Hey guys I was feeling really motivated and once again needed a distraction so here is another chapter. Hope you all enjoy, again please excuse any typos that may occur as I usually state that I am quickly typing this out and posting it. But seriously, going forward if you want me to edit it, feel free to let me know. Also, I've said this before too, but as you know I am much more of a reader than a writer and I'm going to ask a favor of you guys. Can you either comment on this story of leave me a PM if you know of any stories that follow this concept basically in a nutshell (Child versions of Luke and Leia are together or come together somehow and are on the run from their power hungry yet protective father and it includes characters like Obi-Wan, Bail, the droids, basically taking place in the time frame between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope) If you guys know of any stories like that or if you have written something like that yourself, please, please let me know, I've been dying to read someone else's work like that. I don't know why I'm so obsessed with that concept, I guess, I've always found it neat if a story followed a child version of Luke and Leia and their interactions with other characters. I'm really into character psychology lol. =)

Enjoy!

The twins woke up in what looked to be a large spacious room with luxurious furniture and what appeared to be a large patio that lead out to a view of a lake. The twins were awakened by the sunlight that was shinning down on their skin. They were in the same bed and they were not wearing the same clothing they had before. Luke wore a white shirt and sleeping pants and Leia wore a simple white nightgown. Her hair was no longer in braids on either side as it had been undone and her long brown hair was slightly curly and reached just past her shoulders while her bangs still laid above her brow.

Had someone changed their clothes? And where the heck where they? This was a beautiful place but they both knew that they had not gotten themselves here on their own. They could not remember much after entering the diner and eating all that delicious food. Had they been kidnapped? But this must have been a very generous kidnapper as they clearly were taken care of. But who and why, they both felt like they had endured a very long needed rest and felt surprisingly refreshed. But what bothered them was that they could not remember anything past what had happened at the diner.

They then looked at one another, Luke was the first to speak, "Leia… this place us and how did we get here? I don't remember anything past our last meal at that diner on Ryloth."

Leia then nodded, "I know, it appears we are most likely not alone, I don't remember anything past that moment either and what is really bothering me is where on earth is all of our stuff, our ship, our clothes? I highly doubt that we managed to get our original plan accomplished this quickly and this place it is not either of the planets that we discussed."

She then got up and padded her bare feet out to the patio overlooking the lake, Luke then quickly followed. "This place, this looks like that water planet…what was it called… Naboo?" Leia questioned.

"Yes, I remember that, I remember our teacher talking about that and the queen who was only fourteen and how they wear all that makeup and fancy clothing. It's a beautiful place, but how the heck did we get here? We didn't think of this." Luke remarked.

At that moment both twins were pulled from their problem solving. "No, I thought of this! This is your home now, here with me!" rang the voice of Anakin Skywalker.

Both of the twins turned to face this mysterious voice, "With who?" Leia questioned in a bold tone.

"Wait its you! The man from the pod race the one who thinks you're our father? But how? How did you find us, I thought that we…" Leia began but was then cut off.

"Yes it is me the man from the pod race and no you did not ditch me, because I have been looking for you for eight years, Obi-Wan Kenobi stole you from me and erased all tracts of your birth records. But I know you belong to me I can feel it, you are your mother's children. I love you both more than you will ever know." Anakin stated as he walked forward towards the twins and bent down on one knee to engulf them into yet another hug.

"But wait, how can you prove that, just because you say you're our father doesn't mean that you are, I want more proof than this. I want to get blood samples then we will see if you are right." Luke stated as he pulled out of the embrace.

Anakin then looked at his son in shock, how could he not believe him? It's the twisted mindset Kenobi put his children in and he would put a stop to this now!

Anakin then gently got up, "Very well my son if you do not believe me." He stated as he called for a medical droid.

They all waited in silence then a medium sized droid came in with a medical kit. "Hello sir, I am here to collect the blood samples."

Anakin said nothing in response then rolled up his sleeve and the droid took the blood from his arm. It then moved towards the children and Luke was the first to step forward and role up his sleeve. The droid took his blood as well then moved onto Leia who was reserved about the action at first but then did the same and allowed the droid to take her blood.

The droid then collected all of the medical supplies and samples, "I will go test these results at the lab. I will be back within the hour with the results for you." It stated as it exited the room.

All three occupants said nothing until Leia worked up the courage to speak, "Where have you taken us? Is this the water planet of Naboo and where are we now? Whose home is this?"

Anakin then smiled and once more got down on one knee in front of his daughter, "Leia I brought you to your mother's home planet of Naboo and this home was once mine when I went by the name of…." He then trailed off not wanting to reveal to his children that he was once known as Darth Vader. But did they already know that? "This was my home once and I am now reclaiming it, I couldn't think of a more safe place to raise you both away from the empire the violence and the ongoing war I have lost track of. I cannot allow you to be exposed to that any longer. You will live in peace and enjoy the remainder of your childhood here with me. I will never leave you."

