Author's Notes
Hi everyone! My name is Hannah ( also known as "BinarySunsetBeauty" ) and, as you can tell, I love Star Wars. However, I have mix feelings about the sequels since I grew up with the Expanded Universe which is now called "Legends". I always believed that each Star Wars movie/story should have a Skywalker that carries on the name in the stories. With this in mind, I thought I should create a story about another Skywalker in the sequels mixed with the Expanded Universe. I hope you all will like the story and please review it! Thanks and May the Force be with you!
End Notes
Chapter One:
"Tales and Dreams"
17 ABY … Motesta, Tatooine, Outer Rim Territories
"After Luke Skywalker and Anakin Skywalker defeated the Emperor, Luke held his father in his arms and took his mask off so they can see eye to eye… Vader- I mean Anakin told Luke that he was right about the light that lingered in his heart… Luke had saved his father and Anakin saved Luke from death by a father's love…"
"Then the little girl smiled widely as her mother finished the story, "That's the best version of Luke Skywalker's story, mama!"
"The mother raised an eyebrow with a small yet humorous smile, "What do you mean 'best version', Sunstone?"
"Well, the other kids told that Luke killed Darth Wader and the Emperer- And they didn't say that Luke was Wader's son!" After the little blonde girl explained to her mother, her mother chuckled at the fact that she couldn't pronounce "Vader" and "Emperor" correctly. She sighed, "Well, those other kids didn't know Luke like I did-"
"A gasp came upon the girl's lips, "You knew Luke Skywalker?! How?! Did he save you from Stormtroopers?! OR- or! Did you save him?!"
"Her mother laughed, "Yes, I knew him. And yes, he saved me before but I saved him a lot more times than him saving me" She continued, "But now, it's time for bed we have to-"
Then, out from the doors came in a boy, about six years older than the daughter, "Mom! Sand people are stealing our banthas!" A small and terrified squeal came from the girl as she hid under her blankets as her mother quickly got up from the girl's bed, "Cade, I need you to watch Annia-"
"Mom, I can help!-"
"No Cade! Stay here, that's an order" With that their mother gathered her weapons and left home. Little did she know that little Annia would follow her.
"Annia! We can't go outside! Mom said!-" Cade then was cut off by Annia and spoke, "Mama said that she saved Luke Skywalker! I want to see how she fights!"
"She told you what?!"
"As Annia hid behind the carts outside, along with Cade, Annia spotted the Tusken Raiders stealing the banthas. Annia quietly gasped in fear, she had never seen anything so terrifying in her young life. She heard about the Tusken Raiders and their barbaric ways of living, but seeing them in person was on a whole other level. As she watched the Raiders, she saw a purple hue in the distance and heard the sound of something igniting in the distance.
"A lightsaber!" Annia gasped in excitement. She then noticed her mother holding the lightsaber and her eyes widen both in excitement and confusion, "Mama's a Jedi?" Cade rolled his eyes and took Annia's arm, "We got to go back inside, mom's going to kill me if we're not inside"
Annia didn't respond and she let Cade guide her back inside. Young Annia had so many questions: was her mother a Jedi? Does Cade even know about it? Why didn't her mother tell her?… She did not know…
"As their mother fought the Tusken Raiders, she sensed other people coming their way… Friendly people… She then extinguished her lightsaber and grabbed her blaster and blasted each Tusken as the other farmers came their way to help her. The Tusken Raiders noticed the other farmers approaching and ran off in fear
"Arica!" One farmer called out as they approached her, "Are you all right? Did they take any of your banthas?"
"I'm fine Windy" Arica answered, "It looks like they took one bantha, but I'm not going after it when I have two little rascals inside" Windy Starkiller chuckled, "I understand that-"
"See Windy" Laze Loneozer spoke, "I told you Arica Praduex is the best farmer on Tatooine! She can hold off a dozen Sand people!"
Windy rolled his eyes crossed his arms, "Yeah, yeah. I'm just worried about her and the kid's safety-" Laze then cut off Windy again, "Sounds like you should marry her, Wind-"
"Sorry" Arica held her left hand up and showed her wedding ring with an eyebrow raised, "But I'm afraid someone already beat Windy to that." Laze laughed, "Really? Where is Mr. Pradeux?" Arica slowly lowered her hand and crossed her arms and a bit of sadness came upon her eyes, "He's uh… He's working on another farm on Naboo"
"Oh yeah, you told us about that" Laze then yawned, "I gotta go to bed, night ya'll" After Laze left Arica and Windy on his land speeder, Windy smiled at Arica, "Good night, Arica. Tell the kid's 'hi' for me"
"I will" Arica responded with a small smile, "Night Windy" After they parted ways, Arica went inside and saw Annia and Cade both asleep on Annia's bed. Arica smiled at the adorable sight of her children sleeping. She studied their peaceful faces and noticed that her son looked so much like herself, ginger wavy hair and his green eyes that fluttered during his sleep. Annia, however, looked so much like her father, sandy blonde hair that was braided in two, and freckles all over her face, arms, and shoulders. Arica knew that Annia would become a very beautiful woman when she has gotten older… But now, Arica could only enjoy the sight of her children; small and innocent… If only she could share these moments with her husband…
Arica walked over to their sleeping bodies and kissed both their foreheads, "Goodnight my Moonstone and Sunstone…" With that, she quietly left their side and turned off the lights in Annia's bedroom, leaving the nightlight mobile that hung above Annia's bed… The X-Wing and TIE fighter nightlight mobile slowly circled above Annia's bed, little did Arica know that Annia's dream was to be like Luke Skywalker: an X-Wing pilot hero who saved the galaxy….
