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11 years after Endor...
The lights of the planet Coruscant glittered brightly in the cold darkness of space. A ship arced downward toward the atmosphere, the minds of the crew aboard it bright and young. Luke Skywalker watched it go, then turned to enter the huge building that housed the Provisional Council. Heading toward the doors that muffled the sounds of arguing, he caught sight of a man, a few years older then he, lounging hip-hitched against the doorframe. "Fancy meeting you here." Luke murmured glancing over again at the door. " I thought you'd be home with the kids."
Han Solo, a lopsided grin on his face, shook his head. " I know. If I'm not home soon, the twins will torch the place, then Anakin will vacuum the ashes and dump them into a lake somewhere." Luke smiled, which was a rare occurrence lately. His niece and nephews could cause that kind of damage, and then make like nothing ever happened. They were definitely Han's kids. Before he could answer, though, the door to the Inner Council opened and Leia Organa Solo stepped out.
Looking exasperated and tired, she walked over to them. "Let's go, quick. Before they can call me back for another session."
Dinner was a fairly simple one. Or, Luke reflected, as simple as it could get with Lando Calrissian at the table. The twins were looking innocent, and Anakin, who tried to be as good in acting as his siblings, but never could quite get it, was making a half attempt to not glance down the corridor every few seconds. Luke couldn't help but give a little snort in amusement as he thought of what they might have blown up this time. He was just going to bring Leia's attention to it, when he felt a rolling wave of destruction hit him through the Force. He gasped, heard Leia's glass hit the floor, and heard the twins and Anakin cry out. Then he heard nothing at all.
Han saw most of his family go down, falling into food or onto the table. Everything was quiet for a moment, then Chewie let out a howl of surprise and they all rushed to help those nearest them. Looking down at Jaina's face, frozen in a look of surprise and something like pain, Lando grimaced. "What happened? Anything like this ever happen before, Han?" Han picked up his sons and shook his head numbly, the only thing he had strength enough to do. Chewie hooted mournfully as he lay Luke and Leia on a couch. "Yeah, you probably would remember it if it had. What happened?" Lando repeated. Something clicked in Han's mind. " The Force," he said, Lando whipped around in surprise. "Something bad, something real bad, happened. They all felt it." Han went pale as he said this, realising too late who else would be affected. He saw Lando get it.
"The students!" Lando whispered.
Han turned, calling behind him. "Chewie, stay here in case they wake up. Lando pack you bags and cross you fingers." Looking back at Leia and his kids Han muttered, too softly to be heard, "Pray I'm wrong about this one."
2
Leia woke slowly, hearing someone whimper beside her. She opened her eyes and looked around, then gasped in surprise. Everything was gray, and there was fog everywhere.
"Mom, where are we?" Anakin crept to her side, Jacen and Jaina right behind him, all three of them looking strange without her knowing why.
" I wish I knew, honey." Leia murmured. Luke sat up with a grunt and shook his head to get his hair out of his eyes. It was the same; there was something different about him. He looked almost ...transparent. Leia held his gaze and reached out to grasp his Force sense.
" Where are we going to go?" Jaina asked, pretending not to worry, but the terror shone through in her eyes. " Well," Luke said with another grunt as he got to his feet. " We've got two options. That way, to the day part of wherever we are, or into the night."
Leia looked to the light on her right, then back to the darkness on her left. The answer was fairly obvious. "Let's go that way." Leia suggested, pointing to her right. "At least there we'll be able to see." They all rose to their feet, and began to walk.
About 50 meters later, Luke stopped dead " We're being followed." He said. Turning around, he froze. "Greetings." Sneered a voice.
Leia turned, then became as rigid as Luke. A tall column of blackness stood before them.
"You don't belong here," the voice from within the darkness purred. "So why are you here? You look and feel like Jedi, but you don't glow. Not that that matters, of course, I'll end your existence anyway. Oh, don't worry little one," cackled the darkness, as Jaina's eyes bulged and she tried to crawl away. "You'll have plenty of time to say goodbye to existence before I'm through with you." The dark cloud began to take on a form. A tall, bald figure, it's head studded with horns, and it's face a red and black nightmare. It raised it's hands and hesitated a moment, staring hard at Luke and Leia, then each of the children in turn.
