AN: Thank you as always for your support! You guys rock!

A little bit of a warning for the end. I think Kylo is seriously trying to bump up the rating with his vulgar words and topics...(a Kylux "subtext"?!) I'm not sure if he managed to do that...:S I hope not...let me know if he did and I will try to reel him back in... ;)

But mostly this chapter is just cute...family fluff!


Chapter twenty - The dreamlike family reunion

Father and son finally arrived in the dead at night, at their home on Coruscant. They had dropped Chewie off on Kashyyyk to his own family for the time being, but Han was going to contact him as soon as possible to let him know how the negation about Ben's new future with Ben's mother went. Chewie was very dubious that Han would ever be able to get Leia on board with this radical plan and Little Ben was likewise doubtful and so it was with small anxious steps he returned to their apartment after nearly a year.

He was back in his father's coat, as they hadn't found any of his own and his father had insisted on he wear it to ward of the night cold, despite Ben finding it unnecessary for such a small distance to the door, but his father was adamant. He knew his mother would have his head, if he had not dressed him properly for the journey home and risking him getting a cold, so Ben relented even though he had trouble moving around in the big clothes.

His mom was fast asleep on the sofa in the living room when they arrived. Ben saw a stack of datapads on the sofa table, she must have been working on for the senate, before being forced to take a power nap so she could continue working endlessly through the night. Always working, just like how he remembered her. He smiled sadly. Even if she would want to send him straight back to the Academy upon sight, at least he got a chance to see her one last time...

His father shushed him and pointed at him to wait in the shadowy hall for his signal. Ben nodded as they had planned this before entering, as his father went to gently wake his mother up and tell her the news, so she could better adjust to them and give them a chance to convince her of two things; one, that leaving the Academy was for the best and two, to allow Ben to drop out of school to work with his father instead and learn that way. A perfect plan, except Ben and his father had not noticed the old protocol droid who was resting in the shadows and he sprung to life, the minute he saw Ben take a stand next to him.

"Young master!" exclaimed Threepio in a voice that could've woken up the whole planet. "You are home!" He hugged Ben fiercely who yelped in surprise.

"Ben?!" His mother jolted up from her sleep. She looked frantic, laid the eyes of his father, who seemed to want to murder Threepio for her rude awakening and she demanded: "Where is he?!"


KR: Ah, Threepio the master at ruining plans...such a silly droid...

You know, grandpa made him...when he was nine...

KR. Your grandpa not mine...Vader is not Anakin...they are two different persons, like you and I...

Whatever suits you...

KR: It's the truth...I've seen it with my own eyes...

Aha...well don't talk badly about Threepio. He kind of raised me...

KR: Ah...now I understand better why you are so fucked up...

HEY! Take that back!


"Yes, I'm home...but mom doesn't know...please...we are trying to..." whispered Ben desperately to the family droid, who seemed to understand him despite him only speaking mostly in unfinished sentence, a talent he had acquired since he had known Ben from birth. Threepio nodded and let go of him.

"Understood young master." Threepio emerged slowly out from the shadow. "I'm terribly sorry mam...sir." He nodded to murderous Han. "I must have short circuited. I will go to the garage and repair myself." He walked stiffly outside and left Ben's mother feeling utterly confused and her eyes filled with sadness.

"He's not back...? It was all just a dream...Of course he's not back...that can't be..." mumbled his mother crushed, until she noticed his father who stood in front of her and was hiding something behind his back with a sabacc game expression. "Wait, Han...when did you come home? Where have you been all these months?" She rubbed her eyes tiredly."What's going...on?"

Ben was ready to leave his hiding place as obviously his mom needed him, but his father gave him a signal behind his back, which Ben knew meant to stay, which surprised him, but he did as he was told, although he wanted above all to run to his mom, hug her and never let go of her. It was at times like these that Luke's teaching about patience were useful...

"I have a special delivery for you." His father dropped Ben's duffel bag on the sofa table right on top of the datapads with a dramatic thud.

