Luke opened his eyes then closed them again to the blinding white light, he felt around the room and noticed someone was sitting beside his bedside. "Please turn the lights down." Luke mumbled as he slowly reopened them letting his eyesight adjust. Looking to his bedside he noticed Madine sitting in a chair. Luke groaned a bit wondering how many people had volunteered to keep an eye on him and his father after his father pulled that stunt earlier. Luke looked at Madine again and he could not mistake the smirk on the older mans face. "What's with the smirk General?"

"Your awake now, oh and by the way, you and your father no longer will have freedom when your bed confined, that trust flew out of the window two nights ago."

Luke raised an eyebrow, been asleep for two days? Did they sedate him? Or did it have to do with what his father attempted to do? "Great." Luke mumbled into his pillow, he looked back and over and noticed Madine was watching him with concern.

"How do you feel Luke?"

Luke shook his head remembering what the doctor said about being paralyzed, he attentively wiggled his toes, he no longer felt the numb feeling down below his waist, all he felt now was a sever case of pins and needles. "I think my lower half is waking up, I feel a lot tingling going on right now and I can wiggle my toes now." Luke smiled widely, his father healed him all right. The smile faded as he turned his attention back to Madine, "how is my father?"

"Well lets just say he won't need an oxygen mask anymore, what ever you did, did the trick."

Luke grinned, his father was free of the blasted mask that kept Anakin separated from his family. Luke watched as Leia poked her head through the door, "General did you want me to take over now?"

"Sure Leia." Madine stood up. "I hope you feel better soon Luke."

"Thanks General." Luke watched as Leia rushed to his bedside reaching for his hand. "Luke I'm glad your awake now."

Luke smiled wiggling his toes even more, he bent his legs so he could sit up on his own. He grinned at the thought, at least he won't be a burden on anyone for long. Leia smiled, and Luke could not mistake the tears pooling in her eyes. "Ok so I won't be a cripple and I am thankful for father on what he did."

"So am I Luke."

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18 years later

13-year-old Jaina Solo watched as her grandfather gave her a grin with a mischief twinkle in his eye, she didn't think this was a bright idea and knew her parents would be mad later. "Grandpa, is this a good idea?"

Jaina watched as her grandfather shook his head no, "not really but sometimes you just need to cut loose once and a while. Besides." She could not help miss the happy look in his haunted blue eyes. "Its not every day my children turn forty." Jaina watched as her grandfather continued to place a big sign over on the windows that read Happy 40th Birthday. Jaina sighed as she walked back to the couch and sat down. She looked back up and said, "this is all your idea and not mine."

Jaina looked back up watching her Grandfather give it a once over then turned around with a somber frown. "I owe your mother and uncle something I should've been doing a long time ago, I don't think she'll be too mad."

Jaina looked horrified at the thought, "mom possesses your temper and sometimes that's really scary."

Jaina watched her grandfather pause for a second as the doorbell rang. "Jaina, will you get that please? Besides, your mother thrown me a 50th birthday party and now I get to pay her and Luke back."

Jaina shook her head answering the door watching as Ackbar Mon Mothma and General Madine walked through the door, they stopped and stared at the big sign in the window as Chewie walked in behind them and huffed and inquiry. Jaina grinned as her Grandfathers smiled faded a bit. "You said it Chewie." Jaina said with a giggle. "Sparks are going to fly tonight."

"Actually I remember when Anakin turned 50 and that party your parents throw for him. I thought Anakin was going to keel over that day when he walked in." Madine said with a grin.

"Nothing tastes sweeter then payback."

Jaina shook her head, this family was sometimes a bit on the childish side and she suspected a lot of it came from her grandparents, well her grandfather mainly. She looked up watching as Jacen and Anakin Solo walked through the door and stopped.

"This is going to end well." Jacen said with a smirk.

Jaina was so far enjoying the reactions as people walked in, Winter, Tycho, Wedge all wore looks that said her grandfathers days where numbered. Jaina smirked, maybe this won't be so bad after, her grandfather did mention earlier about a surprise up on the roof, on that her mother would appreciate. Jaina was just itching to know what it was. She did notice one thing was missing from the apartment, was the Bobba Fett statue that was encased in carbonyte was gone.

This was making her grandfather very happy so she decided to go along with it, Grandmother Mara and Han where going to shortly bring her mother and Uncle back in the next couple of minutes. The lights where dimmed as everyone hid behind the couch. Jaina grinned, she couldn't wait to see the look on her mothers face, she felt a hand on her shoulder, she looked over and saw her grandfather grinning down at her.

There was silence in the room as they waited. Holding her breath Jaina could not take her eyes off the door, it swished open and in walked her mother and Uncle followed by her father Mara and grandmother, "lights."

Everyone stood up and said in unison, "Happy 40th Luke and Leia."

Jaina watched as her mothers face turned to one of horror, making Jaina wished she had a camera on hand. The look was priceless, "whose bright idea was this?"

Jaina pointed at her Grandfather who was grinning sheepishly. "I have a surprise for you Leia on the roof."

"Oh and what's that? And wait until you hit 60."

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Anakin grinned as he led his daughter and everyone to the roof, as they entered the two antique doors Anakin had carved several months ago, that he did not miss the happy look in Leia's eyes as they entered a garden that Alderan used to be once known for. "Happy Birthday daughter." Anakin said placing his arm around Leia's shoulders, as they neared the middle, he heard a snort come from Han as they looked at the statue of Bobba Fett encased in carbonyte, now turned into a fountain.

"So that's what happened to the statue." Han said with laughter. Anakin turned around in time to see Han Solo rolling around on the ground laughing.

Anakin approached Luke with a smile, he handed Luke his old lightsaber over, the one he used to carry as Vader. "I want you to have it."

Luke accepted the handle with a frown, "why?"

"Luke, I'm getting to old to chase you and your sister around the galaxy anymore. And now I have grandchildren to watch as well. I no longer use this one, I'm partially retiring from the Jedi life."

Luke nodded in understanding as he accepted the old lightsaber. His father still had the other one, but maybe this was a way of his father finally letting go of the past. Raising the handle up into the air, he hit the button, a ruby red blade extended out of the hilt. One he had not seen in 18 years. Extinguishing the blade he looked back at his father. "I managed to get a new x-wing in your name, with a few modifications you should be able to continue to take Artoo with you."

"It won't blow up this time will it?" Luke questioned remembering the disastrous time with the X-wings that included a bomb in the engines.

"No it won't, don't worry I checked it over myself."

"Thank you father." Luke said as he hugged his father.

Anakin grinned looking down at Luke, then looked at Mara knowing the two where engaged. Seeing Grandchildren and being back with his family made him the luckiest man in the galaxy. He watched as Padme give hugs to the twins and turned her attention back to him, he walked forward and pressed his lips against Padme's. As he pulled apart she whispered, "That was nice of you Anakin."

Anakin nodded in response as he replied, "I know."

Anakin didn't regret turning back to the lightside, he would've missed a whole lot more if things turned out differently and that was something he wouldn't trade for in the entire galaxy.

The end