The Empire's Fall (Pt.2)

Chapter Twelve: Lightsabers

While I sleep, I have yet another dream. This one starts off on a planet that I've never seen. All I see from this one is a fire, it looks like a funeral pyre. Then I am transported to an office. It looks quite nice, definitely belongs to someone either rich or powerful.

A side door opens and an old man in opulent robes enter the room. The room he came from feels dark, so I enter it. There are holopictures there of my father and mother, their wedding, different moment between them, even a few of mother when she was pregnant with Luke and I. Then I Hear voices coming from the room I just left.

The man in the cape that the Emperor instructed to pay the Sandpeople is talking to the man he calls 'Master'. I walk closer so that I can see.

"We are approaching Coruscant, and are ready to kidnap the Chancellor. General Grievous will be handling the... distraction."

"Good... We must ensure that Anakin Skywalker is the one to rescue the Chancellor. For it will provide an ample opportunity to kill him."

"I understand, my Master."

This must be only a few days before Luke and I were born. The next vision is another one I haven't seen before. The Chancellor, who I know to be the current Emperor, sits on a chair while father has the cloaked man disarmed, quite literally, and two lightsabers to his neck. The Chancellor keeps saying to kill him. Oh, his name is Dooku. The Chancellor keeps saying that father should kill Dooku.

Father attempts to refuse. While he does that, I take a look around. Both Ileema and Obi-Wan are unconscious against the wall. Though, Ileema does seem as though she's stirring. When I look back to Father and Dooku, I see father yell and then move the sabers he holds in a motion that decapitates Dooku.

No! I start moving toward them, but then I remember that this is a vision. Not reality. Then I feel shaking, as if someone is trying to wake me up.

"Leeda! Leeda, wake up."

I bolt upright, and the first thing I see is Callum standing there, with a worried expression. My hands start shaking and my breathing speeds up. I pull my knees to my chest in an attempt to curl away from everything.

"Leeda, you're okay. You had a dream. We're on Ashas Ree, remember?"

I nod slightly.

"Yeah, you got your Kyber Crystal at The Temple of the Force. Do you remember that?" Callum asks as he sits down on the edge of my bed.

"I remember," I mumble. I start to relax a little, my hands stop shaking and and my breathing has slowed so that it's nearly back to normal.

"Do you want to talk about it?"

"Not right now... Can I have a hug though?"

Callum just gives a small smile before hugging me. Just like usual, it helps. After a few minutes of trying to relax, I'm successful. Callum just rubs my shoulders, which I do think helped. After I raise my head, I say,

"I'm ready to talk about it. If... if you don't mind?"

"Of course I don't mind. You can tell me however much you like."

I take a deep breath and start to talk, "The first thing I saw was a forest planet, a fire was burning. It looked like a funeral pyre, but I couldn't tell who was on it. The next thing I saw was an office, a door to a side room opened and a man in fancy robes came out of it. I didn't stay in the office, I felt like I just had to go in that room."