DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of these characters and are not meant to make any representation. They are just meant to be read.
NOTE: Part 1 of this story was inspired by Through All Things by LadyofAvalon at 'Archive of our Own' or /works/429370/chapters/724982. Many thanks go to LadyofAvalon, because without that story of Anakin Solo, this story wouldn't exist…
Part 1- Resurrection
Chapter 1- Netherworld
For Anakin Solo, the Netherworld of the Force was a peaceful place. It was much better than Chaos, where the spirits Sith Lords reside. They are always fighting trying to become the Dark Lord like they had in life or like they wish they had. Anakin frequently observed the real world and when he wasn't doing that, he talked to other people, including Jedi. He had even met Anakin Skywalker, his grandfather, and Obi-wan Kenobi and Yoda, his uncle's masters. He had learnt a lot of things that he hadn't in real life. But he often felt unfulfilled, as he could've lived together with Tahiri, but it seemed it wasn't meant to be. He saw his brother and sister fight against the Yuuzhan Vong and emerge victorious and had seen the birth of his little cousin Ben Skywalker.
But recently, Anakin, when observing the real world, had seen horrible things. He had seen Jacen, his brother, and saw his slow gradual descent to the dark side and when he returned to the Galactic Alliance, the reformed New Republic, how he became the apprentice of Lumiya, Uncle Luke's old crush, killing his Aunt Mara, Ben's own mother when he was his own informal Jedi Master. He saw him try to corrupt Ben and Tahiri. He hated Jacen a bit really. He had done so much so much evil. He saw Jaina board his capital ship, the Anakin Solo, apparently named in his honor, and saw her fail. He wanted to do something, to save Jaina and redeem Jacen if possible. All things happened when he heard a voice behind him.
"Why are you still here when you want to be down there?" Anakin turned around and saw a Jedi Master, with brown hair and nearly 2 metres tall.
"Because I must and because I can't. I can't return down there in a flesh and blood body. That's what I need to stop Jacen."
"I notice you didn't say Caedus…" he continued.
"He'll always be Jacen, my brother to me, he just not the Jacen I know and love and has the name Darth Caedus."
The Jedi ghost smiled. "I thought that about your namesake. I was the one that told Obi-wan that Anakin was still in Vader, just like how Jacen is still in Caedus."
"I feel like I should know you from somewhere…" Anakin said, feeling like he should know him. He certainly knew a lot about him and his ancestors… and their friends.
"We never met in life. I lived 42 years before you were even born! I was and still am the master of Obi-wan Kenobi, I was the one that discovered your namesake and brought him to the Jedi and I fought Palpatine's first apprentice at Naboo. I'm called Qui-Gon Jinn."
"You seem a very wise and powerful Jedi Master."
Qui-Gon smiled. "Now, back to my previous statement, why don't you go down to stop Jacen?"
"And I told you Master Qui-Gon, because I can't. There's no Force power I have that can do that. Most of the ones that can are dark aligned."
"That's true that most of the Force powers that bring you back from absolute death are dark aligned but never say never. In my studies of the Force, I have discovered a Force power that allows someone to come back to life until their purpose has been fulfilled. DO you want to learn this power?"
"You know I do Master Qui-Gon."
"Well listen to me carefully," Qui-Gon said to Anakin. "Feel your body being disconnected, feel yourself being calm and now feel your mind being drawn to your physical body. Feel your purpose to live again, to stop your brother, the Sith Lord. "
Anakin did as he asked and started to feel his body again. As he drifted out of the Netherworld, he heard Qui-Gon one more time. "You can't pick your destination you resurrect. You will have to make your own way to the target and save Jacen and Jaina. Good luck, and be careful of the Chaos Bringer…"
Unknown Planet
Anakin opened his eyes and saw that he was in some sort of pool. As he rose up, he felt like his head was being compressed. He saw images very quickly in his mind, of what would happen if he didn't return, the corruption of the entire galaxy and Jedi Order and those that didn't convert would be killed.
His head broke the surface of the water. He saw the edge of the pool and swam over there. He pulled himself up over the side and sat there catching his breath. He looked at his hands and his reflection and realised that he looked 30 years old, 13 years older. When he wondered what this pool was called he knew instantly that it was called the Pool of Knowledge and that it grants that bather all-knowing knowledge of the Past and the Future.
Anakin moved away from the pool and began to walk away from the Pool through a tunnel. It seemed to be in some sort of cave. As he walked out of the cave, he knew that there was a dark presence on this planet, one that even he could not stop. He knew this with his newfound knowledge and his force-sensitivity. Anakin thought it be best that he avoid her. After a while, he came to the opening of the tunnel and knew that he had never been to this planet before. He saw plants eating all sorts of animals. He hoped that there would be someway off the planet, for time was of the essence and he needed to get to the Anakin Solo, Jacen's capitalship, otherwise everything and everyone was doomed…
