Endor

4 ABY

Anakin grumbled as he exited the med tent as he scratched at the freshly placed cast on his arm. His arms hadn't been broken too bad and the medic had assured him that the cast would only have to be on for a few weeks till, but until then he would have to be careful with it.

"How's your arm?" asked Luke as he snuck up behind Anakin.

"Not bad," said Anakin dropping his arm to let it rest at his side, "medic says I can take it off in a few weeks."

"That's good," said Luke flashing his father a grin, "you'll just have to be careful not to break anymore bones till then."

Anakin snorted, "One would hope," he said as he looked around the campsite.

"Where's your sister?" he said when he didn't spot Leia in the crowd of the celebration.

"She's off with Han somewhere," said Luke dismissively as he and Anakin walked away from the celebration and took their seats on a log some distance away as to have their privacy.

"So," said Luke as he picked away at the wood on the log, "how are you doing? I mean after everything that's just happened-," said Luke trailing off.

"I'm okay," said Anakin as he pried through his conflicted feelings, "at least I think. I'm not exactly sure how to feel, you know?"

"I don't know either," admitted Luke, "I don't know whether to be happy or sad to be honest."

Anakin sighed as the sounds of the celebration filled his ears, "it's a lot to take in."

"Yeah," said Luke huffing out in agreement, "I still can't believe you did it."

"We," said Anakin correcting his son, "We did it together."

"I guess," said Luke not all that convinced as he looked into his father's serious face.

"Luke," said Anakin grasping his son's shoulder, "none of this would be possible without you."

Luke considered his father's words for a few seconds before he nodded in agreement, "if not for me you would still be in carbonite on Dantooine."

Anakin shuddered, "that's something I'd rather not think about."

Anakin didn't want to think about what would've happened if Luke hadn't found him. He might've been in there forever or be woken up years from than when he had been. He might've waken up to kids much older than him and that would downright freaky and wrong.

"Me neither," said Luke seriously as he too had the same thought.

"So," said Luke after a few moments of uncomfortable silence, "you never did tell me what that business of Cato Neimoidia was."

Anakin laughed at the memory, "It was a mission that we were on during the Clone Wars. Obi-Wan and I were there to aid the Republic in the capture of General Grievous and Nute Gunray and during the mission Obi-Wan accidentally lost his rebreather and inhaled in hallucinogenic spores," said Anakin snickering.

"What happened next?" asked Luke, who was obviously hiding his amusement.

"He ended up saving me from the mechno-chair and I found his rebreather on the floor and when I found him-."

"He was high," said Luke finishing for his father.

Anakin laughed, "He was so happy when he saw me and when I went to give back his rebreather he fainted in my arms."

Luke laughed, "I can understand why he wouldn't want that to count."

"Well it does whether or not he acknowledges it or not," said Anakin playfully.

"Does not," said Obi-Wan as his force ghost shimmered into existence in front of them, his hands on his hips as he glared at Anakin with a stern yet playful look.

"Say what you want old man," said Anakin raising his hands in defense, "but it does."

Obi-Wan rolled his eyes, "stubborn as always."

Luke shook his head at the two men who were both acting like children. Never in a million years did he think that Ben would've ever been like this, but he guessed it was because he didn't know him back during the days of the Republic. Luke had only known the Ben after the destruction of the Order and the Republic and now he could see how heavily that had weighed upon the older man's shoulders.

He was happy to see both his father and Obi-Wan like this and he hoped that one day Leia could see this as well, but it would take some time. But he knew Leia would come around eventually, he just hoped it would be soon.

Leia sighed as she listened to Han and friend talk endlessly about whatever they were talking about. Leia wasn't listening to a word that was being said seeing as she was almost too exhausted to keep her heavy eyelids open.

"Where are you going?" asked Han as Leia untangled herself from his grip.

"To bed," said Leia yawning.

"See you in the morning then," said Han giving her a quick kiss before Leia set off to where he tent was. She had been up since the wee hours of the morning and fighting a battle for most of the day and she was starting to feel the effect of that.

She was tired and all she wanted to do was crawl into her bed and sleep for a million years and not think about Anakin or Vader.

