Fifteen Years

Anakin's POV

Fifteen years. Fifteen years since I banished my son and my grandson was born. It has been fifteen years since The New Republic was formed. Now I'm on my way to Hosnian Prime. The celebration will be there as it occurs every year. Well, it has been fifteen years so Leia thought that Jedi Grandmaster should be there. Accept that, I haven't seen my grandchildren in years. After all, today is Ben's birthday.

And Avaris. There are many words that I could use to describe my granddaughter. She has dark blonde hair and blue-green eyes. She has Mara's wit and Luke's... In every other aspect, she is just like her father. Well, at least of what he was when he was her age. She is fourteen now and luckily she is tall. It seems that only a few of us Skywalkers are tall.

But yeah Avaris is... Someone I have to protect more than anything. I'm sure that Luke, or Filius as he calls himself, would try to turn my grandchildren to the Dark Side. I don't doubt that he will go after Ben too, but Avaris... She is much more powerful with the Force and she is his daughter. And if I have learned anything in my life, is that family matters most. Something is coming. I'm not sure what it is. Whatever it is I will not let it hurt my family. Avaris and Ben will both be Jedi one day. If they must, they will fight my son. And hopefully defeat him.

Ben's POV

I woke up early as I always did, despite not going to school today. This morning was very peaceful. Even in our apartment in center on Chandrillian capital, where was usually loud, it was serene.

So today was my fifteenth birthday and also the fifteenth birthday of The New Republic. So I got up and walked down to the living room to see that my parents were already there. There is a small box on the table.

"Ah, there he is", dad sais."Get over here, kid."

I smile. Rare are those days when we are all together.

"Happy Birthday Ben", mom sais and comes to hug me.

"Thanks mom". Then I get to dad and give him a hug too.

" So open your gift, kid"

I go to a small table in the middle of the room. The box was small, red, with a silver tie. I opened it the first thing I saw two golden cubes connected with small golden chain.

"Father, those are..."

"Yeah, I know. My dad gave me this dice years ago. So I think that now you should have it."

I looked at the dice once again. I asked myself why would my father give me something so valuable to him. Then I looked at the box again. There us one strange cubic object. It is golden blue. I feel like it's calling me. I grab it. Suddenly it floats and opens. Holo image of my grandfather showed.

"Hello, Ben. Happy Birthday. As you know, I'm opening new Jedi Academy on Yavin 4. I've talked to your parents and we think that you, alongside Avaris, can come and train to become a Jedi. You are powerful with the Force. With the training you can learn how to use it. I hope that you will decide to come. I'll see you on Hosnian Prime."

With that, the picture disappears. Wow, I'll be a Jedi Knight. I can't believe. I assumed that it will happen sooner or later, but the feeling is amazing. So, I guess that we'll go to Falcon and be on our way to Hosnian Prime.

Avaris' POV

New day, new adventures. This should be easy, right. Just wear a pretty dress and smile to people who came to celebrate. Well, no. Mom is on a trip to Coruscant and I will have to prepare myself for the reception alone. Even worse, grandfather is coming this year. I haven't seen him in years. I know something else. He's opening the new Jedi Academy. Mom told me a little about the Force and didn't quite amuse me. I don't say that I would not want to be a Jedi. I mean, who wouldn't. I just feel like it's a big responsibility. Well, of course it is. But, I would rather have a normal life, maybe as a pilot or a bounty hunter, than being responsible for all those people who think that there is a Jedi there to save them.

And what if I fall to the Dark Side. It would have much more catastrophic consequences. I have learned of Palpatine's Empire and of his successor Filius. They were both Sith Lords and those were dark times for the Galaxy.

Not to mention that it was Filius who killed my father. There were many stories I've heard about Luke Skywalker. Everyone who knew him said that I'm just like him. Well accept my hair is a little darker and my eyes were something between blue and green. I wish I knew him. I want to have a father and my family live happily. I don't say that I don't love my mother, but well. I don't know if it is puberty to blame, but in the last time, we don't have an amazing relationship.

So I finally decide to get out of bed. I take a shower and then get dressed. Hairdresser comes in a few hours. So I put basic jeans and a hoodie and make my hair in a ponytail.

Grandfather is coming in a few hours. I will have to go to the district hangar to wait for him. After that, I will bring him here and soon after that, Solos will come and together we'll go to the reception.

Oh... I have a bad feeling about this.

So here is the first chapter of my story. I hope that you will like it.

Chami out.