Chapter 1
"The Jedi shall finally be extinct and so to does the Skywalker family!" Declared the cold voice of Palpatine, or at least some version of him, Anakin could hardly believe what he was seeing before he was forced to watch Palpatine wave his hand sending his son and grandson across the cavern falling meters into the pit below
Palpatine then turned towards Anakin where he then felt force lighting plummeting through his body. Anakin looked over at the young girl standing meters away and paralysed with fear, the girl he had loved like a granddaughter.
"You…need…to defeat him" he gasps to her "Show him you're….. not….. afraid" he tells her as lighting plummeted through his body
End of dream
Anakin's eyes suddenly snapped opened as he sat upright in his bed, feeling the sweat dripping off his forehead as the dream replayed in his head - it couldn't be real. Palpatine was dead and his family was safe and the young girl, who was she?
He then heard a soft voice speak "Anakin?' They asks as he turns to see his beautiful wife beside him, one hand on his arm. He gives her a small smile "Sorry to wake you" he whispers seeing her smile "It's alright, but is everything alright?" She asks as Anakin ignores the dream replaying in his head
"I'm alright, just a bad dream" he simply replies. Anakin moves closer towards Padme, one arm around her. "Well, seeing that you are awake" he smirks seeing her blush "Anakin" she giggles before wrapping her arms around him sharing a passionate make out and embrace.
Almost two hours later, everyone still hadn't awaken, except for an excited seven year old Ben, who was unable to contain his excitement that today his parents and grandparents were taking him to see his uncle Luke. He always enjoyed a chance to ride in the falcon and it amused him seeing his dad and grandfather fighting over how to pilot the ship.
Ben slowly tiptoed down the stairs and towards the kitchen finding that he wasn't the only one already up. His aunt Keely was already up and making breakfast for everyone. Keely was Ben's favourite aunt and Anakin and Padme's third child. Keely had recently turned 20 and had only been back for a month when Anakin and Padme decided to visit Luke at his training Academy to see him and their fourth child, Henry, who had just turned 16. Keely and Henry had both been surprise pregnancies for Anakin and Padme but still loved just as much as Luke and Leia was. Keely had just finished her Jedi training with her older brother and wanted to show her father what she had learned.
"Aunt Kee?" Ben asked in a soft voice before he saw her turn and smile at him "Hey little man" she smiles moving over towards him kneeling before him "Thought you'd be asleep" she notes as Ben shakes his head "I'm too excited to see uncle Luke and uncle Henry" he replies as Keely laughs standing up to take his hand "And I know they are very much looking forward to seeing you" she informs them as Ben looks up at her
"You're coming too?" He asks taking a seat at the table as Keely goes back to her cooking. "Of course" she smiles "Besides, I never miss a chance to see dad and Han fighting over who's the better pilot and Han attempting to not lash out at dad when he sits in his seat in the falcon" she grins as Ben giggles "Dad doesn't like anyone but him piloting the falcon" he agrees as he watches his aunt continue to make breakfast.
Only 10 minutes later, Keely and Ben then heard chuckling coming towards them before they saw Han and Leia enter the kitchen. "Morning" Leia smiled as Han sees his son sitting at the table. "Hey kid" he grins ruffling his hair causing Ben to groan but smiles at him as Leia moves to make two cups of coffees, one for her and one for Han. "You made breakfast?" She asks as Keely gasps "You sound surprised?" She asks her "You didn't think I could?" She asks as Leia grins "Not since the fire when you tried to make breakfast for mom and dad" she reminds her as Keely gasps once more
"I was four and you and Luke were suppose to help me but then Han came over and Luke went to check on Henry" she reminds her as Han chuckles "I remember that. That would have been funny if the kitchen wasn't on fire" he confesses before he looked around "Speaking of which, are they up yet?' He asks "Because if they're still in bed, it's not fair because when you and I are still in bed, your dad gives me the look of death at what…" he was suddenly cut off as Leia covers Ben's ears. "Han! Not in front of Ben" she snaps as Keely shakes her head "And definitely do not need to picture that" she groans just as they heard footsteps. Ben gets off his seat and runs out of the room.
"Grandma, grandpa!" Leia, Han and Keely heard him exclaim before they entered the kitchen. Ben in Anakin's arms "Morning everyone" Padme smiles moving over towards Keely and Leia as Anakin moves towards the table. "Ready for our journey today?" Anakin as Han nods "Of course, just as long as you realise I'm flying the falcon with Chewie and you are the passenger" he reminds him as Anakin takes a seat beside Ben
"You may be one of the best pilots, but I'm not letting you fly the falcon without me in the cockpit?" He asks as Han shakes his head "I've flown her thousands of times with little crashes" he explains as Anakin shrugs "That is true but I'm still going to be in that cockpit ready to help" he informs him as Han rolls his eyes "Are you ever going to trust me?" He asks as Anakin shrugs "I do trust you just when my family is also on board, I like to be ensuring we arrive at our destination" he informs as Padme, Leia and Keely start serving up the breakfast.
"Okay, you two that's enough, Han and Chewbacca will fly the pilot and Anakin, you will sit in the cockpit and intervene only he if needs help" Padme explains in her stern leadership voice. Anakin nods as Han attempts to not laugh even more. Least Padme had warmed up to him easily as they all sat down to enjoy breakfast together.
Next time: Anakin and Padme set off with their family to journey to Luke's Academy however an unexpected crash on an unknown planet has Anakin proving he should have been flying and Ben making a friend whilst Anakin's dream continues to haunt him