Ben became even more confused to what his father was trying to do while his mother jumped up when she recognized the bag instantly.

"Where is he?" She demanded and glared at father as if she was about to hit him over the head with a frying pan if he didn't stop fooling around and Ben wanted to do the same for pranking his mother like that. "Where's my son? There better not have anything happened to him..." She walked to him threateningly and his father backed away grinning.

"Just kidding. Here is the real thing." He pulled Ben into the light from the shadow just as he was about to leave and shout at him for tricking his mother like that and lifted his small body up easily and put him on top of datapads like he was a package."And he's ours." He grinned widely like someone who had given someone the best life day present and many months earlier.

His mother reeled back in shock. "Ben...?" She stared at him and covered her mouth in shock.

"Hi mom." He smiled coyly, as he was still scared of her reaction to him having returned and that he was sitting on her important work like that, so he jumped off it.

In spite of his force reflexes his mother managed to snatch him up with something close to lightspeed, before he even touched the floor, embrace him tightly and smother him with kisses.

"You are real! This is not a dream! I can't believe it! It's not a dream! Not a dream...!" She crushed him against her chest. "My little baby!"

"Mom...?" Ben was stunned over her reaction. He had expected a lecture and some yelling at his father and him and even being sent away, but never that his strong mother would break down like that.

"My...my little angel..." she whispered on verge of tears, her whole frame shook with sobs and she looked like someone who finally had gotten her wish granted, which was probably the case.


KR: Angel?

Shut up, that is the nickname she gave me...

KR: Hmm...so your father calls you a little bandit...and your mother...a little angel?

Yeah...what about it?

KR: It sure explains why you are so conflicted...


"I'm not little..." mumbled little Ben, who was annoyed that his height kept being brought up, but he had been told that he wouldn't hit his grow spurt until he was a teenager and it certainly didn't help his case that he was wearing baggy clothes which made him look smaller.

His mother smiled through the tears. "It's really you." She caressed his cheek and kissed his head, even though he had already gotten enough kisses from her to last a lifetime. But he didn't mind them...at all.

"I brought him home...I hope it was okay..." said his father, who had so far only watched their reunion from the sidelines, but now seemed to be hoping for some thanks as he sat down next to her.

"More than okay...it's perfect." She gave his father a quick peck on the cheek. "Thank you." Then she turned her attention back to her present and nuzzled Ben. "I'm never, ever leaving you again...my sweet little angel..."

"Mom..."

He just wanted to stay there forever...


Mom...mommy...mamsy...

KR: I knew you would love this part...are you really crying...?!

Shut up...I haven't seen her in years!

KR: But, she send you a letter...six years ago, when she apologized just to you, not me, for having lied about Darth Vader...and that's not that long time ago since you "chatted" through a comlink...

Comlink and hologram don't count! And why the kriffing should she have apologized to you...?!

KR: You know why! Vader is my grandpa! And I had a right to know! You even said hi to her hologram...like she was really there...

Well, she wasn't...it was just a stupid hologram...that felt so real...like this...but it wasn't! And this isn't real! I kind of turned for her...the stupid republic was so mean to her when they found out she was Vader's daughter!

KR: Those bastards were just jealous...

And afraid of her...and uncle...and me...I had to destroy it! To protect her...why is she protecting the republic that betrayed her?! Why?!

KR: If you told her that was...well one of the reasons...do you think she would be...happy with you turning to the darkside?

Don't be stupid...you know she won't be. Please finish this...whatever this...

KR: Okely dokely..


His mother suddenly frowned at his attire. "What in the sith are you wearing?" She, put him on the sofa table and unzipped and removed his father's jacket as gently as if she was opening the biggest present of her life. "Let's get you out of this sweetie and into something more comfortable."

"I didn't find any of his coats," said his father apologetic and his mother frowned in worry as she looked through Ben's duffel bag on the table beside him and came up empty.

"Ben, where are your coats?" she asked worried.

