(Original Timeline)

' You look terrible,' Luke commented lightly, when Ahsoka showed up at his quarters with Ben.

' Of course, I look terrible,' Ahsoka mumbled sleepily. ' I was up all night, much thanks to your other father for bothering me to death.' Ben eyed her sympathetically. Apparently, after his grandfather realised that a new Force connection was set up between him and Ahsoka, he started talking to her ceaselessly through the bond. As far as he knew, Ahsoka patiently put up with him all night despite being extremely tired.

' Shall I fetch you some caff from the mess?' Ben asked.

' That'd be lovely. Thank you,' Ahsoka smiled tiredly, and Ben rushed out of the room.

' So what exactly made you that tired?' Luke gestured to her.

Ahsoka sighed, ' Long story.' She began to tell him about the mess Kylo had made in the other timeline and the new bonds she had between Caleb and the other Anakin.

' Phew,' Luke said after her tale. ' Frankly, I'm relieved that Kylo didn't destroy the other timeline.'

' No of course he wouldn't,' Ben said, walking back into the room. He handed Ahsoka a steaming mug of caff. ' He is thinking of returning to the Light, isn't he?'

' Yes, but the problem is he knows that the Resistance will never forgive him for his crimes,' Ahsoka reminded him.

Luke said, ' Well, I will forgive him no matter what. I'll gladly take him back with open arms. He might be a nuisance, but he is always my Padawan.' Ben got a little teary-eyed. He was very sure that he wouldn't be as forgiving as Luke if someone had blatantly destroyed something he had been working hard on for the last couple decades.

Ghost-Anakin popped up behind him, ' That's touching, Lukey.'

' You're ruining the moment!' Ahsoka hissed. She was kind of touched too.

Ghost-Anakin threw up his hands, ' Okay, okay, my bad.' And he disappeared.

' Anyways,' Ahsoka put down her caff and smirked at Ben. ' So. Your sister.'

' Ahsoka,' Luke said sharply, as if warning her not to bring up the matter.

' Hey, I knew,' She said. ' I'm not as ignorant as you think. I have my news holos delivered to me everyday on Malachor.'

Luke and Ben stared blankly at her.

' Oh, I'm just pulling your leg. Okay, I sensed it right when you stepped on my planet! Ya know, Malachor magic and its disgustingly stifling fumes work wonders on honing your Force sensing skills,' Ahsoka said. ' Now, spill.'

' Spill what?' Luke blinked.

' Everything about Rey. What happened? I didn't know Leia and Han had another child. Did this happen while I was away?' She added after a short pause. ' Oh, silly me. Of course it happened while I was away.

Luke frowned, ' I had better not tell you.'

' Please. I want to know too,' Ben pleaded. Frankly, he was dying to know too. He had been wondering about this ever since he arrived in the Resistance base. He had no idea how Leia wouldn't recognise her own daughter or how Rey ended up on that foul sand planet. And... Kylo Ren should have known that he had a sister. Why hadn't the First Order made any attempt to kidnap her right off Jakku and corrupt her using the Dark Side?

' Fine. I'll tell you. When Leia was pregnant with Rey again, an enigmatic Dark Side user named Snoke was rapidly gaining power and new Dark Side followers. He had been a thorn in our side for who knows how long. He was waiting to corrupt our young Jedi and make them his apprentices,' Luke said. ' We guessed that Snoke was already chasing after Kylo, that was why we did everything to protect him. Look at how it worked out.' He laughed bitterly.

' So... If Snoke knows about Rey...' Ben said slowly. ' He would definitely go after her! Since children are easier to corrupt, aren't they?'

' Yeah. Same old technique,' Ahsoka sounded bored. ' Palps abducted young children to become Sith back in the Clone Wars. It didn't work so well, because Anakin and I snatched them off Mustafar. Then, when Palps became Emperor Palps, he kidnapped Force sensitive children to become Inquisitors. It was going to work well, but yeah, Ezra, Kanan, Zeb and I rescued some. So, Snoke is taking a leaf out of Palps's book?'

' Precisely,' Luke said. ' Don't know why, but Dark Side users have a tendency of abducting children. Anyways... I sensed that Rey was going to be an extremely powerful Force user, and Leia knew that Snoke was going to do everything to get to her. So only a chosen few knew of Rey's existence.'

' I have a feeling Kylo wasn't part of the chosen few,' Ben said drily.

' Not to be rude, Luke,' Ahsoka pursed her lips. ' But seriously, it's pretty cruel to lie to Kylo.'

' It was my decision. Till now, I'm still wondering whether I made the correct choice,' Luke started to fidget with his wrist com. ' Kylo could be rash and impetuous. If word got out, we could all be doomed. And it worked, since Kylo always stayed on Yavin 4 to train. He rarely saw his parents. So a simple Force signature mask would do the job. But... Leia had to purposely stay away from her son. I guess... This was also why he turned to the Dark Side.'