33 ABY …Motesta, Tatooine, Outer Rim Territories
The smell of banthas always made Annia sick to her stomach. The foal smell could send anyone away… Except for Tusken Raiders and farmers… Being raised as a bantha and moisture farmer was a tough job, especially there on Tatooine. But Annia never wanted to be a farmer, she had big dreams. She wanted to go to the New Republic Military Academy and become an X-Wing pilot. She was already a good pilot with her T-16 Skyhopper, but she wanted to help the support of the New Republic… However, she was stuck on the desert rock that she had to call home…
Her older brother left home… Scratch that, ran away from home. She understood why Cade felt stuck on the desert planet and wanted to have a change for once. And so, he joined a cargo ship and became a member of a smuggling group called "Smugglers' Alliance". Annia admired Cade for his courage to leave home, but she was against his choice for joining an illegal organization. Arica was filled with grief when Cade left home, it broke Annia's heart to see her mother in such sadness… Maybe that was another reason why Annia couldn't leave Tatooine, it was because of her mother…
After Annia stacked gallons of Blue Milk upon her cargo speeder, she saw her mother coming towards her, "Annia" She spoke as she handed Annia a bag of food, "Don't forget your lunch, remember the last time you did that?" Annia chuckled as she remembered the time she stole food from the market in Arnthout, "It was pretty exciting getting caught by the troopers-"
A punch came upon Annia's shoulder and Annia yelped in pain, "Ow!"
"You're so reckless" Arica spoke, "You have too much of it, just like your father"
"That's the first"
"What?"
"About father" Annia continued, "You never talk about him…"
A moment of silence was between Arica and Annia as Annia gotten inside of her cargo speeder. Annia was right, Arica never talked about Annia's father… Arica feared that she would find out who her father was- her true father… Arica responded, "I'll tell you about him soon, Sunstone-"
"Mom, I'm what? Twenty years old and you never told me about him"
Arica sighed, "You never asked about him-"
An unexpected tone came upon Annia's voice, "Why should I? Should a normal parent tell a child about the other parent?"
"Annia, don't start that-"
The cargo speeder started up and Annia left as fast as lighting. The only thought that came to Arica was the guilt for not having the courage to tell her the truth…
Annia stood at the market at her stand and announced loudly, "Fresh Blue Milk for seven credits! Get your fresh Blue Milk!" She stood at her stand for six hours and made some profit off of the milk that she and her mother harvest. However, Annia was extremely bored from selling blue milk. As she stood, she watched each ship that flew by Arnthout and daydreamt about her flying away from Tatooine and exploring each planet... Then a loud noise came from the street and saw a man with dark thick hair with a BB unit at his side.
"Look, I won that game fair and square!-"
"Hhonoo bu bacake-osa, Dameron. Jeejee neu uba cheeska du sabacc. Nobata pankpa che uba, Dameron" (Cut the kriff, Dameron. We saw you cheat in sabacc. No ship for you, Dameron)
She knew the huttese speaker, Jaalib Barku, the foul-breathed Nimbanel who played dirty when it comes to gambling games. She was always bullied by him when they were children, however, it seemed that Jaalib didn't change one bit. She hated seeing people getting cheated or bullied by Jaalib, it was an annoyance to her. Annia left her stand and confronted Jaalib, "Really Jaalib? Are you the type that plays fair and square or are you the type that bullies so you can get your own way to win"
"Uba bla cua dan, Praduex. Pankhobatkoheu mi caiot yoieu uba killee-" (You know better, Praduex. Confronting me can get you killed-)
"You can't kill me" Annia spat back, "You're too afraid to do that. If you do, you know who'll come after you"
Jaalib snarled at her as he began to leave the company of Annia, the man, and the droid, "Fierfek uba Annia, fierfek uba.." (Curse you Annia, curse you)
Annia looked at the man and his brows furrowed, "Who would come after him if he kills you?"
"My mom"
He raised an eyebrow and laughed in a sarcastic manner, "Right sure-"
The BB unit confronted Annia and spoke her, (beep boop) Can you help us get our ship back? (beep boop
"Annia chuckled as she headed by to her stand, "I'm sorry, I don't have the power to do that" She continued, "Jaalib always gets his way, even if he cheats and bullies, he always gets his way"
(beep boop) Oh... I'm BB-8 and we're with the Resistance- (beep boop)
The man stood in front of BB-8, "Woah, woah, buddy" He continued in a whisper, "We can't tell a stranger that we're with the Resistance-"
(beep boop)But she confronted that crook! She's at least a friend-(beep boop)
Annia stopped in her tracks and looked at the droid and the man. 'They're with the Resistance?!', She thought to herself. She wanted to scream in excitement, it wasn't an everyday thing that Annia would meet someone from the Resistance. "You're with the Resistance?", Annia asked.
