"Luke," said Anakin hoarsely. "Luke, I- I am your father,"
Luke nodded. This made sense didn't it?
"Luke, we wanted to take you back, we wanted to have you live with us... If you want to that is...." said Padmé.
Luke looked at Owen and Beru. "Can I go?" he asked them.
"Its your decision Luke... I think you should go," said Beru.
"So do I... You're much better off with them," said Owen.
"I'll go then," said Luke.
"You should go pack your things then, we leave in a few hours," said Obi- Wan.
"Okay..." said Luke quietly. "Is it okay for me to do this?" he asked Beru.
Beru wiped her tears away and said, "Yes... You're going where you belong Luke... Now go pack your things,"
"Okay," he said as he got up from his seat at the table and went to his room to pack.
"Mara, why don't you go help him pack, I'm sure he could use some help," said Obi- Wan softly.
"Yes, Master," said Mara. She then got up from her seat and went to the same place Luke had gone.
"Need help?" she asked from the door way to his room.
"Yeah... You're name is Mara right?" He said.
"That's right," she replied, smiling. "Master Obi- Wan said that I should help you pack,"
"Okay," said Luke, "Hey do you wanna be friends?"
"Sure, I don't have many friends my age," said Mara, solemnly.
"I don't have any friends at all," he said sadly.
"Well then we should be friends," said Mara grinning at him.
"Okay!" he said, and before long, Luke and Mara were talking and laughing together.
~*~
"Everything will be okay," Obi- Wan assured Beru.
"He belongs with Anakin and Padmé, we've known that all along," said Owen who was standing behind Beru with his hands on her shoulders.
"We'll bring Luke to visit you sometimes if you want," said Padmé who was feeling guilty for taking Luke away from Beru.
Beru looked up, "Okay," she said, a small smile playing across her face.
"Where are you headed to after this? Courescant?" asked Owen, changing the subject.
"We're headed to Alderaan actually," said Padmé.
"Why Alderaan?" asked Owen.
"To get Leia..." said Padmé truthfully.
"Who is Leia?" Anakin asked quietly.
"She is our daughter Ani... We had twins," said Padmé.
Anakin looked surprised. "Twins..." he managed. "Wow..."
Padmé reached over and grasped his hand, smiling.
He managed to smile back at her. Talk about surprises...
~*~
About an hour later, Luke had packed and was ready to go. Everyone had eaten lunch and was standing near the ramp of alpha 1.
"Good luck and all the best to both of you," said Beru.
"You too," Padmé replied smiling, "Bye for now," she added as she got onto the ship.
"Good luck," said Anakin. "I'll probably be seeing you soon," he boarded the ship.
Obi- Wan bowed and Mara followed suit. "It was nice seeing you again," he said.
"You too," replied Owen.
Obi- Wan boarded the ship, Mara close behind.
Beru bent down and hugged Luke. "You'll always be welcome here, no matter what... I'm going to miss you... We love you so much,"
"I love you too, and I'm going to miss being here," said Luke.
Beru nodded and backed up a step, tears falling from her eyes.
"Good luck Luke.... I know you'll do well in all you'll do," said Owen as he hugged Luke.
"Bye Mo- er bye... I'll miss you," he said nearly crying himself. He boarded the ship which moments later blasted into space headed towards Alderaan.
~*~
Luke stared out the window in the passenger area at tatooine. "Wow," he murmured, "I've never been off planet before... At least not that I can remember,"
"Space is amazing, but cold," said Padmé, looking out as well.
Anakin nodded, joining them. A smile came across his face as he said, "Tatooine is a little to warm for most people's tastes,"
Suddenly, the planet disappeared and was replaced with blurs of white that were stars.
"Its gone!" marveled Luke. "What happened?"
"We just made a jump into hyperspace," Padmé replied, putting her hand on Luke's shoulder.
"We're fairly far away from Tatooine now," said Anakin, putting his hand on Luke's other shoulder.
Luke leaned his head back and smiled up at Padmé and Anakin. The two smiled back. Everything seemed to be working out.
Meanwhile...
"We need to tell the council of what has happened," commented Obi- Wan who was sitting in the cockpit of Alpha 1, Mara next to him.
Mara nodded in acknowledgement, "Yes Master,"
Obi- Wan powered up the com system and pressed a few buttons.
After a few moments it connected and Yoda appeared.
"Master Kenobi, Young Jade, to report what have you?" asked Yoda.
"Quite a bit actually," said Obi- Wan. "Mara and I have successfully saved Senator Amidala," he paused, "But while doing so, we discovered Anakin has been alive all these years, a sith who was called Darth Vader... With help from Amidala, we have turned him away from the dark side... Anakin is with us now... So is Luke,"
"A surprise this is," said Yoda, "Sense this we did not, tricked by the sith we were,"
"There's quite a bit more, but we don't know everything yet," said Obi- Wan.
