A/N In this Luke is 7
"Alright class, remember to give these to your parents." Luke's teacher, Miss Vondell, said as she handed slips of paper to each student. Luke took the slip and looked at it, it read.
2nd Grade Career Day
Invite your parents to tell
The class about their Career!
Luke looked at it intrigued and shoved it in his backpack. "Career day is tomorrow, sign your name down if you plan on having one of your parents come." Miss Vondell said as she pulled a datapad from her desk and handed it to a child in the first row. As the datapad was being passed from kid to kid Luke considered what he should do.
Now if Luke was honest, he was really even sure what his father did everyday. He knew it was really important for the Empire though, and his father was in line for the throne. Luke never got specifics though, so maybe he could find out by bringing him here.
Once the datapad got to him, he decided to write his name down. His father was busy, but hopefully he would come. Soon after the class was dismissed, Luke grabbed his bag as his friend Aaron came up to him.
"I signed my name, hopefully my father has time to come." Aaron sighed, "But my dad is always busy at work." Aaron had told Luke once before his father was a Grand Moff, he wasn't too sure what that meant though.
"I know what you mean.." Luke grumbled to himself, they walked out to the speeders and Luke saw his pick up. "Alright well, I'll see you tomorrow." He smiled, his friend waved him goodbye as he boarded the speeder.
His father's Lieutenant picked him up, Lieutenant Lekauf, "Well how was your day at school?" He asked as they joined the Coruscanti traffic.
Luke shrugged, "It was okay I guess." He pulled out the career day form, "Our teachers gave us this, I was wondering if maybe my father could come." He eyed the paper skeptically.
"Uhh your father?" The lieutenant leaned over to see the paper, "Career day?!" He asked, shocked.
"Yeah, but I don't really even know what he does." Luke huffed and shoved the paper back in his bag.
Lekauf laughed awkwardly, "I don't know Luke, your father is a pretty busy man."
"Well..maybe he will come" Luke whispered as he looked out of the speeder looking over the city.
They made it back to their home, one of the biggest buildings in Coruscant, the tallest was the Emperors of course. The speeder landed in the hangar bay, Luke jumped out of the speeder and pulled the strap of his backpack over one of his shoulders. Luke then felt a hand rest on his other shoulder, "I have some work to do, but if you need me you'll know where I'll be." Lekauf walked off into one of the offices in the hangar, Lekauf spent most of his day down here.
Luke entered the turbolift and rubbed his eyes as he rose to his fathers personal level, he was tired and planned on taking a nap until his father got home. Once the lift door opened, he could sense his father wasn't home yet. He walked down the hall, passed the sitting area and kitchens and eventually made it to his bedroom. His bedroom was rather large and was fitted with a view port looking over the city. Luke dropped his bag on the floor and slumped on his bed and was quickly back to sleep.
A couple hours passed when his eyes fluttered open, he slowly sat up in his bed and stretched. He then felt his fathers force presence brush up against his, his father was home. Luke jumped off his bed and ran out of his room, "Father!" He celebrated when he saw his father walk out of the turbolift. He stopped in front of him, his father tousled his hair.
"Hello Luke."
"Hello Father!" He stood there excitedly.
"How was your day at school, my son?"
"Oh!" Luke darts off to grab his bag, leaving his father, "Wait right there!" He yells from across the apartment. Luke snagged his bag from the floor and pulled out the career day paper then ran back and bumped into his father who was walking down the hall.
Luke stepped back and rubbed his forehead and pouted, "You didn't wait.." He whined, his father sighed.
"Follow me." His father said as he continued through the apartment, Luke followed close behind.
"Where are we going?"
"The conference room, I have work to finish, you may finish what you were telling me in there."
Luke followed his father down the hall and entered the conference room, a large black glossy table stretched the room along with a view of the city. His father moved to the end of the conference room table where a stored pile of datapads lay, his father picked up one of them and looked through it.
"Now what was it you would like to tell me?"
Luke blinked at him a couple times, "Well, I wanted to ask what you do for work?" There was a pause, his father slowly set down the datapad.
