This is an alternate universe to Invinvible in the Star Wars: Legacy of the Force series. Luke feared that if he confronted Darth Caedus he would fall to the darkside, and this story explores what might happen if he did. At the moment I am leaving the rating as teen, but be forewarned, a lot of this will follow Darth Corrun (Luke) as a Sith... which isn't good for anyone. It will switch perspectives between a few different character. As usual, Star Wars does not belong to me. Also, please leave comments. Whether people like it or not will probably determine how much more I write of this story and how quickly chapters are uploaded. That being said, buckle your crashwebbing, we're entering hyperspace to a galaxy a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...

The Last Hope

Darth Caedus is dead. Then again, so is Luke Skywalker. It was expected, of course. Revenge was never Luke's thing; it was his father's. There was just one difference: his father had been redeemed, while Luke had not. If anyone really thought he could go against Caedus and come out the same, they were naïve. Not even Luke could do such a thing. Luke was dead, but that left someone else, someone stronger and more powerful, someone filled with a desire impossible to match. It was Darth Corrun, not Luke, who stood at the doorstep of Leia's quarters.

The door chimed as Corrun touched the panel. It slid open a moment later and a golden plated droid immediately greeted the man at the door. "Oh, Luke! Thank goodness, I thought you were a doomed for sure! Trying to go against Jacen…"

"Yes, C3-P0, I have returned." Corrun smiled weakly. The droid would be easy to fool. His sister, on the other hand…

"Luke?" A woman in her sixties opened the door wider. "Come in! You look like you've been through a Tatooine sandstorm! Should I call a medic?"

Corrun shook his head and raised his hand to show that he would refuse it. "I will be fine, I can use the Force."

"Still, I didn't think it would be that easy to kill…" She paused. It was her son who had died, her son Luke had killed. Her son who had been the sacrifice in the prophecy. Lumiya had been wrong; it had not been Jacen the prophecy referred to. The sacrifice was not Mara Jade; it was Jacen who had to die.

"It was not. I'm sorry, there was no other way." Corrun said quietly. He could still use Leia, so long as she didn't realize the change that had occurred.

"What about Jaina? I felt that something… something had happened." She looked up worriedly.

She had to know the answer already, Corrun thought. Jaina- Jaina had been a complication. She had seen through Corrun too quickly. She felt the change even before he stepped outside the room. If he told Leia the truth, that she had attacked him and he killed her, then Leia would know. Jaina was too strong for a darkside influence from Caedus, as his original explanation would have it.

"I'm sorry. She tried to spare me from attacking Caedus. She said it was her duty, her brother. I tried to stop her, but Caedus took the opportunity to strike before I could step in. There was nothing I could do if I wanted to stop him once and for all. Jaina wanted the galaxy to be a safer place, and her sacrifice gave me the chance to catch Caedus off guard."

"But I thought-" Leia frowned. "I was sure it was Caedus that I felt die first. Luke, there's something different about you-"

The door opened across the room and Han Solo stepped in. Corrun looked away from his sister, then realized his mistake. Han stood in shock as he looked at the man who had been Luke. It was too obvious. Han had taken it the hardest when he learned Jacen fell to the darkside. He would know if someone as close to him as Luke fell. He had seen it before, as had Leia.

"Get away from him Leia!" Han roared, yanking his blaster out of his belt. He always seemed to carry that thing with him.

"Han! What are you doing?" Leia spun around, alarmed. Her mistake.

"He's fallen, can't you tell? You're the Jedi; you should be able to see it!" He fired a blaster at Corrun.

Corrun deflected the bolt at the same time as he reached his hand out, and with the Force, grabbed Leia's neck. She screeched, struggling to get away, but Corrun held tight. She knew now, or would know soon enough. She would be a danger to his new reign.

"Leia!" Han fired another shot at Corrun. Then, with a look of anguish, he turned and ran. Smart guy, Corrun thought as he let Leia drop to the floor.

"Oh my!" C3-P0 wandered back in with refreshments, stopping when he saw the dead body. "Luke, what has happened?"

Corrun said nothing but drew his lightsaber. He switched it on, filling the room with a deep red sheen. He had taken Caedus' lightsaber when he killed the Sith Lord. A single flick of his wrist, and the robot fell to the floor in two parts with the refreshments he brought flooding the floor. C3-P0 had been instrumental in helping the rebellion and the Jedi too many times. He could not be kept around safely.

Still holding the lightsaber, Corrun stepped into the bedroom. The window was open, the curtains fluttering in the Corellian breeze. He peered out the window, but Han was out of sight. With a prod in the Force, he found that Han had escaped to the Falcon. He wouldn't be able to get to it before Han escaped.

He would go after the pilot later, and he would not make the mistake of letting him live. But he had a princess to capture, someone who had the bloodline of his father. If Caedus thought he wouldn't be punished for the death of Mara Jade, he was mistaken. Corren would take Caedus' daughter and train her as his apprentice, assuming she was worthy of living the life of a Sith.