A Star Wars Christmas

Baby Steps (Skywalker Family AU)

"Mommy! Daddy! Wake UP!!"

Padmé stifled a sigh as Luke jumped on top of her, and she heard Anakin in the same predicament as Leia tackled him.

"Santa came!" Luke exclaimed happily, practically dragging Padmé out of bed.

"When did you get so strong?" She murmured teasingly, poking Luke's little nose and getting her robe on. "Anakin, get up. Santa came, and the kids are eager to see what he brought them."

"Yeah, I can tell." She heard his tired voice muffled by a pillow. "Leia's even more hyper than when she's on a sugar rush, and that's saying something."

Padmé chuckled and turned to Luke, ruffling his blonde hair. "You two go start passing out presents. Your daddy and I will be in there soon."

"You better not be lying!" Leia exclaimed, walking up next to Luke and pouting.

"I'm not, I promise. Now, go see what Santa brought you last night!"

"Yay!" Both twins shrieked, flinging themselves out the bedroom door and into the living quarters.

Padmé threw a pillow at her husband. "Come on, Ani, wake up!"

"Okay, okay!" He exclaimed, sitting up and rubbing his eyes. Anakin stood up and walked over to Padmé, and she closed her eyes as he embraced her.

"Merry Christmas, Angel." He whispered, and Padmé smiled and hugged him back tightly.

"You too, Ani. Now, lets go make sure the kids didn't break anything from bouncing off the walls."

Anakin chuckled, and Padmé walked out first followed closely by him. She walked over to the kitchen to get some caf ready, when she felt Anakin close behind her. He rested his head on her shoulder, and she leaned her head against him, sighing contentedly.

"Ew!" The two turned around to see Leia looking at them with an ugly face. Padmé chuckled and pulled away, much to Anakin's dismay.

"Don't worry, you get your Christmas present later." She smiled, and Anakin opened his mouth to say something but was abruptly cut off as both twins grabbed one of his arms and dragged him towards the tree.

Padmé laughed and followed with two cups of caf and two of cocoa. She gave each twin a cup of cocoa and gave Anakin his caf, and sat by the fire with her husband as the twins opened their presents.

She found that she was smiling unconsciously as Luke and Leia's faces lit up when they opened their presents, and Luke held up a model ARC-170 while Leia squealed and showed Anakin her new Rebel Pilot doll. Anakin and Padmé were major parts of the Rebellion, along with some of their close friends.

The Empire had still overthrown the Republic, but the Rebellion was formed maybe a day after to combat it.

Padmé grinned at her daughter's doll. "Do you like it?"

"I love it!" Leia exclaimed, running up and hugging Padmé. "Thank you, Mommy."

"You're welcome, sweetie." Padmé kissed her on the forehead and sent her back into the war zone of her brother tearing open presents mercilessly.

Luke reached for another present when to his dismay it started floating. He looked around in confusion before settling on his father, who was grinning mischievously.

"Not fair!" He whined, looking up at the present sadly.

"You know what you have to do to bring it down." Anakin stated knowingly, smiling at his son who was staring up at the present, frustrated.