The Fan Fiction Archive updates with four new stories this week. Here's a taster of the second story, "At the Homestead" by ami-padme, which explores the Lars family's grief in a missing scene from Attack of the Clones.

At the Homestead by ami-padme

Summary

The Lars family, along with Anakin and Padm?, suffer the loss of Shmi during Attack of the Clones.

Excerpt

They had attacked in near silence, but once they were safely away, their bellows and shouts had echoed throughout the farm.

Cliegg and Owen had left soon after that, and Beru sat alone, at the homestead, watching the horizon and waiting for their return. The suns had barely peeked above the skyline when Shmi had been taken. Beru had since watched them rise, and fall. She didn't want to think about how late it was now. She only knew that it was pitch-black out, and the darkness and shadows were dancing all over the farm and inside the hovel, playing tricks on her eyes everywhere they looked.

She was annoyed at herself. She wasn't a child, scared of ghosts that she knew didn't exist. She had to stop being afraid. Shmi didn't have the luxury of sitting in her house, biding her time. She had been taken by real demons, and Beru knew that Shmi would not cower before them.

Beru took a deep breath to strengthen her resolve, and felt a little better. She could -

A sudden, loud beeping noise blared out from the near the front door and her heart almost stopped. Read more here.

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