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This chapter is a lot of dialogue warning you in advance, but its necessary character establishment!

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Lars Household - Tatooine:

"This isn't the way I wanted to meet you, son. This isn't how your mother and I planned it. I don't want to give up on her, but she's been gone a month. There's little hope she's lasted this long." Cliegg Lars was a defeated man, Anakin could sense it coming off of him in waves.

Anakin, however, was distracted. He could sense something, the force had shifted in an odd way not long after he had left Watto's, and it had just done so an even greater amount just now. His new father in law took this as an acceptance of grief and was offering something in the way of comfort, but Anakin barely registered anything he was saying. He extended his senses outside the homestead, searching and searching until... There it was! Two dull, exhausted presences were approaching, it was hard to get a lock on them since their auras seemed so drained but one of them felt achingly familiar.

"Someone's coming!" He leapt up and practically raced out of the house and up the stairs out of the pit these types of homesteads were built in. He was right, two figures were walking towards them, both leaning on each other for support. His focused zoomed in on one of them... His mother. He had thought of her every day since he left, he'd be able to pick her out anywhere. He felt the rest of the Lars come up behind them and several gasps of shock.

Shmi Skywalker Lars stopped in her tracks when she took in the sight of the tall young man stood beside her family, dark blonde hair and handsome face. Her baby, her precious Anakin. Buffy whispered worriedly to her at her abrupt stop, but Shmi didn't even hear as suddenly some strength returned to her and she raced towards her entire reason for existing.

"Anakin! My little Ani!" He met her half way and she flung her arms around his neck, and he held her as close but as gently as he could. She looked battered and bruised and he was scared of hurting her.

"I've missed you so much Mom, " he barely choked back the sob that threatened to spill out of him. She held his face in her callous bruised hands as she took in the sight of him.

"Look what a handsome boy you've grown into Ani, and a Jedi too, I'm so proud of you!" she smiled as much as her blistered lips would allow before worry crossed over her face " But what brought you here?"

"I felt your pain mom, I came here to rescue you! I went to Watto's and-" He was cut off by Cliegg, who naturally just couldn't wait any longer.

"Shmi... I thought that-" She turned and leaned down to embrace him, she saw his legs and let out a small gasp, he shook his head, " We can talk about that later my love, how in star's name did you escape?! "

Shmi turned towards Buffy, who until now had been stood awkwardly to the side, and for the first time all eyes fell on her. Anakin in particular took in the sight of the young woman. She was short, with blonde hair and pretty features. She had a slim frame, despite that though she held herself in a way only warriors would recognize in each other. Scanning her through the force, he realised she was very powerful with it, though it moved differently through and around her than he had ever seen before. There was no doubt she was the cause of the weird shifts he had felt. Shmi walked up to her and grabbed her hand, bringing her closer instead of standing there like an outsider.

"Buffy and I were... captured together. Not only did she manage to break us out, but she kept me sane all this time, I don't know what would have happened if it wasnt for her" Buffy gave the women a grateful smile for glossing over the unusual circumstances in which they met, but she felt uncomfortable from the praise none the less. Her husband held out his hand to her.

"Young lady, I dont think my family could ever find a way to thank you enough, If you ever need anything..." He trailed off but Buffy didn't blame him, it had been a strange day for all of them.

"It was nothing" she assured him "Your wife is a very strong woman, you should be very proud. There aren't many who would have been as calm in such a situation."

He nodded in gratitude at her words and gestured for them all to go indoors, they settled in a small dining area in which proper introductions were made, Shmi's son had been watching her intently this entire time. Buffy had the feeling he was analysing her.

The food was strange, but edible. She hadn't eaten in so long anything probably would have been fine by that point. The Lars/Skywalker family had many questions. Shmi recounted the entire ordeal for them as best she could, with Buffy only chiming in every now and again with short responses. She didn't really feel like reliving the whole thing again, but more than that, looking around and seeing the relief of this family suddenly made Buffy realise that she may never see her own ever again. What did her friends and family think had happened to her? Was she to be stuck in this weird universe forever?

She felt drained, emotionally and physically. She politely excused herself and asked if there was anywhere that she could sleep for a while, the girl... Beru? Led Buffy to a side room and gave her blankets then left her in peace.

Early Morning:

Buffy stood looking out over the desert, feeling the much cooler air against her skin. Her sleep hadn't been as restful as she would have liked, dreaming about the life and people she had left behind. She felt restless. Back on earth, when the chips were down she had people by her side helping and supporting her. Im not used to feeling this helpless, I could really use the scooby gangs support right about now.

Were they trying to fight the good fight without her? Did coming to this place class as her being dead? Was there a new slayer to replace her? She was asking too many questions again.

She was so lost in her thoughts, she didn't notice a young Jedi knight until he was standing next to her. They stood in silence together a few moments.

"Couldn't sleep either, huh?" she side eyed him, he was actually pretty cute.

"It's been an odd couple of days, Im sure you understand that"

"Oh yeah, thats an understatement, you would think Id earned a rest after weeks of torture, but apparently my body doesn't think so" she was trying to sound lighthearted, but it sounded forced even to her.

