Padme just finished up her tea and was about to get up from the table, when her mother came in to the kitchen.
" Morning, sweetie. You're up early" Jobal said, coming over to youngest daughter.
" I just couldn't sleep. I have been having a hard time sleeping, mostly for the past week." Padme said, looking up at her Mom and giving her a very tired smile.
" Didn't you see, Lord Vader at the mausoleum last week?" Jobal asked, as she poured herself tea.
" Yeah, he was and why, I don't know. There is something about him that seems very familiar, but what, I can't figure it out at the moment." Padme said standing up from the table and heading over to the sink.
" I see. What ever you do, please be careful." Jobal said, brushing a lose strand of hair out of her daughter's face.
" I will Mom and thank you for watching the twins this weekend. Sabe really needs to see her family, and I'll be back in a couple of hours. Love you." Padme began to head out of the kitchen, for the family room.
Padme walked over to the coat rack, picked up her hooded cloak, and put it on, before heading out of the door. Pulling the hood over her head, before leaving the porch, she headed down the street to the docks, where a small water craft was waiting for her.
" Morning, Miss. We are going to have a beautiful sunrise in an hour." Paddy said, as he came up to the cloak figure.
" Morning, Paddy. Yes, we should have a very beautiful sunrise. Well, we better get going, before it does very light." Padme said, coming over the older man and giving him a welcoming hug.
The older man nodded and helped Padme into the watercraft, before untying it from the dock. He climbed on board and shut the hatch, before starting up the engines. They left the dock and headed off towards the small town, before coming back to her parents' house, before the twins wake up. If she didn't, she did make sure that there were two bottles made for them. Thirty minutes later, they came up to the shore and Paddy cut off the engines. He opened the hatch, before getting out of the craft and helping Padme out.
" I will be back in about twenty minutes, ok?" Padme said, as she pulled the hood over her head and began walking towards the woods that will lead her to the place that she wanted to be at. Five minutes later, Padme came up to the stone building and noticed that the door was opened again.
" Please don't let him be here." Padme whispered to herself.
Stepping further into the entry way, She started looking around and saw that there wasn't anyone in the entry way. Then, she saw that one of the double doors was cracked opened. Quietly going to it, she slowly poked her head around the door. There was a hooded figure standing there, looking down at the sarcophagus and it looked like he was rubbing his bare hand over the lid of it.
" I'm so very sorry for everything that I have caused." the figure said very quietly to the lid.
" I should have listened to you and believed in you, but instead I turned on you." the figure continued but stopped.
Letting out a small gasp, she realized that the voice that she heard, sounded like the person who has been haunting her dreams and heart.
The figure heard the small gasp and turned towards where the sound came from, but didn't see anyone. He could feel the figure. but his only thought was that it was a ghost, because he knows the person is dead.
Padme just looked back in the room again and saw that the person was wearing the same black Jedi robes and tunic that Anakin used to wear, before he turned to the dark side of the Force. Then, the figure pulled down the hood and then she saw the face. It was the same face that has been haunting her dreams and heart. She turned and headed back towards the water craft and got back on it, so that way, she could head back to her babies. She had to try to figure out what she was going to do next, now that she knows that he is still alive. But, then, why would Obi-Wan lie to her and tell her that Anakin was dead? Ok, maybe, he said that, because he wasn't sure that he died or not. Once Padme was back in the house, she made her way to the nursery that her parents had set up for the twins. Opening up the door and walking into the room, she went to the crib and looked down at the twins, who were sound asleep.
" You ok?" Jobal said, coming into the room.
" I don't know Mommy ... He is alive ... and he is here on Naboo." was all Padme said, as she turned to her mother.
" Ok ... come here, sweetie." Jobal said, pulling her daughter into her arms and held her, as she just broke down. She also wondered who the person was that she kept saying is alive.
Padme pulled away from her mother, as one of the twins began to wake up and demanded their breakfast. Jobal nodded to her daughter, before leaving the room, so that way, Padme could have some private time with her children.
" Hey Mom. Thanks for watching the girls after school today. What's wrong?" Sola asked, as she saw her Mom come down the stairs, with a very confused look on her face.
" It's Padme. Something has really upset her this morning ... All she kept saying is that he is alive and that he is here on Naboo. Do you know who she is talking about?" Jobal asked, as they walked into the kitchen.
" Really? No, I really can't think of anyone. Do you think she could be talking about the twins' father?" Sola asked, as she poured her some Caf and Ruwee came into the room.
" Who’s father?" Ruwee asked coming up to his wife and kissing her.
" Luke and Leia's father. You know, Padme has never told us who he was or what he did. You know, I never knew that she was seeing anyone" Sola went over to the table and sat down.
" What ever happened to that handsome young man that came here with her about three years ago?" Jobal asked, coming to the table and sitting down next to her older daughter.
" I don't know. She never said anything about him, after they went back to Coruscant. When she did come back here, she was alone." Sola took a sip of her Caf and tried to remember, if Padme had said anything about the young man that was here with her about three years ago, but nothing came up.
" They made such a cute couple, and it's a shame that the Jedi frown upon love and marriage." Jobal said, as her husband sat down beside them.
While the family was downstairs talking about the mystery guy that had fathered Luke and Leia, Padme was upstairs trying to figure out why Obi-Wan would lie to her about Anakin. Was there something he wasn't telling her and she was afraid that he would kill Luke and Leia, just like he had killed all those Younglings in the Temple? For now, she will try and clear her head of all ghastly sighst of her husband killing all those children that were in the Jedi Temple. Looking down at Luke, she looked into her son's blue eyes; the same blue eyes that she saw looking towards her this morning.
Putting Luke to her shoulder, she began rubbing his back and waiting for him to burp, so that way, she could put him the swing, and take care of his sister. Right on cue, Luke burped and Leia began waking up. Getting up out of the rocker, Padme went over to the swing, placed Luke in it and started up the swing, before going over to the crib and getting Leia.
Thirty minutes later, both twins were fed and dressed for the day. Then, she took them down stairs to see both her parents in the kitchen.
" Oh, good. I was just about to tell you breakfast was ready. There are my two little angels." Jobal said, coming over to Padme and taking Leia from her.
" Ok, let me put them here in the swing." Padme said, going over to the wooden swing bed and laid Luke down in it.
" Ok, here is Leia. Maybe, before lunch, we can take the twins to the park." Jobal said.
" Sure, that sounds great. A little bit of air would do good for us." Padme said, putting Leia down in the other swing.
Padme and her parents sat down at the table and had a peaceful breakfast. They talked about the small fall festival that was coming up in a couple of weeks. After breakfast, both Padme and her mother got the two kids together and headed out to the park. For some strange reason, the whole time that they were there, she got a feeling that she was being watched. It made her pull the hood further up on her head, so that way, no one could see her face. They got back in time for lunch. Ruwee had made burgers, fries and a spice cake. After lunch, Padme took the twins upstairs, feed them, and laid them down for their nap. Going to her room, she striped down to under clothes, before climbing into bed and falling to sleep.
In her dreams, his face showed up and it was like he was calling her, from beyond the grave, somewhat begging her to forgive him.