" I know you from somewhere, don't I?" the evil, horned being took another step forward. He seemed to look beyond them, into infinity. The tattooed face contorted in rage and fear, the ghastly voice screaming out a war cry, then a shriek of " Skywalker!" Familiar blue-white lightning bolts flew from his fingertips. One contacted Luke, and he fell, down into the blackness.
Three glowing shapes chased the dark warrior off the three unconscious children and the two adults.
The fearsome humanoid spat at them in contempt. "You'll pay for this, Jedi."
Glancing down at the five limp forms that it stood in front of, one of the glowing men turned back to the speaker and spoke in a voice low enough to be a growl. "Get out of here, Sith. Never return to this place."
"My, my, was that a threat? Temper, Jedi, temper." The Sith taunted.
Another of the Jedi spoke. "Get out, I don't want to fight, but if you don't go..." More shapes were appearing out of the fog, and approaching the Sith without fear.
"I won't forget this." The Sith Lord snarled. "You'll pay for this with your existence, and the existence of your families!"
"Leave. Go back to where you belong." The first Jedi said.
The Sith, once again a black cloud, snarled once again in anger from being robbed of it's prey, and disappeared.
The Jedi turned together and knelt where the five lay. The second Jedi laid a hand on each forehead in turn and the first Jedi sighed in puzzlement.
"It's too early for them to come, they should have a lot more time left. I wish..."
"Don't worry, my young friend. Look," the third Jedi, who hadn't spoke a word yet, now gently lifted Luke Skywalker's limp hand. "What do you notice?"
"He isn't...you mean he's-"
"Yes. So how did they end up here?" The speaker lifted his head, as if listening to something no one else could hear.
"What is it, Master?" The second Jedi spoke again.
"They aren't the only ones. Many more just arrived, one just fell on a borderland scout."
A small chuckle came from the first Jedi, who was hoisting two of the children in his arms.
He turned, "Thank you captain, we appreciate your help."
One of the figures coming through the fog nodded and picked up the third child. "Let's get home, that's all I care about."
"Right." They started back towards the light.
Looking down at both of the small ones he carried, the Jedi Knight sighed again.
"Why are you here...?
"You're alive."
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11 years after Endor...
The lights of the planet Coruscant glittered brightly in the cold darkness of space. A ship arced downward toward the atmosphere, the minds of the crew aboard it bright and young. Luke Skywalker watched it go, then turned to enter the huge building that housed the Provisional Council. Heading toward the doors that muffled the sounds of arguing, he caught sight of a man, a few years older then he, lounging hip-hitched against the doorframe. "Fancy meeting you here." Luke murmured glancing over again at the door. " I thought you'd be home with the kids."
Han Solo, a lopsided grin on his face, shook his head. " I know. If I'm not home soon, the twins will torch the place, then Anakin will vacuum the ashes and dump them into a lake somewhere." Luke smiled, which was a rare occurrence lately. His niece and nephews could cause that kind of damage, and then make like nothing ever happened. They were definitely Han's kids. Before he could answer, though, the door to the Inner Council opened and Leia Organa Solo stepped out.
Looking exasperated and tired, she walked over to them. "Let's go, quick. Before they can call me back for another session."
Dinner was a fairly simple one. Or, Luke reflected, as simple as it could get with Lando Calrissian at the table. The twins were looking innocent, and Anakin, who tried to be as good in acting as his siblings, but never could quite get it, was making a half attempt to not glance down the corridor every few seconds. Luke couldn't help but give a little snort in amusement as he thought of what they might have blown up this time. He was just going to bring Leia's attention to it, when he felt a rolling wave of destruction hit him through the Force. He gasped, heard Leia's glass hit the floor, and heard the twins and Anakin cry out. Then he heard nothing at all.
Han saw most of his family go down, falling into food or onto the table. Everything was quiet for a moment, then Chewie let out a howl of surprise and they all rushed to help those nearest them. Looking down at Jaina's face, frozen in a look of surprise and something like pain, Lando grimaced. "What happened? Anything like this ever happen before, Han?" Han picked up his sons and shook his head numbly, the only thing he had strength enough to do. Chewie hooted mournfully as he lay Luke and Leia on a couch. "Yeah, you probably would remember it if it had. What happened?" Lando repeated. Something clicked in Han's mind. " The Force," he said, Lando whipped around in surprise. "Something bad, something real bad, happened. They all felt it." Han went pale as he said this, realising too late who else would be affected. He saw Lando get it.