' Who knew then?' Ahsoka asked, not looking very pleased.

' Only a few higher officials in the Rebellion. Mon Mothma, Ackbar, Wedge, some others... And also the Force ghosts. They always stay on the planet and rarely go out for missions nowadays, so it's highly unlikely for them to get captured and interrogated. Yeah, and we named her. She wasn't supposed to be called Rey. We named her Padme Ahsoka Solo.' Ahsoka was lost for words.

' So...' She said, but her voice came out hoarse. ' How did you manage to raise her in secret throughout the years?'

' I brought her to the Temple,' Luke said.

' Ummm... Isn't that a bit risky?' Ben questioned. ' You know, Kylo could have known.'

' I masked her Force signature, remember? And we introduced her to the rest of the Jedi under the alias of Soka Gerrera. My father suggested it.'

' Gerrera! Saw Gerrera!' Ben said at once.

' You know Saw Gerrera?' Ahsoka smiled.

' Yeah. The Jedi are friends with Saw. Pretty cool guy, I think,' Ben said. ' Still, it's very risky. But I can see why she can use the Force with so little training! She was trained in the ways of the Force when she was little.'

' Rey had a pretty normal childhood in the Temple for a couple years, until one night, the Knights of Ren and Kylo Ren stormed the Temple. I barely escaped with Rey,' Luke said grimly, the terrifying event still vivid inside his head. ' It was too dangerous for Rey to stay with me. So I used the Force memory rub on her and placed her on Jakku.'

' Ah,' Ben nodded. So that was how everything came to be.

' Han and Leia had to pretend not to know Rey to protect her. The less people know, the better.'

They sat there in complete silence. Ben's mind reeled, trying hard to process that complicated piece of information.

Suddenly the door slid open. It was Rey.

' Rey!' Ben yelled too loudly.

' Unfortunately,' She said gravely. ' I might have caught half of the conversation.'

(Alternate Universe)

Obi-wan was starting to lose his patience.

The Council Members spent half of the Council session bickering about the 'Ben Solo going berserk' issue.

' We ought to hand the boy over to the authorities,' Master Logs said angrily.

' We are perfectly capable of handling it without the help of the authorities!' Caleb said sharply. He had been trying to dissuade the Council Members from trying to execute Kylo (he decided to refer to the other 'Ben' as Kylo in case of confusion), to no avail.

Master Jann yelled, ' We should just execute the Sith!'

In the background, Anakin, who was going redder and redder, shouted all kinds of obscenities at the Masters. Ahsoka sat at the edge of her seat, not talking at all.

Oh, no, Obi-wan grumbled mentally. Not again.

' How many times do I need to tell you, Master Jann,' Caleb snapped impatiently. ' We are not going to execute the boy without a proper trial! And he is no Sith, mind you.'

' There is no need for a Trial! The proof is solid! He's a Dark Side user!' Logs bellowed. ' The boy doesn't deserve our help and sympathy.'

Jann said mockingly, ' Of course he doesn't deserve our help! I have always known that he's a dud. Oh, look, his Master isn't any better!'

' What do you have against my family?' Anakin yelled.

Good question, Anakin, Obi-wan thought wryly. It was more of an old feud. When Luke was four, and Jann openly insulted Anakin in front of many other Jedi. Obviously Luke wanted take revenge on Jann for insulting his father, so he actually went over and stomped hard on her foot. She was in so much pain that she was sent to the Healers. Even the healers were astounded by Luke's strength, since he actually broke some of Jann's bones.

' The Apprentice will always turn out like his or her Master! Obviously he will turn out like his Master,' She added. ' Master Kenobi, I urge you not to harbour this monster.'

Ahsoka, who had been quiet for a very long time, spoke up, ' Master Jann, Pong Krell was your Master, right?'

' What are you implying?' Jann narrowed her eyes.

' Nothing, nothing,' Ahsoka said, her voice dripping with sarcasm. ' Your Master turned out to be Dark, committed treason against the Republic, and oooh! He nearly killed half of the 501st and 212th while my Master was away! Like Master, like Apprentice, you say? Looks like you are just like your Master!'

' I...' Jann was lost for words.

Obi-wan said, ' That's quite enough! We can't be staying on this matter for too long. We need to decide on the security protocols of newly discovered hyperspace route.'

' That's it, I'm retiring,' Obi-wan groaned.

He was walking down the corridor with Anakin and Caleb after the tedious meeting.

' I'd like to retire too!' Caleb said.

' You don't even have a successor,' Obi-wan said humourlessly. ' But I do have one.'

' You can't be making Snips the Grandmaster so soon!' Anakin protested. ' She will be having a tough time trying to organise Council Meetings! And it's extremely stressful trying to negotiate with...' He coughed. ' Council Members.'

