Princess of Darkness

Chapter 12

It had started raining by the time they reached the creature's hut. Which was small enough that it was the first time either Luke or Lily hit their head on the ceiling. The creature had put a weird stew in three bowls and handed two to the siblings. Luke began arguing with the creature while Lily zoned out. 

"Look, I'm sure it's delicious, I just can't tell why we can't see Yoda now."

"Patience! For the young Jedi it is time to eat! Good food, hmm?" Lily nodded absent mindedly. It actually wasn't, surprisingly. 

"How long will it take to get there?" Lily asked. 

"Not long. Yoda not far. Why you wish to become Jedi?" Lily wasn't sure how to answer,so she let Luke take over.

"Mostly because of our father, I guess."

"Father, hmm?"

"We don't have a whole lot of him. This gives us a connection to him." Lily said.

"Mmm. Powerful Jedi was he, yes. Powerful Jedi."

"You knew him?" Lily asked. This creature seemed to know everyone.

"How could you? You don't even know who we are!" Luke was frustrated. "What are we doing here, we're wasting time!" Lily put a hand on his arm to let him know to chill. The creature looked annoyed.

"I cannot teach them. The boy has no patience, and the girl is far too reckless." He said.

"They will learn." A voice said.

"Ben." Lily breathed.

"Much anger in them, like their father." 

"Was I any different, when you taught me?"

"They are not ready." The creature said with finality.

"Yoda." Luke said breathlessly.

"We are." Lily interjected. "We are ready."

"Ready, are you? What know you of ready? For eight hundred years have I trained Jedi. My own counsel will I keep on who is to be trained! A Jedi must have the deepest commitment, the most serious mind." He looked at them. "You are reckless! Unstable."

"So was I, if you remember." Ben's voice spoke again.

"Too old. Too old to begin the training." Yoda's voice held more sympathy.

"But we've learned so much in the last years." Luke said.

"Will they finish what they begin?"

"We won't fail you." Lily promised.

"We're not afraid." Luke added.

"You will be." Yoda said. "You will be.

What are you talking about? Lily thought. 
***

Leia walked with her father to the giant hologram and knelt as the image of the Emperor appeared.

"What is thy bidding, my Master?" Vader said.

"There has been a disturbance in the Force. Have you felt it?"

"Yes, my Master." Leia remained silent.

"We have new enemies. Luke and Lily Skywalker." Wait,  Skywalker is our last name... There must be a coincidence. There's no way that- Leia's thoughts were cut off. "I have no doubt they are the offspring of Anakin Skywalker."

"What?! " Leia seethed.

"Hush, child." Palpatine said. Child. She thought bitterly.  Child my-

"How is that possible? " Her father asked.

"It seems young Padme Amidala had triplets before her unfortunate demise." What little light that was left in the Sith flared at his dead wife's name and his master's mocking of her death. "Unfortunately, they did not follow in their sister's steps." He looked at Leia pointedly. "The boy is the one who destroyed the Death Star, and I feel the girl has a larger destiny than she knows. They must not become a threat."

"They will join us or die,  my Master. They will give into the Dark Side." Palpatine looked pleased.

"Good, good."

Leia couldn't help but think that losing yourself to the darkness and dying were one in the same.
***

Ava was not happy being stuck with the two boys on the ship. They were as close as siblings, but sometimes enough was enough, especially where Han was concerned. After being almost shot down by a bounty hunter AND the Empire, AND being almost eaten by a meteor monster, they were going to see one of Han's old friends.

Han had said not to worry,  so that's exactly what Ava did,  because that man had hung out with the worst crowds possible.

So they were driving through space with a broken ship to meet a possibly trustworthy friend of a former snuggler.

There was a time when running a Rebellion was simple.

A/N: Two updates in two days?  What?  I have no excuse. Sorry this is short,  but gave you a glance into how everyone is doing, and next chapter everything will lengthen again. Chapter after that is where it gets very, very fun for me to write because I'm a terrible person.

Bye!