"Why are you interested in what I do for work?" Luke moved over towards his father and handed him the paper. "Career Day." His father said slowly.
"Yeah, I signed up so that maybe you could.." Luke paused, looked at him pleadingly, "Please come to class?" His voice grew small as he continued the sentence, it sounded more outrageous said out loud then in his head.
"You want me to go to your classroom to tell them my job?" His father placed his hands behind his back and walked towards Luke.
Luke rocked back and forth on his feet, "Uh- yes." He gave a small smile.
"Luke." He paused, "My job is incredibly busy, I am afraid I will not have time to go to your school."
"But father, please!" Luke begged, "I'll never ask for anything again I swear!"
"I highly doubt that."
"No, it's the truth! Please father! You don't have to be there long!"
"Luke-"
"Please!"
His father stood there silently, his arms crossed and looked down at Luke. Luke held his hands together, looked up begging.
"Fine, I shall attend, but I cannot be there long."
"Yay!" Luke jumped and hugged his father, his father stiffened then patted Luke on the head. Luke jumped back, "Thank you!"
"Of course, my son." His father moved back to grab his datapads and began to work through them again. Luke walked out of the conference room, he wasn't sure what his father was going to say to his class but Luke was excited anyways.
"I can't believe your father agreed to come." Lieutenant Lekauf laughed.
"It was hard, but I was able to convince him." Luke smiled, Lekauf shook his head with a wide grin.
"That sure is gonna be an interesting Career Day." Luke looked at him curiously, he was aware some people might be afraid of his father. That his appearance made people kinda scared, but they didn't know him. They didn't know that he was a good father, no, the best father.
Lekauf landed the speeder on the landing pad, Luke jumped out. "Have a good day Luke!" Lekauf waved, Luke waved back and ran into his school. Luke ran to his class, he saw his friend at his desk and Luke walked over.
"Did you get your father to come?" Luke asked as he sat on the desk next to Aaron.
"Yeah I did, I am surprised he agreed though."
"That's good, I was able to get my father to come too." Luke smiled.
"What does your dad do anyways?" Aaron asked, turning in his seat to face Luke. Luke looked at him curiously, he thought everyone knew who his father was. Before Luke could answer Aaron, Miss Vondell moved to the front of the classroom, "Alright class, welcome to career day! But before we begin, I want to hand out this worksheet." There was an audible groan in the class as the paper was passed around, "I just want you to write down what career you found most interesting and why."
Luke grabbed the paper and rested his chin on his hand, he then began to wonder what he would like to do when he gets older.
"Well I would say, working well with others, quick thinking, and planning ahead are skills I use most for my job." The man smiled to the class, Miss Vondell sat up from behind the desk and clapped her hands together.
"Well class why don't we give Admiral Halcyon a round of applause." She smiled widely, the class clapped then one of the girls stood up.
"Bye daddy!" She waved, Admiral Halcyon waved back as he smiled, he shook the teachers hand and walked out of the classroom. As Miss Vondell grabbed a datapad to announce whose parent was gonna speak, Luke felt his father's force presence. Luke smiled, he was here, Luke couldn't believe it.
"Alright, next up is…" Her smile slowly faded. "Luke Skywalker." She breathed in disbelief. Luke smiled brightly, his teacher looked up from the datapad, looking at Luke. "Uhm, is your father really coming Luke?"
"Yeah, he is here!"
She stared at him, her mouth agape, she was about to say something when the sound of a respirator hushed the classroom. Luke practically jumped in his seat when he saw his father walk into the classroom. All the kids gasped, Miss Vondell slowly stepped away from his father. Behind Luke, he heard some of his classmates whisper 'Darth Vader'
"Hello children." His father's deep voice broke the silence, "I am Luke's father." Miss Vondell stared at him, her eyes were wide. The room stayed silent, "Are you planning on asking me something or are we going to stand in silence?" Vader turned to the teacher.
"Oh uh-" She said awkwardly, she moved to grab her datapad and gulped. "Yes- let's start with a couple questions." Her eyes scanned the datapad, she mouthed the words she was reading, desperately finding a question. "Uh- W-Why don't you tell the class what the title of your job is."
