Hello my readers. This is the sequel to master and apprentice which if you have not read you must before you read this one. Also the first couple of chapters are going to be short, don't worry though I have more than this typed and I'll try to post one or two at a time every other day possibly…

Summery: Padmé recently married to Anakin shares a strange dream with him that turns out to be a premonition, its about a Darth Traya, little do they know she returns the very next day and slips into their ranks of Jedi unnoticed, while her resurrected apprentice joins a fleet of four star destroyers still loyal to the Empire.

Can Traya succeed and can Padmé protect her new born children?...

Master and Apprentice 2: Lady of Betrayal

Chapter 1: Guarding Coruscant

The New Republic was fragile. The slightest push in the wrong direction would send it tumbling over the cliff it was perched on and into deadly waters. Coruscant was in a rebuilding effort as well as several other core planets. It had been nine months to the day since the Emperor was overthrown by his apprentice Darth Vader who now took on the name Anakin Skywalker, known as Lord Skywalker to the new Republic and its military which he commanded.

Coruscant was littered with buildings. Some intact others blown to bits or half gone, all still smoking with molten metal at their base. Around the planet orbited a small ring of dead Tie Fighters, ones that had attacked Vader's flagship the day he overthrew the Empire. The served as memoirs of the fallen Empire and now one made an effort to clear them away. Vader, known as Anakin now stood on the bridge of his flagship the Executor a super star destroyer that had once served the Empire, now served the New Republic. He gazed at the floating dead Tie Fighters, it reminded him of the Emperor's lifeless body.

He and his fleet had been assigned to orbit Coruscant today in defense of Imperial terrorist attacks which occurred frequently. Today was the crowning of the official Chancellor of the New Republic. Mon Mothma, a prime target for any terrorist. Anakin ripped his gaze away from the Tie Fighters and turned it towards his wife Padmé. She stood next to him almost nine months into her pregnancy and due almost any day, most likely sometime next week. Today she wore long flowing robes that were hot and heavy to hide her pregnancy. Vader had many enemies and since Vader was Anakin and Anakin was married and had a pregnant wife his children would be prime targets to be hurt.

Anakin's black Sith cloak which he still wore looked dull next to her robes. She smiled at him.

"What's the matter, can't keep your eyes off me?"

"You know it."

She laughed. It was a forced laugh though. Something was on her mind, he could tell. And he knew what it was. She was sad, both had agreed the child must be hidden and Padmé had chosen an excellent place. A little known mansion on the lake country of Naboo. She would be going there, soon, tomorrow possibly to fix up the baby's room and wait to have it, her old friend Sabé would help her take care of the children and watch them when Padmé left as she had to occasionally. But there was no way Anakin could really come there, what with his duties as military commander and the suspicion it would attract. Piett could not fill in for him all the time, no matter how responsible and smart he was.

Padmé would miss him terribly, he would miss her as well but both would deny it if asked. And Anakin had another duty, to resurrect the Jedi order. He felt committed to it since he destroyed it but he would not become a Jedi. He was a temporary member of the new council which was composed of him, Yoda, Qui-gon, and Xen Stryker though she still didn't have enough Jedi experience, they needed her cunning mind. She was being trained still by Yoda and was still captain of Phoenix IIin Vader's fleet. Qui-gon was training another Jedi candidate they found, a son of Ki-Adi-Mundi, he was the only married Jedi on the council since the birth rate of his species was so slow. The child's name Anakin could not remember but there was another Jedi candidate he did remember. Mara Jade, she was trained as a Sith yes, but needed a Jedi mentor. Anakin could not do it for it was decided he would never teach another. Padmé was temporarily on the council like him but she could not train Mara. They needed either to find an old surviving Jedi master to do it or Yoda and Qui-gon needed to work fast.

Just then Piett approached him from behind.

"Lord Vader, Skywalker I mean. There is an incoming ship, Z-95 Headhunter." Piett said. Instead of his old olive gray Imperial uniform her wore a read one, of the New Republic. They still ranked men the Imperial way so he kept his badge as Admiral.

"Mara Jade." Padmé and Anakin said in unison.

Just then the old ship zoomed past the bridge view ports and the comm on the bridge crackled.

"So do I get to land or what Lord Skywalker?"

"You are clear to land Mara, go to the Jedi temple. Qui-gon and Yoda will be waiting for you."

"Sure thing Lord Skywalker."

Her ships flew off above the Executor's blue-gray hull and dangerously close too. She went over the New Republic insignia and disappeared over the end of the ship, headed for Coruscant.

"Lord Vader, we have another message coming in from General Solo."

"I'll never understand how that man became a general." Vader muttered. "You'd think he was mental flying that junky ship of his. What has he to say?"

"He is advising us Mon Mothma is sworn in and safely in her office."

"Excellent. Piett!" Vader barked. The Admiral came running back.

"Yes milord?"

"My wife and I are retiring to my quarters, we have matters to talk about." Vader said, emphasizing the word matters. Piett nodded and understood, he was one of the few that knew of Padmé's pregnancy.

"Of course milord. I'll watch the ship and alert you if anything comes up."

"Good."

XxX

Anakin and Padmé sat on the black velvet sofa in his quarters. The HoloNet screen was on, broadcasting some program neither Anakin nor Padmé paid attention to.

"Have you decided when you're leaving?" Anakin asked somewhat sadly his attention on the screen, a podrace was on. He liked those. Padmé leaned against him and watched it as well. Apparently someone named Thraj Kaal was in the lead by a lap.

"Tomorrow, I really don't want to go."

"I'll be there. Have Sabé call me and I'll be there."

"I know but… I mean how long will I be away from you after that? Our child wont have much of a father until we are ready to put him out in the open."

"Her." Anakin said. He looked at her and grinned, something he could only do when she was around. "With all those kicks it's got to be a girl."

"It's a boy Anakin, we're naming him Luke."

"How do you know? It could be a girl and her name's Leia."

"I have this… motherly instinct."

"Well I have a fatherly instinct."

"You're not the one who is pregnant Anakin, I'm right."

"We'll just wait and see then, wont we?"

"Guess so and when we have a boy you have to take me out somewhere."

"When we have a girl you have to take me out somewhere and buy the food."

"Come on, it's not like you don't have credits!"

"I might not have any soon." Anakin said playfully. "I'm looking for girl baby stuff and I think I am going to have to bribe Mon Mothma to let me take out the four star destroyers in black hole cluster by Kessel."

"She'll listen to you, she knows she has to protect the Republic."

"No, she still hasn't forgiven me for handing her over to the Emperor."

At the mention of the Emperor Padmé's eyes turned a sick red. They had found a prison record of her queen sister Sola a few days after Coruscant was liberated. She had been deeply tortured for a week, and was raped and killed. Sick. And it was all Sidious's fault. Anakin felt sympathy for his wife.

"I hate that man."

"So do I."

"But you got to kill him, I would have given anything to do that myself. After what he did to Sola… that sick bastard. He must be seventy years old and he… ugh I cant even think about it."

"Neither can I, but he did that to hundreds of others."

"Is that supposed to make me feel better?"

"No, its just to let you know."

"I hate him."

"Maybe we should go to bed."

"No, I'm gonna take a nice hot shower to get my mind off of it."

"Alright, but I am going to bed."

"I'll join you later."

"It's times like that when I wish you weren't pregnant, yet."

Padmé smiled.

"Maybe someday soon Anakin, but I'm not sure I can handle two children."

Anakin laughed and watched Padmé go into the fresher. When the door shut he switched off the HoloNet screen and went to go to bed.