All throughout the night, Luke could only think about the events that led up to him and Leia being sent away to a far away place. After Palpatine was killed, Luke thought for sure that there was an end to the Dark Side of the Force. . . . .he thought wrong.

Several months after the death of the Empire, Luke had begun getting weird visions, mostly consisting of seeing Jedi's murdered. The weirdest part about it was it was Luke doing the murdering. The first few dreams he ignored, until they became frequent. Even Han was getting worried for him. Luke told very few about the odd dreams, but the few he told were telling him to leave the galaxy. They were just dreams to Luke. Just dreams, until something happened.

Coded messages started arriving for Luke, telling him that he was the last possible Jedi to hold out the Dark Side. Thinking they were a joke, he simply deleted them. They came every day, describing how he would soon turn, and the Empire would rule again. There was some obvious crazy kid out there.

Not only were the messages annoying Luke, they had turned to Leia, telling her that if he didn't do as told, they would come looking for him. Fearing the worst and taking control, she told Luke he had to get help. She had a bad feeling about it. Everyone kept telling him to take a break, maybe a year or two, and things will pass over. He finally agreed.

As the shuttle that was taking them to Earth departed from the galaxy, there had been a reign of terror. The shuttle was under attack, telling them that if they didn't hand over Luke, they would be destroyed. Just making it out of the attack, they knew this was no longer a game.

After contacting several people that they knew on Earth, they arranged for Luke and Leia to be placed in a family for caring.
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"Dad? Dad, is he alive?" A little voice said while Luke felt his shoulder being probed with a small finger. "Dad, he's not waking up."

"Baylee, leave him alone. Let him rest," Brian's voice was heard at the end of the hall. As Luke was about to get up, he heard the patter of little feet run across the hall.

"Dad, is he my new brother?" Baylee asked, almost sounding excited.

"For now, yes. And Leia's your new sister," Brian said in a whisper as he walked closer to Luke's room. "Now, how about we leave him to sleep. We'll check in on him in an hour, k, buddy?"

"No, it's ok, I'm up," Luke said, opening up his eyes to see Brian about to close his bedroom door.

"Oh, how're you feeling?" Brian asked, stepping into the semi sunlit room. The shades were drawn over the windows, trying to drown out the light.

"A lot better," Luke said, propping himself up on his elbows. As Brian put his hand on his forehead, Luke slightly moved his head to side to see the little person hiding behind him.

As the little boy shyly smiled, Luke smiled back. "Well, you feel a lot better. So that's a good thing." Brian said, lifting his hand away.

"Hi," Baylee said, in a quiet voice.

"Hi," Luke responded. "You must be Baylee."

Baylee shyly nodded. "Since when are you so shy? Huh?" Brian asked, grabbing his little blond son.

"I don't know." Was the only response.

"How about we let you get dressed and we'll see you downstairs for breakfast," Brian suggested, about to carry out his giggling son from the room.

"Sure," Luke said. "Uh, what time is it?"

As Brian was about to close the door, he said. "About 9am."

"Ok. I'll see you downstairs, if I can even find the kitchen."

As Brian left, Luke looked around the room for his two bags of things. Neither he could find. Opening up the closet, he noticed that all of these clothes were nicely hung up; a way that they would never be again.

"Thank you Leia," Luke mumbled as he absently grabbed two shirts and pair of khakis.

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"Hey, morning. It's great to see you in one piece," Leighanne commented as she saw Luke stand in the doorway of the kitchen.

At the large kitchen table was Brian, who was hunched over a bowl of cereal, reading the back of the box, which looked like a maze. At his side was Baylee, who was also eating a bowl of cereal, but a smaller portion. He had a tiny bowl to accompany his tiny cup. Baylee bended over the side of the table, trying to get a better look at the maze on the back of the box.

On the other side of the table was a little girl with curly red hair. She was sitting in high chair and was waving a little sippy cup around, a big grin on her face.

"Yeah, I wasn't feeling to good yesterday. I feel a lot better today," Luke said, laughing a little. "Where's Leia?"

"Oh, she just got in the shower," Leighanne said, standing over a pot on the stove.

"Well, I guess we'll see her in three hours," Luke said, stepping inside the room.

"Here, wanna have some Cocoa Puffs?" Brian asked with his mouth full, several little brown balls falling from his mouth.

"Uh, no thanks. I think I'll pass on breakfast," Luke said, taking a look at the gross looking food.

"Luke, you should really eat. We have a big day ahead of us today," Leighanne said, turning to look at him.

"I think I'll just wait till lunch," he replied, looking at Brian who was still trying to figure out the maze. "What're we doing today?"

"Enrolling you two in Riverwood High School," Leighanne added, turning around to smile.

"Yay, school," Luke said sarcastically. "Do I seriously have to go?"