Leia groaned as she entered her tent and yanked her shoes off, too tired to notice the young woman sitting on her sleeping mat.

"Leia," came the soft voice of Winter from where she sat on the bed.

Leia whipped around in surprise to see her best friend and sister smiling widely at her.

"Winter!" cried Leia as the two adopted sisters embraced, "what are you doing here?"

"What do you mean what am I doing here? I work for the Rebellion too," said Winter playfully.

"No I know that," said Leia, "I just thought you were away on business."

"Nope," said Winter popping the P, "I was with Rogue Squadron, didn't you know?"

"Sorry," admitted Leia truthfully as they both took a seat on her mat.

"So," said Winter smiling, "it's over."

"Yeah," said Leia with relief and happiness, "Palpatine and Vader are dead."

"I bet you're happy about that," said Winter as her smile faded away. Winter had been just as angry as Leia had been when Alderaan had been destroyed and she had every right to be. Alderaan was their home and Bail and Breha were just as much her parents as they were Leia's parents.

"Vader," said Leia softly as he eyes wondered away from Winter's blue eyes which only served to remind her of Anakin's.

"What's wrong?" asked Winter as she that Leia was in some sort of distress.

Leia pursed her lips tightly as she debated on whether or not to tell Winter of everything that she had discovered that day, "I found out some stuff today."

"What sort of stuff?" asked Winter as she scooted in closer to the brunette.

"I found out some stuff about my biological family," admitted Leia.

"Oh Leia," said Winter grabbing her friends hand, "I thought you decided not to search for them."

"I know," said Leia shaking her head in dismay. Both of them had been adopted and they had both decided that Bail and Breha were their parents and nothing was ever going to change that. But it was different for Winter seeing as she had always known who her birth family was and she was never left to wonder. Leia didn't have that same opportunity and she couldn't help but wonder who her birth mom and dad were and what they looked like.

Bail and Breha never went in depth when she had asked, only telling her that her father had died in the Clone Wars and her mother died giving birth to her.

"Dad?" asked a young teenaged Leia as she looked over to where her father was sitting at his desk working on his paperwork.

"Yes Leia?" he asked not even bothering to look up from his work.

"Who were my biological parents?" asked Leia biting her lip hoping that she wasn't disturbing him too much.

Bail paused in his reading and glanced over at his daughter before he put his pencil down and swiveled his chair to face her, "I thought we already discussed this."

"I know," said Leia, "but you never really tell me anything and I'd like to know more about them."

"Leia," he said sighing, "I've already told you everything there is to know about them. Your father was a soldier in the Clone Wars who died on the frontlines and your mother died giving birth to you shortly after."

"There's nothing else you can tell me?" asked Leia disappointed with Bail's answer.

"No," said Bail shaking his head at his daughter.

"Oh," said Leia as she stared at her hands in her lap as she tried not to show that she was displeased with the lack of information Bail had to offer her.

"What is this about anyways? You haven't asked about them in years, why now?"

Leia sighed, "I guess I'm just jealous of Winter."

"Because she knows who her biological parents were?"

Leia frowned, "I just wish I knew mine too."

Bail sighed as scooted closer to Leia and took her hand in his, "I know it's been hard for you, not knowing the people that gave you life. But your mother and I love you girls very much and to us you are our children. We may not have given you the gift of life, but life gave us the gift of you and for that we are eternally grateful."

"I know," said Leia, "they may have given me life, but you and mom are my parents. It's just hard not knowing."

"I know," said Bail as he hugged Leia, "I know."

But she couldn't help but wonder and imagine who they were and the things they had accomplished in their lives. Leia imagined her father as a handsome soldier and her mother as a beautiful woman with her eyes and hair, but knowing the truth know made those fantasies and dreams appear silly and asinine.

"My father is alive and I met him," said Leia as she took in Winter's shocked appearance.

"I thought dad said he died in the Clone Wars?" said Winter recalling Bail's careful and sparse words on the subject.

"He fought in them, but he didn't die."

"What?" asked Winter, still in shock.

"He was a Jedi and he ended up getting frozen in carbonite."

"Wow," said Winter, "for how long?"

