Mara Jade is going to kill Luke Skywalker (jadeshadow) wrote in the100,
leia/mara.
In my defense I didn't kill your brother, and I helped rescue your twins from a kidnapping attempt as well. It was a tumultuous beginning to a beautiful friendship.
The short version is that I used to work for Palpatine. I was a Force sensitive operative that he referred to as the Emperor's Hand. I did whatever he requested throughout the galaxy. When he died, he left me with a last command - kill Luke Skywalker. He also left me with an inaccurate version of events, but one that I was ready enough to accept since my world was destroyed with his death. It was about six years after Endor that I stumbled across Skywalker's X-wing in the middle of nowhere. I pulled Talon Karrde's ship out of hyperspace to rescue him, which was almost certainly the work of the Force.
And I threatened to kill him, multiple times, but kept needing him alive. And Luke, being Luke, offered nothing but trust and good-will back in the face of my threats.
It took me a while to realize that the command from the Emperor was a lie, and that I had the ability to choose my life. And also in my defense, it took me a shorter length of time to realize that than it took your brother to realize I was the perfect partner for him.