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Post by Anakin Skywalker on Jul 28, 2012 16:18:19 GMT -5
*A FEW MONTHS AFTER THE TWINS' BIRTH*
Anakin lay sprawled across the floor, keeping a watchful eye on one of the twins whom he correctly conjectured to be Leia. From birth, she'd proved to be the more impulsive one; and even now, she unapologetically waddled her way across the room, reaching out for something in her father's robes, which hung lifelessly on a nearby coat rack. He wondered what it could be. Leia held out her hand patiently, undeterred, until at length, the robes began gently swaying from side to side as a heavy silver metal object thumped from within its folds onto the ground. Anakin's lightsaber.
His eyes widened.
"Padmé! Come over here!"
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Post by Padmé on Jul 29, 2012 16:23:23 GMT -5
Padme's training in the Jedi arts had been coming along wonderfully. She'd quickly learned that being a Jedi actually required more dexterity and speed than pure strength, and these things she had in spades. Learning the lightsaber, manipulating the Force, and picking Anakin's brain about the order had been both fun and made her feel closer to him.
She'd been practicing using the Force when she hurried into the room.
"What is it?"
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Post by Anakin Skywalker on Jul 31, 2012 15:10:18 GMT -5
"Look," he merely said, pointedly tilting his head towards little Leia who had begun to wander over to the fallen lightsaber. With a huff, Anakin got up to retrieve the weapon and his daughter. "You'll never guess how she got this out of my robes."
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Post by Padmé on Aug 1, 2012 1:03:47 GMT -5
Smiling, she bent down to give Leia a kiss on the forehead.
"Did you use the Force?" She asked the baby directly. "Are you going to learn now just like Mama?"
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Post by Anakin Skywalker on Aug 1, 2012 20:30:13 GMT -5
"Mmm, you might even be better than Mama," he informed little Leia before smirking at his wife.
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Post by Padmé on Aug 2, 2012 1:46:56 GMT -5
Padme laughed.
"Well, she does have it on both sides of the family."
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Post by Anakin Skywalker on Aug 8, 2012 1:30:05 GMT -5
"That's no excuse," he jested. "I never had a father. As far as I know."
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Post by Padmé on Aug 9, 2012 14:28:18 GMT -5
She looked thoughtful as she picked Leia up, the baby automatically making a grab for her hair, and Padme just automatically dodging Leia's little hand.
"Still, in the blood.
You and your brother, right?" She said, kissing Leia's forehead.
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Post by Anakin Skywalker on Aug 9, 2012 20:21:13 GMT -5
"I haven't seen Luke make quite so much progress. Yet. But it's there. The Force is strong with him."
Seemingly at the mention of his name, another small child wandered into the room, his blue eyes taking in the length of the space between him and his parents. He broke out into what could be considered a run.
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Post by Padmé on Aug 16, 2012 16:36:02 GMT -5
She smiled at her little family. It was the happiest she'd been since crash-landing on this place. At the back of her mind, a niggling thought that it would be even better if she could take them to see her family kept it from being entirely perfect. Besides, considering the secret of their marriage, they'd probably have to hide the twins or concoct some lie about where they'd come from. But here, on this world, they didn't have to hide anything. There was a freedom in that.
She frowned as she felt something odd through the Force.
"Anakin, what is that...?"
It wasn't like what she got from normal background Force, or from her family.
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Post by Anakin Skywalker on Aug 17, 2012 2:00:16 GMT -5
"I know," Anakin nodded. "I feel it, too." He frowned and closed his eyes. "It's dark...very dark..."
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Post by Padmé on Aug 19, 2012 22:00:22 GMT -5
"It's...getting closer..." She said, lowering her voice, although she couldn't say why she was.
The twins, sensing the change in mood, stilled.
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Post by Anakin Skywalker on Aug 20, 2012 2:24:37 GMT -5
After a brief pause, he intoned, "I think it's outside. Surrounding us."
He stalked over to the window and peered warily through the curtains. True enough, there was a dark hooded figure standing just outside the inn. And it seemed as though he was the source of the energy that they were so disturbed by.
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Post by Padmé on Aug 22, 2012 23:41:25 GMT -5
Slowly, quietly, she bent down and picked up both of her children.
"Who is it? Can you tell?"
She was still learning her own abilities, but she could tell it was a person. One, but for the feeling to be this strong...
She found herself wishing she had a blaster or two.
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Post by Anakin Skywalker on Oct 4, 2012 19:54:55 GMT -5
"A Sith," he plainly replied, without drawing away from the window. "Or one of their pawns."
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