"23 years," said Leia passively, "he's biologically the same age as me."

Winter was silent as she took in her sister's words, still in disbelief of what she was hearing.

"And he's a Jedi? Leia this is-."

"Weird? Amazing? Freaky?" said Leia laughing, "And that's not even all of it."

"What else is there?"

"Luke Skywalker is my twin brother," said Leia, "and Anakin Skywalker is my father."

"Luke?" asked Winter with wide eyes, "Luke Skywalker is your twin brother?"

Leia nodded, "hard to believe right?"

"I don't even know what to say," said Winter laughing at the prospect of it all.

"And there's more," began Leia carefully, "Padme Amidala is my birth mother."

"The former Senator and Queen of Naboo?" said Winter remembering the name from both their parents and Sabe.

"Yeah," said Leia smiling at the mention of her mother's name. She couldn't deny that she was proud to be her daughter and she wanted Winter to know.

"Leia!" said Winter still smiling, "this is wonderful! So what? This Anakin and Senator Amidala had a relationship or something? I don't recall her ever having a husband or boyfriend when she died."

"They were married," said Leia remembering her father's words to her, "but they had to keep it a secret."

"Because he was a Jedi and she was a Senator," said Winter realizing why it would be imperative to keep the fact that they married a secret. She had heard rumors that the Order was stringent with marriage and children and Amidala being a Senator meant there would've been no room for scandal.

"I'm so happy for you," said Winter, "I know how much this meant to you."

"Thank you," said Leia softly at her sister's sentiment.

"So this Anakin Skywalker," said Winter laying back on the bed, "what's he like?"

Leia huffed out as she leaned back with the white-haired woman, "he's okay I guess."

"Just he's okay?" asked Winter, "come on Princess, tell me more."

"Well he's very tall," said Leia voicing the first thing that came to her mind when she thought of Anakin, "and he has blue eyes and kinda shaggy hair."

"So the exact opposite of you," said Winter laughing.

"He looks like Luke," said Leia finding no physical resemblance between her and her father.

"So he's handsome," said Winter laughing.

Leia cringed, "not to me."

"Well of course silly, he's your father."

"Yeah," said Leia distantly as her mind filled up with thoughts of him. She suddenly was not in the mood to talk about him or Luke anymore seeing as they both plagued her thoughts these days.

"We should go to bed," said Leia as she sat up and changed out of her dress, "we have a long day tomorrow."

"Of course," said Winter sitting up on the bed to watch her with curiosity, "I should go to bed as well seeing as I have to leave early tomorrow."

"You're leaving?" asked Leia trying not to show her disappointment, "so soon?"

"I have business to take care of on Cilpar," said Winter biting her lip, "but hopefully I won't be gone too long."

Leia knew that Winter had her own affairs to deal with and she wasn't going to hold her from doing so. But at the same time it seemed like they never saw any of each other anymore these days and that hurt Leia a lot.

"I'll head back to my tent," said Winter as she rose off the mat.

"No no no," said Leia as she started braiding her long hair, "stay here for the night."

"You sure?"

"Yeah, it'll be just like when we were kids."

"Okay," said Winter smiling as she grabbed some of the blankets and laid them out on the floor next to the mat so as to provide herself with a comfortable place to sleep for the night.

As soon as Leia situated herself onto the mat she fell fast asleep which led her to dream of her family. She dreamed of a beautiful woman with flowers in her hair as well as a man with eyes so blue they could rival the ocean.

She dreamed of what could have been until she woke up and realized that it wasn't real. The beautiful woman with flowers in her hair was dead and her father wasn't as happy as the man in her dreams had been.

And for the first time in a long time, she cried.

AN: This is the last chapter folks, but don't worry. I'm working on the sequel which will be called A New Dawn. Go to my account and see if I've posted it yet!

I also apologize for the long wait for the final chapter. I happen to have damaged kidneys that decided to pass stones this week and land me in the hospital and the ER for a few days. And I'm not sure you would've liked what I wrote while on pain meds (It was awful so I had to rewrite it while not under the influence.)

But hopefully they won't start acting up again while I'm writing the sequel, which I hope you all will read when I get it posted.