"I lost them..." said Ben, like that one sentence spoke a whole story, he didn't want to delve into.

"Ben..." His father shook his head sternly over his carelessness, however, his mother, who knew what he was hinting at, put him on her lap and wrapped her arms around him. "You poor, poor, thing." She rocked him and stroke his hair.


KR: You are not going to tell her the truth about what happened?

She doesn't need to know that I was also bullied in the Academy...I don't think uncle even knew...or cared...

KR: I wasn't talking about that...but those guys sure changed their attitude when they found who our...I mean my grandfather was!

You mean the knights of Ren?

KR: Yeah, my knights. Those jerks...but their costumes, skills and Darth Vader worshipping are cool...but what I really meant was the truth about why you...turned...


"Mom..." Ben looked up and met his mother's eyes. "I'm so sorry." A single drop of tear trailed down his cheek.

"Sorry for what?" asked his mother surprised and looked at his father by her side, who contemplated what exactly Ben was saying sorry for, as they had agreed on not disclosing how he had pranked Luke by ruining the robes.

"Don't worry about the coats, you will get new ones..." She reached over him and dived into his duffel bag. "This will do nicely. You will be nice and toasty in this."

Ben stiffened in horror when he saw her drag up from his bag, his hated old childish outfit, an ewok-like onesie.


KR: How could you lose your all coats...and keep this monstrosity...?!

I tried! That thing must be cursed!

KR: I wonder if she has another one for you today...it would be the perfect punishment...

What...she wouldn't...would she...?

KR: Who knows...? She's the daughter of Vader...of course she knows the best way to torture people...

I hope she hasn't one...


"Isn't he too old...?" began his father, but his mother shut him up with one stern look at him.

"He will always be my little boy and today he will wear this....unless you don't want to, of course," said his mother, and looked at him alarmed where he sat on her lap.

Ben shook his head sadly as he was thinking of darker stuff and she smiled, thankful for the permission and started undressing him, by pulling his shirt over his head.

"I meant I'm sorry for the darkside..." said Ben through the corner of his mouth as his mother quickly undressed him to his underwear to put him in the ridiculously cute outfit, which he had no idea how ended up in his duffel bag as he didn't remember packing it for the trip home. In fact, he was pretty sure he had burned it. However, he didn't protest at all being put into it as he wanted to make his mother happy, or at least attempt it.

His parents exchanged worried glances over the darkside remark and for a moment the whole innocent family scene disappeared and Ben started crying for ruining everyone's happiness...again.

"Don't worry about that, you're home now," said his mom firmly, like nothing else mattered before his crying escalated any further. She wiped his tears away with her thumb and dressed him in the onesie. "We will protect you from it." She pulled the ewok hood up and cuddled him. "My little baby boy."

"Mom..." said Ben for other reason, but because she could answer him back, which made him feel like a duckling or a baby ewok thanks to the costume, but he didn't care as he had far too long, longed for this moment. "Mom..." He clung onto her warm chest for dear life and listened to her soothing heartbeat.

She can baby me all she likes...for now...

"I'm here sweetheart..and I'm not going anywhere." She kissed his forehead and rocked him in her arms. "You're safe now."

"We are not going anywhere." His father smiled at the innocent sight as she lulled him into sleep and he stroked his cheek gently.


KR: Isn't this sweet? Perhaps too much...? Anyway, this could be yours...if you want...that is..

Maybe if I get rid of the ewok onesie...what...how...?

KR: It can't be that hard to get rid of that thing...besides, it's not like it fits you anymore...unless you really think she is keeping one in your size as a punishment!

No, I mean, I can't go back in time...or rather change the past...and I can never tell her the truth about my turn...she will be mad whatever I say, but if she hears about this...she will be beyond mad at me! She was angry enough when I was kid and blew up those prank bombs in the senate...imagine her rage if she knew was systematically trying to destroy it...just to protect her...or well, avenge her...since these morons threw her out! If it hadn't been for mom's rebellion there wouldn't even be a republic! Stupid senate...they never deserved her! I hate them so much!

