A/N Luke is fourteen in this one
"I think the new kid will like you," Luke said to his friend Aaron as he unpacked his books into his locker. Imperial City Academy was receiving a new student, the son of a General, or, so he had heard. His friend Aaron worked as a student-aide for the Academic Office and they had had asked him to give the kid a tour.
"I prepared a speech for him when he arrives." Aaron smiled proudly to himself, Luke looked at him perplexed.
"A speech? You prepared a speech!?" Luke furrowed his brow, "He is our age, not an important adult or anything."
"Well yeah, I just wanna be prepared." Aaron closed his locker, Luke shut his as well.
"When is he arriving?" Luke asked as he looked up and down the halls.
"Any minute I think.." Aaron looked around too, "We should drop off our stuff at class and meet him back at the front entrance"
"Good idea," Luke replied as he readjusted the strap of his backpack, the walked down the hall when Luke stopped quickly, "Wait we need our book for Biology- I'll go get mine and we can share."
Aaron nodded to him, Luke turned back quickly and dashed to his locker. He quickly entered his locker code and flung the door open, there was a loud bang, his locker shook and he realized his locker door had hit something. Luke pulled his locker door back slowly and saw a slightly taller boy with red hair rubbing his forehead.
"Oh stars, I am so sorry!" Luke said as he looked at the boy apologetically, "Are you okay? I can go get a nurse droid." The boy opened his eyes and removed his hand from his forehead, he glared at Luke, making Luke feel uncomfortable.
"You just hit me with your locker!" The kid yelled, Luke stepped back nervously as the kid slammed Luke's locker closed.
"I am really sorry! I didn't mean to, I-" The boy in front of him shoved him.
"Yeah, you're gonna be." The boy shoved Luke and he fell to the ground on his back, kids in the hall stopped what they were doing and looked at the boy perplexed. Luke moved to sit up and rubbed the back of his head and looked at the kid with a worried expression. Luke was so perplexed and shocked this was actually happening to him, this was the kind of thing you only saw in holes. The kid stood over him, grabbed Luke by the collar, lifted him up and punched him hard in the face. Luke fell back on the floor, he reached for his face, it stung badly, he pulled his hand back and saw blood. His nose was bleeding, the kids around them gasped.
"Hey!" Aaron yelled at the kid as he rushed over to Lukes aide, Aaron helped Luke up, Luke stumbled slightly as he kept his hand on his nose. His nose was sore and his eye was stinging badly.
"Don't mess with me again!" The boy yelled at Luke, Luke looked at him weakly then saw the boy's angry face falter into shock. Luke then felt a hand on his shoulder, Luke turned and saw his teacher, Mr. Sereta standing over him. He was looking at the boy firmly.
"Go to the Headmasters office, now." Mr. Sereta said firmly, the boy huffed and turned around and walked down the hallway. Mr. Sereta turned and looked at Luke, "Head the nurses office, then the Headmasters." Luke eyes flew open.
"I'm in trouble?!" Luke asked.
"No, you're not in trouble, it's just formality." He patted Luke on the shoulder, Luke looked at Aaron.
"I am sorry I can't make it to class," Luke said as he started to use his sleeve to stop his nose bleeding.
"It's fine! Go to the nurses!" Aaron insisted, Luke, sighed and walked down the hall. It was embarrassing, his nose was bleeding and he was beginning to think he was going to get a black eye. It was obvious he had just gotten beaten up, everyone side-eyed him as he passed, making him self conscious. He made a turn and saw the nurses office, he walked in.
The nurse droid had Luke sit down on a white cot and instructed him out to stop a nosebleed. Then moved over to a metallic lock box and pulled out some bacta and applied a small amount to Lukes's eye.
"Tell me how you became injured." The droid beeped, Luke sighed and slid off the cot.
"I got in a fight, I have to go to the Headmasters because of it." Luke walked toward the exit.
"Remember to reapply the bacta later on." The droid reminded him, Luke smiled.
"Will do." He turned and walked towards the administration office, which was not far off from the nurses. His stomach swirled anxiously, he didn't want to get in trouble. He had never been in a fight before, he fiddled with his uniform anxiously and realized his sleeve was bloody from his nose. He grounded at the sight, it was quite morbid. He found the Administrations office and entered, he passed the secretary droid and walked down the office towards the Headmasters office. The door opened and Luke looked in anxiously.
He saw the Headmaster talking on his com sitting behind his large desk, he saw two seats in front of the desk. The boy who attacked him sat in one, he was supposed to sit next to him. Luke moved over slowly and sat on the seat next to the boy. Luke looked down anxiously, in the corner of his eye he saw the boy glaring at him.