"I am the Commander of the Imperial Navy and the Emperors enforcer." He crossed his arms as Miss Vondell scrolled through the datapad.
"Uhm..What does a typical work day look like?" She gripped the datapad tightly, her knuckles white and slightly shaking. Kids in the classroom still stared in shock, Luke didn't seem to notice though, he watched his father in awe.
"My work day varies, but I commonly oversee important Imperial missions given by the Emperor and assist running the Empire." Luke thought this answer was somewhat vague but didn't care, he was too excited to see his father at his school.
"What led you to your current career?" Miss Vondell asked in a shaky voice, his father was silent for a moment.
"I do not think it would be wise for me to divulge that information to children." Some kids gasped, Luke twisted his face in confusion.
"O-Of course Lord Vader." She looked through the datapad again. "What kind of interest, skills, and abilities help you in this career?"
"The ability of the force." Is all his father said, the teacher nodded slowly.
"Well." The teacher forced a smile, "I think that is enough questions for Lord Vader." She laughed awkwardly, but before she could speak more Luke shot his hand in the air.
"But the class didn't get to ask questions yet!" Luke furrowed his brows, wondering why his father's interview was shorter than the others. The teacher froze, held her breath, and darted her eyes between Vader and Luke.
"Lord Vader, if you don't want to-" His teacher began but was cut off.
"I am willing to answer a question or two."
Luke smiled softly, he looked around the room, all the kids were still pretty shocked. Luke decided to raise his hand.
"Luke, what would you like to ask?" His father asked.
"What is your favorite part of the job?" Luke asked practically jumping in his seat, his father considered this question for a minute.
"I suppose piloting in my TIE."
Luke sat back in his desk, content with the answer. There was a moment of silence, when one of Luke's classmates slowly raised their hand.
"What would you like to ask?" His father asked the boy with the raised hand. The boy lowered his hand and sucked in a breath.
"What is it like to work with the Emperor?" The boy's voice was small, the was a gap of silence.
"It is an… honor." His father answered slowly.
After another few moments of silence Miss Vondell spoke up."Alright well, I think that about wraps it up."The teacher said, "Class… why don't we give Lord Vader a round of applause." The kids clapped, but Luke clapped the fastest.
"Goodbye Luke." His father said then quickly walked out of the room, suddenly he heard sighs of relief. Luke then felt a tug on his school uniform jacket, it was his friend Aaron, Luke looked over at him curiously.
"What is it?" Luke asked, his friend looked at him shocked.
"You never told me your father was Darth Vader!" He whispered, Luke shrugged, he never found a point to say anything. Anyways, usually people already knew his father was Darth Vader. He knew his father's job was important, Luke sometimes had to go to important Imperial events.
"I am sorry I thought you knew, I was gonna tell you but the teacher started talking."
Luke just laughed at his friend's response to finding out, his teacher sighed. "I need to go get a drink of water, I'll be right back in class." She walked out rubbing her temples. Luke sighed, guess there will be more job presentations.
When Luke was dropped off home in the hangar bay by Lekauf, he felt his father's force presence. Luke entered the turbolift to get to his father's personal level, once the lift doors opened he darted down the hall and turned into his father's conference room.
"Father!" Luke cheered as he dropped his backpack on the floor, his father put down the datapad he was working on and walked up to Luke. "Thank you so much for coming!"
"You're welcome, my son."
"Out of all the jobs yours was one of the coolest I think." Luke sat down on one of the conference room chairs.
"One of?" His father asked, "Was there another equally impressive occupation?"
"Well, one of the parents was a pilot, which I thought was pretty cool too." Luke smiled.
"A pilot?" Amusement rolled off his father from the force, "Would you like to be a pilot?"
Luke shrugged, "I dunno, maybe." His father ruffled Luke's hair.
"You will do well in anything you choose, my son." Luke smiled and pulled out his homework from his bag while his father went back to working on his datapad. Before Luke began his work, he considered how he still wasn't too sure what his father did. Right now he didn't care, right now he was glad he was his father. The two worked in the conference room together for the next hour until Luke fell asleep on the conference room table.