The man looked at Annia, back at the droid, and back at Annia, "I wish I could lie..." He continued as he rubbed his temples in stress, "Yes, we're with the Resistance-"
BB-8 cut him off, (beep boop) We're looking for a woman named 'Mara Jade', she was Luke Skywalker's ally- (beep boop)
"BB-8"
(beep boop) She was last seen on Naboo before the destruction of the Jedi Academy, but we found some traces of her here- (beep boop)
"BB-8!" The man yelled at the droid with both anger and frustration.
(beep boop) Come on Poe! She can help us! (beep boop)
"Wait" Annia spoke, "Luke Skywalker? My mom knew him"
Poe looked at Annia with a raised eyebrow and spoke sarcastically as he began to leave the blonde farmgirl, "Sure, and I have an uncle that knew General Han Solo... Actually, that part is true, but you know what I mean-"
"No, I'm serious!" Annia continued, "My mother helped him during the Rebellion, she saved him and he saved her. They were friends!"
Poe stood still and looked at BB-8, (beep boop) We should at least listen (beep boop)
When he heard his droid taking Annia's side, he rolled his eyes, "All right, go on"
"Well, not only my mom knew Luke but I was born on Naboo along with my brother" Annia paused, "Maybe my mother knew this 'Mara Jade', I can bring you to her!..."
Poe thought for a minute and sighed, "How can we trust you, your words are just words" He continued, "You could be lying"
Then Annia crosses her heart as a sign of a promise that she was telling the truth, "I wouldn't cross my heart if I wasn't honest" Annia continued, "Please, I want to help. I always dreamt of joining the New Republic someday and become a skilled pilot, maybe this is the closest thing to be part of the Republic."
Poe eye's softened when he heard Annia's words. He wouldn't expect some average farmgirl to even want to help the Republic, or even become a starfighter pilot. He thought that maybe she was telling the truth about her mother's connection to Luke Skywalker and/or the possibility tie with Mara Jade. Poe sighed and looked at BB-8, "Maybe I should listen to you more, buddy"
"BB-8 sassed back, (beep boop) Maybe you should! (beep boop)
Poe rolled his eyes as he chuckled. Annia started to like the duo: the Resistance agent and the droid. From what she could gather was that he was close with his droid companion and vis-versa. It was sorta entertaining to her.
"I'm Poe Dameron, by the way" Poe extended his hand out to Annia. Annia smiled and shook it, "I'm Annia Praduex" After they shook hands, Annia led Poe and BB-8 to her cargo speeder, "That's my cargo speeder, you can hop in while I load my the rest of my crop in the back-"
"Do you want help with that?" Poe asked kindly which left an unexpected yet appreciated expression towards Annia, "If you want, but I can handle it by myself"
"Poe nodded, "Great, I'll help"
"Annia smiled widely as they both carried the leftover gallons of Blue Milk back to the cargo speeder. Annia glanced at Poe, "I'm sorry about your ship-"
"Nah" Poe spoke, "Don't worry about it, my special ship is back at the Resistance base"
"Annia chuckled, "Your 'special' ship? How is it special?"
Poe answered as he plotted the gallon of Blue Milk in the back, "It's my X-Wing"
"You have an X-Wing?" Annia asked surprised as her eyes widen.
"Yep"
"I've always wanted to be an X-Wing pilot!"
"Poe gave a small smile, "Really? Why?"
"Well, My mom told me stories about Luke Skywalker about him being a pilot" Annia continued, "I guess you can say I'm inspired by him"
"Same here" Poe replied, "But I was also inspired by my mom"
"You're mom was an X-Wing pilot?"
"No, actually she was an A-Wing pilot" Poe continued, "But she was a pilot, so I was inspired by that"After when they finished putting the Blue Milk in the cargo speeder, Poe and Annia hopped in and started traveling through the desert at dusk.
"What's your mom's name?" Poe asked.
"Arica, Arica Praduex"
"Should I call her Ms. Praduex or Ms. Arica?"
Annia laughed, "I think Arica would be okay, she's not big on formalities."
Poe raised an eyebrow, "Well, as a gentleman like myself, I would like to use formalities"
"Annia shook her head, "Well if my mom corrects you, don't forget that I didn't warn you"
"Nah" Poe scoffed, "I'm sure she wouldn't mind my charming personality."
Annia glanced at Poe and knew how rough and tough her mom was. Men who were "charming" towards her are easily turned down harshly by her. For Annia, it was pretty entertaining to watch her mother's fire and sass bomb a man's strong and proud sense of personality down. Little did Annia knew that on her way to her home, many secrets and stories will unfold through the rising of strife and war... Little did Annia knew that she would play a part in a war of the Dark side and the Light...