"Yes, you have to go," Brian said. "You didn't go for one day and you're already complaining."

"Seeing as how it's already November, you'll be starting in the a little later than everyone else did," Leighanne said. "But just think, winter break is coming up. So you won't be going for very long."

"Good. I hated school before, and I bet I'll hate school this time around."

Leighanne shook her head, placing down a glass of orange juice in front of Luke, along with two little pills. Luke looked down at the tablets then up again to find a little face watching him.

"What're these?" Luke asked.

"They're you're vitamins," Baylee said, confusion draped on his face. As his little feet smacked on the ground, he scampered over to where Luke was now sitting at the table. As he stretched to look over the top of the table, he saw the two little pills. "Wow, I never got those ones before. I always get the little Flintstones."

"When're we leaving?" Luke asked, totally ignoring the little boys comments.

"I don't know. Whenever Leia's ready I suppose," Leighanne said, turning around to find her daughter throwing food all around. "Brian, can you please help Megan, she's making a mess."

"Megan!" Brian scolded, trying to clean her up. "So," Luke thought, "That's Megan. Their other kid."

"Never a dull moment," Leighanne said, simply walking out of the room, leaving a screaming daughter, a messy kitchen, a cleaning husband, and, the only sane one in the room, Baylee.

"Well, buddy," Luke said, looking down into big blue eyes watching him, "looks like it's just me and you. Wanna go upstairs and annoy Leia, that never gets old."

Baylee nodded furiously. Maybe this kid was the only thing that was going to keep him sane.

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"Hi, I'm Mrs. Littrell. These are my kids, Luke and Leia Skywalker," Leighanne said politely, shaking the principals' hand.

Leia stood next to Luke, wearing her long hair down, several braids running down the sides. For the first time, she was wearing hip-hugger jeans for the first time, not sure if she liked them. She had a cute shirt from the same store Luke bought all of his clothes. On the tee was a glass of milk on one side and animal cookies dancing to the cup across the front. She liked it.

Luke was plain. Baggy khakis, an undershirt, brown striped shirt, and Quicksilver sweatshirt on top. He could give two shits what he looked like. Who was he trying to impress?

The school was nice. Far different from anything Leia had ever attended. Even more different from Luke. Leia had gone to a private school for the Royal. Luke went to a school with a bunch of farmers for the most part, other than Biggs.

"Hello, welcome to Riverwood High School. I'm Mrs. Davenport, I'll be your principal," the lady said with a little smile. She seemed nice for the most part, but incredibly busy due to the large stack of papers on her desk. "Well, we already set everything up. Here are your schedules. We tried to put you two together in most of your classes."

Luke looked down at the schedule the southern lady had given him. '1st period. . . . .Auto.' "Great, something I know," Luke thought. '2nd. . . . English.'

"Hey Luke, we have English together!" Leia exclaimed, looking over at his schedule. "And lunch, gym, and physics."

"Yay, like I don't see you enough at home," Luke said half heartedly, laughing.

"When do you expect them to start attending?" Leighanne asked.

"Um, anytime this week would be good," Mrs. Davenport replied.

"Great, expect them tomorrow," Leighanne happily said. "Is there anything they need?"

"Um, they will need gym uniforms.. . ." Mrs. Davenport started talking about while Luke spaced out. While standing in the office, he leaned up against the wall, looking down a hallway.

Down the hall, he watched a beautiful blond walk into the office area holding several papers. She was a tall blond girl, with shoulder length straight hair. She was beautiful, simple, and yet beautiful. Maybe this school wouldn't be so bad after all . . .

"Hey Romeo, you still with us?" Leia asked, probing him gently in the ribs, pulling him back to reality.

"Uh, yeah, sorry. Dozing a little bit."

"Well, if you're teachers catch you doing much of that, you'll be reporting down to Mr. Noll's office," Mrs. Davenport said. "Mr. Noll is your dean."

"Yeah," Luke thought. "Better get used to him."

"Ok, I think that's about it. I wish you the best of luck in school." Mrs. Davenport said. "And, again, welcome to Riverwood High School."

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"'Best of luck'? Why would we need luck in high school?" Luke asked as they walked out of the school. "Leighanne, this school sucks already."

"Oh, c'mon Luke, don't be such a grumpy gills," Leighanne said, pushing her lips together, laughing a little. Luke still looked upset.

"I don't believe this. I'm trying to be serious and you're laughing." Luke said, shaking his head.

Leighanne smiled. "Just give it a shot. You want to live, right?"

"Yeah, but this high school doesn't give me so much reassurance anymore."

"Luke, maybe you'll have fun. I saw you checking out that girl," Leia said, nudging him a little as they came to the car.

"Don't touch me." He said, getting into the car.

"Uh Leighanne, he's getting into one of his moods," Leia said, laughing. Leighanne laughed too, turning on the car.

"I hate you."