WHAT IS REAL

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"Yes, my dear, you are in a very precarious situation here, but what makes it worse for you is that no one knows you are here. Your beloved believes you are dead. In fact the whole galaxy thinks you are dead." With that, he showed her another holo of her funeral.

"W-what do you want with me?" She stuttered. Obviously nothing good to go to this length to see to that everyone thinks I am dead.

 Palpatine enjoyed hearing the fear in her voice. For the first time in her life she was afraid he had waited so long to see her like this. All he had gotten from her during the blockade was a hidden strength he did not know existed. She had defied him to the very last and ended up getting her throne back. Oh that had stung but not as bad seeing her in the Senate every day, defying any ruling that would have given him what he wanted. He had tried getting rid of her again when she stood in his way of making a clone Army. He thought using Nute Gunray to set a bounty on her head would finally get rid of her, but NO she had survived. He had burned inside when he saw her pod floating onto the Senate floor that afternoon. He had played her ever-present friend and he hated it.

He protected her when he had wanted her destroyed although the fact that she lived had helped him achieve his new apprentice and for that he supposed he should thank her, but he wouldn't. She had continued being a thorn in his side opposing the new powers he had "needed", and then her audacity at bringing the proposal about him relinquishing his powers. She thought she was so clever but she would find out now he was way more powerful than she had ever imagined. Just for a short demonstration, he sent a bolt of lightning coursing through her body. She screamed and he just laughed.

"You see my dear girl, I have you at my mercy. You have been a thorn in my side for 13 years now you will pay." 

"I thought you were my friend!" She whispered in agony.

"Friend ! Hahahah my dear who do you think brought on all yourtrouble. I was never your friend." he spat those words out like they were poison. His voice took on that silkily sweet sound again, "But I played the part well don't you think? I got what I wanted in the end."

"So now tell me, Padme, where are your children? No lying either."

"I don't know," she said.

Lightning coursed through her body. " I said no lying!" he shouted..

"I really don't know!" she screamed through her pain.

The lightning stopped for a second and she gasped out, "I gave birth to them and then passed out."

Lightning slammed into her again causing her to stiffen and scream in pain. "I am telling the truth!"

Palpatine stopped and thought for a moment about this. Maybe she was telling the truth. Well for now he would stop because he did not want her dead. He had better plans than that for her. So he leaned in close and said...

"Know this Padme, I will keep you for my own use. You will hate your life and you will even beg for death before we are through but you won't get it. I won't let you die.You are my pet now understand."

She did not move and so he yelled, "Understand!" She nodded her head but would not look at him. He left her in the care of the med droids. They nursed her back to health and she was sent to a cell. This is where she had stayed so far. She had neither seen nor heard from Palpatine for a whole month. She had no human contact since then either. Her food was shoved in her cell once a day. The silence and her thoughts were killing her.