Second Skycrawlers By kcrforce

Disclaimer: Anything recognizable as Star Wars or anything affiliated with it belongs to George Lucas, and not me

PART 1

1"Mommy, mommy, look what I can do mommy" three, almost 4-year-old Ben Skywalker said running into his parent's room.

In the room his mother was sitting on her bed folding clothes and watching a holo-documentary on Luke when he was in the Rebel Alliance. She had a slightly sad expression on her face until she turned away from the holo and saw her young son. Then she smiled at her son encouragingly and said "OK, Ben show me what you can do."

After receiving his mother's permission he put Bandit, his favorite stuffed bantha, on the bed next to Mara. He then closed his eyes and screwed up his cute little face in concentration. After a few seconds of him just standing there he raised one little hand and Bandit rose up into the air about a foot above the bed. When Bandit was in the air, he opened his crystal blue-green eyes and smiled at his mother who's bright green eyes were beaming with pride in her son and wished that her husband Luke was there with her to see their son's accomplishment.

"That's amazing Ben. Where did you learn to do that?" Mara exclaimed

"I learn morning from daddy holo." He said pointing at the holo-documentary she had been watching before he came in. "Watch daddy do, I want do to, so do what Daddy do over and over tell I do like daddy. I miss daddy when he be home."

Mara studied her son astonished that her three and a ½ year-old son had taught himself Force telekinesis.

"I miss him to. Daddy should be home in a day or two. Do you want to learn a new trick?" Mara asked her son as she stooped to pick him up and sat him on her lap.

"Oh, yes mommy I love to," he said, giving her a big hug and a wet kiss on the cheek.

"OK, I am going to teach you how to talk with your daddy without the commstation. Do you remember when daddy taught you to touch the Force?"

"Yes Mommy."

"You start the same way, then you think really hard about the person you want to talk to." She said then reached out to Ben in the Force and sent Can you hear me Ben

"Mommy did you say some thing?" asked Ben and gave his mother a questioning look.

"No, I did not say anything out loud, but I did say something with my mind and through the Force. Now you say something to me with your mind and the Force."

"OK, I try."

"Ben you know what daddy would say to that He'd say 'Do or do not there is no try' and I say you can do it I have no doubt."

After she said, this Ben smiled. Then he got a serious look on his face that made his chubby face that made his face even cuter. He reached out for his mom through the Force and sent her the thought I love Mommy .

"Do hear me mommy" Ben asked happily.

"Yes I did Ben and I love you to" she responded tickling him.

"Mommy when I reach for you, you feel funny here" Ben stated pointing to her stomach.

"What do you mean funny" Mara asked startled.

"Don't know just funny. Try daddy now?"

"Sure, go ahead do it the same as when you called me."She said somewhat disconcerted by Ben's unclear statement about her feeling funny, but there was time enough to worry about that later. Ben reached out for his father the same way as he had his mother and found him a lot closer to home than he thought he would and sent Ben love daddy .

Luke was smiling as he looked at the presents for Ben and Mara in the seat next to him in the airspeeder he was flying, on the way home form the spaceport. He was thinking how surprised they would be when he came home a day early. When he reached the apartment building he gathered up his luggage and the box of gifts for Mara and Ben then headed for the turbolift with R2 in tow. He had just got in the lift when he heard Ben's voice say " Ben love daddy ." Luke looked all around but Ben was nowhere to be seen he looked down at R2 and asked "Did you hear some thing?" When R2 whistled back in the negative, Luke realized that Ben was communicating though the Force. After that realization he sent Ben back the thought And daddy loves Ben .

Ben got a really happy look on his face and said "Mommy, Daddy hear me, he say 'Daddy love Ben'." He then jumped off his mother's lap, grabbed her hand and Bandit, and dragged Mara to the front door. When they got there Ben activated the door and shouted at the top of his lunges "Surprise Daddy, surprise Mommy."

Mara looked out the door and saw a very surprised Luke laden down with his luggage and a large box on repulselifters trying to open the door. After she had overcome her initial shock she smiled and said "Come on Ben lets help daddy with his things."

"OK Mommy Ben help."

"Here Ben take this box to the front room."

"OK" Ben responded, taking the box from his father, and waddled off to the front room with box hovering in front of him.

"What's in the box Luke?" Mara asked giving her husband a tight embrace.

