A/N Luke is 12 in this one, I hope you like the update!
His alarm blared in his room, Luke's eyes fluttered open, his heart raced slightly at the jump of being awoken by his annoying alarm. Luke sat up and punched the chronometer, he rubbed his eyes and groaned. It was gonna be another boring day at school, wasn't it? He glanced at his shoulder saw his ducky blanket hanging off of it, if anyone from school knew he still slept with it he would never hear the end of it.
Luke let out a sigh as he changed into his school uniform and walked into the refresher to comb his hair. He walked out, ordered some food on the control panel by his bedroom door. He opened up to the force, searched for his father, he wasn't here this morning. He must have been at the palace, Luke grabbed his food from a kitchen droid and ate it in the conference room. He hated mornings when his father was gone, they were awfully boring and he had no one to talk to.
He also needed advice on a paper about the Fall of the Republic he had to do for school, maybe his friend Aaron could help him. After he finished his breakfast, Luke jumped from the conference room seat and quickly headed towards the turbo-lift, descended to the hangar and saw Lekauf in the speeder.
"Hi!" Luke greeted, he jumped in the speeder, Lekauf quickly put down the data-pad he was reading and smiled at Luke.
"Hello Luke, how was your morning?" Lekauf asked as the speeder lifted from the hangar and made its way into the fluid stream of Coruscant's traffic.
"Oh you know, the same, pretty boring." Luke shrugged as he yawned.
"At least you didn't have to file over a dozen reports." Lekauf sighed.
"Is filing reports really that boring?" Luke asked he couldn't imagine actively doing something was more boring than sitting and doing nothing.
"Yes, it is, if you think school is bad wait till you start a career." Lekauf smiled, Luke looked over the side of the speeder. Career, what did he even want to do? He wasn't sure.
"Come on, school is pretty bad!" Luke said.
"No no, not as bad as working." He assured Luke, Luke sat there and debated Lekauf whether school or work was worse all the way to his school.
Once the speeder landed, Lekauf patted Luke on the back. "Have a good day at school, kiddo, and hey, I am sorry I won't be able to fly you home from school today" Lekauf smiled, Luke shrugged.
"It's okay, Aarons father is driving me home today!" Luke waved, Lekauf had a meeting that was scheduled during the time of his pickup. He was grateful his friend's father could drive him home. Luke ran off into his school, he walked through the halls. Middle school, he had been here for the past couple of months. While the workload may have changed, the people sure didn't. The higher up your parents were in the Empire, the more popular you were.
Unfortunately, Luke did not subscribe to this belief, he also did not care for social statuses, along with a lot of attention. That didn't stop the students from trying to befriend him, he knew it was because of who his father was. They wouldn't be real friends, there was also a good portion of the school who was scared of Luke because of who his father was. Luke had gotten used to that though.
He eventually made it to his locker, his friend Aaron waited by it and smiled when Luke appeared. "Hey, Luke!"
"Hey, Aaron." Luke smiled, he walked up to his locker and began to enter his code. "I am struggling with an essay about the Fall of the Republic." Luke sighed.
"It's pretty simple, you could use Democracy as one of the reasons, that's what I did at least." Aaron shrugged, "I asked my father about it, he was there during the fall." Aarons's father was Grand Moff Arus Thalcorr, who was a General during the Republic.
"I am thinking I am gonna ask my father to," Luke said as he opened his locker, he gasped when he saw what was inside. A medium-sized cardboard box sat in the center of his locker, a box he had never seen before. Luke blinked in confusion, his friend Aaron peaked in for a view.
"What is that?" Aaron asked as he scratched the back of his head. Luke looked at it curiously.
"I don't know.." He muttered softly, "I didn't put it here."
"W-What if it's a bomb?!" Aaron whispered Luke didn't consider that. Maybe it was an attack on Luke. It wouldn't be the first time someone tried attacking him because he was the son of Vader.
