Word count: 2871

———

I was back. A month exactly today. One week of that being in the hospital. Now I was standing in my room on Alderaan, picking out an outfit for the day, the first time since I was back. My mother told me to pick out a nice one since we were getting visitors. She didn't exactly tell me who was coming but I knew that there would be lots of family members and politicians in general

Today was a celebration for my return from being captured by bounty hunters. You didn't really know what they wanted to do with you but they always said something about someone named Darth Sidisius...Sadious...Satisous...i don't quite remember. It really sounded like a made up name to have an excuse for what they did, if I was honest. Also since you've never heard of him before.

As I finished changing, I brushed my hair and just let it stay like that.

Just then my mother came in. "You look beautiful." She said coming up to me and giving me a slight hug. "I'm so so happy that you are back. I cant say it often enough." She added smiling at me. I gave her another hug before we went to the huge dining hall which was a bit different today. Normally there was one long table in the middle of the room but today the table stood aside with several different food options on it. All over the club were bar tables, just a few "normal" tables on the side of the room with chairs around them.

There was live music and a waiters were walking everywhere. Wow I didn't know it was gonna be this big of a party. I didn't mind since I missed these kind of things very much in the 4 month I was locked up. The only sad things was that my friends weren't gonna be here. It was okay but the one I wanted to see the most and so also missed the most was quite not a friend but my secret boyfriend Anakin Skywalker.

We were good friends since he was a young Padawan. Obi-Wan and my father were good friends and one day as he visited us he brought Anakin with him. I showed him our Palace as the adults talked and we quickly discovered that we shared many interests and our similar personality. From then we always secretly tried to see each other when my father and Obi-Wan had meetings or just whenever we were on the same planet. Then when I was 19 and he 21 he confessed that he had developed feelings towards me. That he had always had these feelings and I returned these feelings. But since he was a Jedi knight and I a princess we both decided that for now its better to not act on those. So we just went on living our life...for a short while...because not even a week later you got captured. After months of trying to find you he did.

It was dark. I couldn't see anything. My hands were tied up on the wall, bruises on my wirsts caused by the ropes being to tight. I didn't know how much time had passed since I was in here. Was it a week? Two weeks? A month? Three months? I lost every sense of time in here. I was rarely allowed to go out of it and if only with some bounty hunters by my side checking every step I take.

I felt my body getting weaker from not getting much to eat and drink. They had punished me when I tried to escape at the very beginning with hitting me I got away with a few bruises but the second time I tried to escape I ended up being covered in blood and weaker than I had ever been. I never tried again. I gave up every hope of ever getting out of here.

Today I really struggled with keeping my eyes open, the only thing that kept me trying to not faint was the fear of never opening them again. It hurt everywhere. I even asked myself it it would be better if I never opened them again.

Suddenly I heard screams from outside. I heard shooting and a lightsaber being ignited. I was scared that it would be a Sith so I pressed myself against the wall I was being tied up on. The door opened but it wasn't a Sith... it was Anakin. I thought I was dreaming. This really had to be a dream. I started to cry thinking I would have got insane by now but as Anakin came near my cutting the roped with his lightsaber and letting me down laying on his lap I realized it was reality. "I thought I'd never see you again, Y/N." He told me sounding as if he was about to cry too. He held me tight but not trying to hurt me. "I thought I had lost you" he brought a hand to my cheek looking me deep in my eyes. "I missed you, Ani. Every. Single. Day." I told him as he leaned his forehead against mine. Our noses brushed again each others as his lips collided with mine. Even if we still we in this cell I felt safe as soon as he came through the door.