"The students!" Lando whispered.
Han turned, calling behind him. "Chewie, stay here in case they wake up. Lando pack you bags and cross you fingers." Looking back at Leia and his kids Han muttered, too softly to be heard, "Pray I'm wrong about this one."
2
Leia woke slowly, hearing someone whimper beside her. She opened her eyes and looked around, then gasped in surprise. Everything was gray, and there was fog everywhere.
"Mom, where are we?" Anakin crept to her side, Jacen and Jaina right behind him, all three of them looking strange without her knowing why.
" I wish I knew, honey." Leia murmured. Luke sat up with a grunt and shook his head to get his hair out of his eyes. It was the same; there was something different about him. He looked almost ...transparent. Leia held his gaze and reached out to grasp his Force sense.
" Where are we going to go?" Jaina asked, pretending not to worry, but the terror shone through in her eyes. " Well," Luke said with another grunt as he got to his feet. " We've got two options. That way, to the day part of wherever we are, or into the night."
Leia looked to the light on her right, then back to the darkness on her left. The answer was fairly obvious. "Let's go that way." Leia suggested, pointing to her right. "At least there we'll be able to see." They all rose to their feet, and began to walk.
About 50 meters later, Luke stopped dead " We're being followed." He said. Turning around, he froze. "Greetings." Sneered a voice.
Leia turned, then became as rigid as Luke. A tall column of blackness stood before them.
"You don't belong here," the voice from within the darkness purred. "So why are you here? You look and feel like Jedi, but you don't glow. Not that that matters, of course, I'll end your existence anyway. Oh, don't worry little one," cackled the darkness, as Jaina's eyes bulged and she tried to crawl away. "You'll have plenty of time to say goodbye to existence before I'm through with you." The dark cloud began to take on a form. A tall, bald figure, it's head studded with horns, and it's face a red and black nightmare. It raised it's hands and hesitated a moment, staring hard at Luke and Leia, then each of the children in turn.
" I know you from somewhere, don't I?" the evil, horned being took another step forward. He seemed to look beyond them, into infinity. The tattooed face contorted in rage and fear, the ghastly voice screaming out a war cry, then a shriek of " Skywalker!" Familiar blue-white lightning bolts flew from his fingertips. One contacted Luke, and he fell, down into the blackness.
Three glowing shapes chased the dark warrior off the three unconscious children and the two adults.
The fearsome humanoid spat at them in contempt. "You'll pay for this, Jedi."
Glancing down at the five limp forms that it stood in front of, one of the glowing men turned back to the speaker and spoke in a voice low enough to be a growl. "Get out of here, Sith. Never return to this place."
"My, my, was that a threat? Temper, Jedi, temper." The Sith taunted.
Another of the Jedi spoke. "Get out, I don't want to fight, but if you don't go..." More shapes were appearing out of the fog, and approaching the Sith without fear.
"I won't forget this." The Sith Lord snarled. "You'll pay for this with your existence, and the existence of your families!"
"Leave. Go back to where you belong." The first Jedi said.
The Sith, once again a black cloud, snarled once again in anger from being robbed of it's prey, and disappeared.
The Jedi turned together and knelt where the five lay. The second Jedi laid a hand on each forehead in turn and the first Jedi sighed in puzzlement.
"It's too early for them to come, they should have a lot more time left. I wish..."
"Don't worry, my young friend. Look," the third Jedi, who hadn't spoke a word yet, now gently lifted Luke Skywalker's limp hand. "What do you notice?"
"He isn't...you mean he's-"
"Yes. So how did they end up here?" The speaker lifted his head, as if listening to something no one else could hear.
"What is it, Master?" The second Jedi spoke again.
"They aren't the only ones. Many more just arrived, one just fell on a borderland scout."
A small chuckle came from the first Jedi, who was hoisting two of the children in his arms.
He turned, "Thank you captain, we appreciate your help."
One of the figures coming through the fog nodded and picked up the third child. "Let's get home, that's all I care about."
"Right." They started back towards the light.
Looking down at both of the small ones he carried, the Jedi Knight sighed again.
"Why are you here...?
"You're alive."
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