Leia looked a little confused by his statement but then spoke once more, "Who are you exactly? You claim to know so much about us, yet we know nothing of you except I think during our last encounter you told us your name was Anakin?"

Anakin then placed both of his hands on his daughters' shoulders then motioned for Luke to come over to where they were but the boy did not move in a stubborn attempt to keep his distance from this stranger he still did not trust.

Anakin then turned his attention back to his daughter as she was more intent on listening, "My name is Anakin Skywalker, I was a Jedi Knight during the clone wars, and I met and fell in love with your mother who was once queen of this planet Naboo. Her name was Padme Amidala and she later became a senator for the Republic. We were secretly married, and your mother later became pregnant with what I thought was our first child… but later came to find that she was carrying twins, the two of you."

Luke then broke his silence at this point unable to hold in his curiosity, "I thought that you died at the end of the clone wars when the Darth Sidious first claimed his power and declared the empire and what about our Jedi training it must be continued if Leia and I are to kill Sidious. You can't hold us hostage here forever you know!"

Anakin then once again drawn aback by the bold statement of his son picked up Leia in one arm and then walked over to Luke and did the same with him much to the boy's protest. Anakin then sent calming waves through the force to his son to calm him. Then with both twin in hand he sat on the large bed with them both still in his grasp as they sat still on his lap.

"Yes, my son, there was word that I had been killed, but I have not been entirely honest about my situation. I was once the Padawan of Obi-Wan. Did he ever tell you that?"

Luke then looked down, "Well no, he never really told us much actually and most of the time would refuse to answer our questions."

"Well my son, he lied to you both and he had no right, it appears he and Master Yoda were planning on using you for their own selfish endeavors to give a rebirth to the Jedi and take down the empire and I will allow no such things. I will not be completing your Jedi training and I have confiscated your lightsabers. If trouble comes our way, then I will take care of it, I will protect you and I promise to never let anything, or anyone harm you ever." Anakin stated.

"But why are you so against the Jedi then? What did they ever do to you? It seems as though they were just taking the necessary precautions by keeping Luke and I in hiding even if Master Obi-Wan did lie to us, I'm sure he had good reason." Leia pipped up.

Anakin's blood was brewing at this point, He would not allow this any further, "Leia what you don't realize is that they took everything from me. I'm not angry with you, how would you know. They took me away from my mother and refused to let me have any contact with her, their godforsaken code does not allow the Jedi to father children or have a family, hence why your mother and I had to keep our marriage a secret for as long as we did, which was a mistake. I should have just resigned from the order, but I was young and foolish and did not think to do such a thing. Jedi are not allowed to love and that is something I have always been an advocate for, that being my love, for my mother, for your mother and for the two of you. And not to speak of the fact that Yoda and Obi-Wan had become so intent on hiding you away from me. If I had not found you, you would never have even known of your true family roots and would be forced into serving the cause of the Jedi much like myself. The only reason I became one, was so that I could get freed from slavery." He then paused and began to stroke the hair of each child with his fingers as tears began to stream down his face.

The twins were not that convinced before, but now after hearing this, they were not so sure. They just simply looked up at the man claiming to be their father until the droid entered the room once more.

"Sir I have the blood test results. It appears that these two children are in fact the children of yourself and the late senator Amidala. They are fraternal twins, eight years of age. Will be turning nine in several months."

Anakin then relieved that the children were in the room to hear this news wiped at his nose. "Thank you for performing the procedure and clearing that up. You are dismissed."

"Thank you, sir." The droid responded plainly then turned to leave.

The family then sat in silence. The twins could not honestly believe their ears. This was no kidnapper this was their long lost father they had no knowledge about that all these years they had thought was dead. Maybe Obi-Wan truly did have other intentions and it did seem rather cruel of the Jedi to not allow their members to have a family and this man before them a torched soul with so much pain had come this far all because he wanted to be with his family? How sad both of the twins thought to themselves.

Luke was then the first to break the silence, "We believe you…..father." He hesitated not sure of what else to say.

Leia was next, "Yes we believe you and we are sorry that you have endured such pain. We honestly had no idea."

Anakin then kissed the top of each of the twin's foreheads in response.

"I know, but things are going to be different now I promise. We will live here alone as a family minus a few droids and I will take care of you just like I have always wanted to do. The only thing missing from this picture is your mother." He chocked out as more tears began to stream.

Luke then plucked the courage to ask the next burning question on his mind, "If you don't mind us asking… I can tell this is painful for you and we don't wish to cause you anymore discomfort but.." he tailed off but his sentence was finished for him.