"I love you, y/n. I realized I couldn't stay away from you anymore. I wanted to tell you that I thought we made a dump decision but when I arrived they told me you were gone. Not a day went by on which I didn't search for you. Not a night I hadn't dream about you. I don't cade about the code anymore. I don't care that you are a princess. I just want your love. I cant live without you, y/n." He told me as our lips separated and a tear ran down his cheek. "I feel the same way, Ani. I realized it too. It was totally dump of us trying to stay away from wach other. Trying to only be friends since we both know we can't. I love you, Ani. I truly, deeply love you." I told him brushing a strand of his hair back behind his ear never breaking eye contact.

I got into the hall being greeted with politicians who all said how glad they are of my well-being and return. I nodded and smiled at everything they said. When they all finished talking to me I went over to a bar table on which my enjoying ass cousin, Ronan, was but it was the only one where still space was. I really wonder why?

"Oh hello beloved cousin. Are you back from your little trip?" Ronan laughed with his friends. I honestly think he bought their friendship. "Would i be here if not you, beloved cousin?" I over friendly said giving him a fake smile.

A waiter came over asking if I wanted something to eat from the plate he carried in his plate. I kindly said that I wasn't hungry at the moment and he went away. "You are being way too kind, Y/N. You don't talk like that to people who are below your class." He claimed while his followers, thats how I will call them now, laughed. "Oh so I should also stop talking to you in that way? I mean if you wish so." I innocently mentioned. Now his followers laughed but he shot them a death glare.

A few moments passed in which he complained about me talking to him like that and how it not acceptable since he is older bla bla bla. I didn't listen. I even went away from them after a while as I started getting too annoyed.

I walked around as a hand on my shoulder turned me around. For the slightest moment I thought it could be Anakin but I was surprised with Kerrick an old friend of mine who then became very weird. I sometimes wonder if he still thought we were friends when I clearly told him that we weren't anymore. With weird I mean trying touch me and be more than friends when I said I didn't want that.

"Hello y/n. You look stunning today." He said giving me a hug which I didn't returned. "I would even say hot." He added whispering into my ear. I awkwardly laughed. "Thank you I guess?" I then said trying to get away from him by going outside. "No need to tun away from me, sweetheart. I'm coming with you." He said laying an arm around my waist. I quickly took his arms off of me. "Yeah. Cool." I mumbled.

As we were outside I looked into the sky. Somewhere there was Anakin. That made me feel a little more comfortable despise the fact that Kerrick was still beside me. He looked at me and leaned in but I backed away. "Oh uh you uh have a bug in your hair." I told him. He calmly said that he didn't care. Damnit.

I looked around searching for another excuse as he again leaned in. As I saw it. Anakin's ship. I nearly screamed out of joy. Kerrick confusedly looked around. He sighed annoyed. "What does this Jedi Idiot want here?" He said crossing his arms. I ran towards the ship in the forest. He didn't want to catch too much attention.

I haven't seen him in two weeks which was not much but it felt like ages. Before that he spent every day with me as I was in the hospital and the whole next week too, to protect me if someone tried to capture me again. At least thats what I told your parents.

One night we even slept with each other and it was better than I could ever have imagined it to be. It was our both first time which made it even more special.

Kerrick ran after me. I stopped as I saw the ship and Anakin jumping out of it. As he saw me he did a little run with a huge smile on his lips. How I loved that. "Y/N!" He said as he wanted to hug me but then noticed Kerrick beside me. Why does this ass have to ruin the moment. "For you, Jedi, its Princess Y/N" Kerrick told Anakin pushing me behind him. Anakin scoffed. "Oh I apologize. Who are you again?" Anakin asked crossing his arms. "I'm Prince Kerrick of Tajouta." He said. "Then get back to your Prince business and stop bothering me." Anakin explained walking past him towards me. We walked away from Kerrick didn't follow us.

We got to a quiet place and hid behind a huge tree. "You don't know how much I missed you." He said while leaning his forehead against mine. "Then why don't you show me?" I whispered smiling as he brought his hands on the tree on each side of me. He then slowly brought his robotic hand to my waist pulling me against him. I now was standing pressed against both Anakin and the tree trunk. His other hand gently caressed my cheek while he looked deep into my eyes.

