The Arrival

He was coming, and he was coming fast. 'Why?' taught the boy, 'Why do I always need to prove myself? Why couldn't I just follow a simple order? Why?' Complain the boy to himself, hitting his head against the computer. Once again, he disobeys a direct order, and once more, he was in trouble. Deep trouble, and this time, he couldn't find any solution. He was as good as dead. In a figure of speech. He had no clue on where he had landed. His space ship was in no condition to go back home, and to add to his troubles, he was very low on nitrate, the fuel his Tie X-1 needed. He tried to compose his self. He needed to be calm to think properly of the situation. He was ordered to follow two X-wings, locate their base of operation, instead, he decided to chase them, resulting the contrary. In the pursuit, he followed his Jedi instincts like he always did, and this time, it didn't go all that well, he crashed into a black hole. His board computer indicated that he was now in the Milky Way, and the only hospitable planet in that area was the Earth. If his memory served him well, it was a very prehistoric planet, not on any Galaxy Federation. How could his family ever find him down there? It was so far away from home, he was doom.

He studied the possibilities, and concluded that he had no choice but to go to the planet Earth, his computer showed him that this planet had a lot of natural resources, maybe he could find what he needed to repair his ship and get some nitrate. He set up the computer to go in that direction. The trip would take him at the least 6 days. He had enough fuel to last the way. After verifying every thing was all right, Anakin Solo, that was the boy name, programmed his computer to feed him all the information he could need on this planet, history, language, currency, their technology, well, everything, while he put himself in a superficial sleep.

6 days later

Anakin Solo was waked by the shaking of his Tie X-1 spaceship. He got up very quickly, alert if anything happened. He didn't know if this new environment was hostile or not, so better be prepared than dead. He realised that the shuffle was due to his entrance in the Earth atmosphere. The young Jedi took control of the spaceship. He scanned the map his computer showed him. He spotted an area where he could safely land without being seen.

The spaceship was shaking harder and harder. He was coming too fast. Fire was consuming his ship. This atmosphere was something he was not accustomed with. The computer was indicating that he was about 50.000 feet from the ground. He needed to slow down the ship, it a death/life situation. He pull up the front of the ship, 'That should do the trick', then he concentrated on the ship, not to crash it, using the Jedi Force. He was waiting for the impact. Instead, he landed in the middle of a very dark forest, the trees smoothened the impact. Anakin took his time to calm down. He was a very good pilot, the best of the galaxy, his family often teased him, but situations like this one tended to render him a little bit nervous. As he was trying to conceal his nervousness, he took a good look of where he landed.

Everything was dark. Very dark, scary dark. There was no moon. He used his computer to scan for enemies. He was alone, very alone. It seemed like this forest was inhabited, except for, a cat. A tabby cat. Anakin looked at the cat, and the cat looked at him. Anakin was used dealing with all kind of strange animals, wotans, wookis, etc. But something about this cat unnerved him. He used the force to decipher the animal. It was doted with an aura of sheer power, intelligence and rightfulness. Somehow, it didn't fit the cat, as it wasn't really a cat.

Anakin got out of his spaceship. He wanted to see the damages to his Tie X-1, his little baby. The cat was still eying him. As he made a move in the cat direction to scare it away, the cat changed itself into an old woman. Anakin pull out his laser sabre quickly, but the woman was quicker. She pulled out a wood stick and said an incantation. The sabre flew out of his hand. Using the force, he called it back. He turned again to face the woman. Then she said :

- Wait!

Anakin said nothing. He search in his memory for that language, English, ' O.K., let's see what she wants.'

- I mean you no harm, I was foretold of your arrival.

- And who are you?

- I could ask the same, the cat-woman answered, I am Professor Minerva McGonagall, teacher and headmistress of Hogwarts, school of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

- My name is Anakin Solo-Skywalker, Master Jedi Knight, Peace Keeper and Ambassador of the New Republic, where am I?

- You are exactly in Scotland, in the darkest part of the Dark Forest, said the woman.

- Oh, right... I mean you no harm, as I am not from the area, could you please tell me the way for the closest city?

- There is no city around here, but you could come to Hogwarts with me. If you could tell me about your situation, maybe I could help you.

- Somehow, I doubt it, but I'll follow you out of here, he said, wanting to get out of that strange forest.

Professor McGonagall quickly understood that the young man would not harm her if not provoked. She led the way to Hogwarts. After two hours, Anakin could finally see the lights of Hogwarts. His face remained neutral, but in truth, he was very impress of the castle. He could sense the force emanating from it. How? Was all he could think about. His uncle Luke would love to come here, to teach there, as it was a school. Anakin was lost in his thoughts, when professor McGonagall stopped walking, he almost collided with her. She turned and said that she would answer any questions he had later. She wanted him to restore himself first. She showed him inside of the castle. He fell in love with it instantly. There was movement everywhere, the portraits, the staircases, the armours. It was surreal, he hadn't seen anything like this before. That was saying a lot, as he was always travelling.

She brought him to the kitchen where she ordered him a sandwich and a glass of pumpkin juice from a house elf. It was quite tasty from Anakin point of view. After he finished eating, she invited him to her office.