Their force bond// Anakin Skywalker (book two)

Chapter 24

A small Naboo Skiff rests on a landing platform in the vast congestion of Coruscant...

Alia and Padme both get out of the speeder, followed by Captain Typho and 3PO...

"Alia, My lady.... let me come with you both," Typho sighed.

"We'll be alright, Captain," Padme smiled.

Padme had talked Alia into letting her go...but Alia wasn't on board with it.. but nothing could change Padme's mind.

Typho walked towards the speeder and gets in.

"This is something we must do together, besides we have 3PO," Alia replied.

"Oh dear," 3PO said.

Typho takes off... leaving Alia and Padme, 3PO.... they all three finally board the Naboo ship.

Alia sensed a figure moving out from under the skiff.... she knew it was Obi Wan. Once she felt that he was on the ship, she closed the door... and quickly took off.

Alia sat down in the cockpit....she couldn't help but feel a sudden wave of defeat.

She thought she had failed Qui Gon... and the Jedi who lived before her.

3PO and Padme talk away.... Alia drowns them out, and felt the tears fall down again... she tried to holding them back.

She hated feeling weak.

But with the sudden wave of defeat and the painful reality setting in.... it was all too much.

"Green light! Do you know that I think I'm getting the hang of this flying business," 3PO said happily.

Alia snap away her thoughts, and quickly wipes away the tears and turned to look at 3PO.... she couldn't help but smile.

Remembering how she finished building him... and how Owen gave him to her and Padme.

Suddenly she started getting happy flashbacks of her and Anakin...

The first time they met.

Their 10 year reunion.

Their first kiss.

Their wedding.

Their wedding night.

Alia brought her hand up to her lips and gently touched them... remembering her last kiss with Anakin.

It was sudden but quick....

She looked down at her stomach and gently placed her hand on it... filling the unborn child, kicking up a storm...

She regrets not telling him... about her pregnancy.... but once she saw him, she was gonna tell him, if he wasn't too far gone.

He would've been a great father....as he was a great husband.

He would've been a great Jedi master.

But he was creased by the Dark Side... and it was her fault.

She could've saved him. She still can.

Because she was built on hope.