LIVE IN YOUR LIGHT | anakin skywalker x fem oc

37.

I close the door behind me and turn around with my hand against my lips, letting the tears finally fall. Anakin immediately notices that something is wrong, so he walks over and puts his hand on my shoulder.

"What's going on Oriana?" He asks worriedly.

I lowered my eyes not being able to meet his eyes, my sobs did not stop. I felt like I could cry like this for decades and decades.

"Oriana please talk to me." Anakin asks me.

Both of his hands come to slide over my cheeks, making me raise my face to his, I then meet his eyes and decide to speak.

"Padme has left us. She's dead." I say.

Anakin immediately takes me in his arms, running his hand over my hair, stroking it gently, I then continue to sob in his arms, needing Anakin's warmth and comfort.

"It'll be okay..." He says with a lump in his throat.

———

We had just arrived on Naboo, after learning of Padme's death, we went straight from Alderaan to Naboo. The ship lands on the landing strip. Several dozen meters away, I see a ship completely burned out and in lambo, I understand that this is the ship that Padme was supposed to take. I stand there, looking at the ship through the cracked glass.

Anakin pulls me out of my reverie, placing his hand on my lower back, I turn to him in a flinch, meeting his gaze.

"Let's go." He says.

I execute then. We leave the ship and walk towards the palace. I quickly find my parents still in shock, they look totally broken, I have never seen them like this.

"Oriana!" My mother shouts.

She walks towards me and takes me in her arms, I pass my hands on her waist holding her in my arms, I see my father joining us and surrounding us with his muscular arms.

"I'm so sorry... I should have been there..." I say.

My mom shakes her head negatively and places a kiss on my hair.

"No, it's not your fault honey... Please don't feel guilty." She says.

But I can't help but carry that guilt on my back. My life's work was to protect her and I failed. All I can do is feel guilty.

"We have to stay strong...all together." Says my dad.

I gently shake my head up and down before separating from their embrace. I wipe away the few tears that have trickled down my cheeks. Anakin approaches my parents and shakes my father's hand.

"I'm sorry for your loss. If you need anything, I will be at your disposal.

- Thank you so much Anakin." Replies my father, smiling sadly at him.

My parents think that Anakin is only in charge of protecting me, they don't know that he and I are together. And if I wanted to tell them, it was the wrong time. Suddenly I see Pooja and Ryoo run up to me and hug me, I stroke their hair and try to keep smiling.

"Did you bring Padme back with you?" Ryoo asks.

I frown realizing that they didn't know. My heart breaks into a million pieces, realizing that I was going to have to tell them. I look up at my parents.

"You didn't tell them?" I ask.

My parents simply nod in the negative. I look down and sigh heavily before thinking about how I was going to tell them this heartbreaking news. How am I supposed to tell little girls that their big sister is dead? But just as I was about to retort, I saw Anakin kneel down beside me and take the girls' hands in his.

"Padme has gone on a long journey, to the stars.

- Did she go to another galaxy?" Pooja asks innocently.

I can see from Ryoo's face that she understood what Anakin meant.

"No Pooja, Padme is gone. She has become a ghost." She says, looking at her sister.

Pooja then looks at us waiting for us to nod, which we do with a hesitant look. The youngest, Pooja, then lowers her head with a sad look before walking over to Anakin and taking him in her arms, Anakin then puts his chin on Pooja's head and strokes her hair.

Ryoo then takes me in his arms too, I gently caress his back. I turn my face towards Anakin, meeting his gaze.

"Thank you." I whisper.

He merely smiles at me before resting his eyes on Pooja. I immediately see a maid running towards us, so we stand up. This one walks towards my two sisters.

"I have been looking for you for ten minutes! Stop running away like that." She says.

I guess then that it is the nanny. She then notices me and immediately her eyes widen. She then lowers her head and starts to curtsy.

"Your majesty." She says.

But I immediately stop her, making her straighten up. I raise my eyebrows in confusion before speaking up.

"What on earth are you doing?" I ask curiously.

The young woman slowly stands up, dusting off her dress.

"Padme Amidala is dead..." She begins.

I frown, tell me something I don't know. I turn my gaze to Anakin and my parents, who didn't look confused compared to me. I rest my eyes on the nanny.

"You are the heir to the throne and therefore Queen of Naboo now." She said simply.

I blink softly making my lashes flutter like butterfly wings. I had forgotten this detail.