One Last Chance. An Infinity Orb Fanfic/Spin-off.
I do not own Star wars, I do own my OCs, but they're not really the focus of this. Yet.
Prologue: The Chosen One Reborn!
23 years after the Battle of Yavin, over the Jedi temple on Yavin four, where Luke Skywalker and his niece Jaina Solo train young Jedi in the ways of the force. Anakin Skywalker, using his powers as a force ghost, watches his son and grand daughter as they teach their young pupils:
"Ahh, brings back Memories doesn't it?" A young girl calmly states to Anakin, her black hair flows in the wind behind her.
"Yes," Anakin answers before he realizes he's at least fifty feet off the ground, and a living breathing human girl is talking to him like it's no big deal. And she's flying with out any assistance. 'Who are you?" he demands.
"Is that any way to talk to a girl?" The seventeen year old girl asks. "Especially one with my kind of powers?" Her green eyes seem to be looking elsewhere as she talks. "Who I am is not important, what is important, is who you are, who you were, and who you might still become."
"My life is over, I've made enough mistakes already. I just want to watch the peaceful moments."
"What if I said that within the next three years, a force more terrible than the Empire ever was would come through this galaxy and destroy countless lives, including the lives of two of your grandchildren. What if I told you that it was a direct result of your actions when you were Darth Vader? What If I told you that only one person could have the power to stop them before they destroy nearly everything your children have worked for?"
"What are you saying?"
"I'm saying take my hand, and let me show you something." The girl says.
"I'm a ghost, I can't take anything."
"Hurry up!" the girl snatches Anakin's hand from him, and they are pulled into a wild adventure.
4 years in the future, in a church-like building on Hapes, a funeral procession, a brown haired boy lies on a stone table, surrounded by Han Solo and Leia Solo, Luke Skywalker, Mara Jade Skywalker and his sister Jaina, as well as many others.
"Who is he?" Anakin questions. Until he realizes. "My grandson."
"He was killed by the Yuuzhen Vong, a dangerous race of beings completely devoid of the force, He's not the only one to have been killed. Thousands of planets were decimated by their invasion. An invasion caused by one of your former apprentices." The girl explains as flashes of the destroyed worlds appeared before the two of them. "Your other grandson was captured by them, and tortured until he became insane, and had given in to the dark side. He eventually would walk the same dark path as you, under the training of your former student."
"Why show me this?" Anakin asks as he sees two of his grandchildren clash their lightsabers against each other, both having the intent to kill the other. "Why not warn them?"
"Why show you this? It's because of this that Luke Skywalkers Jedi order will eventually be destroyed by a new order of Sith. Or should I say because of your actions."
"What?" The scene before them changes again, to an army of Red-lightsaber wielding Sith descending upon the Jedi temple on Yavin, as helpless Jedi are killed by the new Sith Regime, the One Sith.
"You descendants will die at the hands of enemies you created!" The girl continues. "all these tragedies I've described to you are indirectly or directly your fault. Your turn to the dark side is responsible for the eventual turn of one of your fellow Jedi to the same. He will create the One Sith. and they will destroy the Jedi Order created by Luke Skywalker."
"There is nothing for me to do. I'm dead, I can't fight anyone anymore, I can only observe. There is no way for me to help them, there is nothing I can do for them!" Anakin shoots back at the girl. "It's not as though I can regain my body and powers and fight alongside the new Jedi!"
"and that brings me to my next point. What if there was a way to give you back your body? What if I could offer you, One last chance, one last shot. No resets, no restarts, just, one."
"You can't offer me that. No one can."
"Ahh, but just look, you're already partially restored." Anakin looks down to see his right hand. in the flesh. not a droid arm, not the blue hue it usually had, but the flesh and blood he had when he was alive. His other hand had also returned, as had his feet. he reached up to touch his face and he felt it. He actually felt it!
"What power is this? It's impossible."
"Not for me. My power does not come from the force alone. And now, no longer does yours."
"What?"
"You won't admit it, but you can't stand being unable to fight. Unable to help people, or yourself. I can give you the power to fight, starting with the restoration of all your force powers, and as you help me, I'll give you new powers that you can bring back here when your done, and with them, you'll be able to do more than fight." The girl takes in a breath. "You'll be able to win!"
"why are you doing this?"
"I came to you because despite everything you've done, your knowledge of both sides of the force is extensive. and I need someone who knows more about the force than me, to train my student. He desperately needs to master this power, and I naturally thought of you. If you help him and teach him, I'll give you what I've promised, and I'll help you find a way to bring back Padme. With your help I can save his friends world, and with my help, you can save the Jedi. I'll even send my student with you! And with every thing you do to help him, your powers will increase, and you will regain your body."
"Who are you?"
"A traveler." The girl says. "So, do we have an accord? You can say no of course, and go back to being a wandering ghost. But are you satisfied with that? You'll never get another chance like this."
Thinking of his beloved wife, and his son, his daughter, his grandchildren, all those people he had killed, did he deserve one last chance? Probably not, but he would let this be his punishment. He would fix all that he had done wrong, and restore order to the galaxy. Only when he accomplished that, would he be able to forgive himself. "Alright." He answered.
"Sorry?" The girl asked.
"Take me with you. I'll help."
"Not like that you won't."
"What do you mean?"
"Here." Waving her hand, Anakin's old Jedi robes appeared, covering the remaining ghostly parts of his body. "and here, are all the lightsabers you've ever constructed, even the ones that ended up destroyed. From both you time as a Jedi and Sith. But you can just take the Jedi ones if you wish." with another wave of her hand, six lightsabers appeared, two were the ones Anakin had built when he was a Padawan, and the third when he was a Knight. The same saber Luke had used to fight him the first time. The other three were different ones he had used as Darth Vader.
"No, I'll take them all, as reminder's of who I am, and what I've done."
"Sounds good." Anakin takes the lightsabers and hides them in his robes, only wearing one of his Jedi and one of his Sith sabers on the outside.
"Well, shall we begin?" The girl grabs Anakin's arm, and pulls him with her to another universe.
Elsewhere...
"Darth Sidious, a legendary Sith to be sure." An eighteen year old boy says as he walks throughout the corridors of an abandoned Imperial building on Coruscant. Rumor was this used to be one of the Emperor's luxury buildings. And his secrets could be hidden here. "Well I hope he doesn't mind if I go through his stuff."
"Zenaku, sir, I should inform you that this building is scheduled for demolition in sixteen standard hours." A protocol droid that Zenaku had picked up said, it had already been reprogrammed to assist him around the planet/city.
"Oh, we'll be out of here by then." He responds. "In the mean time, try to see if you can get that console back up and running." He gestures to a nearby computer in the spacious room.
"yes sir.
Zenaku breathes deeply as he focuses his power until finally, he lashes out with his power causing a stone statue to crumble revealing a small switch. "perfect." Using the force he flips the switch, which reveals a set of stairs. He descends them, and eventually comes to a door. "I guess knocking is out of the question." with strength alone, he knocks down the door, revealing what looks like an armoury. A large room filled with with all sorts of Sith artifacts, and weapons. Holocrons, Lightsabers, ancient Sith swords and the like. "The Emperor's collection of Sith artifacts. Probably only a fraction of it. But it's definitely, an excellent start."
To Be continued. Maybe.
This is a spin-off of my other story. The Infinity Orb. Which "the girl" and Zenaku are both OC's from. If you enjoy mega crossovers that include star wars. You might like it. If you can keep up with the fandoms anyway.
I might continue this if people like it, but it will focus more on a fully restored Anakin upon his return to the Star Wars galaxy.
Thanks for reading and please review!