Author's Notes: Ok, so this chapter turned out pretty short too. I could make my chapters longer, but then it would take me a lot longer to update. This chapter turned out ok, but I can tell my writing skills are rusty. I don't have a beta so sorry for the spelling and grammar mistakes. Anyways, please enjoy.

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Chapter 1

His son looked pale and weak with all the wires attached to him in the medical compartment. Darth Vader's gaze lowered to the stub that used to be his son's hand, and a shudder ran through him. He did not know where this slight feeling of guilt was coming from. After all, the boy needed to learn. Vader gazed at his son's face. It closely resembled what he had looked like at that age. He would not think of those memories though; they were a weakness. Vader considered his son. Even drugged and restrained Luke shivered in his sleep and thrashed his head violently. Vader had no doubt that his son was having a nightmare. He did not doubt the contents of it either.

"Luke, son it is all right," the Dark Lord soothed as he put a gloved hand on Luke's forehead. Luke's body suddenly stilled. Then Luke leaned in towards the comforting hand and sighed contently in his sleep.

"I was right to tell Luke the truth of his parentage. He will be much easier to manipulate this way," Darth Vader said to himself as he smiled for the first time in years. At that moment the doors opened to reveal Lord Vader's personal medic.

"Lord Vader, we are now ready to attach the hand. By this evening the boy should be able to leave here," the short, frail man reported.

"Good. Have him brought to my chambers when you are done. Make sure that he stays drugged," Vader commanded as he rose to leave. With one last glance back at his son, he left for his chambers. The emperor would contact him soon, and he had much to meditate on.

Darkness everywhere, there was no escape. Vader appeared.

"Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father."

"He told me enough! He told me you killed him." Luke angrily replied.

"No. I am your father."

"NO! That's impossible!" Luke cried as he ran away from the vision deeper in the darkness that was turning slightly lighter.

A grey mist surrounded him. Memories flashed before his eyes. A vision of himself appeared talking to Ben Kenobi.

"How did my father die?" the memory Luke asked.

"A young Jedi named Darth Vader, who was a pupil of mine until he turned to evil, helped the Empire hunt down and destroy the Jedi Knights. He betrayed and murdered your father. Now the Jedi are all but extinct," Ben replied with sadness lacing his words.

In confusion Luke turned from that memory to be confronted by an older one. He saw a much younger version of himself seated on a rock talking to Biggs.

"Do you really think your father was a navigator on a spice freighter?" Biggs questioned.

"I don't know, but I don't think so. That is all Uncle Owen will ever tell me. You have seen what happens when I ask him too many questions about it."

"Yeah, I'm sorry."

"It's not your fault. Aunt Beru is always so kind to me, but even she won't say a word about father. If only I knew his name," young memory Luke said mournfully. Seeing that Luke needed to be alone, Biggs crept away from his now silent friend. Young memory Luke was lost in his thoughts. He had always felt emptiness in him when he thought of his father. He would do anything to have the emptiness filled.

"Father, was I not good enough? Is that why you left? Please, if you are out there come back. I need you," young memory Luke whispered at the stars as tears streaked down his face. The scene faded from Luke's view, and he was again alone in the darkness. A vision of Darth Vader appeared before him again and he screamed trying to find an escape. Then suddenly he felt a comforting presence surround his. It felt warm and peaceful and he leaned into it. The emptiness within him seemed to recede, and he drifted into a restful sleep.

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