KR: You really should just blow up the senate...I know my Hux is itching to use the Starkiller base...

No, thank you! Your...Hux...?! I thought you hated that guy!

KR: So you...are fine with your mother...thinking you just turned...to piss her off...?

Erm...I wouldn't say that...what did you mean by your Hux? Don't you hate him? It's sure looks like he hates you...us...no way...to you actually...lov...erm like him?!

KR: That is none of your business...but of course I hate the guy! And the feeling is mutual. However, at the same time that feeling can turn into something else...you know...you never asked me if I were a virgin...

WHAT?!

KR: Remember, how you told your mother after your awakening that you wrecked the galaxy...just for her attention...

Don't change the subject! What do you mean by none of my business, this my body too...I mean this is my body! Did you do something to it?!

KR: I haven't said anything against cheatmode...erm scavenger...umm I mean Rey...

Oh, yeah. You can't even remember her name! And you have done nothing except criticize her and try to send her home! And even tried to turn her to the darkside...and bring her to Snoke!

KR: What's wrong with that?

What's wrong with that?! EVERYTHING! Just like, how you did something with my body without my permission!

KR: Sigh, I don't have time for such childish banter. I don't even have to remind you of your latest conversation with your mom...I can just show you...I am in your brain after all...

Don't show me a memory inside a memory! This is confusing enough as it is! Why can't you answer me about Hux?! Have you...two...done it...?

KR: Get your head out of the gutter. This isn't a memory.

This isn't...? I mean I know that! Still doesn't mean that I can't enjoy it...but not like this! Please what about Hux? I need to know!

KR: Why are you so hung up on that? Why are you trying to turn this K rated scene into something M rated? Do you have anything against a same sex relationship, aren't you trying to hook Poe and Finn up?

Of course, I don't have anything against it...but I am just hooking them up so Poe will leave my Rey alone...I mean Finn will leave her alone...I never really saw Poe take any interest in her...his only redeeming quality...he is head over heels with Finn, that so obvious...so what is the truth with you and...? I can't focus on this until you tell me!

KR: You will never find out...maybe I'm just teasing you...it's so easy and so much fun...

Well, stop it! And answer me! NOW!

KR: I'm not going to...never..ever...forever...

Jerk...

KR: You don't need to know anyway...

What's that supposed to mean?

KR: Are you planning on going back to the First Order...?

Well, no...not technically...

KR: I rest my case...Technically?!

I will not tell your my plans...

KR: Hmm..you mean you need your mom's and dad's permission first?

Maybe...mostly mom's...I mean...the resistance's...since she the general...

KR: Right...since you won't allow me to just show you the memory...remember, how very angry your mom was...something about...how she, your mom, would "talk to"... aka yelling at you and punish you for wrecking the galaxy...that's what's going to happen the minute you return to her...

Why are you ruining my precious time with mommy... I mean mom...what am I saying...of course you would try that...you ruin everything...

KR: That's not true! I made this! And I'm just reminding you of the harsh reality...that awaits...you...on the other side...not a warm fuzzy welcome like this, trust me...

Why did you have to remind me of that? I know that! AND isn't this...some kind of a reality? Isn't this happening...right now?

KR: Well, if you like...from a certain point of view...

I can never get a clear answer from you...

KR: You only have stupid questions...so I give you...answers to fit that...

Just shut up and let me enjoy this.

KR: No thanks whatsoever...

If you answer me about Hux, I might give you...my thanks...

KR: Not gonna happen.

Same here then...so can we go back now?

KR: What's the hurry, we haven't finished here..

We haven't...?

KR: No, no we are just getting started...

I guess this is kind of nice...as long we don't take too long...

KR: Just take your time...haven't you wanted this for so long...?

I...yes...okay, I guess I can see a bit more...

KR: That's the spirit!

You're so weird right now...

KR: You're weird...


Next up: The surreal family discussion...