' I think Ahsoka will be fine,' Caleb said. ' Look, she was holding up nicely against Jann!'

' Yeah. I'm glad to know that her snippiness is still... intact,' Obi-wan smiled.

Anakin coughed again, ' We are saved by her snippiness... Ironic much?'

Luke and Leia appeared by their side.

' Father, how's Ben?' Leia asked worriedly. ' What did the Council members say?'

Obi-wan looked at Caleb pointedly, ' You do the talking.'

' What?' Luke said.

Caleb placed a hand on Luke's shoulder, ' You two come with me to my quarters. We have a lot to talk about.'

' Woah, Leia's a Senator?'

Luke had been expressing his astonishment of how his sister was a Senator in the other timeline for the umpteenth time during Caleb's tale.

' What's wrong with it?' Leia said hotly, annoyed that her attention was once again diverted from the story.

' Dunno... I just can't seem to picture you in one of mom's fancy dresses and screaming about bills and budgets in a Senatorial pod,' Luke grinned.

' Mom doesn't scream!' Leia retorted. ' Oh well. I have always known that I'd be a good Senator!'

' How?' Luke winked.

' I could negotiate and stuff. Can't you remember that I came top of the class in politics?'

Luke scoffed, ' Yeah yeah yeah. You could negotiate with people with your lightsaber.'

Leia narrowed her eyes.

Caleb obviously scented danger in the air, so he quickly said, ' Okay, that's quite enough!'

' So, my real son is safe?' Leia asked.

' Yes. He's doing quite well. The other Luke and Ahsoka are looking after him,' Caleb nodded.

' Good. I'm glad to know my Padawan's fine. But what happened to the other Ben?' Luke said, clearly appalled. ' How did he turn out to be like... That?'

' Mistakes, anger and misunderstanding,' Caleb said sympathetically. ' The only thing we can do for Kylo before he goes back is to care more about him. Poor boy, I can't imagine how his life must be back there.' Luke and Leia looked at each other worriedly. ' And the Council won't be letting him go. They are all pretty convinced he's a Sith Lord.'

' I thought you are the Head of the Council!' Leia pointed out angrily. ' Shouldn't you be the one in charge?'

' And isn't Obi-wan the Grandmaster?' Luke chimed in.

' Uh... Yeah...' Caleb scratched the back of his head with a sheepish look. ' Even though two of us are on the Council, we can't do whatever we want. There are still so many other Masters, and some are particularly... Uh, uptight. I have a feeling they still aren't happy with the abolishment of the no-attachment rule, but since Master Yoda and the spirit of Master Qui-gon basically pressured them into accepting it, they had to suck it up.'

' Who?' Leia demanded, crackling her knuckles menacingly.

' Um, Master Saesee Tinn is a tad bit difficult...' Caleb muttered quietly. ' Master Tii and Master Unduli need some more convincing... Master Kiro, Master Jann and Master Logs are completely hopeless. They are as stubborn as wampas.'

Leia didn't look impressed.

' Hey!' Caleb defended himself. ' I'm stuck in a rather uncompromising situation as well! Think about that. In this morning's council meeting, Master Kiro was glaring at me with such disapproval when I begged them not to be so harsh on Kylo! And I feel like Master Jann was secretly berating me. You could literally hear the venom seeping through her make me feel like I'm doing a terrible job of being the Head of Council.'

' Oh yeah. Jedi shouldn't be gossiping or talking about someone behind his or her back, but I have to say I'm not particularly fond of Master Jann,' Luke stuck out his tongue.

' She isn't particularly fond of you too,' Leia commented. ' Especially after... The foot accident.'

' She was insulting Father!' Luke exclaimed. ' Also, I didn't mean to break her foot!'

' Yeah, yeah,' Leia waved her off. ' We know, we know. But... Who was her Master again? Pong Krell? Eurgh. Disgusting man.'

Caleb said loudly, ' Yeah right! You two should work harder so I can have a perfect excuse for kicking her out of the Council and put you two into it!'

' We'll try,' Luke said.

' You will,' Caleb corrected. ' Do or do not, there is no try. Now, we need to discuss on how to cooperate with the other Ahsoka and get Kylo out.'

Whew!

Ahhhhhhhh I still don't have the Ahsoka book :(((((( And spoilers are all over tumblr! :/

The new Rogue One trailer is awesome! I was so excited when I saw Vader! XDDDD

Lol, one of my friends was thinking of writing and uploading fanfiction. I was like ' Yeah! Go ahead! Do it!' and I was offering her all kinds of advice, showing her the ropes and bla bla bla. So she was like ' that's strange, why do you know so much about writing fanfiction?' and my face was totally 'I don't know what you are talking about'. XD