Headmaster Solmen ended the com, his eyes glanced between the two. "Alright you two, tell me what happened."
"This kid." The boy pointed at Luke, "Hit me in the head with his locker!" He glared at Luke, Luke's eyes flew open at the accusation of Luke starting the fight.
"It was an accident!" Luke explained, then Luke pointed at him, "He punched me in the face!"
"Only because you hit me with your locker!" The boy snapped back, the two were both at the end of their seats glaring at each other.
"Alright, alright, let's settle down." Headmaster Solmen raised his hands, "Sion," He gestured to the boy who attacked him, "I am sure being new is tough, but I am sure Luke here didn't mean to hit you with his locker."
"You're the new kid?!" Luke rounded.
"Yes, I am!" Sion huffed then looked at the Headmaster, "How do you know it was an accident! Maybe he did it on purpose!" Sion retorted, Luke looked at him incredulously.
"I did not!" Luke replied angrily.
"You know what, if we can't handle it here, maybe I should call your parents." The Headmaster picked up his com, parents?
"Please, please don't!" Luke begged, he knew how shocked his classmates would be if his father came. His father would freak out when he hears about the fight, his father would freak out when he saw his eye. Luke had hoped it would heal before he saw his father later by using good bacta, but he couldn't hide it now.
"Fine with me, call my dad, he is a General after all." Sion readjusted proudly in his seat, looking at Luke smugly.
"Hello General Braven," The Headmaster spoke into the com, "This is the Headmaster of Imperial City Academy, it would seem your son, Sion, had gotten into a fight at school today, we would like you to come pay a visit."
"Oh, that's just like my son! Standing up for himself!" The General said over the com, "I'll be over there in a jiffy!" The com had ended, the Headmaster began entering another code and knew it was his fathers.
"Please, please, please don't call my dad!" Luke begged.
"Luke, it is standard procedure." The Headmaster said, Luke sunk anxiously in his chair and drummed his fingers on the armrest.
"Hello?" It was Lekauf.
"Hello, this is the Headmaster of Imperial City Academy, it would seem that Luke had gotten into a fight. We need his father to come down to the school." He spoke into the com.
"Luke!? Fight!?" There was a pause, "I- I will let Lord Vader know." Luke sunk further in his seat when the boy next to him tensed up anxiously. The Sion looked around nervously, the com was cut.
"Vader? Darth Vader?! Why is he coming!?" Sion looked between Luke and the Headmaster with a frantic look. Headmaster Solmen sighed and Luke looked to Sion.
"He is my father." Luke shrugged, Sion's eyes flew open in shock, he squeezed the armrests on his chair tightly.
"Darth Vader is your father!?" He asked, Luke nodded slowly. Sion sat back in his chair nervously, the kid was incredibly tense. Luke thought that just the thought of seeing his father was punishment enough for Sion based on his reaction.
"Sion, everything will be okay!" Headmaster Solmen said, "It's just a meeting, we will work this all out." Sion didn't respond, Luke could hear slow concentrated breathing from Sion, he was attempting to calm himself down.
Luke sat in his chair, anxiously waiting for his father to get here so this could be done with. Sion was still silently freaking out in his chair, Headmaster Solmen sat in his chair and continued his work as they waited for the parents to arrive. Luke ended up tapping his foot in the ground until they heard a man talking from behind the Headmasters office door. The door swooshed open and he saw a tall man wearing an Imperial uniform with an insignia that Luke recognized as a General. The General walked over to Sion and was laughing softly.
"Hey, there son!" He slapped his hand on Sions shoulder, who ended up jumping slightly. Sion looked incredibly tense, Headmaster Solmen stood up and shook hands with Sions father.
"Hello, General Braven." Solmen straightened up and held his hands behind his back. Luke almost shot up in anxiety, he felt his father was near and searched for Luke through the force, his father wrapped his force presence around Luke. Luke tensed up slightly, his father was mad.
"So my son is causing you trouble, ehh?" General Braven laughed and looked at his son. Headmaster Solmen frowned.
"Sir, I would like you to take this seriously." Solmen adjusted the glasses on his face.
"Oh, of course I take it seriously-" General Braven took a look at Luke, "Looks like you knocked him up pretty good." General Braven laughed for a bit, meanwhile, his son looked quite petrified. The room waited until his father would arrive, Luke sank down in his chair anxiously.
Vader was practically fuming, anger rolled off him through the force. Someone dared to touch his son, he would have to correct this. He couldn't believe it when Lekauf commed him about this situation, he landed his shuttle on the landing pads outside of the school. He quickly exited the cockpit and used the force to have the exit ramp lower. He strode down the ramp and towards the school, children outside gasped at the sight of him. He opened up to the force searching for his son, once he found him he held him tight with his presence. He walked with a strong purpose, his cape billowed behind him.
