Leia Organa sits in a chair and
looks out of the window. She doesn't like the hustle and bustle of
Coruscant. Lost in thoughts she strokes her rounded belly. The child
she carries is in turmoil. She feels him kicking and smiles. Her unborn
son is a vivacious boy.
She speaks to her unborn son, whom they will name Ben after Ben Kenobi,
with a gentle voice: "Hey, little one don't be so rough." Leia strokes
her belly again to calm Ben down. "You have the temper of your father."
She gives a quiet smile and remembers when she met Han first. It wasn't
love at first sight on both sides. But now they are married and she's
expecting their first child. A child that according to her brother will
be strong in the Force. Strong like his uncle, his late grandfather
Anakin Skywalker and herself. But she has always refused to train as a
Jedi when her brother asked. Now her son will learn the ways of the
Force and be one of those rebuilding the Jedi Order.
It seems that Ben doesn't like those thoughts of his mother, because he
kicks again. "Ouch, calm down, Ben. Behave like a prince not like a
Nerf herder." Her expression is overshadowed with grief
remembering the annihilation of Alderaan. Some people still call her
Princess Leia Organa, but she's a princess without a planet to rule in
the future. There is no future and her son will be prince of a world
which only exists in the memories.
She sighs, stands up and grabs a tiny holoprojector from a shelf. Leia
activates the unit tentatively. It contains her most precious property
- a hologram of her late adoptive parents. After decades it still hurts
to see the smile of those whom are gone forever. They will never meet
their grandson, never cradle Ben in their arms, never sing lullabies
for him. Ben is calm in her belly as if he knows that he shouldn't
disturb his mother's grief.
Leia deactivates the holoprojector and put it back on the shelf. Again
she settles down in the chair. She knows very well that her brother
projects all his hope for the Jedi Order in the child she carries.
Leia is unsure if her son could fulfill the great expectations, but it
seems that it will be his destiny to finish what his uncle has started.