He slowly leaned in kissing me deeply and full of love. The kiss grew more passionated and he pressed himself even more against me. I brought my hands up playing with his hair pulling him slightly more down to me so that the kiss would grow even more intense. He then started to kiss down from my lips to my neck where he for sure the left a few hickeys. As if he tried to make it obvious. I let out a small and quiet moan to what he just chuckled as a reaction. Then he got to my lips again kissing me deep.

I completely forgot that there was a party behind us so I slightly pulled away from the kiss. "Ani, I think I have to go back. We can continue later. I promise." I told him and he pressed himself against me. "So soon?" He complained making a sad face. "Ani, stop that you now how hard it already is for me." I jokily said fake hitting him. He chuckled at that releasing me. He gave me a last kiss. "I'll wait here. I don't want to a party crasher besides I don't know anyone." He told me and I nodded. "I try to find a excuse as fast as I can." I let him know to which he nodded this time.

As I walked I tried to make my hair seem a little less of a -I just made out with a Jedi- look. I kinda managed that, so I just straightened my dress a bit before opening the backdoor where I originally came from trying to escape Kerrick.

You took a deep breath and opened the door. "What were you doing?" A voice directly asked. You slightly jumped at that since you didn't see that Kerrick stood beside the door. "Uh I talked with An- General Skywalker. I mean he rescued me." I claimed trying to stay casually. "Oh okay why is he allowed to call you by your first name? And why did he even come here?" He questioned stepping towards me. "Not that I own you an explanation but firstly because he is an old friend of mine and second because he wanted to check up on me." I told him regaining my confidence. "He is rude and I don't want you to hang out with him." He told me And i scoffed. "Okay and since when do you tell me what to so? And Anakin isn't rude or anything just towards people who don't deserve to be threaten otherwise!" I explained to him in a louder voice than before. He nodded and started walking away as he looked at me confused.

He got near me and removed the fabric of my dress on my neck. "Is that a fucking hickey?" He asked pinning me against the wall behind me. What the fuck?! "No uh I-" i was interrupted by a slap across my face. "How dare you!" I yelled at him. He slapped me again. "HOW DARE YOU?!" He yelled back. "I tried to become your boyfriend for so fucking long and you just get together with that Jedi scum?!" He yelled at me. I have never been so scared before. I didn't say anything cause for the first time I was scared.

He got near me. "I'm gonna kill you, you slut!" He screamed as he pressed himself against me. He started choking me with his hands and I struggled to breath. I somehow managed to kick him between his legs, open the door and run as fast as I could. After a few seconds I realized that he was running after me. I cried as I ran into the forest to where Anakin was. "ANAKIN!" I screamed as I finally saw his ship. Anakin looked at me again jumping out of his ship as Kerrick approached me bringing a knife to my throat.

Anakin gasped shocking. "If I cant have her, no one can!" Kerrick yelled. He tried to cut me with it but something or better said someone stopped his attempt. "Let her go!" Anakin screamed at him. With his force mind thing, he got Kerricks knife to magically fly into his hand. Anakin threw it away and now started force choking him. He then stopped and let Kerrick fall to the ground. Anakin stepped over him pushing me behind himself asking if I was okay with a small look.

"You don't know what you are getting yourself into! She never even will want to sleep with you! I can only tell you that!" Kerrick told Anakin and Anakin smirked. "Maybe she didnt want to sleep with you, you little piece of space shit. I fucked her and made her scream my name so loud that I swear even people on Coruscant could hear it." Anakin victoriously let him know. "But if you tell that one single soul in this galaxy. You are a dead man." Anakin told him and went over to me asking if I was okay. Kerrick stood up running back to the building.

I was sure that I would never be bothered by him again. I then also gor into the building but this time with Anakin. My parents greeted him and once again thanked him for rescuing me.

But little did they know he just rescued me a few minutes ago.

———