Arrival

(Ugh. I will not give up on this story because of an exit clause. So I've put a rather flimsy one here. If anyone thinks of a better one they can still tell me.)

Everyone sat in silence. It seemed they were running out things to talk about. "So, you still haven't told us about this deal you made." Obi Wan told Anakin.

"Oh right. Um . . . this is kind of awkward." Anakin responded.

"Don't tell me about awkward. When he tricked me into signing a contract no one had a clue who I was." Shrek told him.

"Hey, are you guys talking about the contracts the short guy makes?" Han asked. They nodded. "I made a deal with him too. He took my wookie."

"Alright." Anakin sighed. He could see he was going to have to tell them. "I made a deal so I wouldn't turn to the dark side. I promised him he could come here."

"You turned to the dark side?" Padme asked in horror.

"See this is why I didn't want to tell you. That was in another reality, it doesn't exist anymore." Anakin replied.

"Wait a minuet . . . if you brought him here it's your fault I lost my wookie!" Han shouted.

"But that doesn't make any sense. Whatever Rumpel gets out of his deals he has to take from the person." Fiona put in.

"Well I don't think he. . ." then Anakin remembered his problems reaching the force. "He took me mediclorians!"

"What?" everyone asked. And then Shrek added, "What's a mediclorian?"

"They're microscopic life forms that live inside everyone and allow us to use the force." Obi Wan explained.

"Oh. You mean Rumpel will be able to use Jedi tricks now?" Shrek asked. "Oh that's just brilliant."

"No. He might have some of Anakin's power, but he'd have to be taught how to use it." Obi Wan explained.

"Hey, still needing my wookie here." Han reminded them.

"Well, we could always look for the exit clause." Puss suggested.

"Exit clause?" Luke asked. He and Leia were looking very lost.

"Yeah. Each of Rumpel's contracts can be reversed. Though it's never easy." Shrek told him.

Han took his contract out. "I don't see anything about an exit clause."

Donkey rolled his eyes and took the contract. He folded it up and sat down looking pleased. The others looked at it. It read 'A mess nye mug.'

Shrek sighed. "He does that sometimes." Then he picked up the contract and refolded it. Now it read 'Guess my Name.' "Well, that much is easy. His name's Rumpelstiltskin."

"So all I have to do is say his name and I get my wookie back?" Han asked.

"You have to be near Rumpel too I think." Shrek added.

"Right. Well that's easy. As soon as we find them." Han said.

"So what's Anakin's contract say?" Obi Wan asked.

Donkey took it and was about to start folding when Shrek stopped him. "Maybe I should do it."

Donkey seemed to consider this for a second. Then he nodded and backed off. Shrek folded it up. The contract read 'Forgive Himself.'

Before they could discuss that the ship gave a little bump. "Looks like we've entered the atmosphere of Bespin. Let's go Shrek." He dragged Shrek back to the controls.

"Next time find someone else to drag with you." Shrek ordered him.

"Gladly."

"Where is your landing permit?" a voice on the radio came in.

"We don't have a landing permit. We're trying to. . ." he got cut off as he was shot at.

"Oh come on. I thought you knew this guy." Shrek said.

"Well it was a long time ago. I'm sure he's forgotten." Han said. It was hard to tell if he was joking or not.

Then the voice came on the radio. "You are free to land."

The two landed the ship. No one was there. Everyone got out and looked around. Anakin used the force as well as he could again. There was someone familiar here. . .

"Hey! How you doing?" Lando hugged Han.

"Yeah. Good to see you Lando. I got a problem with the hyperdrive." Han explained.

"You broke my ship?"

"I thought this was Han's ship." Puss commented.

"It is, I won it from Lando fair a square." Han stated.

"I'll get some men to work on it." Lando told him. Then he moved over to see everyone else. "So what's with this party?"

"Oh right. Well you see. . ." they all started walking as Han explained, more or less, what was going on.

Anakin stopped listening. He was thinking about the exit clause. I have to forgive myself. It was true, he felt guilty for what he'd done. How could he not? Especially now that he saw how things could've been. Luke and Leia were happy, Padme and Obi Wan were alive.

He was jolted out of his thoughts as they came to a halt. Lando opened a door into a circular white room. "You can stay here for now. I'll go get someone to work on the hyperdrive." Then he left.