Something buzzed around him, the force, it told him the box was safe. It encouraged Luke to look inside, see what was waiting. The buzz was so strong, like electricity, he reached out to touch it.
"Don't touch it, Luke!" Aaron whispered Luke didn't seem to hear him though. This box was entrancing him, he grabbed the box and held it close to his chest. It wasn't heavy at all, when he shook it he felt a few small items bounce around inside. But Aaron had tensed at his actions.
"It could blow up Luke!"
"I don't think it's a bomb," Luke said, looking at the box curiously.
"What's inside? Do you think we should turn it into the Headmaster?" Aaron asked Luke shook his head.
"Maybe we will, I just want to see inside of it first." Luke couldn't help it, his curiosity increased as every second passed. Luke flipped open the lid to the box and saw a few disarray holos, Luke lifted one of them up.
The holo was of a woman with brown hair, deep brown eyes, and a beautiful gown. It looked like a professional photo like she had a high up job. The next holo was the same brunette woman but she was with a blonde-haired man, he had blue eyes and was smiling with the woman. The last thing in the box was a beautiful ornate comb, gold-lined it, it looked more for decoration than actual use.
"What is this…" Luke muttered softly, "Who is this woman?" Aaron shrugged.
"Maybe it was put in the wrong locker," Aaron suggested, Luke shook his head. Something in the force told him so, this was meant to be his. Luke delicately balanced the box as he pulled books out from his locker and into his backpack. He then slid the box back in his locker.
"No, it's for me, I can feel it." Luke felt utterly perplexed, why had he received this box? Who were those people?
"The force?" Aaron asked, Luke nodded and slammed his locker shut. They both headed for class.
"Remind me to thank your dad for driving me home today," Luke told Aaron.
"Hey, it's no problem!" Aaron laughed.
Luke couldn't stop thinking about the box all day, why had this box been brought to him? Who were those people in the holos? He would find out soon enough, perhaps his father knew.
Luke sat restlessly in his chair, it was the final class and he was ready to dart back to his locker and grab the box.
"Remember class, there are many reasons as to why the Republic failed, so I have no doubt your essays will be lengthy." His teacher lectured, Luke was barely listening, he tapped his foot anxiously.
Finally, the class was called to an end, Luke jumped from his seat and moved to the exit. He ran down the school halls.
"No running!" A security droid beeped, Luke reluctantly slowed down and swiftly made it to his locker. He flung it open and the box sat there, just like he had left it. He picked up the box gently and turned to see his friend Aaron.
"So you're keeping the box?" Aaron asked, his eyebrows furrowed in curiosity.
"Yeah, I mean, I wanna find out who these people are." Luke smiled, Aaron crossed his arms in disapproval.
"You have to focus on your essay, you told me you were struggling earlier this morning! You can't focus on some random strangers in some holos." Luke and Aaron began to walk down the halls towards the exit of the school.
"Fine, I will work on my time management later. But I am still gonna find out who they are." Luke looked down at the box. They made it out to the speeders, Aaron led the way to his fathers. It was a really nice speeder, Luke's eyes widened at the sight.
"You brought out the nice speeder to school?" Aaron asked his father as he and Luke entered, Aarons father laughed.
"Hey, if I am driving Luke home I am using my nice speeder." Aarons's father, Arus, laughed. He has met Aarons father a couple of times before. Sometimes Luke had seen him in his father's conference room, which was somewhat awkward.
"You never take this speeder out! You don't even let me touch it." Aaron moped, Arus sighed.
"Luke should be comfortable on his way home." Luke felt awkward in his seat but ignored him by looking through his box, looking at the holos. "Whatcha got there, Luke?" Arus asked.
"Luke found this weird box in his locker." Aaron said, "It has some strange holos in it."
"Yeah, I don't know who these people are." Luke sighed and deflated slightly in his seat.
"Strange holos huh? Can I see?" Arus asked, Luke hugged the box close. He was hesitant to hand over the holos but maybe Aarons's father would know who they were. Luke grabbed the holo of the woman and handed it to Arus.