"What happened to your mother, yes I will tell you but you have to understand this is a very hard subject matter for me to discuss." Anakin stated.

The twins both nodded and motioned for him to continue.

He sighed, "When the clone wars were getting heated and we had just captured and killed a very powerful sith lord named Count Dooku. We were close to ending the war and bringing peace. We had just returned from that mission and I was over joyed to see your mother as I had been apart from her for many months."

He paused then continued, "That was the time that she had informed me of her pregnancy, that was the happiest moment of my life finding out that I was going to be a father and that we could have a chance at being a true family. Your mother was worried about her career as a senator as she would not be able to serve in the senate and more so for me as a Jedi as I could be expelled from the order. But in all honesty that was what I was wanting from the start. At that point, I was desperate to rid myself of my roots with the Jedi as it had taken so much of my life."

He then continued, "I told your mother not to worry that everything would be fine, and I truly believed this was my chance to have a shot at a normal life. Your mother spoke of raising you both on Naboo and running away from the war, it was so tantalizing it made me wish that, that was a true option but part of me wanted to end the war so that we could live in true peace and serenity instead of hiding away pretending that we had it."

"That night I had a nightmare that your mother would die in childbirth. It scared me tremendously because I knew that this had a possibility that this would come true much like the one I had of my mother just before she died. I could not loose your mother too, that left me agonizing with what to do. I reached out to Yoda for help but he was no use telling me that I would have to just let it go! Well the reality was, that I could not just let her go."

"I became conflicted and then eventually sought out the help of Darth Sidious himself who was known back then as Emperor Palpatine the supreme chancellor of the republic. He had always taken a deep interest in me since I was a young boy brought to the Jedi. He picked up on my raw emotions and used it against me, to manipulate me into thinking that if I was to serve him, I would bring peace to the galaxy and most importantly save your mother from dying."

"But as usual I was young and naive and did as he asked….He had me do some terrible things, murder the remaining Jedi in cold blood, how could I not have known that was wrong? I was so desperate to save our family, no one else's wellbeing mattered to me at that point. He then appointed me as his sith Lord Apprentice known as Darth Vader."

The twins let out a small gasp but then remained quiet motioning for him to continue. He paused and caressed their cheeks to let them know that he was no longer meaning any harm then continued.

"I did some unforgivable things, I have killed many in cold blood and have unfortunately become an active participant in the formation of the empire. I was corrupted and brainwashed. Your mother had eventually come to find me and begged me to come away with her. I should have listened, then it was at that moment Kenobi exposed himself as he had snuck aboard your mother's ship without her knowledge. But at the time I did not perceive it that way, I thought they were against me not with me, I had thought your mother had brought Kenobi to kill me. Then with my uncontrolled anger I, I force chocked your mother and then she fell unconscious at my feet. She was not dead, but passed out, I was so consumed at that point I began a fierce war with Kenobi which ended with my arrogance landing me stranded and abandoned on a lava infested planet."

"I did a lot of thinking during this time, I ended up tricking the Sidious into thinking that I had died at the hand of Kenobi by leaving shreds of my clothing and cutting of my force bond with Sidious. I then went looking for your mother, but it was too late. She had already given birth and died on the table, there was never a concreate answer as to what caused her death but I believe that I broke her heart with all of my corruption."

He paused as more tears streamed down his face then dripped onto the twin's heads. The salty warmth of the tears was surprisingly comforting for them as they could tell their father was very remorseful for what he did. He did endure a lot of pain, but this was pain he deserved considering his actions even if they started with good intentions. The twins concluded, they would forgive his though mainly because of how remorseful he was and that he now clearly was attempting to correct his wrongs in his own strange way.

They were then pulled from their thoughts as he continued, "At that point Obi-Wan had already taken you both into hiding and I was to late. I had failed both you and your mother. He had gone as far as to cut off your connection with me for a while as it must have worked when you were very young. But as you got older it did not work as well. Now do you understand my young ones?" he questioned the twins.

Both then nodded at a loss for words. They did understand and they wanted to help in a way but were unsure of how to they just needed to let this all sink in and digest it then perhaps they could formulate a response. As if he read their minds which he most likely did Anakin spoke up once more.

"I know this is a lot to take in and it may seem very confusing, I do not require a response I just needed to tell you the truth so that you can understand my perspective. I will answer any questions you may have going forward. I will never lie to you my children."

He then looked to the door of the room, "But now lets just get you settled in and I can make you some breakfast." he said as he made to stand while still holding both of the twins. He then exited the room and headed for the kitchen.

The twins did not really wish to think about all that at the moment other than they did in fact understand it. They thought it was wise to switch gears and focus on the here and now instead of dwelling on the past. They did have more questions, but they could wait till later. Right now, they agreed and just wanted to get some breakfast and clear their heads.