A/N: Hello guys. First of all, this story is a translation of my German fanfiction with the same title. So if some sentences sound weird, you know why. Anyway, I wrote this fanfiction years ago, because I couldn't understand why Leia ALWAYS ended up with Han Solo. And that in a fanfiction continuum in which one can easily find pairings like Padmé/Mace or Padmé/ Obi-Wan. Nevertheless, Leia always seemed to be the most faithful girlfriend in the galaxy. I never thought of Han as the most attractive male character in the Star Wars Universe, so I really couldn't understand it. At first I simply waited, hoping that (with more than 25,000 Star Wars fanfictions at ffNET) at some point somebody would write a fanfiction in which Leia would reconsider, but nothing happened. Thus, I had no choice: I had to write a fanfiction myself.

Disclaimer: All trademarks and characters are owned by George Lucas and I'm not intending to gain profit from writing this story. Enjoy!

Unlikely is an understatement

* Prologue *

Leia looked at Luke. There was more. She could see it in his eyes. He was afraid of something and afraid to trust her.

"Luke, what's going on?"

Luke looked nervously up at the sky. "Vader ... He's here. Here, on this moon. "

The princess took a step back. "How do you know?"

Skywalker slowly took her hand and searched her eyes. "I can feel it. He came for me. He senses my presence as I do his. This is also the reason why I must leave. As long as I stay here, I am endangering the group and our mission here ... I have to face him - alone."

Leia did not understand and shook her head vehemently.

"But why?"

With closed eyes Luke held the Princess's shoulders, as if he was afraid of losing her forever. But he had to say it, now. He could not withhold the truth forever.

"He is my father."

"Your father?"

"Yes, and that's not all. It will not be easy for you to learn all this, but you have to. Leia, if I do not return, you're the only hope for the Alliance."

Leia freed herself from her friend's embrace once she realized the meaning behind his words.

"Luke, don't talk that way. You have a power I don't understand and could never have."

"You're wrong, Leia. You have that power too. In time you'll learn to use it as I have. The Force runs strong in my family. My father has it. I have it. And... my sister has it. Yes. It's you, Leia. "

She stared at him in bewilderment. Was it possible? Her brother? Luke? Vader ... her father? Everything seemed to fit suddenly. It was as if the last part of a complex puzzle had finally found its place, and for the first time an image appeared. But if it was true, then ...

"Yes, Leia, you're my sister."

Leia briefly shut her eyes from the truth, but without success, as the truth is something that is inescapable.

"I know. Somehow I've already known." Yes, she had always known. Known since the very first second in which he had entered her cell to rescue her. She had known –somehow- and had trusted him unconditionally ever since.

Hi, I'm Luke Skywalker!

Who?

Luke Skywalker, I'm here to rescue you.

"Then you know why I have to go to him."

"No!" Leia jumped. Go to him? Had he lost his mind? She knew what Vader was capable of. At the mere thought of the first Death Star a cold shiver ran down her spine. Vader was a killer and she was not going to lose her newly found brother to him.

"No, Luke! Run! Run as far away as you can! If he can really feel your presence, you have to avoid him!"

"I know there's still good in him, Leia. I ... "

"I will not allow you to sacrifice your life for nothing! Vader is a killer. Please, remember Bespin. And now you want to fight Vader and the Emperor at the same time? Luke, I beg you ... be reasonable."

Leia cupped his face in her hands and looked him in the eyes. "We need you. Alive. You're the only one who can stop the Emperor, but not here, not now. Can't you see that, brother? Without you, the Alliance is lost." Luke's thoughts were in chaos. What if Leia was right? Was it not presumptuous of him to assume that he alone could accomplish what hundreds of Jedi before him could not? Then he looked at his sister again and nodded. She was right. As always. He had to leave Endor.

…

ONE YEAR LATER

The battle of Endor signified a tremendous blow to the Rebel Alliance. Heavy losses were taken, and the Empire's ultimate weapon, the Death Star, now spreads terror throughout the galaxy.

Lord Vader looked past the transparent pane and at the man behind it.

"You mean to say the host is still alive?"

The man in white pointed to the almost transparent human body.

"Indeed. It's quite logical as the parasite feeds on the host. Look here, my Lord. The larva eats muscle and fat first. It spares all the vital organs until the very end."

Lord Vader turned his attention back to the "man" behind the glass. "What will happen to him?"

The doctor shook his head.

"He lives purely on a physical level. His mind shut down a long time ago. But the really frightening thing is how slow and painful the process is. In a way he's being eaten alive - from the inside out."

Lord Vader remained silent for a while. "I see. Burn the body before this thing hatches."

The doctor bowed in reply as the two men left the observation room. "Certainly, my Lord, but do you not want me to try the vaccine once more?"

The Sith Lord tilted his head. " That will not be necessary. It proved unsuccessful in much earlier stages." The doctor seemed to think about other possibilities.

"What about a hybrid program?" he suggested, but the Sith refused.

"A hybrid program would take years, doctor and even if we were to succeed, we cannot genetically modify the entire human race. I also refuse to see the future of this galaxy in a genetic intersection with the Waarom. In fact, I had a slightly more permanent solution in mind."

The doctor smiled knowingly.

"Of course, my Lord."

A/N: In my original story the invading aliens were the Vong. But as I have absolutely NO IDEA about the Vong, I changed them into the `Waarom´ in this translation. My Waarom are some kind of mixture of all the different aliens I know from other TV series and movies. For one the Stargate Atlantis Wraith (who feed on humans too) but my aliens also need humans to come into being in first place, as they start their lives as larvae (a bit like in `Aliens´). Moreover, they are like the aliens from Independence Day, who just invade other galaxies, steel their resources and then move on. And finally they are naturally also a bit like the Vong, as you'll see in the upcoming chapters.

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