Snapshots of the Future - Anakin
No, this isn't AU fic. At least not until the NJO books contradict me.
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"I wanted to go visit them, y'know," Anakin said wistfully.
"I know," the other Anakin replied.
"I mean, I tried for the longest time," Anakin Solo added. "I wanted to go and confort them. Let them know I'm all right. That everything was okay."
"I know," Anakin Skywalker sympathized. "I showed myself to Luke once to let him know I was okay. And I appeared to your mother to help her get over her...um, issues with me."
"How? How did you do it, Grandpa?" the younger Anakin asked. "If I could have done the apparition thing, Jaina might not have gone so close to the dark side."
"Ah, I'm afraid we're not allowed to do that anymore," the elder Anakin told him.
"Why not?"
"Because someone abused his visitation rights overmuch. Now everyone's restricted from going back."
"Oh."
The two Anakins went back towatching the living. After a time, Anakin Solo asked another question.
"Someone made the decision that we ghosts can't go visit the living anymore?"
"That's right," the senior Anakin confirmed.
"So, Grandpa, who's the idiot that made that call?"
No, this isn't AU fic. At least not until the NJO books contradict me.
***
"I wanted to go visit them, y'know," Anakin said wistfully.
"I know," the other Anakin replied.
"I mean, I tried for the longest time," Anakin Solo added. "I wanted to go and confort them. Let them know I'm all right. That everything was okay."
"I know," Anakin Skywalker sympathized. "I showed myself to Luke once to let him know I was okay. And I appeared to your mother to help her get over her...um, issues with me."
"How? How did you do it, Grandpa?" the younger Anakin asked. "If I could have done the apparition thing, Jaina might not have gone so close to the dark side."
"Ah, I'm afraid we're not allowed to do that anymore," the elder Anakin told him.
"Why not?"
"Because someone abused his visitation rights overmuch. Now everyone's restricted from going back."
"Oh."
The two Anakins went back towatching the living. After a time, Anakin Solo asked another question.
"Someone made the decision that we ghosts can't go visit the living anymore?"
"That's right," the senior Anakin confirmed.
"So, Grandpa, who's the idiot that made that call?"