Yoda nodded. "To Courescant you must come as soon as possible,"
"Yes Master, but due to the requests of the Senator, we will make a stop on Alderaan to get Leia,"
Yoda nodded, "Good Luck, and May the force be with you,"
"May the force be with you," said Obi- Wan as he switched off the com unit.
~*~
Upon entering the Alderaan system, Obi- Wan brought the ship out of hyperspace.
"I'll tell Luke and Mara we've arrived," said Padmé, getting up from her seat in the cockpit.
"Tell Mara to come here, I think she'll want to see this," said Obi- Wan.
"Okay," said Padmé as opened the door and entered the passenger area.
She smiled at the sight she saw. Luke and Mara were talking and laughing about one thing or another and seemed to becoming friends. "Luke, Mara, we've arrived in the Alderaan system, we're going to be landing shortly. Mara, Obi- Wan wanted you to come in the cockpit,"
Mara nodded, "Okay," she got up and went into the cockpit to talk to Obi- Wan and Anakin.
"Hey um... Mom," said Luke, hesitating about what to call Padmé.
"Yes?" she said, turning to smile at him.
"Why are we going to Alderaan, and what's it like there?" he asked.
"Alderaan is a beautiful planet. It reminds me of my home planet, naboo. Alderaan is nothing at all like tattoine. It seems like everything is green there," she paused, "But we're going there to get your twin sister, Leia,"
"I have a sister?" Luke asked, surprised. "What's she like?"
"Well... She has long brown hair an brown eyes... She's grown up thinking that she is the princess of Alderaan... She's really smart to, just like you," she said.
"She was in my dreams too!" Luke exclaimed.
"What dreams?" Padmé asked.
"For as long as I can remember, I've always dreamed about, you, a dark figure, and I guess her. At that point they were nightmares! I would wake up sweating and cold! Then, the night before you came, the dark figure disappeared and um... Dad... appeared instead... I understand what those dreams meant now," said Luke
Padmé smiled at him, "Its common for Jedi to have dreams like that. Many times dreams they have are true..."
~*~
Four days later, Alpha 1 touched down on Alderaan and all on board we're glad to arrive.
_*_
End part 2 chapter 7
Okay, that took me forever! Please review! - Sarah-
Luke nodded. This made sense didn't it?
"Luke, we wanted to take you back, we wanted to have you live with us... If you want to that is...." said Padmé.
Luke looked at Owen and Beru. "Can I go?" he asked them.
"Its your decision Luke... I think you should go," said Beru.
"So do I... You're much better off with them," said Owen.
"I'll go then," said Luke.
"You should go pack your things then, we leave in a few hours," said Obi- Wan.
"Okay..." said Luke quietly. "Is it okay for me to do this?" he asked Beru.
Beru wiped her tears away and said, "Yes... You're going where you belong Luke... Now go pack your things,"
"Okay," he said as he got up from his seat at the table and went to his room to pack.
"Mara, why don't you go help him pack, I'm sure he could use some help," said Obi- Wan softly.
"Yes, Master," said Mara. She then got up from her seat and went to the same place Luke had gone.
"Need help?" she asked from the door way to his room.
"Yeah... You're name is Mara right?" He said.
"That's right," she replied, smiling. "Master Obi- Wan said that I should help you pack,"
"Okay," said Luke, "Hey do you wanna be friends?"
"Sure, I don't have many friends my age," said Mara, solemnly.
"I don't have any friends at all," he said sadly.
"Well then we should be friends," said Mara grinning at him.
"Okay!" he said, and before long, Luke and Mara were talking and laughing together.
~*~
"Everything will be okay," Obi- Wan assured Beru.
"He belongs with Anakin and Padmé, we've known that all along," said Owen who was standing behind Beru with his hands on her shoulders.
"We'll bring Luke to visit you sometimes if you want," said Padmé who was feeling guilty for taking Luke away from Beru.
Beru looked up, "Okay," she said, a small smile playing across her face.
"Where are you headed to after this? Courescant?" asked Owen, changing the subject.
"We're headed to Alderaan actually," said Padmé.
"Why Alderaan?" asked Owen.
"To get Leia..." said Padmé truthfully.
"Who is Leia?" Anakin asked quietly.
"She is our daughter Ani... We had twins," said Padmé.
Anakin looked surprised. "Twins..." he managed. "Wow..."
Padmé reached over and grasped his hand, smiling.
He managed to smile back at her. Talk about surprises...
~*~
About an hour later, Luke had packed and was ready to go. Everyone had eaten lunch and was standing near the ramp of alpha 1.