Arus held onto it and looked upon the woman, "Oh I know who this is."
"You do!?" Luke asked, he sat up excitedly in his seat.
"Yeah, this woman right here was a senator for the Galactic Republic, her name was Padme Amidala." Arus held the holo up for both Aaron and Luke, Luke gently took the holo and held it in his lap. Padme Amidala, why had he been sent pictures of this woman.
"Do you know who this man is!?" Luke asked as he held up the holo with both the man and Padme. Arus glanced at the picture while driving then instantly looked nervous, he attempted to recover by keeping a straight face.
"No- uh, I am sorry- I don't know who that is" Arus gripped the yoke nervously, Luke eyed him suspiciously. Eventually, the speeder was landed in his father's hangar, which Luke saw was bustling. They were preparing a shuttle, Luke walked out with a confused face.
"What's going on Luke?" Aaron asked, still sitting in the speeder, Luke shrugged.
"I'm not sure." Luke shrugged, Luke turned back to face the speeder, "Thank you for flying me home!"
"It's no problem at all Luke.." Arus paused, "Tell your father I said hi! Well, we should be getting going Luke, see you later." Aarons father said, he lifted the speeder, Luke waved to his friend and watched as the speeder took off. Luke turned back to face the busy hangar, he walked through the and Lieutenants rushing around. Luke made it to the turbolift and ascended up to his home.
Luke, still holding the box, exited the turbo lift and walked to his room. He placed his backpack on the ground and then put the box on his bedside table. Just then, he felt his father's presence enter his room, Luke turned around and his father was in the doorway.
"Hello, father!" Luke smiled, Luke went over and sat at the edge of his bed.
"Hello, my son." His father stepped further in his room, "You saw the commotion in the hangar, I expect?" He rested his hands behind his back.
"Oh yeah, what was that about?" Luke asked.
"The Emperor had requested our presence at a formal gathering, I had ordered them to prepare a shuttle quickly." Luke's eyes went wide, he hated formal gatherings. He also did not enjoy being around the Emperor, Luke sighed heavily.
"A formal gathering!?" Luke whined and collapsed on his bed.
"Luke, do not whine, it is just for the evening." Luke slowly sat up in his bed and huffed.
"Fine, I don't have to speak with the Emperor do I?" Luke furrowed his brows in curiosity and looked at his father.
"He would like to speak with you, you are not required to sit next to him and speak with him the entire time, just say hello." Luke nodded slowly, "Get ready, we must leave soon." His father moved to leave the room, Luke watched as his cape billowed from behind his father.
Luke reluctantly moved to stand and looked through his closet, he had a certain section of clothing for Imperial gatherings. Whenever there would be an Imperial Event, Luke would have to wear something very fancy to fit in with the crowd. Luke pulled out an outfit and threw it on, he turned back to his box.
He took one last look at the photo with the man and the woman, they both looked so happy. He wondered who would have sent him this, he would figure it out though. He walked out of his room, his father waited for him in the sitting area. Luke followed his father, they entered the turbolift and reached the hangar.
Men lined up leading towards the ramp of the shuttle, their hands held up in salutes. He and his father walked in between them, his father led the way towards the ramp, and Luke followed close behind. Luke and his father boarded the ramp and entered the cockpit.
"Are there gonna be other people at the dinner party?" Luke asked as he sat in the co-pilot's seat.
"I believe some of the Emperor's close allies will be there." His father said as he lifted the shuttle out of the hangar and headed to the Imperial Palace.
"Will there be kids my age?" Luke asked hopefully, these parties were incredibly boring. It was a long dinner party that lasted hours. They talked about politics, systems, rebels, credits, Luke had been to a bunch of these parties with his father. Every time Luke had fallen asleep and his father would carry him back to the shuttle.
"I do not know, but I do think it is a possibility." His father flew quickly through the Coruscanti speed traffic, he always moved quickly. Luke ended up thinking about his box the entire rest of the way to the Palace.