.

As she drift off to sleep she saw a small boy with blue eyes and blondish hair. He looked up at her and smiled. She felt her heart begin to melt at the thought of someone loving her unconditionally for their young life.

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I'm not sure if Leia's reaction is believable but at least now she knows that the fact that she's pregnant isn't a result of her rape. If it's not then blame me because I have never read a good account or know a woman or girl that got pregnant from a rape.

In the next chapter Din Riain has an appointment with death. And no you can't have him until ILBCD is finished with him.

Thanks once again to Rookworm for their thoughts.

I'll update tomorrow, I want to get most of this done ASAP.