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Chapter 24: Lessons

"I still can't believe it, Ani! You're alive!" Padmé said running her hand along the side of her husband's face.

"If I told you how it happened, I doubt that you would believe me," he said smiling at her.

Padmé smiled back as he pulled her closer to him and just held her. They stayed like that for a long time.

It was later that night after a rather busy afternoon of many reunions…

A reunion of a master and his apprentice…

A reunion of a father and daughter…

A reunion of a husband and wife…

A reunion of a mother and her son…

And a reunion of friends.

So all in all it had been a good afternoon. The reunion of the Skywalker family had made it all the better. Well at the moment it was as whole as it was going to get. Leia, Han and Jaina were all out on different missions and had yet to make it to Mon Calamari.

"What made you want to go talk to Caylee when you first saw her?" Anakin asked as he still held Padmé close to him.

"The night before I met her I had a dream about what happened after Mustafar. After I had given birth to Luke and Leia, I was dying. Then there was a young woman by my side who had to be a Jedi healer. She and another young man took care of me. I remember feeling really close to this young woman like she was a part of me. And when I saw Caylee, I got those feelings again."

"That's odd," was that Anakin said. But he wasn't going to tell Padmé what he had dreamt the other night. He dreamt of the young woman who was protecting Padmé. The young woman that he, too, had felt close to.

"I know. But I can't remember her name. But I keep remembering the last name Hendrix for some odd reason."

"Was it Nakota and Joel Hendrix?" Anakin asked.

"No it wasn't that."

"Hmmm. I don't know then. Besides if it was a Jedi couple, then they weren't trained at the temple."

"That's what I thought. Oh well, that's all in the past." Padmé said softly kissing her husband's cheek.

Anakin smiled back at her, but deep down inside something was bugging him.

Fire. Explosions. A lightsaber battle. A young man, who was close to Caylee's age, had her pinned against the ground while holding a lightsaber to her throat. She quickly kicked him backwards as she Force lept to her feet. She quickly lit her lightsaber and charged after him. They volleyed back and forth for a while until he used the Force to knock her backwards. Her entire arm became engulfed in the lava that surrounded them. The young man manipulated the Force to hold her there.

"CRAY STOP! IT BURNS! STOP!" she cried out.

But he didn't. He held her there until most of her flesh had burned away. Tears slowly made her way down her cheeks as darkness surrounded her.

Caylee sat up in the darkness, breathing hard. She hated having dreams of her future. Mainly due to the fact that they usually came true. Well at least they did to a certain extent.

She looked at the chrono on her wrist. It was early in the morning. Too early to wake anyone up. She normally would wake up her daddy, but she knew he was worried about other things. Then her grandparents were soundly sleeping. Before that night, her grandpa had never slept well, but now he was. She guessed it had to be because grandma was with him. She also felt that Jacen was deep into sleep in the other room. As for Tara and Kandra, they were rooming with Kandra's aunt Winter, who they had been reunited with that afternoon.

She quietly got out of bed and went into the main living room. She tiptoed her way over to the window and just starred out of it. She looked up at the stars. Intertwined amongst the stars were various Mon Calmarian ships. There were so many refugees from other planets come here, trying to escape the Yuuzhan Vong. She hoped the war ended soon. The longer the war went on, the more she felt sorry for everyone involved and she had no idea why.

But one thing she did know was that as soon as she was old enough she was going to find her brother.

"I miss you Cray," she whispered as she wiped tears away from her under her eyes.

Trekk spent most of the morning looking for Cray. The little boy had gone missing a few hours after the young ones lightsaber training. Eventually he found Cray sitting in a clearing deep into the woods.

"Cray?" Trekk asked approaching him.

"Yes father?"

"Are you alright?" he asked sitting down next to him on the ground.

"No. I had a bad dream last night."

"Well what happened?" Trekk asked.

"I killed my sister."

Trekk didn't say anything.

"I thought that my sister was dead."

"I'm sorry Cray I lied to you. Your sister is still very much alive."

"Then why isn't she here?"

"Your father wouldn't let me take her as well. He loves her more then you. That's why he killed your mother as well. I saved you from his wrath."

Cray didn't say anything. But Trekk could feel the anger of the little boy growing. The dark side was building. Soon this boy would be stronger then his paternal grandfather was. And that was exactly what he and his master wanted.

The next morning, Cal Omas announced his plan for a Jedi Council. And Luke was there with him as he did so. Padmé decided that she wanted to see just how well her son handled politics. Hopefully better then his father did, who preferred aggressive negotiations to simple diplomacy. Caylee went along with them.

But Anakin on the other hand wanted to ask the Vergere something. Something that had been bugging him for while.

"Why aren't you with your son and wife?" the Vergere asked as Anakin entered her cell.

"I have time for them later. But I need to ask you something."

"As long as I can ask something in return."

"That's fine."

"Well go on," the Vergere said, waiting for Anakin's question.

"What do you remember about the prophecy of the child of light and darkness?"

The Vergere thought for second or two about it. "The child of light and darkness was said to be descended from the greatest good and greatest evil in the galaxy. But this would only take place after the Chosen One brought balance to the Force. It was also known that as the child grew, they would emit more of either lightness or darkness around them..."

When she said that, Anakin realized something. Many people have a tendency to notice that whenever Caylee is around they feel better.

"…Also the child of light and darkness is also known as the child of destruction. Since it was the Chosen One that brought balance, it will be this child that destroys either the Jedi or the sith. But how I do not know."

"Thank you," Anakin said. "Now do you have a question for me?"

"Why are you here now? Fighting this war? When this war is not yours to be fought?"

Anakin chuckled a little. "That's more like three questions. But my answer is this: my granddaughter saved my life and was part of the reason I threw off the shackles of the dark side and embraced the light once again. Her destiny is intertwined with mine. But how I do not know. And I honestly don't know how I returned from the dead. Destiny must have had a plan for me or I wouldn't be here."

"Very well." Vergere said, awaiting Anakin's next question.

"What if the child of light and darkness is a twin?"

"I would guess that one must die to allow the prophecy to hold true."

Anakin sighed deeply. That was what he thought. Either his granddaughter or grandson would have to die. Destiny was certainly cruel to this family.

Shortly after Anakin left the Vergere, Luke went to visit her. And Luke's visit had gone similar to Anakin's. The Vergere to Luke seemed like a very complex being. Too complex for him. Maybe that's why she managed to survive for fifty years with the Yuuzhan Vong. But she did pose some interesting questions towards him. And it made him rethink how he perceived the Force along with his nephew's destiny in life.

Luke had talked to his father about it a little, and they seemed to come to one conclusion. That If the Vergere was as deep as she was, then there was a possibility that she could somehow still have control over Jacen. Luke thought it best that Jacen take time away from everything and reconnect with himself and the people around him.

"Vergere told me that you spoke with her before I did. What did you two talk about?" Luke asked.

Anakin turned his head towards the other room, where he could hear Padmé telling Caylee the story of the Battle of Genosis. He then turned back and looked at Luke.

"I just asked her if she remembered the prophecy of the child of light and darkness. She didn't tell me anything that we didn't already know."

But there was one thing that Anakin left out – one of Luke's children was going to die. And as far as he knew there was no way to stop that from happening.