Certainty

[lumy12]

Title: "Certainty"
Fandom: Star Wars
Characters: Leia, Bail
Prompt: sunnyskywalker's request: pre-ANH Leia + deception.
Word Count: 323
Rating: G
Summary: Leia leaves Bail to go on an important mission.
Author's Notes: Hiatus drabble #6.


It was the last time she would ever see him. And she knew it.

Princess Leia Organa hugged her father in farewell, lingering in his arms as long as he would allow. Bail inevitably pulled back and squared his hands on her shoulders, searching her serious brown eyes with his own.

"You'll do fine," he assured her with all the confidence of a proud father.

Leia forced a smile. She couldn't explain how she sometimes just knew things. She had learned long ago that it was a touchy subject with him; he would simply tell her to trust her instincts and leave it at that.

"Is something else troubling you?" Bail inquired. He knew her so well.

Leia shook her head and looked out at the Alderaanian pine that graced their palace gardens. A chill came over her as she suddenly realized a horrible truth: she was looking at these beautiful surroundings for the last time.

That could only mean that something was about to happen to her, not him. Strangely enough, that realization gave her some comfort.

She had to go on this mission. The princess was not one to shy away from danger... but even more powerful than the sense of impending doom was her certainty that this trip she was about to take was absolutely crucial to the survival of the Rebellion. If she told her father the truth, he would prevent her from going. No, she couldn't tell him.

"The Tantive IV is ready, your highness," interrupted an oblivious aide, sparing her any further discussion of her feelings.

Leia nodded to him curtly, then kissed Bail's cheek. "I love you," she whispered as she backed away from him.

"I love you, too," Bail replied, smiling at her so adoringly that Leia thought her heart might snap in two. "See you soon."

She desperately wanted to believe that she would see him again.

Maybe her intuition was wrong this time.

Comments

[luminations.livejournal.com]

:(

[zigsternenstaub.livejournal.com]

Ah, this gave me chills! Too often Leia's intuition is neglected. She must have suspected *something.* That kind of disaster is too enormous for the Force not to have warned her.

[luminations.livejournal.com]

Chills! And Palpatine wasn't even involved! Yay!

[caffeinatedkate.livejournal.com]

Awww, so sad. :(

[luminations.livejournal.com]

:( Yeah... at least she was wrong(ish)? :D?

[gizzi1213.livejournal.com]

Nice. It's always bothered me that we don't see, in the movies at least, Leia explore her Jedi heritage. Although, I guess that would have been difficult to show since she didn't learn of it until the very end! Still, I don't think, as you mentioned in this ficlet, that we even see her explore her "instincts" all that much either.

Loved the interaction with Bail, btw.

PS: I don't have any Leia icons, or Bail icons, this one is the only one with even Leia on it!

[luminations.livejournal.com]

Ahhhh it's the icon you use when you're implying something UNTOWARD about me and my brother! :D

And sssshhhhh, you don't REALLY want them to turn the New Jedi Order into episodes 7, 8, and 9, do you???

Thank you for the kind feedback!
(I don't have many Leia icons either)

[niicoly.livejournal.com]

:-O Omg, I love fics with Leia and Bail. The part with the pines gave me chills.

Leia nodded to him curtly, then kissed Bail's cheek. "I love you," she whispered as she backed away from him.

"I love you, too," Bail replied, smiling at her so adoringly that Leia thought her heart might snap in two. "See you soon."

I AM WIBBLING.

[luminations.livejournal.com]

Thank you! ♥
SORRY ABOUT THE WIBBLING D:

[lazypadawan.livejournal.com]

Poor Leia, poor Bail. Especially Bail :O.

[luminations.livejournal.com]

Yeah :(
Thanks for reading & commenting :)

[luminations.livejournal.com]

Yeah, so sad :( If only Leia knew how wrong she was... I wonder if she'd still leave, though.

[sunnyskywalker]

That could only mean that something was about to happen to her, not him [...] but even more powerful than the sense of impending doom was her certainty that this trip she was about to take was absolutely crucial to the survival of the Rebellion. If she told her father the truth, he would prevent her from going. No, she couldn't tell him.

Oh, Leia... *heart breaks* This is beautiful and sad and perfect. I love Leia's intuition and that she knows there's something funny about it from Bail's reactions and her courage in going on the mission anyway.

[luminations.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! Poor doomed Alderaan :(

[chameleon-irony.livejournal.com]

This gave me shivers. The way Leia misinterpreted her intuition - actually her untrained Force sense - because she couldn't even imagine the horror ahead... that was chilling.

even more powerful than the sense of impending doom was her certainty that this trip she was about to take was absolutely crucial to the survival of the Rebellion

This made me wonder what she would have done if she had known the price of this mission's success.

[luminations.livejournal.com]

Thank you for reading and commenting :) Glad it moved you!