He entered the school quickly, the receptionist who was on the computer gasped and her eyes widened. "L-Lord Vader." She mumbled as she stood from her seat. He saw the sign for the administration office and walked in, he journeyed down the hall towards the Headmasters office. The staff of the school gawked at him. He used the force to have the door flung open and walked in, the Headmaster shot up from his seat. He looked down and saw the back of his son in the chair, Luke's head slowly turned around to face Vader and he saw it.
"A black eye!" Vader boomed, he then looked over and saw a General, he recognized him as General Braven. He then saw a boy around Lukes age, he must have done this. He looked to the General, "Has your son done this to mine!" He demanded. The boy tensed and Luke stood up to face his father, General Braven sputtered nonsense.
"It's not a big deal!" Luke held up his hands, "I am feeling better! Besides, boys will be boys!" Luke added awkwardly.
"You have been injured!" He checked through the force making sure his son wasn't damaged any further.
"Lord Vader, if I may, I wanted to try and resolve this in a calm manner." The Headmaster said, trying to de-escalate the situation.
"Lord Vader." General Braven said awkwardly, "I-I apologize for my son's misbehavior." Vader rounded on General Braven and clenched his fists tightly.
"Your apologies do not mean anything to me, General." He pointed hard at Braven, "Apologies do not fix my son's eye!"
"Look," The Headmaster cut in, "At meetings like these, the children apologize for the altercation." He could feel the Headmaster's fear rise slightly.
"I am good with that." Luke slumped back into his seat.
"Explain what happened to me." Vader folded his arms on his chest.
"Well, Luke opened his locker and accidentally hit Sion in the face. Sion became upset by this and hit Luke in the face." Anger rose within him, this boy sitting next to Luke had attacked his son. He clenched his fists into tight balls, despite a strong urge to enact revenge for his son, he wouldn't do it. Luke would undoubtedly become upset.
"L-Luke.." Sion said in a shaky voice, "I-I am sorry.." His voice wavered, Luke gave him a small smile.
"It's okay- I am sorry for hitting my locker in your face." He laughed, his son was always too forgiving. His son in reality had no reason to apologize, he supposed this was the school's way of mending this in a civil way. Vader knew the way he would like to resolve this situation, but he knew it would upset Luke.
The Headmaster sighed, "Well, I think that about solves it." He pinched the bridge of his nose, "Everyone is good to go." Vader turned to General Braven.
"You shall fix your child's insolence, General." He pointed at Braven, "I do not want to hear that he has bothered any other child." Vader planned on dealing with General Braven after this if he could not deal with Sion the way he would have liked to.
"Y-Yes, Lord Vader." Braven bowed, he then turned to Sion. Sion sank in his chair under Vader's gaze, he stared at the boy and felt anger swirl around him.
"You shall never be near or touch my son, again." He said slowly, threateningly. Sion nodded quickly, Vader turned to leave, "Come, Luke." He walked out of the office and Luke followed close behind.
Luke was screaming internally, his father freaked out as he predicted. It was so embarrassing, Luke slumped as he followed his father out onto the landing pads. "Why'd you have to do that!?" Luke asked as they boarded the shuttle. Once they entered his father turned and opened a compartment and pulled out a med pack and took out some bacta.
"Do what?" He asked then handed the bacta to Luke, "Apply it to your eye." He added.
"You freaked them out! You tried to scare them!" Luke said as he applied the bacta to his eye, it stung slightly. He didn't realize how sore his eye was.
"I wanted to make my point clear, that no one should harm you." His father said, "I shall not stand for you getting hurt, you may be okay with being pushed around but I will not tolerate it."
"Well, you didn't have to scare them." Luke shrugged, "But thank you for standing up for me."
"Of course, my son." Luke smiled, "I will be in the cockpit if you would like to join me." His father turned to enter the cockpit, Luke applied a little more bacta then put the medpack away inside the compartment his father opened. He walked into the cockpit and sat in the co-pilot's seat.
"Can I fly us home!?" Luke asked, his father turned to Luke.
"Luke, you are fourteen, you are still too young to fly!" He lifted the shuttle and headed towards their home.
"Worth a shot." Luke laughed, Luke sat back in his seat and smiled. His father stood up for him, even if Luke disagreed with scaring them, it still meant a lot. He knew it was his father's weird way of showing he loved Luke.
A/N Hello there! I hope you guys liked this new chapter update! I think I am gonna keep a consistent post schedule of every other day! Anyways, thank you for reading and I hoped you liked it! Let me know what you thought!