"You look remarkably unscathed" He replied, it was the type of tone of someone that's trying too hard to sound neutral. She tried to shrug it off.

"I heal fast" she didn't really feel like explaining herself to him right now. They spent several more moments in silence until she couldn't take it anymore.

"Well, if you're feeling restless too I know something we could do". He raised an eyebrow at her and she could swear the corners of his mouth twitched upwards. She blushed.

"Oh my g- nothing like that! I meant we could spar! I've heard a lot about you Jedi, Il admit Im curious" He full blown smirked at her flustered tone.

"Well I hope I dont disappoint". He went and found some staffs and returned a moment later and threw one over to her.

"Don't worry, I'll take it easy on you" he told her cockily, you're about to get the shock of your life pretty boy.

"Don't bother, I like people to at least challenge me a little before I knock them on their asses" she replied just as confidently and accentuated her statement with a couple of test spins of the staff, getting a feel for its weight.

They bowed to each other and immediately they began to pace round each other in a circle, two predators waiting for their opponent to make the first move. The one to attack first would set the pace of the duel and neither wanted to make the mistake of choosing the wrong stance against their opponent. Anakin, however was the one that got impatient first, he dashed forward and spun in mid air and brought his staff clashing into hers. It was a heavy blow that he had expected would knock her off balance, but she barely moved an inch. This gave Buffy the opportunity to turn his own tactic against him by shoving his staff away with enough strength to put his weapon to far from his body to defend his right side, she spun and hit him directly in the ribs. He staggered a few steps away and turned back to face her, he was smiling! Well at least I've got your attention.

The fight turned into a dance, they traded blow after blow, block after block. They spun and parried and for a while one would gain ground on the other but it never lasted long. Every now and then one would land a hit, but it was clear they were evenly matched. Anakin tried to switch up his tactics, using his Jedi prowess and agility to leap over Buffy, hoping to keep her off balance, only then to discover that she too could pull acrobatic moves. Just who was this girl?!

They began to tire after a while, and more mistakes were being made by both parties. Their staffs locked for a moment and they stared into each others eyes, before Anakin forced their sticks down and wiped Buffy's feet out from underneath her on the way back up. She landed hard on her back and lay there for a moment, her opponent had an exhausted, yet self satisfied look on his face, his defenses down. Buffy returned the favor by kicking his own legs out so that he landed hard alongside her. They both panted for several moments, before he turned his head to look at her and chuckled.

"I think that was cheating" he said with fake indignation.

"In my experience, a fight's not over till its over! and your opponents are rarely honorable in a real fight!"

"You're not a Jedi, so where did you learn to fight like that?" he was looking at her curiously, okay he really is gorgeous.

"Back on my own planet, I'm a warrior, its kinda like being a Jedi in that it chooses you rather than you choosing it" He nodded in response.

"So how did you end up on this backwater planet?" Should she tell him? She didn't sense any sort of bad vibes from him, and he was a Jedi, Shmi had told her they were helpers of the innocent.

"I'm not sure you'd believe me if I told you-"

"Try me, I'm good with weird" He smiled encouragingly. Maybe not this weird... okay here goes nothing!

"I was fighting on my world, and I stepped through a portal to save my family and friends... I thought it would kill me, but instead I wake up face down in the sand here." She studied his face to see if he believed her, he looked deep in thought for a few moments.

"What planet are you from?"

"It's called Earth."

"I've never heard of it, But there are many planets in the galaxy, I'm sure I could find something about it in the Jedi archives"

"I doubt it... where I'm from we don't have spaceships, we've never met alien life." This got the first surprised look from him.

"So all of this..."

"All new to me, yeah. Your family and those Tusken raiders are my first introductions to this whole new galaxy-" She shrugged jokingly "It's been a mixed bag" he laughed at that.

"Well, you're taking it very well" He said admiringly, Buffy almost felt a blush coming on.

"I've always been a jump right in kinda girl, but if you wanna give me a crash course I'm all ears" He sat up and crossed his legs.

"What would you like to hear about first?"

"How about you Jedi, are they all like you?"

"Force no! My master Obi-Wan says I'm making him grey prematurely"

They talked for many hours, Anakin tells her all sorts of stories and sometimes Buffy thought her head might explode from all the amazing things she heard about and all the new information she had to take in, but if she was going to be stuck here a long time she needed all the information she could get, Giles would be so proud of me right now.

Anakin found himself laughing and smiling more than he had in quite a while, there was something very unassuming about this girl that put him at ease. She had no expectations of him and he liked that, it had been a while since he had felt that way with anybody, including Padme. Buffy was also mysterious, he knew there was more of her story and her being here than she had told him, but he had promised to do what he could to help her and he was sure she would tell him in her own time.

They both went back inside once the suns started to rise, the rest of his family would be up soon and he didn't know how much longer he would get with his mother. Something was stirring in the force, he was sure of it.

So that's chapter 2! Next chapter they go to Geonosis to rescue Obi-Wan! Buffy will get her chance to impress some certain Jedi with her skills so there will be lots of action I promise!

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