Death of the Sith

Chapter 25: The Dream

That night Sam had a dream. It was a lady's account of what she has gone through in every detail a short time before the end of the Clone Wars and to the birth of her twins, Leia and Luke Skywalker. What shocked her at the end of her dream was something that never happens. This individual addressed her... it was Padmé Amidala. She said, "I have given you this dream to let you know all I went through because of Palpatine. You will need to remember everything, so you can deal with him."

"I'll do all I can, but all you have shown me is a lifetime, your lifetime. How can I remember all you have shown me?"

"You are right, you cannot remember a lifetime. What I have given you tonight is a lot, but by the Force, you can remember what you need."

"I feel you're powerful with the Force. How can that be?"

"Ever since I realized something destined me to be a large part of politics, I realized I could let no one know I could use the Force. When I realized Palpatine was using me, when I was a Queen of Naboo, I had to hide my abilities from him at all cost."

"Wow!! That had to be tough?"

"Yes, it was. That is the reason I gave you this vision. It was for you to use in helping you fight him. You will face even more than I did. He is more desperate to have you as a new host than ever before. The body that is now the host will die soon enough."

Sam asked in horror, "You think he may kidnap me again?"

"I am very sorry Sam, but anything is possible."

"Will we be talking soon?"

"Not sure. You will have a lot to do before you face him again, and that will be the easy part. Mind what you have learned. Farewell."

Sam woke up and found out that her body was trembling over the ordeal of what Padmé went through. She got out of bed and got dressed as she would on any day and walked out of their room. She continued to walk without caring where she went... and ended up in her office and thought of what Teal'c did for her. She had to do something that Sam would do and not what a Jedi would do.

Sam immersed herself in science journals on the Internet. With the advanced technology at her fingertips, she connected to the vast digital realm as if she were still on Earth. Focused and determined, she pushed aside the haunting dream she had experienced. She knew she would confront it eventually, but for now, she chose to grapple with her emotions by avoiding them altogether.

It was not known how long she was reading before her sister came in. She asked, "Why are you not in bed?"

"I couldn't sleep." It was the truth, sure enough, but she did not want to talk about the details.

She knew her far too well. She knew that she was holding back. "Okay human, spill it!"

She stopped what she was doing and looked right at her. She told her the dream. Cassandra and Barbara were her major advisers of this war. If she could not trust them, she could trust no one.

"I suggest you tell everyone ASAP!"

"I will." She looked at her notebook computer and back at Cassandra. "I guess I couldn't get back to sleep after what she went through."

She made a funny face, "DUH! It would concern me if you went back to sleep as nothing happened. What is concerning me is how much Palpatine knew about her Force abilities?"

"Not sure, but it couldn't be all that much. Think of all those horrible things he could have done to her."

"From what I have read about her, she went through a good number of things. Why would anyone try to kill her when she was a senator? If I would make a guess, Palpatine was behind it. I also believe he killed her to get her out of the way."