Second Chances
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Disclaimer: I don't own Buffy or Star Wars.
Summary: Xander-Halloween fic. Xander goes as a Jedi Knight, giving to two young lovers a second chance.
Rating: PG-13; just to be on the safe side.
Author's Notes: In light of the reviews I got, I have decided to explain a few things. These Jedi are in the Novels not the movies. This story will contain spoilers for the New Jedi Order series of books (set 25-30 years after Return of the Jedi). Anakin Solo is the youngest son of Han Solo and Princess Leia. He is the grandson of Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader. He was killed off in Star by Star (book 9) and he has never fallen to the Dark side of the Force. Tahiri Veila was his best friend since childhood. Right before his demise she became his girlfriend. This Tahiri is from a time 5 years after Anakin's demise. Also before the female Jedi real character is of my own creation. Darklight: It's NOT Harmony! More details about Tahiri and Anakin will be in forthcoming chapters.
Chapter 2 Finding each other.
Okay I'm not dead, thought Anakin, he looked around himself, and this isn't the Yuuzhan Vong worldship over Myrkr.
In fact he didn't have a clue were he was. Everything he saw around him practically screamed primitive to him. He was definitely a long way from civilization.
Screams filled the air.
Anakin twirled around to face the direction of the voices grabbing and activating his lightsaber with a snap hiss in the process. He stood at the ready for any danger with his purple blade at the ready.
"Xander!" came a voice from behind him. He turned around to face it. Coming to wards him was a scantily clad attractive red head that looked around his age.
The female looked eyes on his lightsaber, "Ohmygod Xander howareyoudoingthat?"
Anakin managed to decipher her comment and question, "I'm sorry miss but my name isn't Xander and this is my lightsaber," answered Anakin.
"Stop playing around Xander, this isn't funny!" the girl screamed at him in frustration.
"Look I don't know any Xander," he made to leave, to see where all the screaming was coming from.
The girl made to stop him.
Her hand passed right through him.
Few things could surprise and shock a Jedi.
This did.
Anakin jumped back in surprise, "What are you?" he demanded gruffly.
"I'm Willow, I don't know what happened…I dressed up as a ghost and suddenly I am one," the girl explained hysterically.
He reached out with the Force for her.
He arched his eyebrow at her, "Well you certainly feel dead," he deadpanned.
Something else impinged on his consciousness. He reached out again and realized why he was feeling so on edge.
The Dark Side; Primordial Darkness to be exact.
This whole area seemed to be drowning in it!
Anakin swallowed, this did not bode well for anyone.
Willow continued babbling hysterically, "You…You dressed as a Jedi and now are one as well!"
Anakin sensed no falsehoods in her words, through the Force.
A loud roar heralded the coming of some type of large hairy beast at them. Anakin raised his lightsaber defensively ready to cut the beast down if it attacked.
Willow saw this, "No, you can't! It's not a real monster, there's a real person inside!"
Anakin decide to humor her. He raised his hand and flicked the creature away from them with the Force. It landed several feet further up the street. It got to its feet and headed in the other direction.
Anakin deactivated his lightsaber.
"Since you appear to know something about the situation we're in, could you perhaps explain what is going on?"
"I don't know-Oh my god! Buffy!" Willow ran off heading towards a brunette girl in a formal dress that was wandering around the street with a bewildered expression on her face.
Anakin followed after Willow.
"Buffy! Buffy? Are you alright?" Willow asked the girl.
The girl looked Willow up and down with distaste, "Who are you?"
"Buffy, its me Willow, your friend."
The girl looked at Willow in shock and disgust, "My name is Elizabeth and I would never be friends with someone of such low apparel," she said snobbishly.
Anakin had seen her stance and attitude on a thousand different worlds.
"This is your friend?" Anakin asked sarcastically.
"Yes. She must be under the same spell that's affecting us," said Willow.
"Woah, slow down there, what do you mean spell? As in magic?" asked Anakin in shock.
Willow ignored this.
Elizabeth turned to Anakin, "Pray tell kind sir, can you tell me what is going o here?"
"Right now, I know as much as you do," Anakin conceded with a sigh. He had a feeling this was going to be a very long night.
Anakin's danger sense went off. He whorled around to find many small hungry creatures (they reminded Anakin of some of the devolved creatures he had seen inhabiting the lowermost levels of Coruscant) coming at them, "Perhaps we can finish this conversation somewhere else. Somewhere safer for instance."
Willow looked around in alarm; "I know a place." She set off running down the street.
Anakin took three paces after Willow then noticed that Elizabeth was not following them. He looked at her to find her shaking in terror at the sight of the small creatures that were approaching her, their intent clearly written on their small faces. Anakin scattered them with a flick of his hand then grabbed Elizabeth's hand and pulled her along after him and Willow.
They hadn't gone far when Willow looked to Anakin and pointed at a house across the street, "That one! Go into that one, it belongs to a friend."
They were inside in short order. Elizabeth went into a corner and began to sulk at Anakin's rough manhandling of her.
Willow turned to Anakin, "Which Jedi are you anyway? Xander never told me."
"I'm Anakin-"
"ANAKIN! YOU WENT AS A DARK LORD OF THE SITH! WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING? WERE YOU EVEN THINKING? DID YOU THINK YOU WERE TEMPTING FATE? I GOT NEWS FOR YOU BOYO…THAT'S NOT TEMPTING FATE, THAT'S WALKING UP TO FATE, SPITTING INTO IT'S EYE THEN KICKING IT IN THE FAMILY JEWELS THEN KICKING IT AGAIN JUST FOR GOOD MEASURE!" Willow screamed at Anakin.
"-Solo, Anakin Solo, not Skywalker, I'm his grandson. And I am not a Dark Lord of the Sith, I'm a Jedi Knight," Anakin finished.
"Oh…oops…sorry," said Willow quietly while smiling apologetically, "You're Han and Leia's son right?"
Anakin nodded in confirmation.
Elizabeth's ears perked up when she heard the Knight part and said, "You are a Knight? Of what Order do you come from?"
"Of the Jedi Order," said Anakin still eyeing Willow.
A sudden banging at the door startled them and a female voice came through the door, "Anakin? Anakin! Open the door!"
Anakin could recognize that voice anywhere, "Tahiri? Just a sec…hold on," he called out. He went to the door and opened it.
Anakin froze, "You're not Tahiri."
The girl at the door looked up at him, "And you're not Anakin," she stated in shock.
The reached out for each other through the Force.
Anakin said in astonishment, "But the Force says you are my Tahiri…"
Tahiri spoke in an equally astonished tone, "As it says you are my Anakin…"
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