"A few presents for Ben" he said giving her a passionate kiss. When he broke the kiss, he continued "And a very special gift for you to say 'Happy Anniversary my dear Mara'."

"You remembered!" Mara exclaimed and gave him a deep passion-filled kiss and they did not part until the need for oxygen unwillingly forced them too.

Ben chose this moment to shout from the front room "Mommy, Daddy what take so long?"

"We're coming Ben," Luke shouted back then turned to Mara and said while taking her hand "Shall we go my lovely Jade." She just smiled and followed him to the front room where Ben was sitting on the couch in front of the box starring hopefully at it.

"Can we open it pleeeeeeeeeeease?" Ben begged as soon as his parents entered the room.

"Not yet Ben. First do you know what today is?" Luke asked

"I no know" Ben answered his father.

"Today is the 12th anniversary of the day Daddy and Mommy got married, Ben." Mara informed her son.

"That's why I came home a day early, and brought presents for you and mommy."Luke said.

"Oh," was all a thoughtful Ben could say at first. After a few moments Ben came out of his reflection and asked "It like you birthday?"

Luke and Mara smiled at the question.

"Yes it is like a birthday of our union," Luke answered his young son.

"Now can open box?"

"Ok, Ben now we can open the box, but I'll do it."

Inside the box were five wrapped gifts and a card. Three of the five gifts had Ben's name on them. When Ben saw this he started to squirm eagerly. Luke laughed at the solemn expression that appeared on Ben's face after he had handed him the largest of the three gifts, wrapped in blue with red suns allover it, and he started to unwrap it carefully. It turned out to be a children's indoor/outdoor camping set complete with a small tent, a sleeping bag, a small glowrod, and most important, a holographic fire.

"Wow, Daddy now I go camping like Daddy and Mommy do."

Camping was Luke and Mara's code for some of the more dangerous Jedi missions they some times went on.

"We'll see Ben" Mara commented as she gave her husband a questioning look. The look she got from him in return was a smug one and was accompanied with a Force thought I have a plan .

The next gift was wrapped in yellow printed with banthas. Ben opened this one in the same careful manner as the last. This one contained a hologame call The Little Lost Bantha Cub, which was based on a children's story of the same name.

"Thank you Daddy. I want this so much." Exclaimed an excited Ben.

The next gift was in silver paper. By now Ben was too excited to take his time opening it like he had with the others. Under the paper was what looked like a small model of Mara's ship Jade Shadow, but was really a talking holoemitter.

"Wizard, Mommy's ship"

"Yes it is Mommy's ship, but that's not all it is. Let me show you." Luke said reaching for the ship. When the ship was in Luke's hand's he pressed one of the nacelle and an image of Luke and Mara appeared above the ship. Then Luke pushed the nacelle and his and Mara's voices filled the air with a lovely song. Ben smiled at the sound of the lullaby that his parents sang to him every night and said "It my song." Then started to sway to the music. At the end of the song a recording of Luke said "I love Ben." Then, a recording of Mara said "I love you very much Ben." After the recording had run it's course Ben said "Thank you Daddy."

"This gift is from your aunt Leia and uncle Han." Said Luke handing Ben his last gift which was a holocard. When Ben opened the card, his aunt and uncle appeared above the card.

"Hey Ben do you want to do some thing special for your parents on their anniversary?" Leia said.

"Yeah, sport why don't you come spend a few days with us? Your cousin Jacen will be here to." Han added.

Ben looked up at his parents and asked "Can I take my presents with me."

"Of course you can Sweetheart. I think that's why Daddy got them for you." Mara said starring at Luke in astonishment at these loving surprises of his.

"OK, Ben go to Aunty Leia's house and play with Jacen!" Ben said excitedly "I go pack." Then ran off to his room.

"I'll go help him pack, then I'll make some lunch, my love. You just rest you look tired."

"I am OK Luke, I've just been thinking about something Ben said to me this morning."

"Oh, what did he say to make you so pensive?"

"When I was teaching him how to reach out and talk to you through the Force, he told me I felt funny and he could not expound on it. I am going to do a self examination while you help Ben. Then I expect to hear the rest of your plans." Mara said as she headed to the meditation room.

"As you wish my lovely Mara" he said, somewhat worried, then hurried off to help Ben get ready for his visit with his aunt and uncle.