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Another AU prompt for you should you want to take it: First time Anakin takes Luke and Leia to Tatooine

This got go much longer than I anticipated. I’m so sorry. 
 

Some defining of terms: In Naboo culture, because I say so, instead of godparents families choose a second set of parents for their kids just in case something were to ever happen to the original set. These are called second families and are usually regarded as either close relations or a step-family, depending on the families in question. Padme’s second family was made up of two mothers and one daughter, who went on to become one of her handmaidens when she became queen. Her name was Cordé, as in the one who was blown up in Padme’s place in AOTC. Making her Padmé’s pseudo-sister also explains why she was so willing to potentially die in her place, even after Padmé was no longer Queen.
 

Because Padme and Bail are so close, she offers the position of second family to him and Breha when the twins are born and they accept. Bail is called Ouder and Breha Moeder, which are literally just the Dutch words for Mother and Father because I’m creative like that. They’re very much like Luke and Leia’s step-parents.

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When Luke and Leia are fourteen, they go to Alderaan for the first time. They don’t remember ever leaving Naboo, though they both know that the first three or so years of their lives were spent on the run throughout the known (and unknown) galaxy. When their mother tells them that they are going to visit their second family, going to spend their fall break with them by themselves, they’re ecstatic at the thought of leaving the planet, the idea of getting to travel in a real starship, the pseudo-independence they will soon have, and seeing the stars up close. They spend the fortnight leading up to their departure in a state of excitement and barely contained glee. They love their Moeder and Ouder, Breha and Bail Organa, but usually the couple comes to them.
 

They spend their fall vacation there, learning about Alderaan and having fun with their family. Leia absorbs the customs, language, and food like she was born there – there’s something about the planet that calls to her, reminds her of home in a way she wasn’t expecting. She follows her Ouder around and asks a million questions about his day, his routines, his activities, anything that comes to mind. He’s delighted that she’s so interested and brags to anyone that will sit still for a few moments about his protégée. She dresses and speaks like a native so much that people start to call her Princess Organa fondly and she beams every time she hears it.
 

Luke likes Alderaan alright, but he misses Naboo more than she does. Alderaan in fall is colder than he’s used to for the season, with different trees and fruits, and his tongue trips him up with pronunciation. Leia learns languages quickly, always had, and the main dialect of Alderense comes to her easily but Luke has more difficulties. He speaks the language passably well for a foreigner, but it’s easy to tell he’s not from there, that he’s an outsider. People are more than willing to slow down when talking to Leia, maybe explain a few more complicated phrases to her, but with Luke they just smile and say there’s nothing wrong with Basic. He’s happy that Leia loves it here so much but he, personally, wants to go home. He doesn’t have a lot in common with his Ouder, but his Moeder and he seem to like the same kind of music and plays. He likes the musicals Alderaan is famous for, loves the various types and genres, and the most expensive thing he buys while there is a holo-recording of the opening night to a musical called Chasing Stars that’s about a pair of star-crossed lovers separated by an evil emperor and in the end they stage a revolution that almost tears them apart but ultimately makes them more intertwined. He’s about 90% sure it’s inspired by his parents and tries not to think about that too hard. His favorite song is the piece used for their wedding night – a wild, desperate, sensual love song that makes the tips of his ears burn and his stomach flutter. He hums it to himself when he’s tinkering on broken things around the palace, when he’s practicing the alphabet for this new language that he will get the hang of if only for his sister’s sake, when he’s bored and lonely in the dark.
 

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