"Good luck and all the best to both of you," said Beru.
"You too," Padmé replied smiling, "Bye for now," she added as she got onto the ship.
"Good luck," said Anakin. "I'll probably be seeing you soon," he boarded the ship.
Obi- Wan bowed and Mara followed suit. "It was nice seeing you again," he said.
"You too," replied Owen.
Obi- Wan boarded the ship, Mara close behind.
Beru bent down and hugged Luke. "You'll always be welcome here, no matter what... I'm going to miss you... We love you so much,"
"I love you too, and I'm going to miss being here," said Luke.
Beru nodded and backed up a step, tears falling from her eyes.
"Good luck Luke.... I know you'll do well in all you'll do," said Owen as he hugged Luke.
"Bye Mo- er bye... I'll miss you," he said nearly crying himself. He boarded the ship which moments later blasted into space headed towards Alderaan.
~*~
Luke stared out the window in the passenger area at tatooine. "Wow," he murmured, "I've never been off planet before... At least not that I can remember,"
"Space is amazing, but cold," said Padmé, looking out as well.
Anakin nodded, joining them. A smile came across his face as he said, "Tatooine is a little to warm for most people's tastes,"
Suddenly, the planet disappeared and was replaced with blurs of white that were stars.
"Its gone!" marveled Luke. "What happened?"
"We just made a jump into hyperspace," Padmé replied, putting her hand on Luke's shoulder.
"We're fairly far away from Tatooine now," said Anakin, putting his hand on Luke's other shoulder.
Luke leaned his head back and smiled up at Padmé and Anakin. The two smiled back. Everything seemed to be working out.
Meanwhile...
"We need to tell the council of what has happened," commented Obi- Wan who was sitting in the cockpit of Alpha 1, Mara next to him.
Mara nodded in acknowledgement, "Yes Master,"
Obi- Wan powered up the com system and pressed a few buttons.
After a few moments it connected and Yoda appeared.
"Master Kenobi, Young Jade, to report what have you?" asked Yoda.
"Quite a bit actually," said Obi- Wan. "Mara and I have successfully saved Senator Amidala," he paused, "But while doing so, we discovered Anakin has been alive all these years, a sith who was called Darth Vader... With help from Amidala, we have turned him away from the dark side... Anakin is with us now... So is Luke,"
"A surprise this is," said Yoda, "Sense this we did not, tricked by the sith we were,"
"There's quite a bit more, but we don't know everything yet," said Obi- Wan.
Yoda nodded. "To Courescant you must come as soon as possible,"
"Yes Master, but due to the requests of the Senator, we will make a stop on Alderaan to get Leia,"
Yoda nodded, "Good Luck, and May the force be with you,"
"May the force be with you," said Obi- Wan as he switched off the com unit.
~*~
Upon entering the Alderaan system, Obi- Wan brought the ship out of hyperspace.
"I'll tell Luke and Mara we've arrived," said Padmé, getting up from her seat in the cockpit.
"Tell Mara to come here, I think she'll want to see this," said Obi- Wan.
"Okay," said Padmé as opened the door and entered the passenger area.
She smiled at the sight she saw. Luke and Mara were talking and laughing about one thing or another and seemed to becoming friends. "Luke, Mara, we've arrived in the Alderaan system, we're going to be landing shortly. Mara, Obi- Wan wanted you to come in the cockpit,"
Mara nodded, "Okay," she got up and went into the cockpit to talk to Obi- Wan and Anakin.
"Hey um... Mom," said Luke, hesitating about what to call Padmé.
"Yes?" she said, turning to smile at him.
"Why are we going to Alderaan, and what's it like there?" he asked.
"Alderaan is a beautiful planet. It reminds me of my home planet, naboo. Alderaan is nothing at all like tattoine. It seems like everything is green there," she paused, "But we're going there to get your twin sister, Leia,"
"I have a sister?" Luke asked, surprised. "What's she like?"
"Well... She has long brown hair an brown eyes... She's grown up thinking that she is the princess of Alderaan... She's really smart to, just like you," she said.
"She was in my dreams too!" Luke exclaimed.
"What dreams?" Padmé asked.
"For as long as I can remember, I've always dreamed about, you, a dark figure, and I guess her. At that point they were nightmares! I would wake up sweating and cold! Then, the night before you came, the dark figure disappeared and um... Dad... appeared instead... I understand what those dreams meant now," said Luke
Padmé smiled at him, "Its common for Jedi to have dreams like that. Many times dreams they have are true..."
~*~
Four days later, Alpha 1 touched down on Alderaan and all on board we're glad to arrive.
_*_
End part 2 chapter 7
Okay, that took me forever! Please review! - Sarah-