[ficlet] No Coincidence (Star Wars, G, 1/1)
Speaking of fic...a few weeks ago I did that "Stump the Writer" meme, which mlgm managed to do. She asked for something that happened after either scenario two or scenario three of my fic Five Things That Never Happened to Luke Skywalker. This probably isn't what she was expecting, but it's an excerpt from the story in my head of what happened after scenario three. Anyway.
Title: No Coincidence
Author: Rynne
Rating: G
Summary: After being rescued from the Death Star, Luke Organa learns a bit more about Leia Skywalker.
Notes: For mlgm, and sorry it took so long. You should probably read the fic this is based on if you want to understand the events here. I actually have a lot more of this story in my head, including more backstory than just what's in "Five Things...", so I hope this makes enough sense on its own.
"So, your name is Leia Skywalker?"
It's just a coincidence, Luke told himself, looking at his rescuer. A petite woman in worn, faded clothing, she looked about his age. Then again, she would be, if what he was beginning to suspect were true.
But it was probably a coincidence. After all, it was a large galaxy. How many people with the surname Skywalker could there be? Just because Vader said that had once been his name did not mean there could not be other Skywalkers, completely unrelated to him.
She smiled at him, and nodded, still apparently exhilarated with her success. But after that, she drooped, and it wasn't hard to determine what had so suddenly depressed her, not with the obvious black spot on their escape.
"I'm sorry about Kenobi," he offered, awkwardly. He wasn't sure what Kenobi was to Leia, apart from traveling companion, but Luke had practically had to drag her on board the ship after his death, so there had to be something there.
She paused a moment, then said, "Thank you." She sighed and slumped in her seat, closing her eyes as if tired. "He said he was going to teach me, but--now how am I going to be a Jedi?"
Jedi! Another Jedi Skywalker? All right, the galaxy was big, but was it that big? Still, he had to make sure. "Jedi?" he queried, cautiously. "You were going to be a Jedi?"
She nodded again, her eyes still closed. "I'd originally wanted to go to university," she explained. "Find something more suited to me than farming on Tatooine, even though we didn't have enough money to send me off-planet. But when I found Artoo, and your message, and went after Ben Kenobi, he told me that my father was a Jedi, and I could be one too."
Her father, a Jedi. This was starting to give him a tight, nervous feeling in his stomach. "Your father?" he asked, but he took care to make it sound flippant, as if the answer was not utterly important.
Now she smiled again, a wide grin, and opened her eyes to look at him. "His name was Anakin Skywalker," she said, obviously proud. "He and Ben were old friends; they fought together in the Clone Wars. But then he was killed by--" Suddenly she paled, and clamped her mouth shut.
Luke thought he knew what she had been going to say. "By Darth Vader," he finished grimly, and she nodded, making a face.
"I'm sorry," she whispered. "I know he's your father--"
Luke stiffened, and she shut up again. "Biologically, maybe," he growled, remembering how long it took him to accept even that. "But Bail Organa of Alderaan is my father. I don't care what Vader wants to tell the galaxy about Bail, or about me, but Bail is the one who raised me and loved me, and I will always consider him my father. It was to honor him that I joined the Rebellion, and to spite the man who took me from him as if I were a mere possession."
"I'm sorry," Leia murmured, again. "I didn't mean to offend. I can't imagine what it must be like, being his child, even if only by blood."
How ironic, Luke thought. How very ironic, when you are likely as much his child as I am. There were more tests that would have to be done, but Luke felt it--Leia Skywalker was his sister.
What was he going to do about this?
Title: No Coincidence
Author: Rynne
Rating: G
Summary: After being rescued from the Death Star, Luke Organa learns a bit more about Leia Skywalker.
Notes: For mlgm, and sorry it took so long. You should probably read the fic this is based on if you want to understand the events here. I actually have a lot more of this story in my head, including more backstory than just what's in "Five Things...", so I hope this makes enough sense on its own.
"So, your name is Leia Skywalker?"
It's just a coincidence, Luke told himself, looking at his rescuer. A petite woman in worn, faded clothing, she looked about his age. Then again, she would be, if what he was beginning to suspect were true.
But it was probably a coincidence. After all, it was a large galaxy. How many people with the surname Skywalker could there be? Just because Vader said that had once been his name did not mean there could not be other Skywalkers, completely unrelated to him.
She smiled at him, and nodded, still apparently exhilarated with her success. But after that, she drooped, and it wasn't hard to determine what had so suddenly depressed her, not with the obvious black spot on their escape.
"I'm sorry about Kenobi," he offered, awkwardly. He wasn't sure what Kenobi was to Leia, apart from traveling companion, but Luke had practically had to drag her on board the ship after his death, so there had to be something there.
She paused a moment, then said, "Thank you." She sighed and slumped in her seat, closing her eyes as if tired. "He said he was going to teach me, but--now how am I going to be a Jedi?"
Jedi! Another Jedi Skywalker? All right, the galaxy was big, but was it that big? Still, he had to make sure. "Jedi?" he queried, cautiously. "You were going to be a Jedi?"
She nodded again, her eyes still closed. "I'd originally wanted to go to university," she explained. "Find something more suited to me than farming on Tatooine, even though we didn't have enough money to send me off-planet. But when I found Artoo, and your message, and went after Ben Kenobi, he told me that my father was a Jedi, and I could be one too."
Her father, a Jedi. This was starting to give him a tight, nervous feeling in his stomach. "Your father?" he asked, but he took care to make it sound flippant, as if the answer was not utterly important.
Now she smiled again, a wide grin, and opened her eyes to look at him. "His name was Anakin Skywalker," she said, obviously proud. "He and Ben were old friends; they fought together in the Clone Wars. But then he was killed by--" Suddenly she paled, and clamped her mouth shut.
Luke thought he knew what she had been going to say. "By Darth Vader," he finished grimly, and she nodded, making a face.
"I'm sorry," she whispered. "I know he's your father--"
Luke stiffened, and she shut up again. "Biologically, maybe," he growled, remembering how long it took him to accept even that. "But Bail Organa of Alderaan is my father. I don't care what Vader wants to tell the galaxy about Bail, or about me, but Bail is the one who raised me and loved me, and I will always consider him my father. It was to honor him that I joined the Rebellion, and to spite the man who took me from him as if I were a mere possession."
"I'm sorry," Leia murmured, again. "I didn't mean to offend. I can't imagine what it must be like, being his child, even if only by blood."
How ironic, Luke thought. How very ironic, when you are likely as much his child as I am. There were more tests that would have to be done, but Luke felt it--Leia Skywalker was his sister.
What was he going to do about this?